joining me now is leslie harris moderator of the dallas fort worth school free education zone a progressive secular homeowner support group for the unschooled who believe in child led learning and seeking to preserve or regain the natural joy and love of learning that is inherent in all children leslie thank you so much for joining us here and i'm going to be here so. everybody is familiar with the basic concept of home schooling but what is on schooling well and schooling is like home schooling except itself director in child learning natural learning and it's based on the premise that people know what they want or need to learn when they want or need to learn it naturally. many homeschoolers try to recreate school at home. with the same scheduling in textbooks and worksheets the parent or guardian takes the teacher or authority figure role and makes all the decisions about what and how the child should learn right in on the unschooling in sort of the other end of the spectrum where the child chooses his or her own learning path and the parent's job is to support the child in any way possi

they just shot a drift event, they were on their way home and got stranded at dallas-fort worth, they had all of their camera equipment and decided to have some fun. >> and they raced, look here, they're throwing sold at each other in the bathroom with the most talked-about scene is when one of the guys into a closed at restaurant takes a cup, appears to drink a glass full of beer on tap. he said he watched out the cup, put it back to leave no trace. he does plan on getting a beer and leaving a big tip the next time he is there. although it seems of they did not have any security the airport officials say they were being watched, they were not posing a threat to themselves or anyone else and they picked up after themselves. they said the two of them will not face any legal trouble. and >> we have a programming note to tell you about tomorrow night, kron4 will air nbc programming and bring a special edition of kron4 news. you can see minute to win it at 8:00 p.m., at 9:00 p.m. law-and- order criminal intent, all followed by kron4 news at 10:00 p.m.. we will be right back. as an >> ther

dallas/fort worth has gained more than 83,000 jobs in the last year-- more than any other metro areathe country. we asked mark strassmann to show us one reason why. >> reporter: on the plains of dallas, the pioneers have moved into offices... >> you can actually shoot the projectiles out of the air. >> reporter: of the exploding video game industry. only silicon valley's is bigger. >> at gearbox we've had a great few years. we've had a great run. >> reporter: steve gibson is vice president at gearbox software, one of america's largest independent video game studios-- 200 programmers, designers, artists and producers, developers of megahits like borderlands and brothers in arms. so profitable gibson handed out more bonuses this week. >> look at that! >> wow! >> reporter: five-figure quarterly bonuses. >> you've got, you know, hundreds of guys and girls working here who have a safe job and who will help grow that local economy and more talent keeps coming to texas and it's been a great time. >> reporter: so blue sky? >> as far as you can see. >> reporter: think of this game's bad guy a

he told police in fort worth the man hired to transport it never delivered, the driver said he was delayede he got sick. the chopper is now sitting in the police in a town law. >> light showers around the bay area at this time as we head into the 11:00 hour this evening, you will see light rain through the bay area. ticketed that the heavy rain overnight, the 3:00 hour, have rain approaching north bay that will last through the morning. the same in an 9:00 hour, there will be a little bit of a break in some parts by 2:00 in the afternoon, we will continue to see the rain streamed through the area as the storms and offshore and continues to bring the showers through sunday. not only in the morning but also in the afternoon and into the evening, and possibly into monday. ticket and that the extended forecast, the temperatures will stay cool through the weekend only in the '60s bay area wide. good news as we head into next week, we will see more warm and dry weather. coming up we will take a look at the rainfall totals that could break some records. i will explain coming up. >> the budget bat

instead at the moment john chapman lay dying in fort worth, he was digging the foundation for his famous celebrated cabin. for all of his intellectual independence, he never cut the lifeline. he was within easy walking distance of the world he has always known. even as he was raps dieing, he was still carrying laundry home. not chapman. from the early 20s on, he had no feather left. in an article for the december 1979 american heritage magazine, edward hogan say if chapman had left a diary, he might be compared to john james audubon or the indian portraitist. certainly it would not have been what his writers were. chapman lived his critique. the nature he love and gave himself over vibrated through the entire bean like walt whitman. years ago i spent long night with the washington, d.c. emergency response team. heroic men and women tending to the insane who had been institutallized. most of those they treated that night were living in the city's park often short walks. these were women convinced they were men who had been castrated by demons. one man told me when he walked down the stree

beauty pageant winner talks about the ugly episode she had going through security lines at dallas fort worthport. texas lawmakers heard her complaints and many others. they created a bill that would make it a misdemeanor for a tsa agent to touch a passenger's private parts. but just as this bill was about to go up for a vote, lawmakers got word from the justice department. if they passed the bill, the federal government could shut down texas airports, all of them. so joining me live is one of the bill's sponsors, texas senator dan patrick. thank you, sir, for joining us tonight. >> my pleasure. >> senator, first of all, how can a state law trump the tsa. that's a federal agency? >> it may be a federal agency. it doesn't give them the right to run roughshod over our liberties and our freedoms. the one thing the states cannot do is pass a law that trumps federal law. well, this isn't federal law, don. this is just a rule. and if we allow the tsa or the epa or any other government agency simply to pass rules and policy that some bureaucrat likes or think is right, then pretty soon what's the pu

in fort worth, texas, betty joins us. good morning. what do you think about newt gingrich, as a democratic caller? caller: i personally have never considered him a very viable candidate. i have to agree with the person who said he was just promoting his book. i would stay here instead of going on vacation and do some actual work. as far as rick perry trying to move into his place, you might want to take a look at a star- telegram poll here in fort worth a couple of weeks ago. they did a straw poll with registered republicans and he got 4% who thought he would make a good president. that -- if most people realize that here in texas, the governor is really just a figurehead. i personally would never vote for mr. berry because i do not want four more or eight more years of george bush. host: and you're a democratic caller? caller: i sure am. host: "the new york times" reports that a senior strategist confronted new gingrich on thursday after he went on vacation with his wife, eccleston. host: toni writes on twitter -- and in dayton, ohio

if it is 102 in fort worth it is 104 degrees here. host: so, what do you think about secretary gates as saying most countries like to each other. caller: they don't show the whole -- he thought we was gonna make him mad, but he didn't. caller: how is mr. peterson -- caller: how is misses peterson? i hope you both have a good day. thank you for calling in. a tweet -- from "the washington post" this morning. the efforts to rekindle peace talks have doomed chances of a breakthrough. wanda is a republican in trenton, florida. what do you think about secretary gates say most countries like to each other? caller: i like senator leahy's question better. the host: why? caller: this question was how long will we support governments who lied to us. how long are we going to support our government? they don't tell us the truth, either. they don't tell anybody the truth. not other countries, and not us. host: from "the wall street journal" this morning. budget negotiators consider medicaid cutbacks. a group of negotiators from both parties met for

in fort worth, texas, bett he joins us, good morning. caller: good morning.ersonally never really considered newt gingrich a real viable candidate. i have to agree with the tweet that said he was just promoting his book. someone who is serious i would think would stay here instead of going on vacation and do some actual work. as far as rick perry trying to move into his place, you might want to take go look at a star- telegram poll here in fort worth a couple of weeks ago. they did a straw poll with registered republicans. he got 4% who thought he would make a good president. i am not sure that most people realize that in texas, the governor is just a figurehead. i personally would never vote for mr. perry. i really don't want four more or eight more years of a george bush. host: you are a democratic caller? caller: i sure am. host:"the new york times" says that the senior strategist of newt gingrich confronted him this week. mr. gingrich defended his holiday as a chance to get away and think but his aides chastised him for lacking the discipline to run a foc

. >> 2-8, contact fort worth center. >> 3-1. >> number 7 bravo, maintain 5420. >> and it wasn't us either>> roger. i didn't think that was you. >> southwest vice president chuck mcgill is apologizing about that incident. he says the airline has taken steps to correct the situation. >> what he said is offensive and inconsistent with the professional behavior and overall respect we require from all employees. we've disciplined him. we've suspended him, and he's taken additional diversity and inclusion training to reinforce the company's expectation he show respect and treat all with dignity. >> that pilot was suspended without pay. he is now back on duty. we do not know what kind of reception he's getting from his co-workers though, especially in that houston base. flight attendants here none too pleased that southwest suspended this pilot without pay and that the same pilot is back on the job. they are considering a lawsuit against the airline for workplace discrimination, and i have the head of the transportation workers union which represents, by the way, southwest 9,400 flight attendant

host: let's move on to fort worth, texas. another texan on the line. diana, a republican. caller: i am a republican since forever. please, we do not meet rick perry as a nominee. somebody said, a democrat or independent said he is like a chameleon, he changes color, and they do believe that is what he does. does. well, i know he does. host: who do you like in the current field? caller: well, that is hard. anybody but obama please, but my husband and i really like guiliani. this time i hear he is thinking about it, but i do not think he has a chance. mitt romney, i am softening on met ronnie. rick perry, i love texas. he has been the governor, but that is because our state senate, congress, is so good. host: thank you for your time this morning. one viewer writes the gop has yet to use a kit that can compete with president obama on the national stage. this is a charge about how -- chart about how americans are feeling. republican satisfaction with candidates now is at the same point it was four years ago. in 200720% were very satisfied. currently 16%. 60% very satisfied. th

night of president kennedy's life, spent more than an hour with him on the plane from houston to fort worth swapping stories back and forth and then was in the motorcade the next day when president kennedy was assassinated. or made numerous trips back and forth to vietnam to thank our soldiers for what they were doing there, always stopping at a burn unit along the way to make sure that those severely wounded would know that their country appreciated what they were doing. or at age 92, just a few weeks ago, offer important guidance and advice to one of his successors about the importance of putting the country first ahead of party, ahead of personal considerations. although graham loved history and he certainly loved to regale family and friends with some of his amazing stories, he was also a person who was always looking forward. he was consumed by what our country would be left to his children and grandchildren, and it was this focus on the common good that dominated his life's story and really defined him as a man and as a public servant. he and his wife have eight surviving children, 25

recently in texas, there has said the decision past that will tie the austin-fort worth- dallas car door that will go to be implemented over the next few years and that touches over 10% of that truck traffic in the united states. we are attacking that problem as well. we have a video we would like to show you. it is a very short. it talks about what is going on on the natural gas vehicle end of it, and before i showed, i would like to mention what last thing. in arkansas, we are walking the talk. southwestern energy has built a natural gas vehicle station. we have 60 trucks we use on a daily basis. that number is grown rapidly. within the next 18 months that will be over 600 trucks. in the future, we build the station for ourselves because it was economic for us to do so, but we also put the pumps in front for the public. the public pays $1.60 per gallon. there is a tremendous benefit their from our standpoint. with that, if we have the still, let's roll the clip. >> our dependence on foreign energy is holding america back. once we did make a change, once we can start now, at&t and veriz

everybody that helped make our live taping friday from fort fest such a wonderful event thank you so much. because you didn't notice it was certainly worth it and i apologize for my voice be in the state it's in but i guess when you're the guy who excepts the joint on stage or asks for one. there are votes of people stepping up to help throughout the weekend and certainly appreciate that thanks for tuning in tonight anniversaries the man please check out our website out of rhythm and i found a vote on guests and topics and find me on free from polluter as always you can get me adam adam versus the man dot com and cast.

fort calhoun, not inside. >> reporter: now, it's worth noting that it was about two years ago that officials from the federal nuclear regulatory commission actually cited this facility for not being ready for an event like this. they said they needed to improve their safety measures to get ready for something like this. the federal officials were here over the past couple of days and toured this place as well and gave them a pretty good rating as far as how they're handling this right now. this is a fluid situation. the waters are surrounding this area. and it's a real battle to keep these floodwaters at bay right now. they're keeping a close eye on the electrical switch yard, the transformers to make sure they can run on the power grid. key, key development there. if any of that is compromised they're not going to be able to necessarily, you know, have the power on the grid to cool down, run those pumps that would circulate the water that would cool down the reactor core and spent fuel rods that can go on generator power if that fails but they're keeping a close eye on that, christine. >> brian todd at fort

worth today. >> and the headlines tonight -- >>> the flood of the missouri river is encroaching on two nuclear power plants in nebraska. the fortshut down since april and emergency generators are being used to keep the fuel cool. >>> the murder trial of casey anon

worth of rain and a rapid snow melt. the cooper plant is online and for the moment, on dry ground. fort calhoun has been shut down for maintenance since april but is surrounded by water and protected by berms. the fear, of course, as we all learned from japan, is knocked-out cooling systems. but operators in nebraska insist there is no possibility of a meltdown. my colleague brian todd is there. why are folks so confident that these plants are protected? >> reporter: well, they make a distinction between fukushima and this and one key distinction is that fukushima was a sudden event and catastrophic flood that came just all of a sudden on march 11th and then swept away everything in its path. this was a predicted event, it came very slowly. they had time to get ready for it. they constructed berms on the outside, small levees and sand wedges to try to protect the buildings. they say they have been successful. they let us inside, we got an inside look at some of the control rooms and the facilities, and one very crucial room where we saw video, realtime video of the reactor core through

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