some are saying this latest kerfuffle indicates that arne duncan no, sir something about math. for instance, he knows if you want to turn a large controversy into a larger controversy, do a little addition. and a line characterizing uproar. >> it is. this comment has gone viral. it has lit up social media. duncan was talking about opposition to his initiative to raise education starts nationwide when he reportedly said, and i'm quote, it's nas fascinating to me that some of the push back is coming from sort of white suburban moms who all of a sudden, their child isn't as brilliant they they thought and their school isn't as good as they thought they were. after that, came the backlash. the american federation teachers union president tweet, did arne duncan really blame soccer moms for the backlash? that's essentially the acronym for this new education initiative. receiving lots of backlash. it's also led to a petition on the white house.gov website. more than 1800 people have signed it, saying they want to see him fired. >> let's talk about the education standards. what are the

have you heard what arne duncan is saying. fascinating, says arne duncan. these white suburban moms, these white suburban moms, says duncan, all of a sudden, well, their child isn't as britiant as they thought they were. ouch. pretty strong language, as it comes from members of the president's cabinet, as arne duncan is. also friends with the president. they're basketball buddies. that's the quote right there, but duncan is -- plays the president's guard sometimes in basketball games. there he is, guarding the president right there. the president guarding him. and now we have arne duncan calling out white suburban moms. why? because some are expressing shock at seeing their children's standardized test scores plummet under the tougher guidelines dujen has been pushing on states. kelly wallace is here. she's our digital condent and edir at large o t, you know, what the words specifically white suburban moms, what he meant. explain to us, what was he talking about on test scores? >> you have new standards in 45 states and the district of columbia. they call f

arne duncan. good afternoon, sir. >> thanks for the opportunity. >> explain what this program will do for the nearly one in four children who live in poverty. because in our research, we actually found websites decrying big government and indock tri nation when, in fact, the opposite is the case. >> yeah, well, i think about what we can do over the next three years, not to improve education for the next three years, but for the next 30, the next 3 decades and arguably at the top of the list, making sure our babies have access to high-quality, early learning opportunities is the best investment we as a nation can make in our children, in strong families and ultimately the country. for poor children coming from disadvantaged communities, martin, the average child starts kindergarten at 5 years old, a year to 14 months behind. and quite frankly, far too often we never catch up. i keep saying, we have to get out of the calf catch-up business, our babies off to a good start. this is a huge day to seek

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arne duncan secretary of education has been a great partner in this process. he has detailed resources to us in indian education to understand how to do that and he has agreed to cochair a subgroup of the white house counsel specifically on indian education. he and i share a vision as you do of both an academically rigorous education but also a culturally appropriate education. whether your children are educated in indian schools are public schools how do we work together to make that happen? i know that he will be a huge resource as he brings his team in education together with the bureau of that indian education to make that happen. fourth, in order to reform the knowledge that process we want to move forward to develop a fair efficient and transparent process and we will be issuing a draft rule for your comment from a public comment to make that easier in the future. fifth, india or rights. you can't do anything if you don't have clean water. we have dropped circumstances all over the country. it impacts indian tribes in some regions for than anything else

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. >> education secretary arne duncan says this type of strategy is helping d.c. public schools improve faster than the rest of the nation. >> prince william joked with bus drivers before he and his wife kate boarded a double decker for a ride into london. the duke and dutchess of cambridge chatted like any other commuters. >> reverend billy graham said he was inspired by god when he was still a teenager. >> christ came into my life, transformed me. >> as he turns 95, billy graham's health is in decline, but his back to basic message faith and acceptance continues to inspire. >>> we begin with a health alert from the food police as the u.s. food and drug administration takes steps to make artificial transfats illegal. the move could prevent 20,000 heart attacks and 7,000 deaths each year. >> reporter: doctors have warned for quite some time eating food that contains transfat can increase your risk for heart disease and other medical problems. so why is the fda making this move now? >> become more concerned about healthcare costs, the number of people with chronic

and arne duncan over at education worked with a team to see what we could do to simplify it, and it made a big difference. and that's part of the process that we've got to go through. and in fact, if we can get some focus groups and we sit down with actual users and see how well is this working, what would improve it, what part of it didn't you understand -- that all i think is part of what we're going to be working on in the weeks ahead. >> what about the insularity criticism that you hear on the hill? >> i've got to say i meet with an awful lot of folks, and i talk to an awful lot of folks every day. and i have lunches with ceos and it venture capitalists and labor leaders and pretty much folks from all walks of life on a whole bunch of topics. and if you looked at my schedule on any given day, we're interacting with a whole lot of people. and i think it's fair to say that we have a pretty good track record of working with folks on technology and it from our campaign where, both in 2008 and 2012, we did a pretty darn good job on that. so it's not -- the idea that somehow we didn't have

. >>> education secretary arne duncan is blame, quote, clumsy phrasing in singling out white suburban moms in opposing new, high academic standards. he regrets saying this group was upset because children weren't, quote, as brilliant as they thought according to common core. every demographic has room for improvement. >>> they have done it again, senate republicans blocking another one of president obama's nominees to serve on a key federal court. robert wilkins was six shy. republicans say there just isn't enough work for three additional judges. democrats say the republicans want to stop the president from filling the vacancies because they want to keep the courts conserve leanings. >>> princeton university has decided to take drastic measures to combat a potentially deadly meningitis outbreak on campus. the university will provide students with a vaccine that is not approved in the u.s., but the cdc asked for permission to bring the vaccine in to specifically fight this outbreak. students should be able to get the first doses next month. >>> quite a sight this morning on day 44 of

arian arou arne duncan -- we sat down with actual users and see how well is this working, what part didn't you understand. that all, i think, is part of what we're working on in the weeks ahead. >> what about insularity criticism on the hill? >> i have to say i meet with a lot of folks and talk to a lot of folks every day. i have lunches with ceos and i.t. venture capitalists and labor leaders. you know, pretty much folks from all walks of life on a whole bunch of topics. if you looked at my schedule on any given day, we're interacting with a whole lot of people. i think it's fair to say we have a pretty good track record of working with folks on technology and i.t. from our campaign where both in 2008 and 2012, we did a pretty darn good job on that. so it's not the idea that somehow we didn't have access or were interested in people's ideas i think isn't accurate. what is true is that as i said before, our i.t. systems, how we purchase technology in the federal government is cumbersome, complicated and outdated. so this isn't a situation where on my campaign i could simply say who are the

and arne duncan at education worked with a team to see what we can do to simplify it and made a big difference. that's part of the process that we've got to go through. in fact, if we can get focus groups and we sit down with actual users and see how well's this working what would improve it? what part of it didn't you understand? that all, i think, is part of what we're going to be working on in the weeks ahead. >> what about the criticism that you hear? >> you know, i meet with a lot of folks and i talk to an awful lot of folks every day. i have lunches with ceos and i.t. venture capitalists and labor leaders and, you know, pretty much folks from all walks of life on a whole bun. of topics. if you looked at my schedule on any given day, we're interacting with a whole lot of people. i think it's fair to say that we have a pretty good track record of working with folks on technology and i.t. from our campaign where both in 2008 and 2012 we did a pretty good darn job on that. so it's not -- you know the idea that somehow we didn't have access or were interested in people's ideas. i think isn't

duncan in education works with the team to see what will simplify and make a big difference. that is part of the process we have got to go through. what if we could get some focus groups and sit down with actual users, and see how well this is working and what part didn't you understand, that is par of what we are working on in the weeks ahead. >> what about something else? >> i have got to say i meet with a lot of folks and talked to an awful lot of folks every day and have lunch with ceos and venture capitalists and labor leaders and pretty much folks from all walks of life on a bunch of topics and if you looked at my schedule on any given day, where interacting with a lot of people. it is fair to say the we have a pretty good track record of working with folks on technology and ip from our campaign, where 2008 and 2012 we did a pretty good job on that. it is not the idea that somehow we didn't have access or were interested in people's ideas. isn't accurate. what is true is that as i said before, how we purchase technology in the federal government is not cumbersome, compl

now after fierce backlash, arne duncan is saying he's sorry for his comment about white suburban moms but he's not backing down from what he says prompted the comment. we'll hear from both sides. that's new at 10:00. [ male announcer ] if you can clear a crowd but not your nasal congestion, you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec-d®. powerful relief of nasal congestion and other allergy symptoms -- all in one pill. zyrtec-d®. at the pharmacy counter. they always have. they always will. that's why you take charge of your future. your retirement. ♪ ameriprise advisors can help you like they've helped millions of others. listening, planning, working one on one. to help you retire your way... with confidence. that's what ameriprise financial does. that's what they can do with you. ameriprise financial. more within reach. >>> welcome back, everyone. really strange news out of hollywood. the father of late actress brittany murphy thinks she was poisoned. >> the coroner listed the cause of her death as anemia. >> i had a feeling that there was a definite murder situation here.

. >>> arne duncan is apologizing for comments that sparked outrage on special media. duncan said he was fascinated that some opposition to new academic standards comes from quote, white suburban moms who fear their child isn't as brilliant as they thought. duncan says he used clumsy phrasing. >> "the times" says princeton university will offer students a meningitis vaccine not approved in the u.s. since march 7th people have contracted the virus. >>> "the new york times" looks a at the relationship between sleep and depression. curing iminsomniac people with depression doubles their chance of recovery. >>> government scientists found amphetamine-like compound in nine diet supplements but have not issued warnings to consumer consumers. the products are marketed as all natural. the fda hasn't releas >>> storm clouds rolling back into the bay area and here we go. we have some rain headed your way. overlooking russian hill toward the golden gate, so far quiet there. most of the rain has been focused north of the golden gate bridge. and you can see it on our hi- def dopple

and arne duncan over at education worked with a team to see what we could do to simplify it, and it made a big difference. and that's part of the process that we've got to go through. and in fact, if we can get some focus groups and we sit down with actual users and see how well is this working, what would improve it, what part of it didn't you understand -- that all i think is part of what we're going to be working on in the weeks ahead. >> what about the insularity criticism that you hear on the hill? >> i've got to say i meet with an awful lot of folks, and i talk to an awful lot of folks every day. and i have lunches with ceos and it venture capitalists and labor leaders and pretty much folks from all walks of life on a whole bunch of topics. and if you looked at my schedule on any given day, we're interacting with a whole lot of people. and i think it's fair to say that we have a pretty good track record of working with folks on technology and it from our campaign where, both in 2008 and 2012, we did a pretty darn good job on that. so it's not -- the idea that somehow we didn't have

and arne duncan over at education worked with a team to see what we could do to simplify it, and it made a big difference. and that's part of the process that we've got to go through. and in fact, if we can get some focus groups and we sit down with actual users and see how well is this working, what would improve it, what part of it didn't you understand -- that all i think is part of what we're going to be working on in the weeks ahead. >> what about the insularity criticism that you hear on the ill? >> i've got to say i meet with an awful lot of folks, and i talk to an awful lot of folks every day. and i have lunches with ceos and it venture capitalists and labor eaders and pretty much folks from all walks of life on a whole bunch of topics. and if you looked at my schedule on any given day, we're interacting with a whole lot of people. and i think it's fair to say that we have a pretty good track record of working with folks on technology and it from our campaign where, both in 2008 and 2012, we did a pretty darn good job on that. so it's not -- the idea that somehow we didn't have a

duncan over at education worked with a team to see what we could do to simplify it, and it made a big difference. and that's part of the process that we've got to go through and, in fact, you know, if we can get some focus groups and we it down with actual users and see, you know, how well is this working, what would improve it, what part of it didn't you understand, that all, i think, is part of what we're going to be working on in the weeks ahead. >> what about the insularity criticism that you hear? >> you know, i, i've got to say i meet with an awful lot of folks, and i talk to an awful lot of folks every day, and i have lunches with ceos and i.t. venture capitalists and labor leaders and, you know, pretty much folks from all walks of life on a whole bunch of topics. and if you looked at my schedule on any given day, we're interacting with a well lot of people. with a whole lot of people. and i think it's fair to say that we have a pretty good track record of working with folks on technology and i.t. from our campaign where both in 2008 and 2012 we did a pretty darn good job on th

that's arne duncan. but who is this? explain this. sometimes i feel like january either is touching me. just to see if i'm still warm. >> that would be attorney general eric holder. >> excuse me? >> who i feel -- harris does that to me. >> oh, my gosh. >> but anyway, when you have a situation like this where there is maybe a half step people who run the cup and they're all in the west wing and all that because of their closes ness because of their closes nes to obama, you don't have talented people who want to stay in those situations. i think we'll see a real flight of talent at all levels throughout the federal government earlier than we see it in the second term. >> because they're so clexclude? >> why stay. people are typically in government for the right reasons. they like to make a difference. and if you're not making a difference, you're being kind of systemically humiliated by the 35-year-old white house aide, the most talented people won't stay in those circumstances. >> and it really is amazing that you do have all of these

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and arne duncan over at education worked with a team to see what we could do to simplify it, and it made a big difference. and that's part of the process that we've got to go through. and in fact, if we can get some focus groups and we sit down with actual users and see how well is this working, what would improve it, what part of it didn't you understand -- that all i think is part of what we're going to be working on in the weeks ahead. >> what about the insularity criticism that you hear on the hill? >> i've got to say i meet with an awful lot of folks, and i talk to an awful lot of folks every day. and i have lunches with ceos and it venture capitalists and labor leaders and pretty much folks from all walks of life on a whole bunch of topics. and if you looked at my schedule on any given day, we're interacting with a whole lot of people. and i think it's fair to say that we have a pretty good track record of working with folks on technology and it from our campaign where, both in 2008 and 2012, we did a pretty darn good job on that. so it's not -- the idea that somehow we didn't have