and then john gannon details a state-by-state survey of financial literacy. financial literacy. "washington journal," live

later, john gannon from the financial industry regulatory authority detailing a state-by- state survey of financial literacy. "washington journal" is next. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] host: the senate will hold a key test vote on the tax-cut deal. many democrats saying over the

joining me at the table is john gannon and he's here to talk about financial capability. he is with the financial industry regulatory authority investor education foundation. how are you measuring us? guest: financial capability is trying to get people beyond their financial literacy, but looking at auction at their financial behavior. we broke it down into a couple of categories, first of all, making ends meet. are people taking steps to make sure they manage their day-to- day finances? then we look at planning ahead. what are they doing to plan ahead, such as an emergency fund, a retirement account, are they planning for their children's college education? are they making choices, decisions around financial products? then we looked at whether they are taking certain steps to basically track their finances? such as, do they check their -- then we look at whether they are taking certain steps to basically dropped your finances. such as, do they check their credit score? host: when you break it down, how many households spend more on a rainy day fund to cover three months'

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joining me at the table is john gannon and he's here to talk about financial capability.e is with the financial industry regulatory authority investor education foundation. how are you measuring us? guest: financial capability is trying to get people beyond their financial literacy, but looking at auction at their financial behavior. we broke it down into a couple of categories, first of all, making ends meet. are people taking steps to make sure they manage their day-to- day finances? then we look at planning ahead. what are they doing to plan ahead, such as an emergency fund, a retirement account, are they planning for their children's college education? are they making choices, decisions around financial products? then we looked at whether they are taking certain steps to basically track their finances? such as, do they check their -- then we look at whether they are taking certain steps to basically dropped your finances. such as, do they check their credit score? host: when you break it down, how many households spend more on a rainy day fund to cover three months' w

john gannon gives a state by state review of literacy. >> middle and high school students, as you work on your documentary, here are a few tips from our judges. >> one of the things i look for one watching your videos is you, the student. i want to see your personality, and that helps make your video stand out from all the rest. >> what i like to see most in the entries are a real investment and care and the topic you will be telling us about. be sure to be interested in what you are telling us. if you're not interested in what you are presenting, chances are we will not be. >> one tiebreaker and for me last year was the c-span video. i am looking for videos where people are looking at c-span video and ask, what make the most sense for telling the story i want to tell us? >> for all the information, go to studentcam.org. >> on thursday, the national transportation safety board held a daylong conference on child passenger safety. a federal agency called for parents to buckle their children into child safety seats on airplanes. the faa has recently recommended that parents flying with ch