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a conversation with tony danza. he is out with a new book about his experiences as a 10th grade english teacher. in 2009, he began a stint as a teacher at philadelphia's largest public high school. we're glad you have joined us. >> there is a saying that dr. king had that said there is always the right time to do the right thing. i try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only halfway to completely eliminating hunger and we have work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: pleased to welcome tony danza back to this program. he embarked on a unique journey when he decided to teach 10th grade english in philadelphia. that experience served as the basis for a series. it also inspired a new book, "i'd like to apologize to every teacher i ever had." good to have you back on this program. what are you apologizing for? >> i apologize

tony danza, thank you so much.n is called "i'd like to apologize to every teacher i've ever had." we're back in a moment. >>> still to come on "today," anti-american protests continue throughout the middle east. we're live on the campaign trail. a look at how the turmoil is shaping the presidential race. >>> also, britain's royal family takes action after a french magazine publishing topless photos of the duchess of cambridge. is she facing the same treatment as princess diana did 15 years ago? but first, these messages. hey, i love your cereal there -- it's got that sweet honey taste. but no way it's 80 calories, right? no way, right? lady, i just drive the truck. right, there's no way right, right? have a nice day. [ male announcer ] 80 delicious calories. fiber one. ♪ i woke up to a feeling ♪ every little thing has meaning ♪ ♪ i woke up to a light bulb on ♪ every little thing is possible now ♪ [ female announcer ] we've added a touch of philadelphia cream cheese to our kraft natural cheese to make it creamier so

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tony danza, welcome back. coming on the show and deciding to do this, to go into a classroom and teach for a year. just remind our viewers why you wanted to do it. >> it also has to do with the title about apologizing to every teacher because i wasn't -- i was like most kids. i didn't take advantage of it to -- i didn't -- i didn't really get it. i didn't see how it was going to relate to my life, and i didn't put my mind to it. i didn't take it seriously, and i wonder, like a lot of guys, what it would have been like now, neglect now what you know to get as. >> this wasn't some stunt. let's say you went and you taught tenth grade english in a huge high school. what was your experience like? was it different than you thought it would be? >> oh, it was -- it's so much harder than you think. you know, we have all these -- these conceptions about teachers, you know. we hear about bad teachers, and there are bad teachers, just like there are bad actors, but there's a lot more discouraged teachers, and the statisti

joining us, actor and author, personal hero, tony danza.d my year at a rookie teacher at northeast high" available now. i would like to appaologize to every teacher, probably for different reasons. >> i think -- i know a lot of my friends look back on the high school and college years and say, why didn't i apply myself? why didn't a work harder? and that was the message i was trying to bring to kids you get one life and this little part of it is so important considering the world we live in now. >> one of the things, as we talk about the chicago strike and what's happening there, a lot of people can speak from the perspective of outside reformers, people that think the system should be better. few people understand what it's like to be a teach somewhere what it's like to manage a class every day. tell us about your experience teaching for the year that you did. >> i think there's a couple of things people don't take into consideration. first, the a tremendous workload. each teacher is responsible for 150 teenagers. i mean, i love to add the

join me next time for actor tony danza. >> there is a saying that dr. said there is always the right time to do the right thing. i try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only halfway to completely eliminating hunger and we have work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> be more. pbs. >> be more. pbs.

why actor tony danza would like to apologize to every teacher, every teacher he ever had.ho's the boss" and "taxi" is here with us live. >> homeland security, peter king, fran townsend and randi weingarten, president of the american federation of teachers. >> it is tuesday, september 11th, and "starting point" begins right now. >>> we are joined by our panel of fabulous friends, rowland martin. hello. >> what up? >> lovely week with anna -- >> we spent two lovely weeks. >> it went very fast. ana navaro is here. >> and hopefully who can help me out of this trouble i just got in with ana right here. >> i remember all of it, berman. i've got your back. nice to be with you here on this day, on this september 11th, 11 years, can we believe? we're going to talk about that in a little bit. first, let's talk about chicago. it is day two of this massive teacher teachers' strike that has people all over the country questioning how our school systems work. 30,000 teachers here in chicago are on strike. affecting some 350,000 students not in school and right now no sign of a deal. ♪ w

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tony danza is a triple threat of a different kind. an author, actor and teacher.e wrote a book about his experience in the classroom. it is called "i'd like to apologize to every teacher i've ever had". my year as a rookie teacher at northeast high school. >> yes. >> hey, tony, how are you? the book drops today. >> it drops today. >> you said it was easy to write because you kept a journal. >> no such thing as an easy book to write. >> you said it. >> i did not say it was easy. i had a lot of information because i kept a journal and video stuff and i had lesson plans and a lot of information. there is a book about writing. first you fix the refrigerator. you will do anything. i had to sit down and stay on task. >> what did you like about teaching? >> when i went to school and got out of school, my friends became teachers and i didn't. my life took -- >> you became a boxer. >> i was a fighter. my mother wanted to kill me. it's part of something i wanted to do. it's the road not taken, that thing on your mind. i also regret, hence the title, that when i was in schoo

. >> on tonight's show, jesse ventura gets tony danza in a headlock. not really.the show. >> eliot: nearly one month after president obama's executive order to suspend deportation of jong-il legal immigrants went into effect, 72,000 immigrants applied to the program out of the 1.2 million who were eligible. over 200,000 young immigrants could have applications in the pipeline. i had the opportunity to discuss this and other issues of one of the extreme proponents of the dream act congressman luis gutierrez. i see mitt romney campaigning around latinos then i see him standing with steve king who is the most rabid anti-immigration. >> you have the politics, then you have rubio. good speaker introduces him. affectionate--latino. then the next step, steve king. he not only goes to iowa you endorses him. there are ten things you can say about him or more, this is the man who came before the floor the house with an electrified model of fence of electricity saying this is the way we take care of our lifestyle. in other words. >> eliot: i saw that on c-span and i couldn't

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. >> on tonight's show, jesse ventura gets tony danza in a headlock. not really.eliot: coming up, despite diminishing funds and popularity todd akin won't go away. but first obama takes another shot at birthers, the daily show explains campaigns and the g.o.p.'s solution to their women problem, ignore it. when it doesn't fit anywhere else, we put it in the viewfinder. >> stump speeches are the backbone of american democracy. if american democracy had suffered a massive spinal injury >> romney: he -- >> welcome to the stage confidently smiling and waving at people as if you recognize them even though you very much don't. [ applause ] >> talk about how today you met some fantastic people in the place you're in and how one of them mentioned that she was worried about a thing that you too, are worried about and that you happen to have a solution to. >> romney: i was with a couple in appleton, wisconsin both concerned about their future. i was with a woman in florida who's been out of work for two or three years. these are tough times for the american people. and it do

. >> here's a look at some books that are being posted this week on 10 actor tony danza recounts the year that he spent teaching english at philadelphia's largest high school. jeff cohen and john chase report on how former illinois governor rod loogootee ridge misused the word governor, in their book, golden. then a first-hand account of the first female class action lawsuit against his former employer, newsweek. .. and the battle against fate. in the price of politics, "washington post" associate editor bob woodward recounts congress and the obama administration attempt to restore the u.s. economy in the last three and a half years. look for these titles in bookstores this coming weekend and watch for the authors in the near future on book tv and booktv.org. >>> next on book tv, ro khana secretary of commerce argues that the u.s. is and will continue to be a leader in manufacturing and innovation. it's about 45 minutes. [applause] >> thank you for that kind introduction. it is an honor to be at politics and prose, such an institution to the city and really a pleasure to be here. tha

you back here tomorrow at noon eastern when joined by aaron baits, richard wolffe, peter beck and tony danzat. >> good afternoon. coming up the fallout and political firestorm after the death of ambassador chris stevens and three other americans killed by a mob of protesters in libya. joining us ambassadors nicolas burns, and richard williamson, senior foreign policy adviser for mitt romney and house intelligence chair mike rogers and democratic congressman steve israel and new york city mayor mike bloomberg, all that next on "andrea mitchell reports." i'm weather channel meteorologist todd santos. the weather continues across the country, boston, new york, d.c., sunshine the dominant feature. towards miami may see a few showers, isolated thunderstorms by later this afternoon. looking good in dallas. denver a good chance for thunderstorms. notice some of the cooler temperatures there. phoenix looking better with temperatures in the lower 90s. safe travels. my name is adam frucci and i'm the editor of splitsider.com. i love new technology, so when i heard that american express and twitter wer

to apologize to every teacher i ever had: my year as a rookie teacher at northeast high," actor tony danzaounts the year he spent teaching english at philadelphia's largest high school. jeff cohen and john chase report on how rod blagojevich was arrested by the fbi in

after tony danza recaps the year he spent teaching english at philadelphia's largest high school. investigative journalist jeff cohen and john chase report on how rocco voinovich misused the state government and was eventually arrested at the fbi in golden, how rod okoye talked himself out of the governor's office and into prison. [applause] america's are in support of this president in good faith but today the time has come to turn the page. today the time has come for us to put the disappointment of the last four years behind us, to put aside the divisiveness and the recriminations, to forget about might have been and to look ahead at what can be. now is the time to restore the promise of america. [cheers and applause] many americans had given up on this president but they haven't ever thought about giving up. not on themselves, not on each other and not on america. what is needed in our country today is not complicated or profound. it will take a

and, you know him as the actor tony danza. guess what?. we just read his book, this is part of the title of his book, so he's coming on this morning. actually took a year off to teach fifth graders in a philadelphia classroom for an entire year teaching english. so we'll talk to him about the book and we'll talk to him about the chicago strike and get his take on these teachers in chicago all ahead this morning. >> he wants to apologize because he spent some time there and he knows the struggles. >> it's a calling he says, it's not a job, it's a calling. >> thank you, brooke. appreciate it. nice to see you. >> it is 46 minutes past the hour. coming up on "early start" on this 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks new york city police commissioner ray kelly joins us live from the 9/11 memorial. we'll talk to him about the challenges of keeping america's largest city safe. great shot. how did the nba become the hottest league on the planet? by building on the cisco intelligent network they're able to serve up live video, and instant replays,

congressman allen west and guests that factor into these two big stories ann colter and tony danza spent two years at a high school teacher and he'll talk about it in his book examine his experience. >> gretchen: you never knew he was going to do that. he said he was a bad student, but he wanted to see it from the other side. have a great day, everyone. keep it right here on fox. bill: good morning. want to start with a fox news alert where there is a deadly assault on the u.s. consulate in libya leaving four americans dead including the u.s. ambassador to this country. white house confirming the news a short time ago, calling ambassador chris stevens an exemplary representative for the united states and gave his life for our country. welcome to "america's newsroom." i'm bill hemmer. martha: good morning. bill. i'm martha macallum. a killing after u.s. ambassador, a violent event we have not seen in decades. how will the president react to this and also to the violence breaking out in egypt. bill: that is another attack on the u.s. embassy in cairo, egypt. this is video from there. [shou

tony danza is a triple threat of a different kind. an author, actor and teacher.s today. you said it was easy to write because you kept a journal. >> no such thing as an easy book to write. >> you said it. >> i did not say it was easy. i had a lot of information because i kept a journal and video stuff and i had lesson plans and a lot of information. there is a book about writing. first you fix the refrigerator. you will do anything. i had to sit down. >> what did you like about teach something. >> when i went to school and got out of school, my friends became teachers and i didn't. my life took -- >> you became a boxer. >> i was a fighter. my mother wanted to kill me. it's part of something i wanted to do. it's that thing on your mind. i regret that when i was in school, a lot of people my age, you didn't take full advantage of school. why didn't you get a's? we thought we were one kind of kid or another. i like the other one. >> you think teachers get a bat rap in the sense that people think the teacher's job is to teach you, but the kid has a job too. >> there

v t's show, jesse ventura gets tony danza in a headlock. not really. but they're both on the show. >> john: why are you smiling? why are you smiling, tony? >> i'm just trying to pick this one out. i don't know who this is. >> john: oh, this is bob marley. and this is "the stephanie miller show." back to the mashups. we should play more peace songs today in light of what's going on. however, i'm john fuglesang filling in for governor miller while she's taking a well deserved vacation. joined by hal sparks. joined by the brilliant lovely sandie richards, l.a.'s own. >> pleasure to be here. for the christians. >> john: they're out there. those are my heroes, too. i'm -- i feel like all we see on the news about christians are creeps screaming at women outside clinics and guys like terry jones who again the pastor who burns korans, incites violence and hung the president in effigy outside his church yesterday. hanging a black man in effigy in florida. tasteful for a church, wouldn't you all agree? >> what do i have to do to get on the news? because i'm not w