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Nothing standard about a day when 640,000-plus kids are told that it is too dangerous to come to your school today. that is the reality, folks. we will have more on this story in a moment, and live from the republican debate venue in vegas, and we will give you the update on what is happening as those candidates are getting ready to join us here at the venetian hotel. quick break after this. try alka-seltzer heartburn reliefchews. they work fast and don't taste chalky. mmm...amazing. i have heartburn. alka-seltzer heartburn reliefchews. enjoy the relief. when a moment spontaneously turns roman...

So they are looking for a backpack or a package. some type of bomb. obviously not an assault. there are 900 schools in lausd and they have closed all of them. that is unprecedented. out of an abundance of caution according to the superintendent. >> i know it is cold. we are making every effort to see we get the notification to parents as soon as possible but i am not taking the chance of bringing children into any part of the building until i know it is safe. >> reporter: that means lausd is calling in all of the resources it can from the county, federal level, fbi, atf, are going to have to s...

Go after them. 640,000 kids didn't get to go to school today in l.a. probably weren't too happy about that because we couldn't guarantee their safety because the government lets somebody in the country who wants to harm them. we got to get serious. >> what was it about educating our candidate about foreign policy now, i mean, shouldn't that have been done beforehand? >> yeah. i know, but he's just more comfortable. he absorbs a lot of information very fast, but he's spent a lot of time in the last five or six weeks with folks like henry kissenger and bud mcfarland. he'll do very well tonight. ...

Decision? we don't know. we do know it was serious for them to close down lausd, the second largest district in the country. >> jon: you are saying this is a call that came in? it was described as electronic communication earlier. >> reporter: no, it came in as an e-mail. the los angeles times is saying phone call. >> jenna: we are bringing in the ceo of investigative management, a group that advises on security. this school district has 640,000 students between kindergarten and 12th grade. 900 schools.

Republican debate that we are discussing, and i will update you as to the arrival of the candidates shortly, but there is a breaking story coming to us if you are just joining us out of the los angeles area. the los angeles unified school district is closed for business. 640,000-plus kids have been informed no school today. the messages going out to the parents, do not send your children to school today, and there has been a credible threat. a threat that has caused enough fear for 900 schools to shutter the doors. children en route to school were somehow intercepted as best as possible and se...