joe courtney knows it. virginia foxx is against it, to her great discredit, and i hope you will ask her about that when she comes on. host: yes, she is coming up in a few minutes. greg in north carolina. a parent there. hi, greg. caller: hi. god bless the teacher for 45 years. i have a tendency to agree with him. the reason i am calling is simple because when we started this segment of the program, we started speaking about education, and the first five minutes we talked about 90% of the kids, and then the second part we talked for 20, 25 the 10% ofut this -- the children that are supposedly falling in the achievement gap. you continuously here achievement gap, achievement gap. i heard for years the money has been there, everything has been there to address that, and it does not get addressed for whatever reason. i would like to know how many kids fall in this achievement gap. i am very curious. i would like to know, and i appreciate c-span very much. host: and greg, do you think it is exaggerated -- the nu

ranking member, democratic congressman bobby scott of virginia, and then democratic congressman joe courtney of connecticut, a member of the higher education and work force training zphe and the chair of that subcommittee, republican congresswoman virginia foxx of north carolina. watch c-span's "washington journal" lye beginning at 7:00 eastern thursday morning. join the conversation. >> this sunday night on "q&a," author and columnist david k. johnson discusses his book "the making of donald trump." >> i met donald, i immediately recognized he's p.t. bar numb. he's selling you tickets to the fiji her mail. i started talking to him about his competitors, including steve wynne and people who work for him and gamblers all said to me, donald doesn't know anything about the casino business. >> sunday night on c-span's "q&a." >> for campaign 2016, c-span continues on the road to the white house. >> i will be a president for democrats, republicans, and independents. >> we're going to win with education, we're going to win with the second amendment. we're going to win. >> ahead, live coverage of th

we will hear first from congressman bobby scott from virginia and joe courtney of connecticut. watch c-span "washington journal" live beginning at seven eastern thursday morning.esentai join the discussion. >> our first guest of the morning is joining us and that's the secretary of veteran affairs department, mr. secretary, welcome. >> it's great to be here. the hearing today, what does it deal with?h? >> it deals with something called the commission on care. this is something that was part of the choice act which the fall of 2014 when congress asked the va to carve out over $60 million of our budget in order to pay a group of consultants money to study what should be done at the va. this committee had commissioners appointed by members of congress and the president and they metom over a period of time. we met with them and they came up with 18 recommendations and of the 18, we said we agree wit1 15 of the 18 and in fact we said 12 of the 15 are already underway or already completed.er for us, the commission and their findings reinforces what we areh trying to do with our my va

we'll hear first from ranking member, democratic member, bobby scott and joe courtney as a member of the subcommittee and the chair of the subcommittee, virginia fox of north carolina. watch our c-span journal live beginning at 7:00 eastern. >>> in the morning, a subcommittee looks in the $400 million cash into iran. >> live from capitol hill at 10:00 a.m. eastern. in the afternoon, fbi director james comey and john brennan addressed members of the national community. we'll be their live for their remarks at 1:00 p.m. eastern. >>> u.s. diplomats updates of members of congress of the violence and humanitarian situati situation. they look to address the crisis including a potential arm embargo. this hearing of the house foreign affairs on africa is about two hours. >>> good afternoon everyone and thank you for being here. >> on april 27th of this year, we held al hearing of prospect for peace. it appears to be finally ending the civil war that broke out december of 2013. it was signed by both governments of south sudan and the movement of our position in august of 2015. we were caution

. >>> joe ducey with courtney homes and the topic is protecting yourself buy, sell, or rent. you rented for a while. what's the one thing you would do to protect yourself. >> you know i'm going to say more than one thing. >> the first is to take pictures. when you move in or something goes wrong, the next thing, i e- mail everything. that way people can't say i didn't know that something was wrong. >>> buying a house, i bought a few house, and the key is surrounding yourself with people who you trust. check the license with the make sure there are no disciplinary actions. make sure you don't have a roof, pool, or ac issue. and go to the let joe know page or facebook. and find out more about real estate there. >>> speaking of housing, a nice view, an open concept, a renovated kitchen, these lure in home buyers. >> but there's on the sneaky sales tricks. the smell of potpourri or cookies can hide mold smell. >> a fresh coat of paint on lower level walls can be used to hide water damage. >> and a sense of urgency telling you someone is about to make an offer. >> faking a date on

. >>> joe ducey with courtney holmes and the top sick solar. maybe you thought about it for your house, save the earth and save money. but the key is to find a good provider with a good reputation online and hasn't had any problems. >>> will you finance them or lease them? >> and how much can you save every month. and check with the provider to make sure that the numbers are realistic. >> and look at the contract. get someone you trust to look over it with you. it's a 20-year commitment in this cases. >> you can go to will let -- let joe know facebook page for more. >>> and the department of education is announcing that it's cutting ties with the nation's largest a creditor for the for-profit schools. it's accused of lax over site including the now defunct corinthian colleges and itt technical institute. the agency plans to appeal the decision. >>> listen up if you have a child going to the u of a. you might be footing the bill for the president's retirement. ann weaver hart is stepping down next summer, one year the transition plan has the stu

from ranking member, democratic congressman bobby scott of virginia and democratic congressman joe courtney of connecticut who is a member of the higher education and workforce training subcommittee, and the chair of that subcommittee, republican congresswoman virginia fox of north carolina. watch c-span's "washington journal" live beginning at 7:00 eastern this morning join the discussion. >>> education leaders from across the country met in washington, d.c. this summer to discuss how to improve education. hosted by the education commission. states, this is about an hour and 45 minutes. ♪ >> good morning, everyone. >> good morning! >> it's great to see so many of you back up and at 'em. we ordered more coffee for this morning, so we're hoping that it helps with the discussions that we're going to be going through today, particularly those around teacher pipeline issues, but before we get to our ed talk and our plenary, i want to take a moment to thank all of you for not only the contributions that you make to the education commissions of the state, to allow us to serve of you, the people b

. >>> joe deucey with courtney holmes, and the topic is solar. maybe you thought about it to save the earth, save money, and the key to have a good provider that hasn't had any problems. >> and how are you going to pay for these things? are you going to finance them? are you going to buy them out right? it's good to know how much they cost going in. >> and how much to save every month. get that in writing and make sure that the numbers are realistic. >> look at the contract. get someplace you trust to look over it with you. it's a 20-year commitment in cases. >> and you can go to our facebook page to learn more. >>> what's scarier rattlesnake, folks? 2 of them fighting. are you one of the 645,000 who have seen this video on our facebook page? i posted this to creep you out on my facebook page this morning, terrifying, yes. we live in the desert, and snakes can be anywhere. this is someone's back patio, an epic battle between two male rattlesnakes that went on for three hours, folks. it turns out that the snakes are battling it out for a hiding in

courtney. >> reporter: good morning to you, joe. there's been a lot of changes since the tragedy of 9/11 15 years ago. and retail has played a big part in the revitalization. according to the downtown alliance for new york, lower manhattan has added 2 million square feet of retail space in just the last two years. by 2019 it's projected to hit a five-year growth rate of 67%. two week old westfield world trade center is fully leased. not everything is open yet because of course it did just open the doors two weeks ago. brookfield place is higher end and that is nearby. there's a gucci there, a saks will be opening soon. the sea port district is set to reopen sometime next year and that's going to be more of a marketlike feel with smaller merchants like custom leather maker. the foot traffic is key. westfield said 15 million tourists will come through lower manhattan next year. plus the lines shuttle shuttle 300,000 commuters every day to the area. the downtown alliance estimates the spending power is around $6.5 billion annually. bac

doug griffin: we don't want courtney to be remembered for her substance abuse, but rather for her struggle to achieve recovery. pam griffin: kelly believes recovery is possible. joe plaia: every three days, someone in new hampshire is killed with a gun. mothers, sons, friends. and yet kelly ayotte continues to play political games when she has the chance to strengthen background checks, she voted no, backing the washington gun lobby instead. then - on a bill to keep suspected terrorists from getting guns, ayotte flip flopped. kelly ayotte's become another typical washington politician and that puts us all at risk. narrator: independence usa pac is responsible for the >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. last final day of september. billy bush is sipping the nectar in for kathie lee today on this friday. wait. can we just hear this song? "it's september" but by justin timberlake, anna kendrick and earth wind & fire. >> they're just re-doing -- re-doing the classic. >> how are they doing it? >> i want to hear timberlake. i can feel it. >> there she s. that's anna. go, go justin.