meanwhile, the school district responded to msnbc news saying upon enrollment his mother reported his personal history, which included post-traumatic stress disorder. the parents made no contact with the school regarding concerns of bullying. asher brown and tyler clementi are among four gay teenagers who killed themselves in the past month alone. in california, a memorial service for 13-year-old seth walsh is taking place later today. the middle school student spent nine days on life support after hanging himself in a tree in the backyard. he died tuesday. joining me live on the phone is jim walsh. the grandfather of seth walsh. mr. walsh. thank you for joining us. our hearts and thoughts are with your family in this time. caller: thank you. absolutely. first of all. tell me about your grandson. caller: well, he was a loving boy. always smiling. thoroughly enjoyed life, we
kind of a caretaker chief of staff. he s somebody that knows the president very well. they go back to the president s early days in the u.s. senate. as you heard the president say, pete rouse is often known as the 101st senator, he s the consummate insider, knows the capitol inside and out, well known on the hill, so will be helpful there. he s also kind of a calming influence inside this place. a lot of people feel that he works hard but keeps a low profile. he s a problem solver. the other thing to note about this is we re going to see a lot of turnover, we already have, in fact, here in the west wing. it s very common particularly about two years in, people leave, they go on to other things, they get some fresh blood in. you know, folks that work here work incredibly long hours seven days a week, so there s this natural turnover. pete rouse has actually been the person in charge of coming up with a transition and figuring out, all right, who should we move where? so in man
as rainstorms go, this one is huge, and it s heading up the east coast tonight. flood warnings and watches are posted from the carolinas to the canadian border, and the rainfall is setting records. while most places will see between two and six inches, some will get close to a foot. dean reynolds is in carolina beech, north carolina, tonight. dean, this storm is making it dangerous on the roads, and i know there s been one deadly crash already. reporter: sadly that s true, katie. the first fatalities from this storm that has been pounding east coast from here to maine. the victim s car ran off rain- slicked highway 64 over two hours east of raleigh where it plowed into a watery ditch, killing four members of a georgia family. the first fatalities from this enormous storm that roared up the eastern seaboard, turning roads into canals, ponds into lakes, and front porches into docks. just keep your fingers crossed that it doesn t come in because when it decides to come in, t
in some places they have been below normal. this area has been facing drought conditions for quite some time now. the reason that s good news is because even with all the rain we ve got over the last 24 hours, there is very little concern about significant flooding, and, of course, that s good news for everyone here. so the rain did provide some welcome relieved from the drought conditions and the fact that there had been a drought also mitigated some of the flooding concerns. regardless, they still got a lot of rain. central new jersey, two to four inches of rain here. to put it in perspective, you mentioned some places got more rain in hours than in months. the amount of rain they got in central new jersey in the last 24 hours is more than the state of new jersey got in all of august. quite a significant amount. new york city is going to see about two inches before all of this is said and done. it is causing travel delays. jfk and laguardia are seeing delays. it seems as th
toxicologist didn t approve this equient. until september. peter nickels, the attorney general for the district says the dwi cases fo the last six months will be reviewed. some charges may be dropped. some may be reduced. he promised to be fair and accurate. d.c. police say their machines are accurate. it s the procedure that was the problem. there is absolutely no issues with the integrity, the reliability, the accuracy of the instruments. reporter: so the problem here is? it s protocols and procedures. reporter: now if the story sounds familiar, let s tke a look at some history. from march 2008 to march 2010, police had calibration problems with the intoxilizer. at s the equipment they used back thenin dwi arrests. as a result of that problem, 300 dwi convictions are now under review. the dispute over dwi cases in d.c. is likely to go on and on for some time. barbara, back to you. all right, thank you, pat. now let s get a check of our weather. some places were