Busses for the Los Angeles Unified School district are not moving this morning. More than 640thousand students from kindergarten through high school were told to stay home. This after at least one School Board Member received an electronic bomb threat. I think it is important that i take the precaution based on what has happened recently and what has happened in the past. Now about 12hundred schools are closed while Police Search every single building. Weve chosen to close our schools until we can be absolutely sure campuses are safe. A cafeteria worker from one school said the threat is extremely unsettling. Oh my god, im so scared. And at the same time i feel like, really angry, because they just trying to scare us. And you know, theyre doing it. Officials have asked businesses in the area to be flexible with their employees today who may need to stay home to take care of their children. Erika edwards, nbc news there have been no threats officers will be patrolling there today as a p
We use, they work in correlation with road temps. The pavement temperatures are really what it is all about. Whatever we do get. The city of des moines estimates the warmer weather saved the department at least 50thousand dollars this month because they havent had to plow yet. Lets now head down to Jennifer Mcdermed at the science center. She has the latest on when and how much snowfall we can expect in the metro tomorrow. Crews in the metro are picking up the pieces from last weeks storm today. This garage on watrous avenue near Jefferson Elementary School is being cleaned up today. It was destroyed during last weeks severe weather, which knocked down trees, damaged roofs and blew windows out of homes last week in parts of the state. We are getting ready for another big afternoon here at channel 13 as the iowa forums continue. Donald trump joins our political director dave price live for the third hour long event today. This forum will focus on job creation. It is at the dmacc campus
Figure out whos at fault in a deadly crash. Police say 61 year old James Anthony pascasio was hit by a car driven by a 19 year old as he was crossing hubbell avenue. At east 42nd street. It happened yesterday evening. It was dark. And there arent stoplights at the intersection. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. Los angeles Public Schools reopened today after a bomb threat forced hundred of thousands of students home yesterday. Classes for the districts 9 hundred schools were canceled after a bomb threat was sent via email. At least one teacher within the district received that email. A similar threat was received in new york city hours later. However authorities there concluded it to be a hoax and didnt send students home the Des Moines Police Department Says they are prepared for a variety of threats if a similar incident were to happen here weve got a fully staffed and equipped bomb squad thats set up and in place 24 hours a day to respond to these types of incidents, whet
To keep in mind. The Iowa Caucuses in the past, the last republican to become president and won the iowa caucus was george h. W. Bush. George w. Bush, excuse me. It will be interesting to seek candidates focus on New Hampshire. That is where our focus will be. We will be talking political and was all morning and theres a lot to come on the today show. We begin with education was. Annual Washoe County state of Education Address was highlighted with the district achievements this past year. 75 Graduation Rate is up 9 from 2012 in multiple programs served as national models, such as parent and teacher visits to home and social and Emotional Learning programs. They addressed the biggest challenges, and davis didnt sugarcoat the situation. She said overcrowding will force schools to have double sessions within five years if no davis also announced that a grant of 1 million per year was received for 13 years, for transforming youth recovery for protective program that addresses substance abu
Benefit of a clean energy economy. It is time to wake up. I yield the floor to my friend, the distinguished senator from louisiana. The presiding officer the senator from louisiana. Ms. Landrieu thank you, senator. Im so happy to follow him on the floor today and some to see him again. Weve worked together on so many important issues, mr. President , wonderful to see you and to be back on the floor. I come today for a very special reason. I am so proud to present to the senate a package of lands bills that have been included in the Defense Authorization act. And whats significant about this particular package is its quite large and its the first package in almost six years, in almost three congresses which is quite an accomplishment for our committee. And i am so proud of the staff of our committee, energy and Natural Resources. I made this a priority when i took over as chair nine months ago. It was a long shot to see if we could put any package at all together. It had eluded us for s