In nepal. More than 3800 lives lost and thousands more injured. Powerful aftershocks continue. Out, out. The quake caused an avalanche at Mount Everest. At least 18 people died. Oh my gosh, this is the biggest tail ive ever seen. Oh, and its im covered in glass. Severe weather including hail damaging winds and, yes, tornado for texas up towards oklahoma. Tornado behind me. Off the coast of alabama, search efforts are under way for a group of missing boaters. Two people were killed when a powerful storm hit the area. In baltimore today, the funeral of freddie gray follows a week of outrage capped off by looting and arrests. The smoking gun is in the pattern of behavior. The Clinton Foundation is admitting it made mistakes. The sloppiness is simply inexcusable. The longawaited trial for colorado movie gunman james holmes begins today. Hes pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. Violent protests in mexico as demonstrators mark the disappearance of 43 college students. All that no way wh
The death toll has climbed to over 3,300 as powerful aftershocks continue. Out, out, out. The quake caused an avalanche at mt. Everest. At least 18 people died. Oh, my gosh. This is the biggest hail its ever seen. Oh. Im covered in glass. Severe weather including hail and damaging winds. Hail and tornados in oklahoma and alabama. Two people were killed when a powerful storm hit the area. In baltimore today the funeral of freddie gray follows a week of outrage capped off by violent looting and more arrests. The smoking gun is the pattern of behavior. The Clinton Foundation admitted it made mistakes. The sloppiness is simply inexcusable. The trial of colorado shooter james holmes begins today. Hes pled not guilty by reason of insanity. Demonstrators marked the disappearance of 43 college students. All that no way. What . No way. He caught that. And all that matters John Dickerson here getting used to getting up every sunday morning, even the sunday morning after the white house Correspon
Violent home books were a never ending source of inspiration a way to provide meaning to life at difficult times. One special teacher she says, mrs. Belton helped shanna develop her passion. She says she taught me it was possible to read and write my way into another life. Thats a pretty good description of education in general. Today miss peeples passiones that onto her students. They pour their stories onto the page and she tells them everyone has a voice, everyone has a story worth sharing. They discover their experiences arent so singular, that whether theyre an eat openian refugee or never set foot out of texas theyre not so different and not so alone as a consequence. Shanna works hard to earn and keep their trust and help them find new ways to grow ak academically academically, to reach for their future. In a sense i sell hope she says. I love that line. In a sense i sell hope. And her students are hungry for hope. Most kids are hungry for hope. Since shanna arrived there five y
Screeria nigeria. Maryland discusses u. S. Hostage policy and earnest moniz testifies before the Senate Energy committee. Japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe has been in washington, d. C. , this week for a meeting with president obama and a state dinner at the white house. Today the Prime Minister addressed a joint meeting of congress. This is 50 minutes. Mr. Speaker the Prime Minister of japan [ applause ] [ applause ] [ applause ] [ applause ] [ applause ] [ applause ] [ applause ] members of congress, i have the high privilege and the distinct honor of presenting to you his excellence see, Prime Minister shinzo abe, Prime Minister of japan. [ applause ] mr. Speaker, mr. Vice president , distinguished members of the senate and the house, distinct guests ladies and gentlemen, back in june 1957, my grandfather standing right here as Prime Minister of japan began his address. By saying, and i quote, it is because of our strong believe in democratic principles and ideals that japan associ
Class learners is our mission and we answer it in our classrooms every day. Thank you secretary duncan for your advocacy of authentic learning and service for our students and your support of teacher leadership. Thank you to my wonderful family. Im nothing without you. Thank you to kayla, my student to the texas delegation and to my administrators. [ applause ] finally, thank you to the talented passionate and remarkably goodlooking group of state teachers of the year with whom i am privileged to join today. Each of them is a study in excellence and each of them is a representation of what a great teacher is. I am honored to stand here today. As a teacher of refugee students, i have been privileged to see Public Education through the eyes of students from countries as diverse as berm a, somalia, iraq, and cuba. Being here today makes me think of my student. She was a shy teenage girl who had little formal schooling and much suffering in her native berma. One day a snowstorm shut down t