host: ok, randi weingarten?st: ok, ma'am, let me just say i hear your anger, but our job is to help kids be able to make their own decisions, and the reason that we talk about having early childhood is that nobody wants to adopt or any child to do anything. we want them to dream their dreams and achieve their dreams, but at the end of the day -- my parents and my parents' friends -- my parents were able to -- they had the money to put me into an early childhood education program, and frankly, kids -- we were read to and we had play and things like that, and that should be an option for all kids. and the research shows that that really helps in terms of what happens with the brain. what we need to do is we need to also make sure that people believe again in public education because that is something that the country gives to all of our kids. the last thing i will say is on common core, and there are a lot of teachers that actually agree with you that common core should be much more flexible. you would see a lot o

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randy weingarten on what went .: we're going to be talking about common core and teachers unions, reassessing tactics and strategy after suffering big losses during the midterm, spending nearly 100 million on the campaign trail. educational reformers like rick snidener michigan, scott walker wisconsin, same brownback in kansas prevailed despite a huge amount of spending against them. next guest says the republicans successfully made it a referendum on the president. joined by randy weingarten, president of the 1.6 million member federation of american teachers. >> great to be here. lou: they didn't do nearly as good of a job as the president himself. did you fall over when he said my policies are on the ballot all across the country? >> look. lou: you don't have to answer. >> a, there is too much money in politics, but frankly -- >> not if you win. >> no, i think there is too much money in politics if you win or you lose. you talk about $100 million on the interim vote. the amount of money we spend is about $4 billi

host: ok, randi weingarten?guest: ok, ma'am, let me just say i hear your anger, but our job is to help kids be able to make their own decisions, and the reason that we talk about having early childhood is that nobody wants to adopt or any child to do anything. we want them to dream their dreams and achieve their dreams, but at the end of the day -- my parents and my parents' friends -- my parents were able to -- they had the money to put me into an early childhood education program, and frankly, kids -- we were read to and we had play and things like that, and that should be an option for all kids. and the research shows that that really helps in terms of what happens with the brain. what we need to do is we need to also make sure that people believe again in public education because that is something that the country gives to all of our kids. the last thing i will say is on common core, and there are a lot of teachers that actually agree with you that common core should be much more flexible. you would see a lo

thank george randi weingarten.hank all of our partners that made this possible. -- i wantl, i want to congress to know we are serious. it was the wednesday before last that the grand jury came back. we will be back. over and over again. [applause] let the congress the where about the three things we raised. when you get a ring ding on christmas, it might not be santa. it might be reverend al coming to your house. first -- e >> how are you doing? all the way from st. louis, the brown family. our respect. man, you kept us alive. we love you. we really do. .he mother sister >> hey, washington. thank you. wow. what a sea of people. , i don'ton't see this know what we have got to do. thank you for having my back. [applause] >> hands up, don't shoot. >> hands up, don't shoot great >> hands up, don't shoot. >> hands up, don't shoot. >> hands up, don't shoot. up, don't shoot. >> hands up, don't shoot. >> hands up, don't shoot. mothers start with the of eric garner. >> good afternoon it, everyone. overwhelming to see all of

journal,xt washington randi weingarten of the american federation of teachers discusses pushhite house'scontinued for early education. matt lewis talks about jeb bush's announcement that he is actively exploring a 2016 bid, and what he needs to do to get the republican primary. look at thewe prevalence of brain tumors and brain cancer in the united states. but your phone calls, facebook,'s, and tweet street washington journal is live every morning at 7:00 a.m. on c-span. wednesday, a look at the obama administration's nuclear arms control efforts and the progress of the stark arms reduction treaty with russia. the under secretary of state for arms control and international security speaks at the brookings institution live at 10 a eastern on c-span. -- live at 10:00 a.m. here on c-span. >> here are some of the programs will find this weekend. latter-day night at 930 on c-span, seth rogen discussing politics and humor with daily show cocreator at the harvard institute of politics. sunday evening at it :00 on c-span's q&a, author and townhall.com editor on what she perceives as the hypocris

. >> on the next "washington journal" randy weingarten continues push for early childhood education.matt lewis talks about jeb s announcement that he is actively exploring a 2016 bid. ther that, david ahrens of national brain tumor society looks at the prevalence of brain tumors and brain cancer in the u.s.. plus your phone calls, facebook, it's and tweets. live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> next, former senators box kerry and john downforce discuss congress, the federal budget and the 2016 general election. later, an interview with jeb bush of florida who will announce he is exploring a presidential run. >> in november, the environmental protection agency announced a proposal to strengthen air quality standards for ground-level ozone. wednesday, a senate environment and public works subcommittee holds a hearing. to: 30 p.m. live it eastern here on c-span. week, katie pavlovich on what she perceives is the hypocrisy of liberals on their is on women rhetoric >> what your problem with ted kennedy? go back to this idea where this book came from, the dnc convention whe

journal.t of >> host: i want to welcomerican back the president of the federation of teachers randi weingarten thank you for being here.ate let's begin with some last-minute business from the senate last night andpp that is approving the new surgeon young, general will be the youngest atn 37-years-old and his nomination being held up for a year. the what did this mean for the fight against the ebola? involved, >> guest: we are the n second-largest in the unitedur states so we have been very i involved in terms of being front line in america in the fight against ebola and spending timen with people so when you don't have a surgeon general, you don't have the top policymakers prep the absence of that you don't have the preparation the united states needed to have when we started seeing that this oe -- i hospits thro remarkable how you see some hospitals throughout the country nurses the kind of preparation and even in the spending bill thehere. president's piece about theuse s preparation got in there because it is huge the training that is needed is huge because it is a matter of you have to do

thank george randi weingarten. thank all of our partners that made this possible. -- i wantl, i want to congress to know we are serious. it was the wednesday before last that the grand jury came back. we will be back. over and over again. [applause] let the congress the where about the three things we raised. when you get a ring ding on christmas, it might not be santa. it might be reverend al coming to your house. first -- e >> how are you all doing? .ll the way from st. louis the brown family loves y'all. -- i'll respect. man, you kept this alive. we love y'all. we really do. we love y'all so much. the mother of michael brown .unior sister >> hey, washington. thank you. wow. what a sea of people. , i don'ton't see this know what we have got to do. thank you for having my back. [applause] >> hands up, don't shoot. >> hands up, don't shoot great >> hands up, don't shoot. >> hands up, don't shoot. >> hands up, don't shoot. up, don't shoot. >> hands up, don't shoot. >> hands up, don't shoot. mothers start with the of