education. you know, the u.s. spends a huge amount of gdp, 7.3%, on public education, and yet we're falling behind, mike. you look at any of the metrics. u.s. students are barely making the grade. is the answer throwing her money at the problem? >> the answer is not throwing more money because when you look at the correlation of performance of schools and how much they spend, it isn't necessarily correlated. but you have to remember if we go back to housing, in 11 asian countries today they spend as much -- the middle class -- of their own money on supplemental education of their children as they do on housing and transportation. the american people are spending 25 times as much money in the middle class on their house and their car as a supplemental education of their children. education in asia is a consumer product, not just a state product. and we need to encourage our families and individuals to understand that the future be of their family -- the future of their family lies in the education of their children,

u.s. educated lawyer his embrace of the west earned him powerfulled added added ed apo. admireres.t xwrife never went down welh the russians. if he ever hoped the west would spring for his aid he miscalculated. today those territories are russian protectants. >> owhe had tarnished by many before the election started. georgia's bloodless revolution in 2003 saw him become one of the world's youngest head of state. in his mid 30s he had a plan to drag a impoverished republic into the 21st century. because he has left behind a leg citlegacy the building projectse an integr integral part of transforming. he is more loathed than loved. he put georgia on the map and saw a democratic hand over of of power in the caucus he is. cauc. >>> to the netherlandss now. the arrival of father christmas has drawn protest g about his assistant known as black pete. he is painted with a back face and sports red lips and an afro. he is described as someone that brings cookies to children. some say he is a racist character and should be banned. >> we are joining from amsterdam now. what is spoiling the hol

u.s. education department, the national average for tuition per year at four-year public colleges is $7,135. >>> an accident at camp pendleton has killed four marines. base officials say it happened about 11:00 a.m. during a range maintenance operation. no specific details were given. there are reports that the marines were clearing an art tillry till rare range. the names are being withheld until family members are notified. >>> from the air here, you can see total destruction. on the ground, people are desperate for the basics of survival. the devastation mounts in the storm-ravaged country. desperation for food, water, and medical attention had led to looting. soldiers fire warning shots in the air to disperse looters. typhoon victims say the civilians are even arming themselves. >> now we're going back to our house because we have nowhere else to go. there are civilians back there who have guns. yes, i saw it with my own eyes. civilians firing guns. >> reporter: at least 8 people died when a mob overran a rice warehouse and a wall collapsed on the crowd. a plea for help from this woman

u.s. educational system?xciting to me we're starting to see pockets of real experimentation, real innovation. we're seeing 30,000 classrooms, mostly public schools, use khan academy. and bottoms-up, grassroots type of thing. we're at the start of real innovation and transformation happening. liz: you're speaking today on subject of education reimagined. most people imagine education with teacher in classroom, with kids at same age, learning at same pace. letter grades, september through june. how do you reimagine that. >> the whole notion is something i talk a lot in my book. that comes out of agrarian civilization. most of our kids don't help out on the farm anymore. the summer is time for learning loss unless you're more privileged. >> get rid of summer vacation? >> redistribute summer. and i would say some good things that happen during the summer. if the kid has opportunity, camps projects should be distributed through the year. can school should be more like a summer camp with more exploration. i think w

u.s. educated lawyer's embrace of the west earned him powerful admirers. >> georgia is today both sovereign and free and a beacon of liberty for this region and the world. >> reporter: george bush's visit in 2005 was a high point in his foreign policy objective taking georgia towards nato. that never went down well with the russia, who routed georgian forces in a war over the break-away regions in 2008. if he ever hoped the west would spring to his aid, he miscalculated. today those territories are russia. his image were tarnished for many georgians even before the conflicts. opponents accused him of brutality and sheltering a corrupt elite. georgia's bloodless revolution in 2003 saw he bahama one of the world'youngest heads of state. he had a plan to drag a republic into the 21st century. he has left behind a very visible legacy, the building projects initiated under his presidency were an integral part of his program to modernize georgia. the urban landscape has been permanently transformed. he's more loathed than loved today, but he put georgia on the map and oversaw a handover of power

u.s. department of education. >> bokara: well, i think that one of the most important traditions to learn about today is islam, because there's such a pervasive sense now of fear and confusion in the world. and so in order to really learn what the core teachings of islam are,

u.s. education department? >> it's one of the changes of numbers. it's in the references of the book. if you give me a minute, i'll point it out to you. >> what's wrong with any of this. what's the law say they can do in college sports? >> they talk about college sports, i don't think anything at all is wrong with college sports rolling in money. i don't think it's fine with me. a lot of students and parents say they charge athletic fees to the students even though they're rolling in money even though a few mile trillions the college park campus here at the university of maryland, if you're an undergraduate student, you pay $398 a year for an athletic fee, it goes to the football program even though the football program rolls in money. that's a minor objection to the status of college football. the quality of the games are never a problem. consistently fabulous. man, every weekend, 50 fabulous college football games. but of the division i big college players, only 55% graduate. some people tell you that the problem that the players are not being paid. a lot of money in the system and

u.s. education department? those very long chains of letters and numbers.t is in the references to the book. i will point it out to you. >> go back to college football. what is wrong with any of this? what is the loss? >> when you talk about college sports, i don't think anything at all is wrong with college sports rolling in money. that is fine with me. a lot of parents and students would object to the fact that many schools charge athletic fees to their regular students even though their football programs are rolling in money. we are a few miles from the college park campus at the university of maryland. an undergraduate student there ans $398 her year for athletic feat. it all goes to the football program even though the football program roles in money. that is a minor objection to the status of college football. the quality of the games is consistently fabulous. every week, there are 50 fabulous college football games. i: players,ivision only 55% graduate. there is a lot of money in the system but the players are not paid -- i don't think that is the bi

you get into things like the education system, our taxing system and all the things that make u.s. companies competitive vis-a-vis our competitors around the world. that's another broad subject we could probably spend days on as well. the ability to penetrate markets that are open is kind of the foundation of all of this. i think past that, it's up to u.s. companies to be as competitive as we can and up to the american government to help us all be as competitive as we can to create job growth. i look at it in that three steps of foundational work. but the opening of markets is fundamental to starting the process. we can be competitive. we export an awful lot from the united states. we work hard every day on internal labor agreements and we have spent a lot of time on our education system. if we don't have those markets to start with, the rest of this is benign. >> in the auto business, what do you see is the competitive threats? >> we love free trade and we love competition. that made us strong over last 50 years from a humble company with 4,000 employees in the early 60s to way no

and analyze and think critically and then come up with solutions. >> reporter: but stem education is expensive. the u.snt has budgeted 3.1 million dollars for it. >> in the grand scheme it is less than 1% of the overall budget spent on education. >> reporter: she says schools across the u.s. need entrepreneurs like chely roebuck because there just aren't enough resources to teach stem. >> the private sector needs to help us think about how we can better leverage federal resources. >> reporter: roebuck and his team invented their own inexpensive laptop that he brings to schools. >> this is what we came up with. to design these backpacks, we used the raspberry pie, which is a computer, and we used this in combination with our mote row laptop, so for the price of a mac book pro an entire computer lab. >> he is finding very economical and creative ways to bring something as powerful as coding and computer science to a young age group. >> i was especially interested in frederick douglas academy, because they are often underrepresented in the stem field. >> reporter: only 5% of black fourth grade students in

u.s. department of education. >> bokara: i'm bokara legendre.oin me and my guests--scholars and scientists, spiritual teachers and philosophers-- as we explore the boundaries of religion and metaphysics, of science and spirituality. join me and some really fascinating people as we try to figure out what life's all about and how it can have meaning for each one of us.

engineer, we are are taught to think critically and come up with solutions. >> but stem education is expensive. the u.s. government hassing budgeted 3.1 billion for it. >> it's less than 1% of the money spent on education. >> mckenzie says schools across the you know, needs entrepreneurs like chelsea roebuck because there aren't enough to teach them. >> think at the u.s. government level how we can better leverage pretty scarce resources. >> today is an exciting day because we're going to be using the computers i talked about. >> roebuck invented an inexpensive laptop. >> this is what we came up with. to design these backpacks we used the raspberry pie, which is a $35, single-board computer. and we used this in combination with our motorola lap docks, to put together our own $100 laptops. so for the price of a mac book pro, you could teach computer programming. >> you insert into the bottom of the raspberry pie. >> he has found something as powerful and coding of computer science to a young age group. >> i was especially interested in frederick douglas academy because frederick douglas has a population

u.s. department of education. >> bokara: today i'm celebrating india, because i'm actually--have two friendsng, both of whom have spent a lot of time in india. and so i'm making a curry. and i love making curries because it's exactly like painting. it's--you know when i mix my paints, it's a little of this,

u.s. department of education's office for civil rights began the investigation after the 2009 gang rape of a student at richmond high. district leaders acknowledge problems but say they're making changes. >> we want to make sure people know that we have done trainings with our students, our staff, teachers, our community. >> the district says it has already seen progress with fewer expulsions related to sexual harassment issues. >>> and city college at san francisco involves a 3rd lawsuit. the save cff coalition represents students, teachers and staff. they filed a petition that asks the court to full my a decision by an accrediting commission that would revoke the school's accreditation next summer. it alleges it violated its only regulations as well as several laws. >>> and a $7.2 million land preserved in mount diablo, said today that it has bought the curry canyon ranch on the south side of the mountain. the 1,000-acre property is the group's biggest and priciest property yet until it can hand it over to a park agency. . >>> and the oakland mayor helped welcome vigilant to her city tod

u.s. department of education. >> bokara: i just have to put a few walnuts in here, because we're going toave spinach salad with feta and walnuts, along with our sort of shrimp jambalaya and our tofu jambalaya.

u.s. department of education. >> bokara: so today, we're going to do a show about transformation with twol experts in the field. it's michael murphy and jon kabat-zinn. jon kabat-zinn is a doctor, an author, and a meditation teacher. and michael murphy is a visionary, an author, and fo

u.s. department of education has reached an agreement with the district to make sure it complies with its legal obligations under title 9. it requires schools to take immediate actions to eliminate harassment, prevent its recurrence and address its effects. >>> the man who sparked a statewide amber alert after taking off with his two week old son is behind bars today. 22-year-old was arrested yesterday in mexico and baby henry was found safe. now henry's mother is waiting to be reunited with her son. she told ktvu through an interpreter that waiting for word on her baby for 24 hours was very difficult. >> i was afraid i wouldn't be able to find him again or see him again. i was really scared. >> guler crossed into mexico through arizona despite an amber alert. he was caught at a second check point after mexican authorities learned that he was wanted. >>> more finger pointing in the san francisco general hospital case of a missing patient who was found dead 17 days later in a hospital stair well. yesterday san francisco sheriff announced the preliminary investigation shows hospital staff g

u.s. department of education >> a millennium of struggle for self-determination has forged a hardy peoplend a vibrant culture. with its untamed highlands, and windswept islands, spectacular lochs and glens, intriguing cities, and amazing hospitality, it is scotland. ah! ♪ scotland is in the north of great britain, and has a land and culture that is completely distinct from england. my journey begins in the city of glasgow and historic stirling. from there, i head to the island of isla, and make my way up the west coat to the isle of skye. i cross the highlands to loch ness and strathdon, and fly on to the orkney islands. then, it's down to edinburgh with a quick round of golf at saint andrew's, before taking in the madness of the edinburgh festival. ♪ glasgow is scotland's largest city. it's infamous for housing schemes like easter house, goven, and the gorbals. but, since being crowned the european city of culture in 1990, glasgow is enjoying a cultural renaissance. my first stop, the exquisite arthouse hotel. thank you very much. third floor, right? wow. will you look at this? so cool!

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. it might not "feel" like it.. but the economy is improving.and one business leader is speading the word that small businesses better get ready now.joining us on set-- emilia dimenco-- president and ceo of the women's business development center. great to have you back on the show. > >it's wonderful to be here. thank you. > >so do you think that most small businesses are under the impression that the economy is actually growing? > >i think people are still thinking that we're in this horrible recession but no. we have growth. it's 2 1/2%. it's not as robust as we'd like it to be. but it is growth and there are people out there hiring people and buying. so if you're a small business owner you better be out there selling. > >what are some tips? what c

u.s. they educate more high school teachers than they need. we educate twice as many teachers as we need and over 1000 education with varying -- will be at the teacher shortages some point and throw open the doors to anyone i want to do that college has become dependent on that reference hard to change it. they have a strangely bifurcated situation and as kids get older they spend more and more time and they get more and more fixated on the tests they will take which is like the s.a.t. but affect them for the rest of their lives in some ways. it is a dysfunctional system that no one in korea particularly seemed to like but it was very hard to disrupt the demand as it is in many countries around the world. the united states is thankfully below average for the percentage of kids who are seeking afterschool tutoring but it was growing and it is something that tends to exacerbate income inequality. in korea 70% of teenagers get a second school system after dark. the kids really in surveys prefer their hawk one's teachers. they're ingesting things

u.s. ratification of the crdp would have a similar effect. in addition, by prerequisite of equal education and technology access or people with his studies, the crdp would create a larger talent pool of knowledgeable workers with disabilities. enabling the companies like ibm to hire the best talent and meeting the requirements associated with the emerging policies, such as section 503 of the act. it is for these policies and harmonized standards reasons that ibm relieves that the u.s. can solidify technology leadership and the burgeoning marketplace through the crdp participation. failure to act would produce quite the opposite effect over the long-term stifling the addition of people with disabilities, opportunities and the prizes they u.s. opportunity to influence the global accessibility community. in conclusion, ibm is confident that the u.s. reputation of the crdp would create a global marketplace polls for accessible and reinforce that u.s. legacy leadership position as the champion for the full societal inclusion of people with disabilities. thank you for your attention. >> thank yo

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. the ipo-- you've heard that term- initial public offering, when a company first sells its shares to the public. imagine the riches if you bought & held some of the first shares of say apple, yahoo or microsoft. and right now there's a lot of buzz right now about twitter and its ipo. you can make millions buying in at an ipo - but - well let's talk with becky yerak, a business reporter for the chicago tribune. but you can also lose your shirt... > > yes kind of the worst case scenario is you're the earliest investors in these ipos and then they fall below that price. but so far this year these ipos are doing even better than the s &p 500 and the s &p 500 has been hitting record levels. but if you buy them after the first trading day, you're still up but you'r

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. i served in the united states air force. i served a total of 16 years. i was deployed 13 times. on my second deployment four bombs hit my vehicle. and at 19 years old, that was the first time i ever saw somebody die. coming back, i was raging. i started having pretty horrible nightmares. i would wake up in middle of the night sweats. i started drinking a lot. i felt worthless. i guess i never recognized it in myself. eventually, one day i just walked into the va hospital and said i'd like to see somebody. don't suffer alone. you've got to find that link with somebody that will make you let it go. it all starts with going to the va. there's a whole community of veterans that just want to help you out. it's for the guys who couldn't come back, you ow

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you get into things like education system, our taxing system, and all of the things that make u.s. companies competitive vis-À-vis our competitors around the world. that is another broad subject. to have a level playing field between ex-im bank and tariffs and the ability to penetrate markets that are open is kind of the foundation of all of this. past that, it is up to u.s. companies to be competitive and up to the american government, certainly, to help us all be as competitive as we can to create manufacturing jobs and job growth. i look at it in those three steps of foundational work. the opening of markets is fundamental to starting the process. we export an awful lot from the united states. we work hard every day on internal label agreements. we have spent a lot of time on our education system. but if we do not have those markets to start with, the rest of this is sort of benign. we have got to be there to play. >> again, in the auto business, what would you see as the competitive threats come to be from more imports? >> we love free-trade and we love competition. i can only

u.s. spent $145 million on education in afghanistan. the obama administration is taking new steps to keep congress from derailing the iran nuclear deal. secretary of state john kerry made his case to lawmakers on tuesday, and asked him not to impose new sanctions on iran. the agreement called for sanctions to be eased. two senators are working on a bill that would reinstate the sanctions. syria's largest rebel group says its terms must be met. the syrian national coalition is demanding aid and the release of prisoners. u.n. talks are scheduled to start on january 22nd in geneva. the syrian government hat not said whether it would attend. >> calls made to 911 during newtown mass anger should be released. the tapes will be sealed for a week while the state prepares an appeal. >> o.j. simpson will remain behind bars. the former football star did not prove that his trial was unfair. he was convicted of armed robbery, sentenced 33 years in prison. >> five seconds - that's the average time it takes to look at a text message while driving. if

u.s. needs immigration reform to retain talented workers educated in the u.s. and attract talent to the u.s. immigration reform could provide an instant jolt to the u.s. economy which we need. i know you agree with that statement. but it's hard to see that happening right now. you have the senate off on one track. it's passed a comprehensive bill. the house won't even agree to take up. democrats want to do comprehensive reform. republicans want to do stead by step reform. can you make it happen? >> i am actually optimistic that we're going to get this done. i would have to be an optimist. my name is barack obama and i ran for president. >> and won. >> i won twice. keep in mind, first of all, that what the ceos said is absolutely right. this is a boost to our economy. ever where i go i meet with entrepreneurs and ceos who say i've got these terrific folks. they just graduated from cal tech or m.i.t. or stanford. they're ready to do business here. some of them have these amazing new ideas that we think we can commercialize but they're being dragged back to their

. >> federal education officials are annoyed a threat to withhold funds from california if they go through with the plan to abandon a standardized tests. the u.sof education says that if they do, they could lose more than $3 billion in federal aid. federal officials support the computerized test that california wants but say that the state's plan to have students take either the math or the language sections but not report the results will be out of compliance. >> the second leg of the controversy a california bullet train could be getting rerouted. california officials are recommending a new route to send trains in between the cities of hanford and visalia. hanford, a city of 55,000, is as 30 mi. south of fresno and home to some of the most vocal critics. >> on to bay area basketball. the warriors' and the clippers. stephen curry, chris paul lived up to the high. in the first quarter jermaine 0 nil throws up third of the three quarter cord shot at the buzzer. third quarter, blake griffin cameras down his third straight ally-oop the score 88-70. 4 quarter the score is 110-98 clippers. currey, with one of his and nine three-pointers and he is a

u.s. you're in australia and some other countries. what's wrong with the education system in the u.s.? is that why you're not here? >> you know, my last company was focused in the united states, and i have learned a lot about what we're doing here, and a lot of times we create an idea of what learning should be, and we try to shove kids forward into preconceived notions of learning, and what's happening in latin america and australia is they have opened up the concept of learning, and what we've been working on is adult learning, and adult learn something more complex in so many ways because think of your job, your raising kids, and one of the projects that we're about to roll out is a judicial reform program so you have judges and lawyers that are trying to democratize a whole country in latin america, and you can't send them all back to school, so you have to engage these learners and compete with their day-to-day jobs. >> in the service you're providing, is it judicial in latin america. >> it's across a lot of spaces. >> but there's math in the back of this. you're creating social n

hey, we need immigration reform because we need the education in the u.s. and by the way, those reforms is going to have a - the why then the how. i'm helping march for innovation. it's an online movement that is making it easy to help people to do action. you go on facebook and wherever it's time to take action you can send a tweet to your congress men and women and try to convince your friends to do the same. you sign up and you'll get instructions from the e-mail. i honestly don't know people in north american. i promise - back in the day when the law - by the way, who remembers what soap is. many websites replaced the website with some kind of black and white frame. we feel we really have a model of activity we should - i'm going to tell everybody that 1, 2, and 3 to support the immigration reform. we're going to have access or the chances of services like voices 1, 2, and 3 is going to be much lower. i want to see the business owners follow suit. by the way, my wife and daughter are here and my daughter has the march t-shirt >> thank you for the practi

u.s. department of education, the national average for tuition at a four year public college is $7,135. >>tock markets closed higher today on new optimism for holiday shopping. the dow industrials closed at a new record high. the nasdaq added 45. the new optimism game late in the day after macy's's said it's expecting strong retail sales in the next month and a half. shares were up nearly 10%, but the good holiday outlook is even more important. it can account for as much as 40% of annual revenue. one survey found shoppers are expected to spend roughly 10% more this year. the photo messaging website, snap chat has reportedly turned down a $3 billion buyout offer from facebook. snapchat is a 2-year-old start up. it's based in venice beach. it allows users to send text and photo messages that disappear in seconds. the service is very popular among teenagers. >>> $3 billion. well a huge diamond sells for tens of millions of dollars. we will show you the rock that set the record. then concerns about radiation on treasure island. the search for potential sources. >> an east bay bar that has bee

u.s. department of education, the national average for tuition at a four year public college is $7,135. >>tock markets closed higher today on new optimism for holiday shopping. the dow industrials closed at a new record high. the nasdaq added 45. the new optimism game late in the day after macy's's said it's expecting strong retail sales in the next month and a half. shares were up nearly 10%, but the good holiday outlook is even more important. it can account for as much as 40% of annual revenue. one survey found shoppers are expected to spend roughly 10% more this year. the photo messaging website, snap chat has reportedly turned down a $3 billion buyout offer from facebook. snapchat is a 2-year-old start up. it's based in venice beach. it allows users to send text and photo messages that disappear in seconds. the service is very popular among teenagers. >>> $3 billion. well a huge diamond sells for tens of millions of dollars. we will show you the rock that set the record. then concerns about radiation on treasure island. the search for potential sources. >> an east bay bar that has bee

education, what is? . >> that story and more as "real money" continues. >> unemployment for veterans from iraq and afghanistan stands at 10%. it's a higher figure than the national average. to help the vets u.s. invested in a generous set of educational benefits since the gi bill, allowing world war ii veterans to attend college. called the post 9/11 gi bill it reached its millionth soldier milestone and had the first class graduating. it is paying off veterans receiving a higher education. we have this story. >> i've believed the greatest thing i will go in my life is serve my country. >> finishing up a communications degree, ashley parker roman is a long way off from directing helicopters on flight desks. >> just as serving in the military is important, getting a college education is important. no one in my family has gone to college. >> having grown up in baltimore, higher education was out of reach until her service contract was up, when the post 9/11 gi bill was law. >> my tuition and books would be paid for, housing allowance - what else do you need? >> veterans under the post 9/11 gi bill receive $1,000 for books, cost of living and in-state public tewics for $19,198 for private tool

to raise questions, analyse and think critically and come up with solutions. >> stem education is expensive. the u.sgovernment budgeted $3.1 million. >> it's a lot of money. in the grand scheme it's less than 1%. >> this is a senior advisor for stem for the department of education, and says schools across the u.s. need entrepreneurs like chelsea because there are not enough resources to teach stem. >> the private sector needs to help us think at the u.s. government level how to leverage scarce resources. >> it's an exciting day. we'll use the computers i talked about. >> chelsea and his team invented an inexpensive laptop that they bring to schools that want to teach but may not have a computer lab. >> we use a $35 single board col computer in combination with a motorola laptop, putting together a $100 laptop, an entire lab for the cost of a macbook pro to teach a class of students. >> he's finding commissional and creative ways to bring something as powerful as coding and computer science to a young age group. >> i was especially interested in president douglas academy. it has a population that is

protects sites with cultural significance and promotes issues ranging from press freedom to girls education. u.s. contributions, which accounted for nearly a quarter of the agency's overall budget, the forced it to slash number of programs. the heads of britain's three spy agencies faced questions before the british parliament or state about surveillance practices revealed by edward snowden, including collaboration with the u.s. national security agency. of mi6, sawyers, head claimed snowden's leaks have caused damage. havee leaks from snowden been very damaging. they have put our operations at risk. it is clear our adversaries are rubbing their hands with glee. al qaeda is laughing it up. >> brazil and germany introduced a united nations resolution to curb unfettered electronic surveillance. according to snowden's links, both countries have been targeted by u.s. spying, including surveillance of their leaders. results ambassador to the united nations spoke before you in committee that deals with human rights. >> as president dilma rousseff stated, we are facing a situation in grave violations o

u.s. department of education says they will be closely monitoring the district's progress. reporting live, i'm jodi hernandez, nebc bay area news. >>> was it a cruel joke? it might be. legally hating it's a hate crime. the teenager accused of setting another teenager on fire appe appeared in court. his mother and grandmother tells us he's not a hateful person. >> he's a good kid. >> reporter: the family of 16-year-old richard thomas walked out of a hearing at the oakland superior courtroom today maintaining he's a good kid. but alameda county prosecutors had a different view. today they charged thomas as an adult on charges of aggravated mayhem and assault likely to cause great bodily injury. they also charged thomas with the enhancement of a hate crime. thomas is accused of setting 18-year-old luke sasha fleischmann on fire as he slept on an ac transit bus monday. he is undergoing extensive skin grafts on his severely burned legs. in court filings, thomas told an investigator he did it because he was, quote, homophobic. fleischmann's parents said he often wore skirts and c

u.s. department of education may withhold more than $3.5 billion in federal aid. that's if the state decides to ditch star testing for a new computerized test and not publish the results. the department of education says not reporting results is against federal law. >>> the deadly accident on bart tracks earlier this month led to new rules today for transit workers. the california public utilities commission is requiring transit agencies to create a three-way communication procedure for work zones. it would keep workers on the flax constant touch with train operators and central controllers. bart eliminated an old policy that simply posted a lookout with work crews without alerting train operators. >>> police officers antioch shot and killed one of two dogs that went on a rampage biting four people last night. these bite marks show the aftermath of the chaotic attack. it all started when a man walking his dogs was attacked by the two loose dogs. three members of a family across the street ran over to try to help but they were also bitten by those dogs. >> they cam

you get into things like education system, our taxing system, and all of the things that make u.s. companies competitive vis-À-vis our competitors around the world. that is another brought sucbjec t. to have a level playing field between ex-im bank and tariffs and the ability to penetrate markets that are open is kind of the foundation of all of this. past that, it is up to u.s. companies to be competitive and up to the american government, certainly, to help us all be as competitive as we can to create manufacturing jobs and job growth. i look at it in those three steps of foundational work. the opening of markets is fundamental to starting the process. we export an awful lot from the united states. we work hard every day on internal label agreements. we have spent a lot of time on our education system. but if we do not have those markets to start with, the rest of this is -- we have got to be there to play. auto business,e what would you see as the competitive threats? >> we love free-trade and we love competition. i can only tell you that made a strong over the last 50 years, fr

things like the education system, taxing system and things that make u.s. companies competitive as competitors around the world and that is another subject we can spend days on as well what to have a level playing field between the bank and tariffs and the devotee to repatriate markets is kind of the foundation of all of this and it's up to the u.s. companies to be as competitive as we can and the american government certainly to help us be as competitive as we can to create manufacturing jobs and job growth. i kind of look at it in those three steps of foundational work. but the opening of markets is fundamental to starting the process. we can be competitive. we export an awful lot from the united states. we work hard every day on internal labor agreement and we have spent a lot of time in the education system. but if we don't help the markets out, the rest of this is sort of benign. >> what you see as the competitive threats that would come to be from the imports? >> we love free trade and competition. that only made us strong over the last 50 years from