for public education moving forward to talk more about this karen lewis president of the chicago teachers union joins us now hi karen so over one hundred arrests last night who exactly was among those arrested. they were members of the community were people who work in schools from lunchroom lady to parents and members of our local school council. we know that some of the protesters are angry that anger is being directed at mayor rahm emanuel for these school closings why is that. because the mayor has said he had a number of school closings that he wanted to see done and it didn't have much to do with the specifics about issues surrounding school. one of the things that people have said in the past is that it is impossible to do this without sending children into very dangerous parts of town and that each school should be taken care of and dealt with on an individual basis before a mass closure like this happens so now you are i'm sorry i'm sorry to interrupt you. and i was just going to ask you because we're seeing these pretty heated protests some of our colleagues teachers coming together c

editor at jacoby magazine and a contributing editor for in these times his book is on the chicago teachers union and free market education reform and it will be published this summer welcome micah so can you tell us. what has led to the shutdowns a lot of shut down well there have been a number of shutdowns in chicago over the years about seventy five since about the ninety's when the schools started being shut down here. since a dozen years ago. but the current spate of closings is the biggest that has ever been seen in this city or anywhere and the district is now claiming that they're shutting down schools because of under enrollment because there are some schools that are fifty percent sixty percent utilized according to their math in the past the justification for the closings was that schools were underperforming on things like standardized tests shifted this year to say well it's not about school performance it's actually about the schools being underutilized and so how to how do you think this will affect the students and how are parents reacting to. there seems to be a pretty uniform op

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. ♪ >> threatening to put their bodies on the line, the chicago teachers union causing havoc this weekprotesting the proposed closing of 54 degrees and 61 building. union members outraged. they say that kids are getting hurt. but, john, you say they're looking out for who, themselves? >> yeah, that's exactly what i think they're doing. unions do what unions have always done and that is take care of eir members, if they have a union head tells the teachers that they're going to start having them accountable. and that they're going to have merit-based pay and allow them to be fired if they don't have a union job. that union head won't be around long. that's contrairy to what our kids need. >> brenda: why aren't they protesting this. >> and not to exactly restate what john said, the purpose of the union is to ensure high pay for their members and that they have a job. that's what the union is there for. the teachers don't care about the kids, they care about having a job. that's what they're there for. look what chicago faces, two things, one, they say they face a billion dollars deficit.

chicago. the key is mass mobilization of our members, our teachers, our para-professionals, clinicians, along with parentsand mmunity. they do not want their neighborhoods destroyed. >> brown: karen lewis of the chicago teachers unionu so much. >> thank you for having me. we miss you in chicago. >> woodruff: now, we explore the so-called digital divide-- the gap in access to the internet and the challenges posed by how we use it even when we're wired in. it's been a concern for the federal communications commission. today, that agency's head, julius genachowski announced he will be stepping down soon. hari sreenivasan has the story. the last in our series on broadband and how it's changing our habits, our work, and our communities. >> if you have connectivity but you don't know how to use the programs and the software, it doesn't really help. >> sreenivasan: that's outgoing f.c.c. chairman genachowski last month on a new effort to close the so-called digital divide. >> if you don't have the digital literacy you can't even apply for a job and increasingly you're not eligible for a lot of the jobs being created in our economy. >> sreenivasan: approximately 100 million americans still don't have broadband access. a di

the chicago teacher's union is planning a protest march over the proposal next week. >>> billions in automatic spending cuts approved by congress have prompted the federal aviation administration to cut funding to staff air traffic control towers. the cuts impact 149 local airports. hamptton pearson is live in maryland. >> reporter: you know it took fredrick, maryland about ten years to get federal money to build the brand new control tower behind me. now just ten months after it opened it is a budget cut casualty. less than a year after it opened the $85 million air traffic control tower at the fredrick, maryland airport is now a casualty of the automatic sequester budget cuts. >> in 2010 the federal government awarded us $5.3 million to construct the air traffic control tower because it was needed for safety. and then fast forward to 2013 and now they are saying it is not needed for safety so it truly is the world of mixed messages. >> reporter: the faa announced it is closing 149 airport control towers as part of an overall plan to save $637 million. aviation advocates argue the f

the closure of more than fifty schools because of budget cuts the protest organized by the chicago teachers unionmore than one hundred demonstrators were handed fines after staging a sit in in one of the city's main streets local authorities claim they'll save more than a billion dollars over ten years but the move forces more than thirty thousand students to find new schools. britain's home secretary has lost a bid as it lost a latest bid to deport abu qatada the alleged al qaeda linked cleric wanted to jordan over terrorists are jews the court of appeals rejected the attempted deportation citing human rights saying he wouldn't get a fair trial the u.k. has been trying to deport the radical cleric earlier described as osama bin laden's right hand man for five years now your mains in the u.k. prison on the ledge breach your bail conditions. north korea's cut off a key military hotline with southern neighbors claiming war may break out at any moment it was the latest form of communication between the two states military drills conducted by washington in seoul as well as the u.n. sanctions off nort

protesting the closure of more than fifty schools because of budget cuts protests organized by the chicago teachers union more than one hundred demonstrators were given fines after staging a sit in in one of the city's main streets local authorities claim they'll save more than a billion dollars over ten years but the move forces more than thirty thousand students to find new schools. u.k. home secretary who has lost the latest bid to depart to abu qatada a radical cleric who wanted it wanted in jordan over terrorists are just since the late ninety's the court of appeal rejected the attempt citing human rights oh said qatada is a very dangerous person quote the alleged al qaeda link terrorist was freed on bail conditions last year but returned to his prison this month for breaching rules. north korea's cut off a key military hotline with its southern neighbors claiming war may break out at any moment it was a last form of communication between the two states military drills conducted by washington and seoul including u.n. sanctions after north korea's latest nuclear test have increased tensions earlier o

the closure of more than fifty schools because of budget cuts protests was organized by the chicago teachers union more than one hundred demonstrators were handed fines after staging a sit in on one of the city's main streets local authorities claim they'll save more than a billion dollars over ten years but the move forces more than thirty thousand students to find new schools. britain's home secretary has lost the latest bid to deport abu qatada the alleged al qaeda linked cleric wanted in jordan over terra charges the court of appeals rejected an attempted deportation citing human rights saying he wouldn't get a fair trial in jordan the u.k. has been trying to deport the radical preacher earlier described as osama bin laden's right hand man for five years he remains in the u.k. prison for an alleged breach of bail conditions but could walk free if no charges are filed. florida when this news block less than a day before the soyuz spacecraft embarks on a record breaking mission it will be the first ever six hour flight taking the new russian american teamed up to the international space station

their own lives now it's important to note that many free speech groups scholars and the chicago teachers unions have spoken out against this ban they have said that this book has a lot to teach to students that it's been taught for years here in chicago as well as throughout the united states and they believe that this latest ban this act of censorship is quote constitutionally suspect now they're also saying that it's important to remember that as many as ironically and sadly one hundred sixty schools here in chicago don't even have libraries so maybe education officials have better things to concentrate on and also we have to point out that ironically this book another country where it's bad the only other country in the world is iraq and . chicago illinois now the graphic novel itself was published back in two thousand and a film adaptation came to life in two thousand and seven as a result the film was nominated for an academy award for best animated feature film here's part of that film. trade. show. the original track the best something graphic novel. i love comes from life in life everyo

chicago's public schools but the storm has been brewing there for some time last fall the chicago teachers union organize a citywide strike in the wake of failed contract negotiations that strike was the first in twenty five years and drew national headlines at the height of the presidential election for the union however the contract struggle was more than an election cycle talking point it was an important piece of a larger campaign to stop city officials from the straw in the public school system last week's closure announcement suggests that their worst nightmare. it's coming true grain of the city closing down the supposedly failing fifty four schools is necessary to consolidate an expensive public education network and reinvest in new technologies for students but wednesday's protesters see it differently they claim that the closures won't do anything to help poor students and they're outraged by the implicit racism of the city's plan the bulk of the students affected are black or latino above all the protesters fear that chicago will become the next testing ground for the corporatization

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chicago teachers union president karen lewis has announced that today "some of us are going to put our bodies on the line." north dakota has enacted a series of historic antitrust measures that could effectively end abortion in the state. on tuesday, republican governor jack dalrymple signed a measure banning abortion once an embryonic heartbeat is detectable, which can happen at six weeks of pregnancy or even earlier. a second law signed by the governor aimed at shutting down the state's only abortion clinic, requires hospital admitting privileges for abortion providers. a third maxtor to cover the first day to ban abortions sought to to genetic abnormalities. we will have more on the broadcast on north dakota with the head of the state's only clinic and a republican lawmaker opposed to the new laws. former cia director david petraeus has apologized publicly for the extramarital affair that forced him to resign last november. his speech tuesday to military veterans and rotc students at the university of southern california is seen as a possible step by petraeus toward a new career in

that becomes a problem. >> reporter: some blame the high number of school closings on the chicago teachers unionch won a significant pay raise for teachers last fall. but the head of the union blames mayor rahm emanuel. >> we have a murder mayor. we have a murder problem. he's murdering schools, he's murdering communities, and it's okay. how is that okay? >> reporter: willie cochran remains optimistic even for schools on that list. >> i would say to the parents that are frustrated right now, there's still time to work. >> reporter: after all, he says, this is chicago. martin staff aavidgsavidge, cnn. >>> next tuesday and wednesday same-sex marriage goes before the u.s. supreme court and it could set a precedent for years to come. the high court will hear argument in two appeals dealing with smaex maame-sex marriage. congress has banned federal recognition. nine states and the district of columbia currently allow same-sex marriage. >>> 12 1/2 years ago a newborn was abandoned in a new york city subway. the man who found him ended up adopting the baby with his partner. fast forward to today. the c

thousands of teachers, school workers, parents and students joined a mass protests led by chicago teachers union wednesday against the city's plan to close 54 schools, most of them in african-american neighborhoods. the about 150 people sat down the road outside chicago city hall and locked their arms together, prepared to risk arrest. roughly 130 people were detained by police. teacher phil cantor was one of them. >> closing schools for about 12 years now, not a way to improve schools. now they're closing 54 or more in one year. it is outrageous. it is not one help the students. it will destroy neighborhoods. we're doing civil disobedience because we have to stand up. we cannot just keep plugging these things happen without reacting. >> some 30,000 students will be impacted by the closings. chicago mayor rahm emanuel has defended the closings saying he does not want students trapped in failing schools. in a move that could further inflame tensions with north korea, the united states has confirmed it flew stealth bombers capable of deploying nuclear weapons over south korea thursday. it is the f

the vice president the chicago teachers union isn't holding back her outrage over the plan to close 53chools. she says the closures would disproportionately affect african-american students in the nation's third largest public school district. >> this policy is racist, it's classless. >> you are being called a racist. >> no, i think i'm caring about those african-american latino kids bitaking these actions that are not easy to california. >> as many of the schools are half empty. the city says the money spent keeping them open could be used elsewhere. it's expected to save the district $600 million over 10 years. >>> the military mistakenly sent furlough notices to some national guard members. the defense department initially said it would send the notices to some 800,000 civilian employees at the end of this week because of the automatic sequester budget cuts. congress passed legislation to move some money around. the national guard is working to rescind the notices. >> a fund-raiser is being held today in sparks, nevada for the marines wounded in the explosion at the army depot. seve

coming straight from the mouth of chicago's teachers union president.s. >> i used to love parents conferences because i would lie to the parents. he's wonderful. the parents would look at me like are you talking about my kid? and the kid would sit there like when is she going to blow the whistle on me? now i have a hostage. >>brian: she went on to say these tips that work, the speech given during an educational conference earlier this month. >>steve: when are they going to blow the whistle on me? got a hostage. for the first time we're seeing prince william at work in his role as a helicopter pilot. you're looking at incredible video of him flying to help save a little boy who fell off a railway bridge on to rocks. >> you have to analyze the information you're given and make the best judgment. it's not easy. it makes you feel worried, concerned, you also made the right call. >>steve: the 30-year-old says there is no greater feeling than saving somebody else's life. the video is being released for a new documentary. that's great. >>gretchen: that was pre

. >> chicago teachers union led the rally.y oppose the closure saying they were disproportionately affect african-american students. school officials and mayor ruml emanuel says the closure will improve education and help close a billion dollar deficit. public hearings on the issue are set for april and may. >> wherere americans misled about the cost of obama care. the president has long pledged that his health care law would reduce premiums and raise benefits. now the administration concedes that some people have to pay more potentially a lot more for health coverage. that could affect folks here in california. >> adrianpremiums are going to e lowered. >> if you have health insurance quarter premium. >> now the president and health and human services' president reportedly said that may not be the case for some americans. they come currently have lower cost of catastrophic plans will have to purchase more comprehensive plans under a obama care. there may be higher costs associated with getting into the market according to wall

. >> some blame the number of school closings on the chicago teacher's union which won a significantst fall. the head of the union blames mayor rahm emanuel. >> we have a murder mayor, a murder problem, murdering schools. he is murdering communities. it is okay, how is that okay? >> willy cochran remains optimistic, even for schools on that list. >> i would say to the parents that are frustrated right now, there is still time to work. >> after all, he says, this is chicago. martin savidge, cnn, chicago. >> tech geeks learn the language of love for a price. chicago. >>> they are leaders in the tech industry but maybe losers in love, so some self proclaimed silicon valley geeks are getting help finding a mate and money is no object. lori siegel has the story. >> how much do you think people will pay to find love? according to the millionaire matchmaker, $20,000. take a look. the computer nerd have cracked the code to successful tech companies, but when it comes to the language of love they aren listing a little help. meet amy anderson. you're a matchmaker. that's an old job, right? >>

andrew napolitano wonders if it has more to do with teachers losing job than the union overplaying its hand. >> well, i think this is a mess in chicagol of almost every school district in the country where the teachers are unionized. the labor unions get inflated salaries for nine months a year, five-hour-day jobs. they take the extra money and they use it in political campaigns so as to vote in office, people who will continue to pay them inflated salaries. they don't understand competition. they don't understand the need to produce a product. they have guaranteed income. money from taxpayers. they have guaranteed clients, so to speak, the students of the taxpayers. they're not concerned with the end product. to them, the end product a paycheck. not a bright, intelligent person, well-prepared for college. >> neil: doesn't this divide the ranks when the guy they're angry at; particularly, zach ram emanuel, last time i checked a obama confidant and now a mayor. >> he may be many things to in m people. it never heard anybody call him a racist. this is absurd. this is an example i'm a different race than the boss so the decision is base

but the chicago teachers union president doesn't believe those figures. >> the actual amount of moneyrectly, which god forbid they have never done anything correctly before in terms of school closings, this will cost almost $1 billion itself. so i don't believe any of this. rahm emanuel doesn't know the truth if it would slap him on the face. >> from chicago to detroit now, another city in financial crisis as sequestration enters its third week. michigan's head start program could be next on the shopping block. nbc's chief education correspondent rehema ellis is joining me this afternoon from detroit and rehema, with a long distance hello to you, my friend, for many students in detroit there are problems with this education system which are now magnified by the statewide economic troubles. you kn i know you were talking about this issue with the governor. >> we were, and we're going to talk about it all with students when we have a town hall meeting here just a little while from now that everybody can watch online on education nation.com. but the governor says that they have no choice

the head of the chicago teachers union reinforced that belief bluntly saying let's not pretend that isficials say the closures are necessary to help cut the city's looming billion dollar deficit. >> that is a huge story that we underplay, the media in general underplay. the closing of all of those schools in the city of chicago. huge story. >>> the boston herald. the mayor is expected to announce he will not seek a sixth term in office. the 70-year-old democrat will make his official yesterday. his office said the plan did plan to make an announcement. he has faced health issues. the last 60 years, boston has had only five mayors. five mayors in 60 years. >> if i ever refuse to confirm a story but plan to have an announcement an hour later, call it a classification. >> good job. good job. >> this is the morning politico. we now go to politico playbook. what have you got in the playbook? >> we have a first look from "morning joe" viewers and advertisement today from mayor bloomberg and, mayor menino of boston. first time in a tv ad we will see relatives of the newtown shooting. >> we dr

the teachers' union in chicago organizing a massive protest of demonstrations in response to the announcementt chicago will shut down 54 schools. schools closing in an effort to close a gaping wide budget deficit plotting to small traffic with acts of civil disobedience as they tried death save jobs that simply are not needed as school system. chicago public schools are staring at a projected budget -- budget deficit of a billion dollars facing an enrollment that has been swept by 34,000 past decade. mayor ron emanuel said the closures are necessary because too many of the chicago public school buildings are now half empty supporting up to 60,000 empty seats over the past decades. a system that has seats for nearly half a million students, nearly 20 percent of those seats are empty. looking at the consolidation that will cost an estimated $2,303,000,000, the teachers' union basically saying they don't care. you know, i don't know what they do. the half billion dollars of the next decade by closing its 54 schools. the union not happy. union president labeled emanu-el the murder mayor for is pl

joining me from chicago, the vice president of the teacher's union and the senior director at bethel on the city's west side. welcome to you both. >> thank you. >> jesse, i want to start with you. jesse, is this about retaliation for the teacher strike earlier in the year? >> i don't know what is in rahm emanuel's heart, the mayor of chicago, it's really wrong to take out the anger of the union on 30,000 school children. >> now, i know there has been an outcry from communities in part because the create research brief on school closures and there's very little reason to think these kids will get into higher performing schools and you end up with all the schools being punished. is that an accurate assessment, or is there reason to think this could be good for students? >> that is an accurate assessment. school lossings are not a new policies. and what the research shows is only 6% of the students who are replaced wind up at a school that performs better. many students are transferred more than once. and so there's a pr spin. that's not what our experience in chicago has shown us at al

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. >>> in chicago, a school closing protest. the president of the teachers unionarsh words. >> when you close schools primarily on the south and west sides, that the children who will be affect ed are black. let's not pretend that that's not racist. >> the schools are being shuttered in an effort to close a $1 billion budget gap. >>> breaking news to tell you about. more about what led to the tragic shooting at sandy hook elementary school. new documents just released by the court this hour, are giving us hints at what motivated adam lanza to murder 27 children and teachers. susan candiotti following the story from new york. what can you tell us? >> reporter: hi, carol. it's rlly unclear what the motive is. but we are learning additional and you might describe as very disturbing and shocking new details about exactly what was found during searches of adam lanza's home. now, some of this information may be difficult to ahear for some people. we want to tell you, first of all, that the families of the newtown shooting victims have been informed already about what i'

chicago have protested against plans to shut down schools in poor neighborhoods. the city council says the closures are needed to close a $1 billion budget gap. >> save our schools! save our schools! >> teachers, student union members -- protesting the city's plans to shut over 50 four schools. most of their anger today has been directed at mayor rahm emanuel, which is not surprising. >> they are closing down schools that have names of african americans -- african- american icons, but they will open up schools to put a living billionaire's name on the front. >> he is slapping our future in the face by damaging our kids' education, and i won't tolerate it. we will not tolerate it. >> meant he said transferring students to another school is a dangerous plan -- many said transferring students to another school is a dangerous plan. >> i am concerned that their safety will be jeopardized. >> a lot of these parents have to leave home early in the morning, and they have to worry about their children going an extra three or four blocks -- it is not fair. some streets, i'm afraid across. >> if you close betsy ross, that means, like, you killing my family. will increaseey the number of volunteers at the facilities to

chicago and the latest spending city. it has rahm emanuel in a heck of a jam. he is closing more than 50 schools to take cash and now the teachers union that helped make him the mayor is right now. detroit had to bring in outside supervisor in. when good intentions go very bad. >> that is right. they are making the right move to merge these failing schools in places like chicago and detroit. they have already seen this. the problem is the unions who are balking at this. they have been living a very nice lifestyle for a long time. and they don't like to see this happening. but pontiac michigan has done with great sucss. the problem is when you have urban sprawl in the campaign for coming out to find a way to pay for it. it may be an issue of emerging entire towns throughout the country. >> you have to do stf like this at times. what i'm wondering is what is going on in chicago and detroit and what could be happening very soon in upstate new york. or is it a sign of thetimes? >> those areas just don't have the tax base to solve the problem with cuts and spending. a lot of democrats have actually been fine with unions because of this. th