but the school superintendent canceled the trip due to the heightened terror alert after the bombings in brussels. students tell me they were all packed. they had brought their suitcases to school yesterday to be checked and that s when they got the news. there were people who have been saving up for this, parents took a second job just for this. reporter: the travel company has a cancellation poll is i that refunds part of the whole amount. $2,500. this because the school made a decision as to cancel unlike some other schools after the attacks in paris. all the parents are frustrated because the company is not returning our money back. they are just going to send us a voucher. reporter: on the other hand, travel companies oven must commit to hotel rooms and tours in advance with cash themselves. the district said late in the day some students made arrangements directly with the travel agency to go on the trip. accompanied by parents. the school is not involved. still
do is use the search box to find a particular school. clicking on the school will bring you to a more detailed report card. parents say it s a neat tool to keep in touch with their kids schools. i m very interested in how the school s doing, and of course, how my child s education is going. sabrina: we ll post a link to the iowa school report card on our website so you can check it out. elias: we re back with meterologist bree sullivan. bree (bree adlibs) bree weather adlib: bundle up today! we are starting off with clouds this morning, but by the end of the day we could see a few bree weather adlib: are starting off with clouds this morning, but by the end of the day we could see a few peaks of sunshine before the sun sets. temperatures will be cold in the 30s across central iowa, but with the winds out of the northwest at 10-20 mph, it will feel much colder! wind chills today will be in the teens in northern iowa and 20s here in the metro. overnight, as skies begin to
first-degree murder of his grandmother. elias:: the iowa utilities grandmother. elias:: the iowa utilities board is taking its time to weigh all the evidence presented in nearly a month of hearings at the boone county fairgrounds. that despite a push from dakota access to make a final decision quickly. elias: but the pressure is not just on the utility board. last night, the iowa department of natural resources was trying to decide if it should let the pipeline cut through state owned land. more than 120 people attended the meeting, with 55 choosing to speak on the record. d-n-r officials say they ll weigh each opinion, based on how they were transcribed, not the manner in which they were delivered. chuck gipp, director of iowa dnr: it s a little bit disappointing that there s some that came here as a public demonstration rather than to provide valuable public input, so we can make the determination whether to issue the permit based on everybody s opinion and what we have th
estimates california has about one year of water left. and how the united nations body responsible for global climate change negotiations is backing the campaign to persuade investors to sell off their fossil fuel assets. then, as wikileaks founder julian assange marks is 1000th day seeking silent a salem swedish prosecutors have agreed for the first time to come to london to question him. we see this as a victory for julian assange and as an evidence that we were right all the time, that the prosecutor was wrong all the time, and we will cooperate fully to get this interrogation made as soon as possible. but it may take some time. but that will not be up to us. amy: we would get an update from wikileaks and julian assange s lawyer michael ratner. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. a devastating slight gold in the south pacific nation of anna what to has left half the nation . it washed awa
of the south pacific island nation of vanuatu has been left homeless by cyclone pam, a category 5 storm. vanuatu s president directly linked the storm to climate change. we will get an update from 350.org s bill mckibben who also talk about how a nasa scientist estimates california has about one year of water left. and how the united nations body responsible for global climate change negotiations is backing the campaign to persuade investors to sell off their fossil fuel assets. then, as wikileaks founder julian assange marks is 1000th day seeking silent a salem swedish prosecutors have agreed for the first time to come to london to question him. we see this as a victory for julian assange and as an evidence that we were right all the time, that the prosecutor was wrong all the time, and we will cooperate fully to get this interrogation made as soon as possible. but it may take some time. but that will not be up to us. amy: we would get an update from wikileaks and julian