obviously these two gentlemen have slightly different styles. >> changing of the guard. changing of the tone in the west wing. will a kinder, gentler chief of staff lead to more success for president obama? a teacher facing child pornography charges and that could be the tip of the iceberg. authorities suspect him victimizing up to 70 of his students. plus, you may think of them as a terrorist group, but in lebanon they're fun central. hezbollah's amusement park that has some people outraged. all that an extraordinary public apology from the u.s. government on a who from the past. meanti meantime, hello, everyone. i'm alex witt. we begin with turnover at the white house. president obama used the east room of the white house to formally announce the departure of white house chief of staff rahm emanuel who is leaving to run for mayor of chicago. long-time obama adviser peter

rouse takes over on an interim basis. the president took a moment to describe the difference of the two. >> rahm when he was a kid lost part of his finger in an accident and it was his middle finger, so it rendered him mute for a while. pete has never seen a microphone or a tv camera that he likes. >> jonathan capehart is an msnbc contributor an an editorial writer for the "washington post." the first joke never gets old. >> yeah. >> it's a good one. let's look at the timing of this. is this a shakeup that we could expect during this time? is it a normal turnover we see half way through a president's term or something else? >> i think it's something normal that we see in a president's first term. what makes it interesting here is that it's not that rahm emanuel is leaving as chief of staff because he wants to go and he's ready to go and he's going to go spend more time with his family. the timing here is that may yoor

daley of chicago said he wasn't going to run again for election. that provided the opening for rahm emanuel to attempt to gain the job that he says is a job of a lifetime. and that's to be mayor of chicago. that's why we're seeing this happen so quickly and so soon. >> kind of a nice place to kick off the campaign, wouldn't you say? everybody knows it now. >> absolutely. >> let's talk about pete rouse. he's called the fixer. what do we know about him, other than he certainly knows his way around the hill having spent time in senatorial and house offices. >> as has been said many times on this air and other air, he was known as the 51st senator. he worked with then senator obama when he came to washington. came to the senate. he's a low-key person. the fixer, that pretty much says it all. apparently when there's a problem in the white house, ram

emanuel delegates to pete rouse because he gets it done. in the top of the segment you showed the three shot of them of rahm emanuel, president obama and pete rouse. did you notice how far away pete rouse was from the president and podium? this man is so low key that he wants to stay as far away as possible from the limelight. it's a different way of doing things and a different way of being personality wise than rahm e momanue emanuel. >> it was the 101st senator was -- i know you're not a math major. >> sorry. i flopped in this chair. you have no idea. >> it's okay. with regard to the tone then, the difference between rahm emanuel, pete rouse is, that going to play out in any way, shape or form in the midterm election? is it too soon to have a big

effect? >> i think it's too soon to have a big effect. the chief of staff's job is to help the president get the agenda through congress and onto the president's desk for signature. so what you have to look at is not so much the personalities in terms of quiet or not. but look at the personality in terms of do they have the relationships to get these things done on capitol hill? do they have the relationships to get things done on capitol hill? do they have the confidence of the leaders on capitol hill to help this person get the president's agenda through. what we're hearing about pete rouse is absolutely. when it come to comparing him to rahm emanuel, they're on part. >> jonathan capehart, always on par. >> everyone knows you know. that's the way it is. meantime, in a disturbing story broken exclusively by nbc news today, the united states government is apologizing to the nation of guatemala for medical

research performed on its people back in the 1940s. according to the state department from 1964 to 1948, the united states intentionally affected guatemalans with gonorrhea and syphilis without their permission or their knowledge. this included injections directly into the spine, and many of those infected were then encouraged to pass the infection onto others as part of a study? today secretary of state hillary clinton, held and human services secretary kathleen sebelius issued an apology saying in part the sexually transmitted disease and inoculation study conducted from 1948 to 1948 in guatemala was clearly unethical. although the events occurred more than 64 years ago, we are outraged that such reprehensible research could have occurred under the guys of public health. we apologize to all the individuals who were affected by such abhorrent research

practices. the director of the ka-- first, want to talk to you doctor and get the reaction, your rea, and also that of your listeners when they heard about this. >> thank you, alex. well this is the barbaric times of research in it will world. luckily in 1979 in this country we produced a report and the federal government put together a policy for the protection of human suggests. what we call the common rule. so it is shameful that things like this happen in the past, but we can assure people that now research is conducted in a very different way, alex. >> it is, doctor. but looking back, to get to where we are today, are there those in the medical ethics community that believe we would not be where we are today medically speaking had this kind

of research not been done? i'm not pushing for this in terms of being ethical? i'm wondering if there's an ideology out there. >> not for this case. unbelievably this research was not published. so it was not used. the final results of this rez j research were never published. so we don't know what happened with all those poor people. >> senator mendendez, have you heard of this research before? either by the united states or another country? this is not only unethical. it's outrageous and despicable. luckily 64 years later i have been told by the department of health and human services upon

speaking to them that there are clear safeguards that would never allow this type of research to take place again. and should never, ever be allowed. and, senator you're talking about that being 64 years later. but the incident that you talk about, that ended back in 1978 because the media got ahold of it. >> yeah, i'm talking about the specific incident was 64 years ago. where the guatemalans were affected. imagine, why does it seem that we only tried these tests on people of other countries and other races m i'm told the safeguards exist. we have to make sure it never happens again. >> indeed. also people that could not speak for themselves.

mental mentally institutionalized people. in terms of what to do going forward. is an apology enough? >> certainly an apology was not only appropriate, even though it appeared at the time to have t guatemalan officials part of this. that doesn't mitigate our responsibility. certainly to the extent that the individuals may still be living and were subjected to the testses, it seems to me we have a responsibility to them as well. >> senator menendez, thank you very much. now the east coast super soaker. a strong storm system dumped feet of torrential rain in the suburbs and the cities. d.c., philly, new york and boston all got soaked. there's widespread flooding outages, also travel delays. delays up to three hours in the major airports in the east is impacting air travel across the

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now a new disturbing find at the home of a high school dance teacher. the 34-year-old is behind bars because they found hundreds of video tapes of the man having sexual encounters with as many as 70 children. it's not clear if any of the students are children, but the case has parents on edge. joining us on the phone now, lindsay reiser in el paso. good day to you. did the school do your typical background check on the teacher? do we know anythingbout what they found? >> reporter: yeah, a spokesperson did say they ran a background check on him prior to hiring him. they didn't find any criminal history. the feds were tracking his ip address. they can track people uping and

sharing child pornography. they were tracking an ip address that led to his home. this is, of course, according to prosecutors. so they seized his computers. they found he had been uploading video. he has about 98 commercial videos on his computer depicting child pornography and about 140 homemade videos he made with hidden camera. i guess the video depicts him having sex with 60 to 70 underage girls. they think the youngest may be in elementary school. >> this makes me just sick. i have to ask about the reaction from the community. what's it like? >> caller: we're very shook up. el paso is a very family-based communities. we have family organizations here that are really upset.

he was a dance teacher at the high school. we're waiting on confirmation if he was a kor yog fer here. we found videos of him performing. this man was invested in the community, but unfortunately prosecutors are saying he was a child pornographer. >> i want to confirm. the reason this happened, the discovery, it was because the feds were looking at internet pornography, sites to his computer. it's not like one of the children with whom he's alleged to have sex said anything. nobody ratted him out? >> caller: not that we're aware of. no children have spoken up. yesterday i went to the school and spoke with parents who said their daughter had with him as a dance teacher. they talked with their children and asked if they were hay loan. no ubds age girls have come out yet. >> you can about imagine parents are asking a lot of questions

now. thank you very much. new jersey prosecutors are looking into hate crime charges in the case of a rutgers student who apparently killed himself after his sexual encounter with another man was streamed live on the internet. rutgers students are calling today black friday. they're handing out roses and leaving momentos at a makeshift memorial. police believe he committed suicide by jumping from new york's george washington bridge. for now two of his classmates are charged with invasion of privacy. paul is a former new york city prosecutor here in studio with me now. hello to you, paul. good afternoon. >> good to be with you. what is the make or break point to delineate something as a hate crime or not? >> well, it's difficult to prove a hate crime. but you have to prove the underlying crime was generated and mote vaivated by a racial ne or of sexual orientation nature.

you have to kind of look into the background and see if the kids involved were anti-gay. were they making anti-gay statements, or was this just one human being harassing another human being. >> potentially invasion of privacy. and it could get worse. >> it get a lot worse. if it turns out to be a bias crime, that could double to a ten-year prison sentence. that's a really big bump up. >> things like twitter. i want to go over a twitter account posted here. they quoted one student as saying tyler's roommate was just checking what was going on in the room. there was another item on the twitter account. roommate asked for the room until midnight. i went into molly's room and turned on my webcam. i saw him making out with a dude. yay. presumably being say facetiously. but intent. in terms of proving intent, does

that prove it? does that attitude? postingsome something on twitter for all the world to see? >> yeah, that demonstrates an attitude. but what makes this a hard case, and everybody is reacting to it as if these kids who broadcast the material should be thrown in prison forever. but proving it is going to be very difficult. how do we know this wasn't an act of harassment of one kid against another as opposed to gay an -- prosecutors will have to develop their case here. it's not as slam dump as they look. >> are there any chances feds will get involved? >> the feds won't get involved. you have to show violence being committed against the victim to invoke the federal statute. the new jersey statute does not require that. the other thing i think is really interesting about this case and i hope will come out of this case is most kids don't know this sort of stuff is illegal. if you were to go to the average college student and say if i turn my webcam on in my own

room, could that be a crime? well, most people would say no. >> mike is telling me to run along. the parents did offer a statement. they say they hope the personal tragedy will serve as a call for empathy and dignity. appreciate it. up next, our final day of education nation. i'll talk to a man who turned a failing charter school into a top performer. his thoughts on getting kids excited about mouth math and science. plus turned away at the white house tour. that's not really my style honey. weird, i can't find it. ♪ [ female announcer ] new tide with...acti-lift technology helps remove...many dry stains as if they were fresh. hey! you found it. yeah, it must have been hiding in my closet. [ female announcer ] new tide with acti-lift. style is an option. clean is not. get acti-lift in these tide detergents. get acti-lift

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help. in 2006 u.s. students were outscored in math and science by students in 16 nations. including fin lands, canada da, germany, the united kingdom and france. the former principal of the highly rated charter school in oakland, california. you and i kicked off education nation on sunday morning on the plaza. it's nice to see you again. >> thank you. how are you doing? >> i'm doing well, thanks. let's talk about american students and where they land with regard to math and science. they're in the middle. sometimes the bottom. why is that? >> well, if you look at we're not teaching science and math in the school. 90% of the 9th, 10th, and 11th graders in california are failing algebra and geometry. there's a problem. we're not teaching them. >> so how do you turn it around? >> well, we have to start teaching map. you hear of baseball camps for athletes or football camps. let's offer math camp. if you look at students at the

university, most of the math students are foreign students. if you look at the u.s. olympic team, 60% of them are from other countries. >> my son went through math. it wasn't his best subject at all. but his teachers said it's like baseball. you love playing it every day. you have to do it every day. it's one of those things. what do you have to do to make it interesting and fun? you're dealing with kids. >> why does it have to be fun? life isn't always fun. it should be work. i don't think you have to make it fun. i think you have to show the kids the importance of it. and at our school, you know, two years ago 100% of our eighth graders were advanced in algebra. we showed them how it was going to make you smarter. and you had to work hard. why does school have to be fun? >> when off concept you don't understand, and after repetition you get it, there's a sense of reward. any kid where all the sudden

it's like, i got it. that's exciting. that's great. but to do that, i mean, if you're a kid talking with a friend of yours, do we need the same kinds of books that every kid is learning on the same level? would that help things make it more uniform? >> i think this is a great idea. i'm for a nationalized math textbook. if you're taking algebra in north carolina, california, arizona, we should have the same textbooks. both conservatives and liberals are against the idea. when you take math in arizona. it's not the same. i was looking at a friend of min's math book. it was much better. my friend larry martinez's school. i say they'll better than us eventually, because they have a good math teacher. in california we have math books with a lot of people in color in them. the people of color can't pass the math. even the cartoons are brown i don't care about the pictures.

i care about the problems. >> well, it's an interesting perspective you bring. i know joul stay on it and try to get math and science scores up in the country. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> be sure to check out education nation at msnbc.com. find out your kids' schools rate on our education nation score card. up next, message from a terrorist. osama bin laden releases a new audio tape. we'll tell you what he's staying now. president obama calls for americans to be patient and invokes the plights of slaves. you'll hear it for yourself next. and a bike loaded with a flame thrower and more. we'll explain it. prescriptionn that saves you an average of over $450 a year, with monthly plan premiums less than $15 and copays as low as $2. with savings like these, you have more time to remember what it's really all about.

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only a little bit of wind. but everyone is okay. seven people on board that gulf stream. here's a look at your top stories this friday, october 1 st. a new audio tape from osama bin laden is released. he called for action against climate change. bin laden didn't call for new attacks on the west, though, as he has in the past. a formal ceremony for elena kagan was held during a special ceremony at the high court. after the ceremony she walked outside the front steps with chief justice john roberts. we'll soon learn more about what happened the two decades that jaycee dugard spent captivated as a sex slad to phillip and nancy garrido. police found her last year

living in the garrido's backyard with two children, allegedly fathered by her captor. nbc's george lewis is in burbank with more. good afternoon, george. what could we find out now that's not already known about the case? >> well, what's happened here is that the prosecutors have gone to the grand jury to get an indictment against the garridos. apparently jaycee dugard testified behind closed doors. we may see the release in the next ten days or so, which would give us the first picture of what jaycee dugard has to say about her time in captivity in antioch, california. there is also a question on whether phillip garrido is sane enough to stand trial. there will be a competency hearing to decide that question. at today's arraignment the judge is expected to enter a plea for phillip garrido. nancy garrido expected to enter

her own plea at today's arraignment. we'll see in the next few days whether the grand jury testimony of jaycee dugard will be released. mean whewhil meanwhile, we're told she's working on a memoir. everyone is asking what her life must have been life. we'll have to see what happens with the memoir. former head of ebay and current candidate for california governor meg whitman says she's willing to take a lie detector test to prove she had no idea the housekeeper is an illegal immigrant. the housekeeper confessed her status in 2009, was fired and is now accusing whitman of treater her like garbage. their attorney introduced a letter proving that she was here illegally. be patient. that was the message president

obama had for the audience at the gen 44 event in washington. this is a three-day event created by the dnc to cultivate the next generation of leaders. but the president raised eyebrows when he implored young people to stick with him. >> we've been through worse as a nation. we've come out stronger from war, to depression, to the great struggles for equal rights and civil rights. it took time to free the slaves it took time for women to get the vote. it took time for workers to get the right to organize. if we stay on course, ultimately we will make progress. >> heather smith is the president of rock the vote. heather, welcome. >> thank you, good to be here. >> i'm glad you're here. how many of the people in the audience can relate to how long

it took to free the slaves and get the vote out for women? do you think this was an effective appeal? >> i think it's important the president is talking to these young people again. the real they're living with is one where they're struggling to find a job. they're struggling to make ends meet and pay for a job. the candidates running for office really need to talk about their real lives in a path forward for change in their lives. i want to get to a compelling number. when asked if they were interested in the midterm elections. just 35% of young people said yes. 65% of seniors said yes. how do you explain that when it's usually all about the young people and ideology and momentum? what's going on? >> well, young people have always voted at rates that are lower than senior citizens.

but there are a lot of them. and you know right now i think they came out in the elections in '08. they worked really hard. they're very engaged. they wanted to fight for the future. when it was over they were left wondering what's next. i think now they're wondering do they just need my vote. or is this really about engaging us in this country? it will take work to get them engaged in the young process. >> do you think young americans are asking what's in this for me? do you think they give him enough credit for what he has done on health care and financial reform? are they more focused on what he's not done? net neutrality. something they can deal with. >> the president and this congress have done a lot of good things. allowing them to stay on their

parent's health care plan until they're 26. reforming the student loan process and putting money back in the pockets of students. that's not the overwhelming narrative they're hearing. they're hearing finger pointing, partisan bickering, the filibust filibuster. that makes people feel like there's a special or corporate interest that's trumping their own interests in the political process. the president needs to get out there and say this is what i've done for you. we need to make it possible in the future. >> join me tomorrow on msnbc. we'll have special coverage of the one nation event in washington, d.c. it's a gathering of progressives tomorrow from noon to 3:00 p.m. eastern here on msnbc saturday. the white house apologized for turning away the family of a medal of honor recipient because his 10-year-old grandson was

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troops in the region. an incredible rescue in peru after a car plunged 300 feet off a mountain side. the car carrying five people went off the road into the river below. bystanders rushed to the rescue, climbing down the side of the mountain and pulling out survivors for the vehicle. two of the five, though, were seriously injured. we head now to the middle east to a million dollar theme park style attraction that celebrates the lebanese hezbollah. yes, the same group categorized as terrorists by the u.s. stephanie gosk reports. >> reporter: lebanon is a beautiful country. you have the mediterranean sea, the mountains, a great climate, but we found an unexpected tourist attraction. it's called the landmark for the resistance. an open air theme park dedicated to the military victories against israel. three decades of destroyed israeli tanks, guns and spent rounds carfully man cured and on

permanent display for the first time. this family came for the day. his youngest son could barely contain his excitement. the $4 million complex complete with triumphant music was designed and built by hezbollah, the most dominant military force and political party. and according to the u.s. state department, a terrorist organization largely funded and armed by iran. charges a self-described hezbollah supporter denies. >> it's not glorifying the war. it's glorifying the sacrifices of the people. >> an american journalist just published a book on hezbollah. he says it's a mix of fact and propaganda. >> they work hard to convince the visitors that what they do is right and the fight against israel is justified. >> since the park opened in may,

500,000 tourists have pored in. for this family, a photo on the tank, a quick turn on the machine guns and, of course, hats and t-shirts to take home. hezbollah will soon expand, including a restaurant, a hotel and a cable car. it's an unlikely success. most other tourist attractions in the country have suffered because of the near constant threat of armed conflict. lebanon was home of the some of the world's earliest civilizations. these ruins are thousands of years old. but they're more defined by modern wars than ancient history. navigating through what used to be a hidden bunker. he told me five of his friends were killed in recent conflicts. how many wars have you lived through? >> i lived through the three main wars. 1993, the 1996, and the 2006. we know there's going to be a war. which is going to be more severe than the last one. >> a theme park built on hatred

of israel and decades of war, teaching children that the fighting goes on. the last war ended in 2006 between lebanon and israel. the united states has been aiding lebanon. people we talk to at the theme park says even if a war breaks out, they still believe hezbollah will protect them. back to you. >> okay. thank you for that. forget taking vitamins or eating veggies. the world's oldest twins are sharing the real secret to a long life. and is more money the answer to making the grade? replant a forest? maybe you want to rebuild homes for those in need? or, maybe you want to help improve our schools? whatever you want to do, members project from american express

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leave the profession. that means 5,000 teachers quit this week alone. one reason for leaving, salary $47,000 to $51,000 a year. low earners bring home up to $34,000 and the top 10% the high salaries, $80,000 a year. a pilot program in new york is trying to give teachers a boost starting with a bump in salary. >> reporter: when it comes to salary brooke nixon got moved to the front of the class. the math instructor recently started a new job as a master teacher at a high school in queens, new york. the position means more hours and responsibility and a bonus. up to 30% of her salary. >> i could get a job in another field where i could earn a lot more money, i chose to go into teaching because i wanted to have a more meaningful career than that. so it's nice to be able to be paid middle class salary. >> reporter: the bigger paycheck is part of the new york city pilot program, where about a dozen of the lowest performing

schools are given a federal grant to hire new teachers. charged with working on curriculum, mentoring other teachers, and improving student performance. >> i reached a point in my career where i'd been in a leadership role in some circumstances and i felt like this was a really nice next step to take with that. >> i think anything that the school system can do to enhance quality of life and salary for teachers is a wonderful thing. >> reporter: this school isn't alone. with the average public schoolteacher starting at about $31,000 a year, more schools are using dollars to make change. new york's the equity project starter school starts teachers at $125,000 a year. and teachers at underperforming and hard to staff schools in massachusetts and chicago will soon get bonuses thanks to federal grants. do pay incentives work? last week vanderbilt university released what they're calling the first rigorous review of merit pay in the u.s. their study looked at almost 300

teachers over 3 years and found that offering bonuses had virtually no effect on student performance. >> i'm not surprised by the results of the study at all. number one, we know there are no silver bullets for raising student achievement. number two, we know that teachers give their best every day, not just on payday. >> reporter: teacher brian crosby, author of "the $100,000 teacher" says better pay makes teaching a more attractive career choice. >> you'll have people who say, gee, if i become a teacher if i work really hard i can ascend to a certain position and earn a certain level of income? yeah, maybe instead of law, maybe instead of medicine or architecture i'll go into teaching. >> reporter: teachers like nixon agree pay incentives can be helpful, though not the solution to all challenges -- >> it's not the answer, it's maybe an answer. >> reporter: they can be one more way to help schools make the grade.

ma nbc new york. to the fastest three minutes in use. we go down the wire with life and fire throwing bicycle? first up, nurses going wild. hundreds of nurses wearing scrubs and masks running through the streets of paris. it's a protest over their salaries. see some may need a doctor after clashes with police there. a giant leap for the chinese space program. you're looking at china's second lunar exploration blasting into space today. the mission to take high-resolution pictures of the moon's bay of rainbows. the country shoots for the goal of a moon landing. in north carolina, this is not a sea plane, it's a charter jest with seven people onboard that ended up in the sound. it skidded off the runway during stormy weather. everyone got out safely. rush limbaugh is headed to the cartoon town in rhode island, lending his voice and

image to the next "family guy" episode. limbaugh said he had a lot of fun taping it toe he doesn't agree with the left-wing slant. he turns the family's dog into a conservative and breaks out into a musical number. get a load of this. bicyclists battling for roadway supremacy it's a dream come true. it's the ultimate urban bike complete with a flame thrower. that will get you through traffic. it has an eject bl seat. you're not going to get burned by a passing bike rider. this contraption is not for sale. it's a promotional gag from a uk bike insurance company. next stop, egypt, a muslim shrine is attracting pilgrims in droves. believers say they're witnessing a miracle there. images are showing up on the marble wall. there's no earthly explanation. let's get to meat lovers. we hate to give you this news. agriculture experts say beef

could one day be as expensive as caviar. officials are warning the human population rate cannot keep up with the livestock rate. in 50 year the a hamburger will be so rare, no pun intended, only the rich will be able to afford it. your pasta sauce could get a powerful punch to fight wrinkles. italian farmers are growing a new kind of super tomato that has an antioxidant, lopopine. two french sisters have their own secrets to longevity. they're the world's oldest twins. how did they stay healthy? they swear by daily exercise and a spot of whiskey. here are giant watermelons in minnesota. farmers showing off 200-plus pound melons. back in 2006 he grew a 225-pound watermelon. a giant hobby on a very small scale. a former canadian lumberjack is building a working suspension bridge out of toothpicks.

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good afternoon to you. i'm dylan ratigan. we're saying good-bye today to the mother of all bailouts. good news, right? t.a.r.p. ending this sunday with a mission accomplished spin. coming out of the obama administration. it did save the banks, after all, granted it did nothing to save america or investment in its future. that's not who they're really working for. we're going to have a look at