Is so much in demand, its on the road more than most professional orchestras. Its been hailed as the future of Classical Music itself. And its all about children, about saving them, hundreds of thousands of children, through music. Honk [orchestral music] consider the life of Jose Gregorio hernandez. [dramatic conclusion] his blindness didnt stop the orchestra from letting him be as much a part of it as any other kid. [whistles and applause] you can see the result for yourselfmagical. [ticking] youve probably never seen anything as adorable as a fivedayold elephant. But this story is more about her mother. Her name is mpenzi. She is the large lady lending a helping trunk. Mpenzi didnt grow up in the wild. She was an orphan and was raised here, at an orphanage for elephants in kenya. These kids have all lost a parent to poachers, mainly. And here theyre cared for by the gentlest men youve ever met. Not only do they spend all day with their elephants; when its sleep time, they bed down r
The road more than most professional orchestras. Its been hailed as the future of Classical Music itself. And its all about children, about saving them, hundreds of thousands of children, through music. Honk [orchestral music] consider the life of Jose Gregorio hernandez. [dramatic conclusion] his blindness didnt stop the orchestra from letting him be as much a part of it as any other kid. [whistles and applause] you can see the result for yourselfmagical. [ticking] youve probably never seen anything as adorable as a fivedayold elephant. But this story is more about her mother. Her name is mpenzi. She is the large lady lending a helping trunk. Mpenzi didnt grow up in the wild. She was an orphan and was raised here, at an orphanage for elephants in kenya. These kids have all lost a parent to poachers, mainly. And here theyre cared for by the gentlest men youve ever met. Not only do they spend all day with their elephants; when its sleep time, they bed down right next to them. Welcome to
Agreement. Reporter Senate Republican leader Mitch Mcconnell said his mcconntheclock negotiations with Vice President biden had t id off. I can report that weve reached an agreement on all of the tax the tax issues. Reporter first and foremost, the bush era tax cuts. Ohe two sides agreed to extend them permanently for all Household Income under 400,000 a year for individuals, 450,000 foear for families. Egotiators also agreed to prevent the alternative minimum tax on the wealthy from hitting and ions of middle class families every year by permanently adjusting it to inflation. And they agreed to hike the estate tax rate from 35 to 40 , but the first 5 million worth of inheritance would be exempt from taxation permanently. The breakthrough prompted relief inr many, including connecticut enator joe lieberman. I hope the negotiations going n now end with an agreement and h hope that we will pass it with a bipartisan majority, strong bipartisan majority in the useate and the house. , repor
[ticking] it was in this remote cambodian village that Nicholas Negroponte came up with his idea to give a laptop computer to every child in the world. The first english word of every child in that village was google. [laughs] the village has no electricity, no telephone, no television. [childs voice] and the children take laptops home that are connected, broadband, to the internet. And that was just the beginning. The one laptop per child computer is a computing revolution. [ticking] [sprightly music] the National Youth orchestra is so much in demand, its on the road more than most professional orchestras. Its been hailed as the future of Classical Music itself. And its all about children, about saving them, hundreds of thousands of children, through music. Honk [orchestral music] consider the life of Jose Gregorio hernandez. [dramatic conclusion] his blindness didnt stop the orchestra from letting him be as much a part of it as any other kid. [whistles and applause] you can see the r