. >>> hard lessons and lengthy prison sentences for several atlanta educators convicted of cheating. >>> rarest of the rare, the extraordinary step to his protect the only male northern white rhino left on earth. >>> plus lincoln speaks. rare documents reveal the life of the president 150 years after his death. ♪ ♪ >>> we begin with the iran nuclear deal. getting the west in iran to agree is one thing and getting the white house and republicans to see eye to eye was another. but today a bit of political diplomacy from both sides of the aisle. libby casey is in washington with more, libby. >> reporter: john, the white house is far from thrilled with this legislation. but the real compromise took place between republicans and democrats on the senate foreign relations committee. they passed out a bill today let's dig in to the details it. requires the white house to submit any iran nuclear deal to congress by july 9th, including classified information or congress gets more time to review it. if the white house can stick to that deadline, congress has 30 days with just 12 days wiggle roo

now ten public school teach necessary atlanta are in a courtroom facing decades of jail time. a. police camera captures the shooting of an african-american man by a police security. the police are calling it a mistake but the family wants answers. >>> and families of kidnapped 200 girls are hoping that the new government will bring the girls home. this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm randall pinkston. a group of former educators in atlanta will find out today if they'll spend time in jail for their role in one of the biggest school cheating scandals in american history. sentencing gets under way for ten former teachers and administrators in atlanta's public schools convicted of conspiring to change scores on standardized tests so teachers can get bonuses and in some cases keep their jobs. what were some of the protesters saying about the case? we see some of them behind through. yes, they are just dispersing right now. they were very vocal this morning, and basically what they're saying is that they're not denying that this cheating was going on in the atlanta

atlanta understands that now.nk there are many of us who hope atlanta will lead the way in finding new and better ways to educate urban school children. >> woodruff: and what about the community's, the citizens' reaction, the people who live there? >> it's been very hard on the city. when the city is on the national news, you hope it's for a good reason. atlanta has made news in this case and will be known where probably the worst cheating scandal recorded ever happened. in the end, i think it will give all of us a new focus on the importance of education and atlanta always bounces back. >> woodruff: so the 11 found guilty, potential sentencing, they could spend years in prison? >> right. i mean, i think one of the things to note about how the convictions came down is they were convicted of racketeering which is a very serious charge. usually, when you hear that kind of charge, it involves, you know, organized crime and career criminals and the jury convicted them on those counts and those sentences can be pretty

it is a widespread problem in atlanta. this investigation began three years ago. 180 employees which 38 of them were principals in 44 schools across the atlanta area. there was even talk that teachers gathered to have a dinner parties where they would change test scores to improve test scores. at the heart of this was dr. beverly hall. she died of breast cancer. she would face charges if she were still align. she said there is widespread cheating and she would humiliate them and demote them. but there are many here supporting her saying she was doing her job trying to react to the undue pressure. the only realistic goals of these standardized tests across the entire country. >> andy gallagher reporting to us from atlanta. thank you. >>> hillary clinton is on the road today. the former secretary of state is driving to iowa kicking off her presidential campaign in a van nicknamed scooby. her big announcement came in an online video. >> i'm getting ready to do something, too. i'm running for president. every day americans nee

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a drug used to treat botulism is being sent from the centers for disease control in atlanta. vatican this noon confirming that pope francis is making a trip to cuba. that visit expected to take place ahead of the pope's visit to the u.s. in september. francis, the first pontiff from latin america is earning praise from the u.s. and cuba. both sides say he's playing a key role in restarting diplomatic relations between the two countries. all right. time to get a check of the forecast today. i know there's some rain. doug: at the moment it's gorgeous outside. it's sunny, breezy. in the lower 70's. let's get started. this is time lapse from frederick, maryland and this was early this morning. we started with lots of sunshine. then a few clouds rolled through and we kind of got wack to the sunshine and then in the past hour, look what happened. moving in from the west and northwest, heavy clouds. ahead of that very heavy rain associated with this. maybe a rumble of thunder and a couple of lightning strikes and very strong winds. fast moving cold front approaching the region right

first, we go to atlanta, a major teaching scandal that luckily for once does not involve underage sex-type stuff. >> more than a dozen educators were convict of rock tearing and other charges for their part in one of the nation's cheating scandals. >> inflaight the test scoreless some of their most vulnerable student. >> they were going back and correcting the wrong answers. >> it's like, the sickest thing that's ever happened to this town. ( laughter ) >> jon: you're-- you know, you live in atlanta. ( laughter ) so i guess, you know excluding slavery and your city being burned to the ground, segregation and notorious serial killer and the olympic bombing. ( laughter ) cnn. ( laughter ) but, you know, still. ( cheers and applause ) thick, thick, thick. clearly, what we have a widespread cheating scandal fraud. why the particulars of this grade inflation scandal sound so familiar to me? >> the companies repeatedly gave a.a.a. ratings to investment they say knew included risky subprime loans. >> jon: i just cannot place where i have extensively heard about systemic, just flat-out falsifying

. >> i spoke to julian bond in atlanta georgia.ian bond we sit here today, of all days the 50th anniversary of the selma march, 1955. tell me about that day for julian bond. >> it was a magic day. i was not in selma on that day. i was in atlanta. obvious things were going on hearing about them by telephone. saying my job was to publicise student nonviolent coordinating committee, things that they did, and let the people in the field know what was going on and for some of them to do something about it >>> in a sense you were a forerunner to twitter. you were sending out the news and information before we had that. >> you could say i was an early twitter >>> the first tweeter of the era. tell me let's talk about that. now, with ferguson with tamir rice in cleveland, with the horror in oklahoma the fraternity brothers on a bus. how important are images video telling the story. >> they are important. they show to a looking public what is going op in ways you couldn't show before. you could show photograph pictures of things but it woul

andy gallagher at the courthouse in atlanta. he was offing a plea deal, he said to him simply you have to apologize your part. if you do not do that you will receive a very harsh sentence. two came forward to take that plea bargain. each to serve seven years in jail, 13 queiroz base in one case and huge fines $25,000 a piece, so i think the judge made himself very clear. and there are some emotional scenes. the judge saying this is the sickest thing that has ever happened to atlanta. so i don't think the sentencing were a surprise, they could have been much harsher, but those eight will be appealing in the next 30 days. the instruction was pretty good, it was a plaque and whitish shoe, apologize or receive a harsh sentence, why they didn't do that, a couple of them came up to speak to the judge and said they sid my didn't know this was going on, they knew they should have known, if they would have known, they would have said something, but the judge said look the evidence in this case is overwhelming you were all accomplice sit.

andy gallagher is in atlanta. that sentencing hearing for i believe ten of them is going on now. >> that's right tony. and they're calling this the biggest cheating scandal in u.s. history. at one point during this investigation 180 employees from the atlanta public school system were accused in taking part in changing the test scores of the standardized tests. all of that involved 44 schools and something like 38 principles. these 10 teachers have already been convicted and charged with racketeering, could face up to 20 years in jail. when we got here at 10:30 there was a great deal of activity on the steps behind me, protests saying the punishment doesn't fit the crime the problem being standardized testing and the pressures teachers feel to make those scores continually go up. that is the situation we are facing at the moment. we know that the judge is hearing from character witnesses. we heard an interesting quote from the judge just a couple of noaments ago. moments ago. the pupils whom you have let down will

andy gallagher is live from atlanta. andy were the sentencing a surprise?nd what is the reaction there? >> reporter: well i don't think the sentences were a surprise because on monday the judge made it very clear that he was offering a plea deal. he said you have to come before me and apologize for your part in this cheating scandal and your sentence won't be as harsh. two of the ten defendants came forward to take the plea bargain. they receive probation, weekends in jail teaching children and basically had a very -- you know they didn't get harsh sentences. for the remaining eight it was a different story. three received 20-years sentences, 13 years probation in many one case and huge fines, $25,000 apiece. there was some emotional scenes this morning. at one point the judge saying this is the sickest thing that has ever happened to atlanta, thousands of children have suffered because you didn't do your job properly. i think the sentences could have been much harsher. >>> so given the judge's warning, andy why did the defendants not accept the deal especi

the atlanta mayor will be left with 18-year-old turner field. not much you can do with a baseball stadium, beside playing baseball. it will be demolished >>> in st. louis, milwaukee and memphis, the skeleton the same. owners of major league sport franchises demand subsidies to operate in town. unlike a factory or office the n.b.a. team or n.f.l. team gives them a sense of itself. we are asking does to make economic sense. michael eaves is with me in washington, along with dennis zimmerman. great to have you here. by threatening to take away the federal tax-free nature of bonds used to pay for these things, are we really changing the shape of these deals. do they become different once you take away the federal subsidy? >> well, the tax exempt bonds means the tax payer pace 25% of interest costs, which is about an i think of the total capital costs that the teams would incur between the principal and the interest. it will make a difference in whether the stadiums are there, whether the teams exist, and no, it will not. these are purely economic re

>> the atlanta public school system has 50000 students, 5,000 teachers. what happened?y were there only 11 or 12? if this was such a criminal enterprise, why were only 11 people convicted of this? it just goes to show that this is not a widespread criminal enterprise. this was a couple of bad apples who did something wrong -- >> something very wrong richard st. paul. >> extremely wrong. i agree with you. you can't mess with education but we are a nation of laws and we need to follow the law. >> we are a nation of rules. they need to follow the rules. >> you get a spank on your hand with a ruler. >> no. it needs to be more than that. these kids' lives could be possibly ruined. >> i agree with you but we have to use the right law and right procedure to prosecute people. >> the only reason why that these teachers are prosecuted and all the others weren't is because they all took plea deals, all of those cases. these teachers were arrogant. they thought they could beat the system and manipulate it. that is why they ended up only 11 of them. >> have to leave it there. thank

this extends from the metro area of atlanta to just to the west of charlotte.s is until 8:00 p.m. some of these thunderstorm cells are starting to produce rotation. therefore, the national weather service has issued a tornado warning in the northern suburbs. again, it's not the metro area but this is a highly populated area for counties such as dekalb. it includes cities such as john's creek, marieta, and sandy springs. we're starting to see these storms move east-northeast at about 30 miles per hour. they are dropping quarter-size hail. brooke to let you know these storms are stronger than the ones we had yesterday and this morning. the city of atlanta is mourning the death of a teacher where high winds took a tree and put it down on her home and took her life. these are a little more potent as far as the severity and the spin. as we watch these storms most likely this is going to be just one of many in the hours ahead. again, it is the northern suburbs of atlanta. this warning is in effect until 2:45. again, we'll continue to watch these as they trek off to t

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sickest thing that's ever happened to this town. ( laughter ) >> jon: you're-- you know, you live in atlanta. ( laughter ) so i guess, you know excluding slavery and your city being burned to the ground, segregation and notorious serial killer and the olympic bombing. ( laughter ) cnn. ( laughter ) but, you know, still. ( cheers and applause ) thick, thick, thick. clearly, what we have a widespread cheating scandal fraud. why the particulars of this grade inflation scandal sound so familiar to me? >> the companies repeatedly gave a.a.a. ratings to investment they say knew included risky subprime loans. >> jon: i just cannot place where i have extensively heard about systemic, just flat-out falsifying of information and cheating. >> loan officers would falsify customers' job or financial information so they could qualify for mortgages. >> the pattern of inflated appraisals and employees coaching borrowers to lie. >> jon: it will come to me... ( laughter ) i can't figure out... where pink floyd's "the wall." i don't know what that has to do. meryl streep? minus a "p." plus a cup of tea. i know

. >> pelley: today a judge in atlanta sharply reduced the sentences he'd given three educators convicted in a school cheating scandal. instead of seven years they're getting three. why the change of heart? jericka duncan reports from atlanta. >> reporter: a few weeks ago a very angry judge jerry baxter showed no mercy for the three defendants. >> they have made their bed and they're going to have to lie in it, and it starts today. >> reporter: today it was clear the harsh sentence had weighed heavily on him. >> when a judge goes home and he keeps thinking over and over that something's wrong something is usually wrong. anyway, i want to modify the we the jury, find the defendant guilty. >> reporter: earlier this month, a total of 11 former atlanta educators were convicted of racketeering for conspiring to inflate scores on standardized tests. in some cases prosecutors say educators changed wrong answers to correct ones. the original seven-year prison sentences came after the three refused to admit guilt. others who did avoided jail time but waived the right to appeal their conviction. 59

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. >>> what are the country's biggest school cheating scandals came in an atlanta courtroom this week.arges. prosecutors say they participated in a con sparspiracy to falsely complete scores on standardized tests. cheating in 44 atlanta schools with teachers in some cases giving students answers or erasing and changing answers. the educators could have faced up to 20 years in prison for the racketeering charges alone. before sentencing their supporters including former atlanta mayor and zichl rights activist andrew young argued the real problem was the intense pressure put on teachers to raise test scores. >> i think these teachers got caught in a trap. dr. king used to say when crime -- when people are placed in darkness, crimes will be committed. but the guilty are not just those who commit the crimes but those who create the darkness. >> judge jerry baxter was unswayed calling the case quote, the sickest thing that's ever happened in atlanta. >> there were thousands of children that were harmed in this thing. this is not a victimless crime that occurred in this city. from 2001 there

. >> an atlanta judge sentences nine out of 10 former educators over a cheating scandal. >> three. two. one. lift off >>> success and failure for the latest spacex mission to the international space station. >>> gening i'm antonio mora this is al jazeera. the u.s. took a big step today on the road to resuming diplomatic ties with cuba. president obama informed congress he'll take u.s. off the u.s. list of state sponsors of terrorism. mike viqueira has more from the white house. >> the move was expected and will have real world consequences. cuba and america open for business with each other. it could have come saturday. many expected it when president obama was in panama for the summit of the americas and he received a recommendation that cuba be delisted from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, where it resided since 1982. it's part of president obama's announcement that he wanted to work towards normalization. this will have real world consequences listing many financial straits on banks, on international united nations like the world bank that wanted to do business or lend

the group is running 911 miles from ground zero in new york to atlanta. today, they stopped at the maureen corps memorial in arlington and then went to capitol hill to meet with lawmakers. each of the men wears a 22 pound vest representing the 22 veterans who commit suicide every day. >> that you know we might reach someone who has a need for the services providing through share. maybe we're running through a small town in virginia and there's that soldier, sailor marine, airman crying out for help and feels he has nowhere to go but is turned on to the program that way. maureen: the veterans are raising money for the shepherds center in atlanta. it offers free treatment and counselling for veterans and the group hopes to complete the run and arrive in atlanta on sunday. right now, we're in the middle of distracted driving awareness month. police officers nationwide are paying close attention to drivers who aren't paying enough attention to the road. paulo sandoval shows us how bad the problem has become and what police are doing about it. >> distracted dr

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no mercy from an atlanta judge punishing educators accused of a cheating scandal.arsh prison sentences. >> i can't get a line out until [ bleep ] whispering in your ear and you're not even watching anymore. >> hollywood meltdown. this is apparently no act from dennis quaid losing his cool on a movie set. what exactly set him off? that's in "the skinny" on this wednesday, april 15th. >> announcer: from abc news this is "world news now" with t.j. holmes and reena ninan. >>> when is the last time you said the name dennis quaid. >> we're talking about who would leak something like that. >> more speculating this is just to get attention because he had projects coming up blah blah. >> yes, of course. everything is going to get out these days. >> i guess it's a good time to mention between commercial breaks a lot happens here a lot of interesting talk. >> not that interesting -- not that kind of interesting. >> not dennis quaid level is what you're saying. >> katie puts that together, in case you missed it. interesting to check out. >> we do have our days. >> did you see

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. >> lots of heated exchange in this atlanta courtroom. we will play more of that for you. do not miss this. >>> plus the man who won the masters at 21 years young. he joins me live. jordan spieth talking about what the moment was like and the family member who inspired him -- i see him out of the corner of my eye with the green jacket. we'll chat coming up live. >>> his name jordan spieth. you don't know him? you are about to. the 21-year-old may have just become the most famous player in golf. not only did he just win the sport's most prestigious event, he did it in record-breaking style. nice job. he was the wire-to-wire tournament leader, the second youngest player ever to win the masters. the first player to reach an unbelievable 19 under par at augusta. here is the moment after he sunk the final putt. [ wild cheers ] >> he finished the weekend 18 under, four shots ahead of his closest competitors, phil mickelson, justin rose. winner of the 2015 masters tournament. jordan spieth here with me, rock the green in new york. >> rocking the jacket. >> rocking the jacket. i a

twitter is working with the atlanta hawks in the nba playoffs. they tweeted yesterday saying you can buy tickets $45 each for playoff game for some reason which is not sold out yet, on an inside twitter. thinks an new e commerce play by twitter. you can buy concert ticket every now and then, sleigher sold ticket. twitter expanding opportunities to use it as more of an a e commerce platform and, of course, this is all about their stock price and their investors, trying to increase investor confidence. >> so, i want to know exactly how it works. willie tweet, i would like tickets, section 232, you know, for the game on this date or how specific do we have to get. >> what happens is the atlanta hawks tweeted and said here is a place within twitter. it is a a little card you see in there where you can say i want this many tickets and i want to pay this much for it this app is inside of an app. it is like you tweet them. maybe that is what is coming next, good idea. >> i like it, but kind of an experiment only with the atlanta hawks now. >> for now. >

atlanta now is becoming lease and rental. >> atlanta georgia is a city that was gutted by the foreclosure crisis. six years after the crash, many residents here are still at risk of losing their homes. since 2008 almost 5 million u.s. homes have been lost to foreclosure. now, there are nearly two million more homeowners who are on the brink. >> eighteen years. over 18 years you've worked and poured your heart into where you live to make the house a home that you're children have grown up in. your memories are here. what do we do? we fight. >> tammy doe was fighting to keep her home of nearly two decades when it was foreclosed on and sold to a new owner at auction. >> they don't wanna hear nothing you have to say. they just feel like you just in this position because you refused to pay your mortgage. no that's not the reason. >> she believes the foreclosure was illegal, but to prove it - and win back her home - is an uphill battle. when we met, she was on the verge of eviction. >> you know people say the america dream is to own your own home and to have something to leave for your children

that's why they took a little extra fielding before facing atlanta tonight. >> time the play defense play defense, back your pitcher be on your toes, anticipation, focus, all those things and you have to do it as a complete group. >> reporter: well, the phillies lineup has not been a complete group by any means but sandberg going back to ryan howard and chase utley in the lineup tonight against atlanta's alex wood who is a lefty by the way. live at the ballpark, jeff skversky channel6 "action news. ducis. >> jeff thank you. >>> we are less than a week from the nfl draft. teams often debate drafting for need versus drafting the best player available. there's no debate in the birds' front office. >> our philosophy is best player available for us. association it's not just the best player available for the league. we grade and we set our board for the eagles. so it's according to our height weight speed parameters according to how they fit in our system, how they compare to our roster so it is the best player available but it's the best player available for us. >> makes sense. we will h

. >> three sinchs could fall from new orleans to atlanta. this could last a few days. >> the slow-moving front drenched texas on monday. roads turned into rifers. police were called out to rescue drivers. >>> taed's weather is trouble for the commute. justin povick has the details. good morning, justin. >> reena and ryan, thanks and good morning. another wet finish to the day. low pressure moving very very slowly. there is potential for flash flooding around houston, new orleans, interstate 10 with ponding to deal with. major delays at local airports. atlanta, the carolinas, perhaps as far south as northern florida. reena and ryan back to you. >> justin, thank you. >>> to politics. the run for the white house. two more candidates declareing in the past few days. >> i elizabeth hur downs usjoins us with more. >> reporter: election day is 573 days away. the race is heating up. yes, the field just got more crowded. first, there was texas senator ted cruz. then came kentucky senator rand paul. and now, another republican says he is in. >> ground

atlanta, the carolinas, perhaps as far south as northern florida. reena and ryan, back to you. >> justin, thank you. >>> to politics now. the run for the white house. with two more candidates declaring in the past few days, the race is taking shape. >> elizabeth hur joins us with the positions each of them is staking out. good morning, elizabeth. >> reporter: election day is 573 days away. but this race is already heating up. yes, the field just got more crowded. first, there was texas senator ted cruz. then came kentucky senator rand paul. and now, another republican says he is in. >> grounded by the lessons of our history, but inspired by the promise of our future i announce my candidacy for president of the united states. >> reporter: florida senator marco rubio, the son of cuban immigrants, making his big announcement in miami, just moments after sitting down with abc's george stephanopoulos. >> i think this country is at a generational moment where it needs to decide, not what party it wants in charge but what kind of country are we going to wa

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. >>> and now to the major headline breaking in atlanta late today. the verdict. after a massive cheating scandal. elementary school teachers principles arrested. tonight, many of them convicted, led out of court in handcuffs. they could go to prison for decades now. and abc's steve osunsami on what they did. >> we the jury find the defendant guilty. >> reporter: striking images out of this georgia courtroom. the judge wasting no time throwing the 11 convicted educators in jail. guilty in one of the largest u.s. school cheating scandals ever. >> they have made their bed, and they're going to have to lie in it, and it starts today. >> reporter: the way it sounds, you'd think they were mobsters. convicted of racketeering. tonight, facing up to 20 years in prison. but these are former elementary school teachers principals and test coordinators found guilty to conspireing to give answers to students during achievement tests or corrected the answers before they were electronically graded. >> i think because of the decision of this jury today that people will stop. i th

scooter: yeah, i went to emory university in atlanta. just found myself wanting to do business, wanting to not sit in class. unfortunately, i started selling fake ids for about two months there. and then i realized i was going to get caught. i was really good though. it was impressive. emily: they worked? scooter: they worked. emily: you became a promoter, a party promoter when you were 19? scooter: yeah. i was throwing all the 21 up parties and i was 19. the reason i dropped out of school was there was a guidance counselor. and he sat me down and he told me the story of robert woodruff, the guy of coca-cola, the largest endowment at emory. i thought, this is great. he's telling me the story of an entrepreneur. he gets me. at the end, he looks at me and he goes, "you know why i told you that story? because robert woodruff was one in a billion and the chance of you being a robert woodruff is almost impossible. you need to stay in school and stop with this pipe dream." i said thank you very much. i think i understand now. and he goes, so w

in atlanta? then you were hooked. >> i was hooked.ouldn't turn back. >> you see the lgbt community as fighting for civil rights too. you are a proud supporter of them. what draws you to that fight as well? because i worked in the civil rights movement with many gay people, many lesbian s they helped me. why should i not help them? they helped me push the needle forward. i am eager to push the needle forward for them. i want to help them. i hope they want to help me some more. >> what would you say to counterparts in the gay rights movement about what they are doing right and what they are doing wrong? >> i don't know what they are doing wrong, but they are doing something so right it's amazing the speed with which the movement for gay rights has come to the country. bam, bam, bam, bam, bam. good for you. key going, brothers. keep going, sisters. keep at it. >> people look at the civil rights movement and people in that community, the gay community, the latin 0 community, thing look at you as a hero. who were your heroes >> i have many