the three largest publishers in this 9.5 billion dollar industry, pearson, houghton, mifflin, harcourt and mcgraw-hill have once again declined our interview request. more on this later from 1985 to 2009 the student population of public, elementary and high schools rose from 39 million to 50 million. that pool is estimated to grow another 9% by 2017. there's good news for kindergarten through 12th grade the average teacher's salary is now $51,000, overall ratio of teacher to pupils of 1-16. the bad news? >> the president: we have one of the highest high school drop-out rates of any industrialized nation. >> tucker: why after years of smart people thinking about how to keep kids in school we still have these drop-out rates? >> we've been to act to the new global market and information-based economy ii >> our drop-out rate approaches 30% nationally, we lose 1.2 million students each year to the streets. a staggering number. to me that is economically unsustainable, morally unacceptable. what chance do those young people have to be contributing members of society? >> tucker: eight years a

nation's two large ers pst buyers in textbooy decide what impacts them and the largest publishers pearsonholt myth and hartford and mcgraw hill have once again declined our interview requests. from 1985 to 2009 the student population public elementary and high schools rose from 39 million to 50 million. that is estimate to do grow another 9 percent by 2017. there is some good news about handling this growing number, though. for inned kindergarten through 12th grade the average public schoolteacher salary is now a respectable $51,000. overall ratio of teacher to pupils of 1-16. the bad news... >> we have one of the highest high school dropout rates of any industrialized nation. >> why after years of lots of smart people think being how to keep kids in school do we still have the dropout rates? >> as a country we have been slow to react to the new global marketplace and information based economy. >> ow dropout rate approaches 30 percent nationally. we lose about 1.2 million students each year to the street. it's a staggering number. that is economically unsustainable. >> 8 years ago george

adenhart, courtney stewart and henry pearson all died in the crash. another passenger was severely injured. prosecutors say gallo, whose blood alcohol was nearly three times the legal limit spent hours drinking beers and doing shots before the crash. gallo faces more than 50 years in prison. >>> come friday it will be illegal in the state of maryland to talk on your cell phone while driving. many of us will need a hands-free device beginning october 1st. and as abc2 news bryan constitution -- brian kuebler reports, many got the message. >> reporter: whether you believe the new law is a blessing. >> talking and texting on a cell phone is irresponsible. and wrong. and i'm delighted, absolutely delighted. >> reporter: or an inconvenience. any one in the state of maryland who chooses to use their cell phone while driving will need a hands-free device by this friday. and at local electronics stores there's no shortage of people lining up to comply. >> thank you. >> reporter: here at the best buy in lutherville there's been a run on bluetooth devices. this

adenhart, courtney stewart and henry pearson all died in the crash. another passenger was severely injured. prosecutors say gallo, whose blood alcohol level was three times the legal limit spent hours drinking beers and shots before the crash. gallo faces more than 50 years in primp. >>> -- prison. >>> the doors at the hollywood casino in perryville opened three days ahead of schedule. tony marsala was there as the first slots players showed up to pull the levers. >> reporter: at 8:00 monday morning the new hollywood casino in perryville opened its doors. >> it's making perryville grow a little bit. bring the people into town. lower our taxes a little. >> reporter: the casino hopes to improve the local economy by bringing in tax revenue. it has 350 full time jobs plus money from tourists. >> we have grandkids and our sons live in the area. we come up often. it's nice. >> reporter: it hopes to keep slots money in the state. >> i believe something like 40% of the delaware business historically has come from the state of maryland. we're going to keep tha

palo alto's temporarily banning dogs from visiting trails along the western edge of the pearson arastradero preserve. several owners report a coyote bark, howling and nipping at their dogs. we caught this on camera in the area yesterday. one man says the coyote came right at him a few weeks ago but he was able to scare it away. >> and then it started coming towards me and i'm like whoa, this is not good. >> i like 'em and they have a right to be here. and they should be left alone when they need their privacy. it's a young one. >> that's what rangers say they are doing. this is the second ban on dogs this year. no word how long it will last. since there have been no actual attacks, the rangers plan to leave the coyotes alone. >>> countdown is on to the opening of the bay area's first- ever freeway express lane. kickoff celebration held this morning in fremont leading to monday morning's lane opening on interstate 680. basically, it's a carpool lane that solo drivers can use if they are willing to pay the fee. it's all done electronically so drivers will need fastrak transponders. >> anythin

. >> amy pearson uses targeted drugs. she joined vicky's team.nfortunately there is no targeted treatment for vicky's disease. it may be a matter of time since science have identified the molecules that feed the cancers of different types. >> what makes a cancer cell thick or what makes it grow. >> she is being treated with traditional chemotherapy. >> headaches are bad. >> chemotherapy is gives her the best chance she will not see us again. >> they still are cyto toxic meaning they still have side effects. >> we've made our peace. >> we look at cancer as more something you can survive. we treat it more as a chronic disease. >> we are making progress very slowly. we want a happy ending but fortunately unfortunately that doesn't happen to everyone. >> i have had nights i had to talk to somebody. >> delivering that bad news is the hardest thing that we do. >> i think that my boys, one day the mother can be teaching kick boxing and next day she's got cancer. >> it makes me stronger. she has been through so much. she lost a son and lost her hair. you

coming up next hour we're talking to reverend carlton pearson who knows bishop long very well. pearson fell out of favor after preaching inclusion, the idea that heaven season open to everyone, including homosexuals. >>> severe weather in the midwest and a levee along the wisconsin river has started to fail threatening up to 100 homes in portage, wisconsin. flood waters could endanger many more homes. further downriver if the levee completely gives out. the levee called a relic by state officials by the way, was built mostly from sand, 120 years ago. levee's failure comes after a week of heavy rainfall hitting the region. emergency crews have been urging residents to evacuate. one homeowner says it's flooded around there before but nothing like this. >> my main concern is as long as the levee don't break how much damage we're still going to have. if the levee breaks how much damage are we really going to have. >> rob marciano has the latest on the flooding. a lot of people saying okay, portage isn't that big but it's what can happen further down the pike. >> a lot of this is go

sheriff babeau a joining us on the phone from phoenix and frank pearson joins us. >> good morning. i'm actually in p pinell count. the quote came from you. how is it out of context? >> first, i have a been a military alonge mill tare the border and i understand all too well the threat not only from a public safety perspective but the national security threat which, quote, was made for those people who come otms other than mexicans and more importantly those who come from countries that sponsor terrorism and we have hundreds of those people who have been apprehend aid long our borders. i find to be highly inappropriate and blatantly false to put my quote there with a picture of a very innocent obviously hispanic family. >> shannon: for those that couldn't read it the billboard says this is our most serious public safety issue and international security threat. something the sheriff has said but not in connection with this family. tell us about your decision to put together the billboard. >> well, we sure do support the going after the bad guys big time and think tha

pearson education, and who heton mifflin company. we requested interviews with all of them. let's see ifldpeak see if you can answer this question. do you really know what isqu inside your children's textbooks?m talking a talking about textbooks from kindergarten through college.o. make no mistake there is atake battle being fought for theeioh amerds of future generations of americans. yoho wins and who loses is up to you. tonight we expos the underbelly of the textbook industry. from the biggest elementary schools to the smallest one room schoolhouses to virtual classrooms. it seems that no matter who you ask, when the topic is textbooks, everyone has got something to say. something to say. join dockty trait our childreno >> they talk about the evil oiy companies throwing toxic waste into the ocean. tox >> you can only criticize the oppressor. is thereery thite skin areabout the oppressor. teach chao whether or not my child oose would read harry potter. >> we are not making all students feel welcome. >> regardless of the school will be the new form of apartheid. >> ladies a

on the wgn news at 5:00 today rick pearson told me that axelrod is the master of the messagr political advertising with his work cut out for him in new media. >> he's just a guy that's able to turn the phrase, able to understand the power of messages, the power of commercials. and basically when you've got media coming at you all different ways, now he's become a master, too, of social networking as well. >> rahm emanuel who many strongly expect to announce his candidacy for mayor of chicago. >>> trustees at university of illinois voting against after a statement by chris kennedy. he couldn't confer the honorary title to a man whose body of work includes a book dedicated in part to the man who murdered my father. talking about robert kennedy. the antiwar group responsible for bombings in the 60s. heirs announced his retirement after 20 years. he made national headlines during obama's run for the white house when opponents tried to muddy up the campaign. >>> parents in two northern suburbs should be on the lookout. there's been several attempted child abduction. most recently a couple o

the mcgraw-hill company's, pearson education and houghton mifflin company and we requested interviews with all of them and none would speak to us. let's see if you can answer this. do you really know what is inside your children's textbooks? i'm talking about textbooks from kindergarten through college. make no mistake, there is a battle being fought for the minds of future generations of americans, who wins and who loses is up to you, tonight we expose the underbelly of the textbook industry. from the biggest elementary schools to the smaller one-room school houses, to virtual classrooms, it seems no matter who you ask when the topic is textbooks everyone has something to say. >> if you teach a kid shakespeare, teach them also maya angelou. >> it is a way to indoctrinate our children. >> toxic waste into the ocean. >> criticize the oppressor and anyone with white skin is there by the oppressor. >> textbooks try to teach them what to think. >> i was given the right to choose whether or not my child would read harry potter. >> not making us feel welcome. >> it would be the need for...

. >>> i'm hampton pearson with your cnbc market wrap.ng so far today. right now we have the dow in positive territory. the dow, as we see at this hour, up about barely 15 points. the s&p 500 down three points. the nasdaq down a little more than seven points. we did get a good sign from the housing market today. the congress department saying construction on new homes jumped to a four-month high in august. up 10.5%. applications for building permits were also up. mark cuban is facing renewed legal action. a federal appeals court has reinstated the sec insider trading lawsuit against the owner of the dallas mavericks lawsuit today. they accused him of selling his shares in an internet search engine company back in 2004 after receiving confidential information t information. the case was dismissed last year. that's it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. chris, back to you. >>> here's a look at headlines this tuesday. senate republicans blocking an effort to repeal don't ask, don't tell, the law that bans gay people from openly serving i

israel: madam speaker, i rise to welcome reverend roderick pearson as guest chaplain. he's the founder and organizer of the st. mark ministries in central islip, long island. on september 26, he will celebrate 14 years of pastoral leadership. he's the president of the islip branch of the naacp, he received the naacp national award. reverend pearson has devoted himself to fighting bigotry, to building bridges, to lifting up communities, and his presence i hope will inspire all of us on both sides of the aisle to do the same. it is with great pride that i welcome reverend roger pearson to the house this morning. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? the chair will entertain up to 15 one-minute requests on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise? the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, in 108 days liberals will impose the largest tax increase in u.s. history. the $3.9 trillion increase will impact every

aggressive coyotes are prompting palo alto to enforce a dog ban on hiking trails on the western side of pearson preserve. the coyotes would approach people with dogs and then bark and howl at them. while there have been no attacks, in one case a coyote did apparently nip at a dog. no word on when the trails will re-open. >>> if you have ever tried to park in san francisco's residential neighbor, you know those parking permits are like gold. everybody else has to move their car every two hours. as mike sugerman found out, some determined nannies want to change that system. ♪ [ music ] >>> reporter: what do you think, san francisco nannies just flying to work? no, many drive and have to worry about moving their car to avoid getting parking tickets. [ screaming ] >> reporter: especially in the 27 family-heavy neighborhoods with two-hour parking limits. it's a total of one quarter of all city streets. >> i have had a number of parking tickets in san francisco. and they're very expensive. >> reporter: she takes care of 22-month-old nathaniel and drives in every day. should she get parking privileges

it's on the western side of pearson preserve.tly approach people with dogs and then bark and howl. but there have been no full- out attacks yet. but in one case the coyote nipped at a dog. no word when the trails will re-open. >>> time now is 5:50. you can get drunk. but just don't get stoned. >> coming up, the unlikely new opponent in the effort to legalize marijuana in california. make pot legal -- is getting fired >>> it is 5:52. welcome back. >>> the fairly low key campaign against proposition 19 the measure to make pot legal is getting fired up. >> the california beer and beverage association has contributed $10,000 to the "no" on 19 campaign. a spokesman says he believes the donation stems from concerns over public safety. >> we have hundreds and hundreds of trucks that run and down the state. i don't think them their drivers under the influence of the marijuana any more than they want them drinking beer while driving. >> no comment so far from the prop 19 campaign but some speculate that the beer industry may not be so con

let's bring in ashley pearson from london express newspapers.t's probably like the fifth time i've seen that today. and i can't believe it. i can't believe what it must have been like for those two women who i presume that it's like "america's top model," they've gone through weeks and weeks and weeks and weeks. what do we know about what happened here? >> well, i love the fact that "american idol" host ryan seacrest tweeted that what happened is his absolute worst nightmare of anything that could ever happen on stage. you know, what do we know? what we see is just absolutely appalling. what's being speculated upon today is whether or not the host there, sara murdoch, was in on it, whether it was some kind of a publicity stunt. everybody is talking about this program today. >> yeah. and obviously we wouldn't be showing this if it wasn't for the fact that this gaffe happened. we're talking about the host being of the murdoch family, correct? >> yeah, absolutely. she is married to rupert's son, lacklan. what's interesting, her explanation for this

. >>> i'm hampton pearson with your cnbc market wrap. >>> a modest selloff, breaking a five-day winningk for the dow it is down 21 points. the s & p 500 slipping 5 1/2 and the nasdaq hitting 14 points. investors still scratching their heads over tuesday's comes from the federal reserve, depending on how ask, the central bank said too much or too little. either way, the economists are looking for a little more clarity from the fed. >>> in stocks, it was the tech sector dragging in the markets today. adobe shares plunging 19% on a disappointing fourth quarter forecast. microsoft moving lower as well. a 23% dividend bump was not as much as share holders were hoping for. newspaper publishers taking a big hit on the slow down in digital advertising. and this bud's for you and it's free. anheuser-busch announcing a new marketing campaign. they will be happeneding out free budweisers at bars across america in hopes of turning around a 9% drop in sales. that's it on cnbc first in business worldwide. now back to "hardball." >>> favorite time, time for the "hardball" scoreboard, we check out the

. >> tomorrow on "washington journal," paul pearson talks about the book he co-authored, how washington made the rich richer and turned its back on the middle-class. lawrence hunter, president of the alliance for retirement prosperity, discusses his group which she describes as a conservative alternative to the aarp. and sheila krumholz on the disclosure rules that she says makes it difficult to determine where the money is coming from. "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. ecstasies been video library is a great resource to see what is happening in washington. find most recent events we have covered, the ones most watched and most share, all free. watch what you want, when you want. >> know, a conversation with tim pawlenty, the outgoing minnesota governor. he talks about growing up in south st. paul as the youngest in a family of five children. losing his mother to cancer at the age of 16, his entry into local and state politics, his eight years as minnesota's governor, and his possible 2012 presidential bid. this is 40 minutes. >> governor, has there been a defin

. >> i am margo pearson. i am one of the fellows here this weekend. i want to thank you for coming. this is very educational, especially for someone who has not had nearly as much exposure to washington and these activities as my colleagues have had. my question is with regard to prevention. i appreciate what you are saying with regards to what could have happened with september 12 or september 13. i did not know if my brother was in the trade center when it went down. he had an office there. i was riveted by television just like everyone else. one of the things that flashed through my mind is that in this country we have a lot of experience with other countries to face terrorism on a regular basis. israel is one example. they cannot prevent attacks. what makes it possible for us to think that we could prevent attacks either then or in the future? >> andy? >> the president does not have the luxury of saying maybe we can not do it so i will not do my job. the present as a lonely job. when they campaign, they want everyone to love them. it is a love in, but the job itself is very lone

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tomorrow for shannon bream's exclusive conversation with sheriff paul babeu and property owner frank pearson. they will discuss the controversial billboard and chargely charged issue of illegal immigration in arizona. don't miss that. still ahead, the inspiring story of a soldier whose fate helped him get through the biggest mess of his life. we'll meet him and his wife next. why aren'tbe american schools making the grade these days? we take you inside a provocative new documentary up next. for strong bones, i take calcium. but my doctor told me that most calcium supplements... aren't absorbed properly unless taken with food. he recommended citracal. it's different -- it's calcium citrate, so it can be absorbed with or without food. citracal. ready to try something new? campbell's has made changes. adding lower sodium sea salt to more soups. plus five dollars in coupons to get you started. campbell's condensed soup. pass it on. campbell's.® it's amazing what soup can do.™ 0 to 60? or0 to 0? [ tires screech ] the quarter-mile, or a quarter-century? is performance about the joy of driving? or

host: paul pearson has this, "cough up in the middle. what is a president who do"?had the president realized earlier that he never could have won over corporate america, he never would have attempted." host: with all of this we will get your reaction and we will hear from congressman kevin mccarthy in a moment. al, new jersey -- he hung up. moving on to virginia. caller: as i told your screener, i do not want republicans -- i should say conservatives -- to work with democrats. if we have seen what democrats will do, people losing their homes. we are told that we are racist and stupid for opposing. yesterday john kerry said that voters are influenced by the truth and the fact, and to be honest with you i hope the conservatives takeover of congress and that they do not work with democrats. they will explain to the voters why obama is going against their will again. host: from "business week," "no one should be under the illusion that there is an easy path to compromise. likely it is even more polarized than the current one -- host:a anna, ohio, good morning. caller: t

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michael pearson of the washington post, and a guest of the speaker. -- michael gerson, a guest of the speaker. see keeping our speaker for the moment, rodrigo the other trauma, a member of the national press club -- -- rodrigo valderama, a member of the national press club. maura wayland, deputy administrator for public affairs with usaid. thank you. [applause] last year the united nations reported that the world had reached a dubious milestone. for the first time, more than 1 billion people were experiencing hunger. while traditionally food in sub- saharan africa remains hardest- hit, it had affected the united states as well. in 2008, one in six americans lived in households that struggled to afford food at some point. in the past year according to the u.s. department of agriculture. our speaker to the has spent more than 20 years fighting to reduce those numbers in the u.s. and abroad. the reverend david beckmann is the first clergyman to win the world food prize, an annual award established by nobel peace prize laureate to those who make vital contributions to food and agriculture