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Meet the benchmark status. bankemany schools decided not o increase academic rigor but to dumb down tests. president obama today announced an executive branch solution. >> starting today we be giving states more flexible to meet high standards. keep in mind the change we are making is not low aring standards. we are saying we will give you more flexibility to meet high standards. >> reporter: it allows the states to apply for waivers from no child left behind but the states must adopt education policy changes that the administration deems necessary. a stipulation that some see as another feder...

>> they've started inviting people like me. you are expected to be there as soon as the show is over. >> sean: what time? >> until charlie gives out wee hours of the morning. >> sean: this whole culture of corruption thing. rangel is not going anywhere. >> he's doing the a big favor. this education thing, what really disturbs me arkansas is one of the states that is going to get money they don't need. when i was governor we worked very hard to get arkansas out of a long time almost 20 year court battle on education funding. we fully funded education. i left the state four years ago with a bill...

>> they've started inviting people like me. you are expected to be there as soon as the show is over. >> sean: what time? >> until charlie gives out wee hours of the morning. >> sean: this whole culture of corruption thing. rangel is not going anywhere. >> he's doing the a big favor. this education thing, what really disturbs me arkansas is one of the states that is going to get money they don't need. when i was governor we worked very hard to get arkansas out of a long time almost 20 year court battle on education funding. we fully funded education. i left the state four years ago with a bill...

Like spinach, i just want spinach growers to know that. >> neil: this is not an arugula moment. >> no, i love spinach. it's taking the spinach -- >> neil: try it with garlic. nancy pelosi saying she's going to call the house back into session to finish voting off what the sent approved, a state emergency relief thing. what do you make of that. >> once again the federal government is spending money it doesn't have to buy something i it's not responsible for. education is a state responsibility and should continue to be a state responsibility. states are hurting but that's because the federal go...

Job done. >> neil: when the administration says we're moving to secure the border, and we got 1200 more troops to do that, what do you say? >> that's a start. and i will say that i have been pushing and pushing to get more manpower and resources to the border. i'm happy to say the house in a bipartisan manner passed the bill yesterday that is going to the senate that would do that. so we're making progress. but the fact that it took so long to do this really shows that washington's not listening to us. >> neil: congress women, how do you feel about the governor appealing the decision on the ba...