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CanalPointKECTV/YouTube As an 11-year-old, student reporter Damon Weaver landed the interview of his dreams with then-President Obama. In the 10-minute interview, the two discussed education in America, with topics ranging from funding to whether Obama had the power to change school lunches. Weavers suggestion included French fries and mangoes as staples for all students. Weaver, who continued to pursue a journalism career into college, died May 1 at age 23. His sister, Candace Hardy, tol...

Damon Weaver, Student Reporter Who Interviewed Obama, Dies At 23 By Wynne Davis  May 16, 2021 As an 11-year-old, student reporter Damon Weaver landed the interview of his dreams with then-President Obama. In the 10-minute interview, the two discussed education in America, with topics ranging from funding to whether Obama had the power to change school lunches. Weaver’s suggestion included French fries and mangoes as staples for all students. Weaver, who continued to pursue a journalism care...

Damon Weaver, Student Reporter Who Interviewed Obama, Dies At 23 at 4:07 pm NPR As an 11-year-old, student reporter Damon Weaver landed the interview of his dreams with then-President Obama. In the 10-minute interview, the two discussed education in America, with topics ranging from funding to whether Obama had the power to change school lunches. Weavers suggestion included French fries and mangoes as staples for all students. Weaver, who continued to pursue a journalism care...

Mattresses and pillows to cover your head and your familys bodies. remain in place through the passage of these life threatening conditions. thats pretty much it. naples. marco island. golden gate estates. everglade city. that message will be extended northward as we track the eye right up the coast. >> our friends at the weather channel are talking about naple, florida, one of their meteorologists is outside. were talking about these palm trees. palm trees bill, have a kind of -- famously and b...

Not hit 100, but were talking about highs in the upper 90s. not only here, down south, tennessee valley, midwest, another sweltering day today for some, fourth day in a row cracking the century mark. in atlanta yesterday, all-time high at 106. arent you glad you are in an air conditioned studio? >> yes, i am and that root ball, an amazing effect. >> look at that? >> 68", that thing is about twice your height. >> just a couple inches taller than willie geist. >> thank you very much. and this su...

Place in new orleans. we dont want a repeat of that we know how difficult it is, whether its new orleans. dont want to be forgotten about. >> just to give you a little bit of the lay of the land and ken skelton he and his wife rode out the tornado. can you see the open door just beside the white door. they were inside there as this part of the house sheared off and then the front of the house sheared off. he said he thought the storm was over and about that time he popped his head up and the bac...

Business worldwide. martin back to you. >> thank you very much, indeed. a deadly storm system in the central part of the country has now killed nine people in less than 24 hours. a powerful tornado almost wiped out the town of vilonia, arkansas, flattening homes. this is vilonia. look at the damage. look at this tree. this huge root ball getting uplifted by those strong tornadic winds. weather service doing their surveys. well find out how strong later today. this close the main route in, high...