arnie duncan said that this was a massive wake-up call. he said that he was quoting the president of the united states saying this is a spud nick moment that we need to realize that what is at stake is our future competitiveness and productivity, and future market shares, and therefore the future well-being of the people in the united states. so the implications are high. >> secretary general we appreciate that the ocd has always been sounding this warning bell for some time. it must be interesting and it's fashionable to talk about income inequality. >> it's not the flavor of the day. a long time ago we started mentioning this, and it's good that so many people are coming on board led by the president of the united states. this is a sobbinger but at the same time a very good leadership. >> thank you, sir, good to see you on the show. we'll see you again soon. >> thank you very much. >> well, if you don't like your job we'll pay you thousands of dollars to quit. that's the message from amazon to its employees. i'll have the details next. a

arnie duncan said that this was a massive wake-up call. he said that he was quoting the president of the united states saying this is a spud nick moment that we need to realize that what is at stake is our future competitiveness and productivity, and future market shares, and therefore the future well-being of the people in the united states. so the implications are high. >> secretary general we appreciate that the ocd has always been sounding this warning bell for some time. it must be interesting and it's fashionable to talk about income inequality. >> it's not the flavor of the day. a long time ago we started mentioning this, and it's good that so many people are coming on board led by the president of the united states. this is a sobbinger but at the same time a very good leadership. >> thank you, sir, good to see you on the show. we'll see you again soon. >> thank you very much. >> well, if you don't like your job we'll pay you thousands of dollars to quit. that's the message from amazon to its employees. i'll have the details next. a

i think clearly the obama administration's secretary arnie duncan has taken a strong stand on what their each state should look like. they have been holding states a cattle through the no child left behind act and things like race to the top. the states has strong rules of play as well. most of our policies in education made at the state level for state legislators playing an important role in putting in place laws and policies of the state level that will impact kids. >> the country with the highest scores in math and science according to the center for international education and marking, china. the country that beat 44 others in creative problem solving --ng 15 years olds 15-year-olds, singapore. they're ready -- they are way ahead. just one of the first of the the world series champions. they may not be the champs but the yankees are number one when it comes to the value. we will hear from the president of the yankees. that is next in sports. >> today in sports, two of the hottest teams. they visited the white house for a congratulatory chat with the commander-in-chief. jay carney wa

arnie duncan and the obama administration have taken a strong stand on what the reform in each state like. they have been holding the no child left behind act accountable to that. state seven no -- have a strong role to play as well. most of our education policies are made at the state level. state legislators play an important role putting in place laws and policies that will impact kids. witht this, the country the highest scores in math and science? china. the country that the 44 others -- that beat 44 others in creative problem solving? singapore. way ahead. the red sox visit the commander-in-chief, just one of the first in a series of world champions. and they may not be the 2013 world champions, but the yankees are number one when it comes to net lu. we will hear from the president of the yankees next, in sports. ♪ >> today in sports, two of the hottest teams in baseball. first, the red sox, they visited the white house for congratulatory chat with the commander-in-chief. jay carney was so excited, he sported a beard. sort of. second, the new york yankees. it is their opening d

. >> education secretary arnie duncan called it a tragedy serving as a reminder that children and staff deserve to work and learn in a safe environment. with so much violence across the nation, how do we ensure the safe environment, regardless of what the weapons is. >> joining us from peninsula, and patrick tom arsy, the attorney for the 16-year-old, who was arraigned as an adult. good to have you with us. you met with your client today. can you tell us what condition he's in and what you think happened? >> well, he's obviously depressed. this is a young kid that, if you looked at him, you would think he was more like 12 years old than 16. he's very small statute, a young man. the family is devastated by this. they are - send their best to all the alleged victims here. there was no warning for this. this young man, if you meet him, he's stable, he has no history of any kind of psychiatric problems. he's never been in trouble. he's not a loner, he's not a kid that others would say is a weirdo. he's a b student, interacts well. at this point, quite frankly, it's unexplainable. myon, the

. >> arnie duncan, education secretary call it: >> with so much violence occurring at schools across the nation, how do we ensure the safe environment regardless of the weapon. joining us now is patrick tomasi, the attorney for the suspect reigned as an adult on wednesday, facing four counts of attempted homicide. 21 counts of aggravated assault and one of a weapon on school grounds. you met with your client. what condition is he in, and what do i think happened? . >> he is obviously depressed. this is a young kid. if you look at him, he looks 12 years old, very small stature. the family is devastated by this. they are - send their best to all the alleged victims here. there was no warning for this. this young man, if you meet him, he's stable. he has no history of any kind of psychiatric problem. he's never been in trouble. he's not a loner, he's not a kid that others would say is a wooerto. he's a student -- weirdo. he's a student. he interacts well. my job is to get to the bottom of this and figure out what happened here, why it happened. and we'll figure it out. >> as usual, as t

arnie duncan in 2010 said "the best thing that happened to the system in northerly: >> as harsh as that may sound, numbers back him up. judged by state standard, the new system built around charter schools is outperforming the old one. fewer than 6% of students are in failing schools. >> are you happy with the perform assistance? >> no. you're never happy with performance. if you get to the point where you are happy with performance, it's time to retirement. there's a lot of room for improvement and we need to continue to pursue that. >> i get the impression that people are looking at new orleans as the model. look twice. it has problems. >> many debate whether the schools are better. the state changed its criteria to make them look better. willie is the lead attorney. he says the new charter schools are gambling with the children. >> many are not working. people need to understand that. this has been an experiment. >> the politics of education are complicated. in new orleans, especially so. we reached out to several involved in the charter school movement. other than stan smith, all we

today education secretary arnie duncan, who played basketball at harvard, said if the allegations trueg has no place in the nba. half a world away, president obama commented on the controversy during a muse conference in malaiysimalaysia. >> when ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, you don't really have to do anything. you just let them talk. that's what happened here. i have confidence that the nba commissioner, adam silver, a good man, will address this. >> the reverend al sharpton is the president of the national action network and he is also, of course, the host of politics nation right here on msnbc. rev, i appreciate you being here, first of all. it's hard to know where to start. i think i will start with the naacp out in california. they responded people shocked that they were going to honor mr. sterling in the first place. take a listen, please. >> given mr. sterling's track record as a landlord, particularly among african-americans, given the elgin baylor lawsuit, why was the naacp honoring him? >> the fist thing is that when the naacp found out about the lawsuit

also at this hour, education secretary arnie duncan is appearing about his departments 2015 budget. we plan to take you live to that hearing in a couple of moments. first, we want to briefly mention news outside of congress. across the street, the supreme court today is hearing two cases that could alter the scope of what constitutes unreasonable search and seizure. cases will explore whether law enforcement can search the cell phones found on people they arrest without getting a warrant . a decision is not expected until june but we plan to have the entire oral arguments here for you on c-span when they are released friday. while we wait for the house to return, we take you live to the hearing with education secretary arnie duncan. this got underway at 10: 00 eastern this morning. >> early head start going to pre-k, hhs teams have been fantastic earners. we are linked at the hip. they are not being redundant, not being duplicate tip, but trying to make sure young people have opportunities to enter kindergarten not a year or two and a half years behind. >> since you did not really a

arnie duncan, the education secretary has basically taken credit for getting the the states on boardough it was a state-led initiative, the administration keeps boasting about how it successfully has gotten states to raise standards. >> so governor douglas, what i see here, if the position is having the idea of drafting common core standards is standards is good, the key is that each state has to implement it the right way, and if each state can implement it the right way, then this is a good thing for the country. if that's sort of what you're saying, the threat i'm seeing is this has become a test for conservatives, almost the way that meeting medicaid under the affordable care act. is there a threat now that that pressure, just within the republican party, and we can talk about what's going on in the democratic party too, but particularly in the republican party makes it impossible for governors to institute this thing? >> well, we'll have to see what happens. lindsay is right that when they started talking about it, it didn't help from a political standpoint. but the message will

produce graduates who on average earned less than a high school dropout as secretary of education arnie duncan put it too many of these programs fail to provide students with the training they need at the taxpayers' expense and at the cost of these students futures joining me now to talk about the predatory practices of for profit colleges and the obama administration's attempts to reel them in is david helper a contributor there to the republic report and the nation magazine and author of the new e-book stealing america's future for profit colleges scam taxpayers and ruined students' lives david walker thank you tom if you have great to have you with us how big is the for profit college industry in america for profit college industry is something like forty five billion dollars. and thirty maybe thirty three thirty four billion of that comes from uni comes from taxpayers many of these schools receive almost ninety percent of their revenue from taxpayer money. now this fast to be relatively recent i mean i'm kind of an old fart i remember going to college and the sixty's and early seventy's an