family members say the victim and the suspect did know eacher eacher -- each other. >> dangerous storms killed 8 people in the nation's heartland. crews are searching for others who are missing. storms formed over indiana, mississippi and arkansas. a 7-year-old boy is dead in mississippi. 4 million people took cover from the severe weather. >> i can't stick around here, i'm going to go find cover. >> reporter: crews in tennessee began clearing roads, strong winds ripped down power lines and destroyed homes. out west, the roads were a snowy mess in utah. 80-mile an hour wind just you gusts in -- winds gusts in california tore the roof off buildings and toppled tractor-trailer stay up up to de 6abc.com/weather. >> i feel bad when you see pictures like that, what we're dealing with is unseasonable warmth, but nothing like that. >> reporter: if there's a thunderstorm that pops today you want to be careful, because it could produce strong gusty winds. we're not dealing with major tornado activity. storm tracker 6 live double scan it's damp, where it isn't raining it's cloudy, but it is raini

it, and said so the least we can do is give you some poverty ey for high schools and libraries and eacher training, meaning tutors. law takes at the new it closer to what the elementary ry education act was supposed to do. multiple indicators of how that school is doing. but the game changer, again -- and what did you provide those children? it's up to us now as advocates for kids with disabilities, kids poverty, kids who face discrimination, and nstitutional racism, to go in and say, the indicators we want re to see what kind of service and support that children in affluent communities have and ompare that to the service and supports that children in poor communities have. first of all, the information, we need it to be transparent, and we need the that not all children have equal access to to learn.unity none of that was happening for to ears, so someone wants say, oh, but if we change it, or we've lost something, no one can under 14 rgument that years of test and punish, it was better for poor children, better for minority children, better for children with disabilities. really good sc

and ult hatly the field is so lrnlg -- ultimately the field is so large and you hope they go after eacher on. it is why it has been rating so well. people like tuning into not just donald trump, but we had rand and rubio all fighting it out. if they want the same ratings go after hillary. like you said they are bending after backwards and it is not only good for your party, but go go -- good for the american voter. >> they want their cake and eat it too. or they want to not have their cake and not eat it. >> there is only one way to get attention. >> right. you are always right. >> do you like your name, guy? >> do i like name? yeah. >> do you feel like your parents were writing a screenplay and didn't know you would do it. >> it is a family name. it is a nickname. i get called it by accident. >> i like that you are taking this seriously. >> i take everything seriously. >> while bernie and o'malley were busy crying over spilt -- spilled milk they were firing off terrible "star wars" jokes. this year republicans reminded us dark side is alive and well. next stop, these are not the candidat

lily talked about how they send eachers, but they spend literally millions of dollars on in theitol and spend big states to make sure their views are heard and priorities are reflected when the states start adjusting their education system. lauren: and i think i asked the question she didn't really answer fully in how are we going to start seeing states change, some of the systems they have set up already, and i think that's probably going to happen very quickly. you already saw, for example, the new york state board of days ago couple of oll back the wait of student tests for teachers evaluations and i think you're going to start seeing a lot of other states do similar things with accountability systems. before, e mentioned also, over the next several months, the education department lawyeringo be sort of out the particulars of the law, lily eskelsen garcia's implementation team that as well. r host: so let me ask you this for parents out there who may be hated or loved the idea of testing, does it continue until this law is implemented? when does this testing go away? maggie: well, th

and now focusing their fire on eacher. today clinton directly responded to trump's crude description of the 2008 loss to barack obama. >> i don't know that he has any boundaries at all. and his bigotry, his bluster, his bullying have become his campaign. >> clinton went on to say quote i don't respond to him personally, because he thrives 0 on that kind of exchange. and it's not the first time, he dmn straighted a penchant for sexism. donald trump responded saying careful, hillary and took aim at the media. saying the mainstream media is dishonest, schlonged is not vulgar. right now trump is the one beating his republican rivals in the polls, at 39%, according to a cnn poll, 21 points ahead of his closest competitor, ted cruz. ben carson and marco rubio are down but tied for third at 10%. while chris christie is up a point and ahead of jeb bush. so is rand paul. but paul is less than thrilled about the criteria for the next republican debate. the fox business network will consider both early state and national polls. in or

when the since bleed into eacher and become longer or shorter. as we get ready for a potentially record warm christmas. you might think that is what this is. fall has crept right into winter and weather consultant says no. basically, what is happening right now is the effects from el nino,s are, a very strong polar vortex is are we are seeing such a warm weather pattern for stems ber. >> that is how it has been across most of the u.s. and even in places like buff lo, where snow is no stranger this time of year and this was the latest december snowfall in recorded history. and according to noah, this month, set a total of 6,000 warm nationwide. experts say, praise yourselves because when december ends, so will the break from boots and scarves. >> most hookly the first week of jn a, i they will start to get a lot colder, then as we move through january, february, going to get stormy and pretty active around here. look out for a lot of snowfall on the way. >> if you are expecting next december to look like this. don't hold your breath which by the w

>> what i think the two should stop bickering about personal disagreements with eacher who should apologize to who and get back to talking about the things that americans really care about. protecting the security of the homeland, making sure that our intelligence, law enforcement communities have all of the tools they need to be able to protect us, coming up with a strategy to beat isis, where they live and where they're breeding. and making sure that our economy begins to recover so that we don't have stagnant middle class wages for the next 15 years. those are things we should be talking about. tired of hearing about the bickering between donald trump and hillary or donald trump and jeb. they should all grow up, start talking about the issues people care about, not issues that concern them personally. >> that's fair enough when it comes to bickering. the issue of whether or not donald trump's rhetoric hurts the united states in the war against radical islam, that's a legitimate issue to discuss. >> listen, you know what? i don't think it hurts it anymore than hillary clinton saying we're