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Ov overturned and into buildings and entire towns are destroyed. >> nbcs lester holt is in indiana. good day to you, lester. >> reporter: one of the most remarkable stories of survival and heroism occurred at the school, its an willmentry school complex. they new administrators were coming and they decided to dismiss classes 20 minutes early. most of the kids were put on busses and taken home. however, some of those bus driver his not finished their routes when they saw the funnel cloud coming a...

>> she was first. >> it should be her first priority to protect students. >> now, two students were treated for minor injuries. the teacher can be seen on video guarding some of the kids in the hallway. administrators insist that she used her best judgment. who knows how any of us would react? in an unlikely situation like that. >> reminded me of that seinfeld episode where theres a fire in the apartment and george costanzo pushes the grandma down to get out. >> no windows here. >> i think were ...

Better. feathers ruffled, nontenured teachers and supervisors were laid off but the school did a 180. >> i am very proud to say this is not my achievement, its their achievement, that in one year they flipped the school so that we were no longer in a needs improvement status. >> reporter: a 33-year-old native of new jersey, says administrators and teachers performed that turnaround with a new philosophy. >> not blaming the kids. i dont want to go home they dont have enough food to eat or a place...

Fabulous 89th congress in which the congress of the united states resembled the massachusetts legislature. so it was so heavily democratic, democrats were swept into office in the fall of 1964, senate and house. taking a look at the election right now today, george will might be on to something. >> might be on to something. >> as long as they keep talking about contraception rather than what goes on this high school each and every day and in the lives of ordinary people, huge sweep. >> and you k...

Welcome back to ft. lee high school in ft. lee, new jersey. were just across the george washington bridge in the hudson river from new york city. and its time to talk about this school and what we are doing here this morning. its been a highly regarded school for a long time. >> great school. >> in the top 100 for years, dipped a little bit in test scores a few years ago, brought in new administrators, new people, got a new message. youll meet some of them right here. ft. lee, new jersey, the fi...

In need of improvement. >> we had a significant percentage of the population that were struggling to meet the benchmark expectations that are required. so it showed us that we had two levels of ft. lee high school. >> we needed to do a better job on our end to make sure that every kid was receiving what he or she needs. >> with the support of the assistant superintendent of ft. lee public schools and as of last fall the interim superintendent, principal church told her teachers they had to do be...

York city. at the top of the show we told you about the michigan republican partys decision to award its two at large delegates to mitt romney changing it al t allotment from a 15-15 split between romney and santorum, which santorum called a victory, to a 16 to 14 edge to romney. tell your friends that mitt romney spent an estimated $266,875 per delegate in michigan while rick santorum got his 14 delegates for the bargain price of $164,286 apiece. romney and his super pac outspent santorum and f...

im in front of an apartment complex where six people lost their lives. ill bring you the whole story from here and from the whole area in the south and midwest that was hit by these deadly storms. >> and winner take some. mitt romney wins michigan but splits the delegates with rick santorum. romney also picking up another state. this all happening right before super tuesday. and after three days at sea without power means no lights, no toilets, no showers and infested waters, a cruise ...

Elementary school at 9:00 a.m. grief counselors will be on hand. students will return to school on friday. in chardon, ohio, reena ninan, abc news. >> and just one day after that terrible incident a 12-year-old texas boy was taken into custody accused of bringing a loaded gun to school. warren junior high was evacuated after the boy reportedly aimed the gun at a student for dissing a girl. he put the gun away, but when word got out, of course, administrators then called police. the seventh-grade...

Oil! this is nothing but a subsidy or -- this is subsidizing more dependency on foreign oil. we cant continue to put ourselves in this position. dangerous for the country. >> but, what about the suggestion by some on the right that thats what this president wants anyway, he wants the prices to go up so people drive less and theres less gas and stuff. >> he can step in and tap the spr and show everybody he has the power to lower gas prices at least for the time being. this is not the long term so...