world. i think that s great. america is an exceptional country. one of the things that makes us exceptional is we welcome immigrants. we don t test people to say, are you of german blood or italian blood or japanese blood. dana: i ll ask you one last question. another question that the president didn t answer in that interview, is this question of, if he does think he can do it, would he try to do it retro actively? and how far back would he do that? you get into some pretty sticky wickets here. that s a good point. if you went down this road, the administration of a rule that took away citizenship of people will be tough. how are you going to police it? what kind of questions are you going to ask people? are you going to have federal officers patrolling the country trying to fine people who were born here who aren t citizens? i think it s an
tucker? thanks a lot clayton. you failed the exit exam and did not do well, but we re going give you a diploma. they re going do it retro actively. roughly 40,000 students that failed the exit exam will get a diploma any way. does it hurt or help them. dawn, it s great to see you. hi there. this is a political factor. i want to get to the heart of it. is this good for kids? i really honestly believe that this is another example of falling through the cracks in the educational system. we really need to understand that the larger class sidzes ar
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we re in mesa, arizona, tonight s cnn arizona republican presidential debate. it s been about a among since they last faced off and since then even more upheaval. rick santorum is now the surging candidates and the one for mitt romney to beat tonight. both men we are campaigning down to the wire and may have given each other press ammunition. he s here with us, going through the details. what s the latest? for the top two candidates, the devil is in the debails. two potential flash points. tonight mitt romney s new tax plan and rick santorum s faith-based brand of politics. he made what could be a risky move, a plan that could come under fire. i m going to lower rates across the board for all americans by 20%. it will last setting the top bracket for the wealthier earners at 28%, and cut the corporate tax rate to 25%, lower than the 28% proposed by the president, but higher than his gop rivals. romney would offset some of those cuts by limiting popular deductions for th