Homework to students, instead asking parents to spend quality time with their kids. How much homework is too much . Should schools eliminate homework . We have special lines for todays question. Parents can call 2027488000. Teachers can call 2027488001. All others can call 2027488002. You can also reach us on social and also onitter facebook. Sent home tot was secondgrade students in texas sparked a debate about how much number is too much. Thats how much homework is too much. Said after Much Research the summer, im trying something new. Ofework will only consist work you are child did not finish during the school day. That is the note that went home to some secondgrade students in texas, sparking a debate as to how much homework is too much. A debate that is playing out in the headlines, including from the Washington Post. Out parents are just opting saying this was a moment, a fiery moment in the debate over education and how students spend their time. Arents can call 2027488000 teac
It is right next to newton middle school. The deputy said he is grateful school was out for the day. He says this shows how bad heroin epidemic has become. Just because its arapahoe countyydoesnt mean its not happening. Its happening all over. Reporter the National Spot month the spotlight shining brighter than ever. , ohio where these shocking photos show a mom and dad passed out from here when with their young child in the back seat to massachusetts where overdosing in the middle of a toys r us. We call the ambulance. Reporter now we have our own case in colorado. I have been to overdoses before but not where it was like this. Reporter the deputies say they arrivee on the scene to find a man and a woman passed heroin in a moving car. She was clutching teering wheel and he was passed out, his head was down. Reporter curry shs us how he was able to get them narcan. You push halfway in, take it out, put it up the other nostril and halfway in. Reporter these new kids now . Ept in patrol
The train. They have them but they should have them at the hot spots like anacostia. We need more police around. Especially on the train. This shouldnt be happening. Sigh tom this is not far from the Anacostia Metro station. That is where a 15 and a 19yearold were taken into custody. We are told by metro they believe it was the 15yearold who was the shooter. Those two in custody. Two other person of interest are out there. We come back here live you can see things have for the most part returned to normal. We have extra security but mostly back to normal here at the Anacostia Metro station. The rush hour trains are moving at the normal. You can see the station is back open. I was closed for a time after the shooting happened around 12 45 this tom roussey abc7 news. Alison thank you. Last months crime report saw a drop in robberies in metro from january of last year and increase in assaults. This is only the third time that metro dealt with a shooting on board a train. Brianne carter pi
It had been quite some time there. Had only been two such shootings in the last quarter sen thurry of metro. Reporting live inside the anacostia station in southeast. Im tom roussey, abc7 news. Michelle so many rely on mass transit so very frightening. Thank you, tom. We have more ahead at 5 00 with Team Coverage from the anacostia shooting. Brianne carter is looking into metro crime rates as this is just one incident that has many commuters wondering whether they are safe when they get on a train or a bus. Jonathan dont miss update on the breaking news stories especially not in front of the television set. You can sign up for the text alerts at wjla. Com. You will get the information as we get it sent straight to your phone. Michelle we want to turn now to the weather. The first wave of rain moved through. But the same system that set off tornado warnings in the south is on the move. Chief meteorologist doug hill following that closely. When does that arrive and what can we expect out
Would your boss do this . Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Right now, we are monitoring a massive and dangerous storm system poised to bring Severe Weather to millions from north texas into nebraska. Tornado watches are posted in four states with people in the path braced for hail, and violent winds. This system more potent than many others that have pounded the region this spring, and could intensify during the night. Nbcs Miguel Almaguer is in the storm zone with the latest. Reporter this is the leading edge of a monster storm system threatening 53 Million People tonight. In the danger zone, the forecast calls for a wild mix. Baseballsized hail. Scattered lightning. Powerful winds, up to 80 miles per hour. Conditions right for tornadoes. At the kansas city airport, it turned ugly early. Thunder, lightning and hail. Day turned to night across missouri. Downpours and winds cau