she has been a decatur 28 years.n a principal, and numerous positions at the district level. she saw a disconnect between the vietnamese and cambodian students graduating high school. to work to fill that need. congratulations, diahann, and congratulations to 4c the power. >> wow. to be recognized for something that we are so passionate about, and that is educating every single youth that comes to our door, in particular my passion for asian-american students who do not fit the somewhat stereotypical thought about asian students. we have been commit with our mentors. i am a little more nervous because i did not expect this. you have to pardon me. it with our mentor is helping youth, connecting them to their culture, creativity and their community, all the while building confidence. i think the young children here proved it perfectly. that our fifth graders who will not probably remember what was on the california standards test they just talk, but 20 years from now they will remember the dance they learned, the cultu

it was dressed to the home in decatur, georgia.ed up in daytona beach florida and earlier this month, mc murray says he is happy to have it in his hands. >> i was totally surprised. it's like hearing from somebody who you never expected to hear from before. it's the next best thing to a real person. >> the post office hasn't offered an explanation as to why it took so long for him to get the postcard what great story. >>> time for a check on the weather, it's a little rainy. how is it going to look today. we are dealing with rain showers now. we do need the rain. we are four inches below for the -- since january 1st. çthe rain. this is good news we are seeing. it's not all happening at once. satellite and radar picking up on it. around baltimore, you are getting the yellows, and some of those oranges. that's the heavier rain , the line of showers came from the west, working off towards the east, extending down in to virginia as of now. we will have another round possible as we go in to the afternoon. the reason why, we will have a

they describe it as one of the most stable in decatur's they have ever encountered. -- stabled indicatorsy have ever encountered. inherited power and privilege -- here in lankershim, the flags and the crowds are out in force. just as they were when the queen last came here. it was 1955 and people were also wondering why austerity britain continued to embrace the royal family. >but the monarchy represented continuity among huge social change. ♪ among the crowds that there was ray clark. he is back almost to the same spot 57 years later. >> looking to equal it anywhere in the world. we have got it. [laughter] the excitement of a fabulously wealthy and popular monarch is powerful. >> on top of the world. >> with bolts being tightened and as a global power moves from the west to east, britain shows greatness with more than wealth and positions. >> it is a posh place to come to our town. in the to her for influence. -- we look to her for in florence. >> of the monarchy may not make sense to many, but from generation, it isrgy-efficien infused with mysticism. not everything has to be logical or

they moved to this pastoral 10-acre ranch in decatur, texas, in 2004 to raise their horses and their daughter, reilly. but in 2009, a company called aruba petroleum came and drilled two wells outside their windows, leaving behind this permanent eyesore. >> you see over here on this tank? and you see where it's just been--still leaking? why is it doing that? >> that leaking is just the half of it. they videotaped oozings and gushings. when the state environmental agency shot these hissing, toxic air emissions with infrared cameras, the company was hit with a fine. i keep hearing that this process-- the horizontal drilling and the fracking--is safe. >> well, define "safe." safe for who? safe in the process, or safe for the people that are 200 feet away from it? >> they put a concrete casing down into the ground in between your water table and the drilling fluids, but cement doesn't ever crack? you don't ever have well blowouts? >> in other words, taking shortcuts and human error are endemic to this drilling process. here, valves weren't tightened, a tank left unattended overflowed, flu

that is the uss decatur. it is also in town. and there have been a lot of sailors coming and going from both ships. it is quite a sight to see. >>mark: the nimitz is massive. here are some other memorial day remember to is taking place. >>darya: bolt presidential candidates will honor the nation's military today. the president has a wreath laying ceremony at arlington national ceremony and at the vietnam war memorial. mitt romney will be in san diego with john mccain. let's take a look in washington d.c.. this is from the u.s. marine corps in which he memorial. we will be right back with more. cox >>mark: one of the biggest scandals and the vatican seems to be widening. the lawyer for the pope's, butler has been arrested in connection with a leak scandal and says his client has pledged full cooperation. the butler is cooperating with investigators grazing the speculation that high- ranking priests could soon be named. >>mark: in northern california firefighter, his wife and daughter are now in stable condition after being rescue

i think you have seen decatur paid 40 over, three or four times this year.t has to be about the highest they've ever paid i would think. and i always thought once we got into june would have a real issue sourcing corn. i thought it would take about that long before things got really crazy. i thought it happened during the expiration of the main contract and all these experts that we have been booking, or we let the price of corn remain too low, we would have a really hard time getting a source. >> well, i think it's about right in the next shipments that are getting booked for export will be even harder to get. you could actually run into a scenario like minneapolis, like we did way back and await. because i think it will be hard to find the corn and i would expect that we will take out the january high in corn with the old crop contract and i think that happens in june and july. >> so what has happened in the last week or so on the chicago board of trade? you are saying that corn will go up? old crop corn, we are talking about. you think it will blow up the

. >> a wonderful school, from decatur, georgia, just outside of atlanta. >> you have to get down here to times square. >> they can sing. they can dance. they're amazing. >> they're good students. and during the commercial break, we had to get out there and join them, as well. so much fun to be out there with them, during the commercial break. dancing and grooving along. they were literally dancing in the streets. >> look at the crowd. ♪ >> you never know what can happen. >> you've got to get down here. >> if you're in new york and you're not here on a friday, you're just missing it. >> it's not bad, as well. >>> it's deejay friday. >> work it. >> a little donna summer. >> celebrating one of the all-time powerhouse voices, donna summer, proving it with hits like this. >> it's important to remember, it's a celebration of her life. one of the great queens of the decade. unbelievable. george, obviously left on assignment. >>> it may have been one of the nuttier weeks i've had on this program. i just get lined up in the crosshairs. >> yeah. >> and that was all

. >> so here it is, sent to you this address is in decatur georgia that is where you lived at the time obviously. >> yes. >> does that address still exist. >> yes. >> so no one knows where this post card was for all these years. >> only an additional post mark a recent one april 12th this year and indicates it was in a small town in michigan. >> okay so perhaps it was stuck in a bag or something. >> at one time. >> right and then, it was finally delivered but delivered to a claire mount lane in florida. >> that's correct. >> not sure how that happened. >> well, claire mount you can explain that but why daytona no idea >> it went to this woman in daytona beach and she -- how did they get in touch with you. >> well, the gentleman who actually found me for her, they are not related he left several calls on my answering machine so i thought he must have something to say if he is this persistent. >> me made a bet with her he could find you chevy that impression. >> i thought well, if he is going to be that persistent i should call him he explained what happened. >> wow she posted a picture

went to decatur middle school and talked with the avid kids while i was out there.ust about college and about working and journalism. had a great group with really good questions. inkwistive. really took me to task on some of the ways that we do things. >> excellent. >> thank you to -- to them for having me out and for having some great questions. >> i'm sure you had good answers, too. >> his some answers. i don't know how good they were. we'll see. they have to do writing based on that, too. >> very good. >>> 6:2. tom has the latest on this very wet and messy forecast. >> another question is when is this rain going to end? it may taper off temporarily here over the next hour. right now, though, we are getting moderate to heavy rains, all these areas in orange. the heaviest rain now in southern fairfax county from near burke, virginia, toward western fairfax county, near chantilly. also raining hard near woodbridge, down 95 near quantico. then across the potomac into charles counties, getting moderate rain there. this area of dark orange, bottom of the screen, that'

as decatur is part did. 32. in the company didn't nimitz from washington.. given the today is memorial day, and they don't get the chance see these kinds of ships i would suggest the come down and have a glance at these ships. with one look at it you can tell exactly how mass of these boats are. >>mark: there was an incredible fireworks display last night of with the golden gate bridge. it was a 20 minute long firebird display. it was launched from the bridge. in addition to the fireworks display, you can come join in the celebrations. there is singing and dancing. there is a car show. there is an iron worker demonstration. this opened in 1937 and 2 billion vehicles have crossed the iconic 7 mi. long structure. we will be back in just a minute. you can see this look at san francisco as the clouds start to break up. >>mark: em will tran as at alcatraz race this morning irian the scudder brand -- let's go to will. the first-place winner is a 22 year-old woman from livermore. she got a little under 30 minutes. season was training to just finished and it turns

i was with a group of early childhood decatur's -- educators seeing the immense potential of these young people, the potential ic in my own young granddaughter and her desire to burn, an investment in head start instead of reducing the commitment to a head start is the way to go. we need to work to improve and strengthen the education available through the program through some of the yearly s.t.a.r.t. initiatives for the youngest americans but adopting a budget that doesn't put some emphasis on early learning we've had testimony in this committee from the leader of the federal reserve and other business leaders about a dollar invested in education pays off to the country this is true of public education they're making some cutbacks in the educational arena our willingness to invest in what should be a race to the top trying to improve the quality of the public schools and supporting our teachers seems to be a place that we need special emphasis by ford on the ways and means committee on what is called the more education tax credit on the american education tax opportunity tax credit. i t

. >> to the north of the white house and historic decatur house, we have just launched the new davidn national center for white house history. next year to the south of the white house we will open a newly-redesigned white house visitor' center. it will give the millions of visitor to washington each year a chance to gain a broader understanding of life in the white house. if we can just acquire something on the east and west, we'll have the place surrounded. [laughter] the other mission of the association is to provide funds to preserve the white house public rooms and enhance its incomparable collection of decorative and fine arts. over the five decades and ten presidents since our founding, the association is proud to have provided nearly $40 million in financial support for refurbishing and making important acquisitions for the white house. through the portraits of our presidents and fist ladies -- first ladies, it's a wonderful tradition that here in america's house our country honors those who have honored us. the tradition began with the acquisition of george washington's port

mind such a decatur was a coach. he -- my sex educator was a coach. he did the best job. -- he did not do the best job. he was not comfortable talking about women's reproductive organs. he did the best job he could but we can do better in this country. traditionally, sex education took place in school because that is where we can reach a lot of young people. but what you know it is that come increasingly, there are too many places where they are banding sex education. sometimes all it takes is one parent and sex education goes away. even now, only 21 states really require sex education. of course, it is the states that do not require it that have the highest teen pregnancy rates and std rates. two weeks ago, there wasanother study in a long one of study shows that sex education actually help young people change their behavior. it helps them to delay the first time they have sex and it also helps ensure a greater likelihood that they will actually use protection when they actually become sexually active. we know it works but the problem is we don't hav

to the north of the white house, at historic decatur house we just launched the new david rubensteinnal center for white house. mixture to the south of the white house we will open a newly redesigned white house visitor center. it will give the millions of visitors to washington each year a chance to gain a broader understanding of life in the white house. if we can just acquire something on the east and west we will have the place surrounded. the other mission of the association is to provide funds to preserve the white house public rooms and enhance its incomparable collection of decorative and fine arts. over the five decades and 10 president since our finding -- found, the association is proud to provide nearly $40 million of financial support for refurbishing and making important acquisitions for the white house. through the portraits of our presidents and first ladies come it's a wonderful tradition that here in america's house our country honors those who have honored us. the tradition began with the acquisition of george washington's portrait in 1800. it was purchased by the

more from those that i witnessed just this last week back in my state going from chicago to peoria, decatur, all points in between. the stories just come crushing in one after the other, and they are reminders that things that we do on the floor of the united states senate make a real difference in the lives of families across america. i said it before. i wouldn't be standing here today without student loans. the government loaned me the money. somehow or another, i paid it back. didn't think i could, but i did, hoping that the next generation could use that money to get their own student loans. it's part of kind of a trust that we have, one generation helping another. so are we going to let these students down? are we going to let this filibuster be the end of the conversation? i have listened to the republican leader come to the floor day after day and say oh, this is just a political stunt. where's the stunt? what it comes down to is we want to bring the bill to the floor and open it to an amendment process. to my friends on the republican side, give us your best ideas, put them in amend