leaves from oklahoma city, oklahoma on february 6, 2013. in libt of his past travel difficulties, we ask mr. long be granted the same right. despite that letter he was barred from returning to qatar. he now remains in oklahoma away from his wife, daughter and livelihood. he has never been told by any u.s. authority that his name is on the no fly list nor has he been charged officially with any crimes. he simply been told he can t go home. joining us now, the u.s. air force veteran who joins us from oklahoma city because he was unable to fly here. and can t join us on set. gentlemen, good to have you here. can you tell me, i m curious about your story. you were in the air force. i think you joined when you were 18 or 19 years old. how did you fine your way to islam? well, when i was stationed in
election officials now plan to decide the winner with the flip of a coib. coin. we re hearing that president obama plans to speak to the nation about the fiscal cliff we are facing at the end of the year. one that experts say could cause another recession. now the top republic in congress says is he willing to talk. but he is also calling one of the president s proposals unacceptable. and first it was the super storm. now a nor easter. adding misery for victims of sandy. tonight feds say help is on the way for people who can t go home. that s coming up as we approach the bottom of the hour and the top of the news as fox reports live tonight. [ male announcer ] this is steve.
diggers, too. barack obama is the tattoo president. i desecrated my body. can t go home now. you wonder, what was i thinking? let s get this darn let s get right to our panel now. here with me in new york is krystal ball, host of the cycle and in tampa, michael crowley of time magazine whose latest issue is a preview of the democratic convention and jonathan alter. thank you all for joining us. krystal, it is the last night of the convention. the big draw tonight is apparently clint eastwood. and fs funny, too, they have short memories. he did the super bowl halftime in america ad and republicans were very upset. i remember karl rove, i looked up his quote. he said it was a sign of what happens when you have chicago style politics and the president of the united states political min ons are using their tax
teachers more. the other adult is the parent. it really does make a difference in a society when 30% of our kids don t live with their fathers. when there are a lot of people who can t go home and work with the kids on homework, all the research is clear. the teacher is the single most importt factor in the school. the most important part of education in a child s education is parent. parents interest in that child s education. i agree with that. in fairytales, the cldren are saved by caring adults. we need more caring adults in the lives of our children. it s not just formal teaching in the classroom. it s coaches. it s people that are involved in kids lives at every level and supporting their parents. their parents need better jobs so they can help them with their homework. and don t have to work two jobs. can i say one other thing, tavis. when we have a more muscular federal rule, to have this conversation, are you concerned and bill maybe you ll respond, that you ll have anoth
tavis picked up. actually tim did as well. two critical adults in this business. teachers and teacher accountability. i m for it. i think we should pay our good teachers more. the other adult is the parent. it does make a difference in a society when 30% of our kids don t live with their fathers. when there are a lot of people who can t go home and work with the kids on homework. all the research is clear. the teachers, the single most important factor in the school. the single most important factor in the child s education is the parent. the parent s attitude toward education and the parent s interest in that child s education. i agree with that. in fairtaly fairytales, the children are saved by caring adults. we need more caring adults in the lives of our children. it s not just formal teaching in the classroom. it s coaches.