was arrested. >> reporter: at the board meeting monday night hargrave expressed frustration with the plan to get the superintendent a race upward of $35,000. >> the superintendent or any person in a position of leadership, giving any type of race, it's a slap in the face of the teachers. >> reporte escorted hargrave out but moments later you could hear screaming from the hall, and the superintendent is not commenting on the arrest but is defending his raise. >> it is time we brought to the board a salary commensurate with what superintendents are making. >> reporter: he is making about $110,000 a year and with the new contract approved on monday we could earned $38,000 more. in 2016 the average louisiana teacher salary was around $49,000. the board member said that teachers in the district have not had a raise in a decade and called the treatment of hargrave disgusting. >> the way that females are treated in the vermillion township, i have never seen a man treated like that. >> reporter: the school board is defending the actions. >> ready to speak when she cut into him, and that is w

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fellow teachers showing support for hargrave. >>> the f.a.a. looking into another close call in a busy airport. the pilots of an amer mexico approached the wrong runway at san francisco international airport on tuesday. the plane was hundreds of feet from landing on top of another airliner before receiving a warning from air traffic controllers and then started to pull up. >> go around. >> going its second approach when an air canada jet attempted to land on a taxi way flying as low as 59 feet four airliners were waiting on the taxi way to take off. >> man you got to be careful out there. >> apparently he was supposed to land on the right runway as opposed to the left and they were right next to each other so it does appear to be a case of human error. >>> weather wise we are going to have a big warm up but it's not going to last. we'll be in the 60s today. 60s area wide tomorrow and back into the deep freeze into the weekend. let's show you what's happening with the clouds because we do have some breaks out there especially as we look off towa

deyshia hargrave was handcuffed after protesting a $38,000 raise given to the superintendent., the board president says hargrave spoke too long about a subject that was not on the agenda. >> by silencing my voice they've also taken away or tried to take away my first amendment rights to speak and i'm appalled at this and you should be too. >> the school superintendent is now speaking out for the very first time. he says the marshal who arrested hargrave acted correctly because she was not following the protocol of the meeting. >> go to the podium. state your name. you have three minutes. that way there's no ambiguity if somebody received the authority to speak or not. our people are -- know what to do and when it happened, that person -- that marshal acted in what we ask him to do. >> the core issue the teachers union says they haven't received a raise in nearly a decade. the city prosecutor says he will not press charges against hargrave. >>> one man now sharing his frightening tale of survival after being attacked outside his home by a bear but here's the real kicker. he liv

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michelle: hargrave will not face criminal charges. the school system is receiving death threats. >> it's been a chaotic week at howard university after the scene, burst pipes that sent water flowing flowing from the g and covering windows and steam and icicles. many students returned from the winter break by the time the campus was h tonight with the update on how the school is helping students. >> warmer temperatures made things much easier for crews working at the howard university. this afternoon we learned that the classes will start on tuesday january 16. following several days of disruption due to weather related damage to boilers and pipes. >> at this afternoon's town hall, students express a variety of concerns as they prepare to be flexible in the next few weeks. roughly 350 sections will have to be moved the different classrooms that are untraditional spaces that have not been used in the past. the university is now doing planned maintenance shutdown to fix portions of the fractured steam tunnel. chief operations officer say

>> reporter: hargrave has a hard time looking at the video. >> and i teach fifth and sixth graders. i wasn't sure how they would feel about it. >> reporter: but after the support she's received from the community, she says she will continue to fight. >> it's sad that a woman has to be forcibly, violently removed from a board meeting for people to start caring. >> reporter: tammy leitner, nbc news. >> an encounter a lot of people are talking about tonight. >>> coming up, top dogs. why the competition for best in show is getting even fiercer. >>> and he's a cop and a caped crusader bringing joy to very brave kids. >>> continuing chaos for new york's jfk airport now several days after a blizzard struck and a water main break forced a terminal to be evacuated, more than 5,000 bags separated from their owners remain piled up some outside in the melting snow. some travelers have been told it will take up to two weeks to get their luggage back. now, former transportation secretary ray lahood has been tapped to lead an investigation into this mess. >>> and some new top dogs are joining an e

>> reporter: teacher deesh sha hargrave is still shaken from this moment. >> i was seriously panickedi've never been handcuffed in my life. >> reporter: when she was removed from a school board meeting, cuffed and booked. >> stop resisting. >> i'm pretty upset that no one stopped it from happening. >> reporter: the middle school teacher says she questioned the superintendent's $30,000 raise during the meeting. >> how are you going to take that money that is basically taken out of the pockets of teachers? >> reporter: standing up for her fellow teachers who have not had a pay increase in about a decade. >> it just felt like it was a slap in the face to everyone i work with every day. >> reporter: this meeting now prompting death threats. >> the calls that are not threats are obscene, horrible, even criticizing my staff. >> reporter: school board president anthony fontana says no one ordered the city marshal to remove the teacher, but fontana defended his actions. >> he was ushering her out of the board meeting and she resisted. >> reporter: arrest records show hargrave was booked into

it's in the classrooms. >> reporter: the board president ruled hargrave out of order.eak for a second time, a deputy city marshal told her to leave. she complied. then this happened. >> what are you doing? >> reporter: she was forcibly arrested outside in the hall. >> i'm appalled at this. >> reporter: hargrave released a video yesterday says she hopes that people aren't afraid to speak out after seeing what happened to her. >> i was always taught that what's right is right and what's wrong is wrong. and when you see something, you should say it's wrong. >> reporter: puyau's new contract bumps the yearly salary up to roughly $140,000. that is still less than the average for superintendents in louisiana. teachers in the district also make less than the state average. and they haven't had a raise in a decade. is anything going to happen going forward? >> yes. within the next few months we'll be bringing to the board a plan where we can bring a raise. >> reporter: while emotional over the backlash, puyau says he doesn't blame that deputy marshal who arrested hargrave. >>

off-camera, hargrave ends up on the ground in cuffs. >> what did you think was going to happen? >> reporter: booked into city jail on resisting officer and remaining while forbidden. nbc news reached out to school district, superintendent and board president, didn't get a response. no charges will be filed. board member spoke to us over skype. >> why arrest her? she didn't disturb the meeting. >> reporter: tonight likely has more questions about how she was treated. tammy leitner, nbc news. >>> still to come, emotional surprise for a girl who hadn't seen soldier dad in nearly a year. you don't want to miss this one. >>> this moment really warmed our hearts today, a seven-year-old girl getting big surprise when her father, lieutenant colonel army reservist deployed to middle east for nearly a year suddenly appeared and gave her the hug they have both waited so long for. she was caught off-guard because homecoming not expected for a few weeks. great sight. >>> if you're online shopper, probably no surprise to hear that amazon dominated online spending during the holidays but numbe

the louisiana middle school was speaking out superintendent's pay raise and that is when deyshia hargrave was forcibly removed in handcuffs. right now, the average louisiana teacher makes about $49,000 a year and the superintendent makes twice as much. he can now earn $38,000 more. >> it's a position of leadership, getting a raise, i feel like it is a slap in the face for the teachers. >> the louisiana teachers plan unraveling to support hargrave, will not face criminal charges. >> this is one of our favorite pictures. >> police in anne arundel county rescued a barred owl on route 100 with investigators believing it was likely hit by a vehicle. a detective and the police pulled the bird to safety. it is now getting some tlc. >> it took me a minute to get your joke. >> rain is on the way and th means a yellow weather alert tomorrow and friday and topper will lay out the timeline after the break. >>> i didn't believe this when i read it at first. the furniture maker ikea wants customers to urinate on its advertisements. >> marinette, don't urinate. >> a dog was injured so badly "what if" mo

daysha hargrave speaking her mind in abbeyville, louisiana, frustrated that they were giving this manthe superintendent, a nearly $30,000 raise while handing out nothing extra to teachers. >> a superintendent or any person in leadership getting any type of raise i feel is a slap in the face of teachers, cafeteria workers. >> reporter: but the board was only trying to hear public comes and not a debate, so they asked her to leave. for some reason, the second she walked out. >> what are you doi >> reporter: she was on the ground, put in hand cuffs and charged with resisting an officer. the school board president blames the teacher. but hargrave took to facebook to defend herself. >> by silencing my voice, they've tried to take away my first amendment rights to speak and i'm appalled at this and you should be too. >> reporter: steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >> the city attorney by the way refused to charge her, the aclu as well as the national education association are getting behind her on this. le. >> should be interesting to see, though, she is not going quietly. >> no, she did no

>> the incident unfolding after deyshia hargrave, a recent teacher of the year, asked why the schooltrict superintendent was slated to get a $30,000 raise while teachers like herself struggled. as she continued sharing her concerns video shows a city marshall escorted her out and handcuffed her. >> she said she hopes she has inspired other people to speak out for what they believe in. >> i'm hoping that you choose to speak out after seeing what happened to me, and you don't let it become an intimidation to you. you let it be your strength because it's slowly becoming mine. >> it's not clear if this marshall, who was hired by the school board acted on his own or under the direction of a board member. cnn has reached out to the city marshall's office for comment, but clearly this community is very concerned. one of the board members there was very concerned with how she was treated. this woman is a teacher who was just speaking up for cafeteria workers, she says, and for teachers who saw a $30,000 raise for the superintendent as something that was really unfair, given the work they're

de-shay hargrave brought up the contract.bc news says the meeting was voted on whether to approve the new superintendent. >> and when hargrave spoke up she was told she was out of order and told to leave. once in the haul she was handcuffed and arrested they said for refusing to leave and resisting arrest. she has been released on bond. says hargrave is now working through an attorney on next steps. >>> worry and fear continue to grow as the flu epidemic hits the country and the numbers increase. cdc says over 40,000 flu cases nationwide. says d.c. has not been immune to the crisis. and that cases are still widespread across maryland and virginia. nbc gabe gutierrez has more. >> reporter: this morning a deadly string of the flu is sweeping the country. hospitals seeing a surge of six patients. >> today was terrible. >> getting worse. >> very bad. >> reporter: the cdc says 46 states are now reporting widespread flu and more than 41,000 flu cases has been reported. more than three times more than last season. california has bee

hargraves has a hard time looking at this video. >> i teach fifth and sixth graders. i wasn't sure how they would feel about it. >> arrest records show hargraves was booked into the city jail for resisting an officer and remaining on premises. no charges will be filed. the school board stands by its decision in asking her to leave the meeting. >>> breaking news just coming in about two more journalist who is have left their jobs because of sexual harassment allegations. one is from our area. we'll get the details from the live desk. >>> new concerns about the flu season and we haven't even reached the peak. how last summer's hurricane pack the small umbrella this morning. >> precautionary tale. we could be dealing with raindrops before the day is done. already starting to think about your weekend, there's a quick peek at the planner. temperatures will be doing the northwest tumble on saturday afternoon. much colder air returns. highs on sunday below fr come in now for the new year savings event at havertys furniture. save up to one thousand <