. >> year after year, arnie was having the same problem. he had to pay 12 months' worth of bills while doing only about 9 months' worth of work. with high costs and no money coming in, his landscaping company was a bit nerve-racking. and that's why he found a holiday solution to his annual dilemma. the company invested in a franchise. christmas decor was an ideal way to cover his seasonal gap. >> you start decorating around the beginning of december. you'll fill in at least that time period. do a bit of takedown after that. we could fill another four to six weeks of work. >> brandon stevens is the president of christmas decor. >> we help seasonal companies operate a business during the wintertime. we go out to customer's home, design displays, install them, maintain them, take them down. >> he understood the tight spot arnie found himself in every year. problems like employee retention were bad for business. >> we train all these individuals and it's not easy for them personally to be laid off year to year. sometimes you'd lose them because

. >> year after year arnie was having the same problem, he had to pay 12 months of bills while doing only about nine months of work. with high costs and no money coming in, running landscaping company in spencer, massachusetts, was a bit nerve-racki nerve-racking. he found a holiday solution. the company invested in a fran dhis, christmas decor was a way to cover his seasonal gap. >> you start decorating around the beginning of december and you'll fill in that at least that time period and take down and we should possibly be able to fill four to six weeks. >> brandon is the president of christmas decor. >> we help seasonal companies operate during the wintertime. we go out to homes, design display, install them, maintain them, take them down at the end of the year. >> he understood the tight spot arnie found himself in, problems like employee retention were bad for business. >> train all of these individuals and it's not easy for them personally to be laid off year to year. sometimes you lose them because they find a full-time job. >> christmas decor was started in 1986 in hopes of m

[applause] president obama: we are going to miss arnie duncan a lot. fortunately, in addition to some great staff he has assembled that will be staying on, we have a great replacement in dr. john king, who will be joining us. [applause] in addition, we have had some outstanding advocates. unions, we teachers got our civil rights organizations, philanthropists, community groups that have been active and involved with governors organizations and school districts. we have also been involved with superintendents. we thank them all 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 last seven years, the good news is our students have made real strides. we have seen states raise academic expectations for all students, meaning we are in a better position to outcompete other nations at a time when knowledge is the biggest determinant of economic performance. high school graduation rates are at an all-time high. dropout rates are at historic lows. the number has be

arnie, good to have you on the program. thanks so much. >> glad to be. nice to see you. >> congrats to you, arnie sorenson. >> so far donald trump and senator ted cruz have avoided bashing one another. but a surge in the polls could change that. up next, we'll take a look at the latest polls and political panel gives their take as we look ahead on "sunday morning futures." we'll be right back. so what's your news? i got a job! i'll be programming at ge. oh i got a job too, at zazzies. (friends gasp) the app where you put fruit hats on animals? i love that! guys, i'll be writing code that helps machines communicate. (interrupting) i just zazzied you. (phone vibrates) look at it! (friends giggle) i can do dogs, hamsters, guinea pigs... you name it. i'm going to transform the way the world works. (proudly) i programmed that hat. and i can do casaba melons. i'll be helping turbines power cities. i put a turbine on a cat. (friends ooh and ahh) i can make hospitals run more efficiently... this isn't a competition! >>> america's news headquarters, i'm eric shaw

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arnie homeowners talking about this rain softening the and bank mitts? richard: the weather is actually an advantage. sign forhave seen the months. they let a folks will be glad to see it go. we are happy to report the road is officially open. it is kind of an early christmas present for the residents. these christmas lights -- >> it has been an odd year. richard: perhaps shining brighter now. signs ared everywhere, but finally long-suffering piscataway drive is open. >> we are glad that we are able to drive to our homes in time for the holidays. richard: in may 2014, intense rain saturated a layer of calais overlooking the road -- a layer of clay overlooking the road, causing a landslide. residents from 22 homes were forced to evacuate. >> we had about 60 residents whose daily life was upended. richard: as were crews started a massive $50 million repair, residents had to walk. some boat across the potomac. >> we built trails in the woods and stairs down the hills so we could bypass the construction. ite of the slope failure is reinforced with 400 steel

steve, do you think arnie can muscle other leaders into finding an agreement?>> reporter: well, let's hope he adds a bit of positive influence as well. look, a lot of hollywood stars have been in and around. leonardo dicaprio is around. alec baldwin. a nice bit of soft power and pressure doesn't hurt. the fact is there are some absolutely enormous issues that have to be overcome. i was listening into the u.s. energy secretary talking about the modification that is a large issue. when emerging markets are prepared to take some form of verification, what kind of time scale? should it be straightaway from 2020 or given a little more grace, from 2030 and beyond? from the other side of the coin, the emerging markets are saying, show us the money. show us the money. we're talking about $100 billion a year from 2020 which has been promised potentially from the big developed nations. the problem, is that going to be enshrined in something that is legally binding. how long are you committing $100 billion a year from the developed nations add inif i my tum? this is a dea

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and so i could not be proud er . [ applause ] we are going to miss arnie duncan a lot. fortunately, in addition to some great staff that he assembled that is going to be staying on, we also have a great replacement in dr. john king who's going to be doing outstanding work helping to implement this. [ applause ] in addition obviously we've had some outstanding advocates. we've got, you know, our teachers unions, we've got our civil rights organizations, we've got philanthropies, all of who -- community groups who've been active and involved in the governors' organizations and school districts have also been involved, the superintendents. so we want to thank all 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 seven years the good news is that our students have made real strides. you've seen states raise academic expectations for all students. that means that we're in a better position to outteach and outcompete other nations at a time when knowledge is really the