later, new york mayor michael bloomberg and antonio villaraigosa. >>> following the outcome of the 2010 census. some redistricting plans have landed in courts. stanford law school held a conference in january and what is ahead for the redistricting for the coming decade. this panel on the voting rights act is 90 minutes. >> we're going to get started again. thank you all for coming back in. thank you for being here. one of my favorite philosophers is satchel paige. who is famous for many things. telling you to avoid eating fried food. thank you for helping us with the lunch along those lines. to the people at the levin center. one of the things that he says is let whomever sits around recollecting, i'm looking up the line. that is redistricting partisanship of the voting rights act. i want to start with the past of the voting rights act. it situates many of the debates today. the year the voting rights act was passed, a poem was published called "long view negro." through the telescope of dreams, emancipation loomed large. turn the telescope around and look through the larger end. wonde

we have los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa, new york city mayor michael bloomberg and chicago mayor rahm emanuel. and education secretary arne duncan. in a few minutes we will be joined by the superintendent from all of these school districts to talk about how they are dealing with the bureaucratic and hierarchical problems some of them have inherited as well. education is at the forefront of all of the problems we face in the nation. every social and political problem comes together at the crossroads of our school system. it is the core of the crisis of unemployment and wagging behind in global competitiveness. today's conversation will address how each of our mayors are addressing these challenges and what their successes are and what they're continuing challenges are. this is a work in progress so we are going to address all of that. we are looking forward to a thoughtful conversation to engage you in questions and answers as well as the superintendent very shortly. first you, mayor villaraigosa. you, unlike mayor bloomberg and mayor emanuel inherited a system where you do not ha

new york mayor michael bloomberg, los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa and chicago mayor rahm emanuel our jafa education secretary arne duncan. this hour-long event was moderated by andrea mitchell. >> good morning. i'm neal, president of american university. secretary duncan, mayors, andrea mitchell, welcome to america university. and it is very important discussion, education now, cities in the forefront of educational reform. i'd like to think you picked the right university to host this very important event. american university has for decades to our school of education teaching and help provided teachers for these great cities, provided professional development education for the teachers of washington, d.c. in all eight of our warts. the cities represent the education of 2.5 million students. some of them facing some of the greatest personal challenges one can imagine, but they also represent some of our best and our brightest. i wish this morning a fruitful and engaging and a stimulating panel, and once again welcome all of our distinguished guests to this very special event. [a

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currently at odds with party officials like house democratic leader pelosi and los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosaair of the convention in charlotte, with 22 senators are pushing for democratic platform supporting the same-sex marriage. leaving the president top advisor tongue tied. >> he has said what he believes. this is a very important issue. profound issue. he has spoken about this in great detail. i don't have anything to add to that. >> over a year ago, the president opposed same-sex marriage said the position is still unfolding. >> my feelings are constantly evolving. i struggle with this. i have friends and people who work for me who are in powerful, strong, long lasting gay or lesbian unions. >> democratic strategist insist the brewing platform battle is waste of time. >> meaningless exercises. again, the president is moving in the position of marriage equality. i'm not sure about forcing his hand on a meaningless document like the platform. >> democratic voters may have a different view. recent poll found 66% of obama voters from 2008 think same-sex marriage should be legal. with number

the man who chairs that convention, los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa, he says today support forage should be included in the democratic party platform. obviously that's a problem because the president himself has not come out for gay marriage. he says the his stance is evolving on the issue. today the president's campaign manager sort of kicked the can down the road saying that he's going to leave that decision to the delegates, the convention delegates will decide eventually what goes in the platform. but john, as you know this is a difficult balancing act. because on the one hand the campaign doesn't want to risk angering their liberal base or frankly angering wealth any gay donors they're counting on. on the other hand, they can't alienate socially conservative swing voters in key swing states. >> here's predicting they kick the can down the road for now and try to deal with that before the convention so they don't have a big fight at the con saengs over same-sex marriage. just a bet, jessica yellin. our chief white house correspondent. >>> now we turn to a form will presiden

. >> los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa will be at today's educational summit with the chicago mayor and the new york mayor, michael bloomberg, and the panel will be moderated by my friend, andrea mitchell. mr. mayor, welcome. >> great to be on the show with you, in person. >> it's good to have you out here in person. and we'll talk about the dodgers in a minute. but i want to go through, this is a stunning stat. the three districts combined. l.a., chicago, and new york, 2.5 million students, 77% of them are poor. this is your challenge, this is, i take it, so i guess my we to you is, you hear the president basically begging governors to give you more resources. is there just no federal government resources there that can help you out in this case? >> first of all, i agree with the president that the governors need to do more to put their money where their mouth is and invest in our schools and in our education. i also believe that we need to connect that money to reform and accountability, to improving our schools. and, yes, i think there is something the federal government could do

then, three mayors, michael bloomberg of new york, antonio villaraigo villaraigosa, and emanuel talk education reform. >>> the u.s. house of representatives to households nationwide and today our content of politics and public affairs, nonfiction books is available on tv, radio and online. >> we have even had advice that we do not do as i did today and come in with a plain old white shirt and a summer tie. heaven forbid. now i don't know whether my colleagues feel this would be a better decorum for the senate and i see the distinguished senator staffer nodding no, but perhaps the people of ohio would be glad to make a judgment on what they want to see me attired in here in the united states senate. so, mr. president, these are just a few of our concerns here in the senate and i'm sure none of us will do a thing differently in the senate of the united states now that we are on television. thank you. >> c-span, created by america's cable companies as a public service. >>> tuesday morning on c-span 3 a house armed certificaservicese hearing on u.s. military operations in afghanistan. ma

and yesterday, democratic national convention chair antonio villaraigosa also said he backs such language, saying, "i think it's basic to who we are." by being in a state of evolution now on this issue for nearly 17 months, is the president deferring leadership in his own party? >> no, chris, i can tell you that he is not engaged in the very early stages of what i understand to be the platform development, and i would refer you simply to discussions that the folks you mentioned are having. positionresident's hasn't changed. i certainly have no new announcement to make on it. >> but by being in a state of evolution, i mean, the president is missing an opportunity to lead not just the democratic party but for the country as a whole. so i -- >> i appreciate the question. i just don't have anything new to report to you on it. >> just to follow up on that -- can you identify what is obstructing the president from completing his evolution on this issue? is there some sort of fear of political backlash during an election year? you mentioned something before about this process involving the presi

we have los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa, new york city mayor michael bloomberg, and chicago mayor rahm emanuel. and education secretary arne duncan has convened all of us. in a few moments, we're going to be joined by the superintendents from all of the school districts to talk about how they're also dealing with the bureaucratic and hierarchical problems that some have inherited. education is at the forefront of all the problems that we face as a nation. every social and political problem really comes together at the crossroads of our school systems. it is the core of the twin crises of unemployment and lagging behind in global competitiveness. so today's conversation will address how each of our mayors, these three big mayors, are addressing these challenges of reform and what their successes are and what they're continuing challenges are. i hate to say failures, but this is a work in progress. we're looking forward to a thoughtful conversation to engage you in questions and answers, as well as bringing in the superintendent's very shortly. first to you, mayor villaraigosa. you,