A number of viewers contacted us, concerned not by that brief and unscheduled appearance from chris mason at the start there, but by what the bbc s Political Editor and Presenterjane Hill were doing in edinburgh in the first place. Theres already a Scotland Editor for bbc news, james cook, and he was on the spot and reporting on the story too, and joining chris and jane in a discussion about the implications of humza yousef s resignation. Amanda thomas was one of those asking this question was it really asking this question. Well, Mary Jane Wright also got in touch with us and we can now speak to her. Hello, mary jane. Thank you for coming on newswatch. What did you object to about the bbc s coverage of this story . Well, mainly was what your correspondents have just said. Is that what it really necessary to send chris mason and jane hill there . The bbc in scotland have excellent reporters. They know the area extremely well and they live there. Chris mason and jane hill are very good.
this is reality and we have to educate our children to be smart and how to deal with life challenges right now superintendent says attendance was at 90-percent, today- which he says was little low.there will be increased security here at the school for some time.my colleague jay warren talked to the superintendent about how today went. went.first and foremost the superintendent is asking gun owners in his district to get a safe and lock them up he said that with 16-hundred kids walking through his doors you never know a gun could walk out the door at home - in the meantime, philpot said he thought the whole day went well students told me that it was an emotional and somber day but from the district s perspective they had in place what they need to like extra deputies counselors therapy dogs and teachers eating in the cafeteria with the kidsin that it really wasn t until the lunch hour that kids seemed to feel the need to seek out a counselor i thought everything went well i
against robert philpot. 9 on your side s ashley zilka spoke with the victim who says he doesn t understand how this could happen. david amburgey says he s scared for his family s life. he lives right here who police say tried to killed him.lives right across the street.now that the case is dismissed, mr. philpot can come back here at anytime. 10:20 it s just about as unfair as i think it can be. david amburgey says the justice system has failed him. his alleged attacker now a free man.10:22 you follow the guidelines of the law and you do what you are supposed to do and now i am going to be subjected to the man being able to come home after trying to really kill me. 30it s been almost a year since police say this man- robert philpot- threatened amburgey with a hammer, got arrested and posted bond, went back to amburgey s house and stabbed him all in the same day.15:19 he come at me and caught me in the side. and i had a faucet? on from my hernia and that knife went through the
flagler says he never imagined hancock opening fire at the school. he s one of the students who called 911. was running. i was a couple of blocks down. it took me a while. holy crap, that just happened. on the first day back, after the shooting, there was extra security as well as clergy and counselors. superintendent says, it was a good day got a lot of hugs, got a lot of thank yous. and it seemed very normal today. that was reassuring. last walk s walk through for parents and students, put everyone at ease. mary anne morris says it helped with his son. where they hid, where they were at. they checked on each other, with their cell phone. for madison, today, it was a big step forward. i know we will get through this, no problem. it will take time but, we will. we will get through it. that was a day that none of us will forget. the superintendent curtis says, they actually got some feedback from some other schools that went through similar shootings inside
emergency work on metro this morning. a train broke down in between the stadium armor and minnesota avenue stations hours ago. molette green is live outside the minnesota avenue station where the train is still stopped on the tracks. molette? reporter: barbara, i m actually in the 3300 block of bening road where that disabled train behind me is still disabled. metro crews are now down below us working on those tracks since this morning s fire. just after 4:00 a.m., emergency crews spread across the 3300 block of bening road. fire trucks, police cars, blocked traffic. metro says this train on the tracks became disabled and a small fire broke out. this latest fire incident impacted the ride for passengers with single tracking on parts of the blue and orange lines. making people more crankier in the morning. reporter: and metro passengers i spoke with this single-tracking delays make it tougher for them to explain being late to work to their bosses. yeah, it makes it har