>> guest: initially the nea, i was not sure if i was going to get their backing and part of it was because of my own naivete. the social security, at least in our state, we don't receive social security. there is a huge issue and i hope it is resolved in your time in the house. teachers are not public employees so it is considered double dipping if you receive social security even though i pay into it through have been which is then all of those kinds of things. i won't receive it. so i think i answer that question wronged and when i did my interview, but they did come around and support me in the campaign, which we were very happy with. they did give money to our campaign. they gave us when thousand dollars, but i do think as much as i love my teacher union and what the attempt to do for educators i do think we need to think out of the box and sometimes a few challenge those old ideas people get their feathers ruffled, so back in put you in hot water with those folks but i am happy to be in that hot water. >> host: how about the democrats? >> guest: the democrats unfortunately, our relati

but, if you're a small business person, if the insurance neas being offered is something you can't afford, if you want to shop for a better price then you can go to this exchange, this marketplace, and you can, look, ok, this is how much this plan costs, this is how much that plan costs, this is what the coverage is like, this is what fits for my family. as one of those options, for us to be able to say, here's a public option that's not profit-driven, that can keep down administrative costs and that provides you good quality care for a reasonable price as one of the options for you to choose, i think that makes sense. >> drive insurance out of business? >> why would it? if private insurers say that the marketplace provides the best quality health care, if they tell us that they're offering a good deal, then why is it that the government, which they say can't run anything, suddenly is going to drive them out of business? that's not logic. now, i think that there's going to be some healthy debates in congress about the shape that this takes. i think there can be some legitimate concerns on

the book has 21 essays, it was brought to life if this symphony, peter nea niro and the philadelphia philharmonic performed the music. roger is a legendary jazz poiser, pianist, composer, recently toured with tony bennett, wrote the theme to "all in the family," as far as his imprint on popular culture and roger performed the original score and performed live. the award winning team of alex an marilyn bergman wrote original songs that were performed by grammy winner peat austin. -- patty austin. so this premiered for a week in philadelphia and now it's being refined to become a national and even international tour. along with the book, it's the latest iteration of joe's classroom work, his telling of the story of america. and so in addition to those projects, he's going to begin a national speaking tour and kicks that off today with you. so without further ado, allow me to introduce writer, producer, story teller, photographer, justin falconer of all trades, joe sohm. joseph? [applause] >> >> good afternoon. it's still morning for me. i just through in from california where i reside

guest: well, first of all, we have endorsements from the report from the afc and the nea. i can -- we have a statement of support from 65 organizations, including the unions, including civil rights organizations, math and science groups. i think the unions jist like every other part of this society are recognizing that the world is changing and that the teaching profession will change and needs to change as well. and needs to innovate. and needs to be at the table with a voice that says how are we going to move our system and really do school differently? and that's going to involve changes and collective bargaining agreements and changes from an old industrial model into a really -- which is the one you're referencing to a model that's a professional model that says we're a part of innovating to build a new system. and those organizations have made statements in support of moving in this direction. host: another response says class size in baltimore 35. upstate new york, 18 with two aides. guest: class size is one of the factors. the most important factor is the quality o

combination it seems to me or you are listening carefully to what our states are saying and obviously the nea is a very from one place to another in a country and i think this bill reflects the insistence on listening to those ideas and thoughts as we move forward in these areas, but what senator murray has suggested i think you are addressing illegitimate issue about may be sure the states are going to be listened to in this by simultaneously in wiping out a lot of other areas entitle the subtitles the, section 431 of this as well as the recession is sections of the bill and in order to address the issue of insisting that our states be listened to we don't to sacrifice these other provisions as well. i would be willing to list the language to talk about how the national council should take into consideration diversity of our states, and if they make your calculation on these matters but i want to get involved or i ever eliminating all sections of the expense of what we're trying to achieve. >> i have to, number one, over 200 places in this bill we leave absolute discretion to the secretary o