brian williams live here on msnbc from noon to 2:00 p.m. eastern time. we're going to give you a sneak peek out on the plaza. plus we'll give you a check on our website educationnation.com and you can see where your school ranks nationally and within your state. you can take a quiz with your child about learning. it's all there for you at educationnation.com. tough feedback today for the gop's pledge to america. and some of the biggest critics are fellow republicans. conservative activists say party leaders missed an opportunity to get serious on spending. now some democrats actually seem happy to see a specific agenda to tear into. hello to you. >> good to see you. >> this pledge was aimed at winning over the tea party overall, but the activists say the whole thing came off as being too limited, overlooked some of the issues, earmarks, the balanced budget, those things very important to the tea partiers. does that suggest that