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didn t get every single thing they want. it s time to just buck up here, understand that we can make things better, continue to move forward but not yield the playing field to those folks who are against everything that we stand for in terms of the initiatives we put forward. the vice president also warned democrats that if republicans swept into power, they would repeal the obama health care reforms and other measures that are important to progressives across the country. check out the last word with lawrence oo donnell weeknights at 10:00 eastern on msnbc. tonight, lawrence will be speaking with charlie crist. now, to our special education nation initiative. all this week nbc news and msnbc focusing on how to improve our schools. one critical issue, high school drop out rates. america s promise alliance to help children from all economic

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100301:15:21:00

people want real change. now we have an opportunity to do that by using the majority rule provisions. again, president obama, as you can see, speaking here now. just finished his thank yous at the america s promise alliance which was organized in part by former bush secretary of state colin powell. we ve heard the president expressing his gratitude for colin powell who endorsed president obama during the presidential campaign. we expect the president to start talking about lower perfeorming schools just any minute now. let s go ahead and listen in to president obama talking about education at the commerce department. and who after spending a lifetime fighting on behalf of america has now taken up the fight for america s children. so the leadership they are showing to end america s

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100301:15:31:00

charter schools where students can take advanced and college level courses. so government has a responsibility. government can help education students to succeed in college and a career. government can help provide the resources to engage dropouts and most at risk of dropping out and when necessary government has to be critically involved in turning around lowest performing schools. and nobody has been more passionate about this than arne duncan. but as i ve said before, education is not and cannot be the task of government alone. it s going to take nonprofits and businesses doing their part through alliances like america s promise. it will take parents getting involved in their children s education consistently. going to parent/teacher

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100301:20:02:00

hosted by the chamber of commerce. the president announced $900 million in grants to get help to schools that need it most. to be eligible for money the school districts must take drastic actions, reopen some schools as charter schools or shut down some schools completely. we know that about 12% of america s schools produce 50% of america s dropouts. we re going to focus on helping states and school districts turn around their 5,000 lowest performing schools in the next five years. general colin powell founded the america s promise alliance, the nation s largest partnership organization dedicated to improving the lives of american children. today the united nations began rushing aid deliveries to chilean towns crushed by this weekend s massive earthquake and the ensuing tsunami. secretary of state hillary clinton is set to visit the region tomorrow. the magnitude 8.8 quake killed more than 700 people and

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110926:17:00:00

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