the reverend jesse jackson says it s a two-tiered school system benefitting certain schools over others. there s segregation system that undermines the law manufacture democratic mayor rahm emanuel has pushed the plan and is defending it. these turnaround schools, neighborhood turnaround schools, have seen double the improvements in math and reading that the cps system as a whole has. i want that for more kids. and if i give them the chance of a good teacher an accountable principal and encourage parental involvement, our kids have a chance at a future. really good sales pitch. let s turn to karen lewis, president of the chicago teachers union. this is not about a teachers union. this is about the kids in the classroom, poor neighborhoods in chicago that are being targtsed for closure because they haven t been given the resources to survive and to achieve in their test scores. what s really going on here, ms. lewis?
burning down here. rick santorum s fire is burning and he s defending his satan comments. bob shrum and james peterson on the politics much the cloth, next. the donald trump/david letterman feud is spilling over into the campaign and now mitt romney s dog is involved. we ll bring you up to speed. there used to be a time when people said, you know what? i m thinking about running for president and somebody else would say, mitt, remember the time you tied the dog to the roof of the car? and democrats treeming of a brokered convention have reason to believe. however a brokered convention? i wouldn t be afraid of that. ring of fire radio host mike pappen tone yoe is ahead.
others. there s segregation system that undermines the law manufacture democratic mayor rahm emanuel has pushed the plan and is defending it. these turnaround schools, neighborhood turnaround schools, have seen double the improvements in math and reading that the cps system as a whole has. i want that for more kids. and if i give them the chance of a good teacher an accountable principal and encourage parental involvement, our kids have a chance at a future. really good sales pitch. let s turn to karen lewis, president of the chicago teachers union. this is not about a teachers union. this is about the kids in the classroom, poor neighborhoods in chicago that are being targtsed for closure because they haven t been given the resources to survive and to achieve in their test scores. what s really going on here, ms. lewis? well, what s really going on is a planned, very well-orchestrated attack on
the tank for mitt romney tonight. their cheers and boos helped all the candidates avoid answering topics about hot social issues like birth control. i am joined by terry o neil, president of the national organization for women. karen finley, unless nbc political analyst and former communications director for the democratic national convention, and jimmy williams, and as in d.c. contributor and former democratic senate staffer. great to have all three of you with us tonight. i want to get to an issue that has fallen by the wayside as of late. it did come up tonight, and jobs. what do we do about putting people to work? the issue came up in discussion in the form of the automobile industry. in michigan this is a big story because it saved a lot of jobs. general motors is number one. a lot of blue collars are at work because of what the president has done. rex santorum tonight and mitt romney got into its over the