how she first got engaged with education issues and a visit to potters house christian school in grand rapids. she saw a school that had managed to create a safe, warm, rich educational learning environment for many low income children. she started helping with tuition and then supporting the school itself, which her family still does through their philanthropy. this girl into a larger font topic effort to provide a she pursuedfund and this commitment to choice in the public policy domain working to pass michigan's first charter school law 1993. in 1993. she seeks to transform education systems to provided such choices for parents and students. cacy of school choice has drawn fierce criticism. times" wrote it is hard to find anyone more passionate about stealing dollars from public schools then betsy devos. -- than betsy devos. we have a lot to talk about. i will be returning a bit later to moderate the question and answer. . professor paul peterson and betsy devos. [applause] sec. devos: thank you for that kind introduction. is one of thehool gems of all of american postsecondary education.

she first got engaged with education issues in a visit to pot else's house christian school in grand rapids. there she saw a school that managed to create a safe, warm, and rich educational learning environment for many low-income children. she started helping individual students with tuition, then supporting the school itself, which her family still does through their philanthropy. this grew into a larger effort to provide a scholarship fund. and then she pursued this commitment to choice in the public policy domain, working to pass michigan's first charter school law in 1993. then, as now, she seeks to transform education systems to provide such choices for parents and students broadly. her advocacy has drawn fierce criticism. "the new york times" wrote it's hard to find anyone more passionate about the idea of steering public dollars away from public schools than betsy devos. her senate confirmation vote to become education secretary could not have been closer. it was split 50/50 with vice president pence breaking the tie. so we have a lot to talk about and controversial issues. i'll be

i'm a senior at the college and i'm from grand rapids, michigan. my question relates to michigan. you mentioned that taxpayeril dollars belong to taxpayers and individual families thanks in part to your advocacy in michigan we lead the nation in for-profit schools, paired with some of the weakest accountability laws. i in 2014 review of michigan charter schools in the detroit area found widespread wasteful spending, corruption, poor student performance and little transparency with corporations profiting. have a this is at the expense of michigan students especially those in detroit. given the fact that in michigan students have a lot of choice but not good choices and corporations are profiting from that white do you think that choice is appropriate for the nation? [cheering and applause] >> stem, women, charter schools in michigan. >> i'm going to go with charter schools, first. first of all, of the students that are still left in the city of detroit, 49% of them. [crowd boos] excuse me, everybody who has had means and wants to move elsewhere has moved outside of the city of detr

last may, a jet blue emergency landing in grand rapids. >> pretty scary though to see smoke on the plane. at 35,000 feet. >> it is happening frequently. brought three airplanes down. it will bring another one down if we don't adequately address it. >> earlier this year, homeland security, ordered that certain flights coming from certain airports. the passengers should in fact put their lap tops in their checked bags. now the faa is saying that probably was not a good idea. not a good idea going forward. lester. >> tonight authorities in florida are on the hunt for a possible serial killer, terrorizing a neighborhood where three bodies have been found in just 11 days. police have released video of a person of interest as they ask for help in stopping a killer before he strikes again. here is nbc's kerry sanders. >> reporter: in tampa tonight police asking for help in finding this person. a possible serial killer, captured on surveillance camera, prowling the city streets. last night's murder could be victim 3, anthony naboa, 20-year-old shot dead on the street. officers already blanketing

. >> at spectrum health butterworth hospital in grand rapids, another bundle of joy becomes part of one family's remarkable nursing legacy. they are three generations of maternity nurses. >> we have probably cared for at least 10,000 families and babies. >> the miracle of birth is just -- just gives me chills. >> matriarch mary lou wilkins, now retired, started her nursing career in the 1950s, back when nurses wore white dresses instead of scrubs, and dads took a seat in the waiting room. >> when the baby was born, the doctor went and told them what they had. >> all right. i'm going to give you back to your mama. >> reporter: her daughter, sue hokstra, says it was practically a given that she would join her mom. >> it just wasn't ever a question. i wanted to follow in my mom's footsteps. >> the torch almost ended with sue, until her daughter, christina, decided to also pursue nursing instead of music. >> she lit the path. she lit the way for me. >> christina and sue were both on hand when little jack vereeken was born. >> they're a dynamic duo. we also became part of their family, and t

moment we meet someone we're lake you are from ohio, screw you, i'm from michigan, you're from grand rapids, that play sucks i'm from ann arbor, are you ann from an barer that is where i live too, are you mid da, screw you, dad, trevor, i don't need russia to make me hate my own dad. >> trevor: that got really personal quick. you have to admit technology is making this worse. russians linked to this government are now using facebook to get americans worked up. >> yeah, you know who else does that, my racist uncle every time he posts on my feed. don't take [bleep] from that african boss of yours, michael. i never would, raffle. look-- ralph, i'm not going to let russia take the credit for dividing us. we have a rich history of dividing ourselves. -- a shall did you think carrier pigeons were dropping ds on the south, freedom should be for everybody but that's none of my business. >> trevor: but michael, come on. i'm sure the rush arne efforts are slightly more sophisticated than memes. >> not really, here say real one face bk turned over to congress. why do i have a gun? because it is easier

number one for the second year number one for the second year in a row is watauga, ly volivonia, grand rapids, and our own castro valley is number six. >> getting a little hot in here. i just feel like i want to -- >> we have a superman moment over here. >> so a lot of us are wearing purple today because it is spirit day, a day that was originally made to celebrate and to honor lgbt kids and a day to go against bullying, solidarity for them. there you go. a lot of us here at abc 7 news and stations across the country are wearing our be blank shirts and we fill in a word every year to encourage people. i chose be weird. which isn't a stretch for me obviously. >> which is why i didn't question what were you doing next to me taking off your tie while i was trying to read a story and reggie is just undressing himself. and i didn't question it. >> you didn't bat an eye. >> nope. >> just a normal day sitting next to the reg. we encourage you to wear purple and choose kindness today. on behalf of glad and disand all of us at abc 7, thank you for supporting the lgbtq youth. >> it's always important t

the magazine ranked lancaster, pennsylvania, seconds, followed by san antonio texas, grand rapids, michigan paso texas, results based on how well they meet american's expectations for retirement, housing affordability, healthcare options, overall happiness. texas city grabbed four of the top ten plots. guys, pen, lancaster, number two, not bad. >> i'm little surprised. i never thought lancaster and sarasota would be on the same list for anything. >> yes, lancaster is very -- i haven't been there in a long time, but lancaster very rural , very quiet. >> lovely amish community in lancaster. >> very green. >> thanks, hena. see you in the next hour. >> things are warming up outside. >> yes, katie, do you think people can leave the jacket at home this morning or maybe one of those dares where you layer up? >> i would layer up. granted daytime highs are getting little warmer but it is still chilly in the morning tis the season. so i'll let you know exactly how low the temperature will fall, not just this morning but in the days ahead, also which day ends up being the warmest, we have few 80s in o

and world reports, magazine ranked lancaster pennsylvania second, followed by san antonio texas, grand rapids michigan and el paso texas. the results are based on how well they meet americans expectations for retirement, housing act, healthcare options, and overall happiness texas grabbed four of the top ten spots. >> look at that, lancaster, pa , jim, right un our nose z- how did we ever miss this? >> very interesting. thank you. >>> a rare siting on the streets every center sit. >> i yes, not exactly every day though you see someone 7- foot two, just casually jogging down the sidewalk. >> yes, we saw that last night , though, giles, the sixers joel embiid obviously universally loved here if philadelphia, seems to be everywhere, and when people see him, they usually have just three words to say. check it out. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> i love you. >> i love you. hah. >> ♪ >> trust the process. is that awesome, joe joel embiid running through the sit of philadelphia, three words from philadelphians whether they see embiid. obviously reacting like rocky raising his arms in the air. >> this morning

. >> cincinnati, grand rapids, san francisco so far. they're getting comparable results to pittsburgh, and they're spectacular examples of the par of the human spirit to cure unhappiness. >> hinojosa: and essentially, you're saying, "look, if we... if you allow us to put a state-of-the-art institution that offers free art classes, exposure to the arts, an extraordinary visual experience just walking in, and job training, you can actually transform an entire community." >> one step at a time. you start by building the training center, you demonstrate results, you get unemployed people to work-- not make work, permanent work around technology and service. you take the public school kids who are at risk-- in our case in pittsburgh, we graduated 92% of them. we're also doing that in the other cities, by the way. and that way, you can redefine what happens to these children. so public school kids go to college, the adults go to vocational education-- they get jobs, they work for industry-- and you can begin to develop a strategy to change a

. >> that was donald trump, pumping up a crowd in grand rapids, michigan, in the waning hours of theaign. he's dropped some of these threats since moving to the oval office, but this one he's sticking to. trump repeated his threat a week and a half ago in the oval office, with the canadian prime minister justin trudeau right next to him. >> i think justin understands this, if we can't get a deal, we'll terminate the agreement and that will be fun. >> the prime minister says walking away from nafta could be the biggest mistake since richard nixon imposed wage and price controls. strong words. when it all came to a head in negotiations outside washington this week, turning into a war of war between the u.s., canada and mexico. trade representative robert lighthizer lashed out, saying frankly i -- for her part, canada's foreign minister called the u.s. positions troubling and unconventional. foreign minister freeland joins us now. always good to have you on. >> always good to be with you, fareed. >> do you think in your negotiations with the united states, that the trump administration

it happened in sheridan, 45 miles northeast of grand rapids.he driver of the pickup truck was not hurt and officials are investigating this crash could say so far drugs and alcohol were not factors. "the wall street journal" reporting that special counsel to muller filed the first charges of russian investigation according to the journal and rest could come as soon as tomorrow. that raises the question of whether president trump can use his power to pardon anyone who might be indicted. the top democrat on the house intelligence committee saying the president's ability to do so is limited. >> i do not think the president's power is all that absolute as people suggest. the president cannot pardon people if it is an effort to obstruct justice. it is an effort to prevent bob muller and others from learning about the president's own conduct. there are limitations and it is truly unlimited it would have the effect of nullifying the constitution. arthel: bring in our panel. keisha, former prosecutor and both are defense attorneys. good to have you bot

start, what looks like silicon valley, whether it is new york or phoenix or austin or chicago or grand rapidsu name it, another thing seattle has got going for it -- you have your strong university focus and technical skills. you have your established technology innovators that are throwing off people who have made a lot of money and want to try again. but you have a very active venture capital community. madron has been there since the start of it. you can pat yourself on shoulder right now but madrona has been there from the start. you were one of the early backers of amazon. what's the venture scene like in seattle and how is it different than silicon valley? matt: our focus goes all the way back to the first investors in amazon back in 1995, focus on day one opportunities and day one founders. get involved at a very early stage. i mentioned carlos and some other examples. one, but be at day there for the long-term and be there focused on the northwest. we think there are a bunch of great capital venture firms. we just happened to focus on early-stage companies in the northwest. we also re

. >> that was donald trump pumping up a crowd in grand rapids, michigan, in the waning hours of the 2016 campaign. he's dropped some of his threats since entering the oval office, but this one he's sticking to. nafta, of course, is the north american free trade agreement and trump repeated his threat a week and a half ago in the oval office with the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, right next to him. >> i think justin understands this. if we can't make a deal, it will be terminated and that will be fine. >> the conservative "wall street journal" as editorialized that walking away from nafta could be the worst economic mistake by a u.s. president since richard nixon trashed brettton-woods and imposed wage and price controls. strong words. it all came to a head during negotiations outside washington this week, turning into a war of words between the u.s., canada and mexico. trade representative robert lighthouser lashed out at america's northern and southern neighbors saying frankly i'm surprised and disappointed by the resistance to change from our negotiating partners. for her pa

the crash happened in sheridan, 45 miles northeast of grand rapids. the driver of the pickup was not hurt and officials a drugs and alcohol were not factors in the accident which is under investigation. >>> bloodshed in mogadishu after a terror attack on a hotel in somalia's capital. security forces have not restored order after gunmen stormed a hotel saturday night killing at least 23 people during the overnight siege. authorities is a three attackers were killed and two others captured. the islamic terror group al-shabaab is claiming responsibly. this is the second tier tech this month in the city. two weeks ago a massive truck bomb killed 350 people in somalia's where the tax ever. >>> in spain, political turmoil is mounting as people march for unity in barcelona two days after catalonia declares its independence. the spanish government response by seizing control of the region. connor powell is in jerusalem with the story. reporter: 48 hours after catalog politicians declared independence from madrid, hundreds of thousands of people took to the st

the airplane in saigon to fly home, it was 112 degrees. 48 hours later i got off the airplane in grand rapidsere was not enough close or enough heat in the world to get warm. stan talked about being cold, sitting in mud puddles to stay warm, it's unbelievable that 90 degrees at night and you can lay there and shiver because you're freezing to death because it had been 120, 125 all day long and when it dropped down into the '90s at night you actually felt like you were freezing. that's a 30, 40-degree change and it was out way every day during the monsoon season. >> what did you do that winter when you came home. >> after 30 days, i didn't have any problem. i got activated back in anything above 70 degrees is too dang ho hot. >> what did you do for a living, how did you occupy yourself. >> i had been working for the state parks system in michigan when i was drafted, i got my draft notice on my 21st birthday and i left for the service the first week of april, went through basic training and then when i got out i went back to the park service and spent 38 years working in the state parks in mich

number one for the second year in a row is watauga, texas, livonia, michigan, number two, grand rapids third spot, number four, medford, massachusetts, and littleton, colorado, the top five. our own castro valley, though, is number six. >> but then you have to say you live in watauga, texas. >> and it's hard to say. >> it's much better, alexis. >>> klay thompson now has a doppleganger. fake klay showed up and he was fooling a lot of people even steve kerr did a double take. >> i thought it was a perfect metaphor for our conditioning level. i turned around and i was like, klay, you have a few extra burgers last night? what happened? >> the shame of it all. we're not sure if fake klay will be a regular feature or a one-night cameo. he does a lot of pranks. that's his thing. he's pretty funny. >> it's uncanny, though. look at that. >> he's thick klay. not a problem. >> thick klay. he's even a little bit tall. i like that. get him and dancing mom together, you have yourself a nice promo. a look at the raiders forecast, yeah, you'll get wet from time to time at the coliseum this evening wit

. >> kevin mcseven got his start with us at the county jail in grand rapids, michigan. >> first time i remember thinking this is real. we were in jail. we were doing an interview in one of the ad seg units and there was call for suicide two cells down. we rushed to see what has happening. i had seen the noose. >> this is what we pulled from his cell. he fashioned it out of one of our sheets. >> it was just -- blew me away that i was actually encountering it. here i am in the field seeing it happen right in front of me. that somebody was feeling that low that a bedsheet was what their solution was pretty much. >> at the fairfax county jail in virginia we met another young man who would have his own experience with the dangers of incarceration. >> we had just finished doing a check-in with one of our inmates and we were walking down the hallway and private viola started really chewing out an inmate in one of the units. we kind of came late to it and caught the end of it, but essentially viola was upset because an inmate was doing pull-ups on the shower curtain rod, which was a no-no. >

. >> at the kent county jail in grand rapids, michigan, dennis jordan told us no amount of artificial freshener could substitute for elbow grease. >> i'll pull them out just like this. then i'll take this rag right here and i'll clean the insides of it. inside this cell every day, i completely wash these walls down at least three times a day. i also wash the floor about three times a day. i keep the floor clean enough to where i can actually take my socks off and walk around without my feet getting dirty. >> i have never seen such a clean cell in all the time i've been here. i have seen clean cells but nothing quite like that. for this guy to clean walls three times a day, clean the floor two or three times a day it's amazing. his toilet was so clean you could actually see yourself. it was just amazing. >> jordan is serving 270 days for larceny and for violating his parole on a prior conviction of home invasion. he said his life outside wasn't nearly as tidy and orderly as his life on the inside. >> when i was 17, i was full of pride. i wanted a car. i wanted the best house. i wanted

they said if you had a high school diploma and you got a job in one of these furniture stores in grand rapids were set. you could possibly have a second home. managers at the plant were driving luxury foreign cars. all of that has disappeared. many say they're making the same dollar figure salary they were making 20 years ago, but they were so grateful to have your jobs because they've seen thousands of their friends get laid off, and of course robots are invading their plant and taking over more and more of the work. what happens is it makes the work physically easier. you don't have to think as much. the machine does all the thinking and heavy lifting and you end up in a position where you're sort of helping the robot create the piece of furniture and you're not actually having to do the work yourself, and how long will we wait until the robot is just doing everything? this is something people don't seem to want to acknowledge, but it is happening. >> no, we don't acknowledge it on any level. in the technological world where a new app comes out or a new phone comes out and the political sha

we thought why not highlight a couple of your beautiful costumes too so we go to grand rapids, michiganto the future. you are definitely going to need the coats over these. plenty cold up in west and central mid-michigan through detroit and hollywood, florida, it'll feel a lot like mow wanna would feel, beautiful choice with dawn and thing one and thing two and reading this a lot to adrian. they're inside because it's a rainy day and then it'll get better in midland, texas. >>> "good morning america" is brought to you by ford. going further so you can. >> ♪ >> good morning, i'm matt o'donnell. 7:56 on this tuesday october 31st. it is halloween and karen rogers is going trick-or-treating with mass transit. >> i am and it's mostly a trick not so much a treat matt. problems with the warminster line. overhead wire issues and now they have to suspend the warminster line and that's between willow grove and warminster. septa's also saying all regional rails you can expect about 10 minute delays because of slippery rails. just talking about that on facebook live, that time of season where you g

grand rapids 75, philly 74. that's eight degrees above average.r local forecast coming up in the nt son. >>> good morning. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. sunrise 3/4 of the way through already as the sun is peeking up over the eastern horizon here in a perfectly clear sky. it's chilly outside this morning. an extra layer of warmth probably required. 38 in gaithersburg. 36 in fairfax. and 42 in quantico. planning out your day today. after a chilly day today sunshine. highs near 70 and mid 70s the rest of the week. your latest weather. savannah? >> al, thank you. >>> coming up, the security guard shot by the las vegas gunman, breaking his silence. what he is revealing about that encounter just minutes before the massacre. >>> and harvey weinstein dealt another blow, tied to his sexual harassment scandal. while his brother faces a new allegation of his own this >>> just ahead, we'll tell >>> just ahead about a bull's daring dash for freedom that may save him. >> good morning, hoda. >>> taking you around the world. we'll reveal the happies

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we thought why not highlight a couple of your beautiful costumes too so we go to grand rapids, michiganhe future. you are definitely going to need the coats over these. plenty cold up in west and central mid-michigan through detroit. and then hollywood, florida it'll feel a lot like moana would feel, beautiful choice with dawn. and then we go to thing 1 and thing 2. i've been reading this book a lot to adrian. they're inside because it's a rainy day, and you will have that from midland, >>> "good morning america" is brought to you by ford. going further so you can. ♪ i need a hero ♪ i need a hero >>> hi, there. i'm natasha zouves from "abc7 mornings." meteorologist mike nicco has your halloween forecast. hey, mike. >> hey, natasha. nothing really spooky or scary here. we're going to start with sunshine at 6:00, 55 at the coast, 62 in the bay, 65 inland, but then we'll start dropping, i should say, into the 50s as we head through the evening hours. so make sure you dress the kids accord lig. have fun. my accuweather seven-day forecast, highs in the 60s and 70s through thursday, 50s and 6

. >> good morning from grand rapids, michigan!. good morning, everybody. welcome back to "today." nice to have you with us. it's a tuesday morning. >> i'm excited about you talking to chip and joanna gaines. they came here about five minutes ago, renovated the orange room already. some things they fixed up. >> needed a little tlc, they say. we'll talk to them in a moment. let's start with your news, 8:00, lots going on. the president facing new fallout this morning after making controversial remarks about his predecessors in office. those remarks came during an event showcasing party unity. as senator john mccain takes a shot of his own, as well. nbc white house correspondent, kristen welker, joins us with all of those headlines. good morning. >> reporter: hi, savannah. good morning to you. the president will put the focus on foreign policy today, meeting with the prime minister of greece. it comes as he's trying to reboot his domestic agenda and trade relationship with his own party, but overnight, as you say, while accepting an

australians with a controversial song during a football grand final before that though we'll take a look at the weather. the be. as china's rapid economic development spills over into other asian nations. people in power investigates the consequences for neighboring laos. poverty stricken and hungry for foreign investment can this communist republic reconcile the needs of its people with the demands of the gracious benefactor. louts on the borders of empire at this time on al jazeera. al jazeera is different from other channels because we're not just there when something happens we are there before it happens where there while it happens and we say we do have a permanent presence and a lot of places are starting. to back around being eleven on is very important it's about syria it's about lebanon it's about the power struggle between iran and saudi arabia it's all there and that's the challenge. thank. you and our people are talking about in sports today here is joe thank you very much for the cattle referendum is also had an impact on sports bosler in a spanish league game against west palm os is being played behind closed doo

rapid city is what you are seeing in other states across the nation. we have seen a steady decline across the country and the washington post, the grand family sold the post a few years ago to the owner of amazon and i don't think that paper would ever get sold. as a daily leader of the, i see a shift in its tone, it is increasingly analytical as opposed to factual, much more opinion highlighted even from its staff. more analysis, in my opinion less coverage of the nuts and bolts of the federal government. set your tone for news organizations throughout the nation. in april, donald trump was hitting the 100 day mark. pay-per-view battle, and the 100 day mark. and trump succeeded in changing the tone about that, 100 days mattered, he still hasn't accomplished much. he at least accomplished a change of tone. i don't vote, i never have so i don't have a position on whether he is right or wrong. i wrote a column trump changed the conversation based on 100 days, one of my papers wouldn't run it. it is a real good column. a fixture, one of the papers wouldn't run it. because they didn't want to give him credit, didn't agree with what i was saying about him chan