street people whose lives he documented with dignity. >> i love you, duncan.ank you for putting me in the street calendar. >> reporter: duncan was just a short step from destitution himself but for 15 years before his death, he took photographs and put out featuring n featuring notro rrsca or art, but the homeless and the nge. not people to shun, he insisted, but people worth learning about. >> we're not trying to make people son with pity. we're trying to show that these people can be interesting and enjoyable to foe about. >> reporter: back in the 1990s there was julia vinograd, miss april. >> i don't imagine you thought of yourself as a calendar girl, somehow. >> why not, buddy. >> reporter: mark hawthorne on the streets for more than 30 years was once a reporter for "the new york times". >> you know, i was normal for 35 years and then i got bored. >> reporter: for hawthorne and others who live outdoors with all their possessions, being in the calendar was a point of pride. >> street people don't even look at mirrors. so to see a photograph of themselve is

arne duncan is from here, too. and arne duncan is very passionate about this.what do you say to the education secretary? >> it's viewed as a national health and safety issue, which it is because the cdc has come out with four factors as to how to stem that flow of the gun violence away. it is on a national level right now, it should be taught as a curriculum in certain levels of school and elementary and in high school. >> what do you say to the world who's watching this about your son and about all of these people who are around you, who have lost or their kids were injured? >> no mother or father, sibling, grandparent, should feel like we feel. this is -- it's not easy sitting here talking about somebody who you want. you can't hold. you know, most of us who have lost children, we loved our kids. we had good kids. we enjoyed spending quality time with them. and it was taken senseless ly. i hope you never feel like i feel. >> our conversation about the shootings in chicago, our search for solutions, it doesn't end tonight. we remain dedicated to this story. to

secretary of education, arne duncan. after a run as chief to have chicago publ school stem he is in charge of public education for the obama white hse. goals include the push for more charter schoolsn the us. also tonight, the founder of the enter dependence day, benjamin barber. s gathering takes place in turkey nt month and emphizes the need for global cooperaon on a wide range of issues. ne duncan and political theorist benjamin barber coming up right now. >> there are so ma things that wal-rt is looking forward to doing, like helping pele live better b mostly we're looking rongerstcommunitieand dst erng relationshs becauswith your help, the best is yet to come. >> nationwide insurance oudly supports tis smiley. tas and nationwide insurance working to impro financial literacy and the economi emporment that comes with it. ng♪ nationde is on your si ♪ >> and by contritions to your pbs station from viers like you. thank you.na [captioning ma possible by kcetublic television] tavis: arne duncan serves as t u.s. sretary of

joining me now is the ceo of nyse duncan niederauer. duncan, great to see you again. warren buffett had an op-ed in in the new york times this weekend. let me read you what he said. the united states economy is now out of the emergency room and appears to be on a slow path to recovery. the deficit will rise to 13% the gdp. fiscally we're in unchartered territory. do you agree with his expectations about his economy? how does the broad fundamental landscape to you? >> it's hard to disagree with what warren laid out in his piece, right? the good news, the government stepped in decisively and did what it had to do. as warren points out the way they did that was by spending, spending and spending. those chickens come home to roost eventually. i thought his piece was right on target. i think we need to see the government shift more to we know that's the issue we're going to have the solve. good news we avoided a calamity. now, how do we handle the problems out on the horizon next? >> do you feel like there's an exit strategy in place? some of these programs from the federa

titus duncan, medical doctor joining us out of atlanta. dr. duncan, thank you for being with us. about how many drinks does that equal? >> well, the number of drinks just depends on each individual person. you can have one or two drinks and it depends on that person's metabolism as to how quickly it reaches into the bloodstream and to how long -- >> but we've got a woman that is over twice the legal limit. and eileen lehpamer, how much did you say was undigested in her stomach? >> they told us six grams of alcohol, and initially when they put out the toxicology reports, they said that was -- and her 0.19, it was equivalent to ten drinks of 80 proof liquor. that was from the toxicologist. >> equivalent to ten shots of 80 proof liquor. okay, brad lamm. not that you are an expert in liquor. you're a board-certified interventionist at bradlamm.com. but what does that equal? a shot? what would that be? ten shots. >> just a few ounces, depends on the proof -- but nancy, i'm also -- >> whoa, whoa, whoa -- >> i'm also a alcoholic in recovery -- >> i don't want to hear, it depends on. i w

nobody is against that. >> no, it is worth looking at what duncan did in chicago. like just for first day attendance over a month in advance working with the parents to get the kids out and they improve year by year the attendance substantially. there are things you can do to -- >> exactly. >> and also on the question of federalism and should the states be incubators, on obama's proposal to putting out the 4 to $5 billion to have the states compete there have been at least four states i know off the top of my head, massachusetts, rhode island and tennessee who have put legislation in place to increase the number of charter schools schools because they want to compete for that money. the real question is there these states follow-through. if they get the money will they follow-through on charter schools. that is yet to be determined i >> okay. education is essential. >> in a world where countries that outeducate us today will outcompete us tomorrow, the future belongs to the nation that best educates its people. >> which nations best educate their students? in a glo

details from secretary of education arne duncan. moderator of "meet the press" david gregory is here. we'll talk presidential historian doris kearns goodwin. her son will be here as well. "washington post" columnist eugene robinson is around. and three stories topping the politico playbook this morning. we'll have an exclusive first look when we return. tylenol doesn't interfere with certain high blood essure medicines the way aleve metimes can. that's one reason why doctors recommend tylenol more than any other brand of pain reliever. >>> o.j. simpson claiming that his cell mate is dangerous and may be plotting to kill hill. that's what he said. yeah. then they explained to o.j. that's a mirror. >> really? >> welcome back. welcome back. >> dethat to you? >> he did. >> here with us now the chief political correspondent from politico, mike allen. he's here with a look at the "politico playbook." good friday to you, mike. >> o.j., almost as nostalgic as "the breakfast club." >> a little bit different nostalgia, fortunately. we have to

. >> reporter: straight out to colonel duncan, he's joining us from vancouver, sergeant, thank you for being with us. sergeant, i understand that many authorities believe he is hiding in the metro vancouver area. why do they believe that? >> well, at this point, i guess that's some of the original indicators were that he might be attempting to enter candidate. at this point we haven't contin confirmed that he is in canada, but we are doing thorough investigations to see if he is here. >> cnn has been unable to confirm reports if that marriage was annulled. >>> the international man hunt heats us for the former reality tv star now a murder suspect, ryan jenkins. nancy grace brings you up to the minute details of the shocking model case. >>> some new numbers from the white house show a big jump in the country's budget deficit. the obama administration forecast the deficit will increase from $7 trillion to $9 trillion by 2019. officials say most of the increase to a bleak financial future. the white house says the government just isn't taking in as much tax revenue as its spending money t

workers are trying to remove it all, but as duncan kennedy reports, it's not that simple. >> this is why rome is a unesco world heritage site, monuments of stunning beauty. but its rich fabric dating from the first century is now being unpicked by the graffiti of the 21st. known as tagging, the paint is hard to miss. down its cobblestonallyways, houses, churches, businesses, nothing has been spared by the sprayers. rome's surface is getting an unplanned makeover. >> pretty much everywhere you go here in the historic center of rome is like this. wall after wall, street after street, dogged with graffiti. one estimate says there could be as many as 1,000 taggers at work doing this. >> the taggers have filmed themselves and posted their work on youtube. it's mostly done at night and rapidly. the authorities are trying to catch them before they inflict too much damage. those who have studied it say it's a form of reckless exhibitionism. >> the graffiti is a pathetic attempt to emerge, to be visible, and i connect it with the saddest continue knee of a whole generation of -- destiny of a

. >>> education secretary arnie duncan says american students need to get better at math and science. he says performance in those subjects have leveled off recently while students from some other countries continue to improve. >> internationally, our 15-year- old on the math tests came in 31st. and that's not news to all of us who are in the area. but we are lagging the rest of the world. and we are lagging it in some pretty substantial ways. >> duncan says part of the solution is increasing salaries for math and science teachers. >>> a rather unusual bust at bwi thurgood marshall airport. officials say a traveler traveling back from jamaica had more than two pounds of cocaine stuffed inside of her bra. customs and border officers discovered the drugs early this morning, arresting 35-year-old sophia williams of washington, d.c. >>> around the area right now, maryland's most powerful radar not indicating any precipitation around the region. nice clear sky out there. and that's going to result in a forecast for this evening of mostly clear skies. it's going to be fairly nice with tempe

. >>> arne duncan will meet with arlington school administrators and will be delivering a speech and taking part in a question and answer session. students will begin their classes on september 8. >>> enrollment in d.c.'s traditional public schools is less than half the what was 29 years ago. there were one under thousand students in 1980. only 45,000 students will begin this year. carter schools will have about 28,000 students. michelle rhee says she expects the decline to level off by next year. >>> we have a developing story overseas. election day in afghanistan. >> the polls have been open for a few hours. courtney robinson is monitoring this story of this morning and joins us live with the latest. >> the latest report from afghanistan show the threat of violence is affecting turnout. this as security forces are very presence. as afghan citizens cast their vote for citizens, terror blooms. there is the death of a child after militants launched rockets at a line of voters. small rockets injured four. several police officers have also been killed in violence. >> the insurgency is s

secretary of education arne duncan.friday night i'll be joined by stan brock founder of remote area medical, r.a.m., and his traveling health care clinic was front page news over the week followed a stop in l.a. providing free health care to thousands of americans. and tonight we begin with dr. howard dean, one of the uniquely qualified voices in the debate. as serving in the public office as governor of vermont he was a practicing physician for more than 10 years. his new book on the subject is called "howard dean's prescription for real health care reform and how we can achieve affordable medical care for every american and make our jobs safer." he joins us tonight from durington. dr. dean, nice to have you back on this program, sir. >> tavis, thanks for having me on again. tavis: my pleasure. i want to start with a clip, you were kind enough to join me on my public radio program a few days ago and i want to play a clip of what you said to me in our conversation on public radio and get your response on that very comme

. >>> arne duncan will meet with arlington public school administrators at washington and lee high school. there will be a question and answer session. students will begin their class as on september 8. >>> enrollment in public schools is less than half of what was 29 years ago. there were 100,000 students in 1980. only 45,000 are expected when classes begin on monday. charter students expect about 28,000 students this year. michelle rhee says she epects the decline to level off by next year. >>> metro has tougher hiring standards. applicants for bus drivers and train operators who have had a felony conviction will be disqualified. those caught driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol will have to wait three years to apply. the new regulations went into affect this month. >>> south reynold street is back open this morning after a water main break. 600 customers were left without service. the road remain closed until crews could repave it. >>> there could be a new vre station for spotsylvania. it will not be effective until next year. they will have to subsidize the station and it w

. >> straight out to sergeant duncan with royal canadian mounted police. he joins us from vancouver. thank you for being with us. sergeant, i understand many authorities believe he is hiding in the metro vancouver area. why do they believe that? >> well, at this point i guess, nancy, some of the original indicators were that he might be attempting to enter canada. at this point we haven't confirmed that he is in canada, but we are obviously not taking any chances and ordering a thorough investigation to figure out if he is here. >> jenkins and fiore were married in march. cnn has been unable to confirm reports that marriage was annulled. >>> the international manhunt heats up for the former reality tv star, now a murder suspect ryan jenkins. nancy grace brings you up to the minute developments in this shocking model murder case. >>> cleanup is under way the a a kentucky prison that was damaged by rioting inmates last night. prisoners started fires in several buildings, including the kitchen at north point training center. it is a medium security prison fac

the work he's going to do with dave duncan, the best pitching coach in baseball for the st.nals, i think you're going to see a new and rejuvenated john smoltz back in the familiarity of the national league and a great pitcher like he was in atlanta. >> adam wainwright was hoping to become the majors' first 15-game winner of the season. right now, he is tied with the dodgers 2-2 in the bottom of the seventh -- andre ethier and casey blake going deep for the cards. yadier molina, r.b.i. double. the dodgers acquired vicente padilla. >> cliff lee 3-0 for the n.l. east-leading phillies, going back to his time in cleveland he's won six straight starts. in the fifth, he gets rusty ryal. lee with five k's through five innings. bottom five, ryan howard off dan haren. three-run home run. his 31st. he's got five home runs in his last six games. cliff lee went the distance. a two-hitter. struck out 11. phillies win it 8-1. cliff lee 4-0 since joining the phils with two complete games, mark reynolds with the fourth golden sombrero of his career -- 0-4 with four k's. we've seen this befor

education secretary arnie duncan will kick off his back to school campaign. he'll visit a smithsonian early, which is located at the museum of american history. there he will discuss the importance of high-quality early education programs. anreethse growing debate over wheth sdehod attend summer school to boost their academic performance. at mount very ton community school in alexandria, classes run almost near round. the students spend an additional 25 days in school. that costs the school an extra $600 a year per student. but critics say there's no evidence that extra school days help. >> it was the wrong idea. it doesn't work, so why would you extend it? why would you take a bad movie and make it longer? >> students who have the opportunity to be in a more continual calendar like ours did show a marked improvement in their readiness for reading. >> and experts say there is little data on whether spending extra days in school actually helps students perform better. >> all right, 17 minutes after the hour on this monday morning. time for check and traffic ev

duncan echoed other speakers when he said that although there has been progress since dr. king's time there is more work to be done. he added that president obama is living proof of the power of education. >>> the controversial health care reform bill was a topic after town hall meeting in northern virginia today. congressman connelly facing an onslaught of questions at a springfield retirement community. jane watrel joins us now to tell us how that went. >> reporter: congressman connery asked for civility and that's what he got as a packed room full of seniors faced off on health care reform. it was sitting room only as first term congressman jerry connelly faced 400 of his oldest constituents. on the thorny issuef health care reform. >> in 1960, when i was 10, and john kennedy was elected president, we spent 5% of our gross domestic product on health care. today we are spending 18%. >> reporter: connelly asked the retirement community for a civil discussion. telling the crowd that he is still making up his mind on which bill to endorse. >> i will not vote for any health

duncan pound from the royal canadian mounted police. sergeant, i understand he has a pilot's license. how do you prevent him from going to an fbo, a fixed base operator, a private airstrip, and taking off? because there is very little safeguards. you don't have the show i.d. to hop on one of those planes. >> absolutely, that is a challenge for one of the things that we are trying to do is to make sure we are proactive with the media getting all of the information out there so that we can do community-based policing where the community can assist us in locating a person. >> sergeant pound, where did he get his pilot's license? because i am wondering if he would not try to go back somewhere familiar to escape the country? >> and that is a good point, nancy. certainly, we do have a bunch of things that we are doing on our investigation and a bunch of people working on the ground on things burk s things, but at this point, we don't want to tip our hand of where we are looking or not looking so the information does not get to the wrong peopl

and it's an easier league in which to pitch and he's working with dave duncan, and he's the master of taking a guy, figuring out what's wrong, and fixing it. i'm not saying he will be the john smoltz of old. but better than the fifth-starter they've been using and as good a competitor, and as smart as any pitcher today, and i think he can pitch five innings and give up three runs, and that's all fifth starters give anybody today, anyway. >> he's one of the few players, that would have firsthand experience about being a professional, about the next topic. he was in the majors when the 20th anniversary of the ban of pete rose took place. we know the whole story here. mike schmidt wrote a piece today, taking the stance it is time to reinstate him. he always bet on his team to win. so there was no shift there and if the steroid error greats are in consideration for the hall, who shamed the game more. >> i have to disagree with him, because he bet on his team to win, doesn't necessarily get him out of this. the days he didn't bet on them to win, he probably thought they were going to lose.

and latasha, i read your letter to arne duncan. it was pretty impressive., you listen to your mom and do well. >> can i say one more thing? >> sure, go ahead. >> i want to tell everyone, even president obama, have a heart. save the 216. go to the website. >> i'm going to take them right now. latasha, perfect timing. robert, let's shoot the website right now. latasha, i'm glad you led me there. saveschoolchoice.com is the website. here it is. i'm glad latasha took me there. you can actually plug onto the website and you can go down to the bottom here, as you can see. and all you've got to do is tap on "contact president obama," "contact secretary duncan," "contact mayor," and it helps kids who need money, helps latasha's kids, you can see, get an opportunity to private school and do well. >>> the u.s. out-sources a whole lot of things, even assassins. we told you earlier about a top-secret program to hunt down al qaeda. now we found out who was supposed to pull the trigger. more after the break. vo: why spend $5 per person at the drive-thru, vo: when you can

and i think arnie duncan is doing a tremendous job as secretary of education and i'm delighted to bee to go around the country with he and with reverend sharpton trying to communicate to people of all backgrounds. >> let me give some people, al, what i think are startling statistics. by the fourth grade, black and latino students are on average nearly three years behind their white and asian counterparts. three years behind by the fourth grade. black and latino students are two to three times more likely to have below basic skills in reading and math. and barely half of black and latino students graduate from high school. i think the number for white students is around 78%. if you guys agree on the problem, but do you also agree on the ways to fix the problem? >> no. there are disagreements on how you solve it. the real issue that we're dealing with, as we said with secretary duncan, which the president challenged us to do in that meeting, is to raise the fact that we've got to change the conversation. and we've got to bring out these startling facts, me from a civil rights point of

if he looks a little younger than the congressman duncan hunter, that is because this duncan hunter succeededr in the u.s. house. >> is actually botox and exercise. jon: a very serious subject. the medal of honor is our nation's highest military award. you think the pentagon has gotten stingy in handing out that award? >> the real issue is not having enough -- how many living recipients have received it. that number is 0 cents action in vietnam. almost 40 years -- not a single living recipient has received the medal of honor. there could be many reasons for this. the collective standard for action for bravery and courage could have gone up. or the department of defense might somehow be stopping those recommendations as they go up to get approved. they might be cutting down on them. i want to find out what is going on and why nobody has gotten a single one if they are alive. all the ones that we have given out are to be left died. jon: you serve in the marine corps in both iraq and afghanistan. i am certain that yousaf acts of heroism and heard of plenty of others heard what do you think is th

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education secretary arne duncan is joining us now.nd you'll be joining reverend al sharpton and former republican house speaker newt gingrich. this is quite a tritrio. what are you trying to achieve with your new allies? >> it's a pretty exciting team, isn't it? >> unlike, for sure. >> it is. but i think it's so important that we come together. and what we're really trying to demonstrate to the country is that nothing is more important than education, and that people from very, very different walks of life that disagree on many different things understand how critically important it is that we dramatically improve the quality of education in our country. our children deserve better than what they're getting today, and if we want to regain our economic competitiveness, we have to educate our way to a better economy. and so i'm actually though thankful that reverend sharpton and speaker gingrich are going to travel with me to a couple spots around the country to both highlight successes, but also talk about the very real challenges that

select education sretary arne duncan and kicks up a forum on improving student performance hosted by the testing company act and america's choice, this is just under three hours we have experienced some audio difficulties during this event. >> rigorous standards and assessments. i am pleased to learn about the readiness program you are developing with act one of the national leaders in developing comprehensive test for college readiness your prague -- program as the movement sweeping the country to develop college and career ready standards and assessments for all students. i see many heroes top superintendent's gathered here today with alsonvited many innovative for thinkers from the nonprofit and business worlas well. thank you to all of your hard work because our students need it and so does our country on tuesday released a study comparing students innited states to children around phe rld. some results were frankly distbing compared to their pes in other countries our students are stagnating. they have not made gains in science and reading. in fact, the eighth grader stores the

here's what education secretary arne duncan told wolf blitzer in "the situation room." >> what i hearng is there are federal guidelines, if you will, but it's really up to the local school districts to make these decisions. is that right? >> absolutely. local school districts working with the local health officials. this is going to be very much based at the local level, absolutely. we want to empower them with great facts to make the right decision. >> so the federal government putting a lot of the responsibility for the fevers and runny noses on the states. for more on the swine flu school prep, let's bring in senior medical correspondent, elizabeth cohen and also lisa barrios live at the centers for disease control in atlanta. she heads up the division of adolescent and school health. lisa, let's start with you. i mean, we're hearing the secretary there, arne duncan, saying okay, we're leaving it up to the locals to decide what to do, but obviously, this is a across the country problem and we look to you at the cdc to give us some type of guidance because you're the experts. so wha

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. >> duncan kennedy. russia announced it will spend almost $500 million next year to strengthen its military bases in abkhazia, the breakaway region of georgia that is not officially recognized as an independent state by moscow. following the wars between russia and georgia last year. vladimir putin is visiting the region. arrive there in the last hour. our correspondent is on the line from abkhazian capital. $500 million, and over some of money. definitely a statement of intent. >> it shows the level of commitment that russia has defend abkhan =zia and finance it. so far the biggest amount of money from moscow to abkhazia, defenses, but of the border, to prevent any further trouble with georgia, but also pledging money to build up infrastructure, roads, railways, and also paying people's pensions. clearly a fairly significant amount of money coming from russia. >> if you say the bulk of the money is going on military expenditure, that is going to ring alarm bells all over the region as far away -- even a

and including twice at the cvs on north charles, duncan donuts and killer trash vintage store. he was surprised when the work oner and boyfriend beat him. >> he went for my throat and turned his back on michael. so when he did, my boyfriend picked up the bat we had back here and hit him numerous times until he was on the ground, and i called 911. >> somehow he still escaped. >> well, we are back here live. police caught him yesterday. on greenmount where he had robbed days before. he is in the hospital now. for surgery, on that arm. >> live in fell's point. keith daniels, fox 45 news late he did digs. >> senator kennedy one of the most influential u.s. senators in america's history died after battling brain cancer. considered the lion of the senate. champion of the people. jennifer davis has the latest from washington d.c. >> tribute for senator edward kennedy pouring in, not just from bib balances but some political foes that called him a friend. >> with flags around washington, flying at half staff. and senator edward kennedy capitol hill office empty. lawmakers traded in pol

wh riga really nts is to wave gd-bye to the duncan reveler and wi open arms enbraca higher class of tourist. buthey're upgainst a colossal industry. this lumber company sent 6000 velers to riga eachear b it says warns each ad every one of them about the pitfalls >> we send probably ten brits a weekend to riga, andhey go to the same bars we and wk out. and the bars take the guys who basically ensu that the brits have. >> reporter: ga said it wants tourism, but perhps not this ki. on the streets tonight, ou special tourist policofficers will t to containny trouble. is a cpromise because running bibusiness out of town may not be practical. >> nic martin of itn. and i think wll leave it there for this thursdayight at "worfocus." a remind that tomorrow we'll have our weekly round table discussion, break down the week's topstories from around the world. and we invite you to suggesthe topics by gointo worldfocus.org and dpping us a note by e-mail or twitr if you prefer. i'm martin savge in new york. as alys, thank you very much for joining us. we look for you back hereai agn tomorrow and any time

what riga really wants is to wave good-bye to the duncan reveler and with open arms enbrace a higher class of tourist. but they're up against a colossal industry. this lumber company sent 60,000 revelers to riga each year but it says it warns each and every one of them about the pitfalls. >> we send probably ten brits a weekend to riga, and they go to the same bars week and week out. and the bars take the guys who basically ensure that the brits behave. >> reporter: riga said it wants tourism, but perhaps not this kind. on the streets tonight, our special tourist police officers will try to contain any trouble. it is a compromise because running big business out of town may not be practical. >> nick martin of itn. and i think we'll leave it there for this thursday night at "worldfocus." a reminder that tomorrow we'll have our weekly round table discussion, break down the week's top stories from around the world. and we invite you to suggest the topics by going to worldfocus.org and dropping us a note by e-mail or twitter if you prefer. i'm martin savidge in new york. as always, thank

there's a lot made of that chris carpenter decision, and it was something, you know, dave duncan andat iffing the thing at the end of the season. what if, what if. we had chris slotted to pitch the last game of the season. but we had what iffed it so much that when it came down to the saturday night and still had a magic number of one, it wasn't that tough of a call because, you know, we did have monday at the playoff game with the giants. if you look at the alternative, pitching in there on sunday and not having him to start our best of five series, we wouldn't have

. >> what do al sharpton, arnie duncan and newt gingrich have in common?they are hitting the road together to promote education reform. it seems like a real bipartisan alliance that could be promising. we have seen this before only to see the pack fall apart over policy details. kind of like health care reform. now, the president has taken a lot of heat for failing to get to his ideal of a post partisan washington, which he talked a lot about during the campaign. maybe he thinks education reform will be different. he just told a wonderkid, 11-year-old student reporter he is coming up to creative solutions for the troubles with our schools. >> there are certain programs like drop-out prevention programs that local school districts might not be able to afford but maybe we can make sure that the federal government is giving help to those local districts so that they can improve their educational system. >> it all sounds good. so far, the president has not been able to get republicans to sing with him on his major priorities. so here is the question. can presi

. >> and now, arne duncan. this is about 40 minutes. -- no government mandates, no government money. >> we are honored to have secretary duncan here to talk about the administration's agenda for transforming education in this nation, and i am really pleased to have this opportunity to introduce him. arne duncan was nominated to be secretary of education by president-elect barack obama and was confirmed by the u.s. senate on inauguration day, january 20, 2009. as you listen to him talk about reforms and the agenda, it will become apparent why the president selected arne duncan to lead this transformation. prior to his appointment as secretary of education, he served as chief executive officer of the chicago public schools, becoming the longest serving the city education superintendent in the nation. as ceo, his mandate was to raise big education standards and performance, improve teacher and principal quality, and increase learning options. in 7.5 years, he united education reformers, teachers, principals, and b

also be a setup man for ryan franklin and i think when you see the work he's going to do with dave duncane best pitching coach in baseball now with the st. louis >> cardinals and dodgers, dodgers down one, casey blake clears them all -- wainwright seven innings pitched, four hits, two earned runs, dodgers tie it at 2-2. top nine, albert pujols on first, throw gets away and pujols advances to third on the error. mujs would score on a sac fly that made it 3-2 cardinals. james loney flies out to left and that's it -- cards end up winning it 3-2. they're now 10-2 in their last 12 games, clayton kershaw 3 2/3, two earned runs, he's winless in his last six starts. earlier in the day it was >> cliff lee 3-0 for the n.l. east-leading phillies, going back to his time in cleveland he's won six straight starts. in the fifth, he gets rusty ryal. lee with five k's through five innings. bottom five. ryan howard off dan haren. three-run home run. his 31st. he's got five home runs in his last six games. cliff lee went the distance, two-hitter, struck out 11, phillies win 8-1, cliff lee 4-0 since joining

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