Catholic organizations. Read more at thehill. Com. Next up, lawmakers education advocates, students and former Education Department officials talk about race and education, including improving urban School Systems, desegregation and Minority Access to Higher Education. Its from the Congressional Black Caucus foundation from last month. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you so much for joining us today. Todays Education Brain trust is called from brown to fisher. Increasing racial diversity to improve Educational Equity. I am Melanie Roussel newman, the chief Public Engagement and Communications Strategist for the naacp Legal Defense fund, the organization that i am proud to say i work for and that is responsible for brown and fisher. And so, i want to give a little bit of hello . Oh. Sorry. I want to give a little bit of background about myself. I am i have been with the Leal Defense Fund since march of this year but worked in the Obama Administration and on the hill for quite some time.
Dangerous wildfires raging in oklahoma. Over the top. A 12yearold girl body slammed by a Police Officer at a school in texas. He is now on paid leave and she is speaking out this morning. And the outlaw hero. The tributes are pouring in for country legend merle haggard, the mark he left on music during his complicated life. Today is thursday, april 7th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody, welcome to today on a thursday morning. When you say country legend you have to think merle haggard. One of the originals and unfortunately there arent that many of them left. We are going to talk more about Merle Haggards life and career in just a little while. The president ial candidates are in a new york state of mind, the next big Battle Ground in the race and they are ratcheting up the rhetoric. We have it all covered. We will start with the democrats this morning. Andrea mitchell has
Bronx. This is an immigrant community. Breaking news. The middle school takedown. The student is 12, thrown to the ground by this officer. Tonight, the investigation just launched, accused of excessive force. Fears over fuel tonight. The passenger jet flying to california suddenly turned around. Did they not have enough fuel . And how does this happen . Homicide on campus. A community on high alert. Students told not to walk alone, not to wear headphones, after a young woman is discovered. And the patient who secretly recorded her own doctors in the operating room. You will hear what she captured. She was shocked. Good evening. Its great to have you with us on a wednesday night. We begin tonight with the fallout, a major loss for donald trump in wisconsin. Trump taking aim at ted cruz and those in the party he says are trying to stop him. Of a contested convention. Ted cruz hoping this win helps him in new york. But from this point on, trump would need to win 60 of the remaining delega
Record. He has been talking for more than a year about doing things that he, obviously, hadnt really studied or understood. This guy standing over there talking about new york values with hatred, with hatred of new york. Lets be clear. The people of new york know exactly what those values are. They are the values of liberal democratic politicians. In central alabama, a possible tornado touchdown down overnight. Winds across the plains are scorching 55,000 acres. Pretty scare. New details about fbi unlocked the iphone used by one of the San Bernardino terrorists. Country music hall of famer Merle Haggard died on his 79th bir birthd birthday. Our concerns about zika have only increased. A School Police officer body slams a 12yearold girl in texas. Jennifer, are you okay . All that. Young and old having a great time at the masters annual par. Iii contest. Good putt reaction. Maybe one of the best hole in ands was from 80yearold gary player. Cruz has momentum and a real chance he could tur
By a Police Officer at a school in texas. And the outlaw hero. The tributes are pouring in for country legend merle haggard, the mark he left on music during his complicated life. Today april 7, 2016. This is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. When you say country legend you have to think merle haggard. One of the originals and there arent that many of them left. We will talk more about Merle Haggards life and career. The president ial candidates are in a new york state of mind. The next big Battle Ground in the race and are ratcheting up the rhetoric. Lets start with democrats. Andrea mitchell has her eye on the race. With both democrats needing to win the New York Primary on april 19th verbal sparring has escalated. The angriest exchanges of this year long campaign. Bernie sanders unleashing a blistering attack against Hillary Clinton. He said she started it. She has been saying lately that she thinks that i am quote, unquote, not qual