Being here today. Today wouldve r3rd Milton Friedmans 10 birthday. He is considered the father of the modern day School Choice movement. And what a movement it has become. Today, 59 private School Choice programs operate in 28 states and right here in the district of columbia. These options, whether vouchers, tuition tax credit scholarship programs, or Education Savings Accounts which we are here to discuss today provide families the opportunity to choose schools and learning options that meet their childs individual and unique learning needs. Instead of being assigned to a school based on where their parents live, these models of School Choice free people and children from assignment by zip co policies that bind them to a neighborhoodde. As friedman said, School Choice ensures children are free to choose and 1955, he first outlined his concept of free School Vouchers. In his essay friedman posited government administers the schools is neither required by the financing of education nor
Death. And we begin with todays whiplash on wall street. Stocks were up much of the day, but fizzled. The dow shot up after the opening bell, 440 points, but after a lateday reversal, the dow ended the day down 205 points. Global markets were mixed, and asian indices were picked but european markets saw gains. Ali velshi is here with more, and walk us through this day. You cant keep track of this stuff. Last night, when asian markets openeds and they were down, this was a powerful rally for most of the day, and then once again, the dow losing it hundred points or so. 1. 3 . Heres the issue. When these things happen, when this find of volatility gets in the market, you see people who say, oh, my god, i dont have the stomach for this, i have to sell. And every time markets start to go up and back, they take the opportunity to get out. They saw the opportunity on friday, and saw it come back a little bit, and sold out. Youll see this coming up and down in the next few days. This is not so
Nba. A onepoint thriller on opening night. And all that matters do you feel like you missed it . Some parts no, i dont. I miss wearing makeup. Well, sure. On cbs this morning. And a swing and a miss. The ball game is over, and the dodgers up 30. I do think its pretty hilarious just to see how people in chicago went from, man, after 108 years i wish we could just win once, just one time. Now people are like we want it every year. This eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. Looking good for the dodgers. Welcome to cbs this morning. Charlie is off today, but were in good hands. Jeff glor is with us at the table. Good to be here. Always good to have you. As you wake up in the west today, President Trump is fueling new controversy over one of the most solemn duties of any president , speaking to families of troops killed in action. The white house says the president s chief of staff, john kelly, did not get a call from then president obama when kellys son, a marine lieutenant, w
Vegas shooting. And oprah wintry stopped by in studio 57 to talk about spirituality and her new book and role. But we begin todays eye opener with your world in 90 seconds. The president is bringing out the worst in everyone. The president stirs controversy over gold star families. We have a president who does not understand governance. Its bizarre conduct. Im being very nice, but at some point i fight back, and it wont be pretty. Harvey weinstein has officially resigned from the board of the Weinstein Company. His brother bob is now facing his own Sexual Misconduct accusations. Were hearing for the first time from the Hotel Security guard who was shot and wounded by the las vegas gunman Stephen Paddock. Everyone came together. Firefighters are gaining ground on the wildfires in california. We have a long way to go. Crews are fighting a fire at the l. A. X. Airport. All that it was Opening Night in the nba. A onepoint thriller. And all that matters. Do you feel like you miss no some pa
Reporter kelly was driving with a blood alcohol level of. 14. Two months ago he pled guilty to 28 charges including five counts of negligent homicide. But for reasons that are still unexplained, judge albert let him out on gps monitoring. Pending sentencing. Now he has failed to turn up. I want to see is him turn himself in. If you are hiding him out, youre just as guilty. My other daughter morgan and her twin sister lauren. Reporter the Community Rallied around those ten surviving children throwing Christmas Parties and raising money. Their third mothers day without their mom. If it gave them a million years it wouldnt be okay. If they put him to death, it wouldnt be okay. We learn how to cope with it and deal reporter and the singing inside the court and the scene inside the courthouse was nothing like we have ever seen. There was dozens of relatives ready to describe the impact of this loss on them when kelly failed to show, they ran out into the hallway screaming, weeping, filled w