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To the points where the students, a sixth grader died after suffering an asthma attack where no nurse office duty. what is happening here? >> so there is a big difference between closing a school because there's the people have left the county or left -- >> you don't have a critical mass. >> you don't have a critical mass or after years and years and years in trying, the school doesn't work. that's really different than what's going on right now. what's going on right now is a real flawed policy made worse by the budget cuts. these are mass closures of schools that has actually been precipitat...

major spike in cases of west nile virus. health officials say it is the biggest rise since 2004. so far we've seen 240 cases across the country with four deaths. the cdc says the cases have been in texas, mississippi and oklahoma. august is traditionally the peek month for wes nile. the virus is carried by mosquitos. to colorado now, where the university of colorado has hired an independent investigator to probe the school's handling of colorado theater shooting suspect james holmes. holmes was being seen by university psychiatrist, lynn fenton. cnn affiliate reports that she had con...

Innocent civilians who were murdered, frankly, or it sounds like they were murdered. my heart goes out to the 99% of the troops who do an outstanding job every single day, and i'll tell you, thomas, when i was in baghdad in '03 and '04 with the 82nd airborne division, kicking doors down and doing things that shock and awe of the war, a lot of reporters were embedded and that was sexy and they covered it, but when they went home and we were trying to win the hearts and and minds, fixing schools, that wasn't sexy and they all went hope. that's as critically important when we did that in iraq jus...

There's just that lack of pizzaz, a lack of somehow inspiration, what's your response to that? >> i'm not running for entertainer in chief or comedian in chief if you're look for that, donald trump. >> this country is sinking and i think what the people will value in the race and ultimately putting somebody in the oval office, does this person have a regard of results? in a blue state i reformed health care, fixing schools and the like, and this is not about flapping your jaw or shooting sparks out your ears or lighting your hair on fire so everybody has looking for the comedian in chief. the ...

Upheld republican governor's scott's decision to reject federal funding for a high speed rail project. the plan would have left taxpayers liable for billions in cost overruns. transportation department says it's evaluating option forgiving the $2.5 billion to other states. president obama is attending a pair of fund-raisers in miami. mike emanuel tells us more. >> reporter: president obama joined former governor jeb bush to put the spotlight on education reform. miami central high school is considered a poster child for fixing schools. >> for outstanding teachers and principals, a common mis...