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Throughout all years of education? i mean, black kindergartners are more likely to be disciplined than their white counter parts. >> those are the stats. i don't want to make every issue into a race issue. at this point when we look at this particular video, we don't know that race played a factor but when you look at the larger issue, it is clear that while african american young girl students, female students are only about 13% to 14% of the school population, they're arrested 43% of the time, those that are arrested in. >> and they're all innocent? come on. >> there has to be some sort of r...

Likely to be suspended than others. almost a quarter of black, middle and high school students were suspended, more than three times the rate of suspension for whoit students. and students with disabilities are much more likely to face suspensions than the general school population. so how to end the disparity in our school suspensions. well, you could just end out-of-school suspensions altogether and this year one of the largest in the country, miami-dade, is planning to do just that. joining me now from miami, florida, is alberto who is the superintendent of the miami-dade county public scho...

There was a cvs that burned in that area and i was just -- just coming from that area where so many of the neighbors came out this morning with garbage bags and their brooms and their shovels to clean up. even an 8-year-old boy was out, along with about a half a dozen other children, as you know school is out today. closed for the day for the mayor says safety reasons. this little 8-year-old zachary, said he's out here because he said this is my neighborhood and i want to make it look nice again. so from the youngest to the oldest, there are people here in baltimore who are saying just as you ...

To find that familiar face. >> one thing you don't see in the pictures that we're showing you, this large practice filed. there's a very large soccer/football complex on the north side or back side of the school, which faces dry creek and borders university there. and what we're hearing is that this is where all of the students as they are tak taken of the building as they watch for anyone who might trying to blend in with the school population. that athletic field is beginning to fill up with students. we don't know what the next step is but it is common practice they would pick another evacu...

>> sean: 17% of the school population, we have to move along quick. >> tradition of the republican candidates in search of black votes should end. they should take their message that is important. [ talking over each other ] >> bypass the liberal establishment and take your message directly to the black community. >> sean: let me ask you. what do you think. the democratic party has had a monopoly on the african-american vote. it's been frustrating to me as a conservative. was it smart for governor romney to go there? >> i think it was smart, but i think he didn't want to take away his appeal a...