and this school district -- when i'm asking for -- i've been asking in hennepin for eight months now to please offer training to their staff, and they said oh, they did provide training to their staff. i said well, you know, i would like to know what you did. they mailed me a 12-page powerpoint. whereas, just five miles away the school district i'm in now -- so far this year they've already had -- every month they provide four hours of teacher training and different aspects of bullying. i went to one when they did the lgbt and the lawyer even described to all the staff what the policy meant. so for local involvement, you know, a couple of years ago, governor pawlenty was going to sign a bill, safe schools for all. i guess there was a lot of suicides back then. well, the suicides slowed down and even though the other people that were trying to pass the bill changed so many things about it, he ended up did he think it or vetoing it. and now -- i mean, how many more kids have died. i wonder if the safe schools for all minnesota bill would have passed for the whole state, would my son st

we had tornadoes in hennepin county, which is basically, minneapolis's, minnesota. and that is, what -- that would be 1,000 to 1,500 miles away from where this tornado was tonight. >> chad myers, stand by. jacqui jeras, stand by. our ireporters and the photographers who were there on the scene and shot these pictures, and we're so grateful that you -- you that sent them here into cnn and that you're joining us. here's what i want to say. the governor of missouri, jay nixon, activated the missouri national guard in response to the tornadoes and the severe weather that moved through the state earlier this evening. there is, there is a statement from senator roy blunt. let me read it in part here. just coming across the wire. roy blunt says our thoughts and prayers go out to the families impacted by this devastating tornado in joplin. while local officials are still assessing the extent of the damages, i am deeply saddened by the tragic reports of loss of life and extensive zrix resulting from this storm. my staff and i will continue to monitor the situation closely an

we had tornadoes in hennepin county, which is basically, minneapolis's, minnesota.hat is, what -- that would be 1,000 to 1,500 miles away from where this tornado was tonight. >> chad myers, stand by. jacqui jeras, stand by. our ireporters and the photographers who were there on the scene and shot these pictures, and we're so grateful that you -- you that sent them here into cnn and that you're joining us. here's what i want to say. the governor of missouri, jay nixon, activated the missouri national guard in response to the tornadoes and the severe weather that moved through the state earlier this evening. there is, there is a statement from senator roy blunt. let me read it in part here. just coming across the wire. roy blunt says our thoughts and prayers go out to the families impacted by this devastating tornado in joplin. while local officials are still assessing the extent of the damages, i am deeply saddened by the tragic reports of loss of life and extensive zrix resulting from this storm. my staff and i will continue to monitor the situation closely and urge

we have seen specific concerns in the hennepin district in minnesota. that the prohibitive statutory language about any discussion by school faculty of homosexuality stands in the way of effective response by adults to behavior that clearly crosses the line into harmful behavior directed at young people. we want to be very clear about what we are here to discuss. it is the appropriate role of the government to set the floor, the minimum standard to which districts have it here. they must make it clear that the adults who run our schools have to protect all children, including those who have been singled out on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. >> thank you. >> well, we'll come back. >> the point that, you know, what's really relevant here is not just whether there has been an increase in the reported instances of harassment on the basis of sexual orientation, but whether there has been an increase in unresponsiveness among local school districts. and i don't think any of the statistics or the thousands of pages that have been submitted