child welfare, cps workers, child protective service workers have ways that they look at the risk factors in a family. imminent risk is: this is something that is critical and the child must be removed from that family right now in order to keep that child safe. so there's danger to their life? there's danger to their physical life, to their safety. meaning that the risk of who else is in the household can't be controlled so that there might be something going on that they need to say, right now, we need to make this removal. but there are about 200,000-a little more than 200,000 children removed each year. whereas, there are about 3 million children that are investigated for abuse and neglect. and within those 200,000, are there cases where they are removed where the parents are having either a mental or substance use disorder? the vast majority. ivette, may i go back and kind of piggyback on what nancy was saying? you started by describing sort of what it looks like for a child who is in school and how they may present. and so to say what is happening at home in those situations, if you

kind of approach, that is relatively new, just starting in 1996, but it really takes the child protective service system and the family court and the substance abuse treatment providers and addresses the whole family. so, just as fran was saying, the importance of collaboration. what does that actually mean when you're working with a particular family and importantly what does that mean for all of the families. so it uses some key concepts about making sure that we can identify families with substance abuse and mental health problems as they're entering the child protective service system quicker, getting them access to services quicker. making sure that each of the family members has a support system, has a treatment plan when needed. uses the court, the family court to more carefully monitor what is going on in the treatment plan, particularly around the parent and their substance use disorder and the child and how the child's permanency and the relationships that they must develop are being provided for them. so that the child and the parent is seen as the unit of intervention, which is so imp

system in sacremento california dependency drug court brings together the superior court, child protection services, alcohol and drug services, sacramento child advocates, parents advocates of sacramento, dependency associates of sacramento, bridges' stars program, and sacramento treatment providers. parents in the program not only receive treatment, but gain an understanding of the root causes of their disease in an effort to break the intergenerational cycle of trauma. we were failing our families. before dependency drug court, we only had 18 percent of families who actually were unified and had their children come home and their cases closed out, with parents who no longer had substance abuse problems. as i went through the stars program and realized that these people that are trying to teach me about my disease have gone through it themselves. it was a blessing because it wasn't somebody who's never experienced what i've experienced telling me what i needed to learn, somebody who had actually been there and was doing the deal, staying sober one day at a time. everyone agrees that we want parent

office an investigation is currently ongoing in cooperation with russian officials and local child protection services on the afternoon of january twenty first the local police department had received a call from a local hospital emergency room while a police officer was on his way there the three year old boy had already died unfortunately these kind of this particular kind of calls for. every day. somebody has had a heart attack we don't put pressure on the we have a child that's been injured in an a.t.v. we don't put a pressure unless we start suspecting that something may be out of the ordinary. it wasn't a little bit later that we started getting some suspicions of what was going on and then all developed from talking to the parents the people that lived there it just took a little more time for us to develop. currently an autopsy as. underway and the police is not really releasing any further details in terms of what they could tell us about this case what we do know is according to them the autopsy results may come as soon as this afternoon to any time from a month from now these tell us that t

texas child protective services also investigating.'re told, include physical abuse and neglect. also the sheriff's office is investigating. a spokesman for the department tells us no arrests have been made and they're waiting for the results of the autopsy. now we try to speak to the boy's adoptive parents. when we called, there was only this brief recorded message. >> if this is a reporter or a news agency, we have no comment. >> as you might guess, this case is enflaming an already sensitive issue between the u.s. and russia. you might remember back in 2010 the outrage when an american woman actually put her adopted 7-year-old russian son on a plane alone and sent him on a one-way flight back to russia because of violent episodes the child had had. now russia recently imposed a ban on u.s. adoptions in russia. this could affect hundreds of u.s. families, a situation that is sure to get worse if this child's death in texas proves to be a case of abuse. >> i know you're watching this case very closely for us. david mattingly, thank yo

property but that the boy had died before he could actually be treated on that day texas child protection servicesreceived a reporter nick simms death which alleged physical abuse and neglect and neglectful suppresion or simply neglect where is his brother right now. that is a very good question right now curial is in america and he is with his father of course while the investigation is continuing his adoptive mother has been suspended from living with him although we are hearing that he is allowed to see him once a week and we spoke to foreign minister human rights envoy mr dog who explained that the case is ungoliant and that child protection legislation is actually been observed and of course this comes just weeks after the d.m.a. yakovlev law which bans americans from adopting russian children doesn't it yes you're absolutely right and. i mean it was adopted from that very often urge where jackal of leaves before he is adoption in two thousand and eight also he also died . just three months later after his adoptive father forgot him in a locked car in a parking lot for nine hours and fifty de

. >> the girl is now with child protective services which will decide whether she will eventually be reunited with her family. >> adding a new layer to the gun control debate animal welfare groups want to ban lead ammunition in hunting. defenders of wildlife want a bill sometime this week to make california the first state ban toxic bullets. environmentalists say endangered birds are dying from lead poisoning when they eat dead animals shot by hunters. the fish and game commission is also being asked to pass the ban. >> stanford university is the first school to top $1 billion in fund-raisinging in one year according to the council for education survey. a total of more than $1 billion breaks down to nearly $56,000 for each of the undergraduate and graduate students. school officials say the money will be used for research and construction. harvard was a distant second with with $650 million. u.c. berkeley was the leading fund-raising among all public universities taking in just over $400 million. >> a lot of cash there. it doesn't look like the nfl will be spending money to keep the

property but that the boy had died before he could actually be treated on that day texas child protection services received a report and look seems death which alleged physical abuse and neglect full supervision or put simply a neglect and where is his younger brother curial this is the question we are asked to we asked that the foreign ministry's human rights and worker center there. truly are very concerned about carroll's welfare let's take a look at what he has to say about that. concerning the second he lives with his adoptive father the mother who surname is chateau is not allowed to live with the second child during the inquiry but nevertheless she can see him i think at least once a week this decision was taken by the u.s. authorities if the investigation proves the mother is guilty in the death of the child the question will be raised about the future of the second boy. one of the options russian authorities are seeking is for korea to come back to russia where he has some relatives still and of course all of this off the d.n.a. yakovlev door which was banning adoption by. americans are b

we also know that on that day texas child protection services received a report on maxime's death which alleged physical abuse and neglect so he's got a younger brother as well as nick carroll was he that's what we asked russian foreign ministry's human rights envoy constant all go off and we can now hear what he has to say about that look a sense of that almost you could do concerning this. he lives now with his adoptive father the mother who certainly in this chateau is not allowed to live with the second child during the inquiry but nevertheless she can see here i think at least once a week this decision was taken by the us authorities if the investigation proves the mother is guilty in the death of the child the question will be really about the future of the second boy richardson. clearly russian authorities a re much concerned about the situation involved in the welfare of cureall and they're saying that he could be in danger right now again and one of the options they're seeking easeful could have to come back to russia where he has some relatives and we're here in the several fa

. >> reporter: and the girl is now with child protective services. it will be up to them to decide whether she will be reunited with her family. live in san jose tonight, george kiriyama, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, george. >>> convicted felon, this man behind bars tonight. san jose police arrested 54-year-old edward brown in connection with a violent assault near the university last week. they say he attacked a woman from behind and stole her purse. if convicted, brown could go to prison for life under the state's three strikes rule. >>> it was a phone call he wanted to make. cal basketball coach might montgomery called the father of his star player and apologized for shoving him during sunday's game. the father and the player, alan crabbe, remain on good terms with montgomery, and want the controversial incident behind them. here is the coach today. >> it's something i deeply regret. and it's not going to happen again. i had a couple of sleepless nights, and hoping to put it behind us. the team is pretty positive right now. >> montgomery has b

abuse and today russia's parliament observed a moment of silence dedicated to the boy all child protective services over in texas said that they had received a report on the boy's death as well as allegations of neglect and physical abuse the case is now under investigation now this death comes just weeks after the russian parliament passed a bill to end russian adoptions to the united states following high profile cases of abuse one such cases that have chase harrison adopted by a couple in north ridge genya now he died before he turned to when his father left him in a hot car and the two boys were adopted from the same orphanage in russia all near rebin author of the stork market is the former director of the american adoption congress and joined r t earlier to discuss the shadow case. this is been the ongoing problem and work russia has been demanding from from the us for years is follow up but the united states is not set up to follow up on adoptions once they're finalized that's been a thorn in the side of russian officials for good reason with these now twenty cases of abuse that have resulte

office an investigation is currently ongoing in cooperation with russian officials and local child protection services on the afternoon of january twenty first the local police department had received a call from a local hospital emergency room while a police officer was on his way there the three year old boy had already died currently an autopsy is underway and the police is not really releasing any further details in terms of what they can tell us about this case what we do know is according to them the autopsy results may come as soon as this afternoon to any time from a month from now these tell us that there are no suspects in this case as of yet and no arrests have been made and. after county texas. well our tear earlier spoke to nira radia been the author of the stork market and former director of the american adoption congress about this tragic case coming out of texas. this is been the ongoing problem and we're russia has been demanding for more from the u.s. for years is follow up but the united states is not set up to follow up on adoptions once they're finalized that's been a thorn in the

department of social services has cited the school for at least one sexual incident between the kids plus lack of overall supervision and an improper teacher-child ratio. child protectiveervices is investigating the girl, but could not comment on the investigation. >>> and from blue cross health insurance is hitting hundreds of thousands of customers with a double-digit rate increase starting today. consumer advocates are outraged. the story from abc7 news capital correspond tent nannette miranda in san francisco. >> she was starting on february when her insurance will skyrocket from $635 a month to nearly 800. >> i'm mad about it because they are trying to take advantage of thing he before the obamacare takes effect. they are trying to get their rate increases in. >> 735,000 californians who buy private insurance through anthem saw an average 17.5 increase but some are getting hit with an increase as much as a 26% jump. the consumer watch dog said this is the third or fourth rate hike in two years from an insurer who said their parent company made $2.7 billion in profits last year. they said the industry had to raise rate. they around the only one. >> due to increasin

we are also putting more resources toward investigations and assessments in our child protective services division. [applause] our military veterans have sacrificed more than most of us can ever begin to imagine. veterans [applause] have more than earned our respect, gratitude and support. for those in this room that have served our country, i'd like to ask you to stand, so we can thank you for your service. in continuing our commitment to a project we started last year, this budget includes more than $4 million for the montgomery county veteran's home. another responsibility we take seriously is the long term fiscal health of our state. we understand the importance of saving for the future. in 2008, the state's rainy day fund was $750 million dollars. during the recession, it was taken down to $257 million. working with the general assembly, we've added nearly $100 million back to the fund over the two years we have been in office. i am proposing to put $100 million more into the rainy day fund in this budget with the goal of ultimately reaching pre- recession levels. [applause] we've se

department of social services has cited the school for at least one sexual incident between the kids plus lack of overall supervision and an improper teacher-child ratio. child protectivevices is investigating the girl, but could not comment on the investigation. >>> and blue cross health insurance is hitting hundreds of thousands of customers with a double-digit rate increase starting today. consumer advocates are outraged. the story from abc7 news capital correspond tent nannette miranda in sacramento. >> she was starting on february when her insurance will skyrocket from $635 a month to nearly $800. >> i'm mad about it because they are trying to take advantage of thing he before the obamacare takes effect. they are trying to get their rate increases in. >> 730,000 californians who buy private insurance through anthem saw an average 17.5 increase but some are getting hit with an increase as much as a 26% jump. the consumer watch dog said this is the third or fourth rate hike in two years from an insurer who said their parent company made $2.7 billion in profits last year. anthem said the industry had to raise rate. they aren't the only one. >> due to increasing medic

i am going to guess child protective services is taking care of her now. >> thank you, care know gray houston. -- karen gray houston. >>> the latest in the chandra levy case. the latest information will remain secret until april. the d.c. judge made the ruling this afternoon. also bolstered by a new ruling from the d.c. court of appeals. paul wagner is live with the latest. paul. >> reporter: on the bench this afternoon, the judge announced that the court of appeals had upheld his ruling that the documents in this case would stay sealed. he then told the news media that we will not be allowed in a hearing scheduled for next week. what is at issue here is a witness from guandique's trial in 2010, and the judge said he sealed the record for safety reasons. guandique sat at the defense table and listened to the proceedings through a spanish interpreter. the u.s. marshalls brought him here from a federal prison in alabama where he is serving a 60-year sentence for killing chandra levy. he looks different from the days during the 2010 trial. his head is shaved and you can see a tattoo on h

cerb 0 one says the allegations were shocking and he reported them to the principal and child protective services right away. >> in one case students would hold down one student and an older student would pull his own pants down and sit on his face of a younger student. >> reporter: the catholic diocese acknowledges cerbone had nothing to do with the hazing but because he was head coach he was responsible so they ousted him and they say they stand by their actions. >> in this particular case where it's the catholic church, this is an issue i would think they would be extremely sensitive to and the fact that they were firing chris, who reported sexual abuse, is just absolutely outrageous. >> reporter: his attorney calls it whistleblower retaliation. he says the diocese needs to pay. >> we're hoping to get justice for chris. that's really what we want. and in so doing to get better protection for other kids who in the same situation as the kids who complained to chris in the first place. >> the message they've clearly sent is if something is going on that you think needs to be reported, keep are yo

texas child protective services also investigating.lude physical abuse and neglect. also, the sheriff's office investigatin investigating. no arrests have been made and they are waiting for the results of the autopsy. we tried to speak to the boy's adopted parents. when we called, there was only this brief recorded message. >> if this is a reporter or news agency, we have no comment. >> this case is inflaming an already sensitive issue between the u.s. and russia. you might remember back in 2010, the outrage whge when an americ woman put her adoptive 7-year-old son on a plane alone and sent him back to russia because of violent episodes the child had. russia recently imposed a ban on adoptions in russia. and this could affect hundreds of u.s. families. a situation here that is sure to get worse, john if this child's death in texas proves to be a case of abuse. >> a tragedy for one kid, but a serious case of international tension. david mattingly, thank you very much. >>> in a few hours, jurors begin deliberations in the former detroit

department of social services has cited the school for at least one sexual incident between the kids plus lack of overall supervision and improper teacher-child ratio. child protect active services is investigating. >>> huge power plant near san diego came crashing down less than an hour ago. >> it was all planned for the new 60 foot tall south bay power plant. it was imploded using explosives this morning. the plant was shut down three years ago, demolished to make way for a new 24 on an acre public park, an rv park and an industrial development. >> blue cross health insurance is hitting hundreds of those of customers with a double-digit rate increase starting today. consumer advocates are outraged. nannette miranda is in sacramento. >> they were dreading the start of february when her health insurance premium would skyrocket from $65 to nearly $800. >> i'm mad about it. i feel they are trying to take advantage of things before obamacare takes effect. >> 730,000 californians who buy private insurance through anthem saw an average 17.5% increase, but some are getting hit with as much as a 26% jump. this is the third rate hike from an insurer whose parent company

texas child protective services, the county sheriff and medical examiner at this point, the child's deathn described as suspicious. no arrests we're told. but that could change, depending on what the autopsy reveals. we did reach out to the boy's adoptive parents. when we called, there was only this brief recorded message. >> if this is a report eveer ors agency, we have no comment. >> reporter: this case is heating up a very sensitive issue between the u.s. and russia. you might remember back in 2010, the outrage that came up when an american woman actually put her adopted 7-year-old russian son on a plane alone and sent him on a one-way flight back to russia because of violent episodes the child had. they recently imposed a ban on adoptions in russia this situation is sure to get worse if this child's death in texas is proved to be abuse. >> thank you, david mattingly. i want to get to adam pertman. nice to have you with us. so how will this case, as david has just laid it out, how will this affect this law, this russian law that puts the kibosh on russian adoptions down the road? >> th

i was a little nervous child protective services was going to have a word with me when they found outut this. >> this wall and all the photos that cover it, i mean, it is wonderful. >> a lot of this is david human kennerly who was a very young pulitzer prize winning photographer in vietnam, was president ford's white house photographer, shot for "time" and "newsweek" and a lot of other folks through the years. nixon at the grand ole opry. that's david's contact sheet from nixon leaving the south lawn on august 9th, '74. >> i was there. >> that's ed clark who was a "life" magazine photographer, fdr's funeral. that's the accordion player at warm springs. >> that's very touching. >> yep. >> well, tomorrow at this time we're going to have more best of office politics with a focus on the president and the first family both out on the campaign trail and just recently on inauguration day. >>> first came a senate ethics inquiry. now today a new report about new jersey senator robert menendez and his relationship with a florida eye surgeon. [ male announcer ] what are happy kids made of? bikes

we do believe she is the subject, however, of a social services child protective investigation. she is also the mother of a three-year-old daughter, who is presumably still in her custody. we have not been able to speak with her. reporting live in white oak, wusa9. >> incredible challenges in this case all the way around, scott. we should also mention that although the teen is being charged as an adult, prosecutors are trying to get him moved into the juvenile system. therefore, we here at wusa9 decided not to show his picture at this time. >>> now to another tragic situation, prince georges county detectives passed out fliers as they hunt for a killer in capital heights. mcintyre of chapel oaks drive was found murdered in her home saturday afternoon. officers called to mcintyre's house, discovered her body. police are hoping someone in that neighborhood may have seen something that will help them solve this case. >>> what is it, about a week ago we were rocking the super bowl in hard to imagine baseball season is around the corner, but it is. kristen berset is here to tell us a

that the crisis in funding in our schools and the crisis in funding important services like child protective servicesh workers is no longer just a revenue problem, it has also become a cost problem. in his up coming bienium, the cost of primary and secondary education will increase over $1,000 per pupil, and half of that, $500 per pupil is accounted for by the increase alone. the rest is accounted for by salary and other benefits. in other words, we're faced with a situation where we're going to increase our expenditures and primary -- in primary and secondary education by $1,000 per pupil and for that significant investment resources, we will not see a reduction in the average class size. we will not see the restoration of lost school days, and we will not see the restoration of classes like art and vocational services. i want to be clear. this is not about the value of our teachers. this is not about the overhaul of a retirement system that remains one of the best in the nation. it is simply about having a conversation about how to strike a balance between the cost of our retirement system and our

protection of social services. also there was a two-year-old grandchild living in the residence, that child is now in protective custodygod. casey, that's just horrifying. just awful, awful story. casey wian reporting live. just remarkable. we will bring you the latest on how that boy is doing once investigators allow that information out. of course what's going to happen next in the case against the parents? back in a moment. a talking car. but i'll tell you what impresses me. a talking train. this ge locomotive can tell you exactly where it is, what it's carrying, while using less fuel. delivering whatever the world needs, when it needs it. ♪ after all, what's the point of talking if you don't have something important to say? ♪ i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options. then i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. call now and find out about an aarp medicare supplement insurance p

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service. >> she made everybody happy. she would sing. >> deedee's daughter was a friend of genelle. >> it was a young child, kids can't go nowhere and feel protected anything we used to do back in our day without having to look over our shoulders. >> two dozen of those in attendance were classmates. the principal told thus hit them hard and that counselors will be available to them as long as they need them. >> about 30 students are occupying a building in san francisco. sky 7 fly over when officials locked the doors and students refused to leave. they're demanding toÑi meet with the chancellor to voice complaints. the office says she will not meet the protestors. one told us they are now deciding how long they will remain in the hall. >> we'll stay on that story ofsj course. if you're with us last night you may have seen reports from washington. i had a chance to speak with the president during my interview with him. tonight the president is now reaching out to the republicans about those automatic cuts that will kick in next week. he placed phone calls today to house speaker john boehner. the president made it clear to me yesterday that the loom

protect sod they can't be fired, but it doesn't offer any wage replacement. if someone has sick, when they have a new child, if they are married to a service member, they can takeme off, but they're losing wages. so for most families today, they just can't afford to do that, unfortunately. >> i heard senator harkin is going to reintroduce the healthy families act this session. i'm quoting him here. the united states is the only developed nation that does not guarantee paid sick days to its workers and our economy and productivity suffer as a result. contrary to popular belief, not absenteeism, but presenteeism is the greatest cause of lost productivity due to illness. what are the chances of federal legislation? how important could this be? >> i think federal legislation is tremendously important. we're talking about 40 million workers who don't have access to a single paid sick day. so that means 40 million workers across the nation, if they get the flu or their child gets sick, they're either going to lose wages or potentially lose their job. so this means you have people coming in who are sick, they're infecting their co-workers and infecting their customers