kaba spent danny davis says the school at the center of the neighborhood >> something should exist kids can't relate to outstanding athletic program >> situations are around >> another west side school's future and not as clear parents and teachers rallied outside pablo casals elementary school 61 percent of students meet standards >> school out scores 100 other elementary schools and the city >> leaders joined together 7000 signature petition >> cps action plan does not go far enough down but demanding cps more aggressive failing schools by bringing up academic standards >> imperative that the schools increase the performance that will school board will be voting on proposed closures turnarounds february meeting at 1030 tomorrow central administration building. thank you. illinois secretary of state jesse white leading to court action states senator threatened to sue for jesse white state senator annazette collins issued an apology to this morning or comments made in the sun times. jesse white called state senator annazette collins most unethical person in government said almost put ro

the briefing with danny davis comes close on the heels of a number of articles that appeared toward the end of last year about the more pessimistic conclusions found in the most recent intelligence estimate on afghanistan. it's recognized u.s. policy has Ãthe u.s. government and military leaders. no one likes to hear bad news, mr. speaker. but we do need to hear the unvarnished truth. we need accurate information to get a general understanding of what the situation is like on the ground in afghanistan. we need to know the real challenges faced by our troops and our diplomatic development and humanitarian workers every day. the amount of unclassified information available to the american public, the media and publish officials continue to shrink. ironically one week before being briefed by davis, congressman walter jones and i sent a letter on january 12th to the president asks him to declassify and release the 2011 n.i.e. in afghanistan. we are still waiting for a response to that request. >> the comments of congressman jim mcgovern, democrat from massachusetts and a critic of the u.s.

figure out what is real what is not real and focus on the reality of it and frankly if offered if danny davis report can prove that officers lied those officers should be held accountable as much as the u.s. marines are going to be held accountable for your knitting on the telly bought the the violations of integrity are equal so you can have a general whining about the reality in troops you know your knitting on the telly but i think somehow all those things are related they're both failures of leadership and they must be both both individuals both for both violation should be held accountable all right thanks so much for joining us tonight and thank you. time for a quick break pulling return train straight from the side of the very there for a closer settlement funds for the budget the people actually hurt by the housing prices have won that full time at happy hour santorum claims that his wife pro part of his book and i don't want checkpoints unconstitutional i can talk about it often for. you. the a. move. to a. guitar sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it

tonight west side lawmakers fighting for job of 29th ward committeeman the race veteran congressman danny davish ward deborah l graham 29th ward committeeman clashed over leadership. >> you should be ashamed of yourself let me tell you suggestions anybody says i have the third worst voting record in congress that is ridiculous >> you said i should be ashamed of myself? you should be ashamed of yourself fighting with long young leadership coming to the franc's why not work with me gave me a legislator of the year said i was capable of leading a community why not work with me? >> interesting something to see catch politics tonight c ltv monday through friday 6:00 and nine 30. still ahead chicago new fire commissioner talking about plans for the future city fire department's and snow mobile buried an avalanche lives to tell his story uo le [ bell dings ] when it comes to home insurance, surprises can be a little scary. and a little costly. that's why the best agents present their clients with a lot of options. because when it comes to what's covered and what's not, nobody likes surprises. [ click

danny davis gave all this to congress two weeks ago. what we have is a group of egotistical focuses committed to a course of action, letting people die for the good of a political decision rather than a practical one. >> same question, joe. >> two things. one, to make sure we have in place the correct strategy to continue from a distance to decimate the al qaeda. >> you need to develop an alternate strategy now? >> absolutely. >> where do we stand with that? sorry to interrupt you. >> we can readily fire drones from quite a distance away. they fly 24 hours in to do that. the second point is very important. when somali happened, black hawk done, we had 18,000 less troops there had. it took six months to retrograde safely. this is not an easy operation. none of our supplies to our forces in afghanistan flow through pakistan because they are ambushed. we fly them through the former soviet union. this is going to be a challenging retrograde. you can't turn around tomorrow. the president has to put correct safeguards in to do this right and

. >> warner: colonel danny davis, thank you. >> my pleasure. >> woodruff: and to the analysis of shields and gerson-- syndicated columnist mark shields and "washington post" columnist michael gerson. david brooks is off tonight. gentlemen, it's very good to have you with us. >> thank you, judy. >> thank you. >> woodruff: a word about the economy, mark. good news seems to be coming in bits and piece. the dow industrials almost at 13,000, which would be, i guess, a record in four years, if it hits there some time soon. how does all this affect the presidential campaign going on out there? >> well, if in fact the pattern continues, judy, four consecutive months of declining unemployment and the lowest number of unemployment applications for unemployment insurance in four years, and good news in the market that you described, and building consumer confidence, then it really hits the basic premise of mitt romney's campaign-- the republican campaign-- which has been that barack obama has been a failed steward of the economy, that the economy has floundered under his leadership-- or lack thereo

the briefing with danny davis comes close on the heels of a number of articles that appeared toward the end of last year about the more pessimistic conclusions found in the most recent intelligence estimate on afghanistan. according to the press, the current n.i.e. in afghanistan recognizes that u.s. policy has not achieved the objectives outlined by the president. that instead it casts doubt on assertions of progress made by the u.s. government and military leaders. no one likes to hear bad news, mr. speaker, but we do need to hear the unvarnished truth. we need accurate information in order to get what is going on in the ground in afghanistan. we need to know the challenges faced by our troops and our diplomatic workers and humanitarian workers every day. the amount of unclassified information available to the american public, the media and public officials continues to shrink. ironically, one week after being briefed by davis, congressman walter jones and i sent a letter on january 12 to the president asking him to declassify and release the 211 n.i.e. on afghanistan. we are still wa

host: congressman danny davis from illinois. host: pulaski, virginia.roy on the line for independents. good morning. caller: good morning. i think it is kind of similar to this insider trading and benefiting from that. it is kind of and in reserves. i do not think earmarks are necessarily bad. congress needs to find a way to limit it to a couple million dollars per year for each member and keep the spending number controlled. host: what do you think about the, one of our earlier callers made saying that a member lives in his or her district and will be sending money home to the district, and you cannot get away from that? caller: that part of their job, to represent us and our interests. some of those interests require money. unfortunately, in our district, and virginia, we were promised no earmarks. we will see how that plays out. host: looking at "the washington post" explanation about this serious. es. host: "the washington post" the say that tomorrow, they will continue a series. they're looking at lawmakers to direct money to institutions with conn

there's a lieutenant colonel danny davis that some of us in both parties met with who spent nine months in afghanistan and three weeks ago he came out publicly. he's active duty army colonel saying it's time to get our troops out. there is nothing we can change in afghanistan. i want to say that i respect the colonel for trying to tell the american people the truth and telling congress the truth. we are spending $10 billion a month to prop up a corrupt leader, and nothing's going to change. that's why i shared the thoughts of the team leader and also the retired marine general. in a "wall street journal" article, february 10, title "roads to nowhere: program to win afghan fails," and i quote it's a long article but one paragraph. three years and nearly $270 billion later, less than 100 miles of gravel road have been completed, according to american officials. more than 125 people were killed and 250 others were wounded in surget -- insurgeant attacks -- the agency shut down the road building effects in december. mr. speaker, this is what we're trying to say, both parties are trying to s

have been proud to introduce h.r. 138 a 5, the free market sugar act with my friend from chicago, danny davis. may next valentine's day can be sweeter for american workers and consumers. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you. sir. in 2010 the affordable care act delivered a $250 check to seniors in my district who are struggling to cover the gap between the cost of their prescription drugs and their medicare coverage. mr. carson: in 2011 these same seniors benefited from an average savings of $248 on their medication. for my well-meaning republican colleagues who say health reform is hurting medicare beneficiaries, i ask them to imagine spending two and three times that amount on prescription drugs per month. for most seniors $648 is a significant savings. and it is just the beginning. the affordable care act will provide 340r efficient care by bundling medicare services invested in our health care

davis u.s. army lieutenant colonel and matthew hoh senior fellow at the center for international policy gentlemen thank you so much for joining us tonight daniel i want to start with you or danny and please just tell me why it is that you even wrote a report like this where you were you assigned to something or just after seeing so much experiencing so much you felt the need that you had a story to tell it was the letter i had to do the job that i had there was required me to travel all over the country to talk to soldiers at every level from the highest commander to the lowest done to your old private. and what our soil there over time especially was beginning to be clear was so different than what the public assertions or that i started to have. problems with it but that turned into something more when i started seeing the of the results of men die as a result of this in missions that. made no sense and were then later characterized as big successes going fact they were not in later in the summer a couple of guys in particular that i had met. were killed in action a couple of weeks later and it drives home pretty strong toward the end of summer so i know that for now this is