it's arne duncan, look! can i have your autograph? it's arne duncan!" hey, this is pretty big. sarah palin is saying that her deal with fox news wouldn't keep her from rning for president in 2012. however, palin did admit her deal with fox news will keep her from winning. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] this is kind of weird. there's a new iphone app that alerts you if your spouse is trying to read your e-mails and text messages. [ light laughter ] experts are calling it a revolutionary product, meanwhile, tiger is calling it about two months too late. [ laughter ] he's like, "thanks a lot. thanks a lot, you jackass." [ scattered applause ] hey, check this out -- [ light laughter ] he's so mad, yeah. hey, check it out, white castle is offering a special valentine's day candlelit dinner -- [ laughter ] -- with tableside service and flowers. [ scattered cheers ] the perfect way to tell your date, "hey, what's your name again?" [ laughter ] listen to this, in 2009, the fbi reported a 20% decrease in the number of people robbing banks. there was, however, a huge increase in th

the agenda today will include secretary arne duncan who will join us shortly as well as colonel martin our secretary for planning and evaluation and policy development. we also have on hand, our director of budget services, tom skelly and we will of time for question and answer. we only have one microphone today for you and it is over here. the people on this side have an advantage. if you have a question, you may want to plan to migrate over there at one point. if you do come to the microphone, speak directly into it. we are recording and transcribing today's forum and want to assure we get everything done accurately. and we are very pleased with the investment the president is proposing to make in education in this budget to meet both his goal, having the highest proportion of college graduates in 2020 and to secure our economic future. this is a heavy investment to come out texas, adult education, early learning. we are determined to build grass-roots support. to promote the well-rounded education competition and give states and districts as much flexibility as possible. our world w

we're talking about the education secretary arne duncan.he situation room" and will explain why he says that massive disaster was a powerful wake-up call. stand by. >>> happening now, steve wozniak has a bone to picks a serious one, with toyota. computers are his business and the apple cofounders says his problem may be in the prius software. stand by. >>> sarah palin throws down the gauntlet to rahm emanuel for a salty remark, he calls a slur on all of god's children with disabilities. >>> why education secretary arne duncan says hurricane katrina was the best thing to happen to the education system in new orleans. the secretary is here to explain. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> the united states is in debt up to its eyeballs, more than $12 trillion in debt already congress poised to raise the ceiling by almost $2 trillion more. someone ran his or her household budget this way, he or she would be in bankruptcy court. here's what president obama had to say about that today. >> these deficits won't just burden our kids

there is arne duncan who has been with us from the beginning. this school has diversity. it is 20% black, 20% hispanic. with our first fund-raiser, our wine tasting we built two new playground for the kids. we turned it into a sky. a lot of recycled art. it is a city school. all the windows are graded but we turned them into light boxes. ♪ >> we are now a site for the chicago marathon. we are -- is always extra festive in my neighborhood. i love my neighborhood. we signed a $210,000 partnership with the chicago blackhawks. we started and inaugural hockey league and a dance room. we are a performing arts school. it is a dance room for the kids. this is where the students hang out. we had two amazing -- they were there before we got them. from the 30s. this is horses throughout literature. and across from the mural we had a seating area because there has to be a place for people to sit down. we blind globes over the main hallway. this is atlanta on the way to lunch. the kids swim to lunch. this is our banking center. harris bank has a banking center where kids learn about c

education secretary arne duncan backed the board's decision, saying students only have one chance foreducation. but at several rallies, the fired teachers got plenty of support from their students. >> it's really hard to see them hurt like this because we are really a family. >> reporter: several teachers were plainly shocked at the board's decision. >> i tried to be a very dedicated teacher, you know, and i just never thought this would be the way it would end. >> reporter: the vote by the board was one vote board of unanimous, that the best strategy for the state's worst performing school is not to try to improve it, but to essentially start again. mike taibbi, nbc news, new york. >>> we'll keep an eye on it. >>> on wall street today, the dow regained most of what it lost yesterday. up just under 92 points. we are back in a moment. . sure, but do we speak brid yes, we do. and we can say 700 miles on a single tank and epa-estimated 41 mpg city and all the words stick because they're true. we speak the most fuel-efficient midsize sedan in america. yes, we speak car, and apparently qui

this weekend on c-span, first lady michelle obama on preventing childhood obesity and secretary arne duncanthis is coverage of the winter meeting of the national governors meeting live throughout theÑi weekend on c- span. >> "washington journal" next. the dali lama will be recognized this morning by the national endowment for democracy and received a democracy service medal from the library of congress. live coverage is at 10:30 eastern. we will join the cpac meeting. live coverage is on c-span. and coming up this hour, mark schmidt of american prospect willk

. ♪ there is arne duncan, who has been with us from the beginning.ool has text bouck diversity, it is 40% white, 20% black, 20% hispanic, 10% asian and 10% other, 45% free and reduced lunch. these are outside doors. these are the side doors. ♪ more of the doors. ♪ ♪ with our very first fund-raiser, the winetasting we built two new playgrounds for the kids, like these are telephone poles. here is a brick wall we turned it into the sky. these are the back doors to the auditorium. we have a lot of recycled art. it's a city school, so all the windows are greeted but we turn them into light boxes. here is my kids at the chest wizards in the afternoon. ♪ ♪ ♪ we are now a site for the chicago marathon so we have all of the elite runners, and i live in boies council we are michael eight and also extra festive in my neighborhood. ♪ i love my neighborhood. here is the gem. we signed a $210,000 partnership with the chicago black hawks. they built a fitness room and we started in the inaugural hockey date. we've built a dance room if we are a fine performing art

i met with arne duncan and he holds more money than anybody else for education.nd when i told him and asked him what he's doing for indian education, he almost teared up when he talked about going out to lane deer and saying he was really sad. he didn't know how to be able to help. i said there's a lot of ways. nci has got a few ideas about that. so the opportunity to be able to place -- we can help place young people -- we just had a meeting here at the press club with several of these news reporters. helen thomas was there probably the oldest one sitting on the front. but we need to have a native american, strong, independent and being able to ask all the questions 'cause unasked they won't address it in front of the world and in front of the press in front of all the people. our issues need to be brought up. there's money available for it. and if any tribe has young people who want to be able to get into reporting and journalism then the national press club has scholarships and i would ask that you contact ncai give those names because we have positions going

this weekend on c-span, first lady michelle obama on preventing childhood obesity and secretary arne duncan on education policy, part of our color -- coverage on this year's annual meeting on the national governors association. livecopter of the weekend. >> sometimes i think history is a series of accidents, like a pileup of cars in a snowstorm. >> how did the u.s. and up in vietnam? sunday, pulitzer prize-winning author ted mark -- ted morgan on the valley of death and the battle that ended french colonial rule in indochina, sunday night on q&a, c-span. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> the white house plans to hold a health care summit next week inviting republicans to take part. the associated group -- a sensitive press shows a new study out today that show premiums for prescription drug coverage has gone up an average of 14% last year. president obama is in las vegas today to unveil a $100 million plan to help some home mortgages. las vegas has the worst foreclosure crisis in the country. c-span is coverin

arne duncan on health care policy. census. republicans, 202-737-0001. democrats, 202-737-0002. independents, 202-628-0205. here to talk about the sentence, but in particular, your -- census, but in particular, your quarterly reports, what did it find? guest: our quarterly report is based on a requirement that the appropriations committee placed on us to measure the progress of the sentence on a quarterly basis. -- census on a quarterly basis. we look at five things in the report. one is the status of the paper- based operation control system. that is the system they will use to manage in the enumerators then go out to do non-response follow up. that was the software that you receive it -- just referred to. the second thing we look at is some of the cost schedules that census has. we look at a load test that the census bureau is conducting on how well all of their i.t. systems will work. we looked at a revised cost estimates that the census director commission for a non- response follow up operation. so the report follo

in secretary arne duncan on education policy.ageçó of the winter meetingç of the national governors' association, live on c-span throughout theç weekend. >> have you visited the c-span website lately? you will find video of the events we have covered today, speeches from the conservative political actionç conference, the president's signing an executive order creating a debt commission, and remarks by the dali lama after his meeting with the president. that is at c-span.org. now brigadier-general jonathan vance talks about canada's role until recently, he was the commander of the canadian-made a joint task force. this is about 30 minutes. -- ?ndshe was the commander of e ;>[canadian-natoçç jow3t(çink force. national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> good morning. welcome to the atlantic council. i'm the vice president and director of the international security program at the council. i am delighted to welcome you to this forum. ççqbefore introducing our distinguishedç guest

host: revised student loan practices -- arne duncan wants to send a bill to congress.g the grants to colleges, it will actually increase the cost of the price tag because every time you increase a pell grant or anything like that, you see an increase in the price the colleges pay. if you demand more for product, you will get a higher price. that is a question we ask on our test. host: out and folks take this test at home? guest: go to our website, isi.org and it goes right to it. you can't take the test online and see how well you do. i encourage people to do that. host: you go well beyond the constitution and utah grab economic matters. here is an economic question for our next caller, an independent. they are talking about a progressive tax. what is it? caller: i am not certain because it is not being publicized but believe it is"c." host: that is the correct answer. caller: could george guest -- could your guest give a brief summary of [unintelligible] guest: dread scott was only the second instance where the supreme court had validated a federal statute. it was dec

cable satellite corp. 2010] >> this weekend, michelle obama on preventing childhood obesity and arne duncantion. live, throughout the weekend, on c-span. >> now president of, starts an executive order starting a commission on fiscal responsibility and reform. alan simpson dan region -- simpson and bowles will serve as cochairs. >> one problem helped spark the deepest recession of the great recession, which we're still recovering from. that helped aggravate an already severe fiscal crisis brought on by years of bad habits in washington. that required emergency action, but now, with so many americans out of work, the task of recovery is far from complete, so in the short term, we are going to take steps to encourage business to create jobs. that will continue to be my top priority. there is no doubt we're also going to have to address the long-term quandary of a government that spends more than it takes in. now when i walk in the door of the white house, our government was spending 25% of gdp but taking in 15% of gdp. without action, the accumulated waste of the deficit would ever increasing

. >> more now on the fiscal year 2010 budget from education secretary arne duncan.ces. apologies for not having enough chairs for everyone today. thank you for cramming in and grabbing spots where ever you can. we are here to talk about wanted to dole -- talk about data systems, in particular an 11- year-old reading about history. i am very pleased about the turnout to talk about that, so thank you for your interest. we're here to talk about what is in the screen but -- the proposed 2011 budget, and we know it you have lots of questions, so we will leave plenty of time for that. the agenda will include comments by senator duncan perry and we also have our director of budget services, who has just come from the press called with the secretary, and then we will have time for question and answer. we only have one microphone. it is over here, so the people on this side have the advantage. if you have a question, you might want to plan to migrate over here at some point. if you do come to the mike, speak directly into it. we're transcribing today and want to make sure we

host: revised student loan practices -- arne duncan wants to send a bill to congress.t is clear that the price of college continues to go up. we have gotten ourselves in a catch-22. we're expecting anybody who wants to be somebody to go to college. we want to create more affordability but by increasing -- it is kind of a supply and demand thing -- by increasing the grants to colleges, it will actually increase the cost of the price tag because every time you increase a pell grant or anything like that, you see an increase in the price the colleges pay. if you demand more for product, you will get a higher price. that is a question we ask on our test. host: out and folks take this test at home? guest: go to our website, isi.org and it goes right to it. you can't take the test online and see how well you do. i encourage people to do that. host: you go well beyond the constitution and utah grab economic matters. here is an economic question for our next caller, an independent. they are talking about a progressive tax. what is it? caller: i am not certain because it is not

i met with arne duncan and he now holds more money than anybody in the history of the world for education and the thing is when i told him and asked him what is he doing for indian education, he almost tear up when he talked about going to blame here saying that he was really said he didn't know how to be will to help. i said there's a lot of ways ncai has a few ideas about that. so the opportunity to be about place we can help place young people. we had a meeting here at the press club with several of these news reporters, helen thomas was there probably the oldest one sitting in the front but we need to have a native american strong independent and be able to ask all the questions they want to address it in front of the world come in front of the press in front of all the people were issues need to be brought up. there's money available and if any tribe has young people who want to be able to get into reporting and journalism in the national press club has scholarships and i would ask you contact ncai and get those names because we have positions that are going unfilled. >> thank you. e

the education secretary arne duncan explains those at this news conference. it is just under an hour. >> apologies for not having enough chairs for everyone today. thanks for cramming in and grabbing spots where you can. of course we're here to talk today about longitudinal data systems in missouri, specifically for 11-year-olds. [laughter] in reading about history. i am very pleased by the turnout, to talk about that. so thank you for your interest. no, we are of course here to talk about what's in this green book, the proposed 2011 budget and, we know you have lots of questions so we'll leave plenty of time for that. the agenda today will include comments by secretary duncan, who will be joining us shortly as well as by carmel martin, assistant secretary for planning, evaluation and policy development. we have on hand now, thank you, tom, director of budget services, tom skellie. who is just come from, from the press with the secretary and carmel. again we'll have time for question and answer. we only have one microphone here today, for you. it is over here

host: revised student loan practices -- arne duncan wants to send a bill to congress. costs and debt for college. what is your take? guest: it is clear that the price of college continues to go up. we have gotten ourselves in a catch-22. we're expecting anybody who wants to be somebody to go to college. we want to create more affordability but by increasing -- it is kind of a supply and demand thing -- by increasing the grants to colleges, it will actually increase the cost of the price tag because every time you increase a pell grant or anything like that, you see an increase in the price the colleges pay. if you demand more for product, you will get a higher price. that is a question we ask on our test. host: out and folks take this test at home? guest: go to our website, isi.org and it goes right to it. you can't take the test online and see how well you do. i encourage people to do that. host: you go well beyond the constitution and utah grab economic matters. here is an economic question for our next caller, an independent. they are talking about a progressive tax

this weekend on c-span, michelle obama on preventing childhood obesity, and secretary arne duncan on the head of the national cable and tele- communications association on what is next for the cable industry. Ñi"the communicators," saturdayn c-span. >> this week, the dow clay lot -- dalai lama visited the united states. up next, the national endowment for democracy presents him with an award. from the library of congress, this is about 90 minutes. [applause] n c-span. [applause] >> your holiness, mr. gershman, friends all, library of congress friends all, library of congress is very pleased and honored >> we are pleased and honored to present the medal of service to his holiness, the dalai lama. he is no stranger to the library, having been received here previously. it is a very special honor to be able to welcome him back to date in his return to the library of congress. with collections numbering in the millions, the library sustains the largest and most wide-ranging collection of human knowledge and creativity for the benefit of current and future generations, particularly on lawm