tomorrow on the first leg of his asian trip that will take him to burma and cambodia. australia, powerful storm pummeling brisbane, heavy rain and gale-force winds doing a lot of damage causing trees to sway, knocking down power lines leaving 6,000 hopes and businesses without electricity. parts of the city also hit with hail. spain, police are usually the ones keeping the protesters at bay. this time they are the protesters. 5,000 officers taking over the streets of madrid, angry over austerity cuts affecting their checks, including elimination of their christmas bonuses. china, very smart canine moved to the head of the class. the 3-year-old dachshund can do arithmetic. barking out the correct answers to four math questions,
earlier this month, a defense authorization bill was signed into law that will broaden the military s power over terrorist detainees and will require security guarantees before prisoners can be sent home. among detainees that are rumored to be marked for transfer are 12 taliban detainees who may be transferred to afghan custody as part of a u.s. bid with peace talks with the taliban. francis koe, nbc news. here s your first look at some of the other news going on around america today. a coalition of civil and human rights activists joined the chorus of voices. accusations of racism have been levied against the teachers for basing math questions and equations on slavery and slave beatings. a bus passenger s confrontation with police on a california bus turned vial en. moments after she refused to get off the bus she began cursing at them and was then struck.
my understanding, it s being reported that there is a clause in her contract that says, i understand that a baseline for my weight and measurements will be established at the time of this contract signing. if that is the case, and she broke that contract, unfortunately, i would say she is going to lose this legal battle. all right. thank you so much. hopefully we ll get you back later on to take the cnn challenge. we promised as promised no math questions, just law questions. all right? all right. i m not smarter than a fifth grader so i m a little nervous about this, suzanne. all right. thank you. there is still time to pick the story you want to see later in our choose the news segment. vote by texting 22360. vote one for jim crow-era guidebook. it showed african-americans where they could stay safe in a segregated country. vote two for radical suicide treatment. people thinking about killing themselves spend time in a coffin. or vote three for a rare look at advanced marin
grader, he got the highest s.a.t. score in the state including a 790 out of 800 in math. so close to perfect. i was really mad sort of because i was trying to think what did i miss and what did i do wrong? reporter: in front of a bunch of students i had him ask me some math questions that he figured were pretty easy. is that english? yes. say it one more time. if x squared plus 3 x that s easy? you have to work at it to be that smart but for this boy, that work is fun. i don t know. i think i just try to practice more. i don t take school as something of a grudge. it s more fun.
when the camera went on. in the days leading up to the debate. carl quintanilla was talking about what he was going to ask. but the problem is it was money they should have done that would have been substantive. but i m saying i don t think there was intellectual i have no problems with tough questions for candidates. cnbc and john harwood have been saying today, if you re running for president, you should be able to get in the ring. but here s the problem no intellectual substance, no real rigor to the question. and when you say to somebody, you re a comic book candidate that means that you want to be the center of attention. of course. you had to get in there, debate was supposed to be about money. the first thing you would say is give me three things would you do out of the gate to cut spending. three things would you do on day one to cut entitlements, ask real questions. ask math questions. analyze things. they didn t do any of that. they re asking about fantasy f