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president of ubecki -- becki-stan-stan, i'm going to say i don't know, do you know? >> the least of herman cain's problems now but they are causing trouble. i'll explain. then, new studies confirm what we know. america is slipping behind in education worldwide. we take an in-depth look with the secretary of education and bill gates. first, here's my take. i've been thinking about occupy wall street which is now occupying a number of other cities in america. and wondering what is it really about. the protesters don't like bank bailouts, they feel the 99% have been hard done by it,...

america's impending drawdown in afghanistan. he's worried. next up -- >> when they ask me who's the president of ubecki -- becki-stan-stan, i'm going to say, you know, i don't know. do you know? >> the least of herman cain's problems now but they are causing trouble. i'll explain. then, new studies confirm what we know. america is slipping behind in education worldwide. we take an in-depth look with the secretary of education and bill gates. but first, here's my take. i've been thinking about occupy wall street, which is now occupying a number of other cities in america, and wo...

fewer americans filed first-time jobless claims last week. the labor department says that it got 395,000 initial claims. that's a drop of 7,000. it is the first time the number dipped below 400,000 since early april. united nations says that the drought ravaging the horn of africa has not peaked. that means a long-term threat of famine. the u.n. says 12 million people, if you can believe that, are at risk. desperately needs more than a billion dollars to feed them. musician and activist bono talked to anderson cooper who is reporting from somalia this week. >> people watch the values...

Idea? will it make our kids learn better? will it make them better educated and will it save our country? that is thegist of l.z. granderson's latest op ed. welcome. >> good morning. how are you? >> so throw the kids in school year-around and, poof, our education problems are solved? >> no, i didn't say that. i definitely said that research shows that our kids tend to lose a lot of information they get during the school year during the long summer breaks and so i am saying that perhaps keeping them in school year-round will enable them to maintain that knowledge so we don't have to take a step...