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Motions and tensions running high. barbara bennett, ceo of chicago public schools and karen lewis, president of the chicago teachers union. nice to have you, both. barbara, there were other options, you didn't have to choose the option of closing the school. why close the school? >> actually, for too many years, so many of our children have been trapped in underutilized and under-resourced schools this is really about providing a quality education for all of the children in chicago, regardless to where they live. so the option is to consolidate schools, to ensure resources are redistricted and...

The inner circle of the president primarily male. i think an issue here with the cabinet positions typically people look at the top four cabinet positions as the most prominent and powerful and seeing white men to take over the posts, holder looks like he will stay at least for some time period and perhaps janet napolitano will take over that position but when you have had a campaign from the president that was very much centered on women, to now come in to his second term where there seems to be a dearth of women, i think it's concerning. >> and not just the campaign but the people moved by t...

>> i don't think you disenfranchise. the most important system we have is the people's right to vote. here's a situation where all we're saying is you need identification to vote. i don't think that's a weird idea or a crazy idea. it's probably -- it's what most americans think is the right thing to do to protect the system. and the arguments that somehow it's done for suppression, to me, that's someone who simply wants to argue that to vote is important, you should have identification. that's what the important factor is. >> i'm the one who is going to take the other argument because you have...

Voters? >> i don't think you disenfranchise. the most important system we have is the people's right to vote. here's a situation where all we're saying is you need identification to vote. i don't think that's a weird idea or a crazy idea. it's probably -- it's what most americans think is the right thing to do to protect the system. and the arguments that somehow it's done for suppression, to me, that's someone who simply wants to argue that to vote is important, you should have identification. that's what the important factor is. >> i'm the one who is going to take the other argument because ...

>> the stat sheet you read you said commit today a mental health facility. does it matter if he was committed there against his will or if he self checked into that? the language seems relatively vague. >> it does matter. here is the way that code of federal regulations defines that term. a formal commitment by a court commissioned or other lawful authority. this includes a commitment involuntarily but it does not include a person in the mental institution for observation or voluntary admission. >> got it. pete williams, thank you. hans nickels, pete laid out a lot of stuff there. there is d...