but some believe rhee's latest actions pose a threat to her larger reform effort. >> yes. in the back. >> reporter: even as teachers across the country were losing jobs, rhee hired 994 new teachers between spring and fall. that's double the number d.c. usually adds. but by fall, the picture had changed. in october, rhee declared a budget shortfall of nearly $44 million with nearly half coming from midsummer cuts by the city council, then came the layoffs, called a reduction in force or rif followed by an explosion of accusations. >> i think the way this was conducted -- there are going to be many lawsuits. >> reporter: george parker is president of the teachers' union. >> i think to some degree, there might have been an intentional effort to target some teachers to get rid of them and the way you do that is that you go out and you hire additional teachers because somewhere down the line you intend to use those teachers to replace certain targeted teachers. >> reporter: fueling parker's suspicions are public comments by rhee and her team. early last year, her head of profes

rhee and fenty were not surprised. rhee and fenty were not surprised. >> obviously people say, "you're moving too fast. you're trying to push too much right now." and those people we respect their opinions tremendously. but when you're out in the neighborhoods of the district of columbia talking to regular people, they're saying, "you know, go faster. fix things. do more. >> reporter: the city council, saying, "slow down." >> mm-hm. >> reporter: the union saying, "hey! slow down." >> mm-hm. >> reporter: certainly have some parents, not all, maybe, but some parents, saying, "slow down." you have mayor adrian fenty saying, "faster. faster." >> hundred miles an hour. that's what he likes to say. >> reporter: and its the speed rhee prefers. >> i'm living what i think education reformers and parents throughout this country have long hoped for, which is, somebody will just come in and do the things that they felt was right, and everything else be damned. >> so far, so good. but there are storm clouds gathering. and they ough

>>ichelle rhee has been no stranger tcontroversy since shtook control of d.c.'s public schls over two years ago. she's closed 25 school replaced almost half her principals. and battlethe teachers' union over a new contrt. t some believe rhee's latest actions pose a thrt to her larger reform effort yes. in the back. >> repter: even as teachers across the count were losing bs, rhee hired 994 new teachers bween spring and ll. that's double the mber d.c. usually adds. but by fal the picture had changed. in oober, rhee declared a budget shortfall of nely $44 million with nearly ha coming from msummer cuts by the city council, tn came the layoffs, called a duction in force or rif follow by an explosion of accusations. >> think the way this was coucted -- there are going to beany lawsuits. >> reporter: geoe parker is president of t teachers' unio i think to some degree, the ght have been an intentional effort to target some tehers to get ridf them and the way u do that is that you go out and you hire additnal teachers cause somewhere down the lin you intend to use thos

since then, the city council did in fact give michelle rhee more power over the school system but rhee and the teachers' union have still not reached a deal on a new contract. and the chancellor decided to remove the principal of anacostia high school one of several dozen she eventually replaced. in john's next installment he looks at rhee's plans to close some schools and early resistance to that. >> brown: the major developments of the day. senate democrats won a key procedural vote to clear the way for approving their health care reform bill by christmas. much of the east coast struggled back to life after a weekend blizzard paralyzed state after state with record snow. the newshour is always online . hari sreenivasan in our news room previews what's their. >> sreenivasan: on our website tonight more from ray on the outcome of the climate summit and what happens next. extended excerpts of margaret warner's interview with the former iranian revolutionary guard member. a behind the scenes blog post from newshour education correspondent john merrow about changes afoot in u.s. schools a

since then, e city council did in ft give michelle rhee more power over the school syst but rhee and the teachers' ion have still not reached a deal on a new contract d the chancellor decided to remove the principalf anacostia high schl one of several dozen she evenally replaced. in john's next installnt he looks at rhee's plans tolose some schoolsnd early resistance to that. >> bwn: the major developmentsf the day. senateemocrats won a key procedural vote to car the way for approving their alth care reform bill by christs. much of the ea coast struggled ba to life after a weekend blizzard paralyz state ter state with record snow. the nehour is always online . hari sreenivan in our news ro previews what's their. >> sreenasan: on our website tonight mo from ray on the outcome of the climate summi and whatappens next. extend excerpts of margaret warner's intervi with the former iranian revolutionary guard meer. a behi the scenes blog post from newshour education correspondent john merw about changes afoot in u.s. schools and a special featur out how health care reform could affecteople

in ourinal installment torrow, john looks at how rhee is faring her third year amid anger over her style and rent yoffs. >> bwn: again, the major delopments of the day: the nate passed a health care reform bill-- 60 to -- down rty lines. laakers will now try to work out differences beeen the senate msure and a house versio and huge snow and ice storm spad across more othe midwest on one of the most heavily traveled ds of the year. the newshours always online. hari sreenivan, in our newsro, previews what's there. hari. >> sreenivasan: onur web site tonight,ou can compare the house and nate health care reform bil that democrats will try to reconcile after the hoday break. that'sn our "rx for reform" page. also, check out our educatn site, "nshour extra." there are daily clsroom activities, in-dep lesson plans, and opportuniti for students to y their hand at writing and reportg. and finally, some go news from elkhart, iiana, the heart of unemployment coury. paul solman went there elier th year to report about manufacturing towns hardit in this recession. he's posted a foow-up blog th shows

in our final installment tomorrow, john looks at how rhee is faring in her third year amid anger over her style and recent layoffs. >> brown: again, the major developments of the day: the senate passed a health care reform bill-- 60 to 39-- down party lines. lawmakers will now try to work out differences between the senate measure and a house version. and a huge snow and ice storm spread across more of the midwest on one of the most heavily traveled days of the year. the newshour is always online. hari sreenivasan, in our newsroom, previews what's there. hari. >> sreenivasan: on our web site tonight, you can compare the house and senate health care reform bills that democrats will try to reconcile after the holiday break. that's on our "rx for reform" page. also, check out our education site, "newshour extra." there are daily classroom activities, in-depth lesson plans, and opportunities for students to try their hand at writing and reporting. and finally, some good news from elkhart, indiana, the heart of unemployment country. paul solman went there earlier this year to report about

this is a book tells on president obama's rhee was before he made his decision on troop levels.t was famously pastorale boat white house for reading among his top aides. "lessons in disaster. " here is columbus, ohio. was your favorite book of the year? caller: my favorite book was a book i heard about on "book tv." "50 miles from tomorrow," like an eskimo. it is an insider's view it of alaska. it is a great book. he talks about growing up in alaska and being sent to kentucky for high school. host: what does the title mean? caller: he dropped 50 miles from the international dateline the separates alaska and russia. by any readers of sarah palin "going rogue," i invite him to read this book. host: thank you. 2009 was the 20th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall. here is a book that is called " tear down this wall." clorox. was a report of the year? -- little rock. caller: the book was reissued in paperback. host: that is ok. caller: "professor and the madman" by simon winchester. the thing i got from it was a tremendous amount of work and time, people who put together all

your recommendations will establish a floor under which the benefits of speiser rhee committee cannot go. they canville hizer however. once the benefits adviser rhee committee, and the benefits and the advisory committee consists of dennis, and representatives of relevant government agencies and is chaired by the surgeon general. once it issues its recommendations, those recommendations then are the floor. the secretary then has the discretion to increase or enhance the coverage available in the basic essential benefits package. once that has been established private insurers have the additional option of offering more coverage. so the suggestion that because your task force has issued the recommendations that it has, no insurance policies will cover mammograms for women in these categories or even the suggestion that the essential benefits package as established by this bill will not cover them is preposterous. there is no truth in it. i do have a specific question i would like to ask you regarding some confusion that your findings have created at home in my district. there was a rec

deese thanks rigor to, rhee pay and i think we should welcome that and encourage it and i expect to see it substantial bit more that ahead. >> i'm not going to press you to reveal perhaps what you feel is compliments but it strikes me as a matter deep concern at the fdic does not agree with along the repayment because the bank is too weak. my time is about to expire so i'm going to express further thought then pressing e1 this. effectively, the strength of treasury and the regulators sense that the premature repayment on these banks are weak is that for the country. that is an extremely important thing. >> we would not allow that our support. >> i want to encourage and bolster your viewpoint there and i would be deeply concerned if those kinds of considerations were overridden the matter how well meaning, any desire to increase people's executive pay. >> again we would not support that and i think the agreement esau in that context strengthens the institution very substantially. the best test of that of course is what happens going forward but to a private investors come in and be willi

this is a book tells on president obama's rhee was before he made his decision on troop levels.t was famously pastorale boat white house for reading among his top aides. "lessons in disaster. " here is columbus, ohio. was your favorite book of the year? caller: my favorite book was a book i heard about on "book tv." "50 miles from tomorrow," like an eskimo. it is an insider's view it of alaska. it is a great book. he talks about growing up in alaska and being sent to kentucky for high school. host: what does the title mean? caller: he dropped 50 miles from the international dateline the separates alaska and russia. by any readers of sarah palin "going rogue," i invite him to read this book. host: thank you. 2009 was the 20th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall. here is a book that is called " tear down this wall." clorox. was a report of the year? -- little rock. caller: the book was reissued in paperback. host: that is ok. caller: "professor and the madman" by simon winchester. the thing i got from it was a tremendous amount of work and time, people who put together all

web site operators are in the best position to stop the rhee transition of stolen light streaming contentthey should not permit streaming content unless these seek confirmation. they should take steps to disable instantly the ability of pirate from backloading content including blocking any uploads from their ip addresses. they should also institute strict limits on the number of the worst that can see a particular strain. these sites ship preserve identifying information about their users and they should require such information as providing access to their streaming technology web sites. they should incorporate the latest technologies perhaps electronic fingerprinting to prevent the piracy there currently aiding. mr. chairman we are at a critical moment in the evolution of digital content delivery and it is critical our policymakers sent an unambiguous signal that user and companies to engage in these activities should not be allowed to operate along the law and examine our loss to see it updates may be needed for the rampant piracy of these new sites is allowed to continue it threatens

thank you senator rhee. a question for mr. calhoun and a question for mr. pollitt. the american bankers association says consumers appreciate having overdraft protection mandate is these jurors that their customers, their members customers want. white is your survey finding it so different mr. calvin from what the american bankers association tells us? >> many surveys, it depends on what u.s.. our-- and people want to know what it will cost them and when they are told $35, it is a whole different kettle of fish. the other main thing is that for people who want it covered there is an alternative, both in line of credit which the typical charge of the use overdraft protection from its credit, is less than 1 dollar foreign overdraft versus $35, or they used to regularly offer linking as some still do, linking your debit card commodore savings and then some charge imposed like it 1 dollar feed every time you access it. banks are discontinuing those programs because the regulators have allowed these abusive products to drive out the good ones. so it is not an either/or.

deese thanks rigor to, rhee pay and i think we should welcome that and encourage it and i expect to seeit substantial bit more that ahead. >> i'm not going to press you to reveal perhaps what you feel is compliments but it strikes me as a matter deep concern at the fdic does not agree with along the repayment because the bank is too weak. my time is about to expire so i'm going to express further thought then pressing e1 this. effectively, the strength of treasury and the regulators sense that the premature repayment on these banks are weak is that for the country. that is an extremely important thing. >> we would not allow that our support. >> i want to encourage and bolster your viewpoint there and i would be deeply concerned if those kinds of considerations were overridden the matter how well meaning, any desire to increase people's executive pay. >> again we would not support that and i think the agreement esau in that context strengthens the institution very substantially. the best test of that of course is what happens going forward but to a private investors come in and be willin

deese thanks rigor to, rhee pay and i think we should welcome that and encourage it and i expect to seeahead. >> i'm not going to press you to reveal perhaps what you feel is compliments but it strikes me as a matter deep concern at the fdic does not agree with along the repayment because the bank is too weak. my time is about to expire so i'm going to express further thought then pressing e1 this. effectively, the strength of treasury and the regulators sense that the premature repayment on these banks are weak is that for the country. that is an extremely important thing. >> we would not allow that our support. >> i want to encourage and bolster your viewpoint there and i would be deeply concerned if those kinds of considerations were overridden the matter how well meaning, any desire to increase people's executive pay. >> again we would not support that and i think the agreement esau in that context strengthens the institution very substantially. the best test of that of course is what happens going forward but to a private investors come in and be willing to put substantial amounts

with great problems, but there are some shining lights on the horizon, and one of them is michelle rhee, chance i don't remember of the public school system in the district of columbia. michelle is an amazing story of a young woman who was attending cornell university and she decided when she graduated to consign sign up-- --sign up for teach for america. she taught in baltimore, took a hopeless classroom situation and in two years turned it around. kids from the nation had test scores nobody dream of because of michelle's skill. brought nontraditional teachers into the teaching classroom. it is a reform which will move us toward pay-for-performance where those teachers who do a good job and improve test scores arare brie rewarded. the results are starting to show. this week in the district of columbia, they reported math scores that showed dramatic improvements compared to cities around the nation. she has another responsibility. 45,000 kids are in the public schools, 28,000 are in the charter schools. the chart schools have to match the performance of the public schools or improve upo