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Lifetime. but it also begins with an early childhood education which is why we have invested more in child care and in programs like early head start and head start that help prepare our young people for success. it's the right thing to do for america. our education policy hasn't just been based on more money. we have also called for real reform. we challenged every state in the country to raise their standards for teaching and for learning. three years later, nearly every state has answered the call. we have seen the biggest transformation in terms of school reform in a generation. and we hav...

This is a sound byte from mitt romney. >> today black children h-r 17% of students nationwide, but they are 42% of the students in our worst performing schools. candidates can't have it both ways. talking up education reform while indulging the same groups that are blocking reform. martha: alexis, i'm curious, what do you think about that? >> i think there is a healthy debate within the african-american community on how to move forward on education reform. many of my peers support and are doing a lot of work with charter schools. but a lot of african-americans do not see that as a blanket solu...

>> i am going to eliminate every non-essential program i can find, that includes obama care, and i will work to reform and save -- >> romney is getting hammered in the wake of that by the naacp. jim acosta is live in houston this morning. good morning. how did it go? >> well, soledad, whenever you get booed for 15 seconds it is not exactly going well. the romney campaign did send out some of their folk who is do outreach for the campaign with the african-american community to talk to reporters. i was there. they said that they were pleased overall with what he got in terms of applaus...

we're also waiting for ana navarro. the typical politics surrounding this event, as i've been reading through and other times that joe biden has spoken at various events, i wonder what he's going to say and if he's going to cause a stir in biden's style. >> well, as you know, joe biden is quite capable of giving a very strong and capable speech. this is an audience that he is familiar with. as chairman for many years, joe biden championed equality for women and other minorities. this is an opportunity to talk about the presidential record on those issues and the president record on t...

People. if our priority is job, that is my priority, that something i'd change. >> unemployment in the black community is higher than the 8.2% national average. in june, black unemployment rose from 13.4 to 14.4%. romney says the president hasn't and will not fix it. he will be a better president for their interest than mr. obama. >> i submit this. if you want a president to make things better in the african-american community you are look at him. you take a look. >> romney zeroed in on education and promised to expand charter choice and school choice. they accused them of siding with teachers...