. >> let's get -- >> the challenge here for obama, though, is to be able to stand up to the teachers union, the nea and american federation of teachers because they don't like this part of the equation at all. >> let's get we turn to clarence and he can take it up. what works for president obama? >> what works for president obama? competition. all50states in direct competition, racing against each other to enact reform. or any state to access the $5 billion war chest, it must sub instantively alter its status quo by putting in place the following. one, more charter schools. the schools receive public money but are more innovative with far less bureaucratic regulation. two, standardized testing. a single yardstick to evaluate students in all 50 states, not the scattered standards of the u.s.'s 14,500 individual school districts. >>> three, data mining. use test results to identify successful teachers, weeding out bad ones. >> four, teachers get paid based on student performance. aka, merit pay. use the market dynamic to reward teachers who get results. conversely, when students are habitual

and that is drawing criticism from the teacher's union. john rydell joins with us more. >> it is clearly written in his contract that the doctor can earn up to $30,000 a year in bonuses if he made substantial progress in turning the school system around. members of the school board say numbers speak for themselves. the chairman says dr. a lonz o made great strides since becoming c.e.o. two years ago. and the doctor received a similar bonus a year ago. the head of the baltimore teachers union was upset and said at a time when teachers do more with less, the doctor should have to do without the bonus. >> here when we are at the best headquarters ever and not to receive any compensation for that. and then somebody else's care. it did not sit well. >> everything has been through the roof. graduation rates increasing. drop-out rates decreasing. >> doctorate was unavailable to comment today. and neil who chairs the school board says similar bonuses were included in the contract of previous c.e.o.'s. john rydell fox 45 news at 5:30. >> the questi

teachers unions included in the united states. i wouldn't necessarily at this point i point to the unions as the source of the problem, if you will. charter schools are n only on the rise, even in terms of some of the focus of the new administration in terms of education. charters are a major part of the transformation of schools, public education in the united states. lots of black people resist it. my sense is it's out there, it's coming. when this started happening in chicago, we said if this is the name of the game, we are going to be in it. so if you want to have it, we have got to have some schools. so we have three charters in chicago with the

on this issue. -- defying the teachers' union on this issue. there was a terribly important piece of legislation that i worked on, and it basically provided that when you switch jobs, you do not lose your health insurance. your new employer cannot say, "oh, that is a pre-existing condition. we are not going to cover you pure " -- cover your." -- you." and they let it be done, even though they let it hang out there to be a political football. bill: ok, those are the best things, and kennedy believed that poor americans should have the best chance to succeed, and i believe he was sincere in that. >> but there is something that overshadowed that. he was like a compass that points left. your compass points to the north, and you do not always want to go north, but you have to know which way north is when you are in the middle of the forest. kennedy always pointed left, and as such, he became a lodestar, a marker. it was almost an institutional duty, and it was magnificent that he did that. bill: conservatives would say that they do not need somebody

the head of the teachers union has a problem with her accepting this money. she says teachers also play a key role in improving the school. >> you're asking us to go without a pay raise and then a bonus is offered to the coee o, my phone started going off the hook. if the teachers contract had called for a raise, they would not be willing to give it back. in baltimore city, jeff hager, abc 2 news. >> dr. alonso was unavailable for comment and doesn't want this tube distrack. we want your two cents on this story. do you think dr. alonso should pay back his bonus? vote on the pole on our home page, abc2news.com. >>> bail denied for two teenagers charged with that racially motivated beating. they appeared for a bail review hearing this morning. they face charges, including attempted first degree murder and theft. the teens, along with 28-year-old calvin lockner were arrested for the beating of 67-year-old james prospective et privet t. >>> a 42-year-old maryland man is one to walk aaron from the plane crash this morning. they found the copilot and pilot from penn

and scared politicians that bow to teachers unions for a generation. ident obama and secretary duncan don't seem to be concerned about the type of union bosses who are more concerned about teaching as a job than about teaching students to learn. >> joe, i'm hoping secretary duncan's sunshiny outlook on this, i hope it comes to be true. you can talk to parents all across this country, coast to coast, with kids in public schools where you'll get a young 24, 25-year-old teacher coming in fresh out of college, eager to teach, alive in front of the classroom making history come alive or geography or physics or whatever. they are the first to go. and they've got to do something about that. >> and that happened in the los angeles county schools over the past six months where they actually would fire young teachers so they could keep bureaucrats in the bureaucracy in los angeles county and it's not a false dichotomy, harold, to say that there has been a problem between unions and charter schools and home schoolers and christian schools and other religious schoo

the teachers' union was there to address issues such as the high teacher turnover rate, teacher workload, and professionalism. that's a viable it buys. >> know your students. we have an obligation to look at every job as an individual and to assess all the strings of that child and where are their needs. >> teaching is something i have always wanted to do. i always wanted to be a teacher. this is the best counties in the world. >> about 4000 teachers were hired across the state this year. some good news in the product economy report. if you are looking for a job, you are in one of the best cities to find one. that is according to a survey of. a look at baltimore during the month of june and right this is the third best. there was one job posting for every unemployed person. you can read more of the survey in the baltimore business journal. tonight we have learned that the mother of michael jackson is considering filing a wrongful death lawsuit. the attorney who represents her says she might file the lawsuit because of the circumstances surrounding the death of her son. it involves dr. co

. >> reporter: supporting the president, a small business coalition and a teachers union started running this ad today. >> there's a bill in congress that will lower health care costs for families and buneesss.es that's what we need. now. >> reporter: but it's ea clunr whether the savings foramcl filf will happen. reformers hope that a government insuraane peplom cting with private plans leadsomo lower premiums for all. but that's just a goal. and, will businesses have lower costs? de tndons heir payroll. if it's more than $250,000, the company has to help employees pay for health insurance. >> if you mandate businesses to buy insurance for employees that don't have it now, that's a big expense. >> on health insurance reform, what's in it for you? >> reporter: many democratic ads make sweeping promises. like this one from the dnc. >> president obama's plan will end unfair insurance practices, like denying coverage for a pre-existing condition, on ageous out of pocket expensesppndouro ding coverage when you get too sick. >> reporte t te,oururo hhese bill does say an insurance plan otca hn

the teacher's union say he should forfeit his bonus. >> hurricane bill is so powerful, it will have an impact along the beaches. it's already generating deadly rip tides in ocean city. >> hundreds of miles offshore, hurricane bill is felt here in ocean city. >> for some, running away from the water seems like a good idea because out here, conditions are turns. >> really tight. they're too big and heavy. >> it's very rough. the roughest i've been in. >> reporter: as hurricane bill begins churning up this weekend, waves will continue to bill. >> elevated waves causing more troughs and more holes in the san bars. >> larger wake means more water and what comes in must flow out. that volume has increased and looks for the easiest way back will breakthrough weaker sand bars. >> ocean city open for business and want people to come down and enjoy the beaches and use common sense. >> it's negatons estimate. >> it threw me into the ground and i hit my shoulder. >> reporter: life guards will make the call to clear the water although maximum fallout is expected midnight saturday. >> the most impor

. >> reporter: the head of the nation's second largest teacher's union says that the schools are in a renaissance and baltimore is on the stop. >> the ability to have a new facility for those kids, it's saying to the kids, education counts. doing the reform was, not to us. >> reporter: the school's ceo says that the goals are getting the students into the classroom and getting the test scores occupy. >> we want to engage and make sure that the parents are participating in the decisions and the schools. what do you like to read? i like to read. >> reporter: the focus is on students. 80,000. >>> this is your birthday and you look so nice. >> reporter: they have high expectations for this year. i think it's new beginnings and it will be a better year than the last one. >> reporter: now, a neurosurgeon attended the ribbon cutting and said it's one of the best in the country. back to you. >> and today marked the start of a school year for children and teens in baltimore county and wedge wean traveled to the -- and weijia jiang traveled is there. >>> the latest restaurants to close are ba b

the teachers' union is digging for answers. >> we want to look at what causes teachers to lead.ht now people cannot retire. they compare baltimore county across the state, and we have a high turnover rate. >> it is very exciting to see all of these young people and some that are not young that are coming from other areas. baltimore county is a great school system. they will make it even better. >> summer sang better with the support of a superintendent. >> you're always -- some are saying better with the support of a superintendent. >> you're always excited. there is great talent here. >> more than 4000 teachers were hired across the state this year, but there remains a critical shortage in areas such as language, high school science and math, and special education. >> >> we have a few incidents scattered around the area. an accident on 70 westbound right at 29. we are dealing with the downed trees in glen arm. the alternate is bel air road. those where still in the -- those horses are still in the roadway. things are moving fines in both directions in this area. things of looki

. >> reporter: we spoke with the head of the second largest teacher's union who made baltimore a stop on the tour. >> you see, in the greatest recession since the great depression, the ability to have the facility for the kids. it's saying, education counts. >> reporter: she's saying that the baltimore schools are in a renaissance. >> after all we're here for success. >> reporter: optimism stretched from cross country elementary -- to wolf street academy. >> we'll learn so much -- >> reporter: and beyond in this new school year. >> reporter: and we'll see more projects like that done bar renovation in the budget crunch. >>> thank you, mike. coming up new at 5:30, the school bell range at county school and weijia jiang has a look. >>> and prosecutors in the case against mayor sheila dixon says they didn't abuse the process. >> her lawyers say that subpoenas were improperly issued. she's charged for stealing gift cards. maryland state prosecutors says that the office has done nothing wrong and issued the subpoenas to gain evidence for a new indictment against the mayor. they say they do

the teacher's union says alonzo should should forfeit the bonus because city teachers didn't receive across-the-board pay raises. this comes in addition to dr. alonso's $250,000 salary. >> tim tooten with the story on new virtual education. >> what you are going to see is part of an environmental unit related to a fish kill. >> welcome to high-tech learning twine -- 2009 at chesapeake high school. it has 72-inch tv monitors and 30 work stations with joy sticks which resemble a play station. >> at the end of every step you take, you have to answer questions. so every class you take will be interacted with this. >> navigating through had virtual education of the environment. >> johns hopkins university applied physics lab. >> they will be collecting data, critically analyzing that data, making decisions based on the data they receive so that they know what the next step is. >> more opportunities we put youngsters in a position where they can learn by doing, obviously their potential will be a lot stronger. the military will be use -- has been using this for years. >> the new virtual cl

teachers deciding to stay, those numbers are likely to change even more, and that will keep the teachers' union thinking for answers. >> we want to look at what cost the teachers to leaves. right now the economy is keeping people, but when you compare baltimore county across the state, we have a high turnover rate. >> it is exciting to see these young people and some that are not so young coming from other systems and professions to baltimore county, and they are going to make it even better. >> summer saying better with the support of the superintendent. >> you're always excited, and no different from the raven's when they get into preseason and you're ready to kick things off and get down the road with the game plan and have great talent. >> more than 4000 teachers were hired, but there remains a critical shortage in areas like special education, foreign language, and mask. -- math. >> i want to add to our list of severe thunderstorm warnings. we already have one out until 6:00 or so, but now we have severe thunderstorm warnings out for baltimore county until 6:15 this evening. here is the th

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. >> >> reporter: supporting the president, a small business coalition and a teacher's union started this ad. >> a bill in congress that will lower health care costs for families and businesses. that's what we need now. >> reporter: but it's unclear whether the savings for families will happen. reformers hope a government insurance plan competing with private plans leads to lower preechliums for all but that's just a goal. and will businesses have lower costs? depends on their payroll. in the house bill if it's more than $20,000, the company has to help employees pay for health insurance. >> if you mandate businesses to buy insurance for employees who don't have it now, that's a big expense. >> health insurance reform, what's in it for you? >> reporter: many democratic ads make sweeping promises like this one from the dnc. >> president obama's plan will end unfair insurance practices like denying coverage for a preexisting condition, outrageous out-of-pocket expenses and dropping coverage when you get too sick. >> reporter: the house bill does say they cannot deny coverage because of

[applause] >> so governor dean, i work with the teachers union, and we have members all throughout the country, but in texas, for instance, we have members in fort bend texas, some of them are teachers aides and they make $17,000 a year. we fought for a pay increase, we got only half of what they needed. they do have health care, but the thing is even with the pay increase, because there's a scheduled increase to their health care benefits, that increase is eaten up right by these rising costs, so my question to you is -- and i know there are a lot of very smart people here that know all the ins and outs of health care policy, but for folks like that who are being squeezed, how do we make the plain english argument? they're hearing a lot of misinformation, but how do we make a very plain clear english argument to them? >> you have to control costs. we need to control costs without rationing, which is a no-brainer, because we waste 70% of the -- we spend 70% more than the next most expensive system, which is canada and germany, to there's plenty -- one of the biggest wastes honestly is

word of a $29,000 ben us for the baltimore city schools chief is drawing fire from parents, teachers an union leaders. but tonight the chairman of the school board is defending the bonus. he says the money is for dr. alonso's imprufrments if the school system that occurred under his leadership. >>> it's no bail for the two taej charged in the racially motivated beating of a 76-year-old man. emanuel miller and zachary watson were arrested yesterday. 28-year-old calvin lockner is being held without bail. mr. privott was see veerl beaten while fishing with his wife. the taens face charges including first degree murder. >>> the man who escaped from a howard county sheriff's deputy is back in custody tonight. u.s. marshals found 20-year-old devon champagne of jessup last night hiding inside a wall in a home near richmond virginia. the sheriff's office said champagne had just been convicted of felony theft last week whether he attacked the deputy who was driving him to the detention center. champagne used his handcuffs to choke and hit the deputy and tried to take his gun before climbing out of the

one element we haven't mentioned is teachers' unions. gets in the way of vouchers when it comes to the middle group you were talking about. there is both that and teacher account ability. these issues, duncan has been able to work well in bringing the different parties together. newt and al lot of that, and this is an important month, wolf, because right before -- a month before september, that's where you want to get patients and kids interested in going back to school so you can raise that rate of low-income kids. >> should teacher's unions have heartburn seeing this threesome going out together? >> i think they feel very smug and very powerful. i think it's going to take a much bigger and more determined and more -- less time bound alliance to bring any discipline to those unions. >> we'll leave it on that note. thank you very much. let's check in with lou. what are you working on? >> tonight, we'll have complete coverage of president obama's new offensive, trying still to sell his health care agenda. opposition to his plan continues

, teachers unions, the school workers.ose who work in the cafeteria, are we talking to them as well about these issues. and of course the personnel if you're fortunate to have nurses in your school you are a long way towards mick and his team were. joint planning and ongoing communications. did some special issues that we have been talking about. is there an informed consent protocol in the schools that you're working with? no, we're not so sure there is. there is a. we've had problems with this for several years but how do we signed signed by the parent giving us permission to get a shot or treat their child is something is a potential problem that it is not in place, the cdc is he having conversation about a national standardized consent form. something you should look at indoor venues. liability. shouldn't be a problem, but you start talking about bringing in volunteers, medical reserve corps, other people who are not actively working or license, giving shots. they are concerned about liability. what if something happen

[applause] >> so governor dean, i work with the teachers union, and we have members all throughout theountry, but in texas, for instance, we have members in fort bend texas, some of them are teachers aides and they make $17,000 a year. we fought for a pay increase, we got only half of what they needed. they do have health care, but the thing is even with the pay increase, because there's a scheduled increase to their health care benefits, that increase is eaten up right by these rising costs, so my question to you is -- and i know there are a lot of very smart people here that know all the ins and outs of health care policy, but for folks like that who are being squeezed, how do we make the plain english argument? they're hearing a lot of misinformation, but how do we make a very plain clear english argument to them? >> you have to control costs. we need to control costs without rationing, which is a no-brainer, because we waste 70% of the -- we spend 70% more than the next most expensive system, which is canada and germany, to there's plenty -- one of the biggest wastes honestly is th

how would you characterize your relationship as you move into the new school year with the teachers union and the morale of teachers -- teachers as well. >> well i think it's been mischaracterized. even though we haven't come to an agreement, we have a good relationship. i meet with george parker regularly. in fact i spend more time with george in some cases. and we've worked together on a couple of initiatives to really make sure that we're supporting teachers aallnd you made the li that's pretty impressive. >> thank you. i think it's a testament to the mayor and his leadership and also to just the entire community and the efforts that they've put behind the progre that we've seen in the district. >> it doesn't help. do you feel this is something to show we are doing something that is working or something that we can use as a spring board for future development? >> think one of the things that excited people the most is that finally d.c. is on the map when it comes to education and not if a negative way but people are saying, this is a city that is really on the move, where lots of excit

about no child left behind, ted kennedy was willing to expend political capital to take on the teacher'' unions in many cases, insisting that no child left behind go into law. he was able to drag his democratic allies along. otherwise george bush would not have had a victory there. gregg: his oratory was quite memorable, from heart wrenching eulogies to the rousing convention speeches. but juxtaposed that without he was extemporaneously. i remember well, 1979 and roger mudd. holding in a rambling when asked why he wanted to be president. -- halting and rambling when he askasked why he wanted to be president. how could he fumble this quintessential moment? >> he had great political advisers that could, in and help him with the prepared -- that could come in and help with prepared speeches. but oftentimes he had great difficulty because people gave him so much leeway. stop and think about what is best to say even at this moment, this defining time in his life -- his brothers had been assassinated, it looked like there was a clear path for him to go to the white house. chappaquiddick happens, he s

knows what i do, we're in a joint venture with hillsborough county public schools and a hillsboro teachers unionnd that joint venture is going to be providing professional development for the teachers at the private schools that are serving the tax credit kids in poor areas. and the district serintendent and a teachers union president of hillsboro said these are all our kids. we've got to take care of them. that kind of stuff would not happen unless we are out there fighting for this idea and making people belie it. >> this is no small bishopric this is the eighth largest district in the country. >> absolutely. >> kevin, are you willing to concede that it is helpful to have people in advocating for vouchers that helps the charter school movement? >> no, i am not willing to concede. here is why. we haven't talked much about politics. the polics is a major issue. like it or not, vouchers have become an extremely well-known and extremely politicized idea in education. it is essentially something that every conservative knows they're supposed to be in favor of and every liberal knows they're suppose

eventually we have got have a much better contract with the washington teachers union. >>> yesterdayfor you. your third grade twins went off to a public school. you said before that that was important for your family. why? >> one, i am a public school grad myself and are my brothers. but i think it is also important to emphasize that cities are on the rebound. education is the next greatest thing. >> were you disappointed in the president's decision not to send his children to a public school? >> you want to make every choice available. make our public schools a reasonable choice. i think the president looked at all types of schools and made the best decision for him and his family. i would not expect anything else from him or anyone else. i think i can say without any reservation, our public schools are going be fantastic as any other option and they are well on their way. >>> it was really quite amazing. the crime statistics. the names that follow. give us a sense, how has the obamas in the white house impacted the city? their neighbor, washington d.c.? >> in lots of ways. they hav

[applause] >> so governor dean, i work with the teachers union, and we have members all throughout thein texas, for instance, we have members in fort bend texas, some of them are teachers aides and they make $17,000 a year. we fought for a pay increase, we got only half of what they needed. they do have health care, but the thing is even with the pay increase, because there's a scheduled increase to their health care benefits, that increase is eaten up right by these rising costs, so my question to you is -- and i know there are a lot of very smart people here that know all the ins and outs of health care policy, but for folks like that who are being squeezed, how do we make the plain english argument? they're hearing a lot of misinformation, but how do we make a very plain clear english argument to them? >> you have to control costs. we need to control costs without rationing, which is a no-brainer, because we waste 70% of the -- we spend 70% more than the next most expensive system, which is canada and germany, to there's plenty -- one of the biggest wastes honestly is the return on

i remember him getting beat up badly in 2001 over this by the teacher unions and he was, he stared them of legislator he was. >> here is dan quayle who just arrived as well. as we see the rb republicans sitting next to the democrats you've got to wonder they yell at each other across the aisle, but at the end of the day they're in the same business. >> you have a hundred members of the senate so you have a chance to know, particularly if you're there like kennedy was there, since 1962, you get to know a lot of people and you get to know them well and you become friend. you know their strengths and weaknesses, been on a trip with them. committee meetings with them and you know their failings with human beings and strengths and ted kennedy had those kind of relationships, some of them the went over time to a republican supporting something they might not have otherwise supported and also led to kennedy perhaps going something that as a democrat he might not have done. that's what the senate is all about though. being this body of a hundred people, gigantic egos, big personalities, but non

. >> just quickly we met yesterday with all major associations teachers' unions, principal association, a school board, and nurses, counselors and there's a tremendous outpouring of support to have schools be the location to distribute their children are at risk that is a natural location where the students are so there is a universal support for the idea for the schools to be a part of the solution. >> had a a second question? >> whether not when you develop the guidelines if financial considerations were taking on the local districts? >> we went to be flexible with average daily attendance rewind schools to make the right decisions for the right reasons we have flexibility going forward and we wanted to do that just to amplify that. >> is a balancing act. when you close a school you have real social cost. you may reduce the spread of flu for a period of time we will also increase the number of kids who may be unsupervised or social stress in the community or reduce health-care workers who are available in the system to provide emergency response so there is a definite balancing in a

. >> we met yesterday with all the major associations, the teachers' unions, the principals' association school boards, school nurses, the counselors, and there was a tremendous outpouring of support for having schools be the location to distribute the vaccine. children at risk -- schools want to be part of the solution. there was the universal support for the idea -- for the idea of that schools should be part of a solution. >> you have a second question? >> when you were developing these guidelines, were financial considerations taken in terms of closing schools? >> we want to be very flexible in terms of average daily attendance. we want schools to make the right decisions for the right reasons. we have the flexibility we need to provide going forward. >> just to amplify that -- it is a balancing act. when you close a school, you have real social cost. you may reduce the flu for a period time but you also increase the number of kids who may be unsupervised. you may head social stresses in the community. you may reduce the number of health-care workers who are available in the system t

. >> we met yesterday with all of the major associations, both teachers unions, school boards, the schoolurses, counselors, and there was a tremendous outpouring of support for having schools to be the central location for administering vaccines. schools are a natural location for where students are so there is this universal support for having schools be a part of the solution. >> i think you had a second question concerning -- >> whether or not you were developing these guidelines, financial considerations were taken into closing schools and the financial impact on districts. >> we want to be very flexible in terms of average attendance. whatever flexibility we can provide going forward, we want to do that. >> just to amplify that a little bit, it is a balancing act. when you close a school, you have real social costs. he may reduce the spread of flu for a period of time but may increase the number of kids who are unsupervised or social stresses in the community. he may reduce the number of health-care workers to provide emergency response and care. there is a definite balancing in the

, teachers unions, the school workers, those who work in the cafeteria. are we talking to them as well about these issues? and then, of course, the role of school health personnel if you're fortunate enough to have nurses in your schools you're a long way to make this work. joint planning and ongoing communications and then some special issues that we've been talking about. is there an informed consent protocol in the schools that you're working with? well, we're not so sure that there is. as a matter of fact, there isn't. we had problems with this for several years. how do we find a way to make sure there's an informed consent signed by the parent giving us permission to give a shot to their children if there's a problem? the cdc is even asking a conversation about a national standardized consent form as something you should look at in your venues. liability, shouldn't be a problem but you start talking about bringing in volunteers, medical reserve corps, other people who are not actively working or licensed, giving shots. they're concerned about liabili

are trying to put lots of carrots, and no sticks, but a clear implication that if districts, unions, teachersncipals, community partners, park districts, police -- we will come back and talk about promise neighborhoods. we will do very different things there. if adults do not believe in different ways, we will not get the results we want. we're trying to put resources on the table. but everyone has to step outside their comfort zone and collaborate. we simply will not invest and keep doing the same thing. race to the top,ç i-3, a teachr incentive, all of this has to be done in partnership and as you said, i cannot just be school districts with unions, with the committee, with other governmental agencies, with the business community -- that is where we are trying to invest in business here. we all have to come behind this thing. no penalty, knows dick, but tremendous carrots for those who are going -- no stake, but tremendous carrots for those who are going to participate. we want to put lots of resources behind those folks that are behaving differently. thank you for your thoughtful question

. >> krd union president george parker represents about 4,000 teachers.are your teachers doing a better job? >> i think we're doing a better job of measuring. i don't think it's necessarily representive that in some kind of way our teachers were bad and now they're good. i think that the chancellor has brought into the system more strategic planing in terms of how to get the2: test scores up. >> there's been a tremendous focus on just looking at individual questions that children got wrong and making sure that that child is drilled on getting that answer right the next time. >> reporter: and he's the director of parents united for d.c. public schools. >> what we've seen is the quick fix solutions of choosing to work intensively with kids, who you knew could boost their test scores if they just got a few extra hours of instruction on particular glitches in their own test results. >> reporter: are you teaching to the test? >> well, if you think that the test, you know, measures whether or not children know the standards, and are you teaching the standards,

are trng to put huge -- lots of carrots, and no sticks but clear implication of districts and unions, teachers and principals, community partners, police, we are going to come back and talk about promised neighborhoods and do different things. if adults continue to behave in these ways we are not going to get the different results we want and so we are trying to put on president resources on the table to say everyone has to move outside of the comfort zones and collaborate and we simply won't invest in places that keep doing the same thing and so that is absolutely implicit and everything we are going to do, race to the top, i-3, a teacher incentive money. all of this has to be done in rtnership and as you said, it can't just be school distrts. with unions, community, other govemental agencies and business community, that is why we have business leaders here. we all have to come behind education to work on this thing. no penalty, no stick but tremendous care for those that were going to create and i think again, you know, while there isn't enough of it there are unbelievable models or collabor

it was not the uaw or the machinists or the teachers or any other union that was calling the shots at bear stearns and lehman brothers or aig and goldman sachs. i can tell you for a fact that no one at the fed with the treasury department ever picked up the phone and called the afl- cio or any of the trade union for our advice and opinion. even though it was not organized labor that got us into this mess, we will lead america out of this mess. there is no other way. the bottom line is that you cannot rebuild this economy and thus you raise workers' wages, and the fastest and surest and most effective mechanism for raising workers' wages is the collective bargaining process. increasing productivity only raises wages when workers have bargaining power. take bargaining power out of the equation, and you still generate wealth, but it will not get into the hands of the people who created it, or who really must have it, in order to grow the economy. that is what has been happening over these last 30 years. john maynard keynes understood the dangers of the ravages of free-market fundamentali

the first-year teachers will return tomorrow for act second day of orientation. >>> the union representing metro drivers is calling foul on a recent suspension. it wants theransit agency to return to duty, a bus driver who used her cell phone on the job last month. that unnamed employee was photographed on her cell by a rider who then posted it to a blog. the worker has been on paid leave for nearly two weeks now. the union says the driver was calling central control because her work issued radio didn't work. and that she never moved the bus while talking on the phone. >>> it has been a difficult summer for the metro system and now there arealls for the agency's general manager to resign. about 100 people have signed an online petition so far asking for john cat oe to step down. they say catoe has not done enough to make safety a priority. the petition reads in part -- in oe waeth horrific june c a22rash on metro's red ndec be cym arth the management isarenem sun unae o safely administer the metro the metro rail andro >>> stay right there. we are just getting started on "news4 at 4:00." a

good union jobs that their parents had etc, a also even those wh are still benefiting from unions like teachers are often n pro-labor at all, and how-- is tre to-- how can that be turned around because of those people will tu around, then the employee free choice act will pass because those of the people with the power. >> there are clearly a lot of very negative images of labor out there, some of which come a labor hasn't aays done whatt should do, right? so some of which is labor's fault. a lot of which is the fact that we have a very aggressive business community that has said it very into union culture, that has attacked the unions, that has, when they have owns newspapers, has cut out the labor reporters. even here in chicago, we now have no labor reporter and the "chicago tribune" every time the talk about labor unions they call the leaders, they call them union bosses. what is that about? so we have this kind of culture that isreating this anti-union thing and is folks he gone fartherway from personal experiences with the unions and they just have sorof the cultubal n. union stuff out th

uon jobs that their parents had etc come andel so even those who are still benefiting from unions like teachers are oen not pro-labor at all. and, it is they are turning aroun@ or how can that be turned around because that those people will turn around, then the employee free choice act will pass because those are the people with the power. >> yeah, there are clearly a lot of very negative images of labor. there are some of which, labor hasn't alway done what it should do, right? so some of which is lor's fault. a lot of which is the fact that we have a theory aggressive business community that is having very into union culture. it has attacked unions, that, when they have owned newspapers have cut out the labor reporters. even here in chicago, with the "chicago tribune" when they talk about labor unions they call them, the leaders called them union bosses. what is that about? so we have this kind of culture that has created this anti-union thing and is folks of gotten further away from personal experiences with the unions and th just have sort of the cultural and thenion stuff out ere, they ju

teacher. it was negotiated by union. i think that pay less than $300 -- i pay less than $300 a month for both my wife and nine. the guide gunderson lutheran, we've got may 0 in lacrosse, and another good organization of north. we have some of the finest health care in the world right here and i cannot understand why we want the government to take cover what is working and what is good. -- to take over what is working in what is good. -- and what is good. i have one minute remaining. i guess that is all i have got to say. i don't see how anyone in this area would want the government to take over. [applause] >> congressman kind, i thank you for coming to my home here in whitehall, wisconsin. i'm an electrician, semi retired because of the economy. i'm a united states veterans [applause] being the united states veteran, i'm luckier than most people because contrary to popular belief, i have the best health care system and the most cost-efficient one, and it is run by the federal government, and that is the va. in the past d

country and included a harvard law professor at teacher supre court justice, the president's political fixer during world war ii stone worked closely with unionleaders to propose plans to increase production of aircraft. his expos day of the alcoa aluminum trust and a the cozy cartel agreements with the german firm brought him kudos into the senate committee to defend-- to report of the defense fund. after the nazi holocaust who defied the british bckade wrote the headline his reports under fire from a new state of israel made him a hero to america's u.s. but then he vanishes. he opposes the loyalty program and nato and supports the marshall plan and is denounced by the communist daily workers that report favorably from yugoslavia whose leader declares his country's independence from the policies of those in the balkans by the soviet union. february 1950 speaking at a rally against the hydrogen bomb the rallies against the fbi ages. the bear will soon put him under daily surveillance. already is the author of four books each more successful than the last when he writes another, the korean war no publisher will touch returning to new york in 1

senior preferred, and i got insurance about half of what i paid when i was a teacher and when it was nikozi added by the unioni think i paid less than $300 a month for both my wife and i, and i just cannot understand why we have these -- when it was negotiated by the union. we have some of the best in the world right here, and i do not understand why we want the government to take over what is working and what is good. [cheers and applause] . i have one either remaining. i guess that is all i've got to say. i do not see how anyone in this area would want the government takeover. [cheers and applause] >> oh congressman kind, my name is malaise. -- >> congressman kinds, my name is malaise -- congressman kind, my name is lloyd. i am a united states veteran. [cheers and applause] the in the united states veteran, i am little luckier than most people -- being a united states veteran. contrary to popular belief, i have the best health care system and the most cost-efficient one, and is run by the federal government. that is bda. -- and is run by the federal government. that is the v.a. [cheers and applause] in the

union members thugs. we have 2 million members. our members are nurses, doctors, long-term care workers, security guards, janitors, teachers, schoolus drivers. they are not thugs, we are not thugs. we are hard-working people in our communities and we want to raise up the voices of hard-working families all across the u.s. >> what's the mission from here on out? obviously the unions have been very evolved in getting democrats elected. from this point on do you think there will be any problems? because it looks to me like the right-wingers aren't going to be changing their tactics at all. >> it does look that way. but you know, what we need to do is can't to focus on health care. comprehensive, affordable health care for everyone. we're going to maintain that focus from here on out. because this is too important to let it deteriorate into just anger. >> so this was an isolated incident that you don't expect to happen again. >> you know, it's passionate. it's absolutely passionate. there's a lot of passion out there. i would hope that it doesn't happen again, and seiu members are going to work hard to keep the discussion civil so we

unions and community and school not performing as they should. it's a hot job. that's what i do. >> your background is education and your degree is in education. are you a teacher in. >> i was a teacher for 12 years. >> no kidding? >> my original background was in law enforcement i was lawyer before i went into education and then i taught for 12 years. i taught emotionally disturbed adolescence in new jersey. >> you are not a man that doesn't walk away from a challenge. >> i was a wall street corporate lawyer. i wasn't truly happy law practicing law. i was a successful lawyer. i took a risk. i had time and many money in terms of money that i put away and started doing something which i thought was radically different than what i had done in the past as a waive thinking about what i was going to do with the rest of my life and i got hooked. stayed in the classroom for 12 years. >> if you did law school and you taught for 12 years and then into the administration, can we ask your age? >> i'm 52. >> wow!, you parked a lot in 52 years. >> i have an active life and work hard but i love what i do. i got hooked. i don't think i'm spb that i can do what i don't enjoy f

union leaders argue the controller could not have prevented the crash. the open disagreement actually violates normal protocol of the ntsb investigations. >>> a new york-based chemistry teacher spends his spare time picking up tossed out computers and is making a difference. he sends them to schools in kenya, planting the seeds of learning but the students there have to plant something, too. he's today's cnn hero. >> i was coming from college last night and i see these computer thrown out. i found everything was perfect. computers are thrown out and so much are needed in kenya so i decided, i must do something. my name is jude ndambuki. i send them to ken yeah. the children in kenya have very few resources. any part that is in play to make their life better is great. then, we label the name on the school on each box and then we ship it. the computers are saved from poisoning the environment and they're going to be used for 20 years by some schools. every school is going to planta1 tree for a computer. yet plant a seed teaching kids to conserve the environment and be engines of change. it's like giving the kids a new life. computers are getting new life and trees are being pl