State capital of santa fe. Former washington, senator bob graham to talk about Civics Education and engagement. Educational progress. Perhaps more importantly america s Civic Engagement is at an alltime low. Public trust in government remains near historic lows, particularly with our nations young people. Less than half of millennials are voting and only 18 of the public trusts leaders in washington to do the right thing. This creates a vicious cycle Many Americans are dissatisfied with their government, yet, still fail to vote because they believe their voices will not be heard. The good news, is that across the country we can find inspiring activists, policymakers, educators, and others who are turning apathy into action. We are honored to welcome 4 outstanding panelist this morning who are committed to motivating and engaging americas students and we look forward to hearing their insights. First, i have a great privilege of introducing our keynote speaker for today. Senator bob grah
Home happy. More than 500 petition signatures later and the proposed Crestwood Apartment complex failed to pass City Councils vote. Tonight. More than 500 petition signatures later in the city council failed to pass the proposal for qwest word apartments. Inside the Council Chambers standing room only as some of the main issues were revisited in the case of why this complex should remain just an idea. Potential neighbors had the project that would sit on edgewood road say concerned about traffic issues in the area. Sewer runoff and one major issue school capacity. People who support the projects they it is less about the aesthetic value of the three story complex. They say helping the Homeless Population is far more important. Because of the supporting housing my mother could afford and provide us food. Without shelter Everything Else falls apart. People bought houses in certain schools. There must be other appropriate places than cedar rapids. Not the right fit, thats what we heard. M
Thank you for coming. I appreciate you being here. I was in san diego when i tried to get down to see you but that didnt work out. Im glad im here. The students preemptively. Yes i applaud your standard and im a Public School administrator and i appreciate your stand. My question directs itself to the idea of ronald ragan who is secretary of education a one of his first speeches, i loved what he said. He he said what we need to do in the department of education, again hes the director of the department of education and he said we need to eradicate the department of education. I applauded that. Im forced to be a member of the California Teachers Association and i realize they are the largest contributing groups to the Democratic Party. I realize you dont have a magic pill for an answer, but youre right, education, were doomed to repeat what we have like lincoln said prayer what you have for a thought as to how do we steer this aircraft carrier. I wrote five books on universities. And ho
No. Mines on the third. You better move on up. Or a steep penalty. I paid it already. Pay your bills. Bills, bills. Elton john says while it is easy to believe his children could be spoiled because hes so fabulously wealthy, they in no way were born with a silver spoon in their mouth, ya, alex. So he says he and his husband, they want to make sure their son, three and five right now, that they know the value of hard work. So he says that they do chores, help in the kitchen, they clean their own rooms, help in the garden trial to give them sense of normalcy here. He said only give small portion of his fortune to his kids when they are older. They need to turn it on their own. Speaking every monday i, isnt the powerball drawing tonight . Is it . I think it is. So close to 300 million, right . So i thought if i would win that, would i give it to i daughters like a big chunk it every . No, would you give it to teddy and jack. No, no, no. Theyre four and a half. What . Okay. Close to 300 mi
Out and bring you back sun and fun. And the weekend extra special. Ill talk about that in your extended full forecast, in 1 more minutes. Good morning. Kristin good morning, ill taking you out to longwood where we are looking at i4, westbound. The cars going away from you are heading west towards Altamonte Springs and were seeing a lot of congestion but no accidents to report. And i want to take you now to datona beach or sky fox, lets look at sky fox. It is flying over i4, where things are looking good. No accidents on i4 right now. Back to you john and amy. John developing this morning an 8yearold boy in the hospital after falling into a canal as he was walking home from school. Amy and, it happened yesterday, at the intersection of pembroke drive and forest city road done the street from the school down the street from riverside elementary, where he attends. Jackie orozco joins us live this morning and, it is one of those sad stories. Something tragic happens. Reporter reporter the