the challenge that we end up with here, is a lot of people think something should be done but nobody wants to do it. will he or won t he? if so when? that s the question as the world awaits a possible u.s. strike on syria. after a decade of conflict, the american people are tired of war. that s the sentiment of many americans as the administration mulls its options on syria, and will president obama bend to public pressure or stick to his red line. a landmark settlement for concussions, but some are saying it s too little too late. good morning, i brianna keeler. we begin this hour with
have served our country. it is unconscionable that members of our armed forces and their families have been some of those who have been most susceptible to losing their homes due to the actions of unskru banks and mortgage lenders. over the last few years that happened a lot. so as part of the landmark settlement we reached with some of the nation s largest banks a few weeks ago, here is what we re going to do. if you are a member of the armed forces whose home was wrongfully foreclosed, you will be substantially come pen compensated for what the bank did for you and your family. if you are a member of the armed forces with a high interest rate who was wrongfully denied the chance to lower it while you were in active service, which banks are required to do by law, the banks will refund you the money you would have saved along with a significant penalty. the settlement will make sure
we re breaking down the major races. and president obama stealing some of the spotlight from the republicans. he holds a news conference in about 15 minutes. we re keeping our eye on that. the president, he s going to outline a new mortgage relief plan for the military, obviously, take questions from reporters. we ll bring that to you live as soon as it starts. but first, we want to bring in our political heavy hitters, wolf blitzer and chief political analyst, gloria borger, great to have you both here, onset, in the atl. we re watching closely here. wolf, you just got back from a roundtable that was streaming online. you had a chance to talk to voters live. what s the most interesting thing that they re interested in. you know, a lot of republicans, and these are traditional, conservative republicans, they re worried about what s going on right now within this republican race for the white house. they think it s doing damage to the republican brand, to the republican part
unitedhealthcare. for more than 16 month it is obama administration together with attorneys general from all 50 states has been negotiating in a mortgage trial settlement with the biggest banks. thursday president obama announce ad deal. we have reached a landmark settlement with the nation s largest banks that will speed relief to the hardest-hit homeowners and some of the most abusive practices of the mortgage industry and begin to turn the page on an era of recklessness that has left so much damage in its wake. agreement release it is banks from liability for certain abuses of foreclosure process. in exchange the banks will provide homeowners and state and federal governments at least $25 million in cash and credit over the next three kreers.
opportunity or the land of student loan checks? and we show you how returning soldiers are honing their work skills for the civilian workforce. and forget about the box of chocolates, the best gift for your honey is getting out of debt. we re going to help you have the talk. let s start with the youngest victims of this youngest downturn. many three and 4-year-olds aren t going to preschool. studies show shah a poor child who has not attended a quality preschool enters kindergarten 18 months behind their peers and what s worse, many will never catch up. research shows they re more likely to need special education services and more likely to drop out. sam wayne is the coauthor of a book called, welcome to your child s brain, how the mind grows from conception to clemg. sam, do we need to rethink the k through 12 public education model to be more like crawl through 12? i think that s quite possibly the case. i think the big picture here is thinking about how research and th