[captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] next, education secretary arne duncan on the results of a study on standardized testing. Then, house numbers paying tribute to outgoing speaker, john boehner. After that, nancy pelosi on problems in congress, and the importance of women in politics. On monday, education secretary arne duncan participated in a pound discussion on improving the effectiveness of standardized testing. Panelists analyzed data from a new report. This is just over one hour. Hour. I am the executive director and i want to thank you very much for being here this monday morning. We are going to go ahead and get started because i am sorry to say i can say that we will begin wrapping up this conference at about 10 30 p. M. We have been asked to meet with the president on this report at 11 00 oclock. So we will have to end
At mercers home. Right now, looking for writings left behind to get some clues as to why he went on this rampage. Wayne joins us live in oregon. Reporter the Community College is closed right now. Its behind me. It remains behind me. Its likely to remain closed until next week. But it is ground zero for the pain in this community; pain that has radiated everywhere. Once picturesque, the day has not come easily. It really makes you stop and think, like, what are we doing wrong with this society . Reporter there are reminders everywhere. Residents remain on edge. It was scary when you first heard about the shooting. But its different when you find out he lived next door to you. The sheriff is concerned for families of victims. Also, today, orr oors governor game to town and praised this community. I am proud of how the Roseburg Community pulled together to care for and comfort each other during this horrific crisis. Heres a picture of the shooter identified as chris Harper Mercer. Police
Vasquez has the latest. Jon as flames continue to rage and show how quickly everything is moving and all the devastation it leaves behind, driving to middletown the damage is large scale it looks like a bomb went off. Entire neighborhoods are turned to ash and it looks like dozens of homes are gone. Its hundreds of 2000s of homes that have been destroyed. Reporter the heat was so intense it melted tires. It took out vehicles parked in their driveway. This is the fifth major wildfire in lake county and by far the worst. The other fires mostly affected rural unpopulated areas but this one is affecting the areas like cobb and middletown, with the help of swift wins it began spreading. We had over 40,000 acres in 12 hours, its unheard of. This fire is moving. Jon is charging towards their homes. Multiple structures are on fire. Jon the entire town is not destroyed. To give you an idea of how brandon the flames are, this house burned to the ground while the two houses on east each side look
Leading in that one also to be honest with you matt. Trump has often said during the campaign that the challenges of the world, including isis atrocities, dont leave much room for a candidate to worry about having the proper tone. Next years session of the Iowa Legislature will be the last for state representative Ron Jorgensen. The republican announced today that he will not seek reelection to the iowa house in 2016. Jorgensen represents House District 6, which includes morningside, sergeant bluff, bronson and salix. He was first elected to the iowa house in 2010 and has been reelected twice. The past three years, hes served as chairman of the house education committee. Jorgensen says its been an honor and privilege to serve. But, after six years, its time to step aside and let someone else represent district 6 in the legislature. He says he will miss the people he met in the house chamber. Ive gotten to know all of them very well and theyre all differently a lot of times, but we all
Mercer. I continue to believe that those media and Community Members who publicized his name will only gluer few his horrific actions. One witness says that the shooter asked victims to state their religion before opening fire as he later died following the shootout with police as they live in the same complex as the shooter, but say that they have never seen him before. It was scary. That it is your school and your community, but different when you find out that he lived next door to you. Reporter and they were also commenting on the situation. They may have indeed broken all of our hearts. But he cannot prevent our hearts from growing back bigger and stronger. They just recently announced that the gunman did attend Umpqua Community college. Late this afternoon the sheriff identified all of the nine People Killed ranging in age from 18 to 57. The sheriff read their names one by one. The victims are Lucero Alcaraz of roseburg, 19 years old. Quinn glen cooper of roseburg 18 years old. K