my kids attended atlanta public schools and graduated from atlanta public schools, but when you look at the schools that were most impacted, they were the black and brown schools. 100 atlanta schools, 58 impacted. they are largely black and brown. to say that there is not a robbery going on here, when these teachers reap benefits, these principals reap financial benefits, which beverly harper herself reaped benefits while the same schools were robbed of their collective futures, i think there ought to be a high dollar for that when she's off on vacation today. >> we need to make a distinction whether she's accountable for this. >> even though you noted earlier this is like the largest scandal of its kind, under an investigation in the history of the country. it's 33 teachers and a superintendent and there are a lot more people doing the right thing, who are in classrooms, who are not behaving in this way. it's really important that when we find instances of this, and if this is revealed to be what it certainly looks like, that you don't throw every other teacher under the bus. >> but

narrator: atlanta is a rapidly growing urban area. its primary source of drinking water is the chattahoochee river, which also provides water to many downstream communities. but its infrastructure is dangerously old, without outdated facilities and combined sewer overflows polluting the watershed. the city faces strict consent decrees and lawsuits, along with a severe lack of funding. man: when i started working for the city of atlanta in the late '70s, we were approaching that point in time where a lot was going to be needed, in terms of rehabilitation and upkeep. most of the very large pipes were at least 80 years old. we had needs that were identified in the '50s and in the '60s and in the '70s that were deferred. woman: we are urging that we all try to find a way to overcome the obstacles and limitations that might exist. woman: when i was running for office, i met someone who knew mayor hartsfield, who, in the late 1960s, said, "i don't know who the next mayor will be, "but i know they'll have to fix the water and sewer infrastru

>> atlanta is not going to disappoint.n with beautiful conditions, no cumbersome coats, umbrellas. the warmest we've seen in atlanta really since the beginning of the year. temperatures today, 71. 74 tomorrow. 76 on monday. we get 78 on tuesday. it's kind of indicative of the warmth and change of pattern we've seen. march, of course, so cold and so wet. april, too. finally, things are beginning to come around. let me show you where we stand. not only atlanta. temperature here average of 70, getting to 76 monday. new york city, too. how about mid 60s? you'll love it. average is 58. warming up for you as well. washington, philadelphia, even dallas getting above average. chicago, 66. you should be at 55. you get the picture. seeing a change in the tide. allowing more much warmer air to come in. a little caveat in the ointment. upper midwest, believe it or not, will see between three and five inches of snow. a little bit of winter coming in. also here in the pacific northwest today, we will see about six inches in the higher m

our reporter doug evans fox five in atlanta. doug, do we know if they have been able to speak with the firefighters themselves? >> i don't know whether they have been able to speak with the firefighters. all we know, shep, they are in communication with the gunman who is holding them hostage. that is a good sign. any time that the police can communicate with this guy, can try to calm him down find out what it is going to take to end this situation find out if there is any need of the firefighters inside. give him some alternative to ending this on what he might shows are his terms. of course, it's all being orchestrated by the police department. gwinnett county is a very large county. this is probably one of the best police departments in metro atlanta. they handled hostage situations all the time. theist guys are well-trained to do that. i saw the district attorney arrive a short time ago. he has been in talking with these guys. handling negotiations to help them along. >> shepard: only thing i was curious about had they evacua

more to come from downtown atlanta.e have not only a little bit more from centennial park, a really, really, really big bracket, carlos dias has it at cnn center. we'll get to tweets and the all access at the final four continues. here is a little all access with wichita state head coach greg marshall. >> all right. number one in the country, number one seed, what does that mean? what does that mean to you? what number are we? huh? you cannot make people respect you. you cannot make people respect you. all right? you can certainly not allow them to disrespect you. okay? let's go make that happen. let's go. 1-2-3. >> announcer: did you know there are secret black market websites around the world that sell stolen identities? >> 30-year-old american man, excellent credit rating. >> announcer: lifelock monitors thousands of these sites 24 hours a day. and if we discover any of our members' data for sale, lifelock is there with the most comprehensive identity theft protection available. [♪...] [squealing, crash] call 1-800-l

we'll continue to cover this scandal out of atlanta. and as you said, it is far-reaching.p, will michael jackson's children testify for the first time about the night their father died? we'll get the latest on a $40 billion wrongful death lawsuit filed by katherine jackson. zap technology. departure. hertz gold plus rewards also offers ereturn-- our fastest way to return your car. just note your mileage and zap ! you're outta there ! we'll e-mail your receipt in a flash, too. it's just another way you'll be traveling at the speed of hertz. diarrhea, gas, bloating? yes! one phillips' colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend against these digestive issues... with three strains of good bacteria. [ phillips' lady ] live the regular life. . >>> katherine jackson is suing tour promoter aeg live for billions. she claim they placed profit above her son's health and well being, resulting in his death. potential witnesses include jackson's children, quincy jones and spike lee. diana has the latest live from burbank. and obviously, people are intrigued to see if michael jacks

. >>> from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, this is "early start weekend." no id, no prescription? no problem. infuriating anti-abortion activist. >>> jodi would freak out all the time. i had quite a few of her friends call and tell me to get her help. >> jodi arias' mother in the police department. >>> and the final four here in atlanta, and we will take you live to the georgia dome. >>> good morning. it's saturday, april 6th. i am miguel marquez. take a look at this. you see missiles being fired on north korea's coast, and tregie showed this. and the white house says it would not be surprised if kim jong-un orders missiles to be fired to show off his military might. >> north korea could be making preparations to launch missiles and we would not be surprised to see them take such an action. >> let's bring in our international anchor, jim clancy. what is the situation like there in south korea right now, ain is reaction to the north? >> the number one story here in seoul this afternoon is the weather outside. it turned cold and rainy and people were hoping f

the new address he listed was king's home city of atlanta.for both men, a date with murder. >>> coming up, the fbi. dirty minds and dirty tricks. >> someone was left in the room and was recorded in the act of sexual intercourse, and they assumed it was dr. king. marjorie, i can't stand you. you're too perfect. even the inside of your dishwasher sparkles. okay. so i'm the bad guy for being clean. you said it. ladies, let's not fight dirty. cascade kitchen counselor. see, over time, finish gel can leave hard-water film on your dishes and dishwasher. new cascade platinum's triple-action formula not only cleans your dishes, it helps keep your dishwasher sparkling. so we're good? don't do that. okay. [ female announcer ] cascade's best is new cascade platinum. jamie mcmurray: a boy born in joplin, missouri, was fascinated by anything with wheels and a motor. the odds of him winning both the daytona 500 and the brickyard 400 in the same year? 1 in 195 million. the odds of a child being diagnosed with autism? 1 in 88. i'm jamie mcmurray, and my niec

as far as atlanta is concerned, i'm from that area, from south carolina, we would always go to atlanta, there's so much to do. there is the aquarium. a lot of good things. what do you recommend? >> a family-friendly town. if you're taking things there is the georgia aquarium, one of the best aquarium in the country. they have everything from beluga whales and the theatrical experience with dolphins. that's a great one. the atlanta botanical gardens is absolutely beautiful. it is 30 acres forests, wild flower trails, a 10,000-square foot orchid center. they have this great canopy walk which is a suspension bridge that's absolutely beautiful. that is a great option as well. when you're looking at history, martin luther king jr., the national historic site is here. you have his birth home, you have the king center, a lot of great history. that is a great thing to check out in atlanta as well. >> such a fun city to go to. we recommend it. thanks so much. it is now 54 after the top of the hour. it's your last chance to answer our question of the day. we told you about the georgia town putti

i think atlanta serves that purpose very well.become a center research. do you think that government incentives play a role in this or is a private pursuit? >> it is a little bit of both. things that induce a lot of opportunity for anyone who wants to bid in without redistributing from one group to another. we see that kind of spirit in atlanta. we have cured a bunch of rat. we are going into human medical trials now. very excited about possibly wiping out a deadly eggs these that affects a lot of people. dennis: did atlanta come to you or did you go to them? >> we really went to them. there was a lot of reason to look there in the first place. we started doing the process. we saw that this really was a place that could be the future. >> i grew up in the south. i have 3 degrees from georgia tech. i served on the board for about 12 years there. i am very familiar with the area. i endorse exactly what he says. i am very excited to be part of it spot is the cost for operation a lot lower in atlanta then it is in the silicon valley? >

the problem is only atlanta has invested the resources to find out. most of the school systems don't want to know. washington d.c., the state of ohio what's going on now on the el paso texas. and in georgia, the former governor, sonny purdue appointed two lead prosecutors in the state, a former attorney general, a former district attorney, the best investigator in the state gave them an open budget and said find out what you can find out. and they eventually hired 50 vestigators and were given a year's time. they came up with the evidence. i believe that would be found at many many other school districts if there was a political will to get to the bottom of these things. >> warner: mike winerip of the "new york times," thank you very much. >> thank you for having me, margaret. >> woodruff: finally tonight, we talk with one of the country's most acclaimed poets, gerald stern, as he looks back at more than 70 years of writing verse. jeffrey brown has our conversation, part of our occasional series on poets and poetry. >> brown: at 87 gerald stern has be

our fox station fox 5 in atlanta obtained this image. it's one of the pressure bombs after it exploded. on there you may be able to see an f.b.i. tag. this is what is left of what caused the chaos in boston. gail russell reporter broke this news and dale, how do you know what this is and how did you get it? >> shepard, we got this through sources who verified for us that these are actual crime scene photos from the first bomb from monday's boston marathon bombing. >> shep: tell me what we're looking at here. whether i look at it, i can't tell what it is? >> what you are seeing is an ordinary, everyday pressure cooker. they are very common in the stores, but also they are common for bomb making. you also see a black padded either knapsack or duffel bag that my sources say the bomb was carried in. there is also small bearing type pellets, and some sort of put at this holding them together. it was part of the shrapnel that mates it deadly. >> so investigators had this from the early minutes. the people took the pictures. what you are saying

mcpherson in atlanta.rthell wheaton said two agents entered the fire station that week. >> they came in and came to the watch desk and wanted to go up on top of the fire station. they said they wanted to take some pictures. of course, when you get on top of that there, you are looking right straight over at dr. king. >> but on that roof, there was no place to hide. >> if you are up there, anybody can see you from across the street. they walked around just a minute and came back down. >> the agents left. he never saw them again. that wednesday, april 3rd, in the coffee shop at the lorraine hotel, dr. king was handed court papers forbidding a second march. this local newspaper story mentioned king was staying at lorraine. that evening, on the outskirts of town, james earl ray drove his mustang up to the new rebel inn. he registered again as eric galt. >> i checked in the new rebel upon arrival in memphis. raoul showed up that night about 8:00 or 9:00. he had a rain coat on, as it was raining out. >> as ray t

did great work here in atlanta. continued, he brought investigative reporting to the civil rights story, which was elevated to an all new level. moves to washington. is head of the washington bureau. now, "l.a. times" did not have a great imprint in washington until jack got there. i'm not saying it had none. it didn't have anything like what it would have afterwards. when it got there it had 17 reporters. when he retired they had 57. so i called the washington bureau of "the los angeles times" the house that jack built. [laughter] okay. i'm going to turn now to our wonderful guests. we have barbara matusow, jack's wife, who took on completion of "scoop". it was 80% done, the atlanta parts, the southern parts were pretty much done. she finished it, polished it and turned it, it is a spectacular read. everyone here knows jimmy carter, former state senator. [laughter] all day, am i really going to try this one? [laughter] president carter knew jack throughout his career and certainly if he didn't know him directly he

and we have beautiful weather here in atlanta.eteorologist alex and ra steel is in our weather center. what can they expect? >> a million dollar forecast. i got a million dollars a day and even better for the masters. hi everyone waking up on this sunday morning. hope you have a great day. watching basketball late last night today in atlanta, sunny, 74 degrees, well above average. the clouds, the cold, the rain it's all gone. tomorrow 78 degrees. beautiful conditions. maybe you're going to stay in town, how about this, hit atlanta and go east to augusta. masters, we're going to see it start on monday of course if you're out there for maybe the practice rounds gates open at 8:00 in the morning. 79 degrees, beautiful week, well above average temperaturewise. predominantly dry skies. it's the thursday into friday period we'll see a front pass, drive off showers -- no pun intended, drive off showers and thunderstorms. and then for the weekend, saturday and sunday of next week, we're going to have sunny and like 73, 74 degree temperatu

is rooting for louisville. >> i'm not going to say all of atlanta but the atlanta i know, they are. ♪ >> reporter: for "good morning america," john schriffen, abc news, atlanta. >> all right, bianna and i will take a quick break and google wichita. meanwhile, ginger zee is here with the forecast. >> i smell a storm chase this week. monday into tuesday i will likely be in the plains looking for severe weather because it's going to happen. here's what's happening. you get the warmth of spring springing from here, 86 midland, 87 laredo, oklahoma city in the mid-70s too. pair that warmth with storms hitting and i say storms because it is plural hitting the west coast. some of the mountainous areas getting into some snow even into denver some snow but all of that energy starts to really circulate and bring up enough moisture and energy to create severe weather. again, tomorrow there's a little pocket in far western kansas and eastern colorado but i think it's monday into tuesday when we really see some severe weather outbreaks happening from dallas up to kansas city and then again on wed

of atlanta. the first refugee family i met was from somalia that was resettled in atlanta. i was a family friend coming into their home to teach english, which i never done before. it was interesting exspeshes. but i spent a year and a half with this family. i had the punt to be with the family as they learn how to navigate the grocery store, one family member got a drivers license. they moved into a home, they got married, had children. t was a really wonderful opportunity to see human resilience and to meet the most rateful, interesting, creative people that i've ever met in my ife. i'm blessed to continue meeting people like this every single day. i'm going to give you a little bit of the nuts and bolts of how we meet these families, how they get to georgia, and what we do when they get here. then i will talk about an overview of how many rfplgs are coming to -- refugees are oming to georgia and some of the successes and the challenges as well. as much as i can fit into 10 minutes. i will pick up where ellen left off. in the united states there are 10 organizations that

i have to tell you, i'm a for of the atlanta public school system, this is very painful.now this case inside and out. i will tell you that these are -- i looked at the indictment neeps are se indictment. these are serious allegations. when you have a private investigator hired by the school district filed a written report, written report, and no actions were taken allege le, that's part of the whole conspiracy piece and racketeering and to carrie's point i agree. it does read like a major drug deal. but you have to remember there are large bonuses. the school, the former school superintendent got $225,000 extra because of the improvement of these false test scores. this is very, very serious. >> you know what? i want to add, when i say atlanta ain't the end of this thing, arizona is looking into problems, detroit, baltimore, ohio, arizona, california, colorado, florida, many seeing there are a lot of erased marks corrected into the right answer as opposed to made into the wrong answer which is a real red flag. i i think it's the tip of the iceberg. a lot of school distric

why are all these people walking around atlanta?ey should have helicoptered you in. >> all right. show me the walk. >> i've not gone to the school but it probably goes a little bit like this. you don't want the grunt. i'm giving you the grunt. >> you grew up here in atlanta in a rough neighborhood. >> i grew up here in atlanta, about five minutes from here, it's called perry homes, a pretty tough neighbor, inundated with violence and drugs and so on and so forth, what the whole lifestyle entailed. >> congratulations on your success. >> thank you so much. >> it's called "blindsided by the walking dead" and it's by iron e. singleton. >> let's do the walk. >> repetition. you got to do the same thing over. >> we'll be right back. >> i'm hungry. i'll eat other walkers. >>> now to the big stories of the week ahead from the white house to wall street. our correspondents tell you what you need to know. we begin tonight with the president's plans for the week. >> i'm athena jones at the white house. the president and first family host the wh

who were upset over desegregation they targeted one of the largest factories in atlanta. seven thousand workers and had been targeted for blockbusting which was the old technique where the big real estate agencies and tell what targeted area to move in black families pretty quickly scare the local white population that selling their homes very quickly and they would make millions of dollars well atlanta's largest factory at the time one of them was in the lakewood part of atlanta which is gone from you know being a hotbed of support for j.f.k. but after a lot of propaganda an effort by the klan and others it had been turned into a hotbed of a racist activity among some of its members by no means all. and so they would collect money every week every week from these highly paid union factory workers and only about twenty percent of them contribute like say most of these factory workers create people not races but twenty percent of them were pretty racist and some of those would contribute money every week to assassinate dr king left for several years the people collecting t

teachers for widespread cheating in atlanta schools.hey are looking into two dozen teachers in long island for the same thing. what is so remarkable about michelle rhee specifically is she has gone to the peak of redcation without having to answer to the reports of possible cheating surrounding her tenure. rhee and her organization did not respond to our request for an interview. joining me tonight, john mario, education correspondent from pbs. thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> let's set this back to the 2011 about these wrong to right. what is the significant nance. >> standardized tests have different levels of difficulty. if they ran an analysis and see that most kids got easy answers wrong, the hard answers right, and there were erasers and if you find patterns then you know this is not kids doing erasers. and sandy sanford's memo warned michelle rhee that she add problem. >> one of the things we saw in atlanta in the beverly hall case was that reporters there looked at the eraser rates and took them to statisticians and sa

why are all these people walking around atlanta?hey should have helicoptered you in. >> all right. >> show me the walk. >> i've not gone to the school but it probably goes a little bit like this. you don't want the gerut. i'm giving you the grunt >> you grew up here in atlanta in a rough neighborhood. >> i grew up here in atlanta in perry homes, a pretty tough neighbor, inundated with violence and drugs and so on and so forth, what the whole lifestyle entailed. >> congratulations on your success. >> thank you so much. >> it's called "blindside by the walking dead" and it's by iron e. singleton. >> let's do the walk. >> repetition. >> got to do the same thing over. >> we'll be right back. >> i'm hungry. i'll eat other walkers. [ nurse ] i'm a hospice nurse. britta olsen is my patient. i spend long hours with her checking her heart rate, administering her medication, and just making her comfortable. one night britta told me about a tradition in denmark, "when a person dies," she said, "someone must open the window so the soul can depa

and talk about some gorgeous weather here in atlanta.rologist alexandria steele is us with this morning. weather for saturday's game was fantastico. what happens for the next one? >> beautiful, really. the warmest temperatures we have seen in atlanta since the beginning of the year. beautiful temperatures and the rain, the clouds, the cold temperatures as we take a live look outside. we're just driving into work this morning. waiting and looking at all the people running around still out there after a really fun weekend and beautiful conditions for it. of course, from the basketball to golf, we're going to cover you with weather and really it's beautiful. 74 today, sunday, 78 tomorrow. so, temperatures about eight to ten degrees above average. maybe you're lucky enough to go from atlanta, georgia, driving east on 20 and getting to augusta. temperatures stay above average. monday practice rounds tomorrow and gates open at 8:00 in the morning. tuesday, wednesday, temperatures stay above average. thursday still 80 degrees. but then the cave

it's going to be a rainy day in pittsburgh, buffalo and atlanta. thunderstorms are a threat along the gulf coast. snowshowers are possible in the upper midwest. denver gets some well-deserved sunny skies. >> temperatures in the midwest about 15 degrees colder than usual. the northeast will warm up to the 70s today. pleasant and warm in the pacific northwest, with portland hitting almost 80 degrees. >>> coming up, the best and worst jobs of the year. >>> plus, the hoax that crashed the stock market. what we learned from yesterday's instant 143-point drop. >>> and on a train platform, a police officer to the rescue. we'll be right back. >>> a computer hack on twitter reveals how fragile wall street can be. the dow jones fell 143 points yesterday, moments after a false tweet by the associated press. a hacker sent a message saying two explosions injured the president at the white house. computers searching the internet for key phrases reacted to that tweet. after the error was corrected, all three major indices finished the day with big gains. >>> big

this weekend in atlanta will be a great weekend. have good music. the concert series starts today. and like you said, three days of crazy music acts. the biggest music acts for free. and free is free. today will be people like fits and the tantrum will be performing. zac brown will be performing. i love country music. they'll be performing tonight. tomorrow ludacris, flo rida and muse. but sunday is the day. you've got acts like sting, dave matthews band. and i've got to represent for the ladies, because i love grace potter and the nocturnals, and she will be performing as well. her voice is hauntingly beautiful. >> i'll be here all weekend as i am every weekend, so you got to get your spot early. >> right. because free means huge crowds. and last year 150,000 people came out in new orleans just for the concert. so they're expecting all of that and more this weekend. and i'm told, even though it's a little dreary here in atlanta, it's going to be a great weekend. >> i think sunday in particular. so maybe you have tickets to be insid

dozens of educators in atlanta stand accused of fixing student test scores and doing it so they could reap the government bonus money. tonight is the deadline for them to turn themselves in. here's abc's steve osunsami. >> reporter: one by one, implicated atlanta teachers, principals and administrators, surrendered at the county jail, accused of falsifying student achievement tests to gin up scores. for some of them, the bail is set at $1 million or more. >> al capone, as i understand it, didn't have to post a million dollar bond. >> reporter: tonight, 35 face racketeering and other charges. at one school, they're accused of holding parties where they erased the wrong answers and filled in the right one. prosecutors say superintendent beverly hall is most responsible, firing teachers who failed to cheat and giving handsome bonuses to those who did. these educators are fighting real jail time. the superintendent alone could see up to 45 years in prison if she's convicted. she and her staff say they didn't know teachers were cheating. >> we are looking forward to sharing the evidence th

this suv took just a steep plunge last night in downtown atlanta. you can see firefighters putting a neck brace on the driver right there. they think he had some kind of medical problem before the crash probably. all three people in the jeep went to the hospital, but luckily, they should be okay. the driver was cited for not having a license. >>> there he goes. a florida panther returned to the wild. scientists rescued this guy and his sister nearly two years ago when they were kittens. their mother had died. the sister was we leased in february, but they have monitoring collars on so scientists can keep track of them. fewer than 200 panthers are believed to be left in south florida. >> big cats. >>> two big pieces of news today from the tech world. apple's new massive tv and facebook's new phone. we've got details on both of those, next. >> cool. what if you could shrink your pores just by washing your face? [ female announcer ] neutrogena® pore refining cleanser. alpha-hydroxy and exfoliating beads work to clean and tighten pores so they can look

cnn's jared greenberg is live in atlanta. i've never seen anything like this, jared. >> certainly not on the basketball court. you would expect an injury like this from football or soccer or hockey. this is the talk of the country. kevin ware's injury. he will not be available for the final four. the sophomore is providing his teammates with a level of motivation that simply cannot be measured. known for his tenacious defense his injury occurred when he gave his all attempting to contest a shot. the aftermath left everyone in the stadium stunned. emotion between the lines, as you know, is a rare sight. especially when it has nothing to do with winning or losing. tears were everywhere as louisville felt for a fallen teammate as ware was rushed to a hospital the cardinals played inspired basketball outscoring duke by 19 in the second half earning louisville a trip to the final four this year to be played in atlanta. not far from ware's high school. a destination that louisville head coach rick pitino said is a bittersweet next

the story tonight from nbc's ron allen in atlanta. ♪ >> reporter: while the baptist church celebrates in the same community, the congregation faces a monumental decision. >> thank you, jesus! >> reporter: it's one of two historic churches in the path of a new $1 billion dome football stadium, the atlanta falcons and the city want to build. and they're offering millions of dollars if the churches agree to move. >> i don't think the church should move. >> reporter: juanita jones abernat abernathy, widow of ralph abernathy, believes her church should stand firm on what she considers sacred ground, where slaves were shipped in a boxcar during the civil war, where historically black colleges spellman and morehouse once held class in the basement. >> the church is a landmark in the community. and it needs to remain there as a landmark. >> reporter: the city's first offer to friendship, nearly ten times its appraised value, about $10 million. the pressure to move is obvious. you see the white top of the georgia dome stadium and how it looms over the churches. the new stadium would sit where

looks like at bout of wet is coming from the atlanta. we'll go up to the scandinavian peninsula, but much of the continent enjoying warm, dry conditions, and you really deserve it after a long and cold winter. down towards the southeast it's unstable. thunderstorms and rain here but that is slowly inching off further towards the east. here are your temperatures then, i'm going to leave you with your extended forecast now. >>> tourists are gazing up on a high mountain route in central japan. officials opened the road for the spring sightseeing crowds. the 27 kilometer teteyama-kurobe alpine route is in the northern alps. it was declared open after workers cleared the remaining snow. one popular section has 18 meter high walls on either side. the pass is at over 2,000 meters. snow plows created the walls. >> it's just a little small in highest place. so i was very surprised here. it's very beautiful. high wall. >> translator: the snow wall is one meter higher than last year. i'm sure you'll be amazed and feel like when you look up, the spe

this is what happened here in atlanta. five educators have now so far turned themselves in to face charges in one of the country's biggest cheating scandals. in all, 35 teachers and administrators were indicted. so these are the details. they're pretty shocking actually. teachers and principals wearing gloves to avoid leaving fingerprints on test papers. groups holding changing parties to erase wrong answers and fill in the right ones. even using coolers to transport test papers. former georgia attorney general mike bower investigated the cheating scandal and joins us now. this is unbelievable when you take a look at this. give us some of the details, some of the details that shocked you when you learned about what was happening. >> well, we looked at some 56 schools. we had cheating that we confirmed in over 40 schools. we had six principals who took the fifth amendment and would not even talk to us. we have had cheating all up and down the line. it was absolutely amazing. >> how did they do this? >> they did every way th

beverly hall, the one time superintendent of atlanta schools.superintendent of the year and hosted at the white house by education secretary arne duncan. today she stands accused of theft, making false statements, and conspiracy to rig the results of standardized test scores. the indictment could mean 45 years behind bars for dr. hall. but they also mean trouble for federal education policies which link financial rewards to educators in schools in return for high performance on standardized tests. we're joined now by msnbc contributor professor james peterson, director of africana studies at lehigh university. with me in new york, dana goldstein, fellow at the new america foundation and at the nation institute. dana, this is certainly bad news for dr. hall and also for the 34 educators in atlanta who have been indicted, but this is not an isolated problem in the united states, is it? >> no, it's not. a 2011 investigation by "usa today" found nearly 2,000 instances where it would be more likely to win the powerball than to see the kind of test sc

we think of the olympics or atlanta, we don't associate it with the tragic bombing of 1996. we never forget what happened but that tragic event has not come to define either the olympics or that city, right? >> you're right. in an international sense but for people who lived in atlanta through that time and not just the bombing but who also lived through the police, who were caught in a terrible scandal in atlanta, by filling out arrest slips in advance and writing young black male by the hundreds and going out and arresting -- and filling arrest quotas, the yolk in atlanta was the new prison built for the olympics was the only thing built on-time and under budget. the fear that will be boston's future. what's so tragic about it is unlike the olympics which is, of course, watched by billions around the world, the boston marathon for being this global event is so much of a boston event. and the idea that that would be taken from the city of boston in the way that it has always been is also, in a way that it's taken from the rest of us as well. >> john: dave zirin, author of "

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