the first thing is the core configuration and lesson planning, which was used to turn around frederick douglass academy in harlem. i have used if previously in turning around the school, and so has my executive director, and we found the schools did use it, but we are implementing it and monitoring it, so we can ensure a lesson planning is occurring, and it creates a spirit of transparency so whomever walks in the classroom can see what is going on. it can be monitored by the students, by the administration, by anyone that comes into the classroom. the second one is that it-driven decision and instruction. we feel using data to drive instruction is a prescriptive way to make change in our schools. in general, that is our way of making decisions. one example is a program out of standard. it is called -- out of stanford. it is called epgy. it tended to raise the level of thought, processes, and it is being used that almost all of our schools, and the schools we do not have it at, we are getting it as soon as possible. we use that weekly report given to the principals who give it to the teachers a

exclusion act was before congress in 1870, the first national leader to speak out against that was frederick douglass. the same man who fought against slavery. do you know that when the chinese exclusion act was voted on in congress, there was one black senator named blanche bruce, the only african-american in the u.s. senate, voted against it. similarly, we work side-by-side for semel -- civil rights and improve public education. in '86, and laundry owner sued the san francisco board of supervisors for a racially discriminatory law, and it brought equal protection to minorities, and that overturned the 1857 dread scott case, which held that minorities were not protected by the u.s. constitution. we have the landmark case of brown harris is board of education, 1954, to thank for equality in education. -- brown v. board of education. seven years later, the chinese community here worked shoulder to shoulder with the african- american community to expand civil rights and public education. we have a history of working together. mayer brown, and reverend brown knows very well. in the early 1970's, a commu

. >> frederick douglass. >> where do you get your news? [laughter] >> the daily caller. [laughter] no, mostly from the internet. the final three pages in the first section of "the wall street journal," with politics, gop. >> i get many of the internet. i read everything from blogs to newspapers. >> i am probably a religious reader of the drug repor -- drudge report, hotline, politico, all the other information online. >> so much for lightning round. >> i get my news online also -- "wall street journal," "national review." >> i am an old-fashioned guy. i start my morning with a hard copy of "the washington post," and then go on line to get the real news. [laughter] >> tube support completely -- do you support completely defunding planned parenthood? >> absolutely. >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> starting with mr. anuzis, names of the mr. obama has done that you agree with --. name something mr. obama has done that you agree with. [laughter] >> i think this effort to called republicans prosecute the war -- to help republicans prosecute the war. >> i agree with that, if he oppos

to end this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, we will tour the home of frederick douglass. texas a&m university professor jerry jones talks about the aggressive nabal diplomacy of woodrow wilson. from the nixon foundation, of focus on in -- daniel patrick moynihan, whose career spanned four presidential administrations. experience american history tv on c-span3 all weekend, every weekend. see the schedule online or you can press the c-span alert button and have the schedule e- mailed to you. >> the house has gaveled out for the week. all legislative business for the week has been completed. the house has adjourned until tuesday, february 8, at 2:00 p.m. eastern. before leaving, if members passed a bill that and a taxpayer financing of protection election campaigns and party conventions. there is a portion of that debate. r. van hollen. the chair: the gentleman from maryland. mr. van hollen: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank my colleague. i rise in strong opposition to this measure which along with the supreme court's radical decision in citizens united takes our nation's camp

. >> this weekend on c-span 3, we'll tour the home of frederick douglass. from the nixon foundation and library, a focus on daniel patrick moynihan whose career spanned four presidential administrations. see the complete schedule on-line or you can have our schedules emailed to you. >> now, two philosophies on how to improve the economy. from this morning's washington journal. this is an hour. >> there's been a debate raging across the country as the white house turned to the budget and deficit about the right approach, that whether or not with the precarious economy more investment or spending is necessary and whether it's important to focus on the deficit. matthew mitchell, research fellow at george washington university. >> we're a research institute based at the university. we focus on public policy and the intersection of it through the lens and try to bridge that gap between what research is showing and what policy leaders are doing. we're a market-oriented think tank. we do have a view that in a lot of ways market solutions tend to be superior soluti

. >> this weekend, on american history tv on c-span 3, we will tour the home of frederick douglass. a professor tells us of the aggressive nabal diplomacy of woodrow wilson and then, from the nixon library, a focus on daniel patrick moynihan who stands -- who stood for presidential the ministrations. see the complete schedules online c-span.org or you can press the c-span alert button and have our schedules mailed to you. >> now, the inauguration of georgia's 82nd governor, nathan deal. he previously served as a member of the u.s. house where he was originally elected as a democrat and then switched to the republican party. held in atlanta and courtesy of georgia public broadcasting, this is close to one hour. >> ladies and gentlemen, please be seated as we welcome mrs. cady deal. >> ♪ georgia and, georgia the whole day through ♪ just an old sweet song ♪ keeps georgia on my mind georgia 0, georgia ♪ comes a sweet and clear arms reach out to me. ♪ other is look down to me. still in the peaceful dreams i see, the lead -- of the road leads back to you. i said georgia, 0 georgia, no pea

. >> frederick douglass. >> where do you get your news? [laughter] >> the daily caller. [laughter] no, mostly from the internet. the final three pages in the first section of "the wall street journal," with politics, gop. >> i get many of the internet. i read everything from blogs to newspapers. >> i am probably a religious reader of the drug repor -- drudge report, hotline, politico, all the other information online. >> so much for lightning round. >> i get my news online also -- "wall street journal," "national review." >> i am an old-fashioned guy. i start my morning with a hard copy of "the washington post," and then go on line to get the real news. [laughter] >> tube support completely -- do you support completely defunding planned parenthood? >> absolutely. >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> starting with mr. anuzis, names of the mr. obama has done that you agree with --. name something mr. obama has done that you agree with. [laughter] >> i think this effort to called republicans prosecute the war -- to help republicans prosecute the war. >> i agree with that, if he oppos

. >> frederick douglass. >> where do you get your news? [laughter] >> the daily caller. [laughter] no, mostly from the internet. the final three pages in th first section of "the wall street journal," with politics, gop. >> i get many of the internet. i read everything from blogs to newspapers. >> i am probably a religious reader of the drug repor -- drudge report, hotline, politico, all the other information online. >> so much for lightning round. >> i get my news online also -- "wall street journal," "national review." >> i am an old-fashioned guy. i start my morning with a hard copy of "the washington post," and then go on line to get the real news. [laughter] >> tubsupport completely -- do you support completely defunding planned parenthood? >> absolutely. >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> starting with mr. anuzis, names of the mr. oba has done that you agree with --. name something mr. obama has done that you agree with. [laughter] >> i think this effort to called republicans prosecute the war -- to help republicans prosecute the war. >> i agree with that, if he opposes a

." >> on american history tv, we will tour the home of frederick douglass. texas a&m university professor talks about woodrow wilson. then from the nixon foundation and the library, a focus on. patrick moynihan. experience american history tv on c-span30 weekend every weekend. see the complete schedule online at c-span.org/history and have it be mailed to you. >> this weekend on "book tv," 10 years after the attacks on the world trade center, the cnn national security. he is interviewed. also this weekend, david eisenhower of the continuing growth of the military industrial complex and on barack obama's first campaign for the illinois state senate. and the complete schedule on booktv.org. >> for the record, i philosophically have always been opposed to taxpayer dollars being used for political advocacy of any kind. >> tom cole offered a bill to offer presidential financing. follow the entire debate in the final vote on line with c-span's congressional chronicle with a time line did transcript of every house and senate question. c-span.org/congress. host: mar

. >> this weekend on c-span3, we will tour the home of frederick douglass.ones tells of the aggressive nabal the policy of woodrow wilson. from the nixon foundation, a focus on daniel patrick moynihan. his career spanned four presidential administrations. experience american history tv on c-span3. see the complete schedule online at c-span.org/history. tv ons weekend on book c-span2 -- after 10 years, at the cnn national security analyst looks at the longest war. he is interviewed by max boot. also, david eisenhower on the continuing growth of the military-industrial complex. edward mclaughlin on president obama's first campaign. sign up to get our schedules e- mailed directly to your in box. >> "washington journal" continues. host: i want to welcome back matt kibbe, freedomworks president and ceo. let's begin with "the washington times." guest: it's a shocking number, $1.5 trillion. longer-term, it is $14 trillion in national debt. it's a combination of a bad economy and way too much spending. we are spending too much money we do not have. the federal gover

history tv on c-span 3, we will tour the home of social reporter, writer, statement, an ex slave, frederick douglass. and the naval diplomacy of federal -- president woodrow wilson. and a focus on daniel patrick moynihan, who -- who's career before a senator several many administrations. c-span 3. see the complete schedule online at c-span.org/history or press the c-span alert button and have the schedule in mailed to you. >> this weekend on book tv on c- span2, almost 10 years after the attack on the world trade center and the pentagon, cnn's national security analyst peter bergen is interviewed by an author and columnist. also this weekend, william herzog and david eisenhower on the military industrial complex. and obama's first campaign for the illinois state senate. a complete schedule on booktv.org and sign up for our booktv alert. host: there is a policy debate raging across the country and in this town as lawmakers and white house turned to the u.s. budget and the deficit, about the right approach, whether or not but the precarious economy weather got -- more investment is necessary or is it

. >> this weekend, we will tour the home of social reformer and exclave frederick douglass. texas a&m univ. jerry jones tells of the naval the policy of woodrow wilson. and a focus on daniel patrick moynihan whose career as a center spend four presidents. see the complete schedule online at c-span.org/history. you can have our schedules in mailed to you. >> the congressional budget office says the deficit this year will be $1.50 trillion with the national debt rising to $18 trillion in 10 years. president obama is expected to release his budget proposal next month. this briefing is one hour. >> the congressional budget office released the budget and economic outlook for fiscal years 2011 through 2021. you can find copies of the document on our website at cbo.gov. our briefer is our director. he will give a brief comment and take your questions. if you would be kind enough to remember to identify yourselves buyer name and your news organization, we would appreciate that. thank you. >> the morning. -- good morning. as we say in our report, the u.s. faces daunting challenges. t

there is no abraham lincoln without frederick douglass. there's no fdr without randolph. every great president we have ever had had to be pushed into his greatness. left to their own devices and the people around them, they did not measure up. as dr. west says, the end of being garden variety politicians in a statement. so you have to push presidents of you want them to become great. whether you are talking like issues are progress of issues or anything else, if barack obama is going to be a great president, he is going to have to be pushed. how do you do that? you do that by holding them accountable. it cannot just be for black folk about symbolism. it must also be about substance. otherwise you look up and you have a rah rah moment because you got somebody black in the white house but your economic conditions did not improve. your social condition did not approve. so the president has work to do, but i am also hopeful that with two more years ago he can get something done. >> i am from the university of san diego. i know john boehner and the republican party mention tha

> this weekend on american history tv, explore the home of social reformer kent essex slave frederick douglass. jerry jones tells of the diplomacy of president woodrow wilson. for the nixon foundation and the nixon library, a focus on daniel patrick moynihan. experience american history television on c-span3. see the complete schedule online at c-span.org/history. >> at&t assertion was met with skepticism at the supreme court last week. the case asked the court if at&t can invoke a personal privacy exemption under the freedom of information act to keep information from the government gathered in the investigation. the court ruled in favor of at&t. the court will render its decision some time before the end of the term in june. this is 50 minutes. >> we'll hear argument first this morning in case 09-1279, federal communications commission v. at&t, inc. mr. yang. >> mr. chief justice, and may it please the court: the court of appeals has held that foia's statutory protection for personal privacy in exemption 7(c) extends beyond the privacy of individuals and protects the so- called personal priv

. >> we will tour the home of a statesman frederick douglass. jerry jones tells of the policies of woodrow wilson. then, daniel patrick moynihan. experience american history tv on c-span3, all weekend, every weekend. see the complete schedule online at c-span.org/history. >> 9/11 defined the presidency because it made it abundantly clear that my most important job was to protect the country. i made a lot of controversial decisions to do that. if i had to do them over again, i would have done them again. >> former president george bush talks about his memoir with students from southern methodist university sunday at 8:00 on c-span. >> next, a discussion on federal spending and job creation. this is 45 minutes. ington journal" continues. host: i want to welcome back matt kibbe, freedomworks president and ceo. let's begin with "the washington times." guest: it's a shocking number, $1.5 trillion. longer-term, it is $14 trillion in national debt. it's a combination of a bad economy and way too much spending. we are spending too much money we do not h

copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> this weekend on c-span 3 will look at the home of frederick douglass. jerry jones tells of the aggressive naval diplomacy of woodrow wilson. from the nixon library, a focus on daniel patrick moynihan. experience american history television on c-span 3, all weekend, every weekend. see the complete schedule of lime. or you can press the c-span alert button to have our schedules e-mail to you. this sunday we will spend one hour talking with former president bush about his new life and his new book. here is a portion of the interview. >> the latest history book that you read? >> i just finished "the colonel." >> you mentioned theodore roosevelt several times. why? >> the aggressively use u.s. power -- which i did as well. in my case i did it to defend the country. my presidency was defined by september the 11th. on that day i vowed to use every legal means at my disposal to protect america. one of the interesting things about protecting america in a long run is to encourage democracy. ultimately, that marginalizes ideologues that use motives of murder to s

. >> frederick douglass. >> where do you get your news? [laughter] >> the daily caller. [laughter] no, mostly from the internet. the final three pages in the first section of "the wall street journal," with politics, gop. >> i get many of the internet. i read everything from blogs to newspapers. >> i am probably a religious reader of the drug repor -- drudge report, hotline, politico, all the other information online. >> so much for lightning round. >> i get my news online also -- "wall street journal," "national review." >> i am an old-fashioned guy. i start my morning with a hard copy of "the washington post," and then go on line to get the real news. [laughter] >> tube support completely -- do you support completely defunding planned parenthood? >> absolutely. >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> starting with mr. anuzis, names of the mr. obama has done that you agree with --. name something mr. obama has done that you agree with. [laughter] >> i think this effort to called republicans prosecute the war -- to help republicans prosecute the war. >> i agree with that, if he oppos