. >> i am a national board credentialed teacher at a middle school. superintendent, board members, here we go again. we are still beating this poor, dead horse. it is a course of a different color. jrotc is a fine choice of the election. should students wish to take it in school, they should be able to. it is not a requirement for graduation. neither is it listed in the a-g requirements, which are students lobbied for vociferously. physical education is a progression requirement. students are required to have two years of pe to graduate. jrotc students are required to have independent study, supervised by a credentialed teacher. this would have one teacher oversee two schools. right now, we have none who are all the credentialed. since 2009, after three years, not one has completed the credential process, although we do have some interns. how can we expect students, intern's who have to be overseen by their own mentor teachers, to oversee two schools? it makes me think of "while i was going to st. ives." is light. i am tired. i hope you all have a wond

. >> the national assessment governing board is a board that sets the policy for the national assessment of educational progress, otherwise known as naep. the main goal is to ensure that we can measure the knowledge across different subjects for all students in grades 4, 8, and 12. >> the board regularly tests a sample of american students. then it issues a report card stating how many of us are performing at three levels. so, explain the difference between the three levels. >> at the lowest level of achievement, if you will, we have basic, then we have students who are demonstrating more knowledge of information -- proficient -- and then those who are demonstrating even higher levels of understanding at the advanced level. >> with civics, what did the report card find? >> we found, first, that our fourth-graders, there was an upward trend. so they were doing well, if you will. they were increasing with their scores over the last assessment that was given for civics. eighth grade was flat -- not a real decrease, not a real increase. that was not encouraging. >> only one in five eighth-gr

national board i wish you would so why don't they show up at us well for a variety of reasons. for example i remember rather telling incident which happened during the very first forum which took place in luxembourg we invited to prominent nuclear. and then the person. detained by national authorities and was released only after the form was over that suggests it's the government not the experts who is reluctant well the government must have taken our form for a threat or if. there is another thing ever noticed about the for. nuclear controversy and there in north korea are issues of star contention between russia in the including the united states but i don't sense that from your forms this question of what can we say that russian and western experts in retired officials share a common outlook at this issue that when you do that. they sensually do why i just did it that would make it look i would put it this way in every single meeting of the forum but i reserve common understanding of a fundamental reality which probably overlooked by the general public. leaving aside old the

after a closed-door meeting, the national board of the leadership conference of women religious said the vatican action had caused "scandal and pain throughout the church." in april, the vatican accused the leadership conference of having "serious doctrinal problems" and ordered the group to place itself under the authority of seattle's archbishop. the nuns said that assessment was based on, "unsubstantiated accusations and the result of a flawed process that lacked transparency." leaders of the group will go to the vatican to discuss their concerns on june 12th. the conference claims to represent more than 80% of the leaders of some 57,000 u.s. catholic sisters. >>> the archdiocese of milwaukee acknowledged wednesday that it had paid some priests accused of sexual abuse $20,000 to voluntarily leave the ministry. the practice occurred when timothy dolan, now the cardinal of new york, was archbishop of milwaukee. the survivors network of those abused by priests characterized it as a payoff for pedophile priests, something dolan denied. a spokeswoman for the archdiocese of milwaukee sa

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to our national board represented by lisa gable to cony lindsey, our president. i bring her good wishes, as well. to those of you in the audience today to support us, and also girl scouts who, by the way, we work for every day, and we're so proud of you. you know, i wanted to start my remarks talking about a girl. a girl, a very special girl, a girl that grew up in china. and a little about this girl if you imagine her hand -- she didn't have fingers, just a palm and a thumb. but there was a family that traveled to china to adopt her in an orphanage. and they brought her to georgia, where they loved her and cared for her, but even the daily tasks of tying a shoe or picking up a toy was difficult for this young girl, who they named danielle. and danielle had lots of aspirations, but the parents wanted to figure out what they could do for her in her life. so as anybody does these days, right, they googled a solution. and they found a whole community out there of people who want wanted to support this young lady. but they found a group in particular, a group of lead

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the national board didn't actually record the sudan that it taken place because they were not happy that done. the sedans were one part of the civil rights movement in wichita and they -- the victory was very significant. it was the first student led successful student led sudan. they went through five years of this and the adults in the end naacp organized, don't buy, we can't work, campaigns they would distribute flyers. i have flyers of the stores in town that would be open to hiring you or some of the wives of some of the doctors in the community. this is incredibly wonderful strategy. they realize that the doctors were only allowing black patients to have appointments on thursdays, so they would refuse and they just, okay if you want a business then you have to take us other times of the week. some of the stores, clothing stores fashionable clothing stores in town and would not allow you to crop -- try on clothes if you went and so a number of doctors wives organized and ran up their tabs and then said they were not going to pay their tabs if the policy was not change. so there were

it's great from the point of view of people's will, as the national board changes, to have congress,especially the house of representatives change. you get those who perhaps most reflect voters will. you don't necessarily get the greatest leaders. in that fashion. both a problem and it vanished of single party district is easy to get, you get really bad people who can't, or can even become -- but it's also we get most of your leadership. because they're there because they're relatively safe. they can take riskier votes. they may be more likely to reach across party lines. so sometimes you get both the best and the worst out of single party district in the house. >> at question for john before i shut up. and that is, you were the editor of the world down at aberdeen. grace was one of two counties in the state of washington to vote in 1972 for republican candidate for president, george mcgovern. in 1994 grays harbor county voter by rather substantial market for republican senator slade gorton but i'd like you to come to a microanalysis of how senator gorton courted the place where you

the bishops will also receive a 10-year progress report by the national review board on the charter for the protection of children and young people. now, they'll hear recommendations from a review board. that conference starts today and runs through friday. and taking a look at other news today. today some of the city's recreation centers will close to build newer models. rallies have been held in protest of those closures. up to nearly 8 centers are scheduled for closures. baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings blake plans to improve recreational opportunities for young people approved last year as part of the 2012 budget. here's what the mayor has to say in spops to the closure. she says "this restructuring plan is bold and innovative, but not without some tough choices. in the end, it's the right thing to do for baltimore's future. " now, the mayor also says keeping dilapidatedded buildings and depleted staff is not an option. she says it's time to move forward and make some smart choices that will grow baltimore. that's a look at what's happening today, sharree johnson, abc 2 news. >> s

the national transportation board wants similar policies enacted nationwide. the only exception, cars with built-in phones. anna werner, cbs news, chapel hill, north carolina. >>> a new government study finds that teenage spokers in this country are going to pot. more are now using marijuana than tobacco. centers for disease found 23% of high school students had smoked march wa marijuana compared to 18% that smoked cigarettes. >>> straight ahead, your friday morning weather. a must win game for miami. what are you going to do? give lebron the ball and turn him loose. [ whimpers ] - [ announcer ] introducing hugs. - [ barks ] crispy, oven-baked dog snacks with soft savory centers, made with beef and cheese. beneful baked delights: a unique collection of four new snacks... to help spark play in your day. so ditch the brown bag for something better. like our bacon ranch quesadillas or big mouth burger bites, served with soup or salad, and fries. starting at just 6 bucks, at chili's. so i get claritin clear. this is all bayberry. bayberry pollen. very allergenic.

group you should have expected to stress the message from the hackers who also raise the national message board. at the moment. check out the you tube channel to see how the canadian students are now making their protest heard and seen even half naked demonstrators. arrest the bare facts of that story. is. the official auntie application. from the. video on demand. and on. the palm of your. forget treadmills an increasing number of women in new york are taking to the shooting range to let their hair down after a hard day's work and they're also taking their hobby home with sales of rifles and pistols to american women doubling in the past few years. as the story. it's the show that defined new york city's ambitious successful female you are known for their no law nicks and cosmopolitans. in real life. the latest trend attracting career women of the big apple tops more punch in the sweet cocktails call it shooting in the city were still let o's and rifles meet and different. but i've been fairly quiet and i rather do it it's pretty cool actually it's very empowering if you're not yeah you know y

nation's capital. according to our board, 84 degrees at reagan national airport.expect temperatures to be below average for the next three days or so. a nice cool stretch. tomorrow morning, cool air coming down the coast. a decrease that reagan national. high pressure in control. a mass of high pressure will be the dominant factor in the atmosphere for the next five to seven days. high-pressure polling air off the northeast and that is a cooler than average direction because warmer temperatures over the low water schools the temperature down. with high pressure and low pressure working together, that will bring low clouds and a patch of drizzle or light rain. tomorrow morning is a little shaky but then the storm the parts and high pressure builds in and be with us for several days. some cloudiness in the morning brakes and we will be cool in the '70s tomorrow. out of the picture by friday, saturday and sunday. temperatures will rise and we will enjoy a string of bright sunny days. upper seventies at best tomorrow. lower 80s saturday and more humidity returns with

he brought it to the board, and they supported it, but the national naacp said, no.hey said our policy is to bring things through the courts, make court challenges. and to bring change through court decisions. the students decided to do it anyway. the students started sit-ins in the middle of july, 1958, at the downtown dockum drugstore. so it went on for three weeks, they increased the pressure. by the third week, they had had a mass meeting and had at that mass meeting talked about trying to increase the number of days that they were going to be there, so they were going to be there almost every day that dockums was opened. and the following monday when the students went in to start this increased presence, the store manager came out and said, serve them, i'm losing too much money. lewis, being the great lawyer that he really -- he was an incredible lawyer, lewis got on the phone with the management and said i hear that you've told the students they're going to be served. what about, what about your other eight stores? well, i guess we're going to open them as well

. >> reporter: the national media eventually boarded the romney press bus. then said where they were headed. cylindra the bankrupt green energy company. romney did not hold back today attacking the president for his handling of cylindra. >> free enterprise to the president means taking tax money from the taxpayers. >> reporter: romney's campaign points out that a department of energy official was also a big obama contributor in 2008. >> the decision to put money in this enterprise represents a serious conflict of interest. >> reporter: it's been two years since mr. obama visited cylindra when he highlighted the large loan. >> the true engine of economic growth will always be companies like cylindra. >> reporter: he did not fire back. he left that to his chief strategist who faced a vocal crowd of romney supporters. he ripped romney's job creation record. >> you can't hand the the truth, that's the problem. you can handle the truth? quiet down. >> reporter: the romney campaign admitted it kept it a secret. the timing did not work. just as they were arriving a

lender of last resort that really can step and there's no fiscal sort of there's no supra national fiscal board as you have in the united states where the central governments there what else can you do what are they supposed to do in europe if spain runs into problems or italy runs into problems i mean that's the reality we think the euro is flawed in the way that it's constructed and now the chickens are coming home to roost they don't have a plan and where big trouble the e.c.b. the expansion of collateral in terms of what they will accept i mean isn't this just another effort though that they can do in order to change trash into cash and keep muddling through it way that's not sustainable but the crisis now and so eventually you know i think the thinking behind all these measures is that if we just buy enough time and we muddle through long and. we can sort of socialize the losses all of the losses that we're actually that are actually there right now sitting on these banks balance sheets that we can actually socialize those over a longer period of time no one will see you know through all o

the national transportation safety board asked the auto maker to recall vehicles after toyota and federal safety officials received complaints. toyota is there for recalling 154,0002010 lexus rx 450 h and rx 350 suvs. gas pedals can get trapped by floor mats. owners should remove the driver's side floor mat and have the vehicle inspected. >> and alameda county is ramping up food safety. starting july 1 inspectors will post red, yellow and green signs where food is where customers can see them. and berkeley is the only city with its own regulations and it's not participating. >> and there freedom school is a program that started in mississippi back in 1964 towards african american kids during civil rights movement but this year the program is having a hard time signing kids up. there is leanne melendez explains why. >> welcome to freedom school. they learn to not be afraid to express them seeflz some kids are shy. they see other kids doing it, it allows them to come out of their shell. >> this is is that success did not elude them. >> this reverend direct the program. for six weeks african

marc sus a member of the board of directors of national black caucus foundation. he's also on the board of directors of national black caucus political action committee. marcus is also a published author who writes spy thrillers. which i just found out. next we have my homeboy, jeff johnson. jeff is an award-winning journalist, social activist, and political commentator and author. from his celebrated conversations with marquee world figures in the political, business, and entertainment arenas to his grassroots trench work to inspire the next generation of leaders, investigative journalist, political correspondent, and activist jeff johnson continues to be a trailblazing social entrepreneur and authentic voice for change. currently jeff is an msnbc contributor, an executive editor of political 365, is commentator on the morning show. currently leading a five-year project to recruit and develop 80,000 black male teachers. and he has earned a reputation as the -- a voice of conscience. we are pleased to have all of our panelists. please give them all a round of appla

. >> reporter: both the national transportation safety board and the beyond state police are investigating the crash scene this weekend. in westminster, i'm gigi barr net. -- barnett. >> it could take between 12 and 15 months to determine an official cause of that accident. >>> jerry sandusky is expected to be examined tomorrow by a psychologist. sandusky is currently on trial for allegations that he sexually abulsed at least 10 boys over 15 years. scarts scheduled the psychological exam after the defense was allowed to introduce testimony about whether sandusky has a mental disorder. the trial is expected to resume on monday. the lawyer of a man imprisoned in cuba has lost more than 100 pounds and is having trouble walking. the cuban government says his health is normal. yesterday, they released hi medical records to the family. in a statement today, gross' attorney says they're going to look over those records. he's serving a 15 year sentence for bringing commune case equipment into cuba. >>> u.n. observers in syria are suspending their control because of escalating violence. rebels are

the national transportation safety board will now investigate the incident. >>> today was graduation day, but dozens of seniors were not allowed to attend. 51 seniors were band from the banned for a prank. they were punished for vandalizing the high school by running around with paint on their feet and tieing a lamb to a post. >>> we will have your weekend forecast when we come right back. . >>> it was a gorgeous day in the bay area and it's going to get even warmer, mark tamayo, what is it looking like? >> temperatures starting to warm up and that trend will continue. as we head into the second half of the weekend with the warm- up, the big concern was fire danger. you can see why, already drying out with the hills there and as a result the red-flag warning posted in 6:00 for the delta region. until sunday evening. sunday 6:00 p.m. and red-flag warning for the north bay hills and east bay hills. we have some extremely warm temperaturesle tomorrow will be warmer than today. gusty winds approaching 40-45 miles per hour for the hilltops and also low humidities could be coming down to r

officials with the national transportation safety board say metro is far safer than it was back in 2009 when this deadly crash occurred. however, we all know problems still exist. we'll have much more on that side of the story coming up at 5:30. mike, andrea, back to you. >> delia goncalves reporting live. thank you. >>> well, it is back to work for the jury in the jerry sandusky case as they consider the dozens of charges against him. jurors are now sequestered in a pennsylvania hotel room so they will not hear the bombshell that was dropped in the case yesterday. one of sandusky's adoptive sons says he, too, was abused as a child. matt sandusky now 33 years old said he was prepared to testify. that did not happen, however. his father, jerry sandusky, is charged with sexually abusing ten other boys over a 15-year time span. jurors broke for the night at 8:00 after hours of deliberations thursday. >>> the police officer accused of murdering a woman shot during a traffic stop has lost his job. culpeper police officials have fired daniel harmon-wright. in february harmon-wright shot and k

. >> reporter: now a team from the national transportation safety board is on the ground combing the scene for the second day. judkins's family says he was a skilled pilot. according to documents judkins was a commercial pilot, an aircraft mechanic and a flight instructor. both are investigating the crash scene this weekend. >> the ntsb says it could take between 12 and 18 months to determine the official cause for that accident. >>> the lawyer for a maryland man in prison in cuba is reacting. alan gross' lawyer says the jailed contractor has lost more than 100 pounds. now the cuban government says gross' health is normal. in a statement today, gross' attorney says they're going to remove the records. >>> united nations observers in syria are suspending their patrols. rebel forces have been trying to overthrow the government. >> reporter: battered un patrol vehicles will remain ground until it's safe to resume work. >> in this high risk situation, suspending operations. this suspension will be reviewed on a daily basis. >> reporter: un says escalating violence makes it impossible for

the national transportation safety board is investigating. >> san francisco giants third baseman pablo sandoval returned to the giants' lineup this afternoon, amid an ongoing sexual assault investigation. sandy val batted third and played third base during the game at at&t park this afternoon. he has been on the disabled list since early man. the santa cruz county sheriff's office says it could take a couple more weeks to complete the investigation and decide whether sandoval will be charged in a sexual assault case. sandoval was questioned by authorities when a 21-year-old santa cruz woman accuse ud him of sexually assaulting her. >> chap chp officers have decided to furlough eight hours per month starting july 1st. the officers will not get paid for those hours but they can bank the hours to take later. the deal amounts to a 5% pay reduction. before now chp officers have never been fewer lowed. >> alan: may need to strike gold in order to afford 49ers tickets at the new stadium. >> ama: how much the latest batch of season tickets well go to. >> tall enough to get above the shooting t

the national transportation safety board added that cherokee and liberty models to a list of cars prone to catch fire. 2.2million grand cherokees have already been pulled off of the road and that probe started two years ago when investigators found gas tanks damaged in rear crash and could ignite causing a fire. 5.1million cars are now affected. >>> and still ahead on the news edge six, raising the stakes. how the national harbor could be on the way to becoming a high-end world-class destination. and it's the it destination for celebrities. some hollywood stars fly in to town on a brand new flight. how can you get on board. >>> and a vancouver photographer looking at barbie's marriage to ken. this is called in the doll house and paints a loveless marriage between the two and shows barbie always annoyed with ken and ken is self- centered. the artist said that he came up with the idea while watching her daughter play with the dolls. she insists it's just a joke and all relationships are imperfectly perfect. tly perfec . >>> the raging wildfires out west are devouring acres of land. nearl

the national transportation safety board is investigating the incident. >>> a rally seis getting underway for a missing teenager and her family. the rally is at washington high school. that is where sierra spent her freshman year. former classmates handed out flyers about the event today. organizers are planning to hold a vigil. they decided to change it to a faith and hope rally instead to lift the spirits of sierra's family and friends. >>> new at 7:00. a special evening for young people confined to a bay area hospital. at this hour they are attending a one of a kind prom. john sue susoki is live, john? >> reporter: gasia, here at children's hospital it is prom night. here is the invitation they received to come and enjoy the mysteries of the deep. >> reporter: more than 125 young patients are leaving the hospital and entering an underwater paradise. this 12-year-old is waiting for a kidney transplant for today and for days now she had one thing on her mind. >> a prom at school. >> reporter: she had her outfit all planned out. >> the it is shiny. i like it. i like the color blue. >> rep

members of the national transportation safety board are holding a meeting to look at proper causes of a tour bus crash that crashed in new york city few months ago killing 15 people. the board will consider safety recommendations. >>> and it's primary day day in several states -- primary day in several states. voters will head to the polls. go a p candidate mitt romney secured the delegates for the nomination for president. >>> it's been a good month for teens look for jobs. 67,000 teens now have work. and it's the biggest may increase for the age group since 1999. and a new children's book by dr. jill biden is published today. it's to help kids with parents in the military deal with deployment. the book is based on her son's deployment and how it affected her family. >>> and the phenyl song whitney houston reported before her death is being made available today on a itunes. it was duet she did with jordin sparks called celebrate made for the film sparkle and is set to be released in theaters in august. one more check of the forecast with lynette. >> all right. i first have to give a

. >>> the national transportation safety board will hold a meeting to determine the proper cause forighway collision. a tour bus crash happened in march of last year in new york city and that's going to be the focus as 15 passengers died in that collision. >>> voters in california approved proposition 29 and a tax on cigarettes in that state will increase from 87 cents to a dollar -- 1.87. the tax revenue will be used to fund cancer research moking reduction programs and tobacco law enforcement. >>> and the walt disney company will announce today the products will be advertised in a child center tv radio and website will now comply with new sets of traditional -- nutritional standards. details of the restrictions will be revealed from washington. the first lady will be part of that as well. >>> today whet any houston's last song will be available on itunes a duet with jordin sparks called celebrate. it's from the new film sparkle. houston was found dead in her hotel room pack in february. today is world environment day united nations sponsored day to bring awareness tone environmenta

. >> chairman of the national transportation safety board says safety improvements have been made. from new safety equipment to new train cars on the way. worries metro is still an aging system and requires more work which means more money from congress. >> there is a lot more that needs to be done. i think safety culture at metro, that's going to require work every day at every level. >> carolyn's daughter, veronica, was killed in the accident. attended many safety board meetings following the crash and pleased with the progress that has been made. >> i think they are doing a great job. i will give them that. they are doing a great job in improving the safety. >> to pay for the safety improvements, it will take millions of dollars from congress. money that metro's general manager hopes will be approved. >> we are hopeful for full funding that has been promised to us by congress. we hope that comes about because if it doesn't, we would slip back on the progress we made. >> by the plaque today on the bridge will not be the only memorial to the victims of the metro crash. mayor gray

the national labors relations board will respectfully honor any result. >>> google unveiled a small tablet computer seen as direct challenge to amazon's kindle fire. the unveiling took place this morning at a center in san francisco. the nexus 7 is designed specifically for google play. the online store that sells movies, music and books and apse. the nexus 7 will ship for $199, the same price as the kindle fire. the tablet was not the only thing introduced. there was a photo type of glasses that connect taught internet. allow folks to do video chat and take a picture and actually buy thing on line all while you are walking around. the device is called project glass. available to people attending the three day conference. the $1500 glassless ship next year. there was a truck that caught fire on interstate 80. the truck burst into flames on the market street off ramp. the cab of the truck burned while the rest of the truck was spared. >>> a fire storm of epic proportions as thousands flee the fires in colorado springs. 32,000 people have evacuated. the flames jumped fire lines and burned mo

. >>> the national transportation safety board released hundreds of documents in its investigation intoy bus crash on i-95 north of richmond. that crash one year ago killed four people and injured dozens of others. court records show the driver admitted to police falling asleep at the wheel. he is set to go to trial later this month on involuntary manslaughter charges. >>> let's say you have $90,000 to spend. if you had to buy just one thing, you could buy a new lexus or maybe an engagement ring like the 3-carat doozy britney spears got last winter, but would you buy a pair of these? these sneakers are designed by rapper kanye smith and will go on retail for 245 bucks, but tonight tmz reports somebody paid $90,000 on ebay for a preordered pair. that is just crazy. >>> still ahead tonight crews getting ready to close part of interstate 395 tonight. >>> so we've got a couple commuter alerts to talk about tonight to help you get through the weekend. first crews will start closing all northbound lanes of i-395 at the beltway in an hour and a half and they'll be closed until 7 a.m. tomorrow