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Leg. state police and the fbi are now investigating whether the inmate's civil rights were violated during that beating. and as we speak, we are waiting for president obama to speak in the white house rose garden about the job's bill the house is expected to vote on coming up this afternoon. that is expected to save the jobs of more than 300,000 teachers and also police officers and other public workers. we'll bring you the president's remarks live as soon as he does begin speaking. meantime, with the new school year beginning this week in some places around the country and in the next few...

crash scene. we are told that among those on the scene may be a doctor, but that a formal rescue team is still struggling to get to the scene, to access the scene. these good samaritans reportedly stayed with the victims overnight. the ntsb is telling the associated press that five individuals have died. there were a total of nine passengers onboard, according to the faa. nbc news has confirmed that onboard othis plane was sean o'keefe, the former head of nasa and a long-time friend of senator ted stevens, former senator ted stevens of alaska and onboard the plane we're also hearing ...

>> buildings don't count. children do. >> john covington is the superintendent of the kansas city, missouri, school district and joining me right now. explain to us how you guys got to this point. i mean, what happened to bring you to the point where you had to do something this drastic? >> over the last several years our school district has drastically reduced its enrollment. 20 years ago we had 75,000 students. ten years ago we had approximately 35,000 students. and today we have 17,500 students, but yet we're operating approximately 61 buildings. so we're operating far too many buildings th...

on our broadcast tonight, class action. an american city strapped for cash closes almost half the public schools, and a lot of communities ask, "are we next?" buddy system. the close relationship between car makers and government watch dogs. did it make the toyota problem worse? the home front. for every navy seal there is a family back home. what's it like for them? and making a difference by getting out of the classroom to do good on some mean streets. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >> good evening. when we talk about the lack of mone...

s and humanitarian efforts in africa, pakistan, and afghanistan. now here is look at your friday forecast. heavy rain and flooding from the southeast to new england and the tennessee and ohio valleys. hail, gusty winds and a chance of tornados in florida and melting snow in the northeast. snow from the dakotas to kansas. rain and heavy mountain show in the northwest. >> mostly 50s across the rockies and the pacific coast. 55 in detroit. 44 in the twin cities. 40s in boston and new york. 60s from atlanta to dallas. well, if you are afraid of snakes you may want to steer clear of ...