Jessica rae we begin this morning with a story out of sioux city, North High Schools former band director is facing felony charges. 34 year old Lucas Sursely who resigned from his position last week was arrested for Sexual Exploitation by a School Employee. While in police custody, sursely admitted to sending a lewd photo to a student. According to court documents, sursely told police after his arrest he was texting a 15 year old female student about having sex with him. The 34yearold submitted his resignion to the School One Week ago, and parents were notified about the matter in a meeting on monday. A press conference was held yesterday afternoon, where School Administrators from the district spoke on the and although the superintendent on the the circumstances surrounding the arrest, doctor paul to make it very clear theyre doing everything to resolve the situation. I assure the community that we take matters of this naturereery seririsly. This is the work that we do. We e do our wo
Its based on integrity, its based on keeping people safe and whenever things like this happen it tarnishes the reputation in general. Lear also said that with the over 1000 teachers we have in the district over 1000 teachers we havein the district there are some that just shouldnt be in the profession just like in anyther. Well have more on the issue coming up at 10. Reporting live in studio, lukas voss abc9 news jenna this is the latest in a string of criminal charges against former north high shcool employees. Earlier this year, high soccer deleon was found exploitation by a after it was a sexual lationship with one of his udents. He was sentenced to probation earlier this month. Back in 2013, former band director kevin after it was he was pawning off instruments to pay off gambling debt. Massey was able to steal over 50 thousand dollars worth of instruments over about ten years. Was sentenced to three years of probation and has to pay back the money to theschool. Jenna a Wayne State
Hoping well keep the world at bay, hoping we will sustain ourselves with a reduced presence in the world and a radically reduced capacity for defending ourselves, defending our allies and projecting our power. So that would be sort of an an litic way to present why we are in decline. Its not a conscious choice. I dont want to play the amateur psychiatrist or even a professional one in this. I dont want to look in obamas soul but if you look at where modern liberalism is taking us, it is to recreate the choice the europeans made in the late 1940s after the second world war. The problem for us, and i think the problem for the west is if we decline and use our resources internally, who will protect us, who will protect the free world, who will keep open the sea lanes and who will prevent the rise of a hegamon like china or the chaos that will ensue if theres no leader or dominant power in the world. Its a very long answer to a short question. And the reason i did that is because on televi
Neil. He was one of our most esteemed members, passed away unexpectedly this summer. You were at the memorial service. I was at the Funeral Service in cincinnati. I missed the memorial service. Tell us what that was like at that service and what was Neil Armstrong like as a man and as an astronaut . The Funeral Service was in cincinnati, outside under a covered tent. Mostly family and astronauts and close family were there. We got to see a lot of the apollo era astronauts. Bob jacobs, the pr that represented nasa. It was more of a member is of neil from his sons and a couple close friends. The eulogies were mostly about his humility. That is what i remember most about neil. One of the most humble guys i ever met, most selfeffacing, never bragged. Never thought about looked at me, i am first on the moon. And it probably the most talented guy i knew as far as pilot skills go. You were if prior you were a Fighter Pilot. Right, and so was he, in korea. Then he got out of the navy. So he wa
Mostly family and astronauts and close family were there. We got to see a lot of the apollo era astronauts. Bob jacobs, the pr that represented nasa. It was more of a member is of and a from his sons couple close friends. The eulogies were mostly about his humility. That is what i remember most about neil. One of the most humble guys i ever met, most selfeffacing, never bragged. Never thought about looked at me, i am first on the moon. And it probably the most talented guy i knew as far as pilot skills go. You were if prior you were a Fighter Pilot. Right, and so was he, in korea. Then he got out of the navy. So he was an accomplished pilot when he came to nasa. I think if anybody should have been first on the moon, it was Neil Armstrong because he had the skill and the humility to carry that load. We talked last night at dinner. When you were flying at the lunar module down, commander is on one side and the other guy is on the other side. It makes it easier for one person to get out f