it's a cruel church-to-hooky-to dollar-store-to-unemployment-to- dollar-store cycle. bam! the system got you, dad who likes to send his kid to church. there have been so many cases like this lately that some parents are taking matters into their own hands. >> it's an approach known these days as free-range parenting. >> i'm just parenting the way i was parented, the way almost every adult i know was parented. >> larry: i know what you're thinking-- free range just means they're letting their kids roam their property eating grass, right? we're talking about the same thing, right, right? no, no, those are open-range kids. free-range parenting is just a new way to say old stuff. just like how yoga replaced stretching. same thing. okay in this case these parents put a tag around their kids' necks so when the kids are on their own, people will know they're not lost and that their parents aren't the horrible monsters society thinks they are, thus avoiding a "church dad" situation. ( laughter ) all right. so let's see what happens to the parents who went to all the trouble of tag

. >>> and playing hooky? think again. the new app that gives you a heads-up if your college kid is skipping class. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. for a storm wreaking so much havoc along the west coast tonight, the force behind it sounds almost harmless. but what forecasters call the pineapple express is serious business. it's a virtual river in the atmosphere hundreds of miles wide that is driving tropical rains from across the pacific into northern california on up to western washington state. it's triggered widespread flooding, power outages, even shutting down a major highway. and tonight more rain is on the way. nbc's miguel almaguer is outside seattle with details for us. miguel, good evening. >> reporter: lester, good evening. rivers across the region are surging tonight. there are flood watches in effects for counties in three different states. and tonight widespread damage is already done. 30 miles outside seattle a community at one

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i do so with headlines like three denver girls played hooky from school and tried to join isis. i do it in the name of the headlines of three arrested in brooklyn who had intentions to do the commander in chief harm and many others harm. i do it also in recognition as one of the members who was there, if you will in the aftermath of 9/11 who watched the forging of the department of homeland security put forward border patrol agents and t.s.a. agents and i.c.e. agents and working with the f.b.i. all of those individuals will be not funded. let me say to the hardworking men and women of the department of homeland security, we will not leave you abandoned, but we will vote for a full funding of the department of homeland security and we ask the republicans why they refuse to address the national security of this nation putting political security over national security. with that, i yield back madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman from kentucky virginia tech. mr. rogers: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. th

david brooks: the first years i called them the hookies but that did not work so i changed it to theneys. it is partly because of my admiration for the public intellectuals of that era. brian lamb: let's watch a little more of him, this was later on back in 1987. >> we thought that socialism meant that the ideals of democracy would be extended to all areas of human life. and even today, when someone asks me, do you still regard yourself as a socialist? i say, if you permit me to define socialism, i would define it in deweyian terms as the belief in democracy as a way of life. brian lamb: deweyian terms, john dewey. he says he is a pragmatist. david brooks: i have tried to read dewey many times, he is the worst writer imaginable. he was an early 20th century philosopher and writer on education. i am not the best person to talk because i have tried to read him many times and failed. the thing about him calling himself a socialist, people deeply committed to ideas, they grew out of that movement. they might have turned right or stayed left but they never grew out of that because sociali

not the type to play hooky. >> he really loved teaching and working with kids. >> turns out, he wasn't missing. he was dead. >> this morning person case has become a homicide? >> correct. >> that solved one mystery but left another. why would anyone want to kill him? maybe it had something to do with a woman in his life. he had broken off his engagement with one. >> i just found out he was dead this morning. now, i feel like i'm a suspect. >> and there was somebody else nobody knew about. >> i was lonely. just needed someone to talk to. >> did it also get a little steamy, mary? >> yes. >> passion and a secret that the wrong person discovered. >> her face looked like she had seen a ghost. she said, sheriff -- >> stay with me. >> -- i have a phone call i think you need to take. >> i'm lester holt and this is "dateline." here's dennis murphy. >> reporter: winter comes early and stays late in far western new york. the farmlands near chautauqua lake, tilled by amish and dutch families, are encased in snow and ice for months at a time, but in this place of frozen stillness, the hottest of pa

they took it out in the light of young women, as i indicated, three denver girls played hooky from school and tried to join isis. they took it out in the light of the f.b.i. director saying there's an isis cell in every state. they took it out in the light of the tragedies that happened in paris, in denmark, and have happened around the world, in australia, on boko haram. they took it out. they took out that full funding of the department of homeland security and skewed it by adding their contempt for the executive action. but then lo and behold what happened is a judge didn't rule it unconstitutional in texas. that was not the order of the court. it was that there were questions that should be decided and it was actually a stay. and that it should have gone to an administrative procedure, the a.p.a. it did not rule it unconstitutional but it was an action that caused at least a moment, a stay in the actions of the president. what does that say, madam speaker? it says that today, we can come and give a full funding for the department of homeland security. the speaker pro tempore: the gent

come the fall it will be tougher for michael and the 2500 students at lynn to play hooky because withir consent, their school issued i pads will be equipped with sending out alerts to administrators and parent. >> my parents pay for my education. >> reporter: class 120 is the brain child of jeffrey worley who says gps signals track student schedules. if they're not in a class, their parents get a class. >> class 120 was unable to detect amy montgomery at the following class today. this is what you would get in near realtime same day, in the inbox. >> reporter: the goal? to boost class attendance and increase graduation rates. >> 90% class attendance will lead us to over 80% graduation rates. unless we fix class attendance we will never fix our graduation rate problem. >> reporter: some experts argue the app could undermine students's ability to motivate themselves. >> it sends a poor message that you can't be trusted and we're going to keep an eye on you. >> reporter: lynn university president kevin ross disagrees. >> if we can continue the lessons they learned in high school of g cla

that includes playing hookie. >> let my two kids know in college. >> yes. thank you, pam. >>> papa john's is recovering from a major fumble following super bowl. in 11 minute, the big oops regarding the latest ad campaign. >>> some of us have dreamed about it -- as playing monopoly as kids with real money. giving dozens of lucky players a whole lot of cash, after the break. >>> we still have a little bit of commuting to do if you are on the san mateo or bay bridge. we'll give you the rundowns coming up. >>> at 8:40. we have mostly cloudy skies. a lot of fog to the north. waiting on the rain. looks like timing. [alarms blaring] ohhhhh... whoa whoa whoa! who's responsible for this?!? if something goes wrong, you find a scapegoat. ...rick. it's what you do. ahhhhhhhh! what'd you say? uh-oh! kelly! if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. rick. don't walk away from me. ahhhhhhhh! >>> we're getting a first happened look at a high-tech tour guide. it will offer a unique look at san francisco and other ci

. >>> i'm playing hooky today on "today." >> i'm celebrating the big 5-0 in the big apple. >> yeah, baby! whoo! >>> it is 8:00 on "today." it's the 4th of february, 2015. pretty day out here on our plaza. got a great crowd. a party crowd. >> yes. >> it's a little chilly out here this morning. >> matt's on assignment, actually heading out west. he has an exclusive with the seahawks head coach pete carroll. we all know about that controversial call. matt will have the full interview tomorrow on "today." >>> coming up, it's time for a little bargain hunting, friends. jill martin is here. >> ooh, somebody is excited about that. >> i like this woman. >> rocking out to pharrell williams. not even plugged in. >> i wonder what she's hearing in her head right now. and if it's wednesday -- maybe we don't want to know. if it's wednesday, it's wrangler wednesday. you can logon to today.com and check out our live feed. >> he has been obsessed with that toy all morning long. >> too tired. >> nice. >> check it out. meantime, let's check out the top stories of the morning where natalie is at the news de

i do so with headlines like three denver girls played hooky from school and tried to join isis. i do it in the name of the headlines of three arrested in brooklyn who had intentions to do the commander in chief harm and many others harm. i do it also in recognition as one of the members who was there, if you will in the aftermath of 9/11 who watched the forging of the department of homeland security put forward border patrol agents and t.s.a. agents and i.c.e. agents and working with the f.b.i. all of those individuals will be not funded. let me say to the hardworking men and women of the department of homeland security, we will not leave you abandoned, but we will vote for a full funding of the department of homeland security and we ask the republicans why they refuse to address the national security of this nation putting political security over national security. with that, i yield back madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman from kentucky virginia tech. mr. rogers: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. th