started.ng to get we're waiting on the last panelist, david coleman. we can mock him when he sweeps his cape.his t i am frederick hess. come in court has been adopted by 45 states -- common core has been adopted by 45 states and the district of columbia. the notion that these reading standards have the opportunity to improve. there has been in the last 12 to 18 months it rising chorus of skepticism, concerns about how these standards will impact instruction. whether the standards are good or bad. the reason is my own personal bias. i think most efforts to alter standards or instruction or assessment turned as much on how they are done as on any grand design sketched on the front end. i could be wrong on that. but that is the bias that i'm coming from. we want to talk about with joanne weiss, who is in the middle of so many reform conversations, david coleman, from the college board is what are some of the challenges ahead as states seek to make these things deliver on their promise. what are opportunities for researchers, advocacy groups, providers to

david coleman scouted out targets in india. more than 160 people were killed, including six americans. he could have been sentenced to life, but prosecutors pleaded for leniency after he agreed to cooperate. >>> and in egypt, marks two years that the revolution that led to the ouster of hoseny mubarak. more opposition rallied are set for later today. >>> senator john kerry was on the hotseat during his confirmation hearing on capitol hill. president obama's pick for secretary of state answered questions for four hours. kerry says that u.s. foreign policy should be defined by helping hand, as well as by military strength. even with iran stopping its nuclear program, kerry said diplomacy is still an option. >> we will do what we must do to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, and i repeat here today, our policy is not containment. it is prevention. >> the senate foreign relations committee is expected to approve kerry's nomination early next week. the full senate could vote a few days after. >> which means he would take

david coleman, president of the college board. he co-founded student achievement partners. he was recognized as one of 11 education act of this. he was new school change agent of the year. he has set a high bar. always a mistake. john deasy, los angeles unified superintendent of schools, second largest system in the country. he was deputy director of education for the bill and melinda gates foundation. he is remembered as the hard- charging superintendent of the prince george's county schools. we have joanne weiss, chief of staff to arne duncan. she ran the race to the top program, getting that off to a widely heralded start. ceo at the new schools venture fund. let's get this started. lost angeles is wrestling with a number of challenges. there are concerns about the politics of reform. where does it intersect with school improvement? >> i think it makes life much easier in terms of these pieces. >> we can hear you. >> it is on. it makes life much easier. how to create balanced and appropriate accountability systems. how to shape the work of instruction. all the things you

sentence was part of a plea deal but the judge said he did deserve the death penalty. 52-year-old david colemane rampage. a teenage boy clinging on to a tree for his life is pulled from raging waters in australia. take a look as a rescuer goes into the water to bring him to dry land. the boy doing fine and what a story. >>gretchen: during his confirmation hearing for secretary of state, senator john kerry warned america's fiscal problems may limit his effectiveness if he's confirmed. >> and the first priority of business which will affect my credibility as a diplomat and our credibility as a nation, as we work to help other countries create order, the first priority will be that america at last puts its own fiscal house in order. >>gretchen: isn't that what many republicans have been saying all along? joining us from davos, switzerland, house oversight and government reform committee chair darrell issa. good afternoon to you, congressman. >> thanks, gretchen. it is interesting to hear senator kerry basically talk about something that he is in fact an architect of. it's a little bit like somebod

david coleman hedley being sentenced in a chicago courtroom.p attack add crowded train station in the taj mahal hotel. prosecutors asking for 35 years. that leaves open the possibility that he could one day go free. >>> a drastic new proposal to cut gun violence. missouri state senator maria chapel nidal wants to pass a law requiring parents who own guns to notify their children's school. she thinks it will help them store their guns more safely. >> i wholey believe in the second amendment, that everyone should have the right to bear arms. but the second amendment does not say that a 12-year-old can shoot a 12-year-old. >> alisyn: those parents who do not comply could be slapped with a $100 fine. >>> reaction pouring in to letting women serve on the front lines. >> i broke down and had muscle atrophy and weight loss at a much faster rate. >> i threw hand grenades and set more mines and fired my m-16. so i was ready for it. that was in the early '80s. >> alisyn: both sides of the argument there. in a few hours, defense secretary leon panetta wil

david easley, thinks coleman's recent sentencing to five years in state prison for robbery and assaults a contributing factor to this latest incident. >> okay. does the court scare you sometimes? >> sometime. >> is that why you got so upset was after court last week? >> yeah. >> and what was upsetting you? what were you worried about? >> because i ain't never been down here, and i didn't know what it's like and what it's going to be. >> so next time you go to court, you won't be so scared because you know? is that what you mean? >> yeah, because i already know what's going on, so i'll be straight. >> and i believe you will. when you're in new territory, it can be scary. >> yeah. >> but once you've been there before, you're not so scared. >> right. >> does that make sense? >> yeah. >> i can feel that way, too. >> yeah. >> so you want to get your clothes back? >> yes. >> do you want to get a jump suit and go back to level ii? >> yes, sir. >> all right, that's what we'll do. all right. do you need anything else? >> no, i don't need anything. >> all right. okay. thanks a lot. see you later

africa it's only two weeks after prime minister david cameron's plaids that no british army is there to would step on mali saw oil labor m.p. jeremy coleman says it would have been better if the prime minister had kept his promise. david cameron is getting sucked into something i don't think he's seriously thought through two weeks ago we started offering transport planes to france we then sent force protection to back up the transport planes we sent trainers and we have additional force protection to protect we then have surveillance aircraft going overhead and there are reports of u.k. special forces i think we're being dragged into this the danger is the more you send any troops in trainers over anything else just suppose something awful happens like one of the training groups is killed by what are termed to be insurgent forces what then happens you then go after those groups you then have a greater british military involvement we may well be in for a quite a long high tech surveillance. warfare being conducted by the french and possibly was britain and others. against people that know the terrain very well and will be hidden by the lo

david roll on "the hopkins touch." on c-span 2. >> hollywood's most famous movie stars leave the film capital to help the government sell war bonds. irene dunne, ronald coleman, all part of a contingent of 50 screen celebrities giving their time and talents to aid the war effort. >> what we want to look at today is how popular culture presented the war. how was the work presented in movies from the 1940's? how was it presented and comic books? how was it presented an athletic events from the 1930's and 1940's? how was it presented and it can pan alley and music from the 1940's? >> this week, popular culture and world war ii with randy roberts. lectures of enter history tonight at 8:00 and 10:00 eastern on c-span 3. host: we are going to be talking about record heat and weather extremes in 2012 with david doniger. he is the climate and the clean air program policy director. welcome to the program. among the headlines that have been out this week, this one from the washington post saying that 2012 is the hottest year on record in the contiguous u.s. according to the national oceanic and atmospheric administration. your thoughts about the report. guest: it is g

david fontana on booktv's after words sunday at 9 p.m. and midnight eastern on c-span2. >> hollywood's most famous movie stars lead the film capital to help the government sell war bonds. irene dunne, ronald coleman, heady lamar, greer garson all part of a contingent of some 50 screen celebrities giving their time and talent to lead the national war effort spent what we want to look at today is how popular presented the work. how was it represented in movies from the 1940s. how was it presented in comic books from the 1940s. how was it presented in athletic events from 1930s and '40s. how was it presented in tin pan alley's come in music from the 1940s? that this weekend on american history tv popular culture and world war ii with purdue university professor randy roberts, lectures in history, saturday night at eight and 10 eastern on c-span3. >> good morning, everyone. >> todd harrison says he's not very confident congress to find another $2 trillion in cuts by march 1 to prevent sequestration. a senior fellow at the center for strategic assessment yesterday unveiled his report. >> i will go ahead and acknowledge that first but i'm going to step through the portion of the american taxpayers reli