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the changes we are trying to make is to make sure the teachers who are truly outstanding get paid more, not less. the teaching profession can be rewarded on the basis of achievement and accomplishment and held accountable for the results they provide. not results to a number in the sky. to show kids grow for the time they are there. okay. it s 6:00 on the east coast. that was governor chris christie last night in west windsor. good morning, everyone. people say it was west windsor. it s gorgeous. it was princeton. it s wednesday, june 29th. with us on set, we have look at this, mike barnicle. the hugging there. it was unfortunate. okay. willie, he claims his wife knew. no, it was a joke. there was a whole group there. anyhow, mike barnicle is here and columnist for news week, ezra klein. forget about the hugging, but how leaders do things differently. we mad scott walker on yesterday who admitted he pushed too quickly. yeah, that was interesting. chris
now the troubled actress is headed to rehab today, monday, august 2nd, 2010. headed to rehab today, monday, august 2nd, 2010. vi captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to today on a monday morning. i m matt lauer. i m ann curry in for meredith. as you know the only thing keeping the oil from flowing into the gulf is the new containment pipe placed on the busted well last month. that could change with the so-killed static kill method. as early as today engineers will try to kill the well by forcing cement and maybe mud into it. some gulf coast residents are fearing it will pave the way for bp to cut and run. coming up, we ll hear what the company s ceo is saying about that. and we have a woman accused of going on a rampage and stabbing her two young nieces while she was babysitting them in an up scale neighborhood north of new york city. it has neighbors including one known celebrity on edge. details coming up. also, the high points
a look at the top stories monch msnbc. why are you awake? i am getting ready to marry your senior producer, alex courson. congratulations to alex and to you. the good news is it s only forever. every single day the rest of your life. my thanks to pat buchanan for waking up way too early. morning joe starts right now. i don t know what happens, maybe it s just vibrations. at the nobel prize ceremony, something weird happened. there they are, handing the peace prize to president obama and wouldn t you know it, something weird happens. take a look. see? there. why are they there? the salahis? oh, pretty good. there was just jeff scarborough and mika brzezinski with the greatest mind in polit politics. ma ma ma markcalprin. good morning. there was a war-time president there. he made the case for a just war. he did. and it was pretty stunning. while receiving the highest honor for peace. it was stunning, and it was stunning, the response also. conserv