live coverage using the free c-span radio app. continues. talk aboutto education and campaign 2020, douglas harris, who is economic chair at tulane university, also brookingst institution with a focus on education, thank you for being here. here from catois institute as well. thank you. how much information they are giving to education, do you think it is enough? guest 1: probably more than have ever been given to education, especially primary education. is it enough? that will be coming up in nearly all of the debates. it is a question about what they are talking about and why they are talking about it. why is it bubbling up to the federal level at this point? i think there are a few reasons for that. one is that education has always been an important issue, but now the state is being squeezed. we see cuts and higher education. the broader problem that the democrats are focused on right and inequality by rights income, gender opportunities for women, all of these are connect
new survey looking at school safety issues. as always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. next. this good morning on friday, august 30. we will begin with the justice department watchdogs latest report that found former fbi director james comey violated agency policy by releasing official memos. your reaction to the report s findings in our first hour. republicans, 202-748-8001. if you are a democrat, dial in at 202-748-8000. and independents, 202-748-8002. you can also join the conversation if you go to twitter at @cspanwj and on facebook.com/cspan. we will get to your calls in a minute. let s begin with june 2017. james comey had been fired a month earlier by president trump. he is summoned to capitol hill to testify and asked by senator susan collins about memos and releasing them. [video clip] did you show copies of your of theo anyone outside department of justice? yes. and to whom did you show copies? the preside
palestinian prisoners. but even if a deal is reached, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu insists there will be a fresh military offensive in rafah. there has been widespread international concern that an israeli ground operation could endanger more than one million palestinians sheltering there. our correspondent anna foster injerusalem has the latest on where negotiations stand. we are at that point in proceedings where, through the afternoon, i have been watching in the regional media, various briefings saying we re on the verge of an agreement, the framework of an everything through to israel saying no they won t agree to a ceasefire to end the war permanently. the key thing at this point in time is this is the moment would be here these briefings and hear different things from different sides but until we get some sort of official word, potentially from the egyptian mediators, in charge of the talks in cairo, really all of thatis talks in cairo, really all of that
active in gaza. mediators have been waiting for hamas to respond to an israeli proposal to halt the fighting for a0 days and to exchange hostages for palestinian prisoners. but even if a deal is reached, israeli prme minister benjamin netanyahu insists there will be a fresh military offensive in rafah. there has been widespread international concern that an israeli ground operation could endanger more than one million palestinians sheltering there. our correspondent, anna foster, in jerusalem, has more on where negotiations stand as of saturday. i ve been watching in the regional media, various briefings, everything from saying we re on the verge of an agreement the framework of an agreement everything through to israel saying no, they won t agree to a ceasefire to end the war permanently. the key thing at this point in time is this is the moment where we hear these briefings and hear different things from different sides but until we get some sort of official word, poten
particular concern of mine. the impact of disproportionate impact of stan stanardized tests has always been a concern for me. i want to ask you this question while i have you all here. have you seen, and i m not an advocate for or against, but have you seen any impact in terms of minority application rate or minority scores in applications with regard to the consequence of common core coming into the krim luck at the pool level. has anyone seen anything there. is it too early to tell? but it s something you could watch for and look for because that s going to deal with some critics from minority communities that are concerned the testing or curriculum may decrease the number of graduates for high school. i see the chancellor leaning forward. i think we re actually, unlike some places in the country, are leaning the forward pretty strongly on common core. and as we go through the transition, recognize there s going to be white water in the numbers that emerge. and so our f