about 96% of our viewers said a good idea to eliminate. 4% said a bad idea. there could be three people responding to that policy we ll keep it in mind for what it s worth. stpho: not scientific but a pretty interesting take there. let s talk about the regulation nation rules some charge are just clogging the pipes. a 1992 law puts limits on shower heads. it s now strictly enforced by the department of energy. manufacturers deemed noncompliant with those regulations must stop selling their products. some getting slapped with a fine. there are regulations on toilets too, that s why we have that video up. molee henneberg is in washington for us. it s been on the books this law since 1992, molly, what is different now. reporter: as you were saying, well now the department of energy is enforcing it and taking a very strict stand on what constitutes a legal shower head in our bathrooms.
vote no. with the low approval numbers of president obama, it s going to be a challenge for senator reid to remain the majority leader come 2013. jon: one of those key races to watch is in nebraska where senator ben nelson is a democrat, serving in a sort of republican-leaning state. he s been a pretty popular senator, but he voted for that health care plan. he was one of the pivotal votes that allowed it to pass, and he has taken all kinds of heat from his constituents because of that. reporter: yes. i mean, his toll numbers took a dip after the health care deal. more recently, he has been running against washington. he s a former governor. will he be able to hold on to that seat? it s going to be very challenging for ben nelson. he s run in tough races before and he s woo he knows how to win statewide but this could be his most challenging election of his career. jon: next door in missouri, claire mccaskill, also a democrat up for reelection and she has some pretty tough republic
hold states accountable to a high bar but give them room to move and innovate and be flexible. we can t micromanage 95,000 schools from washington. have no interest in doing that. we want to empower, great teach efrs, principals, and superintendents to help children fulfill their real academic and social potential. jenna: we are going to have to wrap it up because i m out of time. i have a proposal for unrelated toe to education. i think you and the president play a lot of basketball games. i think it would be good to have a fox news anchor coming off the bench with a good three point shot. when you re ready let me know. jenna: we asked you what you heard at the republican debate. we asked them, hey would you want to keep the department of education, good idea, bad idea,
screen saying the charges would go up by $5 over the next six years and the deficit reduction, you can understand where we re going if we are all in this together in some way. what are the prospects for this actually passing congress? reporter: well, there s been some opposition from republican leaders on capitol hill, but the industry is worried that this would be low hanging fruit for that deficit reduction super committee that is working right now on deficit reduction. jenna: beater parents with fox business. thank you so much. a story we ll continue to watch. jon: well there are all kinds of proposals to try to cut costs in washington. here is another one floated by many republican presidential candidates. right now closing down the department of education. what does the secretary of education think about that? we ll be talking with him just ahead. jenna: he s the boss. scientists tracking the plunge of a nasa satellite back to earth, figuring out where six tons of space junk cam
times have been frustrating. i m only assuming. i m going to ask you to talk about the relationship between the state and city or the federal government and the state and county and you must have brought that into your current job. tell us where you see ma maybe the federal government doesn t have a role in education. when i was in chicago i didn t always welcome that call from that nice machine or woman calling from washington. they were always calling about a compliance issue or bureaucratic issue. they weren t calling about how to help me reduce my drop out rate, how to teach second and third graders to read. i m out around the country on a weekly basis spending time in two, three, four schools every single week and i think again on a bipartisan basis we are a much better partner listening to the real needs in communities, trying to empower them. the president announced last week we want to fix no child left behind, want to provide waivers. get washington out of the way,