Together from the Charter School where that alleged attack happened on that girl nearly a week ago. The school claims it learned after that arrest that almost none of the schools employees had been fingerprinted or had their backgrounds checked. Ian is live in the news room. Ian, some of these people were fired. Thats right. And no one on the schoolboard would say why, citing its a confidential personnel matter. All three of the employees fired, including the suspect, jonathan chou, were assistants at the school. The decision what is announced at the sparks schoolboard meeting tonight. Parents there upset more wasnt done to protect their kids. I was shocked. And then i was angry. Im angry because the school didnt communicate to us that they didnt do background checks, they didnt communicate to us that fingerprinting wasnt done. The board addressed the status of School Employee background checks tonight. The principal says all of them are now in and the county will review them tomorrow.
President obama and Vladimir Putin meet face to face. Amid u. S. Concerns about the build up in syria. If i bring them from mexico and so many countries, everybody is taking our jobs. How do you get them back . The pope is back in rome after a historic visit. Dont forget. John boehner blasted his own party. People are believing they can establish things they know, they know are never going to happen. Hillary clinton says she wasnt involved in deciding which emails from her private server to turn over to the state department. I wasnt that focused on my email accounts. Scary moment for Carlie Fiorina when a stage curtain nearly fell on top of her during a speech in texas. That deadly seattle duck boat accident claiming a fifth accident. They reveal the duck boat didnt have an axle repaired. A driver nearly burned down a gas station trying to kill a spider. Do you know gas goes can kaboom . All that and the huge win for the denver broncos. Something going on in the dugout. Its getting ugl
His wife and a group of kids who will give him flowers. There will be a series of small meetings, an exchange of gifts before pope francis holds a town hall meeting with about 400 staffers. The final session will be in front of the general assembly. This is the fifth pope to visit the u. N. The holy father will address the United Nations in spanish. He feels much at ease with it. The mastery of the language would have an impact on how he would deliver his speech. Reporter also spanish is one of the six official languages of the u. N. Coming up on Eyewitness News at 5 00, more on all the details that extraordinary mass thats going the take place at Madison Square garden and again security. Today mayor bill de blasio laid it all out. Well have more at 5 00, live on the upper east side, kimberly richardson, channel 7 Eyewitness News. The popes visit is a big security challenge and a logistical nightmare for planners. At one point, 83 blocks in this week. In all it adds up to 10. 3 miles c
Low lying spots like this one in duey took a pounding over the weekend. If you were here on saturday you would have been about up to your knees in water, easily up to your knees in water. Reporter doris is still cleaning up the mess from the storm at her shop in bethany. Very, very windy, very rainy, salt covered everything, sands everywhere. Reporter her shop is okay, her beach is far from okay. The gates to Bethany Beach are now closed in some spots. This path basically dropped off like a cliff into the ocean below, same deal over the inlet. Three or four days, totally just gone. All gone. Some streets are still closed at the delaware beaches, youll still find ankle deep water in many spots. Here you can see the water is pretty calm now, but also still very high and most of the homes along the bay, including the ones here are elevated. The ones that are not, they can still face some water problems, at least for the next couple days. Kurt came down knowing his ground level house might
The campaigners are battling for voter support and contributions. Theres seven weeks to go. The Iowa Caucuses on february the 1st. Texas senator ted cruz is leading the polls. Adding an element of drama to a campaign dominated by donald trump. Republicans, including former Vice President dick chain ci criticized the plan from entering the United States. The numbers in the polls have gone up since he made the proposal in the days following the rampage. Its another example of how candidates can benefit, using the politics of fear. David shuster has the story. Reporter in the wake. I. S. I. L. Inspired rampage, amid concerns that attacks are coming, president obama urged americans not to overreact. Lets not forget that freedom is more powerful than fear. Soothing public fear about violence can be difficult. Less than 24 hours later, donald trump went the other way. We can be politically correct or stupid. It will get worse and worse. As dramatic about trumps rhetoric may seem. In this cam