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jurors heard an audio recording of a barely coherent jackson just weeks before his death, and saw a picture of him dead on a hospital gurney. cnn's don lemon is live from los angeles, he talked to the jackson family. were you inside the courtroom, don. set the scene for us. >> reporter: ah, good morning to you, carol, and good morning to you, ali, as well. how do you say this? yesterday, when it all started, the jackson family walked in, and they were -- they are a strong family. i've never seen them together this much, the funeral, but now they are co-hehesantx and walken together s...

Applications for every one teacher job filled. all the teachers graduate in the top third of their class. they work it out so that the system works for them. and, you know, i think that's got to be a big part of this. but i like race to the top. the problem i have with no child left behind, even though i thought it had -- first, it had more money, which was good, and it had the idea of accountability, which is always good. but the way it worked, it could only really help the schools that were, let's say, in the lowest 5 or 10% performing schools. and i felt it had a requirement for too many te...

Falling within that school system, and so for the moment, what does it mean specifically for the students hoping to graduate this year? >> actually, there will be no effect in that regard. a lot of people are confusing the accreditation as associated with somehow compromising the value of the diploma and that is not the case. all of the schools are recognized by the north central accreditation authority and that means that their degrees and the coursework that they take will be recognized or their diplomas and so our students will be able to go and our scholars going to any college or universi...

Their employees during the workday to go out and take ownership of those school systems. and they can help us target the 1600 worst performing schools in america which count for 50% of all dropouts in the united states. >> what kind of success have you had? >> the mqst two years we brought that number down from 2,000 to 1600, which is the number of the worth performing school. like i said, 50% of all dropouts come from that school. if you're black or hispanic 75% of those kids are from those schools. we've seen a drop as a result of that intervention. part of that is school reform which you he...

Happen in the community. the america promise initiative is to drive into local communities, first of all with time and treasure. at the personal level, mentorship program, afterschool programs by individuals, businesses can come into communities, they can provide the internship and support programs to show that kid why their education will connect up to connect up to a better future. they can make time available for their employees during the workday to go out and take ownership of those school systems. and they can help us target the 1600 worst performing schools in america which count for 50...