you don't need to tell michael bennett. he's already on the page. going to need you guys to be out there, calling and tweeting and all -- all of the stuff you do. but listen, we're not going to wait, though. we're not waiting for congress. last month when i addressed a joint session of congress about our jobs crisis, i said i intend to do everything in my power right now to act on behalf of the american people with or without congress. [ applause ] >> we can't wait for congress to do its job. so where they won't act, i will. [ applause ] >> and that's why in recent weeks we've been taking a series of executive actions. we decided we couldn't stop -- we couldn't just wait for congress to fix no child left behind. we went ahead and decided let's give states the flexibility they need to meet higher standards for our kids and improve our schools. [ applause ] >> we said we can't wait for congress to help small businesses. we're going to go ahead and say to the federal government, pay small businesses faster if they're contractors so they've got more mon

you don't need to tell michael bennett. he's already on the page.lse you do. but, listen, we're not going to wait. we're not waiting for congress. last month when i addressed a joint sessioning of congress about our jobs crisis, i said, i intend to do everything in my power right now to act on behalf of the american people, with or without congress. we can't wait for congress to do its job. so where they won't act, i will. and that's why in recent weeks we've been taking a series of executive actions. w we decided we couldn't just wait for congress to fix "no child left behind". we went ahead and decided, let's give the states the flexibility they need to meet higher standards for our kids and improve schools. we said we can't wait for congress to help had small businesses. we're going to say to the government, pay small businesses faster so they can have more money and start hiring more people. we said, we're not going to wait for congress to fix what's going on in our health care system. we eliminated regulations that will save hospitals and patie

attack so there is a job but there is one job at least for the mind or timothy geithner well michael bennett current as always fascinating we've run out of time but thanks for being on the casa report thank you i appreciate you coming i always enjoy talking to you x. ok that's all the time we have for the cause report with me max kaiser and stacey harbor our thank my guest michael betancourt his twitter address and a graphic see i and a graphic going to send me an e-mail please do so at kaiser report at art c.t.v. dot ru until next on the banks out there saying buy off. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm sorry welcome to the big picture. you. need. to.

. >> the truth is, this gives the state the ability -- michael bennett, the denver school superintendent, he's pretty good. he may come up with a better idea for colorado than i might sitting here in washington. if he does and the secretary says i agree with you, why shouldn't he have that option. that's all i would say. >> i will problem recognize the senator. let's keep in mind, for 95% of all of the schools in the state, they can do what senator alexander says. we're only talking about that bottom 5% of which we are focusing federal intervention. you can be opposed to that, but i thought that was for the essence of the heart of this bill was to focus on that bottom 5%. we're not talking about all the schools. we're talking about the bottom 5%. >> i believe in local control. here's the problem i see, senator alexander, with your amendment. if you have a school that's run poorly, students and administrators do not want to recognize that. i would much prefer to say, i'm going to write my own proposal, and i'm going going to fight, and i'm going to call up my own senator, and i hope my pr

michael bennett won election to the senate that was very toughly contested. and hispanic voters in places like colorado, nevada, new mexico, they think that they can be an important part of carrying those mountain west states. >> as we look at the president's jobs tour, how strategic is this that it's all about 2012? >> he's going to a state that has not been hit by a tornado or tsunami. the white house schedule is very much focused on the states that they know he needs to carry next zeer susan page, as always, a pleasure. thank you. >> thank you, alex. >>> office politics, ed schultz talking billion the occupy wall street protest. >>> up next, the secrets at the stores. sneaky stricts to get you to spend more. you're watching "weekends with alex witt." [ male announcer ] the real power in these tools isn't just the motor. it's the potential to turn plans into projects and rooms into remodels. it's the freedom to turn a single lithium battery into hours of doing. with guaranteed low prices on the names we know and friends in orange with all we need to know, l

all of these programs into one big pot of money and know that i'm going to be competing with michael bennett's kid that our in denver school systems, where they have got some pretty top-notch grant writers. i am wondering how many schools are going to be able to stack up and access to the sun. the kind of like the idea that the technology component might be something that is -- it's a separate menu if you will. i think that we need to be current in our schools when it comes to the technologies that we are utilizing right now. and if there's any area that we are behind, i am afraid it's that we are not spending enough time making sure that our teachers are current with the technologies. the kids will be ahead of them and then again we don't get the full value out of the technologies before us. so without giving probably as much consideration as we would like to your amendment, senator bingaman, i have to tell you that we need to be focused and we need to be ahead of ourselves when it comes to the technology side. so my inclination at this point is to be supportive. >> if there is no further dis

you don't need to tell michael bennett, he is on the page.ut i am going to need you guys to be out there calling into leading and all the stuff you do. listen, we are not going to wait for congress. last month when i addressed a joint session of congress about the jobs crisis, i said that i intend to do everything in my power right now to act on behalf of the american people with or without congress. [applause] we can't wait for congress to do its job. act, i will.n't that is rising in recent weeks we have taken executive actions. we decided we couldn't just wait for congress to fix no child left behind. we went ahead and decided to give states the flexibility they need to meet higher standards and improve our schools. we said that we can't wait for congress to help small businesses, will go ahead and say to the federal government, a small businesses faster the that they can start hiring more people. we are not going to wait for congress to fix what is going on in the health care system, we eliminated regulation that will save hospitals and p

is michael bennett is the denver schools superintendent, he is pretty good. he might come up with a better idea for, rather than i might sitting here in washington, and if he does, and the secretary says i agree with you, why should not have the option? >> i agree with you. i want to recognize senator sanders. keep in mind, for 95% of all the schools in the state, they can do what senator alexander says. where are only talking about that bottom 5%. -- we are only talking about bad bottom 5%. you could be opposed to that, but the heart of the bill was to focus on that bottom 5%. we are not talking about the whole state. >> i am a former mayor and i come from a small state and i believe in local control and flexibility. here's the problem i see with your amendment, senator alexander. in some cases, at least, if you have a school but is run very poorly, human nature suggests that human -- that people do not want to recognize that. the single digit the slippery slope is that i'm running the school, and doing a bad job, and and in the 5%. i would much prefer to sa

coming up we'll talk to starbucks ceo howard schultz, also best selling authors michael lewis and deepak chopra and bill bennett. coming up next the top stories in the political playbook. first, here is bill karins with a check on the forecast. bill? >> mika, the only person to have good news to spread out there this morning. as far as the forecast goes we are looking ideal. gorgeous weather conditions from the middle of the country are going to spread to the eastern half of the country in the days ahead. we still have to deal with some showers out there and a little bit of rain this morning but as we go throughout the next 24 hours we're going to get rid of the pesky rain in new england and then the forecast gets really nice. look how beautiful it is in the middle of the country, from indianapolis to chicago to dallas. all of that is heading to the east. here is a peek, new york city. you are going to see ideal weather into the upcoming weekend. get ready to enjoy it. you're watching "morning joe" brewed by starbucks. ♪ ♪ [ dog barks ] [ birds chirping ] ♪ [ mechanical breathing ] [ engine turns over ] ♪ [ mal

michael james, no problem. kenyon barner hits the sidelines and he's gone. 84 yards to the house. 22-nothing ducks. meanwhile, brian bennett filling in nicely at quarterback for the ducks in place of darren thomas. nice deep ball right down the middle of the field to david paulson. oregon led 29-0 early and she ty stomp on colorado. lsu missed key players against auburn but the tigers had jarretjaredlee on the money. lsu not missing a beat at all. they look invisible these days, hammering auburn which came in ranked 45-10. clemson stays undefeated. a career day from sophomore boyd. 367 yards passing and he threw for five touchdowns and ran for another as the tigers rout north carolina 59-38 in death valley, and they improve to 8-0. news from the nfl. looks like carson palmer will mosley be a spectator tomorrow when the raiders play the chief. palmer was acierd in th acquiree trade on tuesday. after a few days of practice, word out of oakland now is that kyle boler likely will start and get most of the playing time. maybe too much to ask of palmer who hasn't played in a game since last december. he's only had a few days thr