. >> here is a snapshot of two cities in our greater southeast michigan community. less than 40 mile's apart. detroit and anne arbor. the two offer a striking contrast to their results and responses to the federal mandate. of the 21 largest urban districts that the national center for educational statistics measures dps performed the lowest on fourth and eighth grade reading and

. >> here is a snapshot of two cities in our greater southeast michigan community. less than 40 mile's apart. detroit and anne arbor. the two offer a striking contrast to their results and responses to the federal mandate. of the 21 largest urban districts that the national center for educational statistics measures dps performed the lowest on fourth and eighth grade reading and math. in june, 2011, governor rick snyder was secretary of education education introduced a revolutionary experiment to improve michigan's lowest performing schools, taking the bottom 5% and consolidating them into a state-run district. as a result, 15 schools formerly part of the detroit public school system are now in the hands of the educational achievement authority. many have cited the lack of a democratic process to elect board trustees. >> whenever you have a governor who takes and consolidates all of that and says, i, the governor, can decide on behalf of all, that's problematic. because you're really diminishing diversity. you're diminishing different views, perspectives, people's a

the remains of a woman who disappeared from a halloween party were found in southeast michigan. evidence seems to show the death was a homicide. no arrest made so far. >>> secretary of state john kerry is leading with iran's foreign minister here in new york during a summit on nuclear proliferation. this comes as the united states and five global powers work to secure the nuclear deal by the june 30th deadline. eric strong is covering this from our new york newsroom. >> reporter: the nuclear talks have been held in private locations and now in new york city sitone again. the united nation nuclear prolifitation treaty talks happen today sitting down to talk about this. the president of iran is the first speaking representing the 118 nations that signed the treaty. they are on the disputed nuclear efforts. major hurdles remain under the temporary framework. iran is demanding all sanctions be removed once the deal is signed but the united states great britain france russia and germany resist saying it should happen in phases depending on their complication. and it was announced uni

five southeast michigan counties, living ton monroe oakland, washington, wayne in the state of michigan came together to build the cybersecurity assessment for everyone. it provides a strong point for governments to begin assessing their cybersecurity needs and taking steps to respond. the assessment is an excel download. i commend these local michigan governments for committing the resources to develop such a tool and encourage my colleagues to work together to find the right solutions to fight cybercrime bypassing h.r. 1560. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from california mr. schiff, is recognized. mr. schiff: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from rhode island, mr. langevin, one of the congress' leading experts on cybermatters. the chair: the gentleman from rhode island is recognized for two minutes. mr. langevin: i thank the gentleman for yielding and madam chair, this has been a long time in coming. when i served on the intelligence committee in the past two congresses, i worked closely with chairman rogers and ranking me

. >> here is a snap shot in two cities in southeast michigan. less than 40 miles apart detroit and ann arbor. they offer a striking contrast in their results to the federal mandate. of the 21 largest trial urban assessment measures, dps performed the lowest on fourth and eighth grade reading and math seeing the lowest did in the country. -- dip in the country. in 2013 only 13% of the nations first graders were proficient. in june 2011, governor rick snyder, with secretary of education i his side introduced , a revolutionary new experiment to improve michigan's lowest performing schools. taking the bottom 5% and consolidating them into a state run district. as a result formerly part of the the 15th goals formerly part of the detroit public school system are now in the hands of the educational achievement authority. >> during the time when the state had control over dps, they went even more in deficits, and were hemorrhaging students. >> many cited the lack of a democratic process to elect the board of trustees. seven out of 11 of whom are appoint

. >> here is a snapshot of two cities in our greater southeast michigan community, less than 40 milesrt. detroit and ann arbor. but to offer a striking contrast in their results and responses to the federal mandate. of the 21 largest district, the trial urban assessment measures, dps rated the lowest, the most significant dip in math for eighth graders in the country. in 2013, only 7% of the cities eight graders were proficient in reading, as compared to the 35% national average. in june 2011, rick snyder introduced a revolutionary new experiment to improve michigan's lowest performing schools, taking the bottom 5% and consolidating them into a state run district. as a result, 15 schools formally part of the detroit public school system, are now in the hands of the educational achievement authority. >> during the time that the state had control of dps, dps has gone further into deficit and they have had more trouble than when the state first of them over. >> many have cited a lack of a democratic process to elect the board of trustees, appointees by the govern them. >> when you say, i

five southeast michigan counties, living ton monroe oakland, washington, wayne in the state of michigan came together to build the cybersecurity assessment for everyone. it provides a strong point for governments to begin assessing their cybersecurity needs and taking steps to respond. the assessment is an excel download. i commend these local michigan governments for committing the resources to develop such a tool and encourage my colleagues to work together to find the right solutions to fight cybercrime bypassing h.r. 1560. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from california mr. schiff, is recognized. mr. schiff: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from rhode island, mr. langevin, one of the congress' leading experts on cybermatters. the chair: the gentleman from rhode island is recognized for two minutes. mr. langevin: i thank the gentleman for yielding and madam chair, this has been a long time in coming. when i served on the intelligence committee in the past two congresses, i worked closely with chairman rogers and ranking me

. >> here is a snapshot of two cities in southeast michigan. less than 40 miles apart. and ann arbor. the two offer a striking contrast in the results and responses to the federal mandate. one of the largest urban districts that the center assessment measures, dbs performed the lowest on fourth and eighth grade reading and math. seeing the most significant it an average math course -- scores for eighth graders in the country. in 2013, only 7% of the city's eighth-graders -- eighth-graders were proficient in reading. in june 2011, governor rick snyder with the secretary of education at his side, introduced a revolutionary new experiment to improve michigan's lowe's performing schools taking the bottom 5% and consolidating them into a state run district. as a result, 15 schools from only part of the detroit public school system are now in the hands of the educational achievement authority. >> during the time when the state has had control over dps dps has actually gone further into deficit. >> many have cited the lack of a democratic process to elect the eaa's board of tr

welcome to milan, a town of 5,092 people in southeast michigan. like many small midwest towns, the local economy has traditionally reinvolved around agriculture. -- reinvolved around agriculture. corn is the main crop in the milan area. for decades this corn was used only as food or animal feed but recently another option has arisen turning the corn into ethanol fuel. what is ethanol? >> reunusual energy -- renewable energy sources are the ones that are inexhaustible. that's wind currents. that's solar energy and biomass as well on different types of plant material we can use for creating electric power or if we use into ethanol we use in automobile engines. >> so how is ethanol produced? >> we have the technology that is derived from the ancient technology of making booze. >> and that's right, ethanol is a highly refined alcohol and the production is similar to that of making moonshine. when the corn is delivered to the plant, it is first ground. the ground corn is then cooked with various enzymes that break down the starch and create a liquid co

welcome to milan a town of 5,092 people in southeast michigan. like many small midwest towns, the local economy has traditionally reinvolved around agriculture. corn is the main crop in the milan area. for decades this corn was used only as food or animal feed but recently another option has arisen. turning the corn into ethanol fuel. what is ethanol? >> renewable energy sources are the ones if we can figure out how to harness them well are inexhaustible. so that's wind currents. that's solar energy and biomass as well on different types of plant material we can use for either creating electric power or if we turned it into ethanol on other forms of biofuels used in our automobile engines. >> how do we make it? >> we have a technology to make ethanol which is derived from the ancient technology of making booze. >> and he's right. ethanol is a highly refined alcohol and that is similar to making moon sideline. when the corn is delivered to the plant it's first ground. the ground corn is then cooked with various enzymes that break down the starch a

michigan, there was lightning. no one was home or hurt here at the time. now this is heading to the southeast, the gulf coast and the east coast. >>> in santa clara, a hot debate over youth soccer fields. last night there was public comment heard about the 49ers to renovate three soccer fields at public schools for $3 million. in return, the 49ers would be able allowed to use the field next to leave vie stadium -- levi stadium as a parking lot on game dames. many say the numbers don't add up. >> really what this is it about the 49ers wanting to take over the soccer facility for the parking lot. i would take it, too. 3million is better than nothing. but i want you to understand it's way more than that. it's way more than that. we have a proposal on the table that doesn't fill the need of santa clara residents. >> people also say there should be an official presentation by board around the 49ers. the school board will make a decision at a later date on whether or not to accept the funds. >> all right, pam. >>> 7:11. sleeping out on the streets in support of the homeless. mum at 7:30, the -- com

michigan a home was struck by lightning. no one inside the house was hurt, but today that severe weather is moving out of the midwest and heading to the southeast, gulf coast, and east coast. >>> back here at home bay area faith leaders have been sleeping out on berkeley streets in support of the homeless. the berkeley side website reports a vigil which started last night about 5:00 p.m. was prompted in part by a very disturbing video. showing a berkeley ambassador beating a homeless man. that ambassador program is supposed to provide safety patrols in the city. some of the demonstrators slept out on the streets in solidarity with the homeless and say the city should do more to help those in need. >> there are two year wait lists in alameda county for homeless people to get into housing. so the people you see on the street couldn't get into housing if they tried to get into housing. and for example i have been working with one youth who has been homeless for two years. >> homeless advocates say many homeless people have mental health problems and there is not enough resources to help them. >>> pg&e is cig it does not -- pg&e is saying it does n