schools. it sets national nutrition standards. we're going to get junk food that infiltrate our classrooms and our cafeterias out the door. for the schools who comply with the revised nutrition standards, it says that there's a first time reimbursement rate increase. six cents a meal is what we're talking about. the first we've seen in over 30 years, and it does it, all of it is being fully paid for. i ask my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, how many programs that get passed in this congress are fully paid for? we are paying in order to feed our kids. our kids consume roughly 35% to 50% of their daily calors during the school day. we can pass this bill. they will get enough nutritious food to stay healthy, to grow, to learn and to succeed. for those who say, how can we afford this bill right now? we say, how can we afford not to pass it? leaving millions of children hungry, leaving millions of children malnourished in the name of budget cutting is penny-wise, it's pound foolish and it is unconscionable. vote for this bill. i

nation's capital. look at that. >>> when we come back, a moment some school kids who have been in the national spotlight lately neveramed they would have, and now they'll never forget it. >>> finally tonight, our "education nation" report and a very special field trip for a group of students who made their star turn earlier this year in a controversial and much talked about documentary out there about america's troubled schools. the film is called "waiting for superman" and it's helped spark a national discussion about what's wrong with the nation's schools. it led to a memorable, almost accidental encounter for these five young people. tonight, we have a look behind the scenes. our education correspondent rehema ellis has our report. >> reporter: the struggle for a good education in america comes to life in the film that showcases children's dreams. >> i want to be a nurse. >> i want to be a doctor. >> reporter: and disappointment. in "waiting for superman" the five kids help turn up the heat in the national debate about education reform. >> people are getting engaged again on this issue. people are connecting to i

people are beginning to see the world as a single unit i mean my granddaughter's school in london with seventy six nationalities going to go to school we like addressing the general assembly of the united nations and i think that the younger generation see the world now as just roco village and they wonder who governs it can be controlled how it could be influenced and so on an area where i'm looking at the government of the village or the country all. over the world you bound to our sense of what power do we have over the people who pass the laws and with the power of big business which is now enormous going across the world many big decisions are made by people we didn't elect cannot remove who do not have to listen to us so it's a very very big issue i think and you are talking about organizations like the international monetary fund from the european central bank controls or they are instruments of the international power of capital and they have a few in for themselves of the government policies you know those spain or britain or greece and and i think that issue is going to become a very big one look ahea

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and it's too important for us national security for russian national security and for global national school for the security of the world for republicans in the senate to hold us hostage and i think they won't i think this will be the one piece of legislation that actually gets massive bipartisan support although you know nothing is certain until it's and and there's still a ways to go but i think i think we feel confident that this is actually going to get ratified in the next few days. this week saw another spate of unrest and street protests across europe i made government attempts to tackle the economic. e.u. summit in brussels a permanent fund was agreed upon bailed out euro zone countries that are at risk of bankruptcy thousands of people continue to take to the streets all over you are protesting tough spending cuts another general strike in greece called public transport disruption and closed schools banks and demonstrations were staged by trade unions all across the continent from the czech republic to spain ireland one of the country's worst hit by the crisis has already had to ap

and it's too important for us national security for russian national security and for global national school for the spirit of the world for republicans in the senate to hold us hostage and i think they won't i think this will be the one piece of legislation that actually gets massive bipartisan support although you know nothing is certain until it's certain and there's still a ways to go but i think i think i will feel confident that this is actually going to get ratified in the next few days the wiki leaks founder has been granted bail by a british court but with strict condition dispute and his son will stay in jail until another hearing in the next two days as prosecutors repeating the bail decision soco wants to extradite dishonest runs of questions over sexual assault charges which he denies sweden chief prosecutor counseled a previous arrest warrant saying there was no reason to suspect that he committed themselves the wiki leaks site is still operating and continues to publish confidential american diplomatic gender stuff in times he says the most essential thing is that the website

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forth and it's too important for us national security for russian national security of a global national school for the security of the world for republicans in the senate to hold us hostage and i think they won't i think this will be the one piece of legislation that actually gets massive bipartisan support although you know it and nothing is certain until it's certain and and there's still a ways to go but i think i think we feel confident that this is actually going to get ratified in the next you don't the big if what if. what if it doesn't get through what then. i mean i think the fallout will be significant i think the obama administration will then have to scramble and try to me main main make sure that u.s. russian relations are still on track will also have to try to reassure the international community that it maintains a commitment to reducing the role of nuclear weapons which is critical to the nonproliferation treaty and i also think they'll be significant blowback against the republicans there's been widespread support for this treaty more than fifty newspapers from across the cou

forth and it's too important for us national security for russian national security of a global national school for the security of the world for republicans in the senate to hold this hostage and i think they won't i think this will be the one piece of legislation that actually gets massive bipartisan support although you know nothing is certain until it's certain and there's still a ways to go but i think i think feel confident that this is actually going to get ratified in the next few days. this is coming up in the for us ron links to secret detention centers and google traffic just some of their stations against course of its prime minister find out who is behind them what he has to say about it and why some subset of the revelations are not surprising. this week saw continue addressed in the streets of europe as governments seek to impose austerity measures across the continent in the economic crisis at a summit and rustles the krege created a permanent fund to bail out to eurozone countries a trace of bankruptcy a strike in greece close schools banks and pools and disrupted public transp

forth and it's too important for us national security for russian national security of a global national school for the security of the world for republicans in the senate to hold this hostage and i think they won't i think this will be the one piece of legislation that actually gets massive bipartisan support although you know nothing is certain until it's certain and and there's still a ways to go but i think i think i will feel confident that this is actually going to get ratified in the next few days. stay with us here on our t.v. lots more headed your way. a russian girl accused of spying whilst working for a british and paint has been released on bail i've spoken to her and i'll bring you all the details of sharing the program. and we go behind the scenes of the coming launch that will take the next international space station crew in orbit. but first wiki leaks founder julian assange has been granted bail by a british court but will remain behind bars pending an appeal by swedish prosecutors he's due to face another hearing in the next two days stockholm wants to extradite a sondre conne

forth and it's too important for us national security for russian national security of a global national school for the security of the world for republicans in the senate to hold us hostage and i think they won't i think this will be the one piece of legislation that actually gets massive bipartisan support although you know nothing is certain until it's and and there's still a ways to go but i think i think we feel confident that this is actually going to get ratified in the next few days. still ahead here this hour naughty blasting off for the holidays. this is not. the rocket blast from the cosmodrome in kazakhstan. when he casually action in a couple of minutes here on t.v. . but first this week's or another spate of unrest and street protests across europe amid government attempts to tackle the economic issues i didn't see you summit in brussels a permanent fund was agreed upon to bail out euro zone countries that are at risk of bankruptcy thousands of people continue to take to the streets all over europe protesting against tough spending cuts and of a general strike in greece schools pu

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americans knew they purchased a recalled product and that's according to results released by the national schoolafety coalition. one upstate new york high schooler recalled how her experience ended up in a trip to the hospital. >> one day i was fine and i wasn't and i didn't know why. we later learned from our local board of health that the lettuce at school was contaminated with e-coli. >> they want us all to know about dangerous products before they can cause us any harm. >>> if you own a toyota siena minivan you may have to take it back to the dealer. toyota is recalling 102,011 sienas because of a problem with the bracket on the brake lamp that could cause the brake lights to stay on. now there are no reports of anyone being hurt. toyota, as you know, has recalled more than 10 million vehicles over the past year. >>> lesli has her monopoly up here but we have a slew of toys for toy drive 9. >> we had a gentleman in last week and they need 0-3 age groups, that's a biggy. and it doesn't have so be a game cube, it can be something simple. >> 10-14 year olds too. and the need is great and we wan

. >>> g< of your school. national title one schools each recognized lifor sustained hoya chest and.chool achievement in high poverty areas. >>> who would be ñout on the water, nothing but the police were out on the water. >> it's hard to even imagine. it always amazes me jamie how fast the seasons often change think back Ñ' to sunny 70-degree days late october and here we are a month and-a-half later and the hammer has come down. >> four short months we're talking april sh'ix5 spring weather. tax day. going to be great. give you a historical reference. than 3 days below freezing. look at that normal temp we're in the upper 40s normally. it gives you an idea how unusual. 71 we were this hasn't been record breaking colds but it's been an unusual snap where we've run solid 15 to 20 degrees below average three days running now. unbelievable. we did nail kl&that two degree forecast for you. so dennis lipa auto out of elkridge you're our winner abc2 news.com weather page put your name and e-mail q>hvyou'll be i the running for a abc2 umbrella. d. c. tomorrow we're looking for probably a

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. >> the national school lunch program is close to getting a healthy quality boost, a move pushed byfirst lady michelle obama's anti-obesity campaign. a bill expected to pass in the house following a rare unanimous senate vote earlier this year for programs that feed 31 million children a day. the $4.5 billion legislation would increase nutritional food students and eliminate junk food and soda from campuses nationwide. it would pay more per-lunch costs to schools. >> the city ranks fifth on the place where people most want to live, san francisco. the surprise is that san francisco also ranks as one of the spots where people least want to live. it's the 8th most undesirable city according to this survey by polling firm harris interactive. new york city both lists it's the place where people most and least want to live. >> we've got better weather. you can't top that with new york. >> even on the restaurant front. >> that's true. >> cultural. >> and real estate. >> the top real estate market people love to live in and hate to live in. >> figure. >> how we doing this morning? >> good.

. >> the national school lunch program is getting a quality boost, a move pushed by michelle's anti-obesity a bill is expected to pass in the house following a rare unanimous senate vote to overall school lunches and food programs that feed more than 31 million children a day. championed by bay area george miller of martinez, the $4.5 billion ten-year legislation would increase nutritional food students and eliminate junk food and soda from school campuses nationwide. the federal government would pay more to schools to improve nutritional value plus include $40 million in mandatory funding for a program to buy food from local farms and start their own gardens. >> there's an online campaign aimed at helping young gay people deal with their sexuality. shrek the musical. ♪ >> benjamin house plays poppa bear in shrek the musical. a role, one that reaches out to teens who are gay. >> i don't know what impact my story will have but if it reaches one person and helps them to feel like they have somebody who has been through a similar experience, what it is they're going through. ♪ >> this song tal

pushing them so much so her husband knew he would be in trouble if significant changes to the national school program did not pass congress. >> my husband worked very hard to make sure that this bill was a priority in the session. and i'm grateful to you. >> because i would have been sleeping on the couch. >> reporter: most bills are signed at think white house, but the president signed this up the road at an elementary school on 13th street northwest with students looking on, he signed the healthy, hunger-free kids hack of 2010. saying it is a bill about the future. one in three u.s. children is overweight. >> doctors are now starting to see conditions, like high blood pressure, high cholesterol and type ii diabetes in children. these are things they only used to see in adults. the bill is about reversing the trend and giving our kids the healthy futures they deserve. >> reporter: the bill provides 20 million additional after- school meals. most only provide after-school snacks, not meals. >> while we may sometimes have our differences, we can all agree that in the united states of america,

schools. part of our continuing coverage of "education nation." every three years, 15 year olds all over the planet take a standardized test that has become a respected benchmark measure of student achievement. well, students in shanghai in china took the test for the first time and the results they got are raising new questions about the schools in this country. our report tonight from our education correspondent rahema ellis. >> we'll start now with -- >> reporter: for american students, the writing is on the wall and it's not good. the latest results from pisa, the international test of 15 year olds in 65 countries, shows among the 34 top-developed nations american kids are average. the u.s. scored 14th in reading, 17th in science and 25th in math. slightly higher than the last time the test were given. but the really stunning news comes from china, and the province of shanghai, where students scored better than anyone else in the world after taking the test for the first time. overall, of the top six performers, asia dominates. >> two generati

obama and first laid michelle obama today sell operated a new law that makes big changes in the nation's schooleterias. it's part of mrs. obama's campaign against childhood obesity. >> my husband worked very hard to make sure that this bill was a priority in this session and i am grateful to you. >> because i would have been sleeping on the couch. [ laughter ] >> after acknowledging the first lady's role, president obama signed the health hunger- free kids law. the new law expands free school meals for the needy and gives government the power to decide what kinds of food schools can sell. >> particularly in these tough economic times when so many families are struggling, when school meals sometimes are the main source of nourishment for so many kids, we have an obligation to make sure that those meals are as nutritious as possible. >> now this plan also gives schools an extra 6 cents per meal served to put healthier options on the cafeteria menu. so for example instead of cheese pizza, canned fruit and tater tots, it might serve whole wheat pizza, baked potatoes and fresh fruit. what do these l

the bill we are signing into law today actually has its roots in the national school lunch program signed into law by president truman after world war ii and also has roots in the child nutrition act that was passed just two decades after that in 1966. the idea for that act came to drum up priests who work with children in denver, colorado. many of the children are going hungry because they could not afford to buy lunch. the rev. thought that was unconscionable and decided to do something about that. he somehow managed to talk his way into a meeting with president johnson. he arrived at the oval office without any kind of presentation or speech. instead he simply brought an enormous all bundled with the children -- filled with photographs of the children in need. the rev. later explained that the size of the total of all was the liberals because he wanted to be sure that would be big enough to cover up everything else on the president's desk. that is hard to do. it is a big desk. it is it to this day and moving reminder that the most important job of any president is to ensure the well-be

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. >>> in the world of education school districts are celebrating national inclusive schools week. >>that means disabled kids and those with learning dies are altogether in the classroom. >> researchers say it come was many benefits. daniel is the only fifth grader with a set of wheels. his chair has never been an imped oomt really good at speed, rebounding. >> that is basketball he's talking about. last year, daniel's team won his national junior disibles championship in denver. in the classroom receiving the same instruction as all of the other kids and as his classmates point out he seldom relies on other autos if he needs a marker he doesn't say hey, so and so, can you get me this? he gets up and goes, does it by himself. >> and there this has been an inclusive school. the district is trying to expand the program at other schools, research shows kids with disabilities benefit from being in a classroom with other students. >> i think students with challenges by seeing what should be done, try to emulate that to the best of their ability. >> and his mother wants him to be in this cl

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school lunches that are healthier, that are safer will be there. and finally let me say, they will also be assured, as will their parents and the taxpayers of this nation, that the moneys that we appropriate for eligible children will be used on eligible children, that we're not going to cross subsidize our activities in the school with federal moneys designed for the lunches and the breakfasts and the snacks of poor children in this country. and i know that the other side apparently doesn't like this provision, but this is about accountability. we don't allow people and the food stamp program to go out and subsidize other people in the supermarket who think they don't want to pay whatever the price is for what they're buying in the supermarket. take a couple of food stamps and do that. we're not going to use federally taxpayer dollars and child nutrition dollars to cross subsidize other activities in schools and then risk the ability to pay for the lunches of the poorest children in this nation. so today you can vote for the -- this suspension bill on background checks, you can vote against the motion to recommit, save the child nutrition bill and sen

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schools. it sets national nutrition standards that will finally get all of the junk food infiltrating our classrooms and our cafeterias out the door. and for those schools who comply with these revised nutrition standards, it provides the first real reimbursement rate increase. six cents a meal. and that is the largest increase we have seen in over 30 years. this bill will also strengthen the far-to-school network so that more healthy produce, local food, even the foods that are grown in the school garden can find their way into the menus. our kids consume roughly 35% to 50% of their daily calories during the school day. by passing this bill we can help see that they are getting enough nutritious food to stay healthy, to grow, to learn, to succeed, and given the current economic climate, i know some will ask -- how can we afford this bill? i say, how can we afford not to pass it? leaving millions of children hungry, malnourished in the name of budget cutting is penny-wise, pound foolish, especially from those who will say let's provide the richest 2% of those in this nation with a tax cut and over $