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On top of that, watching the red river valley, flooding in the des moines area with flood warnings there, but we dont think the river will get to its highest level until late this weekend, this is the snowmelt water equivalent map that shows you everywhere in the purplish area thats a good 4 inches of rain or basically water once the snow melts out. so, this will cause big problems if it melts off. >> thank you, jacqui. it seems pretty drastic, firing every teacher at a high school in rhode is...

Across the country in fact could be shut down because of budget cuts. well talk about some alternatives at the top of the hour. firing teachers in rhode island, a plan to close 29 out of 61 schools? kansas city, radical steps to improve student performance. were talking about these krofrial movies. what do you think? good or bad idea? go to cnn.com and post your comments. ill read some of your comments on the air next hour. honoring heroes of world war ii, they nerve served in combat, but th...

Accused of recruiting terrorists overseas under the online name jihad jane. the federal indictment says 46-year-old colleen larose also agreed to kill a swedic cartoonist who outraged muslims. she had her blond hair and blue eyes would help avoid suspicion. now a third arrest in a church shooting in richmond. you may remember these pictures from last month. two teenage brothers were shot. police say an 18-year-old is now in custody. a 15 and 16-year-old were arrested in the days right after th...

The right thing. you have different unions and locals operating in different ways. we know the cost that the bottom rung of our teachers costs us in terms of student performance. replace those teachers. the union should be leading the way here. if theyre a professional organizations, they should honor excellence and reward it. much more coming up, including school systems scrambling to find some ways to cut costs, and to keep education going. some states are considering some very drastic measu...

Called campus police. this was the chancellors office at that particular building. and were learning more about the controversy over the firing of nearly # 00 high school teachers and staff at one rhode island high school. teachers rallied before a meeting of the governing board. central falls high, teachers were fired after the union rejected a plan. the teachers union has now indicated support for longer school days, more tutoring opportunities, and stiffer evaluations of their performances....

On monday, president obama cited the firings as an example of how there needs to be accountability for poor student performance. so he, it sounds like, endorses it. >> i remember the song "she works hard for the money. ">> yeah, she does. >> a young child -- i dont know the second part of the song. serves as an air traffic controller at one of the nations busiest airports. a kid. the child was allowed to talk to other pilots and investigators say it appears the kid was supervisorsed by another c...

88 teachers all now without jobs next school year. the reason for the firings? chronic poor student performance. the question, is it time this happened or is the action too extreme? finally were going to bring you a follow-up to a story we brought you last night about six haitian orphans who are supposed to be on their way to the u.s. but were caught up in red tape. our gary tuckman stayed with them all day. it was a wild ride, to say the least, and were going to tell you whats next. larry, weve...

Toyota is standing by the contention that the problem with the cars is only the gas pedal and the carpet mats, not related to anything electronic, not something bigger and possibly much more dangerous. but our investigation says otherwise. were going to tell you what we found, and well also look at what some are calling the too cozy relationship between the car companies and the lawmakers investigating it. also tonight, larry, a high school in rhode island just hours ago deciding to fire their...

From public schools and some say the race to the top unfairly links teacher pay to student performance. all of it, a lot is at stake, 50 million students across the country. >> this is a debate a lot of people have a stake in. parents whose children are being educated, teachers, school districts, superintendents and even at the university level. lets bring in the president of the university of maryland in baltimore county. has no child left behind worked until this point, or does the whole proce...

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