stimulus money which is supposed to be about creating and saving jobs. but to be fair, this is also part of a bigger pie. the education department got $100 billion out of the stimulus, tony, and they re telling me about 300,000 positions have been funded so far. look, we want to hear from all of you about your schools, your kids schools, we ve got conversation going on my blog, joshlevscnn, and anytime you have anything to say that s relevant about anything at all, the best website to go to in the world is cnn.com/tony. josh, appreciate it, thank you. the securities and exchange position may have failed taxpayers and missed bernie madoff, but we hear about the cops on the wall street beat. my eyes water. but with new zyrtec® liquid gels, i get allergy relief at liquid speed. that s the fast, powerful relief of zyrtec®, now in a liquid gel. zyrtec® is the fastest 24-hour allergy medicine.
reporter: if carlos was scared, there was no mistaking who got him through it. a stranger on the other end of the phone line, who in just moments became a friend. randi kaye, cnn, new york. boy, oh, boy. how good is that? very quickly let s get to rob marciano. and, rob, mar on the tornado warnings in florida? yeah, i just wanted to update you, this has been extended now to include the city of daytona beach, so you re looking at va lucia, north lake counties here and this into motion. you see the cells that are rotating or are moving that way and are rotating according to the national weather service doppler indications here. no confirm reports of funnel clouds sighted, but there s a bit of a buzz on the blogs of a funnel clouds sighted in daytona beach, but if you live in the area, you want to take cover, at the very least, gusty winds 40, 50 miles an hour and more winds behind this. as we mentioned earlier, the
federal money for other purposes and says it can no longer afford the longer bus trips. what we re looking at is 1200 students, so 40% of our student population, coming from, you know, the most underperforming schools in l.a. losing access to a great high school. reporter: palisades high says it can t afford the bus rides either. both sides say they re trying to find a solution before l.a. unified s june 30th budget deadline. for students like maria, time is running out. but the bottom line the district says is it will save $1.2 million a year by cutting this bus program, and that would be enough to pay the salaries of 14 teachers. casey wian, cnn, los angeles. next hour, and i m really looking forward to this conversation, we will talk with teacher joseph lee. how are budget cuts affecting what he does as a teacher. oh sure, we have plenty of employees that.
been hopscotching the region this week, meeting various leaders, trying to get talks back on track. listen to what he had to say at tel aviv university yesterday and president abbas and prime minister fayed, men i have known for a long time, israeli leaders finally have willing partners who share the goal of peace between two states and have the confidence to establish a nation. but, instead, two days ago, the esroyal government announced it was advanced planning for housing units in east jerusalem, i realize it s a touchy subject in jerusalem as well as in my own country. but because in my view it undermined the trust for negotiations, i at the request of president obama, condemned it immediately and unequivocally. cnn s paula hancocks joining us from jerusalem. paula, this move to build more settlements, the announcement coming, what, hours after the vice president had essentially
falling victim to toxic air exposure. one u.s. airways plane in particular had repeated problems in recent weeks, causing pilots and flight attendants to suffer severe health issues. january 16th, ambulances meet u.s. airways flight 1041 arriving in charlotte from st. thomas. eight passengers received medical treatment. seven crew members are rushed to the hospital after complaining of headaches and breathing problems. neither the pilots nor flight attendants would speak with cnn for fear of losing their jobs, but judith, an industrial hygienist with the association of flight attendants has been talking with her union members. headaches, confusion, some disorientation, dizziness, nausea. these are some of the symptoms that they have described. reporter: u.s. airways tells cnn there was a leak on a seal of the right engine of the boeing 767 that allowed toxic