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it's not the dry cleaner. it's not the shirt. it's me. i'm eating too much.ave to change their behavior in the same way. they've got to get back into shape. what they're doing is looking for all kinds of outside reasons why they're not being able to sell. the reality is republican policy is republican politics. they've got to decide, are they going to cater to the small narrow base inside republican congressional districts or the big broad base who voted for -- 5 million americans voted for the president of the united states. we increased the number of senators in the united states. gerrymandering kept the republicans in charge, but they've got to decide what they want to be. a nationally based party or a congressionally based party? >> i don't know if you saw mark thiessen's article in "the washington post." he said the republicans need to be more like mark francis. it's not about the family, and abortion, this is about the perception of the rich. "if republicans want to change that impression, there is a simple solution. be more like pope francis, the defen

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our education system is failing our education system is failing our kids coming up n at a dry cleanerour education system is failing our kids coming up n we replaced people with a machine. what? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it? hello? hello?! if your bank doesn't let you talk to a real person 24/7, you need an ally. hello? ally bank. your money needs an ally. gerri: sometimes there is one number that describes everything you need to know about a topic. we have one of those today, and it has to do with education. if you want to understand the state of education in this country, with the defense. nearly 80% of new york city high school graduates have trouble with basic skills like reading and writing and math. the vast majority don't have the basic skills you would expect of a half their age. thehocking news was reported by a lot untried local cbs affiliate today, saying that 11,000 kids have graduated from the city's high school and needed remedial courses to relearn the basics before entering new york's community college system. this is a just a poor kids issue. the ch

when you're writing them down on paper, you're in washington and europe not the guy running the dry-cleanern cleveland, you may not think all the way down to what does this mean to that particular person. do you think anyone there is really paying attention to the nitty-gritty? >> you know, i honestly think they're paying attention but you can't have the empathy for the circumstances that we undergo as small business people until you're really in our shoes and that's kind of where some of this falls down. i think the intent is well laid. i think that washington wants to help us. i think the white house in particular wants to help us. sometimes they're unaware of the, you know, unachievable or -- >> unintended consequences basically? >> yeah, and the things that come out of it because they don't circulate in that genre every day. i really think people are trying hard, but it wasn't too lopping ago we all met with some of the regulators. they write regulations. they're regulators. we're the people they impact. i think we'd like a little more empathy with those regulators to say what will be s

intel science talent search, science is everywhere from the security line at the airport, to the dry cleanersht what about everyday dry cleaning customers? are they exposed to residual perc after they get their clothes dry cleaned? >> reporter: alexa dantzler of virginia studied levels of a common dry cleaning chemical on consumers' clothing. and while alexa looked to her closet, catherine wong of new jersey looked to her smartphone, which inspired her to devise a bluetooth- enabled stethoscope and mobile-phone-based e-k-g. >> to be able to harness such a widespread platform to deliver something as basic as medical care is a really powerful tool for connecting the patients who need it most to doctors virtually anywhere in the world. >> reporter: while each of the forty student finalists headlines a project presented here in washington, they'll readily admit they didn't get here alone. and michael zhang of new york, who analyzed eye movements in ways that could identify threats to airport security, says that was part of the fun. >> the more people you have, the more diverse your ideas are and

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if you went to a dry cleaner down the street, and of eave ten shirts you took them, seven of them came back with a huge burn mark on them, what would you do? you'd stop going. what if the people said, you can't stop giving us your business and your money? because we need your money to be able to invest in new equipment and to train our employees, and if you take your business away, we're not going to be able to do that. what would you say? you'd say, that was my shirt, buddy. so we a

>> men: ♪ h-o-t-w-i-r-e ♪ hotwire.com at a dry cleaner, we replaced people with a machine. what?tomers didn't like it. so why do banks do it? hello? hello?! if your bank doesn't let you talk to a real person 24/7, you need an ally. hello? ally bank. your money needs an ally. >> neil: finally, i hear that retailers are feeling the pinch these days. their sales are getting soft. they're blaming it on payroll taxes. but i think there is a bigger culprit. it's them. that's right. them. their stores. their workers. they're getting pushy. too pushy. particularly the way they badger you at the register. this is something i noticed. it happens to me all the time. the few times i do go shopping. the other day. it step in the register and the cashier asks if i'd like to open an account. it say no. they tell me i'd save 10% off the first per chase. no. thanks anyway. 10% is a lot of money, he continues, and you get cash back where every additional purchase. thank you again but no. now he gives me incredit clous look to say okay, this is your loss. while he is shaking his head, he reminds me

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