rachel greszler.s from bethesda, maryland, and here in washington serves as a research fellow focusing on budget and entitlements for the heritage foundation. thanks for being with us. guest: thanks for having me. host: and in washington, hannah matthews is executive director of policy at the center for law & social policy. thank you for being with us. guest: thanks so much. host: the president outlined some of the specifics in his plan and will continue with a conversation. [video clip] >> this nation made 12 years of public education universal in the last century. it made us the best educated and best prepared nation in the world. it propelled us to where we got in the 20th century. but the world has caught up or catching up. they are not waiting. i would say parenthetically, if we were sitting down on a bipartisan committee together and said, we will decide what we do in terms of government provided for free education, i wonder whether we would think, as we did in the 20th century, that 12 years is