Need. Or not getting the right help you need. If this exacerbates it, you know, shame on the national government. Reporter for hundreds of thousands of federal employees, a shudown means going without a paycheck. That includes 450 employees at the u. S. Geological survey in menlo park. All but three employees who have the task of monitoring earthquakes left their offices today uncertain about when theyd be back on the job. Of course, were all hoping that it doesnt last that long and that were back to work soon. Reporter at National Parks such as point rayes national seashore, park rangers had the unwelcomed task of turning away park visitors. People are somewhat understanding of it, but you can see that theyre disappointed in the inconvenience, but were giving them options of other places to go in the area. Reporter and as for veterans affairs, since march, the va says it has reduced the backlog of claims by 30 , but the shutdown is threatening to undo all of that progress. Live in oak
Disaster. As uncle sam takes on the role of teacher, more students and their educated parents saying they are baffled by the new common core curriculum. Parents taking to twitter, posting unbelievably complicated homework assignments, some of which contained spelling errors. A new video heating up on the web shows College Students struggling to understand basic subtraction using common core methods. The videos creator is here, editor chief of campus reform. Dan mcglothlin joins me. Retired teacher, author of the book, god and country, a parent guide. Caleb, i want to start with you, explained it, really revealed, showed what people are telling me from all over the country, what the problem is with common core. I want to start with that video. 32 minus 12. 12 plus three, equals 15. 15 plus five equals 20. 20 plus 10 equals 30. 30 plus 2 equals 32. 3 plus five is eight plus 10 a 18, plus two is 20. 32 minus 12, equals 20. Extra difficult for no reason. So, caleb, you take common core to
The chinese consulate because he had been hearing voices in chinese. The documents say phang placed three containers filled with gasoline near the consulate entrance last wednesday night, then ignited them with a lighter. There are no indications at that time to suggest it was motivated by terrorism, politics or civil rights issues. Reporter a spokesperson for the chinese consulate reacted to the arrest by issuing a statement saying in part, quote, we urge the u. S. Side to learn lessons from this incident, take effective measures to ensure the safety, security and dignity of chinese diplomatic and Missions Staff in the u. S. And prevent the recurrence of similar incidents, unquote. Tonight, police appear to be doing just that as they continue to stand guard outside the consulate. The 24hour presence will remain until were absolutely positive that this is what it appears to be, and thats an isolated incident. Reporter and youre looking at some of the charred damage that remains outside
Overnight to begin his First Official tour as a royal. And a legend lost. Looks like we both agree on what to do Mickey Rooney, one of hollywoods iconic stars, dead at the age of 93. The highs and lows of his remarkable life and career today. Monday, april 7th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today. With matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Its a good monday morning, because mr. Roker is back. I love how youre sporting the arm sling casual business look. Very nice. How you feeling . Feeling good. Thanks to all the well wishes and all the nice folks who sent the nice thoughts and prayers. Were going to have much more on that. Good to have you back, buddy. Thanks. We want to get back to our top story. Those signals that are consistent with pings from the planes black boxes have been detected in the indian ocean. Nbcs katy tur is in kuala lumpur with the latest on the investigation. Katy,
Material. What did you find . Correct. Radio active material. Reporter 1101 biggalow court. Longtime residents of pressure island say its part of a pat terrible of nondisclosure by the navy not to tell them the extend of ratuation until confronted with evidence with sources like don. They are worryed about their health and feel people should have never been allowed to live here. I feel like there is a lot of political pressure to get people here, but i think they absolutely had a history. They knew what they done here. They knew where they did it. The Health Issues that my kids have and my husband not really knowing if it was just a natural thing that happened, and it still i still may never know. Many questions for those residents. Tonight the navy still believe there is are currently no known Health Hazards but its decided to test for radiation due to a recent radiological finding. The navy has not responded to our calls asking if those findings or the ones we uncovered in december a