king has been serving since arne duncan stepped down last year. king will be responsible for the new education law that will replace the no child left behind act. the new law shifts most of it from the federal government to states and school districts. >>> time for weather and traffic on the 4s. time to check with chris cimino to see if there's any improvements on the way, chris. we've got some residuals meaning we've got cloud cover and could get breaks. in terms of rain, most of the drizzle is gone. clouds will linger much of the day. not as chilly. the wind is easing. temperatures heading up a little bit. we should see highs recover well into the 50s. right now, we're still tracking on light radar. a few showers in suffolk county. the radar will pick up any mist or drizzle and that could be patchy out there. east of long island the last remnants of showers yet moving eastward bound. 35 degrees right now. temperatures climb to 50 at noon. mid to upper 50s after noon. breaks in the forecast and closer to the sun as the day goes through. the no bi

he has been heading the department on a temporary basis since january after arne duncan step down.esident obama nominated mr. king on february 11 in a confirmation vote is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. god only wise, great is your faithfulness. inspire our lawmakers to focus on your priorities, striving to do your will on earth even as it is done in heaven. during moments of confusion,

john king answered questions at his nomination hearing to become the permanent replacement for arne duncanpresident obama's first education secretary who left after seven years of service. topics included a recent reform law and student loans and education for rural students. >>> today we're holding a hearing on the nomination -- the committee on health, education, labor and pensions will please come to order. our hearing today's on the nomination by the president of dr. john king to serve as the united states secretary of education, senator murray and i will have an opening statement and then we'll introduce the nominee. after dr. king's testimony, senators will each have five minutes of questions. we especially welcome bobby scott from the house of representatives, whose leadership played such a key role in the passage of the every child succeeds act. it would not have happened without him. he was forceful and diplomatic and oriented toward a result, so we admire that and appreciate his work on that, and i'll introduce him later to introduce dr. king. and we welcome dr. king's family, wh

king had been serving as acting secretary since arne duncan stepped down at the end of last year.sider ausing to supreme court nominee, some senate republicans voted to confirm king, saying they wanted a secretary accountable to the senate. he served as new york state's education secretary. in sports news, a top national football league official has, for the first time, publicly acknowledged the link between football-related head injuries and the brain disease cte. the nfl has never admitted the link before. jeff miller, the senior vice president for health and safety, was asked by a congress member if there is an established link between cte and football. he responded, yes. the family of an african-american college student fatally shot by police in 2010 has reached a $6 million settlement with the village and the officer. dj henry was shot while driving away from a party. a police officer approached his car. a friend who was with him believed the officer was telling them to move the car. as henry pulled away, the officer told him to stop and stepped in front of the car. caroritie

king's nomination to replace are in -- arne duncan. >> charmed with implementing the reauthorized k-12 law to every student succeeds act. so, please join me in welcoming secretary king to the stage. thank you. [applause] >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> that was low energy. good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> that's better. it's a privilege to be here with all of you great folks. a lovely introduction, and education week for being a voice for students and educators, and also for being a place for constructive, thoughtful dialogue. we're not always going to agree on every policy issue in education in the united states, but it's important we have places for thoughtful, well-informed dialogue, and education week is exactly that. so i'm grateful to be here. also grateful for the opportunity to talk with a room of leader who have a tremendous opportunity to have impact on behalf of our nation's children. so, i know we'll get to a q & a so i won't speak long but i want to first try to frame a bit about our progress that we have made over the last seven years, some of the challenges

ehad been serving ago acting secretary since arne duncan stepped down last year and previously servedate's commissioner of education. >> woodruff: on the newshour online, math geeks and sweet tooths alike celebrate "pi day" today. march 14th marks the mathematical constant, that begins with 3.14. but our resident science producer isn't convinced that pi is so special. read his take, on our home page. and in our poetry series, how language and verse helped a young undocumented poet find his voice to speak about immigration. all that and more is on our web site, pbs.org/newshour. >> ifill: later tonight on charlie rose, what's behind the drawdown of russia's troops in syria. and that's the newshour for tonight. on tuesday, with voters heading to the polls in five states, we'll have reports from ohio, florida and illinois. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. join us online, and again here tomorrow evening. for all of us at the pbs newshour, thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. suppo

the senate is voting right now, as we speak, to confirm king as arne duncan's official replacement.ing any minute now. and with duncan out, this leads agriculture tom vilsack as the only original obama cabinet member still on the job. today's what, it's the 2016 ncaa bracket. it is out and here's the political angle. the last two champions in open seat presidential election years, like this country, michigan state, back in 2000, that was before george w. bush won in november, and kansas in 2008, before barack obama's victory. and actually, you could add another one. 1988, the open seat before that. that was kansas, too. danny manning, larry brown, probation a year later. anyway, fill in your brackets accordingly. now, the where. it is broadway on pennsylvania avenue. right now, the cast of the hit musical "hamilton" is at the white house, about to perform in front of a group of students. the when, it is town hall night on msnbc. what is the harm in another promo for that. 6:00 p.m. eastern, right after this show. chuck todd's town hall with bernie sanders. and right on the heels of

king has been serving as the acting secretary since arne duncan stepped down at the end of last year. he'll be responsible for the new education law that will replace the no child left behind act. this new law shifts from schools to the federal government and state and local districts. >>> this morning's cnbc report, lyft drivers will no longer need to use their own car. by the end of the month, gm will provide 125 cars to drivers in chicago. if they get enough rides in a week, there's no cost. no word on when the program will is expand to new york city. >>> okay. now, you can foreget the password and the fingerprint. amazon may soon have you snapping a selfie to pay for the online retailer filed a patent to ask users to point the camera at your face and perform an action like blinking. it's less cumbersome. >> i'm too lazy to type in a couple of keystrokes i'm just going to put the phone up to my face and order more stuff. i like it. like is it. >>> it's 5:09. just ahead this morning -- it could be a make or break day in the race for president. the challenger who is posing the bigges

arne duncan at strong start for children act, i supported that and keys to be the lead of that in the house and every possible matrix suggests universal pre k or is near as we can get to it is one of the best investments a society can make. but on another matter, you talked about corporate inversions, high corporate tax rate and mentioned you believe it is an issue. how would you correct it? kind of the issue has been demagogued by both sides in ways that are not helpful. certainly, in my opinion, what would you like to see happen? >> there's a good way to address it and even better way to address it. the good way to address it would be to take a simple step of banning the practice of merging with a smaller foreign company and changing your tax domicile overseas and claiming the set of benefits associated with being an overseas corporation. that is a step we could take today is that would reduce inversion. even better way to deal with this fact to do that at the same time, it is more attractive to invest in the united states by reforming our business tax system, lowering the tax base.

since january after arne duncan step down. president obama nominated mr. king on february 11 in a confirmation vote is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. god only wise, great is your faithfulness. inspire our lawmakers to focus on your priorities, striving to do your will on earth even as it is done in heaven. during moments of confusion, help them to whisper a prayer for your wisdom. remind them that you desire that they set their affection on the things above that will live beyond time into eternity. may they not forget that you expect them to be accountable to you, seeking to be responsible stewards of their talents and abilities. lord, fill them with your spirit so that they will mount up with wings like eagles, running without weariness and walking without fainting. we pray in your strong name. amen. the president pro tempore: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. i pledge allegiance to the

in july of last year, i joined secretary of education arne duncan and attorney general loretta lynch at a correctional facility in maryland. they were there to announce a pilot program called second chance tell -- pell. it aloud incarcerate americans pellceive health grants -- grants towards secondary education and we have received hundreds of applications, nationwide. the roads to his -- the prison are paved in many instances by poor education. the way out, people need a good education and a good job when they get out. in november, the president visited new jersey which is one of the stronger mbk communities to highlight the reentry process of incarcerated individuals and discuss new aims to help americans reintegrate themselves back into their communities. during that visit, the president announced a round of what we bk federal policy deliverables. first, banning the box for almost all federal jobs to delay inquiries into the little history until later in the hiring process so that once someone has paid their debt to society, they get a fair shot at a federal job. another was the d

the arne duncan strong start for children act, past secretaries i've supported that and pleased to be the lead of that in the house and every possible matrix suggests that universal pre-k or as near as we can get to it is one of the best investments a society can make. but on another matter, the -- you talked about corporate inversions that are high corporate tax rate vis-a-vis other countries. and you mentioned you believe it's an issue. how would you correct it? because one of the -- it's kind of the issue's been demagogued i think by both sides in ways that aren't helpful. you know, certainly i have my opinion about it. but what would you like to see happen, doctor? >> sure. i think there's a good way to address it and there's an even better way to address it. the good way to address it would be to take a simple step of banning the practice of merging with a smaller foreign company and changing your tax domicile overseas and thus claiming the set of benefits associated with being an overseas corporation. that's a step we could take today, and it would reduce inversions. the even be

. >> the senate discussion about on jon kingsdale mission to abood replacement for arne duncan this coming monday at 5:30 p.m. you can watch us today here on c-span2. former first lady nancy reagan will be laid to rest today at the ronald reagan presidential library. coverage begins at 1:30 p.m. eastern with the service set to start at 2 p.m. though speaking include president reagan's chief of staff, former anchor tom brokaw and daughter patti davis. you can watch that starting at 1:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> this weekend on the tv, live all day coverage of the tucson festival of books from the university of arizona. it begins saturday at noon eastern, and sunday l-1b visa turn. -- sunday at 1 p.m. eastern. >> throughout our live coverage, many authors will join us to take your phone calls and comments. the practical considerations were want to get elected you want to get eelected. it's one thing to be elected the first black president but to get reelected as the first black president maybe even more remarkable. maybe even more difficult. he had to overcome certain barriers because when

the arne duncan strong start for children act, past secretaries i've supported that and pleased to be the lead of that in the house and every possible matrix suggests that universal pre-k or as near as we can get to it is one of the best investments a society can make. but on another matter, the -- you talked about corporate inversions that are high corporate tax rate vis-a-vis other countries. and you mentioned you believe it's an issue. how would you correct it? because one of the -- it's kind of the issue's been demagogued i think by both sides in ways that aren't helpful. you know, certainly i have my opinion about it. but what would you like to see happen, doctor? >> sure. i think there's a good way to address it and there's an even better way to address it. the good way to address it would be to take a simple step of banning the practice of merging with a smaller foreign company and changing your tax domicile overseas and thus claiming the set of benefits associated with being an overseas corporation. that's a step we could take today, and it would reduce inversions. the even be