thank you to michelle reed, vanessa bush ford and joel klein. coming up, she plays the mother who spearheads the effort to take over a failing school and won't back down. she's also another academy award nominated actor, maggie gyllenhaal joins me live here on the red carpet at the zigfield theater. that's next. does your phone give you all day battery life ? droid does. and does it launch apps by voice while learning your voice ? launch cab4me. droid does. keep left at the fork. does it do turn-by-turn navigation ? droid does. with verizon, america's largest 4g lte network, and motorola, droid does. get $100 off select motorola 4g lte smartphones like the droid razr. >>> we are back live at the ziegfeld theater with the star of "won't back down," maggie gyllenhaal. a privilege, a delight to see you here on the red carpet, our your red carpet as the case may be, maggie. the film is interesting because one of the things it does is really introduce the important role that parents play in their children's educations. and until now the education deb

chancellor michelle reed, and joel klein saying the same thing.n saying how do we measure success? put the standardized tests in place. you the union versus the democrats. their in-fighting on this one. i think it's embarrassing, greg, that the teachers, with these students that have such poor scores, i mean some of them here, 20% of the eighth graders in public schools are 14% below the national average. they expect a raise. they're getting one. rahm tried to give them a 16% raise over four years in a down economy, i don't care if i'm a republican, democrat, anybody, i'd be ticked off at that. >> greg: bob, here is what i am concerned about. they are angry, even if they win this strike, do you think they will be unbiased when they teach the students about what went on? is the strike the least of our worrys? is their attitude in the classroom? that bugs me. >> eric: you know, i'm -- >> bob: i'm a strong union supporter, strong supporter of teachers unions. having said that, the idea they're not willing for a long time, i have supported means teste

i'm jody by michelle reed, former chancellor of the washington, d.c. public schools.ways great touz you, your organization students first is co-sponsoring the movie, but the movie has its critics and it's been slammed, saying it's dividesive. what do you think about the criticism? >> well, i think it's clear when you watch the film, it is a pro-teacher movie. it's about a parent whose child is trapped in a failing school, looking for a solution. what she ends up doing is partnering with one teacher initially and subsequently a group of teachers to turn that school around, so i think it sends the message when parents and teachers in a community can work together, we can see dramatic reform. >> it's also being criticizing for over-inflating the effectiveness of laws. you have been in favor of such laws, but opponents say they're dangerous, because they circumvent elected school boards and invite abuse by charter school members. >> if you listen to the debate, you'll hear a lot of people saying we need parents to be more involved and engaged. at the end of the day, that'

to president obama because he and michelle have been very forward and very strong in supporting them, their needs, their sympathy. the president has visited walter reedal occasions he didn't want to keep going back to walter reed. it feels it personally in a way that the commander-in-chief has to. i think that feeling is behind his conviction that we're not going to go to war unnecessarily but we're going to have a strong effective foreign policy. >> general wesley clark, great to see you. thank you. >>> so coming up straight ahead we talk about what happened with prince harry. eofficially back on military duty just weeks after being caught on camera at that vegas hotel, the 27-year-old royal landing in afghanistan earlier today to begin a four month deployment. they are flying apache attack helicopters. this shaer's second tour in afghanistan. he's known as captain harry wales. focus is shifting to the case of drew peterson's fourth wife. authorities say charges could be on the way this comes after the 58-year-old was convicted yesterday of murdering his third wife, kathleen savio in 2004. his fourth wife disappeared three years later and has never