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so you were saying earlier that there are protocols in place at most college campuses because we ve had so many of these tragedies in the past decade or so. one thing that obviously is very useful is social media. universities and colleges have developed a system of sending out a warning usually to everyone to stay in place or to seek shelter when these sort of events occur. yeah, but these plans that are in place now that are parts of homeland security and local homeland security and local emergency management officials and local police are much more complex than this. what they ll do is they ll go to any college, university, any business, any significant organization that has a significant population and what they ll do is a survey to begin with. they ll survey that organization on what kind of security they have in place now. and that survey will tell them where there are vulnerabilities and what needs to be fixed. so after the survey, they ll make recommendation ....
he is speaking out for the first time about this fight caught on several cell phone cameras on grimes last week. he pulled me by my hair and i punched him. todd: johnston schoolbus trevor robert scarbrough was arrested. now the family is putting the driver and district on that is. the family wants the bus driver to know that it is never ok to put your hands on a child when you are angry. todd: scarborough asked suarez to move frorohis seat before the fight broke out and the teenager admits he yelled a profane statement which clearly set the driver off. christian said something that was offensive to the bus driver and the bus driver assaulted him. todd: suarez says he regrets the outburst and in the future. i will try not to say anything mean. eric: suarez now drives to school with his family and is afraid to get back on the bus. the attorney says they are discussing the possibility of suing the school district and bus driver. a missing two-year-old, a frantic se ....
this is the sunrise from the international space station. eric: you never see a sunrise like that. today will be another beautiful one out there on this wednesday morning. it will be another great day. metinka: picture-perfect weather, much like tuesday. a bit of fog, not nearly as widespread right now or dense as it was. that will expand the morning. easter dealing with more dense fog. it is warm out there this morning, maybe a light jacket. if you need one, ames is at 50 degrees. temperatures are starting at or above the average highs so it will be warm so another day for shorts. breezy today and wind will change, blowing tomorrow with thundershowers in the forecast. last week between a bus driver and the special needs student. 15-year-old christian suarez and his family held a news conference tuesday at their attorney s office. he says bus driver robert scarborough asked him to move from his seat and the two began to fight. police charged scarborough with assault. su ....
eric: it will be a beautiful day weather-wise but do we see fog? metinka: there might be a bit of fog but it has been on the light side east of the metro area. watch out for that early today. we are starting mild, temperatures are near or warmer than the vehicle highs at 55. a gorgeous afternoon like it was tuesday. breezy, sunny, or 72. changes in the forecast with showers on the way followed by typical november weather. temperatures for the weekend will fall into the 50 s. eric: new information in that johnston schoolbus fight last week between a bus driver and a special needs student. christian suarez and his family held a news conference at their attorney s office and he says bus driver robert scarbrough asked him to move from his seat. suarez refused and he began to fight. with assault and suarez says he is now afraid to ride the bus. i was mad, angry, scared. the family once the bus driver to know it is never ok to put your hands on a child when you are angry. ....
sunshine. tonight skies will be mainly clear with temperatures dipping back into the 60s and 50s by morning. wednesday looks to be another mild day with more sunshine and temperatures in the 70s. this afternoon haz-mat crews in urbandale. but it turned out to be a false alarm. an employee at worldwide logisitics reported finding a suspicious substance on a package shortly after noon. the building was evacuated and haz- mat crews called in when the employee said the substance made their hands tingle. after investigating officials determined the substance was clearasil . an exfoliating face wash. earlier in the day there was an actual emergency nearby. authorities believe a construction crew digging near 100th and douglas struck an underground gas line. roads in the area were shut down while mid-american crews responded to shutdown the leak and repair the pipe. those roads are now re-opened. tonight we expect to hear from the johnston teenager who was attacked by a bus dr ....