undermining his own credibility with a stunt like this. but he s gotten most of the republicans behind him. i am sure he will be on many programs like this one in the future. professor greer, one of the odd turns of life is that tom cotton when he was a harvard law student, had elizabeth warren as one of his teachers. so elizabeth warren last year he was a house member, she issued a statement saying tom cotton was a fine student in the classroom and he earned a passing grade, but he s flunking the people of arkansas in the united states congress. it is fascinating to see him emerging like this and elizabeth warren having this relationship with him. we do know that the republican party has a very bad habit of eating their young. so they throw people out there. and sometimes they re able to
cotton, when he was a harvard law student, had elizabeth warren as one of his teachers. so elizabeth warren last year, he was a house member, she issued a statement saying tom cotton was a fine student in the classroom and he earned a passing grade, but he s flunking the people of arkansas in the united states congress. it is fascinating to see him emerging like this and elizabeth warren having this relationship with him. we do know that the republican party has a very bad habit of eating their young. so they throw people out there. and sometimes they re able to soar, but there is a reason john mccain is in the background letting tom cotton out there. if this goes down, it s him. that s a great point. we re going to take a break right here. david axelrod, when we come back, i want to ask you why
american history when it american history when it comes to civics only 24% of high school students had a proficient knowledge of the topic. well, hardly a passing grade. now, and you new proposal in the state of tennessee, students will need to pass the same test immigrants take in order to receive their high school diploma. is that an ideal solution? joining us now is state senator mark norris. hey, good morning senator. good morning good to be with you. good to be seeing you too. what s going on in the state of tennessee in terms of this civics test. give us an idea. well, actually the state of tennessee has really been in the lead in terms of reintroducing civics and citizenship in our education in 2006. in 2012, we passed legislation to mandate that we have object based citizenship teaching in our schools. there is a movement to bring
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the problem, some municipalities, particularly in black and latino areas, didn t know the letter needed to be submitted. a public interest law firm got its hands on. if you do not provide a substantial damage letter, the piece of paperwork missing, for your damaged property by january 15th, 2014, your application will be moved to the waiting list. depending on availability of funds, may or may not qualify for funding going forward. what we know so far about these 900 people is not going to help these people we brought you earlier this week. on average, black residents were denied sandy relief almost 40% of the time. latinos, 19% of the time, and white residents, 14% of the time. joining me now is steve sweeney, a democrat. senator, what grade would you give senator christie on sandy recovery? well, obviously it s not a passing grade right now, because there s too many people that are