i want to thank dr. gray and superintendent garcia, and the deputy superintendent. i am so pleased that the first year administrator came to see you on behalf of the students and superintendent zone. just to have that courageous leadership -- you can easily just go with the flow. i appreciate you standing up for our kids. i think in order to break the cycle of policy and poor performance in our schools that effective research has shown the following to be essential for positive transformation, and to resurrect schools in the superintendent zone. i have heard a lot about that tonight. just thinking about leadership and the approach to leadership, in terms of putting a distributed leadership and not going from the top down, but from the bottom down, including our community, that is essential. the goes into our community ties. this community is hurting. there is a lot of healing that is taking place that cannot be measured in numbers. >> that was principal more. i represent the common leaders who could not be here because of fiscal side council meeting where there were

even a pair of dr. gray -- dr.dre darbuds. >> the bill for food and drinks was more than $1,400. the room cost $150. tips weighed in at $261. the gift list included 41 gift cards, eight gift baskets six boxes of chocolates, for cutting board sets, two digital cameras, it one candle e. reeder and one digital photo album. >> i work for a nonprofit. if we spend money like that on each other that would be completely unacceptable. >> prosecutors declined to press charges dating, -- stating -- >> if you have that much evidence why not prosecute? >> somebody has to know something with the management. >> prosecutors in maryland also declined to press charges. purchases were made in maryland. the decision was made because of poor internal control and because senior managers did not do their job to prevent the abuse. >> thank you. coming up on abc 7 news at 5:00, a police chief on the defense of about a policy on a rest court as. he said there is no quota even though there is an memo with evidence of it. >> because of the court, a murder miwok. >> -- may walk. turn left. the passat is one

dr. patricia gray and in the mission. i have the small staff of fiscal analyst and as secretary. there is a supervisor of professional learning in the mission and in the offices there are content and professional development specialists in the area of special ed and literacy and math. we also have attendance liaisons' and of the secretarial support. -- liaisons and office secretarial support. this is based on national research in the -- based on the chicago school study. there are five essential elements indicated in the study that need to be attended to. if you want to transform schools. creating a clear instructional batons and coherence, making sure they have a clear curriculum, focus on professional capacity, creating student center of learning and garments -- learning climates. parent and community ties and school leadership. it is clear from the researchers have to attend to multiple of these elements if you expect to have sustainable change. sig dictated a set of areas you could use the funds for. one of the funding areas were external partnerships for organizational refor

dr. mk hyman and macy gray. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> be more. pbs. >> be more. pbs.

dr. mk hyman and macy gray. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> be more. pbs. >> be more. pbs. na because they're good. and it's very safe and it's ai'm cheap. zamola: passion is the key to this thing. n: they got a crunch to them. it's even got a vegetable and i'm in good shape. we will serve it but we won't put

dr. michelle clearer and helen ley. heather murdoch, tony wilson and forest gray. are you here? go ahead and step up to the podium. >> good evening, board members and public. my name is dr. michelle clearer. i have an m.a. in sports psychology and a p.h. in clinical psychology. part of the work i do is with folks who are struggling to lose weight, exercise and eat healthy. for them the behavior started when they were kids, now engrained patterns which they are struggling to change. if larger

dr. michelle clearer and helen ley. heather murdoch, tony wilson and forest gray. are you here? go ahead and step up to the podium. >> good evening, board members and public. my name is dr. michelle clearer. i have an m.a. in sports psychology and a p.h. in clinical psychology. part of the work i do is with folks who are struggling to lose weight, exercise and eat healthy. for them the behavior started when they were kids, now engrained patterns which they are struggling to change. if larger problem is not only do they struggle with weight, excercise but healthy eating but confidence and self-esteem which invades all areas of their life. physical activity not only helps with confidence, motivation and self-esteem but scores of studies have shown that physical activity helps to improve cognitive functioning, concentration and classroom behavior. and may ultimately contribute to closing the achievement gap in many of our schools. not only should p.e. be mandated because the state mandates it but because it's the right thing to do and it provides so many more benefits than is obviou

dr. mark hyman. up next, a grammy winner macy gray. stay with us. please welcome macy gray. the grammy winner is back with a disk of cover sides, titled "cove." -- "covered." here is some of the recording session for the song "bubbly." now been a way for a while you got me feeling like a little child i see your face in a scary place wherever i go i always know please stay for a while ♪ tavis: what did not make the project? a little birdie told me that prince was on the list for a cover and it did not quite make it. what were you playing with experts -- with? >> "pop life." it did not work out right. i respect him so much, whatever i did could not live up. everybody else liked it. tavis: but you did not. how'd you know when you pick something that might work? what is it about a song, for you, that makes you want to cover it? >> usually, the lyrics. because i still think people, you know, gravitate toward the lyrics first. usually it is the lyrics. if i feel like it is something i can translate properly, or something that is personal to me, then i feel like i can pull it off,

dr. mintz considers himself a pioneer in this gray area of law and science, and there are plenty of patientsager to follow the trail he's blazing. the ones we talked to in las vegas, all eager to remain young and vital, consider this a lifestyle choice, and they're prepared to roll the dice. you aren't concerned that five years from now, somebody might do a study and find out that this regimen accelerates the growth of cancer cells or causes diabetes? >> well, that's happened with prescriptive drugs. i mean, has it not? so this is any-- in any field you're doing this. they're taken drugs off the market because of this. >> so you'd rather feel better now while you're living your life than worry about the possibly downside 10 or 15 years from now? >> you could get killed on the interstate tomorrow. i mean, my goodness. i mean, it's-- you have to weigh risks and rewards. you do that every day in life. you do it when you get up in the morning. >> are you sure, are you absolutely positive, absent any scientific studies, that the treatments that you're giving now won't prove to be detrimental to s

harrisburg, jay gray, jim jay back to you back to you >> thanks, >> thanks, >>> police in >>> police in laurel, have an important clu have an important clue i finding the driver res finding the dr for a hit-and-run for a hit-and-run this is video cap this is video captured by metro bus dash metro bus dash it shows a w it shows a white pickup jump the curb on jump the curb on yesterday hitting a man who was yesterday hitting a man who was walking on the walking on the we're not showing the we're not showing the the man was the man was investigators say the imp investigators threw the victim dow threw the victim embankment and into a par embankment and int lot. he is in cri lot. he is in critical police say the drive police say the driver took o after the cras after the the truck should have fro the truck should have front damage. and in t damage. and in the district lost control and plowed int lost control and plowed into dry cleaning busi dry cle it happened in the it happened in the 3100 bladensburg road in bladensburg road in crews searched the crews searched the nobody was hurt nobody was d.c. fire and cave-in units added support to sho added support to shore up building. th

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gray area in between. it's definitely a conversation you want to have with your doctor. cautious optimism, however. >> absolutely. >> dr. karen latimer, thank you so much. >>> dan harris has the other top news stories this morning. >> good morning, everybody. we're going to start with some breaking news. a standoff, right now, between police and the gunman is accused of killing four people, three of them children, outside of a jewish school in france this week. this man is also suspected if murdering three french soldier in separate attacks. overnight, he told police he is a member of al qaeda and is avenging the deaths of palestinian children. there were gunshots at one point. three officers were hit. but they now believe this man is preparing to surrender. >>> also breaking overnight, a package bomb exploding at the indonesian embassy in paris. investigators say it's too soon to tell whether it's linked to the attack at the school. nobody got hurt. >>> here at home, a new agreement has been reached to make online dating safer. in a deal worked out with california's attorney general, the biggest three cyber matchmaker