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the company's diesel engines. martin winter corn said he accepts responsibility, but that he is not aware of any wrong-doing on his part. we have a report on the scandal and the damage control happening right now in germany. >> the crisis of volkswagen is escalating into a full-blown scandal with global repercuss n repercussio repercussions. from canada to south korea and thailand were asked whether they were deceived. this after the environmental protection agency found that vw used clever software that lowered emissions only when being tested. the u.s. and eu have different testing methodology. the u.s. has different regulations for diesel fuel vehicles. in order to meet the standards testing, carried up to three times per model and only once
>> and i think that it's for a lot of teachers really empowering. we're really glad people are interested in student learning and our students' learning. it can be really meaningful to have community organizations who come in and say, i want to help you, how can i help? you know, i think we're grading our students, we're assessing our students every day. just like one of the other speakers said, you know, it's lifelong learning. i have to be brave and bold enough to say, i can take feedback. i can get better. i can grow too. >> rehema, it's as if people had finally heard enough of the standards testing that ranked us so low, showed we were so mediocre in terms of the rest of the world. it's as if someone threw a switch. we've had several of the last presidents try to help us do that, but suddenly all the concentration, all the money, all the attention is coming to 9 profession of teaching. >> it really is. speaking about that, there was a
about this. they're being marketed in the vitamin aisle. it's really just sweet stuff with a lot of additives and they're absolutely right. >> couldn't you say the same thing about cola? >> but some of these have five times the amount of one regular canal of cola. so in kids who may have a cardiac problem or neurologic problem there may be an inherent risk. for the average kid, it may mean it just makes you really jittery, gives you insomnia and makes you feel lousy but what's really interesting is we already have a hypercaffeinated teenage group in this country. for every parent of a teenager who knows when you're going to bed at 10:00 and 11:00 your kid is still wired. part of it is biology but part of it is caffeine. >> what age is it presumed safe to get more than a minuscule amount of caffeine? >> the best question asked me to me all day long. we don't know because no one has done standards testing to see