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nation on the road tour. we are here today putting education issues front and center looking for solutions to the continuing problems facing our public schools. at the nbc education nation experience visitors to the constitution center are getting an interactive look at the current state of education and the skills needed to be successful in the 21st century work force. and joining us live this hour we'll talk to philadelphia school superintendent arlene ackerman. senator robert casey, chaka fattah and patrick murphy. in washington today and in new york the pressure is on new york co...

Most promising future leaders involved to help. joining me is wendy copp, the founder and ceo of teach for america. thank you for being with us. a lot of us follow teach for america very closely. give me the elevator pitch for those who don't. >> you said it. this is about building the larger movement to ensure that all kids in our country, regardless of where they're born, have the chance to attain an excellent education. and we go out and recruit our most outstanding recent college graduates and young professionals to commit two years to teach in the highest poverty communities, knowing that...

almost 34 cents in 2 weeks. that's according to aaa. the fastest, highest increase since right after hurricane katrina. now, if this rate of increase keeps up, i'm not saying it will, we'll set a new record for gas inside of a month. the highest average gas price to date, $4.11 in july of 2008. remember, averages are made from extremes which means $3.51 as a national average looks pretty good to folks in san diego. $3.87. houston, $336. billings, montana, $3.15, a deal. you cannot talk about gas without talking about oil. so i have hauled out my barrel for 2:00 at the top. this is an...

they accomplish the goals. and so you sort of redefine the role of the teacher. .. change >> forgive me for obsessing about your personal check any of the it is like you go on a road that starts with a noble ambition which is kind of an elitist ambition. ping abreast of this bring the best and brightest into the world and now it is like a marxist. i mean in the best sense of that word. i am not criticizing you at all. you are not a total marxist because when we were back there and they asked you to test the microphone by using the word p, like peter picks a pumpkin. [talking over eac...

of the explosive new book "obama's wars" now joins us. bob, congratulations, first of all. >> thank you. >> you've done it again. number one, "new york times" bestseller and for all the good reasons because of your reporting and your access and what you've learned about the way this president conducts his wars and foreign policy team. so first and foremost, the way he conducted the afghanistan review and pursued terrorists, let's talk first about what he said about terrorism. he said about pakistan that we need to make clear to people the cancer is in pakistan so the cancer doesn't s...