everyone's defenses are down and everyone is focused on adeline. >> adeline. >> now wait.ter: the hope is that sensitivity spreads to their peers and themselves. >> i have one little girl that will come in, today i'm feeling stressed because maybe there was a fight at home or we were at a hotel last night. >> reporter: over the year the class has watched her grow. >> she's teaching me a lot of things that she learned. learning how to do what people do. but not the bad stuff. >> reporter: their teacher says the children have become more gentle with each other. >> we do have kids that will cry and get upset. then there's always the kid that on his own will go sit next to that child and put the hand on the back and just kind of sympathize with that person. >> reporter: empathy isn't on any standardized test. miss bank says it is one of the most valuable things she can teach. >> there can be a lot of shootings. sometimes there's family strife at home. there is no way to teach them anything if they're carrying the weight of the world. >> reporter: their teacher hopes these chil

i have a web site rumsfeld.com that i point* of speech by at applied -- adeline stevens on they're givenlass in 1954 and if you have young people who are wondering about the world read that speech he happened to be a democrat and governor of my home state i don't think he would have been a good president to be honest. he was a cerebral type. one of the campaign slogans was a heads of the world unite we have nothing to lose but our yolks. [laughter] but the speech to my senior class in 1954 was absolutely brilliant and if you read something like that you'll hear about those who do stand up and support people to understand how precious. i have a couple of titanium headstand a titanium shoulder the wanted all new body parts but they would not give them. [laughter] so it becomes the therapist was time after my hip and he makes you move this way and that way and he did it three days i said i'm a good student i can do it myself. and i sent him on his way and he turned around and said, mr. rums go the would you mind if i said something personal? i said no. he said i came from nigeria and i have

police say the man was standing at a bus stop at 61st and adeline streets when the gunshots rang out. that man is in the hospital in grave condition this morning. police say there were more than 12 shell casings near the scene and a liquor store, a couple of cars and a house were also hit by bullets. no one else was injured, though. right now there's no motive and there are no suspects in custody. >>> a shooting coming as the dust is still settling after a shake-up among the top brass at the oakland police department. this past wednesday chief howard jordan resigned citing an undisclosed medical condition leaving his top deputy anthony toribio in charge. but 48 hours later toribio stepped down, then yet sean whent was sworn in as acting chief. whent says that toribio simply did not want the job. this comes after the mayor and the city administrators say they had a series of meetings with the compliance officer thomas frazier, who has been critical of the department's top leadership. >> it's still a shock. if you asked me monday, i would not have thought this was coming. but law enforc

that happened before 10:00 last night on the corner of 61st and adeline streets investigators still havingrouble identifying the victim. he didn't have any id on him. more than a dozen rounds were fired. some shots hit nearby cars and a liquor store and a home. no one is in custody. >>> for the second time in three days, the city of oakland announced a new interim police chief. howard jordan abruptly retired citing health problems. assistant chief was named acting chief and toribio voluntarily stepped down was demoted to captain, and sean went was sworn in as the acting police chief. >> although my appointment may be interim, i pledge to not act as if it is. the city of oakland, i feel personally responsible for. >> the mayor says oakland is planning a nationwide search for a permanent replacement for chief jordan. city council members say it seems like gang members are more organized than city officials. the active chief attended an open house hosted by the police department. and it gave people a chance to meet the officers and check out the equipment and the k-9 unit was on display. >> i

police say the man was standing at a bus stop at 61st and adeline streets around 10:00 last night whenospital. officers say he's in grave condition this morning. police say there were more than 12 shell casings near the scene and a liquor store and a couple of cars, also a house, were also hit with bullets. no one else was injured. right now there's no motive and no suspect. >>> the shooting comes as the dust is still settling after a shake-up among the top brass at the oakland police department. chief howard jordan resigned citing an undisclosed medical condition leaving anthony toribio in charge. and yesterday toribio stepped down and sean whent stepped in as acting chief. toribio simply did not want that job. administrators say they had a series of meetings with the federal compliance officer thomas frazier who has been critical of the department's leadership. >> asked me on monday, i would not have thought this was coming, but you know, law enforcement unexpected things happen. >> a national search for a new police chief is still slated to happen, but in the meantime, whent says hi