plagued by drug violence. nick valencia has the story. reporter: listen closely as this story unfolds. [ gunfire ] [ speaking foreign language ] reporter: this was the scene at a kindergarten school in monterrey, mexico, on friday afternoon. a teacher calmly instructs her students to take cover and sing songs while suspected cartel members exchange gunfire outside of her classroom. the teacher, who was identified only as martha, tells the students to put their faces on the floor. that nothing is going to happen. as gunfire rages outside the classroom the teacher asks the kids to sing along to a song by barney the friendly dinosaur. five people were executed outside the school. none of the children in the classroom was injured.
monterr monterrey, mexico, on friday afternoon. a teacher calmly instructs her students to take cover and sing songs while suspected cartel members exchange gunfire outside of her classroom. the teacher, who is identified only as martha, tells the students to put their faces on the floor, that nothing is going to happen. as gunfire rages outside the classroom, the teacher asks the kids to sing along to a song by barney the friendly dinosaur. five people were executed outside the school. none of the children in the classroom was injured. the teacher later posted the video on youtube. it s received more than a million hits. city officials honored her on monday. nick valencia, cnn, atlanta. as nick mentioned the teacher was honored yesterday, receiving a certificate praising her outstanding civic courage. she told reporters she s very
palin. as she told us yesterday, kiran f she does get into this race, it will be an unconventional campaign, kiran? that s one thing i think a lot of people are not surprised by. we ll see what happens, though. thanks so much, jim. coming up in less than ten minutes we ll speak to someone following sarah palin s closely, writer jim guarantee. the questions remain, is she a serious contender, do republicans want her to be and what about her high negatives, how does she turn that around if she s going to make a run of it in the general. amazing story from across the border in mexico. a schoolteacher is honored for displaying courage under fire. [ gunfire ] [ singing in foreign language ] with a gun battle raging outside her classroom, got her class and led them in a song from barney and friends to distract them. she recorded the scene and now the video has gone viral. it happened at a school in the mexican city of monterrey,
the teacher later posted the video on youtube. it s received more than 1 million hits. and since 2006 when that drug war was launched by mexican president filipe calderon. most of the violence concentrated in northern mexico. it s remarkable to think that this teacher said that teachers in that area are trained to do this. this wasn t something you just sort of popped into your mind. what makes this situation all the more remarkable, ali, it s in monterrey, mexico. this is like if it s a shoot-out that happened in beverly hills, a financial capital, financial hub of mexico, and of course voted recently one of the safest cities not just in mexico, but all of latin america. nick, thanks for the great story, nick valencia joining us from atlanta. a shocker from the world of college football one of the sports most respected figures, ohio state football coach jim tressel has resigned. his decision to step down days after a sports illustrated article detailed alleged ethics v
low in the 20 largest labor day metropolitan areas. memorial day. according to the new york times the standard & poor s you said labor day too. case-shiller index will show start all over. home prices dipped below the good thing it s taped. lows reached two years ago. the l.a. times reporting why don t you take it over. amazing video we have to show americans last year put $9 you. billion into government-run from mexico. truly an example of courage college savings plans, known as under fire. here s a look. 529 plans. that s up from $5 billion in 2008. experts say one reason for the pick up, parents fearing their kids won t be able to go to [ gunfire ] college, won t be able to afford a schoolteacher thinking on it. summer bummer, budget cuts her feet, calmly getting her forcing cities from new york to sacramento to shut down their kindergarten kids to duck and cover in their classroom as community pools. by doing so the cities say gunfire erupts just