walk requirements. do you think it is time for waivers to be granted regarding no child left behind? it is an article by sam dillon. he writes, the main federal law on public education, arne duncan signaled that he would use his executive authority to free stage from a lot centerpiece requirement that all students be proficient in reading and math by 2014. that is what we will be talking about for the first 45 minutes. this edition of the washington journal, if you want to get involved with the conversation, at the numbers are on the screen. we have a special line for teachers and administrators. we would like to hear from you this morning. if you want to get in touch with us, our meet reggie our e- mail, or if you are following us on twitter, the address is there. more from the article in this ing s new york times the obama administration has been hearing on mounting clamor from state school officials to weigh substantial parts of the lot we want to get your thoughts
thank you. my concern is that the administration had plenty of time to get the authorization of the u.n., and the arab league and yet they could not find time in that period of time between president obama indicating that gadhafi had to go, and actually taking military action, to actually consult the elected representatives of the american people. that should have been a priority under these circumstances, and there was time. president bush got the authorization of congress before going into iraq, afghanistan and his father did in kuwait, and that was a, i think, a key mistake on this administration s part, and also far too much confusion. for example on saying that gaafhas to go, and no, he es not necessarily have to go. i think that should be very ear. and we also have to have much better insight on just who these rebels are. thank you. tha y so much. my list indicates that mr. connolly is next. recognized for one minute. thank you, madam chairman, and mr. secretary,
to reduce the emissions for you. you are still achieving the same environmental goal, which is lower emissions, but you are letting the market how to best decide how to achieve the goal. previous goals that have been considered, including the one passed by house, would have done this across multiple industries and allow trading by wall street firms. the one the democrats are considering will be very narrow and it s not even clear if it will pass. u.s. timid point out many industries and economies want an economy-wide cap and trade system so they know there are certainties about the system. does that mean that under current law that the epa could step in and say we re going to regulate transportation? that is exactly what is happening already. the epa is moving to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. they just announced and finalize regulations covering greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles. they have announced plans to go forward with regulations that would cover power
degrees. 73 right now at the airport. relative humidity up to 84%. 96 is what we are forecasting this afternoon. there is a 30% chance for a thunderstorm to pop up this afternoon. we will check the seven-day forecast coming up in just a few minutes. some relief is in sight by the end of the week. we say good morning to sarah. i am that we break the record. let s hit 97. for the most part, we re doing ok. 273, all lanes are closed. rock church road is your alternate. we are looking at a problem in catonsville. an accident at was the avenue. the rest of the major roadways are doing ok an accident at wesley avenue. everything moving well on the north side. 70 is moving smoothly. five minutes on southbound 95 to the fort mchenry. here s a live view starting with 29 at 32. no delays to speak of. volume on the light side. let s switch over to bel air road. the north side is checking out fine. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. ofwe re just at the start summer and already