the s.a.t.n around for decades. the idea was to create a more level playing field for students, but sickly for those that lived in axa's that might not have access to the interview campus. it provided an opportunity for us nationally to have an examination that all colleges could use to help them in the admissions process. host: there are now three sections of it. guest: the third section is been in place about eight years. the s.a.t. is measuring those skills that are necessary for college success -- reading, writing, and mathematics. host: there is a recent report -- what is the date take away -- what is the big take away? guest: when students take a vigorous course " in high school, they do better in high school, better on the s.a.t., and are more prepared for college. we have to be focused on having more students who enter college being better prepared to do it the greater of college course work. the test is one aspect of the admissions process. what a student does in high school is key to h

s.a.t. test day. all across our country, a record number of students are taking the s.a.t. more and more colleges don't require the test anymore. as peggy fox reports, the s.a.t. is not the best measure of whether or not a student will do well in college. >> tomorrow morning, many high school seniors will be taking the s.a.t. the second time, trying to improve their scores. the class of 2012 bombed the test with the lowest scores in history. since 2008, critical reading scores dropped 4 points and writing scores dropped 5 points. some blame the falling s.a.t. numbers. they say it is dumb down curriculum and causing teachers to teach to their own mandated standardized tests. the dean of education says there is some merit to that argument. >> policymakers should be making a decision based on s.a.t. scores. >> there's a silver lining in the latest numbers. >> more kids are take the s.a.t. than ever before. more variety of kids taking the s.a.t. from all over the country. they have more opportunities to take the test. that's fabulous. you know, the fact we have such diversity,

so i think yeah, i think policymakers should be making a decision based on these s.a.t. scores about what we are spending time in school doing. are we really getting kids ready for college? >> american university is one of hundreds of colleges around the country that do not require the s.a.t. but if you take the test, they will see your score. >>> what is the best brain food for your student ahead of the test this weekend? check out that story at wusa9.com. click on health under the news section. >>> two cultural phenomenons that stood the test of time celebrate their 50th birthday today. ♪ [ music ] the beetles were introduced to the world with their single, love me do, when it debuted on october 5, 1962. on the exact same day a british icon hit the silver screen for the first time. >> my name is bond, james bond. i have to leave immediately. >> agent oo7 made his big screen debut in dr. know. six actors have played the role overall in the franchise that raked in $5 billion since 1962. >>> a boston man has won an online competition to become the first male model on the

points between the main agents or on the s.a.t. and the main black score on the s.a.t.. they were only 390 points between the main light score and the mean blacks score on the s.a.t.. that is on a 2400 scale. those are an enormous racial gap. so the idea that this is a tie breaker or a little finger on a scale does not withstand the analysis and this is pretty true almost all the universities of the country, all big selective universities in the country. here as elsewhere the racial gaps are very large. now, from the mismatched standpoint, that means that the students who are at the lower end of the gaps are very likely to trouble academically and have the same kind of problems that are described. those problems one of the focus of this litigation. abby fisher's complaint is that she was discriminated against for being white. she wasn't talking about how the black students fair and that is the traditional approach. the university of texas again claims we are giving it the way the university of michigan law school did it and so we are okay. there are a number of distincti

actually know how a student would prepare for the s.a.t.'s and would not argue really tell more about their character or their drive or their ambition or their focus to know how they prepared for that task versus necessarily how they performed on it no because that's not what because the point of this is not to know how good a good of a debate about romney is both to figure out it's useful to make a decision about the president the country you're not you're not supposed to make it is wrong with the better of the countries if this was the one you care about it all but if this is the finals of the debate of like of america's top two debaters then yeah this would be perfect. but no one i i actually don't view the top debate it's about who is actually going to do you do you watch post election coverage i was posed to you were you were playing close to your playing tetris after the debate so how can you accurately mostly when you know that you're worried because there was analysis of policy issues afterwards especially in m.s.m. you see where the

and s.a.t. rules in effect today. what students now need to do before taking the test. >>> plus, bond takes on late night. look how daniel craig is ♪ [ female announcer ] at yoplait, we want you to feel even better about your favorite flavors. so when you call, tweet, and post, we listen. that's why yoplait light and yoplait orinal are now made with no high fructose corn syrup. and why we use only natural colors and natural flavors in yoplait original. so, anything else we can do for you, let us know. but you'll keep it to yogurt, right? 'cause we shouldn't really help with your love life. yoplait. it is so good! >>> mitt romney's debate performance this past wednesday giving him a bump in the polls. a new reuters poll has him within two points of president obama, frailing him 47% to 45% among likely voters nationwide. that's compared to a six-point gap before the debate. romney's performance in denver game hiv a financial boost. his campaign received $12 million in online donations in the 48 hours after the debate. >

taylor talked about the gap in s.a.t. scores for asian students and black students at the university of texas. we don't know, you know, what is bringing down those scores. i think it is unfortunate there is such a large gap, but maybe the students being admitted with super low s.a.t. scores is because they are athletes or they have leadership potential other than race. one of the things interesting to me is that the university should be admitting qualified applicants. mr. taylor asked for more transparancy at the university. regarding the way race is used. we know race cannot be the only factor. race has to be part of a holistic review of the package. therefore i don't believe it is something that will give someone a huge advantage. i think it is something that should be considered. i think these gaps are disturbing. hopefully we can address those through better quality education for students entering college. host: let's here from vero beach, florida. independent line. you are always going to have this underclass of peop

test next saturday, then of course the s.a.t. the weekend after that.get your brain together. scott mcgrew, you might have a little help for them? >> i do. it's an invention pie a high schooler who took these tests himself. it's a watch. it's called the testing timer and i bet you can guess what it does. the watch knows all about the test. it knows there are five sections to the a.c.t. next weekend. it knows the english section is 45 minutes, 75 questions. math is 60 minutes, 60 questions. so not only does it count you down, it has a pacing timer with a visual cue that says you should be about halfway done now or whatever. it's $39. believe me as a parent, when you add up all the money we spend on tutoring, i'm looking at you, sylvan, it's not very much money to ask. this watch is for next weekend's a.c.t. there's a separate one for the s.a.t. because they are smart. they do know all about the test. i think the coolest feature is that idea about the pacing timer, a little like jogging. i should be about halfway by now. that's cool. >> i remember those d

one does the a.c.t., one does the s.a.t. instead of talking about it next weekend right ahead of the a.c.t. where you wouldn't have time to order it, i figured i bring it in a little early and let you know. >> how many times are you really going to use that, though? >> just one time hopefully because you'll get such an excellent score. but 40 bucks? 40 bucks for an excellent score? why not. >> if that will get you an excellent score? >> 39 bucks well spent. some smart kid will figure out how to put s.a.t. answers on that thing. >> that was a real concern, all joking aside. so this has been certified as okay because they are very serious, as you well know. >> a black market one, okay, let's see. anyway, we don't recommend that. 5:fwi right now. christina loren here. she's not going to cheat us on the weather. >> straight a student. >> well, good morning to you. in science it's hard. we're looking good out there right now. temperatures are chilly to start, 50s and 60s, but we're headed toward the 80s. we're done with that reco

by extanding the pool you need to concentrate preferences and make them 200 or 300 s.a.t.points. >> richard sander and stewart taylor. thank you for being here. really appreciate it. >> thanks for having us. >> thank you. >>> getting kids into the right college is just one of the many challenges parents have to deal with, but are we raising a nation of children so concerned with perfectionism, performance and possessions they don't know how to be good people? up next we tackle tough issues for 21st century parents and finding out whether krystal is a tiger mom. [ female announcer ] most whitening strips promise full whitening results in two weeks or more. rembrandt® deeply white™ 2 hour whitening kit is proven to quickly remove surface stains and deep stains in just two hours. [ female announcer ] rembrandt® deeply white™: whiten in just 2 hours. [ male announcer ] the rhythm of life. [ whistle blowing ] where do you hear that beat? campbell's healthy request soup lets you hear it... in your heart. [ basketball bouncing ] heart healthy. great taste. mmm... [ male announcer

they put up a slide about the difference between the s.a.t. gap on class and based on race, and i was surprised. when i saw that i went and ran the numbers from what i have. . . you're talking about specific policy issues, and this of course, we will leave it up in the transitional government to devise its foreign policy, hopefully in consultation with the traditional democratic -- this is not our task. >> i am a student at georgetown university, and my question is have you considered the idea of accountability causing members of the regime or individuals or groups associated with the regime to prolong power or to hold on to power for a longer period of time? and you considered the idea of pardons for certain groups and weighed that against the benefits of ending the conflict earlier? >> this issue has been quite -- because some syrians feel they want to bring these people who have the responsible for bloodshed and corruption to be tried and be accountable. you also have the pragmatic political need that syrians have to face. we recommend, we

it's an s.a.t. day at sharpstown high school. >> have you already taken the s.a.t.? >> no. >> you haven't? you haven't taken the s.a.t. but you've already applied for college. >> i guess i gotta take my s.a.t. >> so do i need to take him to his room to take his s.a.t.? he's saying he hasn't taken the s.a.t. how do you want to handle this? >> all right, take, uh... >> nah, you ain't got to worry about it. >> no, i am worried about it. >> lawerance? >> lawerance. what are you doing? just take it and find out where you're at, then you can plan from it. >> high school is getting tiresome. it's like a big amusement park. it's full of ups and downs, but after a while you get tired of riding the ride, right? >> if i don't get you in there, once they get started, you won't be able to do this. >> then we won't be able to do it. >> but that's a bad choice. >> i'll take it in the summer. >> you just don't... that's not the way it works. you said you're focusing on wanting to be here. >> you're wanting me to take a test i have no idea i had to take. >> it's not a test that you p

rick put a slide of the difference between the s.a.t. gap based on class and based on race, and i was pretty surprised i saw that. i went back and i reran the numbers and it's correct the racial gap on the s.a.t. scores and in a particular strain of this is so economic status is about two points and the clause that i think is smaller than this. it depends on how you define all these things. >> we look at all the different factors. >> people's academic >> people's academic ability is the dewitt proxy for the circumstances in which they are raised so you can get the effect down to zero but that's true for the socioeconomic status and measures so my point is that these things are more comparable in size so if the racial gap was so small i don't think we would be having a big battle because we would be using very small racial preferences but we are using very large ones. something to keep in mind is that if you look at the charts in part three, the results that are achieved after one moves to the reforms don't seem to move the bar up and dow

. >> can you imagine filling out your s.a.t. >> you need seven pencils. >>> this comes to us from kxas, nbc 5 in dallas, texas. chocolate lovers got to sink their teeth into chocolate treats. gir ra deli is crowning the best chocolate dish at where else, the texas state fair. judges had a tough time choosing a winner. in the end it was a mix of chock lit and a signature mexican dish that took top prize. this year's winner, brilliant, the chocolate taco. why didn't i think of this? i'm lynn berry. this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> this woman -- morning a woman is fighting for her life. baltimore road was closed for five hours so police could gather evidence. it is back open now. and police are still searching for the driver responsible for a five-car pile-up in silver spring. chopper 4 above the scene there. this is on university boulevard near east wayne avenue about 9:00. a pedestrian was hit. she is in critical condition at the hospital now. we're told a second person was hurt as well but should be okay. police are now looking for a

. >> can you imagine filling out your s.a.t. >> you need seven pencils. >>> this comes to us from kxas, nbc 5 in dallas, texas. chocolate lovers got to sink their teeth into chocolate treats. gir ra deli is crowning the best chocolate dish at where else, the texas state fair. judges had a tough time choosing a winner. in the end it was a mix of chock lit and a signature mexican dish that took top prize. this year's winner, brilliant, the chocolate taco. why didn't i think of this? i'm lynn berry. this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >> you're watching wbal-tv 11. live, local, late-breaking. this is 11 news today at 5:00 a.m. >> good morning. we're off to a quiet start on this thursday. there could be some rain coming in tonight. 51 in jarrettsville. expecting increasing clouds. breezy and mild. we could see some thunderstorms roland tonight. >> 4:56. 48 degrees at the airport. the city of baltimore could face a lawsuit. >> the hand-held metal detectors will be used in baltimore county schools starting today. >> staying safe in the event of a

. >> residents of an apartment complex on webster street in san francisco were forced out when s.a.t. officers arrived looking for a gunmann. police say it began with an exchange of gufers between a man on a sidewalk and people in a passing car. the man barricade himself in a nearby apartment complex and ended in a standoff that lasted four hours. sheriff mark -- lives ago down the street. >> when you see an incident like this in a quiet area, it's not unfamiliar but it's been quite some time that we these kind of incidents happened. >> police believe the suspect evacuated the building with the other residents and then was arrested. officers say he is a 28-year-old man from vallejo and was booked for probation violation. they continue to investigate the report of shots fired that started the whole thing. >> both candidates for president are off the campaign trail to bone up for tuesday's debate. the format will be a town hall meeting with questions from the audience. the consensus is president obama will be more aggressive this time around but observers say he needs to be careful doin

joining college bound program, which is sponsored by chess in the schools, and they'll help me with s.a.t. tutoring and college and going to good colleges and free applications, so it'll be really good. >> as you can see, for these kids, chess if far more than just a game. it can be a life-changing game plan, and that's a smart move. >> if you wear earbuds or headphones walking to school, you could be walking into trouble. wearing a headset increases your chances of getting hurt. you may not hear the warning sounds of approaching danger, like a car. in fact, accidents with people listening to their mp3 players have tripled in recent years. so, here's some sound advice -- keep the volume low enough to still be aware of what's going on around you. >> w what's on your mind? we'll find out in "speak of the week." >> i'm about to test your knowledge of not-so-ancient history. do you know what a cassette tape is? >> cassette tape? hmm. those are the things that old people use from way back in the day, and it's like those little recordings. that's what it is? >> it's -- it's like an mp3 player,

joining college bound program, which is sponsored by chess in the schools, and they'll help me with s.a.t. tutoring and college and going to good colleges and free applications, so it'll be really good. >> as you can see, for these kids, chess if far more than just a game. it can be a life-changing game plan, and that's a smart move. >> if you wear earbuds or headphones walking to school, you could be walking into trouble. wearing a headset increases your chances of getting hurt. you may not hear the warning sounds of approaching danger, like a car. in fact, accidents with people listening to their mp3 players have tripled in recent years. so, here's some sound advice -- keep the volume low enough to still be aware of what's going on around you. i hope you find a home. i hope you find a home. hey, maybe you'll be picked next. maybe you'll be picked next. we've been caged together too long. we've been caged together too long. how come nobody ever picks me? maybe they're looking for somebody different. pick me! well, the shelter's closing up for another day. we didn't get picked. i know. to

they put up a slide about the fference between the s.a.t. gap on class and based on race, and i was surprised. when i saw that i went back and ran the numbers from what i have. it is much larger than this. the class gap is smaller. >> they looked at all the different factors. in a way, you are right. race does not determine the ability but it is an indirect proxy. you can get the race affect down to zero. that is true for socioeconomic status, too. they are also a proxy for underground reality. my point is that these are more comfortable in size. the the racial gap was this small, we would be using very small racial preferences. if you look at the charts in part 3, the results that are achieved after one moves to the reforms, that seems to move the bars up and down. there is a dramatic change, as we just mentioned. why is that? it is because of administrative inertia and secret agendas. it turns out that there are no race lines out of the have gone into effect. it is very important that no matter what we do we have to have transparency. we h

we took the l s.a.t. recently and w i think the board would be delighted with his attitude and his effort he would part put form. >> is there any other public comment? if you did come to the last rules committee and if you want to speak at this time? >> my name wasn't on the agenda last time. >> i did present, but i received notice from the rules committee to come back and make it official. i grew up in diamond heights and i'm currently distribute district 11 and district 8 is where i was born. i'm pursuing this seat primely because of my connection as the student trustee for city college of san francisco. we have 85,000 at city college of san francisco balboa park is the gateway to the city college and the surrounding communities and there needs to be more connection between the station and the community and making sure that when we are evaluating whether we're going to be redesigning the different buildings in the area around the balboa park station. that they support the needs not just of the community

the main difference in s.a.t. scores between >> and asians at the university of texas is more of an 450 points. that is huge. host: we will go to our first call. fairfax, va.. caller: thank you for having two guests. it is best when you have t a b o people they're discussing this subject. -- two people they' discussing the subject. what we need is a way to descendants of racism up to the level of white students fill a reparations plan that would pay eight descendants of slavery to show up at school and too well at school. if you did this for two or three generations, you would not need affirmative action. i'd like to see people think about doing that. host: the proposal? guest: i think it is unfair well-meaning proposal. i am not sure it would play out the way the caller suggests. when you take a student who is not prepared because of that high school education to compete academically with his or her classmates, it is not good for that student. the black or hispanic student who was put in a competitive environment

they have greater self-esteem, higher s.a.t. scores and they are less likely to be obese. but are some children just bor impulsive? a new study involving marshmallows shows they can learn it. >> which one would you rather use? >> reporter: researchers tested two groups of young children even given a jar of well used crayons and told -- >> you can use either these crayons right now or if you can wait until we get some from the other room you can use our big set of art supplies instead. >> reporter: each child waited 2.5 minutes. >> all right. so i'll put these here. >> reporter: half got great art supplies. the other half -- >> i actually don't have that big set of art supplies i talked to you about. >> reporter: the researchers then brought up stickers. >> you can either use this sticker right now or if you can wait for me to go get them from the other room you can use a bunch of stickers. >> reporter: once again -- >> i'm sorry. i couldn't find the other stickers either. >> reporter: that's when marshmallows became part of the experiment. researchers told the kids it was

they have greater self-esteem, higher s.a.t. scores and they are less likely to be obese. but are some children just bor impulsive? a new study involving marshmallows shows they can learn t researchers tested two groups of young children even given a jar of well used crayons and told -- >> you can use either these crayons right now or if you can wait until we get some from the other room you can use our big set of art supplies instead. >> reporter: each child waited 2.5 minutes. >> all right. so i'll put these here. >> reporter: half got great art supplies. the other half -- >> i actually don't have that big settle of art supplies i told you about. >> reporter: the researchers then brought up stickers. >> you can either use this sticker right now or if you can wait for me to go get them from the other room you can use a bunch of stickers. >> reporter: once again -- >> i'm sorry. i couldn't find the other stickers either. >> reporter: that's when marshmallows became part of the experiment. researchers told the kids it was snacktime and said here's a march malo. you can eat

prep. -- s.a.t. gap. these gaps are so large that the kids who are at the low-end of them will have trouble competing. let me turn to the other case. i will summarize. >> very briefly. >> the supreme court precedents render an employer carelessly rubble under title 7 -- based on race, gender or other protected characteristics. there is a conflict among to the courts of appeals about who is the supervisors of the justices have agreed to review the circuits ruling in advance to clarify the scope of the employer liability. full stop. >> is justice cave in -- is justice kagen taking part in the case? >> it matters cosmetically. there are five votes to reverse. i would imagine that to make your justice kennedy, you might think, well, is it a little unseemly to do something this big without a full court? >> does -- just to state the obvious, if there's a 4-4 tie, the university wins? >> yes. the reason justice kagen is recuses because she oversaw a brief. >> having been a law clerk for justice clarence thomas,

reporter: the group broke off and went in different directions, police in the lead, an army friend and s.a.t. coach and young high school friends. all very worried and concerned. >> i don't think anything bad happened to him. he is such a nice kid and he is very humble. i can never see him doing anything bad. >> reporter: police had brought out a helicopter and bloodhounds earlier to help look but so far, nothing. bury appear's brother is grasping at straws trying to figure out what is going on. so you think he is with someone? >> -- brian's brother is grasping at straws. >> do you think he got kidnapped? >> maybe he met up with somebody he just met. >> reporter: brian played football at school. he is missing practice and mostly his family is missing him. >> we are waiting to hear from you. we want you home. >> reporter: karen gray houston, fox 5 news. >>> a teacher says he was taxed and beaten up at school and it was so brutal, he needed therapy. >> the alleged culprit, a tiny first grader. details of what the child's parents are saying about this.  >>> turkey is reportedly attacking syria

now into the bay and east of us in anne arundel and calvert counties, s.a.t. mary's and -- st. mary's and down toward the northern neck as well. getting moderate showers starting to show up right now in d.c. these are sustained winds forecast by the hurricane center. this was on facebook yesterday. looks like the heaviest winds, the winds, the damaging windses, 58 miles an hour or higher could be in toward the metro here tonight. here's 8:00, especially on the east side of town. overnight east and northeast seems to deal with the worst of the winds. you'll notice the hurricane force winds shrinking as the storm comes on shore. even through tomorrow evening, tuesday 8:00 p.m., still have winds greater than tropical storm force and that may be the case right until the early morning hours on wednesday when things finally settle down. wednesday still going to abbreezy day but we -- to be a breezy day but we will not be nearly as windy. rain totals could exceed 8 inches. 4 to 8 locally in the metro. a ton of rain. we have flood concerns. you've got wind concerns which will bring dow

tom clements is an s.a.t. tutor and author.out all the other words that get between the subject and the verb. >> so, in the sentence "each of the 5,000 spectators at the game were cheering wildly," which is a mistake, if you bracket off the prepositional phrase "of the 5,000 spectators at the game," then the sentence -- the subject and the verb -- immediately fall into place, and you can see what the problem is gonna be. >> so let's see if it works. >> each was cheering wildly. [ ding! ] >> correct. let's hear some wild cheering for a grammar tip that's going to help us all write better essays. [ cheers and applause ] for "tkn," i'm christina. >> this report is brought to you by the u.s. tennis association. >> nice. >> every day at the u.s. open is special. but the u.s. tennis association made sure these kids got an extra-special connection. >> all you see are role models everywhere here. >> olympic athletes joined other celebrities for a tennis clinic to fight childhood obesity. >> it's a perfect day for us to shine a light on

this past saturday, he was supposed to take s.a.t.'s and he was supposed to go on a trip to look at colleges this coming weekend. police have not confirmed that it's his body nor have they confirmed a cause of death. i'm peggy fox reporting live, back to you. >> a lot of questions left to be answered. a tragic ending for sure, thank you. one day after robert griffin, iii, suffered a concussion and the redskins lost to the falcons, we don't know if rg3 will play next week. kristen berset is here with what coach shanahan had to say about the quarterback's condition. we are all holding our breath. >> you won't be holding too long. that's good news. it was a cringe worthy, but legal hit. robert griffin, iii, suffered his first serious injury. a big blow to the offense, but not that surprising to fans who knew this day would come. it appears he won't be out too long. immediately after the hit, team doctors knew he had a concussion. he couldn't remember the score or what quarter it was. he said griffin seemed with it after the game. rg3, of

in a new york suburb where teens from some top rated high schools were arrested for cheating on the s.a.t. they are charged with taking tests for other students. >> the bottom line is, however you look at it, it's very prevalent. >> eric is a professor of psychology at ohio state university. he's analyzed 50 years of data on cheating trends and says by the time kids graduate from high school today, 80 to 85% of them have cheated at least once. >> not everyone but most are doing something that most of us would consider an act of cheating. >> do you think that parents are aware of how extensive cheating is? >> no, i really don't. i think most of us think that our sons or daughters wouldn't do that. >> so while we would all like to think my kid would never cheat, you're about to meet some brave parents who are actually willing to find out. all of them say they talk about honesty at home but is the message getting through? tonight we'll watch to see if their kids can resist the bad behavior that's all around. with our hidden cameras rolling, we'll put cheating to the test. when confronted wit

you get a bad s.a.t. score, take the test again. flunk the driver's test, do over. but game five of a play-off, there is no second chance. and that's why it's especially important to show me your nat-itude. if people in our city seem especially confident today, it's because they've super sized their nat-itude. >> woo! >> reporter: one must-win game, leads to another must-win. no matter. nat-itude. that's serious nat-itude. >> that is serious nat-itude. i'm going to get a bigger one on the back. >> reporter: wins tonight, it goes on the back? >> if they win tonight, i'll get it tomorrow. >> reporter: that's some nat-itude. the regular season, blue collar baseball, play, play, travel, play, play some more. but when the air gets crisp and the bunting goes up, the play-offs begin, new pressures. new nat-itude. regular season nat-itude would be what? >> go nats. >> reporter: now give me some play-off nat-itude! >> go, nats! >> reporter: indeed, it's a different day in the city of washington. a happier time. you can blame that on baseball, and this thing they call nat-itu

an army friend of bryan's father, an s.a.t.oach and young high school friend, all very worried and concerned. >> i honestly don't think anything bad happened to him. he is such a nice kid and very humble and i could never see him do anything bad. >> police brought out a helicopter and blood hounds earlier to help look. but so far, nothing. bryan's brother is grasping at straws trying to figure out what's going on. >> you think he's with someone? >> yes , ma'am, that's what i think. >> you think he got kidnapped? >> i don't know about kidnapped, but maybe he met up with somebody he just met. >> bryan played football at woodson high. he's missing practice, but mostly his family is missing him. >> if he is watching right now, bryan, we miss you and we are waiting to hear from you. we want you home. >> reporter: bryan's parents are desperate. they are working with the private investigator. they say they don't want to second guess police, but no one impounded brian's car after it was discovered or lifted fingerprints from it and the

. >>> new security rules take effect this weekend for new york students taking the s.a.t. or a.c.t.in the wake of a massive cheating scandal. students must now present a photo i.d. before the test and their photo will appear on the test admission ticket. last year 20 high school students were charged with hiring recent graduates to take the test in their place. >>> thousands of anxious shoppers shut down a busy street in san francisco. they were lining up to shop at the new unique glow department store. the company boasts low cost japanese fashion with a techie twist. shoppers can pose in front of digital mirrors which show their outfit in different colors. this is the company's fifth store in the u.s. and first on the west coast. i went online. i won't lie. and on youtube to see what it was all about. we're trying to figure out when they're bringing this to d.c. this is cool stuff. they have models suspended in clear glass. >> i think they stole the idea from the jetsons. they used to have that. >> they did used to have that. so fashion forward. >> the time right now is 6:12. next

speaking of the kids, good luck on your s.a.t. exams. >> i prepped really hard. >> you prepped hard. >> a lot of note cards. >> i hope it goes well. if it's "way too early," what is your test? >> "morning joe" and now up for chuck todd and "the daily rundown." >> you passed the audition. >> nailed it again. >> buckeye is wide open. they're running to be president of all 50 states, looks like they're run to go commander in chief in chief of just one, ohio. still on the ground as both campaigns swamp this state. we've got a big senate fight in ohio. the candidates battled in their final debate last night. one of several key senate races in presidential battlegrounds that will determine the balance of power on capitol hill and there's hurricane sandy that heads for the east coast getting weaker but can turn into a more dangerous storm as it moves north. we'll have the latest on this big storm bearing down just a week before the election. folks, we have our october surprise. its name is sandy. good morning from cincinnati. 11 days til

it looks like the same s.a.t. or a.c.t. test we all took in a algebra and high school. the test, it's from 1869. what was it back then they wanted kids who knew how to do equations? in 1870, the brooklyn bridge started construction. we're still teaching, 140 years later, the same curriculum to use to build bridges. we don't build bridges anymore. >> they probably adjusted their curriculum to meet demand. it's a shocking concept, right? >> right. >> i guess if i'm hearing you right, to mandy's point, we should be teaching software programming, health care, right? not math for trees and the sport of spectating, whatever the hell that was. >> all the above. you know, the thing in the '50s and '60s, it was about languages. we all wanted our children to aspire to be translators at the u.n. or something. so we all have to take french or spanish or god knows what in high school. colleges still have multiyear language requirements. my son, you know, worked his butt off, is at a great institution, and he has to take french or spanish. he's trying to substitute that with a comput

there's research to suggest that today, the socioeconomic obstacles to a student's doing well on the s.a.t., are about seven times as large as the racial obstacles. and i think the court is likely to take account of those types of facts and suggest okay if you want to try to create equal opportunity in our society, go after those class disadvantages, and then the racial issue will take care of itself. given that african americans and latinos are disproportionately low income in our society. >> suarez: you said you both want to get to the same place. what would be wrong with using mr. kahlenberg's formula, given blacks and latinos are dispoportionate's poor in the united states? you'll still get to diversity if you didn't use race and used socioeconomic. >> there was a period in texas when a lower court struck down the consideration of race and texas could only have the top 10% plan. under that plan, the freshman class at u.it. , only had 4.fooich% african americans, dean 11%, 12%, 13% graduation rate from high school. there was a measurable and appreciable gap that led to students on campu

now they had equal s.a.t. scores in math and they do better in verbal score so it starts out kind of early in life. i think that is largely developmental question likely demand a lot more if younger and younger children and girls develop faster than boys so that is where it starts and what people say his boy start to get a sense of themselves with maybe a little bit of failures in school. not because they are less smart because boys and grocery lisa marr. it has to do with extra issues like discipline and can you sit still and what our schools are demanding of kids that come more naturally to girls than to boys and i have an addendum to that which i will get to in a minute. then you move on to community college and other college so for every two degrees that men get, women get three degrees. that is a huge disparity and they reached parity in the 80's and since then women have been out skirting men. the fact is you do need a college degree as a prerequisite so michael greenstone who is the white house economis