Dont know about it. Announcer plus. Male education has become all about filling in a bubble rather than unlocking human potential. Announcer a new documentary profiles schools shaking up the status quo. Male we went on this quest to rethink school, to try to see it differently than weve ever seen it before. Announcer now, heres nbc bay areas jessica aguirre. Jessica aguirre hello, and welcome to this news special in class action. We cover the hot topics in education, and tonight is no different. We begin with an effort to make school kids safer when the big one hits. As weve showed you on class action, Public School buildings are highly regulated for seismic safety, and will likely hold up well in the event of an earthquake. But what about private schools . It may surprise you to know that private schools are not regulated except in san francisco. It is the first and only city in california to require private schools do seismic evaluations. San francisco Friends School has an unusual s
Safety, and will likely hold up well in the event of an earthquake. But what about private schools . It may surprise you to know that private schools are not regulated except in san francisco. It is the first and only city in california to require private schools do seismic evaluations. San francisco Friends School has an unusual seismic story that starts with a historic old building. Male it was built to house levi strausss blue jean Assembly Plant back in 1906. Jessica before the school moved in, it had to do a massive retrofit. Male we completely gutted the entire building, basically put the entire building, 82,000 square feet on stilts, and lifted it up off of its then foundation, and then created a whole new foundation and set the Building Back down. Jessica everything inside this old building is basically new. Male you see a lot of steel everywhere, in every classroom, in every office, in every common area. Youll see these huge steel ibeams that are holding up the building in add
9 20 p. M. Eastern time. The train derailed in a dimly lit area. Rescue crews were scrambling, having to use flashlights in what ended up being a level three mass casualty incident. A call went out for surrounding helicopters to help with the rescue efforts by shining spot lights on the area. We also know six people are in Critical Condition. There were 243 people on board the train, five of whom were amtrak employees. Msnbcs adam reiss is live in philadelphia with us this morning. Adam, what is the scene looking like this morning where you are . Reporter betty, good morning to you. Mayor nutter of philadelphia says they cant be sure everyone is accounted for. They sent in search dogs and firemen with hydraulics jaws of life to rip open the metal of the trains to see if in fact, there are people inside. The train left philadelphias 30th street station last night, got here about 9 28. Thats when it derailed. All seven cars off the tracks, three of them completely. The mayor described it
Recent trip and decades ago in the korean war. We received word of this alleged apology about two hours ago. Ktvu is in palo alto at an assisted living facility where he was living with his wife before he was detained in north korea. Reporter i stepped inside the building and talked with the reception mist but said they had not heard this latest newhad no comment. This video is the first we have seen of him since he was detained last month. Take a look again in the video posted on youtube he looks well although his hands appear to shake. It was broadcast by north koreas state run news agency. It appears to show him reading a prepared statement for the camera. He is 85 years old, retired Financial Consultant and u. S. Veteran from the korean war. He was on a 10 day private tour last month and was on a plane when taken away by authorities of the dprk. In the video he says he had been looking for relatives, some korean acquaintances. So i asked my guide to help me to look for their family
On getting riders safely to the parking lot. Ktvus patty lee joins us live in west oakland, where the added security is in place right now. Any problems so far today, patty . Reporter well, not so far today, ken. But you can see its just now starting to get dark. As you can see behind me, the bart officers are starting to collect behind that blue desk. You have folks starting to hover as they get out of the station, trying to ask what they are there for. They are there to escort folks back to their cars. Now, a big crush of people came through the station around 4 15 today. They were lugging bags of black friday loot. One mother and daughter told us they actually met here at the bart station to make sure they had someone walk them to their car. They didnt realize the west oakland station was offering this free service tonight. Lot of times when you see people coming off the trains, lots of bags, trying to get their keys out to go to their cars, they are not aware as they normally are.