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Force. officials say 34 air force officers were involved in cheating on a proficiency test. a spokesman says, clearly we have issues, but insists the u.s. arsenal is secure. breaking news overnight out of egypt. a series of explosions at or near police stations in cairo. at least four people killed. more than 50 others wounded. two other explosions followed nearby at different police stations. one of those blasts wounding several people. surf is up today in santa cruz, california. they are expecting massive waves 18 to 20 feet high. 24 contestants from all around the globe are invited to c...

Scandal of its kind. now the pentagon is scrambling to get to the bottom of it as quickly as it can. in the nuclear weapons business, there is absolutely no room for this kind of thing among the people who have their fingers on the trigger of the u.s. arsenal. it started with a probe into illegal drug possession, but unexpectedly led investigators to an air force cheating scandal. nearly three dozen airmen. some cheated on a proficiency test last august. others apparently knew about the cheating, but didn't stop it or report it. all involved have been desert find. air force secretary deborah l...

Week. >> no question about it. thank you so much, stephanie. we also have a shocking scandal involving the u.s. air force to tell you about this morning. take a look at this number. 34 officers in charge of our nuclear arsenal set to be involved in a scheme to cheat on a proficiency exam. they have been removed from the command and raising new questions about the people with their fingers on the button and their qualifications. let's bring in senior washington correspondent joe johns with more on this. tell us, joe, what's going on? >> that's right. it is a very difficult situation for the pen...

Students in all eight wards of d.c.'s public schools have improved. the reading proficiency rates and also math proficiency rates both since 2007. it's real progress in education, but is real progress completely captured by a proficiency test? critics might say that the state of urban public education can't be measured in a graph. joining me now, to talk about this, are two folks who know a lot about d.c. schools, past and present. this is alison stewart, author of the new book, "first class: the legacy of dun mar, america first black public school," for which i wrote the forward. and next to ...

About proficiency testing in terms of testing yourself and also your lab to make sure that what you all are doing is working properly? >> a proficiency test is a test given to me by an outside company. it's mailed in and it's a set of samples that i have to work as if it were a regular case. and i perform that testing and send the results back to that company. and then they send a notice back saying, yes, you got the correct results or, no, you did not get the correct results. i'm required to take a proficiency test every six months. so i take one about may and about november of every year. i'...