When classes get into the low 90s. We become very concerned with the well being of our students and staff after numerous complaints were voiced to us because of heat. With the extreme heat we decided we better air on the side of caution. Reporter the schools effected are bran ham, lee, del mar, prospect, westmont, and three alternative high schools. The district is canceling most Outdoor Activity and moving them inside. Classes are not only shortened tea, the district has decided to do the same tomorrow. They will reassess the situation to figure out if friday should be shortened as well. The main concern is trying to prevent heat related illness which is what city officials in morgan hill are trying to do as well. You can see yep they just opened up the doors. Were going to try to see you know as the morning goes on if anybody is coming here to use it as a cooling center because right now its still really pretty comfortable im wearing a jacket and its still in the 60s. 104 is the high
There is the kind of heat that can be dangerous. We have Team Coverage for you tonight. Beginning with maureen naylor. Shes at one of the schools cutting the day short tomorrow because of the heat wave. Reporter the Campbell Union High School District which has schools in both campbell and san jose decided to call for emergency minimum days at its eight campuses including here at brenham because of limited airconditioning. The late summer heat is breaking records and making history for the Campbell Union High School District. This is unprecedented yes. Reporter the triple digit weather prompted the district wide clang. We became very concerned with the well being of our students and our staff after numerous complaints and concerns were voiced to us in the last several weeks because of the heat. And with the extreme heat we thought we shoulder we should error on the side of caution. Reporter this father with two teens at brenham and a younger child says its going to cause a lot of chang
Front. In place, rest. Ladies and gentlemen, if i could have you stand up please . Leading us in the pledge of allegiance will be asia elliott. Asia . I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. You can take your seats, please. I would like to introduce our civil war docent who will introduce our speaker. Thank you, paul. This has been an eventful week for us at the congressional cemetery. We had an event at fort mcnair tuesday at the exact moment the explosion occurred. We remembered then and will remember now the women killed that day. On wednesday, we had a visit from the deputy Prime Minister of the republic of ireland. He laid this it is not there anymore. [laughter] he laid a wreath that day to remember the women, many of whom were irish immigrants. Our speaker today will be the daughter of the man who wrote the book about this long forgotte
National cemetery. And it is here not because u. S. Military or anyone in government said, oh, lets put the soldiers here along with white soldiers. Rather, it is because the africanamericans in a hospital built for blacks here and alexandria wrote a petition requesting that they be buried with other white soldiers. And this occurs because they had been buried for the last six months with the civilians, or contrabands. In a cemetery that the federal government began at about the same time that they started this cemetery for soldiers. These men not only got themselves buried here and some of the men who signed the petition are actually buried here but the actually preserve the posterity of the names in the stones. The civilians on the other hand, had wooden shingles, wooden headboards to mark the graves that when they deteriorated were not replaced with stone, as these mens original headboards work. So their names are completely forgotten. Over the years, the area became disused land in
Things we hold precious in this country and made possible by american to give their all. Because of them our nation a strong say for and will always remained a shining beacon of freedom for the rest of the world. Paid a surprise visit to u. S. Troops in afghanistan. During a stop at the airbase he pledged in a responsible and to the war in afghanistan. In addition to speaking to the troops the president also visited the base hospital and met with military officials. U. S. Forces have been in afghanistan for nearly 13 years. One local veteran is done all he can to help colleagues still living the who are struggling. We think it is a disgrace. We believe here at the administration has done a much better shojob goes right past the front door of the middle shelter for Homeless Veterans. Families will celebrate the luxury of freedom that is non existent in many other parts of the world. We help them with Case Management and therapy. All the kinds of things they might need to be able to stay