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Enrollment is never predictable, but at this school, the katherine ferguson academy in detroit, it is very much needed. and that is a fact that the detroit school board recognized when they kept it open when it would have been cheaper to shut down katherine ferguson. this time last year, the very existence of this school was in doubt, and an emergency financial manager in charge of the zroit schools decided that katherine ferguson academy was going to be closed. at the time, the young women of t...

Thing in the world today. this is a high school graduation, typical sight this time of the year. but these young women are graduates of a school set up specifically for girls who are pregnant or who have already had young kids. its a school that supports its young moms with day care and with parenting classes, along with the traditional fall academic load. it is not an easy school to run, enrollment is never predictable, but at this school, the katherine ferguson academy in detroit, it is very m...

washington. this is very serious. theyre not telling us where these jets were scrambled from but you know it is serious when they scramble two aircraft to bring in a civilian passenger jet. >> reporter: yeah. the two f-15s for scrambled about 40 minutes before this plane landed in bangor. there are a couple nearby bases that could do that, but norad confirmed they did use two f-15s to accompany this plane, which is a boeing 767. us airways flight 787 onto the ground in bangor, maine. b...

Pennsylvania teacher sarah ferguson worked for free to keep her school open. now shes taking her fight to save public schools to "the ellen degeneres show." well have the highlights next. chinas trading policies have put over a million americans, their jobs at risk. what can the president do about it? well visit with leo girouard when we come back. ♪ its nice to be here ♪ ♪ its nice to see you... [ male announcer ] this is your moment. this is zales,

Tonight. pennsylvania teacher sarah ferguson worked for free to keep her school open. now shes taking her fight to save public schools to the ellen degeneres show. well have the highlights next. chinas trading policies have put over a million americans, their jobs at risk. what can the president do about it? well visit with leo girouard when we come back. [ male announcer ] to the 5:00 a.m. scholar.

Her school open. now shes taking her fight to save public schools to the ellen degeneres show. well have the highlights next. chinas trading policies have put over a million americans, their jobs at risk. what can the president do about it? well visit with leo girouard when we come back.

On a personal note, i have to tell you, when we aired that story, particularly the part of the story of those girls getting arrested trying to keep their school open, i get feedback from people i know who watch the show all the time. that was the only time the feedback after watching one of our shows from a lot of people that i know was them asking me how to get there, how to physically go there, because they wanted to go help. we have got more ahead. we have more ahead including what happens wh...

Have to tell when you we aired that story, a particularly -- the part of the story of those girls getting arrested trying to keep their school open, i mean i get feedback from people i know who watch the show all the time. that was the only time the feedback after watching one of our shows from a lot of people that i know was them asking me how to get there. how to physically go there. they wanted to go help. we have more ahead. everyone have their new blackberry from at&t?

Morning. >> were you at all concerned that you werent going to be able to get out? i know this ferry was delayed, of course, due to weather. what was that feeling like? that anticipation as you waited to leave libya? >> well, you know, things deteriorated really quickly. i met with the board on sunday afternoon and we opted to continue running the american school because we didnt feel like there was imminent threat. most everything that was going on was going on in benghazi. and, you know, there...

>> good morning. yes, absolutely. i slept better and longer, which was the optimum. im feeling very refreshed this morning. >> were you concerned you werent going to be able to get out? i know the ferry was delayed due to weather. what was it like, the anticipation to leave libya? >> caller: things deteriorated quickly. i met sunday afternoon and we opted to continue running the american school because we didnt feel like there was eminent threat. most everything going on was away from us. things...