High in the upper 50s. More clouds for friday with periods of rain likely, warmer with highs in the lowers 60s. Saturday now looks a little wet and sunday drier, this is a change from yesterday. Moved up the timing of the weekend rain system. Highs upper 60s over the rain chance 60 both friday and saturday. Sunday returns to partly cloudy skies, highs near 60 the cold weather is sometimes a challenge for school didiricts around the state as they try to keep buses running and keep students warm. Raycoms Michael Clark has the story. Its the time of year when we see plenty of jackets and coats at schools but it keep temperatures s rm enough inside the buildings the lowest that our classrooms are allowed to get in the heating season, is 69 degrees. Kim melander and his crew showed me how they control the thermostat for every classroom in about 40 rock hill schools. Every building, every campus within the whole School District is tied together to one Energy Management system. From any compu
Were going to use it to try to kill the president had it dismissed on the grounds that shes insane, does it make any sense. Charleston was selected as an interview location because of last years mass shooting at emanuel ame. We will hear more of the vicepresident s comments later on wis news 10. People are sure to be glued to their tv sets tonight hoping to get a little lucky tonights Powerball Jackpot has grown to a whopping 500 Million Dollars. That of course means many people chose to take the time to pick up a ticket or several. Our mike desumma joins us now from corner pantry off garners ferry road in columbia with more on that. Mike. Dawndy its been a mission for many people to grab as many tickets as they can. State lottery Officials Say in sales every time the jackpot gets this high. Those hoping to win will have their work cut out for them. More than 30 states will be taking part in the drawing tonight. In fact Officials Say the odds are you have a better chance of being hit b
Hikers in japan. We have the latest on the efforts to find the missing hikers and get them off that mountain. Protestors filled the streets of hong kong, defying the government call to end their blockades. Riot police have withdrawn after tiring tear gas and rubber bullets into the crowds. Good morning, welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im del walters. Im erica pitzi. Stephanie sy is in chicago where she will bring us the latest on air travel problems. President obama now admitting u. S. Intelligence underestimated the threat posed by isil and overestimated the iraqi armys ability to stop it. Meanwhile, House Speaker john boehner said the airstrikes arent going to be enough to beat isil, warning america may need to send in Ground Troops. There are reports that the latest round of u. S. Airstrikes may have led to civilian deaths. What are you hearing . Dell, thats right, those reports are coming out of the syrian observatory for human rights, its a london based group. They say the strikes
Girls, why the new governmental is hoped to bring the girls home. And this is Al Jazeera America live from new york city, im tony harris, sentencing day for a group of educators accused of changing scores on standardized tests. Some of those former teachers and administrators could face decades in jail. Andy gallagher is in atlanta. That sentencing hearing for i believe ten of them is going on now. Thats right tony. And theyre calling this the biggest cheating scandal in u. S. History. At one point during this investigation 180 employees from the Atlanta Public School system were accused in taking part in changing the test scores of the standardized tests. All of that involved 44 schools and Something Like 38 principles. These 10 teachers have already been convicted and charged with racketeering, could face up to 20 years in jail. When we got here at 10 30 there was a great deal of activity on the steps behind me, protests saying the punishment doesnt fit the crime the problem being st
Sunday 400 others drowned when their boat sang in the mediterranean, they are among 8,500 migrants rescued at sea over the past four days. Europe is dealing with a rising number of migrants entering mainly from conflict zones. Now to yemen, where Houthi Rebels condemned a decision by the u. N. Security council. Its guessing an embargo on several houthi leaders and those accused of backing them. Theyve been called on to stop fighting and withdraw from the territory theyve taken. Saudi arabia and egypt say they have talked about holding a major exercise that could involve other gulf states. The military campaign has been based on air strikes. A Ground Invasion has been talked about. People continue to flee, refugees arriving in djibouti. The u. N. Says 600 have been killed and 2,000 wounded in the fighting. We have this report. Saudi arabia and allies have not been able to defeat yemens shia houthi and forces aligned with them. Even though they are in control of the skies. The saudiled a