race to the top, which is about education reform. and a lot of this really required a new way of doing business in the government and people said that 5 to 7% of this would be lost to fraud. so far, they have documented about 0.001%. it has been really remarkably scandal-free and really started to change the way the government works. instead of just handing money around the country willie nilly, these are these competitive programs, where race to the top being a perfect example, but all kinds of programs for broadband, for, you know, for the health i.t. you have to compete and show not just that your project is shovel-ready but that it is shovel-worthy that is a really new way of doing business and i think that s one of the reasons, in addition to share of joe biden watching this stuff. mark halperin real quick. how much do you think this piece of legislation reflects the governing philosophy of barack obama? i think is the purest
really hidden in plain view. it wasn t i don t think people even know that race to the top was part of the stimulus. so, it really was this surreal experience for me. the book is the new new deal, michael grunwald, thank you so much. still ahead from the wonder years to math whiz. danica mckellar describes her mission to empower young women to embrace education. that s coming up on morning joe. the capital one cash rewards card gives you a 50% annual bonus. and everyone, but her. likes 50% more cash. but, i have an idea. do you want a princess dress? yes how about some cupcakes? yes lollipop? yes! do you want an etch a sketch? yes! do you want 50% more cash? no you got talent. [ male announcer ] the capital one cash rewards card. with a 50% annual cash bonus it s the card for people who like more cash. what s in your wallet? i usually say that.
landings in history. but for now, all eyes on this. the very first video of the curiosity landing, released today. the grainy video was shot onboard moments before touching down. john zarrella and chad myers join me now for more. so, john, let s start with you. you have been following the story very closely and are live at nasa s jetropulsion laboratory in california. tell us about this new veo and what exactly are we seeing? reporter: well, in fact, zoraida, what we re seeing in this video are images taking from the descent camera, made by space industries down in san diego. and the video shows the curiosity rover as it is descending down through the atmosphere to the touchdown on mars. it was 297 images all put together into one continuous short video. and then there was the haz cam image. they finally did get a higher resolution picture which shows mt. sharp in the distance. and that mt. sharp is, of course, critical what they are hoping to do is get over to mt. sharp ev
schools over 70 years old? give us three concrete ideas. remember something. last week mitt romney tacked to the issue of education. he got rave reviews for that. why doesn t barack obama talk about education? why doesn t you talk about the things he has done with race to the top, et cetera, et cetera, and remind mothers, soccer moms, and soccer dads exactly what he has done and what he will continue to do and then by november, let me jump back. by september when we get to the debates he can go one-on-one with mitt romney and talk about his record and mitt romney s record. let me clearly understand you, then. do you believe just from the timeline of months you gave there that these so-called attacks are coming too early? i am not sure they re coming too early. i just don t think they re not being paired with a positive message. all we re talking about now is whether or not obama has gone negative. i want to talk about what the obama positive message is. you can walk and can chew
then you get language like third world. he is trying to intensify. the disagreement doesn t really exist. he doesn t really have a strong agenda of thing he is for. he is talking about what he is against even in case where he is not really against it. i m sorry i didn t look at i. the story from last september where he references education secretary arnie duncan. listen to this. secretary duncan has opportunity some good things. he is the current second of education. i hope that s not heresy in the room. he has a program called race to the top which encourages school to have more choice. more testing of kids. david, this is literally during the campaign. today, he says the education system resembles mogadishu. in september he says, arnie duncan is a good guy. there are good policies being implemented by this administration. it is going well. i am just so shocked that he would say that a president who