i know for a fact that eva lives in harlem. but clearly, i represent part of harlem but i live in washington heights. >> i'm not questioning where you live. >> i understand. but go ahead. >> so the -- your statement about the schools deserving to be shut down. i think you represent for me the one thing that i have a great deal of concern about charter schools. you come in here and say they deserve to be closed down, and then we, those of us who remain in this body, have to navigate the conflict that comes out of the arrogance that comes when you make a statement like that. >> i appreciate and if i have come off as arrogant then i apologize. >> you have. >> but i would like an opportunity to explain what i think you are mistaking. but i don't think it's arrogance. i actually think it is my own personal experience with district 5 schools. i went to them as a child. toyed figure out what to do as a mother. and it is my experience of the pain of wanting your kids to get a phenomenal education and being told it's that zone school or

he and eva were all democrats. the chancellor in new york have been working tirelessly for many years, much longer than most people have even known that this was a problem. and i think what is at the heart of it is probably what attracted me to this issue, wis -- this sense of injustice and then it does not have to be that way. they can be traditional public schools or charter schools or private schools. it does not really matter. but when they are working, you can really feel it. the kids are happy, the teachers are happy -- they are learning and they are moving toward college. i think many people like mayor booker believe that it is possible for things to get better. >> what is driving you in this? being a documentarian or being interested in issues? documentaries are often issues- driven. >> i was really interested in the store. i wanted to get to know the families and their kids and to tell their side of the story. you hear the terrible statistics all the time, the outcomes which are incarceration or dying youn

host: i will move on to eva from virginia beach, virginia. caller: good morning, i'm a first-time caller. i would really like to say to the united states of america, polls are overrated. i am so sick of all of these polls been taken. the polls that really matter of the votes on voting day. thank you. host: next up is hamilton, ohio. ronald, democrats line. you are on. are you there? caller: about the oil spill, i heard every -- people say they should get every ship out there in the whole world. do you realize how hard it is to turn and maneuver a ship and you have all of them in that one area? you will have more accidents. you really have to consider how the coast guard is trying to coordinate all of this. as this bill gets bigger, they bring in more ships. that is the only way they can do it. host: next up, now pleasant, iowa. anthony, republican line. caller: i think the firing of general mcchrystal was unnecessary. but he also made comments that were unnecessary. but i would like to get general -- i think he would make a good addition to i