High school recently, dc educators say we must make sure kids get to and from school safely. They are encouraging everyone to join the man the Block Program today, to ensure safe passage and send a strong message. Delia goncalves has more on the story. The man the Block Program started right here, at the Richard Wright public charter school, and it is a very personal one. We look at this group of kids standing behind me, and they should be worth something. Dr. Marco clarks former student 15yearold john evans was stabbed to death at Deanwood Metro in april two weeks after devon tay washington, another 15year old, was gunned down at deanwood. Police arrested suspects in both cases. 90 of our kids across the city are remarkable and we need to start celebrating them. What about those kids that really come to school every day, and do what they are supposed to do . If were asking them to come to school, every day, we should at least make sure they can get home safe. Lark and his students are
September and be a systems is facing up to five hundred thirty job losses around march eighteenth but ba did get some good news this week when it was awarded a fourteen point one Million Dollar contract to repair the uss normandy regarding carl johnson told thirteen news now its good news for the port of norfolk we applaud the navys efforts we dont know what the impact will be but Virginia Ship Repair Association president bill crow warns there will likely still be some pain to come it looks as though theres still no possibility of of those layoffs. Senators warner and kaine in a joint response said these changes wont stop all the layoffs but they said they believe the navys action is a testament to the value of the Hampton Roads shipyards and world class Shipyard Workers reporting live by getting thirteen is now busted and charged with robbery happened Police Arrested forty five year old samuel smith last night a woman at gunpoint inside her house on michigan dr smith were told left w
Little cooler along the lake which is not good news. Low to mid 70s. Its 61 right now. Its 59 waukegan. 57 in morris. Satellite rigour composite shows we are dry. No rain today. But later this weekend we do have the potential for showers and storms as we get into saturday. Warmer temperatures. Today we reach 77. Tonight we drop down to 57 degrees. Tomorrow, 82 clouds are on the increase. Chances of spotty showers and potential thunderstorms. High of 87 on sunday. Everything is looking good and the roads. No major accidents to report. Hurricane arthur has come ashore. Ed payne reports, the storm made landfall in North Carolina, just a few hours ago. Fourth of july vacationers fled the beaches in North Carolina on thursday as the hurricane comes to shore. It made landfall near cape lookout shortly before midnight. Waves as high as 35 ft. Were reported. Officials warned the storm if it had moved farther inland and the predicted. We had concerns about people who were inland may be impacted
Income. The numbers are on the screen. We will get your thoughts in just a minute. Your best ideas for growing the middleclass. We want to hear from you. Joining us on the phone is Jim Tankersley of the Washington Post cap how is the little class to find . Of the Washington Post. How is the middleclass defined . Guest i think most of us think of that typical family or household. When we talk about Median Income or median wealth, that is what we mean. What is that right there in the middle. Host does that change based on where you live . Guest it does but when you think about it nationally ok, the Median Income is a little over 50,000 a year. And that is about what it was in 1989. When theyre thinking about the middleclass nationally, we think of a it really has not gotten better in terms of income in a quartercentury. Host talk about how the middleclass is doing not just with income, but other parts of their pocketbook. Are there costs for them . Guest it has been a really tough couple
Boehner has asked Democratic Leaders to step aside so he and the president can negotiate a deal one on one, and no one is objecting. The crisis in egypt remains volatile, with massive antigovernment rallies planned today. Heartbreaking survival story for a woman stranded in the snow in the california Sierra Nevada mountains. Shoppers at a seattle macys had to be hospitalized when an escalator they were riding malfunctioned. Fire to the end zone. Touchdown. Broncos with their eighth straight win. All that three, two, one my 50th birthday, she gives everybody a car and then shes all, thank you for coming to gayles birthday were talking about oprah, right . No, of course not. And all that matters. South Carolina Tea Party says jim demint is resigning. Leaving the senate a lot better than i found it. Jim demint leaves some big shoes to fill. Jim demint leaves some big shoes to fill. Then again captioning funded by cbs en again welcome to cbs this morning. Im charlie rose in new york. Norah