Scrambling to be ready for the first day of school for thousands of preschoolers. Enrolling kids, hiring teachers, preparing classrooms. Making prekindergarten available to any and all new york fouryearolds was a Campaign Promise of mayor bill de blasio. And this was the first opening day of school of the mayors term. Around the country elected officials have operated on the assumption that starting school earlier is betterperiod. Heading to schools before kindergarten High Pressure system get more kids ready to learn, ready to behave and ready to handle themselves in classrooms, and promises to narrow the gaps between poor kids and other kids who show up in standardized testing from the earliest grades on. On this edition well ask whether new yorks emphasize on universal prek is a worth while priority, and how you measure the pay back. Its back to School Season around the country. This year in new york city that includes all the fouryearolds, too. Mayor bill declassio signature 300 Mi
The u. S. What will it take to cure the community. We examine that in our special segment the week ahead we begin our coverage in northern california, where residents in and around napper awoke to the worst case in 20 years. It hit a little after three in the morning between american canon and napper. No deaths. Jacob ward is joining us in napper with the latest. I know its been a busy day, officials have been fixing gas leaks, water outages what can you tell us . Obviously at this point everyone is very, very lucky and grateful that damage has not been to human life, its only the physical damage. At this point we are looking at between 11,000 and 15,000 without power, and certainly a lot of concern about the quality of water. Its drinkable. There has been 60 breaks, and no major mains have been lost. At this point its a question of assessing the physical damage. Here is a perspective from the Community Director earlier. The range goes for materials that are falling off. You see some i
Because of war. And voices from the past. The punk rocker preserving syrias ancient holy music beforists too late. Before its too late. The white house says there are no plans to raise the u. S. Terror threat level despite warnings out of britain about the risk posed by the socalled Islamic State. Today the u. K. Raised its own threat level to severe, mainly saying the attack is highly likely. Libby casey joins us from washington with more. Libby. John, British Government puts the number of people who traveled to iraq at more than 400. That means they could be getting trained and Battle Tested and come home to commit acts of terror. That means a terrorist attack is highly likely. But theres no intelligence to suggest that an attack is imminent. Reporter in front of gathered journalists, friements David Cameron Prime Minister David Cameron announced. We need to do more to stop people traveling. To stop those who do go from returning and to dedecisively with those who are already here. I
In the late 1950s, the local steel mill was taken over by a company contracted to build nuclear bombs. Its a nice town until the industry came in. Thanks for joining us, im joie chen, if theres one thing you ought to be able to count on, its a place called home. Tonight we remind you that trust can be betrayed. Hurricanes and the building market was hit hard. A law intended to protect investors became a vehicle for buyers to steal homes, forcing out condo openers who did nothing wrong. Our investigation from america tonights sheila macvicar. I thought that we lived in a country where your property couldnt be ceased for private gain. And this blows me away. That this is possible. In the United States. It blows me away. In 2006, this woman bought what she thought was an american dream. A 2bedroom condo minimum. I never missed a payment. Never intended to. Her mortgage reasoning condo date. This is surreal. Reporter she was shocked when she received word that the complex was being termina
Greenacre. That is in the valley of western pennsylvania. In the late 1950s, the local steel mill was taken over by a company contracted to build nuclear bombs. Its a nice town until the industry came in. Thanks for joining us, im joie chen, if theres one thing you ought to be able to count on, its a place called home. Tonight we remind you that trust can be betrayed. Hurricanes and the building market was hit hard. A law intended to protect investors became a vehicle for buyers to steal homes, forcing out condo openers who did nothing wrong. Our investigation from america tonights sheila macvicar. I thought that we lived in a country where your property couldnt be ceased for private gain. And this blows me away. That this is possible. In the united states. It blows me away. In 2006, this woman bought what she thought was an american dream. A 2bedroom condo minimum. I never missed a payment. Never intended to. Her mortgage reasoning condo date. This is surreal. Reporter she was shocked