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acknowledge that thats become the perception. but not necessarily the reality. >> we all have dierent personali personalities, but we have to look at the facts. the citys better four years later. whether you look at crime, whether you look at educaon. whether you look at development. >> reporter: neil timmons agrees. >> hes done a pretty good job over the course the last few years that hes been mayor. thats how theyre attacking him, hes detached. so what? sos everyone else. thats the b...

Institute at childrens national medical center in washington, d.c. dr. wright, you know, how can school officials not know this is going on? every parent in america is asking that question tonight. >> yes, ed. this is a very troubling situation in south hadley, and the problem is that we are at a cross roads where the issue of bullying is one that is based on a generational experience and many adults have grown up where bullying was considered a normative passage and the behaviors that constitut...

Really its an issue of awareness and acceptance that this is a big problem. >> should students take a role coming forward? >> oh, absolutely. there has to be engagement by everybody in the community environment. most of the behaviors do go on in the school environment so it takes students, school personnel, teachers and parents to be involved in order to make headway with this issue. >> dr. joseph wright, thanks for your time tonight. appreciate it very much. >> thank you, ed. up next, the lat...

At school. >> it was common knowledge to the south hadley student body. the investigation revealed certain faculty, staff, administrators of the high school were alerted to the harassment of phoebe prince before her death. >> reporter: experts say its painfully familiar. >> we consider it a rite of passage. everyone says its bullying, its words. who cares if someone shoves you into the locker? were seeing more and more teens taking their lives as bullying becomes constant. >> reporter: sadly, ev...

let me finish tonight with an account of grace under pressure. 29 years ago shots rang out on washington, d.c., sidewalk. the first hit presidential press secretary jim brady, second d.c. police officer, the third hit a building across the street. the fourth hit secret service agent timothy mccarthy. the fifth hit ronald reagan, the president of the united states. the bullet that hit president reagan was lodged an inch from his heart. unaware of the presidents condition, shoved the pre...

ann agree goff here. you have good news? >> a water main break. >> it was a mess yesterday. it was like university was a river. >> we may see the rivers high friday into saturday as we expect the decent showers around. this morning, light sprinkles trying to move into the area there. this is really light and most of i doubt if it is reaching the ground. we may have a few more sprinkles. eastern kentucky into southern ohio. that is reaching the ground. locally, we look at the dopplers...

year-old didnt transport the girl to the hospital. it was nine hours later that a second crew took the child to childrens national medical center. she died the next day. in a letter to the editor of the washington post, dr. joseph wright, senior vice president at the hospital and director of ems wrote the decision not to immediately transport a two- year-old is inexcusable. >> that is currently still being investigated. >> ems unions president thinks dr. wright is premature and making ...

. new onight, parents are demanding answers in the wake of a grade changing scanned arl at winston churchill high school in potomac, maryland. >> the principal held a community meeting. fox 5s maureen umeh was there and joins us with the very latest. >> reporter: shawn and brian, parents came to this meeting looking for answers, lookin for assurances but frankly, a lot of them left disappointed not really learning more about this grade changing scheme. school officials are promising...

♪ host: good morning on this presidents day weekend. the house and senate are in recess. president obama will be going to camp david later today. later this week he has campaign stops in denver and las vegas. marines say the offensive could take weeks to take control of the taliban stronghold in afghanistan. in an interview later today, joe biden says that his predecessor, dick cheney, is either misinformed or misinforming when it comes to the administrations efforts to combat terror...

the right now i think by every market indicator, the video is robustly competitive good post over on the setup time commissioner mcdowell. senator snowe and one are introduced to the fcc. do you support that? >> guest: how could i be against pretty more expertise to the fcc? especially because mark warner is introducing the bill. i think thats a terrific thing and we do need to make sure that we have worked technical ideas at the fcc. a lot of our engineers on staff, some of the best a...