Investigation earlier on. Should the investigation lead to a felony crime, and that it will fall under jurisdiction of reno police. Both reno police and the washoe news4 they have not been contacted to investigate. The water crisis continues to be a nightmare for residents in michigan. As thousands of bottles of being delivered, several them. Lead poisoning can be crippling to the Mental Development of young children. Evidence shows lead may have been poised in the water and went for more than a year but a state of emergency was declared until just three weeks ago. The situation is being called a National Disgrace but this has happened in other American Cities before. Terry andry asks how safe is our Drinking Water. Talk about an issue of trust, you trust that when you turn on your tap water is clean and free of contaminants. Providing clean Drinking Water is raymonds job. Hes the supervisor for the truckee meadows water authority. What happened dashcam what happened in flint happen he
Thats what some parents are saying about the birds and the bees. A lesson in a new Health Textbook for high school freshmen. Live from the Fremont Unified School District Office, with why some parents are upset at the content. Reporter they say that the book mentions vibrators and bondage and is inappropriate for 13 and 14yearolds, which is why more than 100 parents have come here to the district offers to check out the book for themselves. This book is creating a lot of controversy in the Fremont Unified School district. In less than three weeks, 2,400 ninth graders will be using the textbook in their health classes. Already more than 1,200 people have signed a petition to pull the book. The petition claims your health today exposes you to sexual games, even sexual bondage with handcuffs, and it is extremely inappropriate for 13 and 14yearolds. Can i see the health book . Let me get it for you. Becky has a son about to enter ninth grade. She came into the District Office to check the
Thank you for joining us. You are taking on this job after a pretty bad year for democrats. A lot of republicans who people did not think could get reelected in places like maine did. There were losses of governorships in illinois and states where they should not have. Even in a bad year. As you take on this job, looking ahead, what lessons did you take away from 2014 that democrats can really apply in 2015 and 2016 . You bet. Thanks for having me james. First, i would pushback on that a little bit. We have three great new governors in pennsylvania, rhode island, hawaii. Keeping colorado in connecticut even with the u. S. Senators lost, in the face of millions of dollars in negative ads people spent against them we certainly did not get everything they wanted in 2014, but i think we got some real stars in their. When i look to 2015 and 2016, the way i won the way i governed, was by focusing on the future, fiscal discipline, education, and improving the economy, trying to find common se
Pay lip service to the Elizabeth Warren wing of the party. Most ega donors most dga dono rs are corporate, moderate. Montana, even though it is a red state, barack obama lost. There is this populist streak, which is why they have had democratic governors, why jon tester was able to earn reelection. He is waiting to see where the party goes, and not necessarily pick a path. Do you think he is trying to draw a line between governors and washington, washington in general, which would mean democrats as well . Is that unusual for a Governors Association chairman . I do not think it is that unusual. He was careful when barack obama came up to distance himself from obama. And it is true, obama is going to be very popular in 2015. It may be different in some of the states where there are going to be competitive elections. It will be in states where Hillary Clinton could win. I thought he was being a little bit more careful in trying to delineate himself from the National Party than a Chris Chr
Shooting Michael Brown is suing for the right to speak publicly about the case. This comes as the Naacp Legal Defense Fund calls for an investigation into the grand jury proceedings. We will go to st. Louis for the latest. Then to the crackdown on journalists. By launching criminal investigations of stories that are outside the mainstream coverage, they are trying to in effect held a pathway on which journalism can be conducted. Stay on the interstate highway of conventional wisdom with your journalism, and you will have no problems. Try to get off and challenge basic assumptions, annual face punishment. New york times Investigative Reporter james risen appeared in court monday and refused to answer questions about an alleged source ahead of the trial of former cia officer jeffrey sterling. We will speak to his colleague , matt apuzzo. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. At least 12 people have been killed