and in cedar rapids, noreen bush, superintendent of the second largest school district in the state, and her team, made heroic efforts to get her kids back into the classroom just weeks after many of their schools were ripped apart by the derecho. she did it all while receiving chemotherapy. there are stories like this from all across the state. teachers and administrators put their students first in uncertain and difficult times. especially as they implement the plans to safely and responsibly reopen schools. but, this has not been the case everywhere. over the last several months, i have heard the frustration from many parents, students, and teachers, who didn't have the opportunity to go back to school. so let me share a few of those frustrations. i talked to a passionate teacher whose students have not logged in for a class in nine weeks and there is nothing she can do about it. i visited with a paired with a child of special needs who was devastated by seeing her daughter's education and social dress fate, because a computer screen is not a substitute. i spoke to a middle school

. >> we go to ed calling from cedar rapids, iowa, republican line. >> caller: yes.i was wondering since it was already brought up by your guest talking about what occurred at the capitol building, which, you know, we all deplore. there should never be violence especially the storming of a capitol building. i have yet to hear your desk talk about what it is the fbi knew to make sure something of this nature never occurred. we know the fbi director there in norfolk had full information of what was intended to occur. and in his own words he -- why couldn't we prevent this? >> appreciate that. >> well, first of all i want to be very blubt about that. what we've seen on january 6 was a colossal security failure. the intelligence was there. anyone who listened to the leaders of some of these groups knew that they have, you know, very militant intentions, that many of them declared clearly they intend to disrupt the certification of the election results, that they are willing to use force if that is necessary. i think we knew more or less how many people would show up. so

this is what happened in cedar rapids iowa, after a little dusting to make a sphinx-like cat sculpturen harris. here's where you can do maybe something of that nature tonight into tomorrow. abilene, west of dallas is where we expect to see some snowfall, new mexico and parts of the high plains could see up to half a foot of snow and certainly that's enough to do some packing. higher terrain in the cascades and the sierra, one to two feet of snow with the next series of storms coming in, maybe flooding rain in some of the coastal and valley areas all the >>> good saturday morning, patchy dense fog with us in spots this morning, it's going to last through the late morning hours, especially out by the delta. otherwise we're getting sunnier today, numbers near 60. >>> believe this is the second >>> i believe this is the second week in a row we had a cat in the snow for dan. although this one more of a sculpture but still a cat. >> and he didn't post the video himself. usually it's dan's own cat doing various activities in the snow. >> uh-huh. >> thank you so much, rob. appreciate it. >>> a

host: next up ed from cedar rapids, iowa, republican line. caller: hello. host: high there.ler: i was -- host: hello there. caller: i was wondering, since it was brought up by your guest -- voting which we all deplore. there should never be violence especially the storming of the capitol building. i have yet to hear your guest talk about what is the fbi knew and failed to act upon to make sure that something of this nature never occurred. we know the fbi director had full information on what was intended to occur. why could we not prevent this? could i get that comment? host: i appreciate that. guest: i want to be blunt. what we saw on january 6 was a colossal failure. the intelligence was there. anybody who listened to the leaders of these groups knew they had militant intentions. latham declared clearly that they intended to try to disrupt the certification of the election. that they were willing to use force. i think we knew how many people would show up. the intelligence was there. it was clear we should expect escalation. the fact that there was not enough resources on

host: next up ed from cedar rapids, iowa, republican line. caller: hello. host: high there.r: i was -- host: hello there. caller: i was wondering, since it was brought up by your guest -- voting which we all deplore. there should never be violence especially the storming of the capitol building. i have yet to hear your guest talk about what is the fbi knew and failed to act upon to make sure that something of this nature never occurred. we know the fbi director had full information on what was intended to occur. why could we not prevent this? could i get that comment? host: i appreciate that. guest: i want to be blunt. what we saw on january 6 was a colossal failure. the intelligence was there. anybody who listened to the leaders of these groups knew they had militant intentions. latham declared clearly that they intended to try to disrupt the certification of the election. that they were willing to use force. i think we knew how many people would show up. the intelligence was there. it was clear we should expect escalation. the fact that there was not enough resources on th