senator booker: i know what the dials are.ear from people like chris christie -- these are dials we can turn. jonathan: why is that discussion not happening? john boehner tried to have that discussion. senator booker: who says it is not happening? i met with a group of democrats the other day to have a conversation to open a dialogue. there are a lot of people in the senate -- i know what captures the headlines, and what people want to write about, but my colleagues are not there to waste time, they are there to solve urgent problems. i have only been in the senate for two years, and people asked me, what was your experience? as a mayor, we would want to build a park, and we would build a park, they say, it must be a tough experience in the senate. it has been a great experience. roger wicker, for example, we have states that are very similar -- jonathan: mississippi and new jersey, two peas in a pod. [laughter] senator booker: we came together in a way that the house didn't, and open a passenger rail, and got a compromise on

senator booker: you know, i do not know if biden will run or not. i have come out in supporting hillary clinton, and i look forward to working on her campaign. [applause] jonathan: would you prefer if biden did not run? senator booker: no, actually, i think it helps the democratic process further to be debates about the issues. i think it is great that my colleague bernie sanders is in the race. he is being a very good ideas. in the senate, he has been one of my trusted allies on a lot of issues. i don't think this is a bad thing to have a lot of people on the republican and democratic side. i think this is one of the more vibrant elections we have seen. more people are paying attention. i'm grateful for trump, not just because it has made my watching of late-night tv much more fun, but seriously, i think he has been additive in terms of awakening more people to the process. when you get 20 million plus people watching the presidential debate, that cannot be bad for democracy. king said so eloquently. what we will have to repent for is not the bad p

amy: you had extensive access given to you by cory booker.u talk about how he felt about the students? would you say he put it above his political career? >> i think he cares for he much about students, relates to them when he is in schools. you can see he really does care a lot about the kids, but he did not stick with this plan. i think once he got the $100 million gift and once he had gone on "oprah" to announce it, there was a lot less focus on the ground of really carrying out changes in newark. amy: i want to thank you very much, dale russakoff, for joining us, author of "the prize: who's in charge of america's schools?" for "the washington post" for more than one quarter century. juan, you're giving a major address tonight i'm puerto rican debt crisis. juan: yes, i decided after writing numerous columns and talking here about it that i have never been able to do a full explanation of what is happening with the debt crisis and what are the potential solutions -- what the united states can do to help puerto rico in the current crisis. i'

our position is those cases, booker aileen, aprendy are clearly procedural. as this case explained in summerlin. they're clearly procedural. and what the united states would do is blur those categories. if there are no further questions. >> thank you, counsel. mr. bernstein, you have three minutes remaining. >> what this fantastic discussion has shown is why the court, as it always has in the past, should keep the teague exception as a matter of equitable discretion rather than constitutional requirement. the court has much more freedom, generally speaking, on a matter of equitable discretion than it does on constitutional requirements. there's no way to look at the prior precedents of the court in teague and any of those courts to say oh, here's what our equitable discretion is. the only time you get retroactivity is when the constitution requires it. that would have been a really short opinion. and that was not that. now, to turn quickly to the cases that have been cited, the critical difference between this case on the one hand and merrill dow and three af

senator booker: i know what the dials are. people like chris these are dials we can turn. jonathan: why is that discussion not happening? john boehner tried to have that discussion. senator booker: who says it is not happening? i met with a group of democrats the other day to have a conversation to open a dialogue. there are a lot of people in the senate -- i know what captures the headlines, and what people want to write about, but my colleagues are not there to waste time, they are there to solve urgent problems. i have only been in the senate for two years, and people asked me, what was your experience? would want to build a park, and we would build a park, they say, it must be a tough experience in the senate. it has been a great experience. roger wicker, for example, we have states that are very similar -- jonathan: mississippi and new jersey, two peas in a pod. [laughter] senator booker: we came together in a way that the house didn't, and open a passenger rail, and got a compromise on a pretty good bill that will get mo

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he and booker together decided to get on with the transformational change in the district and they'develop a plan to bring in charters to bring in accountability and charters in the distright. >> at the time, this was a high school principle in newark, and ran on a flat form. he took office last year. if huh to give a snap -- if you had to give a snapshot of classrooms at that time, what was it like in the city? >> like most cities in america, where, you know, inner cities predominantly black, brown, poor, segregated by race and class, overcrowded, many classrooms. not the resources that you need. there is no crisis in american education. there's a crisis in inner cities. >>> rather than address things like overcrowding, the majority of $200 million, and money raised by then mayor booker went to teacher contracts, charter schools and consultants. money was given. it pushed a political agenda with the mayor at the time, and the governor, who thought in this was the way schools should be moving. >> since 1995, the state of new jersey ran newark schools. the former superintendent was ap

we hear from republican senator mike lee, and democratic senator cory booker. all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the scenes are all too familiar: a mass shooting today leaves a trail of death and disbelief. it happened today in oregon, when a 20-year old man started shooting in classrooms at a college. ten people were killed and seven wounded. william brangham begins our coverage. >> reporter: classes were well underway at ucsb when the attack shattered the calm of the campus in roseburg, about 180 miles south of portland. within minutes, the school went into lockdown as police swarmed in to confront the gunman. >> off

cory booker was one of the democrats at the helm. >> during his time in the united states, pope francis has chosen to do something that i think is extraordinary. to visit with the imprisoned. this step by the pope, to me is an extraordinary accomplishment in bringing a further highlight to the challenges we have here in the united states with our criminal justice system. >> the deal was unveiled a week after pope francis met with inmates in a philadelphia prison. the big significantly reduces some of the federally mandated minimum sentences for nonviolent drug offenses. the proposal does not include a provision to restore voting rights to nonviolent felons has championed by senator booker himself. voting rights come under consistent assaults in many states, particularly down in texas. let's watch. >> you're more likely to get struck by lightning in texas than find any voter fraud, yet they passed a law that even right now we saw the circuit court said there's 600,000 people being affected by this, disproportionately minority, disproportionately poor. >> the supreme court begins this new

first at 10:00, booker will announce an agreement on a criminal justice bill. he is talking about the iran nuclear review act. he will announce legislation. he will have both democrats and republicans working together on oversight of the iran deal. just in the nick of time. >> congress averted that government shutdown. what ug is now doing business this morning following house approval of a short-term spending plan, short term means the battle isn't over. we will tell you why there could be another showdown when lawmakers go on christmas break. thousands of mike grants are trying to get a clamp down on the refugee movement and an end to how to care for them. zplmpblt . >> 4:38. cloudy skies this morning for everyone and a few showers in the area. the other change, the temperatures, much cooler this morning. 62 degrees in philadelphia. down by 14 degrees compared to yesterday morning. the other change, the winds, it's starting to pick up, northeasterly winds at 18, gusting to 24 miles an hour. we got some wet and windy weather ahead, light showers, tracking them

first at 10:00, booker is announcing agrept on a justice reform bill. then around noon, he is talking about the iran nuclear review act. legislation will have both democrats and republicans, he says, working together on the oversight of the iran deal. >>> from our south jersey bureau now, three controversial cases we've seen in recent months involving police in south jersey, two of those were deadly. jerome reed is the man remember was shot and killed in a traffic stop in december. a grand jury close not to indict the officers. philip white died shortly after a clash with officers in vineland in march. just last month, a 14-year-old boy was shot several times by police in trenton. he survived. across the state of new jersey public confidence in police. hundreds talk strategy yesterday in trenton. the acting new jersey attorney general defended the state's record of investigating police-involved shootings. refors this summer added transparency to the process. >> the law enforcement and community lyders, it's very, very important. i think that will help u

but senators booker and menendez says they will continue to hold fema's feet to the fire. live in toms river, i'm brian thompson, news 4, new york. >>> all right. we're just about 24 hours away, give or take, from the first gym of the world series. mets fans are already charged up. >> big fan rally in queens filled the streets with blue and orange. gus rosendale was there. >> reporter: good evening. a sea of blue and orange here at kew gardens. everyone here excited what is going to happen in kansas city. more excited about bringing the world champions back to queens. the borough president hosting the rally here. hundreds of fans rooting on the past and present. it was a lot of families who were sharing the fan experience across the generations. many here have never seen the mets win a world series. the hope is that will change in a matter of days. >> i grew up since i was a kid. through all the hard times and stuff like that. made me take off clothes and put them back in storage. now we can pull them out and wear them for a while. >> feeling really psyched. it's been a lo

turning the turnover into another touchdown, booker stops at the line of scrimmage, 24-10, utah.for a touch. cal down three, go to the fourth, 30 seconds left. down six, fourth and five. goff throw, knocked away, got away with pass interference, cal lose his for the first time this year, 34-12 the final. coming back from an ankle injury, 20-yard touchdown, spartans led 17-10 at the half. 22 yards, unlv up, 3:40 remain in the game. spartans fourth and ten, gives the ball to tyler irving. over a minute, 27-24, unlv gets a late field goal sends it to overtime. san jose block, tyler irving scores from two yards out. two and one in conference winning 33-27 your final. well, the sharks won their 25th season opener beating the l.a. kings, tonight the home opener against anaheim, many hope they will capture the ducks. continuing to shine, stopped all 27 shots, cory perry denied under the rebound, logan couture to patrick marleau, marleau finally buries it. still 1-0, marleau nine points shy of a thousand in his career, sharks win 2-0. >> we had a lot of chances early on, found the second

a lot of us out here and you are a voice it isn't about party but principal faith and family and booker t. washington that says quality education and opens so many doors and that self-reliance and a larger for a new version of paul and i grew up i saw a black professional offices doctors and lawyers but you don't see that anymore which is the cradle of black entrepreneur will development that is what we need to restore public and would have been in chicago over the weekend a young black man a seven year old child murdered looking at baltimore were destroyed to should not be that way. >> host: the day we're taping this is the day south carolina took down the confederate flag from the state capital. >> it is interesting and the governor took the right approach and not about the external actors to manipulate but what we really need to do is not focus if you have a confederate flag and the dukes of hazzard to be pulled off television but how about those inner-city communities what happened in south carolina where is horrible that was a ratio at one dash recessed social pact but we do not ne

>> cory booker. i have no, cory booker, senator from new jersey. i have no basis for that but somebody who has run a city. formidable guy. yale-educated. nobody will accuse him not being up on issues. liz: who do you think trump picks for vice president and carson? >> i think impossible to even imagine what is in their minds about something like that. liz: okay. >> rubio or kasich. it will be rubio or kasich. >> hillary, julian castro. top of the list. mexican-american. for mr. trump, nikki haley or i think ted cruz. they have a decent relationship. problem with mr. trump, he burned so many bridges would be difficult lineup. >> julian castro for clinton. liz: carly fiorina for trump. >> he burned that bridge. trump's vp will be donald trump. liz: switching gears. there is something in your refrigerator that can kill you. it is processed red meat. like bacon, ham, deli meat and hotdogs. they can cause cancer. that is what the world health organization is now warning about, but, the report also says that meat has health benefits as well. what do you

booker bounces off. now 24-10 utah. third quarter, tre watson able to run in a four-yard touchdown of his own. despite all the turnovers, cal is down 27-24. now in the fourth. fourth and five. goff's throw knocked away. got away with a little pass interference there. cal loses for the first time this year. 30-24, the final. >>> san jose state and unlv. coming back from an ankle injury. looks pretty good here. second quarter the 40-yard touch. stars led at the half. rebels battle back. to boyd. 22 yards. unlv up 4 with 3:40 remaining in the game. sparts, fourth and ten. give the ball to tyler irvin on the screen pass. he goes 21 yards. over a minute remaining. 27-24. unlv got a late field goal. sends it to overtime. tyler irvin scores from two yards out. sparty improve to 3-3. winning 33-27, your final. >> the sharks won their 25th season opener beating the los angeles kings. and last night the home opener against anaheim, many believe the ducks will capture the cup this season. shining early on. stopped all 27 stops he

, the pope was in and he talked about the globalization of indifference it speaks to what senator booker was just saying. that sense of in difference has been broken over the last two or three weeks. i think the future at the moment is the wave of refugees. a trend and not a blip. why is it happening? thishould there be remarkable situation. the world has never been more peaceful when measured between the wars of the states. there are civil wars within the states. that is being driven by a huge worldsion in the muslim and weak states throughout the world that are unable to hold that the rig. thellion killed, 30,000 in civil war. a weak and divided international system no longer providing an anchor against civil war. those three factors seem like a trend and not a blip. humanitarian's do? we can talk about the difference it can make in the front line. i always say, humanitarian ngos can storm dashed up the dying, but it takes politics to stop the killing. hopefully we will see greater affect because it humanitarian efforts need to be reformed. volleyball: -- molly ball: do you think this

they allow people to get instant , sometimesoliticians a cory booker example is an exception.but even twitter is lacking. there are new platforms every couple years that are the going to address this problem, and what concerns me and even going to john's idea is that you will hear from numbers on capitol hill now that they stopped during -- doing town halls because they would rather do it on social media because it is more control. they will do q&a's on facebook and they can decide which questions take. people might yell at them, but there are ways to shut it down that is different from if you were at a physical town hall meeting. i do not think we're quite there in terms of social media being great for discourse. need to statedo your name and your affiliation with the college or harvard if you have one. domain name is jack and i'm a freshman in the college. how can candidates appear more authentic even when all their messages are crafted a well ahead of time? very good question. when they are not crafted well argueof time, i would against doing that. i do not think it is a go

it's peaks to what senator booker was saying. that sense of indifference has been broken. molly ball: what does that mean? what does the future hold? wave ofliband: the refugees is a trend and not a blip. why is it happening? the world has never been more peaceful when measured by wars between states. what there are is civil wars in the states. 25-30 of them. that is driven on the one hand by a huge convulsion. states are not able to hold the ring. 4 million in food insecurity. 30,000 killed in the civil war. be on this, a weak and divided international system that no longer provides an anchor against civil war. those three factors seem like a trend and not a blip. what can humanitarian do? people they can staunch the dying. it takes politics to stop the killing. are we going to see that dualism playing out? hopefully to greater effect. a real challenge to politics is becoming more difficult. molly ball: do you think this could have been prevented? david miliband: what could've been prevented? molly ball: the situation in syria. david miliband: if you think that foreign ha

a great individual run by booker.ay through the hole and then he will get down the sideline and dives in. 40 yards and the touchdown. 10-7, utah. later in the second. this interception and utah is able to turn it into another touchdown. booker bounces off. now 24-10 utah. third quarter, tre watson able to run in a four-yard touchdown of his own. despite all the turnovers, cal is down 27-24. in the fourth. fourth and five. goff's throw knocked away. got away with a little pass interference there. cal loses for the first time this year. 30-24, the final. >>> san jose state. unlv. coming back from an ankle injury. second quarter the 40-yard touch. stars led at the half. rebels battle back. to boyd. 22 yards. 3:40 remaining in the game. sparts, fourth and ten. give the ball to tyler irvin on the screen pass. he goes 21 yards. over a minute remaining. 27-24. unlv got a late field goal. sends it to overtime. tyler irvin scores from two yards out. spartans improve to 2-3. winning 33-27, your final. >> the sharks won their 25

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. >> reporter: senator cory booker and senator charles schumer building urgency on capitol hill to build new rail tunnels beneath the hudson river and the clock is ticking. >> we have a crisis. the tunnels are in bad shape. >> speaking at the municipal art society summit for new york city, senator booker and schumer painted a grim picture of what could happen if existing rail tunnels fail. >> without it, there will be a recession in the new york-new jersey economy, the whole northeast which depends on these lines from boston down to virginia, and it could send the whole country into recession. >> governor christie and governor cuomo agreed to fund up to 50 percent of a $20 billion plan to build new tunnels called the gateway project. schumer says finding the federal funding and convincing critics is on going. luck. but it's hard. it's not easy. >> reporter: creating new tubes faces another hurdle. the obama administration is leaving in about a year and a half. if no deal is reached, there's no guarantee the next president will be supportive. >> the sense of urgency. i'm new in the senate

the winner of this year's booker writing after publishers turned on his first novel a 80 times.vin james has become the first jamaican to be honored with one of the world's most procedures book awards. prestigious -- prestigious book awards. >> at the heart of a brief history of seven killings is reggae. it is 1976 and jamaica is in political turmoil. bob marley is seen as a certain peacemaker, but two days before he attempts to bring the country together, gunmen stormed his home. >> they shot him in the chest and if he was in healing instead of exhaling, he would have been killed. the bullet would have gone through his heart. his wife also got shot, several in the abdomen. >> but they all survived. the menu tried to kill marley disappeared, banishing into the margins of history. >> i've always been fascinated by that mistry of these people who committed probably the most blatant and one of the most shocking events in jamaican history, and what happened to them. >> the event itself ly lted aboufiveinut. its a departe point from marlon james's book, which takes place across the g

they would take the best ideas of the education reform movement, bring them to newark and in booker's words they would with a district. i didn't believe they would achieve change on the miraculous scale they talked about but i did expect to save dramatic advances and i wanted to get as close to this process as i possibly could because this is exactly what has fascinated me through my almost 40 years as a newspaper reporter basing the process by which big public policy ideas do or don't translate into changes in people's lives and trying to understand why or why not. i also thought it was an opportunity to look for the ground-level and a serious debate over the shape of education nationally. when i started there were two dueling web sites and education that had just gone up on line. one was called "waiting for superman".org and the other not "waiting for superman".org. [laughter] i was struck by how many real issues both sides the reformers and their opponents were leaving out. this impassioned national debate had a huge hole in the middle of the and the majority of the children in new

. >> cory booker not, when you get really sick, all the money in the world will not -- storybook or not, when you get really sick all the money in the the ann romney at the brigham is getting ready building as it continues research to find a cause and one diseases. >> they are working on a nasal s. they are working on for the first time a treatment for als. these things are happening and it is time for the neurosciences great progress. antoinette: to help continue that progress, proceeds from the book will be donated to the ann romney center for neurological diseases. phil: also tonight, singer her health issues. she says she was diagnosed with lupus and has already undergone chemotherapy for treatment. she was forced to take a break from her tour last year to deal with the autoimmune disease. about 1.5 million americans have lupus, most commonly between the ages of 15 to 44. heather: thinking about her. that has got to be hard. who says work can' t be fun? phil: staff at a boston hospital having a good time urging you to shake off the flu. phil: up next, the message from the flu fighte

the cal defense had no answers for booker. bounced off! scored. utah up 24-10 at the half. tray watson gets outside, scooteds in, and the bears -- scoots in, and the bears hanging in, trail big 3. 27-24. middle of the 4th, cal driving, goff under pressure, picked by dominic hatfield! his 5th interception of the game, and they still had a chance to win! 4th down, inside the 25. no, no, no! not the way! utah holds on to win, 30-24. the bears fall to 5 and 11. rock? pound it...pound it...pound it...tyler irvin...was he in? >>> what would the spartans do with the rock? i know. how about pound it, pound it, pound it. spartans record, 3 and 3 for the year. >>> washington state, oregon. tom williams came down with it, the waiting seconds of the game. cougars tie today to 31. overtime. double why are the why overtime! it's like the immaculate reception! deflected touchdown. and they shock the ducks, 45- 38! oregon dropped to a record of 3 and 3. >>> boykins needed this to avoid an upset at kansas city. 55-yard prayer! they came back from 18-points down and pulled it off. 52-45. and

. >>> now, jamaican author marlin james wan the 2015 mann booker prize for history, a brief history of seven killings was described as an exciting book, inspired by the assassination of musical legend bob marley. he is the first jamaican to win the prize. so it is really - it's really affirming and when you are in that sort of quiet room writing novels, you like to think the world is not there. the opposite is true. it's never more there. to nepal where the largest festival has begun. the earthquake left the country struggling to cope. we have more from kathmandu. >> the day after being elected, the prime minister came to be part of the festival. by tradition, the head of state has come to witness the festival. both the prime minister and the prime minister are here. this festival has been delayed. until the chariot leaves the city. the biggest city in the country cannot begin. >> it's due to start on tuesday. the chariot has to be moved. many say the same urgency is lacking by the government. this person stanth on the ruins of his home. 33 houses collapsed. they can't find solace anyw

let's bring in new jersey senator corey booker, a critical voice in this nation's policing debate.ch for joining me. >> thanks so much. good to be on. >> just right off the bat your reaction to the news that that deputy sheriff has been fired for his handling of the situation with that 16-year-old girl. >> well, clearly the department reviewed it and found justifiable basis for firing many americans seeing the video felt justified from the video itself but praise the department for going through a process of evaluating all the process and coming to a conclusion in a sobered way. this is just one instance that was right. the reality is having run a police department and having seen even under my leadership that we weren't doing all that we should have done for accountability, all that we should have done to empower our police officers, keep them safe, make sure that we have policies and procedures in place, there's a lot that we have to do in this country to get to a point where we can begin to let debates like this settle down. incidents like this become more and more rare and real

indiana gets to andre booker to scores on the short t.d. pass. trailed by 2. it was all spartans in the fourth. michigan state's connor cook defeats r. j. shelton. the spartans out score the hoosiers 24-0 in the fourth. that will do it. they win 52-26 to stay unbeaten. >>> over at cal, the bears haven't having an impressive season despite their loss to ucla this week but it's not all about the results on the field. in the classroom one of the coaches to trying to fulfill a promise to his mom. here's dennis o'donnell. >> i'm fortunate because i played 13 years in the league. that's something definitely rewarding and i was able to walk away from the game. >> reporter: he played 4 seasons at cal but left with an nfl contract and not a diploma when he was taken 7th overall by the 49ers in 2001. >> my mom always got on me. she said when are you going to finish your degree? i said next year, mom. then 5 years, 13 years later, i'm getting my degree. >> reporter: he hopes to graduate in may with a bachelor's in american studies. when he's not hitting the books, he's h

we've come up with some reasons why and some ways to improve it. >> i'll speak to senator cory bookere of the democrats co-sponsoring that bill tomorrow here on "mtp daily." coming up, we'll dig deeper into that new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll. stay with us. this bale of hay cannot be controlled. when a wildfire raged through elkhorn ranch, the sudden loss of pasture became a serious problem for a family business. faced with horses that needed feeding and a texas drought that sent hay prices soaring, the owners had to act fast. thankfully, mary miller banks with chase for business. and with greater financial clarity and a relationship built for the unexpected, she could control her cash flow, and keep the ranch running. chase for business. so you can own it. >>> we expect to hear from republican front-runner donald trump in just about 45 minutes at a campaign rally in south carolina. one big question on everyone's mind, will trump lob another attack at jeb bush? the two of them traded barbs all weekend over blame for the 9/11 attacks in jeb's brother, former president george w

. >>> jamac an jane has won the the 2015 man booker prize for fiction.udges describe his novel a brief history of 7 killings inspired by the attempted assassination of musical legend bob material in the 1970 did. james was the first jamaican to win the prize. >> i would be happy. it's really affirming and when you are in that sort of quiet room writing novels, you like to think the world isn't there but it's actually the absolute opposite is true. the world is never more there. >> the indian capitol is in the grip of the worst dengue outbreak in years. over 10,000 people testing positive for the mosquitos-borne disease. a long summer with patches of rain means it has lasted much longer than normal. now, guatemala has one of the world's highest rates of child malnutrition. more than half the population living in poverty and a drought has made the food crisis worse but an initiative for guide applications in schools is raising hope. david mercer reports. >> in this small garden in western guatemala, children are sowing the seeds of change. the students are

booker t.f the country possessing this thick, dark and naturally rich soil was, of course, the part of the south where the slaves were most profitable. and consequently they were taken there in the largest numbers. later, and especially since the war, the civil war, the term seems to be used wholly in a political sense to designate the counties where the black people outnumber the white people. the black belt in alabama. and what booker t. washington wrote about the black belt at the turn of the century, it's still true today. the black belt of alabama now means the parts of alabama where, because of old slave economy, african-americans tend to outnumber white people. in political terms it ends up to be where democratic voters tend to outnumber republican voters. if you studied this stuff at all or you happen to live now in what is the old confederacy, you won't be surprised where counties where they once grew a lot of cotton is also places with a lot of majority black populations today. but in

. >>> to make an offer marlin james has won the 2015 man booker prize for fiction, judges described hitstory of seven killings as the most exciting book on the short list. the book has been inspired by the attempted assassination of the musical legend bob marley in the 192nds, james is the first jamaican to wish the prize. >> i would be happy two people liking it. so it's really affirming and when you are in that sort of quiet room writing novels you like to think the world isn't there. but that's actually the absolute opposite is true, the world is never more there. >>> now guatemala has one of the world's highest rates of malnutrition amongst children. more than half of the population lives in pop at this and a drought has made the food crisis much worse, but a new initiative raising hope. david mercer reports. >> reporter: in this small garden in western gout mall actual children are sewing the seeds of change. today they are girls are harvesting a native plant high in protein. the students are proud of the bounty. the pay off for months of hard work in their organic school garden. >>

phil: houston burned his han try aring to save the booker. both have been released. j.c.: facebook is testing ow new ways to expression emotion. today, facebook users in ireland and spain were able to use set of animated mow jis that include love, wow, yeah, along with happy and sad faces this. the new reaction a feature could become available to user here in the saint couple of weeks. >> bill: service is up and running axa gain. phil: service is up and running again on amtrak's vermonter route. a train derailed on the route monday injuring seven people. amtrak had shuttling passengers between springfield and vermont by bus. phil: as result, every boiler in newton public schools will be spending before school resumes tuesday. the leak stemming stemming frommer errors made in the boiler installation process sent two to the hospital in stable condition. class were quickly called off. >> it was clear, we could not open the school, as soon as i got the hessage. >> those detectors were not installed in place. some bad things couldp happen. in the school, we could have had

new jersey senator cory booker is joining other lawmakers and asking congress for the extension and also financial assistance where needed. at penn station, alice gainer, cbs 2 news. >>> new at 6:00 tonight, police revealing details of an alarming armed robbery trend on long island. they have increased patrols at monday's robbery in carle place. it happened inside the joyce leslie store on glen cove road. detectives say two customers and two clerks were tied up and the robbers stole wallets, phones and cash. other shoppers are on edge. >> it's scary to think that you can't even going shop anymore for fear that you're going to be robbed while you're in the store. >> nowadays you can't take anything for granted. you have to think security first. >> reporter: police believe the suspect may be linked to another robbery in east meadow. >>> a little girl bitten and bruised in a vicious dog attack is recovering at home tonight. cbs 2's christine sloan spoke with her family in bayonne. [ inaudible ] >> reporter: a father and his daughter traumatized after their neighbor's pit bull viciously atta

. >> also in attendance senator casey, senator booker. at the conclusion of the naming ceremony lewis katz all time favorite musical group, acapella performers straight no chasers performed. >> ♪ >> cbs-3 healthwatch a new mission to find undetected brain tumors was launched to day in philadelphia health reporter stephanie stahl is here to show just this could be a a life safer. >> reporter: that is right. it is a mobil screening that is part of the health campaign called the road to early detection. it is hard to miss a 70-foot long van parked in center city. it belongs to the brain tumor foundation, on a week long visit here in philadelphia. >> the mobile mri unit is designed to offer people the opportunity to find brain tumors early. >> reporter: debbie and john hurdle will are sponsoring the free mri services in philadelphia a for them, it is personal after a family member was diagnosed with the brain tumor. >> most people develop symptoms and at that point the brain tumor is often more advanced, and the treatment options are more lim

third man, 83-year-old pat booker did not survive. the coast guard is now investigating that accident. >>> now to the latest developments on a fast-moving wildfire to our south. so far 200 acres scorched near hollister and san banino county and no containment updates this morning. the flames erupted around 4:00 yesterday afternoon and quickly spreading. so far no injuries and no homes are threatened, but we'll keep our eye on that one. >> so hot in the south bay yesterday, probably didn't help. let's check the forecast for today. >> not only will it be hotter today, we'll also have light, variable winds. that could cause the fire to become more erratic and change direction. we are going to start out the morning with more of a northerly wind and then shifts more from the southwest as we go into the afternoon. winds won't be that strong, though. that may be good news. the winds at ten miles throughout the day. look in the highs in the upper 90s in gilroy and dolores heights today up to 82 and 96 in santa rosa and 97 today in livermore.

it wasn't what he did against the run and devontae booker. it's what we did against travis wilson. 3 interceptions. one taken back for a touchdown. he changed the entire game in the second quarter with those interceptions. this last one a remarkable play. batting it to himself. you don't normally see young defense. he is an athletic player and a student of the game. cameron smith. >> gus: the big man on campus. one theme was how usc wanted to play physical. they did against maybe the most physical team in the pac-12. >> joel: coming into this game, i thought the theme for usc's ball more. they relied too heavily on the pass game. they ran the gall. statistically. they averaged under 3 yards per carry. but it was what they did in the toughness of their offensive line and the physical nature with which their running backs played that was the stand out for them offensively. it was a great performance from usc. >> gus: and molly mcgrath is on the field with lights, cameron, action. >> molly: i am here with the man of the hour, cameron smith. coll

larue had to tell the true 83-year-old pat booker didn't survive. >> it was very, very tragic. it was my -- one of my best friends. he was a great guy. >> the rescue turned to recovery. >> the most incredible passengers, 72 people, all those eyes looking out, someone sees the person's silhouette. >> captain azar wasn't required to answer that call for help. larue is grateful he did. >> i thank everybody on that boat. >> tonight, the coast guard is investigating this incident. larue says he's been on that boat many times before and he would really like to know what went wrong. reporting live in san bruno, jeanelle, nbc news. >>> they are back in the bay area to face homicide charges. three drifters accused of a wild crime spree, including killing two people arrived late this afternoon. you see them there in those jumpsuits. the trio arrested in portland last week. all three suspects will face charges for the shooting death of a canadian backpacker and a yoga teachers from morin. police say both victims were robbed and shot with the game gun. marin county prosecutors say if convi

the newshour's christopher booker has the story. >> reporter: this is the second week on the job for 22-year-old renee alves. >> when you say you counted by 1s, what do you mean by that? she's assigned to this third grade class at the dudley street neighborhood charter school, in the roxbury section of boston, but she is not a teacher yet. she is part of a training program called the boston teacher residency. >> count by multiples of 10. as one of 40 residents in the teacher training program this year, renee will spend 10 months watching, emulating, and learning as much as she can from experienced teacher kayla morse >> and what multiplication equation can i write to represent that? >> you can learn from a textbook, but i think it's a lot different when you're in a classroom and you're seeing it in person. >> reporter: renee's lengthy training period is part of a transformation in the way boston and a handful of other cities prepare their teachers. while some teacher training programs require only a few weeks in the classroom, these residency models require far more. in 2003, jesse s