arne duncan was there at the signing. he had worked with the leadership to arrive at this new stage in the evolution of the relationship of the federal government to the states and to local school districts. i could go through a long list of things that arne duncan worked on, including his concern about student debt, but i want to close by pointing to one that has a personal interest to me, and that is for-profit colleges and universities. i've given so many speeches on the floor about this descrirks th-- about this descrirks this . i have recounted the miserable statistics about this sector of the economy, with 10% of high school graduate students. they receive 20% of the federal aid to education. they account for more than 40% of all student loan defaults. and so i appealed to arne duncan and the department of education to do their best to make sure that the worst for-profit colleges and universities were held accountable. and arne duncan showed real leadership, and it wasn't easy. he ran into political resistance on ca

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arne duncan has been education secretary since the start of the obama administration.ve at the end of this month. his influence has been historic. he drove the race to the top program. he steered billions in stimulus funding to prevent massive teacher layoffs and he fended off attacks from republicans, including presidential candidates, who would abolish the department of education. >> i don't think we need a department of education. >> i don't think you'd notice if the whole department were gone tomorrow. >> i may cut department of education. >> why have a federal department of education? it's flunked and it needs to be expelled. >> as a final act, duncan fought for the major education bill signed by president obama just days ago, a fix to the bush era no child left behind law. i caught up with secretary duncan moments after the bill was signed and asked him about its impact. >> well, there were so many things that were broken with the no child left behind law. it was very punitive, it was very prescriptive. unfortunately congress has been broken for a long time, disf

so, i could not be prouder of arne duncan. >> right there you're hearing president obama as he is offering a lot of praise as bipartisan support and a big effort in this overhaul to the no child left behind program he is signing into law. the every student succeeds act. bipartisan. that's happening in one part of washington. let's get to capitol hill because i want to get back to this conversation we had just before we went to that live event about politics. despite the fact donald trump is looking at his biggest lead in the polls yet, 35% nationally support in the latest polsz coming out, there are calls still for him to quit. calls -- very strong calls from one congressman in particular, a republican from florida, congressman david jolly and he is joining me now. i should mention, congressman, you have thrown your support and endorsed jeb bush for president. sorry for that brief interlude before we could get to you, but we wanted to get that in. let's discuss. you take to the house floor and you say, it is time for donald trump to quit. it's time for this republican field to be smaller.

guest: arne duncan has said that progress is incremental. study that showed that there is a lot to learn from this study. congress made tweaks to the law to expand the number of models to choose from and open up more flex ability to states. but it really still continue to yield the same results. and now the program is essentially dissolved. talking about this program and its recent cancellation. caller, dan, a parent from the linsley, montana. -- from billingsley, montana. caller: hello there. i want to talk about the way that each residential administration seems to figure out a new way to throw money at schools. 1970, went to college in it cost me $500 per semester at a private, for your college for youron and books -- four college for tuition and books. i was able to work my way through college with jobs. today that is not possible. moreery level, we have put government taxpayer money in these schools, we are getting less bang for our buck. why should we give them money to be bad? let's give them money if they earn the if they improve the

education secretary arne duncan is on his way out, and this new bipartisan measure means a new relationshipetween the federal government and school districts yet again. >> both parties have been talking about education reform for quite a while. time to come together to get it done. so that we can truthfully say in america, no child will be left behind. >> president george w. bush wrote a new chapter in education in 2001. six years later he doubled down. the problem was it wasn't working, at least in the eyes of many educators. while the bush administration may have had good intentions, it became a controversial thorn in the side of teachers coast-to-coast. now president obama is attempting to rewrite the book. >> what we want to do is to get rid of unnecessary standardized tests so that more teachers can spend time engaging in student learning while at the same time making sure that parents and teachers have clear information performance. >> president obama signed the every student succeeds act into law last week. the rare bipartisan agreement gives the lion's share of states. >> this is th

attack.chief jim stewart is set to release more about this case later today. 3 u-s education secretary arne duncan steps down today.during his final speech in office yesterday.. he called on congress to pass tougher gun laws.duncan has served as president obama took office in 2009. 3 the city of edmonton's first ice castle in canada is open to public this morning. morning.it opened up wednesday after two months of construction.the castle was carved and sculpted by hand and now weighs more than 27- thousand tons and stretches over an acre of snow.at night, l-e-d lights embedded in thick ice make the castle glow.the attraction will stay open until it melts. 3 3 it's ______.if there are some words or phrases you hope to never hear in 2016.. you're not alone.coming up.. we'll tell you which words are being banned by one group. 3 here's a live look down in fort lauderdale, florida -- thee morning news on fox 3 you're watching the mornin3 welcome back to the morning news on fox carolina.this is a live look along wade hampton boulevard in taylors. 3 a university up north is hoping people will start 2016

they and netflix arne duncan that. priceline as well. things power wing consumer discretionary higher. on the flipside, you have those department stores. mixed bag. a jcpenney is the only of the department stores that have gained, and that is because the sales have seen someone of a rebound. kohl's, dillard's, all down year to date. david, did you go to any stores for shopping? david: i did not go to any of the big department stores, some smaller ones. most of my shopping was online. more coming up in just a minute, we will talk about the president planned for gun control. ♪ .avid: welcome back 2016 may be the unit we see a big change when it comes to gun control. president obama will likely go around congress and require gun control background checks. joining me now is one of our reporters. what does this mean in the business of selling firearms? >> this is the president's effort to get past the long jam in congress on good control. we already have a statute on the books that bans everyone in the business of selling firearms from transf

so i could not be prouder of arne duncan. [ applause ]. we are going to miss arne duncan a lot.in addition to great staff he assembled that will be staying on, we also have a great replacement for arnie and dr. john king, who is going to be doing outstanding work helping to implement this. [ applause ]. so in addition obviously we have had some outstanding advocates. we've got our teachers unions. we've got our civil rights organizations. we're got philanthropies, active and involved in the governor's organizations and school districts have also been involved. we want to thank them for their contributions. all the stakeholders have really buckled down to make this day possible. and the law comes at an important moment. over the past several years, the good news is our students have made real strides. we have seen states raise academics for all students. that means we are in a better position to outteach and outcompete other nations at a time when knowledge is the single biggest determinant of performance. drop-out rates have hit historic lows. the number of high schools so bad t

i think arne duncan played a predominant role on this legislation that was signed yesterday on reforming "no child left behind." i think our trade ambassador mike froman has played a role in working with congress on trade legislation. it depends on the issue, but i think cabinet members come in and out as the issues bubble up to a certain extent. i don't know if i really know exactly enough about that to really comment on. >> with the crs, the continuing resolutions, that's what i was looking for. >> i think paul ryan wants to get back to regular order. i really do. now he's come in late here on this particular budget, this particular cr, and this particular omnibus. i think he'll tell the budget committee next year give us a budget. then the appropriators hold their hearings, pass their bills, then those bills come to the house floor. i think that's what paul would really like to do as the new speaker. and if he got that done, that would be quite an accomplishment. >> mike is in new kensington, pennsylvania. he's a republican. mike, you're on with ray lahood. >> caller: mr. lahood, than