and its adventure garden is home to a special internship called the explainer program. >> the explainergram is for high-school students, 14 to 17 years old, to volunteer in the children's garden. they volunteer 125 hours working with young families and their children to explore nature and do different activities in the adventure garden. >> the activity stations are found throughout the children's area. >> so, here, we were showing the kids about the frogs, just, like, some of the organisms that live in our pond, and also the plants, too. so, the duckweed are really tiny flowers that ducks love to eat when they come and visit us. and there's a whole bunch of other insects, too. like that blue thing right there, flying around? that's a dragonfly. >> this is the "potting up" station, so what we do is we have kids take a little thing, a biodegradable pot, and we have them fill it up with dirt, and they pot up a plant. and we explain to them how there's a lot of different types of wildflowers, how to water them -- make sure they water them every day, not over-water them -- how to take care o

this february 2011 letter explained the program from baltimore public schools.offered it to teachers and then teachers assistance. she says in april of last year, she went to headquarters and talk to someone in human- resources who helped her son up for the early retirement plan. she claimed she received and was told to fill out the wrong form. >> i asked them to the meeting it was the right paperwork. they told me i was still a teacher even though i said was an assistant. >> when she signed, and her irrevocable resignation became permanent. she was then told to resign accepted and the early retirement incentive plan. her calls to find out why went nowhere. out of frustration, she hired an attorney. >> it is my contention the reason for not being accepted into the retirement program was an error on the part of the baltimore public school system. >> he says his client was denied benefits she should have received and he filed an appeal. >> they initiated a program. they gave her the form. it would be a simple process to see if individuals qualify. >> the baltimore

to see this couple get their home and when we come back, we'll talk with them more and explain the incredible program that general sisco made possible for our wounded heroes. stay with us. congratulations. [applause]. (applause) >> i tell you, we've had a lot of wonderful moments on this show, but i don't know how we'll ever have one that tops what we just experienced when one of our wounded heroes who comes back from serving his country on the show has been presented a brand new home, tommy and rebecca toomey holding a key to the home. rebecca, what is the greatest thing you think of when you move your family into the home. >> being stable. we're not moving tomorrow, we doesn't have to go anywhere, this is where we're going to be and just being safe, like just-- >> you guys sent an e-mail that we got a copy of and it's interesting because you went to the foundation that the general runs and when you found out you were coming to know, you thought just to be with your friends and talk about the application process and said this, ken, this is awesome, my family has never had a vacation about of. my wif

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when i met senator mccain, who was born in panama, by the way, we were explaining to him and his staffers of the programs and said we're building the first metro in latin america. i said what does that have to do with social because most of the labor in panama has to wake up at about 4:00 in the morning to wake up at 8:00 because of the transportation system and then get back and they don't spend any time with their kids, so, with this metro, it is going to end. people can get to work on time. >> the metro is a huge and the expansion of the canal. >> all kinds of social, like raising $100 per month for everyone over 70, raising policeman salary, building a lot of hospitals. a lot of social work which we can't do now that we have this great economic growth. >> your background, you were the chairman -- don't be modest about this -- you were picked out of 92 people to be the head of this group that tried to bring people together, the national coalition for development. >> unanimously -- was the word that you used? >> unanimous. the idea was to try to bring the people together and talk about the problems and

we should try to give them a chance to explain themselves to prove that their program does not have a military i'm sorry there are some that are saying that it doesn't really matter what the i.a.e.a. report comes out because the west isn't interested again perhaps like what you said with syria perhaps the west is also only interested in regime change in iran absolutely have no doubts about that and the nuclear program of iran is just a pretext in this case of the same way it was a pretext and peaceful iraq when saddam hussein was blamed for developing destruction weapons program. proved to be absolutely false and then i'm afraid that in this case and peaceful for and these accusations may become exactly false of the same men that they were both iraq but. it would be too late to to to to to. they're easy because the regime would be so forcefully moved to hate by now let's get to our last question here and forgive me i'm running low on time. u.s. british french warships are already loitering around the iranian border some might sense they waiting for perhaps a possible form of provocati

we're going to explain the whole new program to you in the next half hour. >> ooh, good. nice to hear some good news. >> thank you, jess. >> our time is 5:09. anny is up with the forecast. monika will have road conditions when we rush. >> we have not seen a whole lot of snow this season. coming up, we'll take you way out west where they're saying enough already! >> but find out why some are concerned about the impact that grounded cruise ship could have on tuscany's precious water ways. >>> good morning it is a breezy day with winds gusting over 30 miles per hour. temperatures though fairly mild in the mid-40s. the temperatures will be dropping into the upper 30s by 9:00. lots of sunshine. don't forget your sunglasses. highs topping out in the lower 40s. it will be breezy. here's monika with your timesaver traffic. good morning. >> good morning. traffic is moving well across the wilson bridge here. south of town. inner and outer loops between alexandria and oxon hill. all southern maryland corridors look good to the beltway as well. more coming up at 5:17. andrea? >> than

explained that. >> it's called the passenger assistance program and the airlines anticipate people will be stayingight into the morning and they ask us to set up cots, we set up kits with toothbrushes and had some of our concession stay open all later for passengers who want to make use of the accommodations there. >> her careerthe loren maltese is days away from getting her adopted daughter back home, after that she lost custody of her 14 year- old ashley, these are pictures that taken over the holidays. when ashley came north from alabama where the sister of loren multis has custody and the sister has agreed to let the " return to the chicago area for school. >> i know it will be an adjustment for her and an adjustment for me because we haven't lived together so i am excited. i knew we would be together one day. >> getting the ok to return her for school is the easy part's she said regaining full custody of her daughter will be up to an alabama judge and that could take months to sort out. remembering a musical as added james dies at the age of 73, a look back and her life. the president, a trib

whether it should or shouldn't be so it's up to me and my team to explain to people that my goal is to change russia i have a specific program for integrating our country into the international community and making and world leader of the whole world is changing the whole nations are having a hard time of unless we change our country and develop it our relations with other countries will only become worse in the future this with let me let's talk about the u.s. over the four years of reset in relations russia and the u.s. have fallen out on quite a number of issues iran libya the spy scandal not to mention missile defense how would you build a relationship with america. the first thing i do you know i would abandon the whole idea of the west versus russia i think it's about time we learned to differentiate our relations with europe are one thing and our relations with the us are a different matter for the russian america have many things in common with the nuclear shield the fact that of both our countries are large and multicultural we face similar challenges say immigration issues even if the reasons are different to those

i asked what the deal was and they explained if i had passed through the pilot training program, they'd give me wings and a commission. if i didn't, they didn't want me. i said well that's a no brainer. okay. sign me up. >> we lost a lot of good guys in korea. i didn't fully expect to survive it. i met a friend of mine i went to college with on r & r in tokyo. he asked what to tell my mother. the probability of completing this mission is between zip and zilch. he said aren't you upset about that? no. it's what we did for a living. the zero launch. that was 130,000 pounds of solid rocket propellant strapped to the bottom of the airplane. >> being prepared for a 130,000 pound kick in the pants. the system provides takeoff cape. >> technique he was sitting on the back of this truck elevated 45 degrees, 30 degrees, whatever it was. check out your instruments and pull the trigger and you got an additional 130,000 pounds of thrust. that burns out in four seconds. so i had the opportunity to demonstrate that at indians springs. i said watch this. you can't do that. anyway. somebody said why di

i asked what the deal was and they explained if i had passed through the pilot training program they would give me wings and commission. if they didn't want me, they didn't want me. i said, that's a no-brainer. they can teach me to fly and i can leave if i want to? okay. sign me up. ♪ >> we lost a lot of guys in korea. i fully didn't expect to survive. i met a friend of mine that i went to high school and college with on r&r in tokyo and i started telling him what he should tell my mother. i said, what are you telling me? the probability of completing this tour is somewhere between zip and zilch. aren't you upset about that? i said, no, that's what we do for a living. if we lose, we lose. yeah, the f-100 zero launch, 130,000 pound solid rocket propellant strapped on the bottom of the airplane. >> being prepared for 130,000 pound kick in the pants. the zero system provides takeoff capability for our combat fighters like a matador missile is launched. >> technique is you're sitting on the back of this track elevated 45 degrees, 30 degrees, whatever it was. you rev up the engine, check

program moves low level offenders out of the state prison and puts them into county jail. lisa is live at sap jose tonight to explainthe problem. >> in three years 30,000 so-called lo level prisoners part of the program. it's a manufacture some on the local level call a dangerous one. to say police sergeant jess he have is frustrated is an under statement. because of these 2 men. >> here's 2 guy that is we person knoll nationally know they are quite violent. continue this pat he were of behavior in our community. >>reporter: they are part of the state prisoner realignment program. ab 109 in october california transferred lower level offender out of the prison and into county jails to the ease overcrowding. some according to sergeant hear are released early into the xunt. james and ann hill were released and few days later they are back in jail. one led police on hay speed chase after a carjacking. and just yesterday police say they found the 94 a stolen car with methamphetamine. >> we are adding criminals back into our community. just didn't have the added resource to monitor them. something will give. >>reporter: f

program and flower miller. he is donating and i try to explain to it folks. would you do it again? >> yes, definitely. i would definitely do it again. i'm waiting for a phone call to do it again. i feel lucky to have a chance to do it. it's so important to get registered and be willing to donate. a lot of people, think this situation that happened to us someone a friend or family member is going to be sick, but there is just that one person is going to help and might give you a chance to spend more time with your family. >> cheryl: the knist kyle's case is he is a bi-racial and how hard is it to find people? >> it's much harder for kyle's case. because you have to match the genetic time. if you are chinese person i most likely need a chinese donor so for kyle he is a chinese hsh caucasian mix so most donors will have to be mix. so it makes it more difficult. >> how easy is it able to donate? >> it's pretty easy. about 25% the doctors will recommend a donation, we'll give the general anesthesia and we ex practicality from your pelvic bone and it will be replenished in four to six weeks. another method

program could help students in baltimore. colleges graduated last year with an average debt load of around $25,000. >> that may explain why the obama administration is trying to remind students of a program it says will help forgive those loans. education reporter tim tooten is live in the newsroom with that story. >> a few years ago, the u.s. department of education launched a public service loan forgiveness program. the government agreed to forgive the balance of federal loans of students agreed to work full- time in public-service jobs. jobs like law-enforcement, public health, and administration. it was a timely lunchtime topic at the university of maryland baltimore campus. >> does the accumulation of debt influence a career path? i don't think any of us wants that to be the way it is. >> especially a maryland law student who took part in the panel discussion. >> i will leave here next year with $175,000 in education debt. >> fellow student andrew york this stuck with that $65,000 loan. >> is not a magic solution to all your problems, but it is a huge opportunity for those who want to pursue public service. >> students t

and the way you explain the evolution of this program is appears to have a lot of international support but has run into a lot of criticism in the u.s. congress even from the federal trade commission. members of congress saying the department of commerce should were you to slowdown. this criticism coming from within washington like this makes it more difficult for you to say that icann is not dominated by washington? >> yes. icann is a global institution and it says that even in the white paper and green papers develop joint effort by the department of commerce and the white house that shaped this initially is that we must be a global institution. there is a national -- natural tension. that is why it is more important that we be true to the global public interest and not the interest in any one national geography. i want to recognize there have been concerned expressed from trademark business interests from around the world and different trade associations limited to north america award d.c. or focused here over the last month we received a lot. i think even that is healthy because eve

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programs. all of that is gone. >> explain to us how the laws -- it's absurd. it's absurd we have to have this conversation. but we do. what pieces of legislation do you have in front of the congress of the united states to help us resolve this? >> there's no excuse for that having happened to those iron workers or other steel workers across the country. the initiative that i have contains three bills aimed at america. one deals with the water and sewer infrastructure and simply says when we build it, which we are and we must across this country, we need to use american iron steel and manufactured goods. period. that's the way it needs to be. it will put our people to work. no one produces these goods any better than we do in ohio and the united states. the other bill deals with the process and loopholes that exist in our laws that allow people to avoid complying by issuing waivers. it says that before you issue a waiver, before our government issues a waiver to allow other steel or manufactured goods from foreign countries to be used for our infrastructure, th

explain why in just a few moments. the rand friends to cut off its oil supply to europe before the e.u. trade curbing to rand's nuclear program comes into force in july. and violence flares in syria as a resolution president assad. foreign forces intervene. from moscow to be watching our. breaking news to start been hearing the last couple of minutes at least seven people have reportedly been taken hostage middle school in russia's volatile north caucasus there. isn't the map a source of the region security services told russia's interfax news agency in the last hour that there are no children among them police have the school surrounded it goes on to say the instant happened in the city of nell chicken the republic of couple of the noble cartier soon as we get more of course we'll bring you more details of just to bring you up to date as well we're actually now hearing more information as well coming through the interfax news agency now reporting in the last minute as have been speaking to the one person has been killed there so just to bring you up to date what we know at least seven people reportedly taken hostage we're he

explain what we do. we review and oversee the delivery of the general obligation bond program. and then in 2003 was added to our perview, also the city services audit and overseeing that and the whistle blower program underneath that. what we're going to do today is look first at the bonds and then we're going to look at the other pieces of what it is that we do. so just the major bonds. the first bond i want to bring your attention to is the laguna honda hospital. that started in originally authorized $299 million, and has finally has a completion cost of $585 million. obviously our purr view -- our perview is to try to make it on time and on scope. things didn't go particularly well with this one. it did start prior. but we did learn a lot of lessons from that and these are lessons we can bring to quite directly with another product we have in front of us which is the general hospital. i should say the controller is also here. should i not be able to answer any questions, you will be more than happy -- ok, i'll keep going. so the second program here is the improvement program

141 hours in music education should have to explain why all that time and student expense is necessary. especially when other colleges offer high quality programs in less time and cost. we should deepen the state's response to the terrible tragedy that befell so many at last summer's indiana state fair. a catastrophe so singular merits unique treatment. and i hope you will augment the amounts already provided to victims and their families by the state and private donors. [ applause ] and we should trust the people of central indiana with the decision whether to raise local dollars for mass transit if they believe it crucial to their future quality of life. within weeks, one of the great public careers and, perhaps, the greatest judicial career our state has known will come to a close. chief justice randy shepard, let tonight be one of many occasions on which a grateful and fortunate state thanks you for a quarter century of fairness, firmness and farsightedness on our highest bench. [ applause ] [ applause ] part of justice shepard's legacy will be the landmark report that he and former governor joe kernan co-authored producing overdue moderniz

explain the problem. >> in three years 30,000 so-called lo level prisoners part of the program.it's a manufacture some on the local level call a dangerous one. to say police sergeant jess he have is frustrated is an under statement. because of these 2 men. >> here's 2 guy that is we person knoll nationally know they are quite violent. continue this pat he were of behavior in our community. >>reporter: they are part of the state prisoner realignment program. ab 109 in october california transferred lower level offender out of the prison and into county jails to the ease overcrowding. some according to sergeant hear are released early into the xunt. james and ann hill were released and few days later they are back in jail. one led police on hay speed chase after a carjacking. and just yesterday police say they found the 94 a stolen car with methamphetamine. >> we are adding criminals back into our community. just didn't have the added resource to monitor them. something will give. >>reporter: for those in the police department ab 109 is a bad idea. >> it's very good policy and ver

explain how this works. >>guest: well, there is a program called the exchange visitor program, to promote foreign relations betweenhe united states and other countries. that is fine but look how many american kids are struggling. they cannot pay college tuition. the parent could be laid off and they need to supplement family income and they do it on speaker break and we bring in i believe, 100,000, foreign workers. >>shepard: do we she a preference for those workers? >>guest: at the state department, they have this urge to promote international relations. i compare this to --. >>neil: expanding the visas? >>guest: but how about members getting the jobs? the labor were department used to say if you flood the job with foreign workers you will displace and lower the wages. >>neil: but if the white house they are doing it backwards? you do want, i can see the technology teaches you to say they want to expand visas to high tech foreign workers who come here, stay here, help us all profit here, but, this seems to be ... grabbing the opposite. >>guest: it has nothing to do with high-tech but about foreign relations. >>ne

the program has drawn millions of viewers to take interest in space. our science editor explains. beyond the solar system, new world are emerging deep in space. tonight came the discovery of yet another. this artist's impression shows a planet four times larger than earth, found not by a space agency, but an amateur who was gone through computer data and stumbled across a whole new planet. >> i have had a passing interest in the sky, but not any more knowledge about it than that. being involved in a project like this and being the one to find something is a big issue. >> it was the program "stargazing live" that interested him. thousands have been inspired to join the search for new plants. >> i think it is the science that anybody can do. we have seen it with this planet discovery. just think about this. discovering a planet around the star. >> more and more plants may be discovered by people just hunting on the internet. the technique involves a professional telescope watching the stars for a slight dimming. if it becomes less bright at regular intervals, a planet is passing in

the program has drawn millions of viewers to take an interest in space. our science editor explains. >> beyond earth, beyond the solar system, a new world are emerging in space. tonight can the discovery of yet another. this artist impression shows a plant nearly four times larger than earth. -- planet nearly four times larger than earth. >> i of had a passing interest and where things are. being involved in a project like this is very exciting. it was a program that got him interested. running all week, it has attracted a massive audience is. thousands have been inspired to join the search for new planets. >> we have seen it would this planet discovery. did about this. discovering a planet around a distant star. >> what is emerging is that more and more may be discovered by people discounting on the internet. the technique involves a professional telescope, watching a star for a slight dimming. there is so much data, the public will need to go through it. the reward is finding a new planet like this one tonight. what is it like? >> it is probably as warm as mercury. pretty unpleasa

single parents 26% or career coach program 11.1%. i've explained earlier in the last example about the cna program can we do serve single parent and we understand helping people move up the progression latter is important again, helping people become employed, reaching dignity and become part of the permanent workforce is equally important. this time i'm going to turn it back over to jersey and she will share with you some case studies of different students. >> okay, what other way to show how this career coach program has impacted the lives of our staff and to let you need a couple of them. to meet mr. mr. was a certified nursing assistant, making $15 an hour. she worked multitier good samaritan hospital. her dream was to become an rn. she just didn't think it was attainable. she did not finance is to be able to do that. she sought a career coach flyer at work, met with their career coach who helped her applied to nursing school. the coach was able to help her with the tuition upfront and also chat care services. three years later, she graduated i