Great one. And how he is now determined to do the same for others. And do you want to go back over your stars one more time or would you like to start with the trees . Im going to start with the tree now. Brandons art teacher says it was all the way back in third grade that she first recognized Something Special about brandon when it came to painting. Something she felt worth sharing with the world. I love art stuff. This story though is about brandon using his art to share something hes even more passionate about these days. Im going to help my friends. Okay, so today weise are starting a new assignment. This all begins three years ago when he transferred to and toss high school as a freshman. A tough transition for any teenager. But for one with Downs Syndrome well, it wasnt a happy time. No. Not happy. But then the beginning of this his senior year brandon decided to make some changes. Hi. Tired of being an outsider he joined every group he could, put himself out there like never be
That was my calling. Here is nbc bay areas garvin thomas. Thank you so much for joining us. Bay area proud stories, regardless of the time of year carry with them the healthy dose of compassion love and beauty. Which makes them perfect when valentines day rolls around. All three of those qualities are somewhere in our first story tonight about a very special High School Senior with special needs. It starts with Brandon Gruber telling a rough High School Experience for himself into a great one. And how he is now determined to do the same for others. And do you want to go back over your stars one more time . Or would you like to start with the trees . Im going to start with the tree now. Brandon grubers art teacher said it was all the way back in third grade that she first recognized Something Special about brandon when it came to painting. Something she felt worth sharing with the world. I love my art stuff. This story, though is about bandon using his art to share something hes even mo
To self made millionaire about what it means to be black and part of the 1 . And the out of this world photos from right here on earth. President obama has israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netenyahu are allies but apparently not friends, and their private differences are playing out in public Prime Minister netenyahu is expected to speak to Congress Tomorrow morning, and he bypassed the white house. Mike viqueira is at the white with more. Mike . Reporter Benjamin Netenyahu is here for one purpose and one purpose only. He is trying to rerail the deal between what he sees as the relationship between the itself and iran. The president in an interview late today said the damage between the two is probably not permanent. And both sides are emphasizing the strength of the relationship. A lot of prepositioning and posturing going on before the big speech before a joint meeting of Congress Tomorrow. But make no mistake, there is a difference of opinion over some basic facts here chiefly whethe
Mitch mcconnell chose the country over the loyalty when 45 was impeached and its because the republicans controlled the senate they got away with this. One of my proudest moments i looked barack obama in the eye i said, you will not fulfill the Supreme Court vacancy. Its because republicans control the senate they were able to ignore the constitutional duty and dismiss the impeachment trial from the getgo. This thing will come to the senate and it will die quickly and i will do everything i can to make it die quickly. I am trying to give a pretty clear signal, i have made up my mind. If it wasnt in any doubt. We will have a lot more on the senate races in just a few minutes but first, ali velshi, one of my favorite people, traveled to pennsylvania to talk to some voters in the key Battle Ground state. Take a look at some of what they had to say about donald trump. I just have been so disappointed with whats been going on in this country for the last four years. The leadership, its just
Matthew matthew . Reporter chris, thanks very much. This is the first time that its been confirmed that it was a bomb that took down that metrojet airliner at the end of last month, killing all 224 people on the Sinai Peninsula. The head of the russian fsb, the former kgb telling Vladimir Putin on state television that a search of the luggage and fragments of the plane thats been recovered has found traces of foreignmade explosives. They believe it was a bomb on board, a terrorist act, a bomb with at least a kilo of tnt or the equivalent contained inside it. That would account from the fact that the debris from the fuselage was spread across such a wide area this again, the first time its been confirmed that it was a bomb that caused the crash of that metrojet airliner in sinai at the end of last month. Vladimir putin was swift in his response speaking on state television saying of the culprits we will search for them everywhere no matter where theyre hiding well find them in any place