it cannot be born. host: we talked with senator lamar alexander, who is a supporter of the rewrite of note had left behind, giving more control, more authority to states. will that change? guest: i do not think it will significantly change. if you go back and look at no child left behind -- host: and supported by george w. bush. guest: signed into law by george w. bush. it was an example of republicans increasing government. in per-pupilcrease spending on education, but you pretty much flat lined on the national test. personally, when i believe should happen, and it should have been on the local level, local communities say let's give kids a choice, let's give parents a choice. let's take the amount of money spent and give the vouchers to parents. and let that parent take the child to any school they want. baltimore, detroit, washington, dc, let's have freedom of trace in education. guest: well, i have come around on vouchers over the years. i have been to cities like cleveland, milwaukee, the district of columbia here has a public-private cooperation voucher program. and the thing ab

their ways. and from alexander hamilton to caitlyn jenner and everything in between. >> that's awesomer than anything in the last movie. >> the year in pop culture when "all in" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. after decades of rumors, formal accusations, and public denials, america's most famous iconic accused serial rapist was arraigned today on charges of aggravated indecent assault, a second-degree felony. and even after everything we've learned about bill cosby in the past year, in which dozens of women came forward to accuse him of wrongful sexual misconduct, the image of the man formally regarded as america's dad taking a perp walk is a stunning one. the new charges stem from an old case. in 2004, a woman named andrea constand accused cosby of drugging and sexually abusing her at her home in philadelphia. she was an employee of temple university where cosby had graduated and later sat on the board of trustees. at the time, a local montgomery county district attorney declined to bring charges, citing insufficient evidence. and andrea constand sued

court that era. case,t florida-alabama the alexander vs. sandoval case, of garrett vs. alabama board trustee's case, which challenged congressional authority to subject state governments to certain kinds of lawsuits. and i had hired a good friend of mine, who is now a circuit judge on the sixth circuit, jeff sutherland, to represent our state in some of those cases before the supreme court. but i became convinced that the state solicitor general model would be something that would getw us to do even more, even bigger bang for our buck, and we could bring in young lawyers, many of whom had clerked on the supreme court of the united states, or just a few years out of law school, but were very talented and would love the opportunity to be involved in high-profile litigation representing state governments and states' supreme court's, and federal court of appeals, and occasionally in the supreme court of the united states, opportunities that they would not get as junior lawyers at big law firms. a salary thatthem would be competitive to attract them. could pay them far less than it would

better understood through the context 's michelle alexander book on the new jim crow. isil and violent extremism has been rampant throughout the islamic world for decades, and systematically, the public closed its eyes to it. c-span has been a wonderful gift to the nation. the incredible insight and adventurism into the newest technologies that are out there -- c-span was a pioneer in iowaer, back with the caucus people in 2008. it is just a remarkable gift to the nation. i do not think that there are very many other organizations that come close. flow thanks for the strong of support for this network. action, everything she mentioned, you can watch online at c-span.org at any time. that is one of the great things about the network, the website, the archives. -- rain is calling now lorraine is calling now. i guess we will not hear from lorraine. let's try north carolina, independent caller. what is your name? dare.r: my name is t i dominate nikki haley. she might not be number one, by think the way that she handled the charleston shooting was phenomenal. i think she did the right thing

appealing for you? >> well, a number of things, jamie alexander is a star waiting to happen for years, and so giving her her own show, and standard procedural, and throwing in the twists, and the twists make it work, and another thing, too, i'm a numbers guy ultimately even though i wear shirts like this, and the numbers are great for "blind spot" both the same day, and dvr hit hits. all of the networks have had a hard time, and i would say, they try, they try, and in this era of the cable and the streaming, and "blind spot" has hit the ma mark. >> and to your point, transparent, and season one, a blockbuster, and picked up a couple of the golden globes, and back for a second season, and hugely popular and why? >> because transparent is the best show around, and season two which debuts earlier in the month on amazon, and the best show on tv got better. it speaks to not only to our time, but to the most intimate nature of family and love, and a sense of identity. jo sollo wway speaks great to u >> and what about jessica jones? >> we will be putting up parts with one of the top ten tv s

ticket on broadway. "hamilton" a kind of hip-hop musical, tells us of alexander hamilton, immigrant, ambitious young rebel, a founding father who arguably never got the recognition he deserved. >> i'm actually working on a hip-hop album. it's a concept album about the life of someone who i thinks embodies hip-hop, treasury secretary alexander hamilton. ( laughter ) you laugh. >> "hamilton's" creator and star, lin-manuel miranda, performed an early version of one of the play's songs at the white house in 2009. ♪ i was the son of the scotsman ♪ ♪ dropped in the middle ♪ in the caribbean ♪ to be a hero and a scholar >> brown: when we talked recently, he told me how hamilton's life came to be about so much more. >> the joy of discovery of, oh, if i tell hamilton's story, i actually tell the story of the forming of our country, that was a joyous experience. and i think, honestly, that's the secret sauce in the score. i was learning this stuff as i was researching it to write the show. i knew the basic outlines that everyone knows. he was on the $10 and he died in a duel. that's

was andrew jackson who waged a bank or and thomas jefferson and alexander hamilton fought so vigorously about the banks. fdr wereilson and strong leaders who took on the banking industry. some of them make mistakes. maybe they didn't fully understand it but there was the exchange in the conversation and we don't see that as much these days. before joining the university of georgia law school, our guest, mehrsa at brighamtaught young university. you make them between $25,000-$50,000? caller: yes, i do. i am a veteran. i average in the middle. my wife had to have knee surgery. and the insurance that she has , ther job only pays 80% , wethat we have to pay found out what we read for the surgery that i had to pay that before she could get the surgery. fromo i had to take money our bills from my check to pay for the surgery that she was going to have. that is put me behind. from to borrow money different places in order to make up for the money that i had. and now i have loan bills to pay have got to cover other things that i have. and i find now today that the president or the go

program begins, we are fortunate to have rabbi stephanie alexander here in charleston. a congregation found in 1749, this is one of the oldest jewish congregations in the u.s. and it is a knowledge and recognized to be the birthplace of reform judaism in the u.s. rabbi? [applause] stephanie: good morning. friends, let us pray. oh source of wisdom, resolve and power, as we gather today, a diverse and determined cross-section of this great city we dedicate ourselves to the primary task you have set before us all. not just today, but every day. to safeguard the health and well-being of our community. body and soul. as we learn and reflect strategize and deliberate today grant us the wisdom to see with focus and clarity how the proliferation of gun violence threatens every part of our well-being. confirm our resolve to reject the status quo that steals blameless lives and terrorizes innocent souls. solidify our power to shape a new reality, one where fear yields to hope, acquiescence becomes courage. violence gives way to peace. a modern-day isaiah might tell us to beat our handguns into

like to thank professor alexander for inviting me. is to would like to do explore the status of jerusalem in hope of offering insights on how to resolve the problem. i will start by introducing my association with the city and then talk a little bit about the history of the city and then discuss some potential way of trying to resolve the problem on the city. man appointed my great-grandfather to be the custodian of the king david tomb. mayor,n the first actually -- the ottoman empire study the municipalities -- started the minister polities by having one in istanbul. the second one was in jerusalem. rahman was appointed as mayor. for is the family picture the family in 1942. this is my father's wedding. actually in 1948, the jordanian s saved them and this family. after the jewish quarter fell, they saved to the library from being burned. just was a lot there but i mentioned it. is what i'm going to talk and so i will be focusing on what i am saying, how the rule over jerusalem has between theted muslims, the christians, and the jews. it is basically from the ancient history. j

and alexander hamilton fought so vigorously about the banks. fdr wereilson and strong leaders who took on the banking industry. some of them make mistakes. maybe they didn't fully understand it but there was the exchange in the conversation and we don't see that as much these days. before joining the university of georgia law school, our guest, mehrsa at brighamtaught young university. you make them between $25,000-$50,000? caller: yes, i do. i am a veteran. i average in the middle. my wife had to have knee surgery. and the insurance that she has , ther job only pays 80% , wethat we have to pay found out what we read for the surgery that i had to pay that before she could get the surgery. fromo i had to take money our bills from my check to pay for the surgery that she was going to have. that is put me behind. from to borrow money different places in order to make up for the money that i had. and now i have loan bills to pay have got to cover other things that i have. and i find now today that the president or the government is not going to raise social security. the government is

lamar alexander is our guest. this is the follow-up to no child left behind. he explains why this law was needed and signed by the president this month hear. in -- [video clip] >> that accelerated would race to the top -- with race to the top. congress, in 2007, we failed leave no child behind. suddenly, brothers -- governors had to come to washington and play mother may i. may we fix performing schools that way? suddenly, you had washington running 80,000 schools in 42 states. we got rid of all that and we kept the tests so we know how people are doing. those are state designed to tests -- state designed tests. everybody was really fed up with washington telling 100,000 public schools so much about what to do, and it was really creating a backlash on efforts to set higher standards, mainly common core and teacher evaluation. host: i know you were very careful in crafting those prohibitions. some school district advocates that i've spoken to are really worried that this department will try to continue to wield a big federal hammer to the extent that it can. mr. alexander: we expec

tomorrow at 10:00 through six ago. thetor lamar alexander, chair of the health, education, labor and pensions committee talking about a variety of issues including why he things a new education law is needed. >> it began with no child left behind in 2001. federal requirements for tests, reporting the tests, a few other things. when president obama came in, that accelerated with what they call race to the top. congress, and we get ourselves the blame, we felt since 2007 to reauthorize no child left behind, suddenly, government -- governors had to come to washington pleading mother may i saying may we evaluate our teachers this way? maybe set of standards this way? maybe fix performance goals this way? washingtonou had running 80,000 schools in 42 states. we got rid of all of that. we kept the tests. we will know how people are doing. those are state designs tests. what to do about the tests now moves to the governors of chief state school officers, classroom teachers. that is why it had such support. everyone was fed up with washington telling 100,000 public schools so much about what

newsmakers program which airs on .unday at 10:00 and 6:00 senator alexander is the chair of the education committee. here he is talking about some of those issues. [video clip] it began with no child left behind in 2001 with requirements for tests, reporting tests, and other things. accelerated was when president obama came in with race to the top. congress, we failed in 2007 to reauthorize no child left behind. suddenly, governors had to play mother may i with at the department of education saying may we evaluate our teachers this way, standards this way, evaluate schools this way? you had washington running 82,000 schools. we got rid of that. theap the tests -- we kept state-designed tests could what to do with the tests now moves to the governors, officers, and teachers. everyone was fed up with telling 100,000 public schools so much of what to do. it was creating a backlash on setting higher standards, mainly common core and teacher of valuation. >> i know you were careful crafting prohibitions. solomon school district advocates are worried the continuet will try to wielding a bigger

do that. up thate caller brought senator lamar alexander will be joining our "newsmakers" program on sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. he is the chairman of the house education and labor and pensions committee. how would you respond to salt river on twitter who says that people are not on board with this bill? we sent you there to stop this kind of government abuse, why has gop folded? guest: iran on that and i put my ran onles in public -- i that and i put my principles in public. i agree. that is not why they sent the republicans there. this budget will probably pass with more democrats voting for it than republicans. the republicans own the house, so not a very good negotiation when we are losing on almost all the big issues and the last caller called about sequestration, and we broke the caps on the military and social spending side by $80 billion or so. i agree. rightyan is making the moves right now in terms of process, so we hope that the process will yield a better product deer, but there is a lot of special interest groups out have been promised strains of government revenu

gucci's alexander. he started a men's collection that included bustles, bells and lace. women's attire had been applied to men. social change meted out in the form of revolution. a designer fashioned with technology in search for new materials and techniques. her clothes are other-worldly, such as dresses that look like waves captured mid-splash. she's a futurist and without designers like her, we would all still be in panta loons and hoop skiers. when people see her work, they freak out. i know this because people write to me. it's only natural to be unnerved but something unfamiliar, but other categories regularly shock us without sending us into a fit of degreed mocking. we have been informed drones will soon be delivering dog food to our front door and the only question we ask is how fast? in other industries, we leap forward and are encouraged to look closer. but not fashion. the first reaction from so many, men in particular, is to laugh -- who would wear that? if there is one thread in all the lampooning and fretting is the belief that the mere existence of strange and expensive

and we shouldn't let that stop us from doing the other things. >> peter alexander, you eluded to this in your first comments that immigration could come back to haunt -- i'm sorry, to ron fornier, immigration could be the issue that really trips up marco rubio with the republican right, because of his past co-sponsorship with chuck schumer and others. >> it's been a big mystery why it has taken this long for rubio's critics to come at him hard from the right on immigration. it's obviously an issue that hurts him in two ways. one, he tried to do something that most republicans think is amnesty, even though i think they are distorting that word. and second, he didn't get it done. so it's the worst of both worlds. he's to the left of his right-leaning party and he was ineffective in actually creating policy. i want to go back to, real quick, to ted cruz. this is bad, also, politically, even just the allegation that he might have gone too far in exposing u.s. secrets. because don't forget who is probably awaiting the republican nominee, hillary clinton. and if it's bad enough that she mig

crucial state. peter alexander and mark halperin are both with us. peter good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. in las vegas. it's a cool one out but it's going to be hot on that debate stage. the key matchup will be between donald trump and ted cruz right now. ted cruz has benefitted by ben carson cratering, specifically among those very conservative supporters. as you look at it, the real question most are focused on is will cruz knock off trump? this morning donald trump and ted cruz are dominating the republican field. polls show trump still leading nationalwide but cruz gaining. with cruz be surging,

yourself for stuff. that it wasn't your fault. >> reporter: her brother alexander, who has gotten his asthma under control, is now a starting running back on his school's varsity football team. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: cameron, who takes weekly dance classes, still struggles. but as she learns to cope with her anxieties, she's starting to better manage her asthma, one breath at a time. for the pbs newshour, i'm indira lakshmanan in detroit. >> woodruff: on our website, learn how stress-fueled health conditions like asthma may actually be passed from one generation to another. and find a link to the full report from "the detroit news," which includes more on the research, and each of the families profiled in our story. that's on our home page. >> ifill: on the newshour online right now, a popular art form that once reinforced stereotypes about native americans is now telling a different story. rocky mountain pbs explores how a new wave of comic books offers fresh takes on native identity. all that and more is on our web site, pbs.org/newshour >> woodruff: and that's the newshour for tonigh

you. it's not an easy one to solve. i have set them at top experts like keith alexander, one of the brightest minds on this issue, but i do believe that the first step is forcing them to get together in the same room to work out these differences and find a solution. i can't say that i have all the solutions to the problem, but i know the experts know how to get there. i think that is what this legislation will provide. >> david smith of "the guidian." you mentioned new efforts about people trying to enter the u.s. in terms of the refugee program. do you have any further details on that? the second question is, would you rule out a major ground force in iraq or syria, or is that a debate worth having? chairman mccaul: these are two different issues. the refugee crisis is as a symptom of a larger problem. the root cause is the civil in syria and the creation of isis and the failure to engage maliki in any political dialogue, and thereby, disenfranchising the sunni tribes. most chose isis. we saw them drop their weapons in mosul because they didn't want to fight isis. the refugee prob

opening for the moderate establishment candidate. pat buchanan. in 1996. dole, alexander was behind him. trump is in first place right now. think about who is behind him. it's cruz, carson. you add those together, you're at 60%. i don't see necessarily how they all flock to marco rubio. >> that's outsider supporters. steve kornacki -- >> what's funning is the "new york times" article basically points out, correctly, the only candidate that republicans fear more if you're kelly ayotte, ron johnson or mark kirk, than the number one person in the republican lineup right now is the number two in ted cruz. ted cruz would be devastating for republican candidates in illinois, in new hampshire. you name it. in blue states. devastating. >> steve kornacki, you will have more reporting on this coming up at 9:00 a.m. jamie weinstein will read your latest piece at "the daily caller." >>> still up, yahoo! now considering selling the very business that made it famous. >>> we'll go to the new york stock exchange for that story next. this holiday season, get ready for homecomings. i see you brought

because mainstream republican vote was hopelessly fractured between bob dole, lamar alexander, steve forbes coming in fourth that year. the day after the primary, bob dole came downstairs, reframed the race as a contest between the mainstream and extreme, started beating pat buchanan 2-1 in primary after primary and had the nomination sewed up. it took pat buchanan winning to united republican party in favor of bob dole. >> we've got to wait next year for wednesday to know what happened on tuesday? we can't go by election results tuesday night as to who actually won? if trump wins the new hampshire primary, are you going to give that same speech? >> it's going to take more than one caucus and more than one primary to nominate a candidate this cycle. >> you are not selling that primary, you are not selling the republican primary in new hampshire if you say it doesn't matter. >> no. >> that's what you are saying. >> there will be good candidates who will finish fifth or sixth and be out of the race after that. more than one or two candidates will survive new hampshire this year. that's