maryland statehouse would put an armed police officer in every state public school. the ought author of the bill the author of the bill john cluster. he says the goal is to keep children safe from a mass school shooting. nikki burdine joins us live outside c.h. flowers high school in spring dale with more on the proposal which is pretty costly. reporter: it is pretty costly but i think we all can agree we want to keep our children safe but it s how to accomplish that where there is some disagreement. this maryland lawmaker says he wants to do this but it s going to cost you. delegate john cluster wants his bill to solve that problem by putting armed officers in every public school in the state. there are more than 1400 public schools here in maryland. charles h. through we ares where we are flowers where we are right now is one of them. it would put 900 officers in schools before next school year. that would not be cheap. it s estimated to cost gldz 100 million which
equipment from the scene of an overnight house fire in the north bethesda section of montgomery county. nikki burdine joins us live from the home on brewer house road which is not too far from tuckerman if you re familiar with that neighborhood. nikki? reporter: that s correct. we are still here and firefighters are still here as well. they are trying to dig through the rubble and what was left of this house fear. i want you to take a look at this video of how it looked when firefighters first got here at 1:30 this morning. the town home was fullly engulfed in flames. flames were just shooting out of the windows. firefighters tell me an elderly man lived here alone and a smoke alarm actually woke him up. he went downstairs, saw the fire that was in his living room and tried to put it out himself. he was unsuccessful in doing that so he went next door to ask for his neighbor s help. his neighbors called 911 but while he tried to fight the fire himself, that elderly man did
as over 5,000 people attend the funeral of the three muslim students murdered in chapel hill, we will hear one of the victims, yusor abu-salha, in her own words. last year, she went into a storycorps booth to record an interview with her third grade teacher. then to the case of jessica hernandez, the 16-year-old girl shot dead by denver police last month. five teenagers, no reason for you to open fire on any teenager a matter what. i understand if someone pulled a gun or something, but there was no incident whatsoever. he got hit by a car. my cousin got shot dead. we will also go into a denver church where a mexican undocumented immigrant has sought sanctuary in an attempt to stay in the united states with his nine-year-old and 15-year-old daughters and wife. and we will speak to david sirota on the plot against pensions. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. thousands gathered in north caro
students. that was pretty interesting. looks i was so happy when i saw you guys together. you will be together for the rest of your lives. as over 5,000 people attend the funeral of the three muslim students murdered in chapel hill, we will hear one of the victims, yusor abu-salha, in her own words. last year, she went into a storycorps booth to record an interview with her third grade teacher. then to the case of jessica hernandez, the 16-year-old girl shot dead by denver police last month. five teenagers, no reason for you to open fire on any teenager a matter what. i understand if someone pulled a gun or something, but there was no incident whatsoever. he got hit by a car. my cousin got shot dead. we will also go into a denver church where a mexican undocumented immigrant has sought sanctuary in an attempt to stay in the united states with his nine-year-old and 15-year-old daughters and wife. and we will speak to david sirota on the plot against pensions. all that
the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker s room washington, d.c. april 13 2015. i hereby appoint the honorable luke messer to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. gracious god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. the work of the congress resumes after time spent by millions of americans celebrating high holy days and spring comes to our nation s capital. it is the season of hope. in this chamber where the people s house gathers we pause to offer you gratitude for the gift of this good land on which we live and for this great nation which you have inspired and in developing so many years. continue to inspire the american people that through the difficulties of these days we might keep li