department of education. in fact, we should have said the u.s. department of education. we regret the error. >> sears is launching an investigation to determine whether or not waits the victim of a security breech. this after bloomberg news reported the secret service was investigating a possible breech at sears. official dz not specify what led them to believe data was at risk. this on the heels of last year's attack that led to the theft of 30 million payment card numbers and 70 million pieces of personal data >> he's the brightest star on oscar sunday, most-wanted man in hollywood we're talking about oscar himself. >> yes. it's a long process. and we're live in hollywood with more on that and how they're trying to keep the red carpet dry. katie? >> yes. i have a little bit on weather for you. rain let up a little bit. it's a great feeling. if you look beyond us here to see what is under wraps that gold statue, that is oscar with gold plastic covering him the real statues get very special treatment. take a look new at how they're made. >> just holding oscar brings out

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u.s. department of education has over $100 billion. and that's a lot of money.tudents pay for college. and the free application? you mean the fafsa. i did it online. it was easy. i'm never giving up on my goals. i will make a difference. i'm going to find out how to pay for college. i'm going to college.gov. new led light fixtures are popping up in airports, parking lots and highways that don't just give off light - they are part of wireless networks that use cameras and sensors that help municipal governments better manage things like traffic, public safety, energy and more. jesse foote is a lighting industry analyst at global research and consultant firm navigant. data- gathering light fixtures, how big of an industry will this be? > >well bill, at navigant research we're projecting this portion of the market to grow quite quickly. our current projections is 17% growth per year bringing it up to $5.3 billion by 2020. > >who are buying these systems? is it usually port authorities and municipal governments? > >those and sometimes utilities. sometimes commercial

u.s. department of education, based on 2012 data from every school district. let's start with suspensions. 5% of white students were suspended in 2012, compared to 16% of black students. black girls were suspended at a rate of 12%. the numbers are stark when it comes to preschool - that's right, kids who are less than five years old. black students represent 80% of preschool enrolment, accounting for 42% of preschoolers once, and 48% suspended twice or more. the report also details access. 40% of public school districts do not have a pre school. where it is available, it's mostly part only. >> 81% of asian american students and white students attend high schools where the full range of maths and science courses are offered. however, only 57% of black students and 67% of latino students attend schools that have access to the full range. data does not explain why the disparities - whether it's course work or preschool suspensions, why they exist, but it underscores that when it comes to equal opportunities for education success, our nation has a way to go. >> at

u.s. department of education has over $100 billion. and that's a lot of money. to help students pay for college. and the free application? you mean the fafsa. i did it online. it was easy. i'm never giving up on my goals. i will make a difference. i'm going to find out how to pay for college. i'm going to college.gov. trader andrew keene, president of keeneonthemarket.com, joins us now. andrew, it seems like ipo's are all the buzz in the market right now. what do you think about the money that's going into those initial public offerings? >>it's really interesting because a lot of the ipo's have done pretty well. then you look at the two biggest onesking candy crushwas very hyped up ipo and then it sold off all day on the ipo. it came in at around $22 and sold off to around $19. facebook was very similarit got hyped up so much and then fell flat on its face. obviously facebook has recovered from there. but a lot of the lesser known ipo's are doing very well in the market. >>what about apple? there's some news that apple is about to come out with news potentially

u.s. department of education has over $100 billion. and that's a lot of money. to help students pay for college. and the free application? you mean the fafsa. i did it online. it was easy. i'm never giving up on my goals. i will make a difference. i'm going to find out how to pay for college. i'm going to college.gov. if you have your heart set on buying a brand new car. you want to crunch the numbers 'before" arriving at the dealership. joining us on set this morning is mike sante. he's managing editor of interest.com. great to have you on the show. what's going on with car prices? what did you find out? >>the average transaction price is now over 32 thousand dollars. >>that's a lot of cash. >>that's a lot of cash and it's particularly a lot of cash for a lot of median income familieswhich is what we study. >>are they struggling to buy new cars? can they afford the new cars? >>not $32,000 we found. we looked at the 25 largest cities and what the median income family could afford in each one of them and we found that exactly one city had all the factors aligned

u.s. department of education has over $100 billion. and that's a lot of money.tudents pay for college. and the free application? you mean the fafsa. i did it online. it was easy. i'm never giving up on my goals. i will make a difference. i'm going to find out how to pay for college. i'm going to college.gov. james ramelli of keene on the market dot com joins us now for chart talk. good morning james. >>good morning. >>you similar to so many traders are watching data coming from out of china this week. why is that? >>it's a very thin week economic data wise here in the u.s. we really don't have too much going on until thursday when we get jobless claims and some retail numbers. so eyes are going to be on china. specifically i'm looking at one stock that's reporting earnings tomorrow morning. ej is the ticker. they're a chinese real estate services company. thisk stock is a relatively mixed performer on earnings. it's rallied 5 out of the past 8 quarters. something that we've been seeing that's been relatively interesting in ej going into this announcement is a lo

u.s. department of education has over $100 billion. and that's a lot of money. to help students pay for college. and the free application? you mean the fafsa. i did it online. it was easy. i'm never giving up on my goals. i will make a difference. i'm going to find out how to pay for college. i'm going to college.gov. a film opening this weekend may need a life raft to handle the outpouring of controversy. our movie guy-- eric childress is here to talk about noah. you screened the film what's your reaction? >>i think it's terrific. i think it's one of the best films i've seen all year. >>you loved it! >>i loved this movie and i think i cannot understand why paramount was trying to hide this film from critics. >>what is that about? >>they're sort of running scared. they have a really big budget film going on and for a few months they've been courting this controversy that you're referring to. trying to court the religious people and christians to get on board with this film. because of some early script leaks they say may not be quite in tune with the original no

u.s. department of education issued guidelines, too. let's hope that is being shared lynn rally. >>> at its heart is a longstanding debate over job protections for teachers. the question for the judge, do laws meant to protect teachers sometimes hurt students? one high school student at the center of the lawsuit says yes. she thinks they do. high school senior kate elliott is looking forward to college. kate says she had a teacher who wasn't doing her job. >> we were coming to class watching youtube videos or coloring, and it felt like the teacher didn't really care about our education. >> kate's big brother had had the same science teacher so she knew what to expect. >> coloring in eighth grade. it was ridiculous. >> kate says her fellow student, parents and even other teachers knew this one bad teacher was hurting the school. >> it stinks to go to class every day when you have a teacher that doesn't care and you're not doing anything. >> it's been four years now, but kate is getting her day in court. she's one of nine students suing t

education through preschool and high school and includes data representing 49 million students. david shuster breaks down some of those numbers. >> this report on inequality comes from the u.s. departmenteducation and it's based on 2012 data from every school district in the country. let's start with suspensions. according to the survey, 5% of white students were suspended in 2012, compared to 16% ever black students. black girls were suspended at the rate of 12%. the results are stark when it comes to preschool, that is under five years old. account for 42% of preschoolers who were suspended once. and look at this: 48% of preschool students who were suspended twice or more. report also details some intriguing facts about access. about 40% of all public school districts do not have any preschool. none. and where it is available, it's mostly just part-day only. now regarding access to math and science opportunities in high school, 81% of asian american students and 71% of white students attend high schools where the full range of math and science courses are offered. this means algebra 1 geometrical gentleman 2 chemicals and physics. however 67% of latino students have access to the ful

we said the students could not get help from the california department of education when in fact we should have said the u.srtment of education. we regret that error. >> golden gate bridge drivers will pay another dollar as they pass through the automated toll gate starting on april 7. that men people who have fast track will pay 6 dollars. those without fast track will pay 7 dollars. then it will keep going up 25 cents per year until 2018. bridge district trying to cover a 142 million dollar budget deficit. also several board members went on record today saying the district need to look at ways to use toll money to help fund suicide barrier. take that up at the next board meeting in march. >> well this week rain still is not enough to end the worst drought in state history by any means it helps however. this is video of phoenix lake reservoir in marin county. officials say reservoir there are at 70% of capacity. usually about 88 percent this time of year. they will reevaluate in april but officials say because of the rain it's unlikely they require mandatory rartion okay meanwhile the customers will be ask

of california and federal education leaders. california's plan to roll out new computer-based standardized tests is approve. the u.s. department of education threatened to with hold more than a billion dollars of funding if california refused to use these start tests. >>> continuing coverage of the drought, if you use too much water, you could end up in jail. it's a bold idea being considered by the alameda county water district. if they do consider an emergency water shortage, restrictions go into place immediately watering lawns on consecutive days would be banned and landscape watering would be allowed one day a week until june. people who break them could get their water shut off or a 30-day sentence. the laws would aplu to $3ply to 336,000 people. >>> we could get more water, possibly more rain. let's check on the micro climate forecast. >> definitely great news. you can see the clouds building in the pacific, 2,000 miles away tracking the storm system. it's moving slowly and still a descent pocket of sunshine offshore that will at least give us great weather for the first part of the weekend. more of the changes coming u

u.s. department of education has placed a hold on the grant here in d.c. that money is supposed to be used to improve eight persistently low achieving schools. federal officials say local education officials must seek explicit federal approval before spending those funds. >>> in the day ahead, first lady michelle obama will head overseas to china. mrs. obama will meet with the first lady of china to focus on education. the two will talk to american and chinese university students. mrs. obama will also bring along her daughters as well as her mother, marian robinson. they will travel to several chinese cities including beijing this their week-long trip. >>> a d.c. council committee could vote today on a plan to protect homeowners who have fallen behind on their taxes. the legislation would ban the city from selling liens on homes whose owners owe less than $2,500. homeowners when owe less than $7,500 would get an additional year to pay before liens were sold. homeowners who lose their homes to foreclosure would also have a chance to keep most of their equity

of education. that's because the u.s. department of education didn't exist prior to 1979. >> and this administration declares unconditional war on poverty in america. >> reporter: washington became deeply involved in education in 1965 with the passage of the elementary and secondary education act, known as e.s.e.a. it gave money to schools serving impoverished children. >> the idea was, we have to create social institutions that will help compensate for different kinds of disadvantage. >> reporter: so, it was about equity. >> absolutely. >> reporter: everything changed in 2001 with the no child left behind act, or n.c.l.b. >> the fundamental principle of this bill is that every child can learn, we expect every child to learn and you must show us whether or not every child is learning. >> reporter: washington was no longer giving money to help one group: the disadvantaged. now the federal government wanted results: every school had to prove that all students could meet the mark. education historian jonathan zimmerman of new york univ

u.s. department of education, no child left behind, the obama strategy with race to the top and so on, is a bad idea. what is the conservative message we can rally around? no one has really articulated that particularly clearly. tax policy, consumption tax -- what is it? that moment that allowed reagan to rise to the top and the way that we all are -- still praising him today, right now in this discussion -- that moment exists. the way to convey that message is the big question. >> i love the passion and commitment of the tea party, but passion doesn't always channel it -- you're a the advice john f. kennedy got from his father, "i'll get mad, get even. -- you remember the advice john f. kennedy got from his father, "don't get mad, get even." now is the time to get even. [applause] >> i found myself in heated agreement with my old friend like rosen and david horowitz -- and david mike rosen horowitz. maybe i can sharpen the central problem here with two short propositions and throw it back to the panel for further review, like your nfl refs "under the hood." he is saying majorities are al

u.s. department of education placed a hold on the grant in d.c. that money is supposed to be used to improve eight persistently low achieving schools. federal official say local education officials must seek explicit federal approval before spending those funds. >>> today, first lady michelle obama will take a trip to china to highlight education. mrs. obama will meet with the first lady of that country. the two will talk to american and chinese university students. mrs. obama will also bring along her daughter, as well her mother. they will travel to several chinese cities including beijing in their week-long trip. >>> work set to begin today on a development that will transform the southwest waterfront of d.c. it's called the whatever -- wharf. it will include homes, offices, stores, and hotels. there will be a concert hall in the space, as well. >>> a d.c. council member wants to make sure kids can eat even if school is not in session of the because snow. ward 3 council woman mary shea want the department of parks and recreation to come up with

u.s. department of education, based on 2012 data on every school in the country. according to the survey, 5% of white students were suspended, compared to 16% of black students. suspended at a rate of 12%. numbers are stark when it comes to preschool, kids that are less than five years old. black students represent 18% of preschool enrolment. but they account for 42% of preschoolers suspended once. 48 prz of students suspend -- 48% of students twice or more. >> 40% of all public school district do not have any preschool, where it is available, it's mostly part day only. regarding access to math and science opportunities in high school, 81% of asian american students and 71% of white students attend high schools where the full range of maths and science courses are offered. algebra 1, calculus, physics. 57 frz of black students and 67% of latino students attend schools with access. course work, preschool suspenses - it doesn't explain why it exists. it underscores that when it comes to equal opportunities, our nation has a way to go. >> a social worker is making hi

u.s. department of education, no child left behind, the obama strategy with race to the top and so on is a bad idea. what is the conservative message we can rally around? no one has really articulated that clearly. tax policy, consumption tax, what is at? that moment it seems to me that allowed reagan to rise to the top in a way we are all still praising him today, and right now in this discussion a tea party of the '30s on the left we should call them the red bulls. so remember something about reagan in 76 campaign like the spirit of the tea party but what does he have to do to put himself over the top? gerald ford things yesterday and richard schweikert as his running mate, a liberal republican. damaged him with conservatives. you remember that sid. a stack of angry letters are like two feet tall. >> i went through them. spend what we did in 1980? george h. w. bush, a catastrophic mistake in my opinion but as david said, politics is a crapshoot but it's not possible to tell perspective of how things will work out. which leads to proposition number two. the old axiom, perfect is the enemy

u.s. department of education found that seventy two percent of the for profit college programs that analyze produce graduates who on average earned less than a high school dropout as secretary of education arnie duncan put it too many of these programs fail to provide students with the training they need at the taxpayers' expense and at the cost of these students futures joining me now to talk about the predatory practices of for profit colleges and the obama administration's attempts to reel them in is david helper a contributor there to the republic report and the nation magazine and author of the new e-book stealing america's future for profit colleges scam taxpayers and ruined students' lives david welcome. thank you tom if you have great to have you with us how big is the for profit college industry in the for profit college industry is something like forty five billion dollars and thirty maybe thirty three thirty four billion of that comes from you and me comes from taxpayers many of these schools receive almost ninety percent of their revenue from taxpayer money. now this fast to be

of the transparency isn't as good. the other thing we know is that there's only one department in the u.s. government that knows all their programs, and that's the department of educationrest of them don't know. the only way you can imagine that is make them publish all their programs, make them see and list what it costs, how people are served, and the whole goal for that is that's common sense. american people get that. they want it. >> why do you think it takes so long to get folks on boofrd with this when it comes to the transparency issue. >> well, when you're not transparency, there's all sorts of things that can go on. >> i understand. when you talk about accountability and the public wants that and you hear about it when you go home and folks are complaining that money's being wasted, it takes a lot of effort, like what you're doing, to make this happen. and it seems like it takes a long time to get anything through. >> it's simple, but, you know, the agencies don't want that bill. >> i know. >> and the omb is speaking for the agencies, you know, really doesn't want it either. but if you think about, if you really wanted to control our expenditures and you real

but there are also rumblings of an education by the u.s. justice department.if toyota's whopping $1.2 billion fine is any example, this could be a very costly recall for g.m. bbc news, new york. >>> let's look at other business news now. hi attachy will move its global rail business to the uk. the company is already building a factory in the north of england. it was a huge vote of confidence. >>> the u.s. federal reserve chair janet yellen indicated that interest rates in the u.s. could start to rise in early 2015. she said it would scale back bond inches. now, this is the third time in a row the central bank has tightened its stimulus efforts. let's take a look how the rarbgts reacted to all of this news. everyone relies on low american interest rates. it means the european markets reacted negatively. down 57 points on the ftse. the banking union from the european union, talks going on overnight to come to some sort of agreement. it will be quite interesting to look at. asian markets closed in negative territory. >> nikkei closing down 1.65% at the close of t

u.s. education department will try again to crack down on career-training colleges whose graduates can't pay their student debt. these programs account for almost half of all student loan defaults. education secretary arne duncan called today for stripping schools of access to financial aid if their pupils can't find decent-paying jobs. a federal judge rejected earlier rules as arbitrary. wall street lost more ground today. the dow jones industrial average dropped 43 points to close at 16,065. the nasdaq fell 15 points to close at 4,245. and the standard and poor's 500 was down five, at 1,841. for the week, all three indexes lost 2% or more. still to come on the newshour: expanding the search for the missing malaysian airliner; a critical vote in crimea that may splinter ukraine; mark shields and david brooks on the week's news; plus, the story of edward snowden, and the leaks that led to a spying uproar. >> woodruff: malaysian airlines flight m-h-370 remained officially missing today, with all 239 passengers and crew. a variety of explanations. hari sreenivasan begins with this report. >> sreenivasan: after nearly a week, the search, and speculation,

many decisions that are being made in terms of how to recruit, versus how to educate, are being made at the state level. >> but certainly, surely the u.s. department of agriculture has the capability by regulations to tell the states what they can and can't do. >> well, we do. and we are working with them. part of the problem, mr. chairman, is that there are some folks, when they get in to a position in state government where they are happy to have a program, they just simply don't want people to use it. and that's what we found when i came in to this office. we found a number of states where the participation rate in s.n.a.p. was woefully inadequate. there were a lot of people who qualified for this program who simply didn't get in the program. and the question -- i think the key here is, as long as the qualifications are what they are, i would hope that we would want in a perfect world everyone who is qualified for the program using the program, and participating in the program. as opposed to obviously nobody wants people that aren't qualified to be participating in the program. that shouldn't happen, to the chairman's point about integrity and

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about the crisis in ukraine now some of them have been lacking in both accuracy and integrity here is our tease again education with more. the u.s. state department has sent out these bullet points to the media titled. false claims about ukraine just in case some journalists decide to give russia the benefit of the doubt so cording to the u.s. state department russians have absolutely nothing to worry about in ukraine the media should forget and ignore how instrumental far right nationalists were in bringing violence to my down protests in attacking government buildings and eventually helping the current government come to power one of the first things they did they tried to ban the russian language these are groups that glorify individuals who in the past collaborated with nazi and slaughtered russians the media here have downplayed their role that my done but they're not going anywhere. as harsh and threatening as western officials are in their statements against russia it seems the media are taking the extra step the latest headlines foreign dignitaries boy called the sort paralympic games in protest over ukraine and the ukraine you might soon

u.s. attorney in january of 2002. guerrero stayed and when christie became governor spent three years working as the governor's associate the council. she left that position in 2012 to go serve in the state education departmentittee disagreed with the appointment. as did richard coty. quote, you want somebody who clearly on paper has no conflicts. it would appear that she does, in fact, have those. she may be passing judgment, being involved in cases involving obviously the administration. it would taint, to some degree, whatever was done, former governor richard codey said. how do you recluse yourself? she shouldn't have been put in that position. nothing against her. i don't know her. but the process is now somewhat tainted, clearly. "star ledger" to uppist moran put it this way. if christie wanted an independent watchdog to lift the bar on ethics, would he appoint someone who for years was part of the very team she is supposed to now police? but that is who, as of right now, will be heading up the review of the ethics complaint against david samson. one of christie's top political allies, a complaint that will be filed tomorrow. we asked the state ethics commission if it can investigate members of the gov