To face. Im terrified. And triumphs, too. A kettle. Yes. Is that milk or juice . Milk. A fight for their kids that none of us can afford for them to lose. All the time that people told us he would never, well, he is. All the things they said he cant and he wont, well, he can and he will. Lives on the brink. Good evening and welcome to dateline. Im lester holt. All parents want a Bright Future for their children. What if the one thing that would help them get there is taken away. Dateline has spent three years investigating what happens when young adults with certain special needs age out of the education system. They and their families pay a steep price. And just maybe, so do the rest of us. Here is kate snow. Reporter its Graduation Day in a new york suburb a rite of passage that normally brings excitement, a sense of accomplishment, and Endless Possibilities for the future. This is nickolas kubicsko. His journey to this date was long because he has autism, a Brain Development disorde
Will vote on sometime next week. I also predict, mr. President , that this is the last farm bill that wont be driven by the new realities of people who want their food needs met in new ways. Those food needs are going to be greater, but were going to be less concerned, i would expect, five years from now about farm surpluses and what happens if we grow too much than we are about how we meet the growing food needs of the world, partly because of the population, partly because people once they get better food just want better food. Once you have the variety of food, once you have the experience of better food, nobody wants to go back to the food that they used to have. And were going to see that driving this debate over more over the next few years than we have up until now. Agriculture in many states, including my state of missouri, the number one industry in the state, 16 of our work force is directly involved in agriculture. It continues in state after state. You and i have both heard
Its tuesday november twenty six i m in washington dc and inherent a bit and youre watching our tea. And we begin today with the new report out by the Associated Press that exposes the secretive program once and when i did snag a at one time obey. The initiative was called penny lane and referred to a special detention facility and had one full kits to turn on high tech connected detainee is and Double Agents. After vigorous training in a special facility in those chosen detainees were sent back to their home countries and told to infiltrate groups in order to help us capture and kill al qaeda operatives. Of course this was risky considering that these prisoners could remain on their deal with the us and instead turned to kill americans. But as the ap reports for the ci day that was an acceptable risk for the american which was never told the programme was one of the many secret trade offs the government maine on its behalf. At the same time the government used the risk of terrorism to
In colombia, a great allies ally of ours. There seems to be a real situation in colombias largest port and the scent of its population were over half a million inhabitants, over 90 of them are black. They are mired in crime and poverty, and over 80 live below the poverty line. 30 are unemployed and virtually none have access to supplies of electricity, water or basic wrote infrastructure. This violence thats going on, i know we want to make sure we are able to address underlying social problems so if theres anything that what were doing there. And, finally, on the lines of what Ranking Member engel had asked, he talked a special about tuberculosis, but thanks in huge party was investment in Global Health, the world has cut by 50 the number of children who die before age five whether its pneumonia, malaria or tuberculosis. The leading killers of Children Worldwide. Were on the verge of some exciting breakthroughs and lifesaving potential. For example, another Usaid Youtube to prevent an
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