, but it's also a broader question of these are inve investments and there's some education by james heckman the nobel-prize winning economist who has argued this that investing in early childhood education pays for itself, fewer health expenses, fewer people on public support, less crime, this kind of thing. and, boy -- >> that's a political argument that starts to get really difficult right now, because there are some people that say investment, other people say it's unnecessary spending, that's a nanny state, that is the way the political discourse is going. >> yes, frankly until recently the data was somewhat ambiguous on some of these, but now we're getting more and more data that is really good, kids who are, you know, randomly assigned to early childhood education and those who aren't and those who do do so much better, so much better life outcomes. the question is not can we afford this, can we afford not to do it. >> sal, you are trying to make a career by closing the achievement gap by tutoring, that's one of the things you guys do, but the gap is widening in the country between th

know noble lawyer yet -- nobel laureate james heckman entorses this. on the school assessment in reading and math, just in a short amount of time, not even a decade, when they track these children over the course of less than a decade, children who had participated in the program scored an average of 55 points higher on math after being in the harrisburg program, and 62 points higher in reading than their counterparts. i think people on both sides of the aisle understand the urgency in making these investments. it is important they have guidelines and standards they measure our up to. it doesn't destroy their ability to have flexibility and design their own system. neither of these bills would do that. it just says we have to raise the bar and move in the right direction and raise the bar in early education. i want a longer discussion. i will put a more amplified statement for the record. this is a critically important issue. i know both of you have worked mightily to improve the base bill. the language might not be the one i want. the component parts

. >> reporter: james heckman says taxing the rich at a higher rate would barely put a dent in the federalmorale. >> i think what it would do and i think there is some benefit to this is that it would create more of a society of inclusion. >> reporter: if you were out there protesting what would your sign read? >> my sign if i were out protesting, think long term. i would actually feel that the real protests should be directed against the politicians who are trying band-aids and fixes that look good and sound good and look like maybe something is being done but are not tackling it. i realize it's no a winning banner. >> reporter: mo rocca, cbs news, chicago. >>> more protests are planned worldwide this weekend, including rallies at the london stock exchange and in other european cities. >>> now jeff glor is at the news desk with a check of today's other headlines for us. >>> severe weather in virginia including suspected tornadoes. the storms rolled through three virginia counties yesterday. youtube video can you see shows what may be a tornado there. passing over a truck on interstate 95.