it was actor -- dr. jill biden's office. her presence was requested at the state of the union. >> let me start over. bloodching may be in her but there is plenty of adrenaline too. the d.c. teacher of the year will be sitting at the first lady section. >> it is important because kids worlds open up when they know how to read. gets to bend the president year, she wants him to make a commitment as well. preschool and pre-k. >> a push for more full-time hiring. >> i think every child in america deserves to have a full-time librarian, our teacher. >> education would be more than a significant mention for the president. other guests give us insight into other themes. jason collins, an openly gay basketball player. two survivors of the boston marathon bombing. all sitting along this enduring educator. economic equality may be the president's biggest push as he promotes to shrink the overall poverty numbers and this will be a chance for the president to hit the reset button after many critics argue was a lackluster 2013 or major le

. >> dr jill, with regard to the psychology of all of this. where is the line in terms of having kids have a say in this. they are kids. >> we are talk been 17 and 18-year-olds, are they kids much we are talking about older kids. >> and 9-year-old said reading "captain underpants." >> the book jill is working hard to ban is high school written by a nobel prize winning author. kids - i think of a 4-year-old. let's thing about 17-year-old, and whether they are ready to writers. >> i'm trying to work off a point that young people needs to have a voice. how young are we talking? >> yes should have a voice. if we want them to make critical choices and look at complex issues we need to give them the process. litter atture is a wonderful way to do it exposes people to choices. things that can be talking about. if this choice was made instead, what would have been the outcome. it is a safe place to look at some challenging issues. and giving children the opportunity to develop the stills they node to analyse and create their own voice and make their o

[simultaneous speech] >> dr. jill with regard to the psychology of this, what about the kids, after all they are kids. >> 17 or 18-year-olds do we really call them kids? we are talking about older teenagers. >> but nine-year-olds reading dr. underpants. >> written by a nobel prize winning author, let's not talk about four-year-olds, let's talk about a 17-year-old ready to read a nobel prize winner. >> hang on, young people should have a voice, how young are we talking? >> we should learn how to trust our kids and if we want them to grow up and be able to make critical choice he and look at and analyze complex issues we need to give them the ability to do that. and literature is a wonderful way to do that. it exposes students to choices, bad choices, victims of terrible things awe can talk about, saying well if the character made this choice instead what would have been the outcome? so it is a safe place to take a look at some challenging issues. and giving children the opportunity to develop the skills they need to an

. >> dr. jillld deserves a fair chance at life. >> peggy stillman: it may only take an hour to do something that will change their lives forever. >> noreen kessler: and you just see a whole new person, a whole new beginning. it's almost like they're reborn. i can't think of another word but phenomenal. [ music ] >> roma downey: hello, i'm roma downey. about thirteen years ago when i was filming "touched by an angel," we did a story about an organization called operation smile. i saw children who had been born with facial deformities. the doctors and nurses, all volunteers,

. >> dr. jillery child deserves a fair chance at life, >> peggy stillman: it may only take an hour to do something that will change their lives forever. >> noreen kessler: and you just see a whole new person, a whole new beginning. it's almost like they're reborn. i can't think of another word but phenomenal. [ music ] >> roma downey: as a mother, i would do anything i could to help my child live a normal life.

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kathy hollowell-makle was invited by dr. jill biden. makle is a kindergarten teacher in southeast. she said she is both excited and honored with the opportunity. nbc's coverage of the state of the union begins at 9:00 tomorrow night. >>> next, a dramatic rescue after a 10-year-old girl falls down a well in a maryland neighborhood. >>> also, convicted felons working in a local school district. we'll report how that problem was exposed and what is being done to keep it from happening again. >>> deep cuts could be coming to >>> deep cuts could be coming to the area's for seeing your business' cash flow work even harder. for seeing receivables coming in and payables going out... so that now you can do more for your business today and tomorrow. for seeing your business' cash flow like never before. the enhanced cash flow insight, powered by pnc cfo, a suite of online tools that can now sync with popular accounting software, and turn seeing into doing. ♪ to get your home ready for the big game. get close to all the action and save 1500 dollars on samsung's ultra high definition 4k led tv

. >> there was other buzz about dr. jill biden's cast, the last arm was in a sling with a cast on her wrist. the vice president's wife slipped and fell last week breaking her wrist and she expected to be in the cast for sis week -- six welcomes. >> high school students is been expelled for hacking into the computer system to change grades and access tests. the unified school board made the decision, a photo of the meeting tweeted out by our sister station in los angeles. the principal at the high school asked the board to expel the students but the parents have said their children have been unfairly targeted and they claim is a were wider cheating scandal involving dozens of students at the school. >>> happening now, cold is continuing to grip the southern united states. that is making the commute chaos for thousands. in charlotte, north carolina, drivers skidded home on ice and people had to abandon their cars because it was too dangerous to drive. temperatures remain in the 20's in the charlotte area but are expected to wa

twitter was above about the cast of dr. jill biden. she was if a sling and a cast. she slipped and fell last week breaking her wrist and expected to be in the cast if six weeks. >> the focus was on the president many want dead know what michelle obama was wearing and she went if a conservative forest green outfit with oversized belt and a jacket. the first lady will be in the bay area tomorrow and friday for fundraisers. >> authorities are searching for a man who set a fire and it is believed surveillance videoed caught this on fire outside an auto shop. an audi was burned beyond repair and a him sign was damaged but no one was hurt. >> this is a sketch of a burglary suspect who enter add home on sheldon way yesterday afternoon under the pretense he was from the water department and told the homeowner he needed to check for broken pipes and when mid he used the opportunity to steal several item when the homeowner was if another room. if you recognize this man, call the police. >> investigators will be on the scene of a propane tank explosion and fire that gut add ca

she was invited by the second lady dr. jill biden.he first met her when she won the teacher of the year award and looking forward to representing the district of columbia and her fellow teachers. >> it is a great honor, and i'm very excited. it is a great honor as an american citizen and great honor as a d.c. public schoolteacher and schoolteacher in general. i'm honor and excited at the same time. >> she says if she does get to speak to president obama, she will encourage him to expand universal pre-k. >>> the president is set to speak at the costco in lantham and focus on the economy ax and the president is also expected to visit the pittsburgh area and visit workers in wisconsin and d.c. >>> and some disturbing claims against the d.c. police department. it is facing newawsuits to accuse officers are from excessive force to racial profiling. kristin wright reports that two of the officers involve the officers from the 7th district in the southeast. >> reporter: there are two very different versions of what happened the night that d.

it's a very interesting selection of guests that they've taken for the first the lady's box with dr. jill biden and valerie jarrett, the confidante to the president and first lady. heroes from the boston marathon bombing, that indelible image of the gentleman in the white hat we'lling an injured to safety. the man who came to assistance and both of them sitting together in that box tonight. >> mr. speaker, the president's cabinet. >> often, the applause, we listen to how much applause the president gets, how many times he he's interrupted by applause, whether or not republicans applauded or they applaud together. did you try to read, when you were there, how many times the president got applause? did that really matter? >> you're mindful of it. i think the enthusiasm, it has a rhythm to it. on the other hand, we were that mindful not to disrupt the message. that was always a concern, frankly. >> as you see the cabinet secretaries come in there, you look at each and see what's on the plate of each of these individuals and it certainly is a full plate. john kerry, of course immersioned in t

>> reporter: wolf, as you see right now you see the second lady, dr. jilliden, making her way into the chamber right now. most of the dignitaries who are going to attend are already inside. where dana bash is, our senior -- i'm sorry our chief congressional correspondent, dana, what is the mood, what is the scene right now? looks like a lot of people who haven't seen each other in a long time catching up. >> reporter: it does. at this point everybody is sitting in their seats. the anticipation is much different. you can see everybody standing and applauding as they're anticipating the president coming in. look, so many of these people have been here before. but one thing i want to point out is that many of these house republicans who the president has clashed with, they're relatively new. majority of the house republican caucus is relatively new. and that has shaped a lot of the atmosphere here. and it is in the hopes of john boehner going to be changing as people kind of settle in to understanding in his caucus how things work and how they need to be more

she passed by dr. jill biden. all of the various guests arranged there and by invitation. chuck todd, the last thing we mentioned, and it's terrible to have to say this, but our new nbc news/wall street journal poll just tonight indicates americans now believe their country has been on the wrong track for a decade. >> that's what is amazing here. you know, every month i report about the new nbc/wall street journal poll, and we've been saying you know what? people think the country is off on the wrong track, but look at this red line. this goes all the way back to 2004. we're going back ten straight years, 100 different surveys that we conducted. and each one of them going back to 2004, more people have said this country is headed on the wrong track than in the right direction. right now they're in a real pessimistic mood. we know the president is going to describe the state of the union as strong. well, we asked our respondents what do you think the state of the nation is. only 3% picked strong. look in this word cloud, the words that were used more often than strong in re

. >> dr. jill biden walking in, being escorted in, in just a moment, the first lady, michelle obama will come in as well. a.b.? >> everyone knows that state of the union addresses don't rescue presidencies. this is a solemn event for president obama. he's more on the defensive ever than he's been on the night of these addresses. he knows that in the next two years people will barely be listening because it will be a presidential cycle about i think it's a very difficult evening for him. >> charles? >> the president is suffering from the fact that for him, lame duckness set in a year early. generally it happens after the midterm election when the president almost always loses seats and everyone is talking about his successor. if you look at the cover of "the new york times" magazine this sunday. it's the woman who wants to succeed him from liz own party, she's on the cover. she wants to succeed him in three years. that's what all the chatter is about. the first year after your re-election is the yea

. >>> you may have noticed during the president's speech that dr. jill biden's left arm was in a cast. well, we hear she broke her wrist in a fall last week and she'll have to wear that cast for the next five weeks. >>> and a cruise ship that cut short its trip after hundreds of passengers became ill is expected to return to port in new jersey today. >>> also ahead, the world premiere of one of the commercials that the folks at budweiser hope you'll be talking about for years to come. and we even have one of their famous clydesdales there to help us. there's jack. the clydesdale, can't wait to meet him. >> we're going to begin this half hour with more on the storm down south, we'll get to al who is in d.c. hey, al. >> hey, guys, thanks so much. here's the deal. so far around the country, there are more than 3,000 delays, there are over 1,200 cancellations, and look at this, look at the winter storm warnings, winter storm watches, winter weather advisories stretching from the panhandle of florida all the way to coastal massachusetts. and here's the latest

jill biden in the address. she is a kindergarten teacher in the southeast, and she said that the dr. biden's office called to tell her the news friday, and she could not believe it. >> i mean, i with was totally floored. i could not believe it. i thought that, you know, maybe this was a prank, but it wasn't, and now i'm going to the state of the union and to the white house on tuesday. >> she will never forget when she met dr. biden, because it is when the second first lady presented her with the teacher of the year award. >> hat's off to her. and the deep freeze returns and the windchill advisories in effect for tonight and tomorrow. and v.j., we have not seen it yet? >> that is right. the weather can be rude, but the weather today with was nasty. starting out mild and cold and windy across the area, and promised that we would talk about the temperatures and how we stacked up against the other polar outbreaks, and folks, the clouds are going to be increasing, but we won't see any rain or snow from it, and talking about the temperatures and remember january 7th, the temperature was 6

dr. biden, think you might want to run for president? >> does my wife want me to -- >> yeah, does jill want you to run for president? >> well jill and i will make that decision later down the road. it's too early to do that right now. i've got a job to do in the meantime, and if i do the job well and decide to run for president, will help. if i don't do the job well and decide to run, and if i don't run for president, we'll all be okay. >> will hillary clinton's decision affect your decision? >> no, not directly. the only reason a man or woman should run for president, i'm sure hillary views it the exact same way, they think they're better positioned to be able to do what the nation needs at the moment. and what is the plan you have for the country and that's the only thing that's to -- to whether you run. >> all right, thank you so much. i didn't mean to cut you off, but thank you so much. >> no, that's okay. i'm glad to stop talking about it. >> good to see you. >> you can come back tomorrow. >>> in our next hour we'll talk with kentucky senator rand paul >>> skies are mostly cloudy.