A member of the National Constitution centers scholarly advisory board, central to the creation of this beautiful narl treasure founded during the bicentennial to bring people together to debate the constitution and celebrate it, and thanks to his inspiration and the guidance of others, today we are thrilled to announce the launch of a new interactive constitution that you see behind you, that we believe will transform constitutional education in america. And with the help of the federal society and the american constitution society, the leading lawyers organizations, we commissioned the top scholars in america to write about every clause of the constitution, describing what they agree and disagree about so citizens can make up their own minds. This morning the president of the College Board and i announced the College Board will make this the center of the new ap history and government exam and will help students learn about the founding documents for the s. A. T. And we want to get i
Flights have been cancelled but first grant lodes is here with the latest on the record breaking storm. Nat grant and you tried to drive a big rig through some for her can. Posted on twitter shows what happens. A big drag over their the fish calif. That is going up eventually ends of live side. The many dramatic images coming out of mexico. Overnight patricia went from a Tropical Storm to a tourists nightmare. Siren we were very unprepared. And then first thing this morning, you know, heard that it was going to be a category 5. Local residents and tourists scrambled to get supplies as the winds rose and the rain came down nat with the airports shut down. The only option tonight is to shelter in place. It was pretty chaotic at first, you know, i think a bit of panic people were kind of rushing to get a space inside the building. And it was about 100 degrees claustrophobic because it was all boarded up. Hurricane patricia is the largest and strongest hurricane ever recorded. It has weake
Air travel will be impacted all weekend long. Reporter the first reports confirmed that the damages have been smaller considering the magnitude of the there heard cant. Its very important that people stay in shelters. Reporter the are not declared victory yet to. Reporter fuseli could expect that this hurricane. Travel and a hundred and 30 mi. An hour. It will we can to a Tropical Storm early saturday evening. But they will still have 75 mi. Wind speeds. Heres a satellite image. It will weekend and continue to do so. Its a category for. It will bring heavy rainfall to dallas local mod louisiana. Fifth reporter air travel. All flights to and from Puerto Vallartas airport were suspended this morning. Ahead of the storm. Flights were canceled. Forcing people to board busses. Air travel will be impacted all weekend long. At San Franciscos international airport. One roundtrip flight to puerto Puetro Vallarta was canceled today. Although, the flight boards showed. Arrivals and departures to
He opened his door for two men and a woman this afternoon. The trio knew what they were doing when they rushed a homeowner and robbed him inside his house. Im Sarah Bloomquist along with walter perez and the dig story on action news tonight is a daytime home up vacation in philadelphias crescentville section. What makes this crime more despicable the victim is a vietnam veteran is that the recovering from a stroke. Sken live with more. Kenneth. Walter, and sarah i can tell you were node two cases including one from today try owe has thick foreign accents and said anything they could owe to get through the door to steal. Were not shoingt fashion of the 68 years man. You can see his hat. This proud vietnam vet van was a victim of thieves late yesterday afternoon in cesenville. He recently had a stroke and cannot speak. People who pray on the disabled get no pit yes for me. On the 600 block of comely a man with two female accomplice around 50 knocked open the victims door. Once they saw h
To block iranian ships from delivering weapons to rebel fighters in yemen. We have a lot to cover. Elise labott is our Global Affairs correspondent. Michelle kosinski live at the white house for us. Lets begin with the situation off the coast of yemen. That crisis in yemen taking a dramatic new turn this morning as u. S. Warships join the other nations off the coast in a rapidly escalating situation. The Obama Administration deploying an Aircraft Carrier and guided missile destroyer in yemeni waters to join nine other american ships in the region in a strong signal to iran. All prepared to intercept iranian vessels if they proceed into yemeni waters where countries like saudi arabia egypt and other partner nations have a presence. The u. S. Fearing the iranian ships may be carrying arms for Houthi Rebels fighting u. S. Allies in yemen. The heightened military response comes at a sensitive time in u. S. iran relations with delicate Nuclear Negotiations set to resume wednesday and as ira