either through professional development with in-school staff or through pta. basically, the local school districts as hubs of their communities. local school district initiatives can absolutely magnify parent education, parent engagement, parent involvement. ultimately resulting in improved child nutrition. >> thank you. i know that -- one thing about the local school board is that you can reach out and touch it. i think my daughter has been involved in such a battle here lately as a mother of two children in the public schools. i just wanted a clarification here. i'm trying to think, ms. rivas, whether it was you or not -- but i'm going to turn to you because i think it falls into the realm that you were discussing. i want to talk just for a second or have you address the issue of the so-called competitive foods. you know, where you have so often -- you have the athletic organizations of the school and organizations who have bake sales. and they cook the famous brownies and banana bread and that sort of thing. is it your position of your organization that thi

i understand you're a member of the pta and hockey mom involved in youth hockey. being involved with your kids. what's the big deal? why would you protest or why did you -- afraid somebody is going to take your gun? what's happening here? >> we hear that a lot, ed, that no one's coming to take your guns. that's what we're afraid of. really, it's just about the fou founding fathers said freedom isn't free and the price of freedom is eternal vigilance. that's what it's about. we're being vigilant here and seeing things that are concerning. we don't believe that people are going to come door to door and necessarily take our guns. there are things that come through legislation that many americans aren't necessarily aware of. that we're keeping an eye on. and, you know -- >> okay, so you're aware that president obama has an "f" rating from the brady foundation? >> well, yeah. there -- a lot of people say obama has done more for gun ownership than many of the presidents in the past. certainly gun ownership has soared in the last year. >> why is that? >> well, i'm not ex

if you don't have somebody who is saying, look, i am in partnership with you -- if i don't go to a pta if i don't follow through on education when a kid gets home, what they learned at school is a waste. >> roland is the exception -- roland's the exception to the rule. he takes responsibility for other people's kids doing the right thing. the question, hal, is what do you do -- >> it's holistic. >> i agree, but again, you can't legislate that part of it. i can't take care of how people parent their kids but i as a taxpayer and as a citizen can go, okay, the structure of our education system has to be such that the kids that only come from single-parent homes end up in as good a position as the kids without that. and that's part of what we have to focus on. >> i've got to end it there. this is a good conversation. roland, we're not going to sort it out today. i've got to go pay the bills. roland, good to see you, as always. thanks very much. and hal sparks, sticking around for another block. stay with us. >> all right. >>> coming up next, it's a reality check. is too big to fail a real

teachable moments that was brought up earlier it can't be maximize at the local district level through pta the role of the school districts, communities, local school districts initiatives that can magnify parent involvement to improve child nutrition. >> thank you. and i know one thing about the local school board is you can reach out and touch it. my daughter has been involved lately in a battle mother of two children of the public schools. i just need a clarification clarification, ms. rivas, the weather was you or not i will turn to you because of falls under the realm that you were discussing to address the issue of the competitive moves where sometimes you have the athletic organizations, the school, bake sales and cook the famous brownies and banana bread and that sort of thing. it is your position that should fall into the same guidelines the secretary would promulgate? >> that's correct. we support of local policy and menu planning. however it ever role as food service directors is to teach children could basic nutrition they go through the cafeteria line we tried to teach them wh

we are trying to establish the basic principle pta. we propose a fee on risk. cover the cost of our emergency financial rescue. that is a simple, basic impaired. there is significant support among other countries. the imf gave us a very thoughtful paper that achieves that directed. that was helpful. we will move in the united states because we think that is what we need to do. when countries see what we do, they will wait to see how we do it in the united states. i think that you will find other countries moving to adopt similar measures. i cannot tell how far it will go. obviously, as you have seen from canada and other countries, they have a lack of enthusiasm for that idea. if you look at how canada faired in this crisis, they came out relatively well. it is no surprise to me that you saw a diversity of views on this. we are going to do what is necessary within our interests. i think that the world will want to watch what we do and i suspect it will provide a basis for other actions across the other major economies. i think that will be good. the basic imper

we are trying to establish the basic principle pta. we propose a fee on risk. it would cover the cost of our emergency financial rescue. that is a simple, basic impaired. there is significant support among other countries. the imf gave us a very thoughtful paper that achieves that directed. that was helpful. we will move in the united states because we think that is what we need to do. when countries see what we do, they will wait to see how we do it in the united states. i think that you will find other countries moving to adopt similar measures. i cannot tell how far it will go. obviously, as you have seen from canada and other countries, they have a lack of enthusiasm for that idea. if you look at how canada faired in this crisis, they came out relatively well. it is no surprise to me that you saw a diversity of views on this. we are going to do what is necessary within our interests. i think that the world will want to watch what we do and i suspect it will provide a basis for other actions across the other major economies. i think that will be good. the ba

local school district level, either through professional development with in-school staff, wherethrough pta, basically the role of local street the school districts -- local school district. local school districts can absolutely magnified parent education, parent involvement, ultimately resulting in better nutrition. >> one thing i know about the local school board is that you can reach out and touch it. i think my daughter has been involved in such a battle here lately as a mother of two children in the public schools. i just want some clarification here. miss dora rivas, whether it was you or not, i am going to turn to you. i think it falls into the realm which you were discussing. i want to talk, or just have you addressed the issue of the so-called competitive foods. so often, you have an athletic organizations in the school that have big sales and they took the famous brownies and banana bread and that sort of thing -- is it your position and the position of your organization that that should fall into the same guidelines? >> that is correct we support local policy -- that is correct.

we are trying to establish the basic principle pta. we propose a fee on risk.of our emergency financial rescue. that is a simple, basic impaired. there is significant support among other countries. the imf gave us a very thoughtful paper that achieves that directed. that was helpful. we will move in the united states because we think that is what we need to do. when countries see what we do, they will wait to see how we do it in the united states. i think that you will find other countries moving to adopt similar measures. i cannot tell how far it will go. obviously, as you have seen from canada and other countries, they have a lack of enthusiasm for that idea. if you look at how canada faired in this crisis, they came out relatively well. it is no surprise to me that you saw a diversity of views on this. we are going to do what is necessary within our interests. i think that the world will want to watch what we do and i suspect it will provide a basis for other actions across the other major economies. i think that will be good. the basic imperative should be