[ticking] it was in this remote cambodian village that Nicholas Negroponte came up with his idea to give a laptop computer to every child in the world. The first english word of every child in that village was google. [laughs] the village has no electricity, no telephone, no television. [childs voice] and the children take laptops home that are connected, broadband, to the internet. And that was just the beginning. The one laptop per child computer is a computing revolution. [ticking] [sprightly music] the National Youth orchestra is so much in demand, its on the road more than most professional orchestras. Its been hailed as the future of Classical Music itself. And its all about children, about saving them, hundreds of thousands of children, through music. Honk [orchestral music] consider the life of Jose Gregorio hernandez. [dramatic conclusion] his blindness didnt stop the orchestra from letting him be as much a part of it as any other kid. [whistles and applause] you can see the r
Talking about a support so extreme, so controversial it seems the worlds most dangerous sport on earth. Cheerleading. Former cheerleader. Lucky to be alive. Fox friends starts right now. Good morning we begin with a weather alert. Towns cut off by flooding waters. Worst in decades. Four people dead, at least 172 of them are missing still. Take a look at this video shot from inside a fire truck. The water rushing up and over the windshield. Falling in less than three days. Thats in Boulder Creek, raging than 120 times its normal size. Emergency crews rescued this man from his own bedroom. Heard a big roar, and i think thats probably when it came down, buried his house, filled his bedroom full of mud. Luckily it came up just to his bed. Meantime the same system blasting the state with rain causing ice storm in higher elevations. These two are recovering after making their way down from the highest mountains. Stranded inside a tent for two days. Joining us by phone with the latest how the
Good evening as we come on the air with a special west coast edition. Well get to that deadly storm, the next system hitting at this hour and the recould yous in a moment but first the breaking news, the president unveiling his immigration plan just moments ago addressing the nation. Weve seen the images, the young dreamers with their message, Immigration Reform starts here. Others believe the president is overstepping his power. Heres what we know, president obama laying out his plan, legal status for up to 5 million undocumented immigrants. The president explaining what they must do now to avoid deportation. If youve been in america for more than five years, if you have children who are american citizens or legal residents, if you register, pass a criminal background check, and youre willing to pay your fair share of taxes, youll be able to apply to stay in this country temporarily without fear of deportation. You can come out of the shadows and get right with the law. The president
Imagine. The destruction of homes, many people right now are homeless and desperate for food and water. When it comes to the florida keys getting the first looks there today, 1 in 4 homes completely destroyed tonight. Fema telling cnn, and i quote them, basically every house was impacted in some way. Now, we showed you some of the first images from the islands as they came in. And they have been coming in through the day. Entire neighborhoods flattened. Trailer after trailer picked up and tossed. We still dont know if there were any people inside those homes at the time of irma. So far, Officials Say eight people have died as a result of the hurricane that they know of. They are going door to door. And moments ago, when you thing about the situation, we learned nearly 5 million homes still have no power. And that as temperatures are hovering near 90 degrees. Food is spoiling. Water may be contaminated. Its hard to get any supplies in. It could be more than a week before the power comes
Justice Clarence Thomas who is confirmed despite Sexual Harassment accusations. Its been a year since Hurricane Maria devastated puerto rico. There are still lots of people without electricity there. Nbc spent some time with people who are walking on the ground. Well look at what went wrong and what we can learn from it. But we start we start with the supreme stalemate. Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Chuck Grassley has given Christine Blasey ford until 10 00 a. M. Tomorrow if she will testify monday. A public hearing, a private hearing, a public staff interview or a private staff interview. Professor fords attorney issuing a statement that reads, in part, quote, the committees stated plan to move forward with the hearing, that has only two witnesses, is not a fair or good faith investigation. There are multiple witnesses whose names have appeared publicly and who should be included in any proed seeing. The rush to a hearing is unnecessary and contrary to the committee, discovering