the kahn academy. here's how it works. students watch the videos and then work on a problem set based on the lesson on the website. if you pass, you move on to the next lesson. if it looks like you don't understand the concept, the site takes you back through what you are missing. the goal is not to replace the traditional classroom. the goal is to liberate it. >> the idea of students being grouped in age-based cohorts and then going at a set pace, this is the school we all grew up in. this is actually not the way students were educated for most of history. >> reporter: instead, kahn and his allies seek classrooms tluming with creative activity, spurred by the fact that kids will have already engaged the subject matter through the online lessons. what is your ideal classroom look like? >> it won't be a bunch of chairs all positioned looking at someone in the front of the classroom. it will be a much more collaborative pace. it's not one size fits all anymore. the teacher will be doing focused intervent

kahn was rushed to a nearby hospital but it was too late. he was pronounced dead.old died of natural causes. but later that week, an urgent call came into the cook county medical examiner's office from a concerned relative. >> this person must have made a compelling case, enough this was serious enough to order unusual agents, such as cyanide and strychnine. >> reporter: both deadly poisons. acting on the caller's information, lab technicians retested kahn's blood and discovered an old killer. >> it came back in late november, it was definitely if the lethal range in the published literature for cyanide in the blood. >> reporter: called up scientist journalist debra blum, who said sigh snide horrible way to do and screaming are. >> talking about the classic sty need death scream, almost an involuntary contraction of your dying muscles. >> it is almost a trademark then of cyanide? >> it absolutely is. >> reporter: but how did the poison get into kahn and who could have been responsible? the answers may rest in kahn's stomach, one reason the medical examiner wants hi

as a result kahn's brother froze the check. he was concerned his 17-year-old niece would not get her fair share of the money. kahn's wife cause the last person who was with him before he died from cyanide poisoning. >> the wife and him live alone. they have a two-story house. she was up stairs with him she was not there. >> jasmine was not there? >> jasmine was not there. she was sleeping. >> police have questioned the wife but they have not named her as a suspect. we will have more on the story later in the hour. >> construction crews sent scrambling for their lives as this 383 foot crane collapsed injured 7 workers there. this happened in queens, new york. the crane buckled while it was hoisting a load of lum der. >> one by one i heard a pop another pop and another pop. then i heard the squeaking of the crane it started to drop. >> i heard a crack, a loud, loud crack i look up and it just came down in slow-motion. >> it came down. the crane is owned by new york cranes. the owner james lomo was acquitted of homicide charges af

kahn first became famous on the field of pakistan's most popular sport, cricket. >> gets into the gap as well. >> reporter: as captain of the national team in 1992, he enthralled the nation when pakistan won its first ever cricket world cup. khan later moved into politics, establishing his own political party, the pakistan movement for justice. his green card image won new supporters, especially among younger age groups. [ chanting ] >> reporter: power in pakistan has swung back and forth between the two big parties, but rampant corruption and numerous military coups have left the nation's politics in turmoil. voters are increasingly frustrated with established parties. khan's movement for justice is expected to make major gains in the upcoming election. >> they will be wiped out. they will be destroyed in the elections. they will lose, so, therefore, there is a great desire for change. >> reporter: khan's key difference is his policy toward the united states. pakistani governments have favored keeping a good relationship with the u.s. generous finances paid by washington are an impor

off limbs, blown up bodies, randomly shot at civilians, razed facilities in the fashion of gingus kahnoned food stocks and generally ravaged the kund side kund-- country side of vietnam. >> and there's no reason, bob, that young american soldiers need to be going into the homes of iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children, you know, women. do you find that problematic? because i do. not just 1971, but also 2005. >> well, i must say, and forgive me for looking at the lighter side of this, but i'm struck by the affected accent of the young john kerry, an across between the kennedys and william f buckley, i don't know how you pull that one off. clearly it's worn off since. look, he was a presidential candidate of a major party and he ran, you know, a reasonable campaign. he had the approveation of a large number of americans and even though it was appalling performance and a young man with great ambition and we know those were based on the so-called winter soldier testimony which has been greatly discredited so i think what the country has done is say, look, and john-- i

. >>> en 1977 un incendio arroz o en beverly hill un club problema kahned la muerte de 165 personas.ernador illinois firmÓ una ley que dalÍ zeno cia de conducir temporal a indocumentados, esto establece permito para quienes no pueden ak ze dwer a un nÚmero de seguro social, o. la medida entra en vigor a principio de noviembre prÓximo. >>> y precisamente se sabe que este martes el presidente obama harÁ importante anuncio que podÍa ser un paso para cambiar la vida de millones de indocumentados que viven en la sombra tenemos detalles de los lineamiento que hoy existen y que podrÍan dar luz a la esperada reforma migratoria. >>> en 20250 hispanos se tlik tli mri carÁ sustituyo grupo dio sus votos a obama, republicanos reconocen que es un tema que no pueden Ícono raro 6789 voy a hablar claramente, mirar las Últimas elecciones perdiendo el voto hispano. ya estÁn mas claras las esperanzas de que finalmente habrÁ un consenso. >>> me siento cautelosamente op fui mista. >>> cosas que antes no estaban en la mesa ahora lo estÁn. >>> despuÉs de las elecciones hay un cambio tremendo en la reto rica

. >>> history tells us that gangis kahn cured his hangovers with pickled sheep eyeballs and tomato juicelooking for a less disgusting cure, you might want to hear from this doctor. again, abc's lindsay davis. >> reporter: waking up the a nasty bout of nausea, battling a blinding head ache, hopefully nothing like what the guys in "the hangover" experienced. >> what the [ bleep ] happened last night. >> hey phil, am i missing a tooth? >> reporter: while no one argues excessive drinking can be harmful, some think the only sure cure for a hangover is time. and then there's dr. leonard grossman. >> once you have the hangover, you're done. there's at least four hours of your life that's just lost. >> reporter: he says he's created a way to prevent hangovers without vinegar, pickles, or raw eggs. it's called bytox and he says it does for the hangovers what dramamine patches do for motion sickness. he says this is like being attached to an iv, continuously infusing vitamins into the bloodstream. >> alcohol in itself is a diuretic. the kidneys go into overdrive and you're basically washing out ev

>> so miller is dead and then james kahn, scott, the other guy solves the crime.to heaven or helling on that program, by the way? >> billy, i wasn't watchin the whole program i was trying to keep current. >> bill: you didn't see the whole thing? >> i saw myself, i got blown up. why are you going to watch the rest of it. >> bill: don't you want to know if it's justice done by the bad guy. >> i'm hanging on that. >> something really enticing. >> and jimmy kahn in the parking lot. are you on this show? he said this is for my kid, not for my career. (laughter) >> hey, what are you going to do? >> coming up, the sage of southern california sounds off the bacon sundae. >> somebody finally gets it, nothing to top off a sweltering mid august hot day. >> bill: and rapper snoop dogg, miller is next. >> in miller time. taking on topics, beginning with san francisco. by the way, have you ever had a street named after new santa barbara, your adopted town or pittsburgh where you grew up? anybody name a street after you? >> i was a bit of a dead end, so maybe a cul-de-sac for a

. >>> yo marque un estilo, que cualquiera que le quiera algo parecido a una kahn tanto de música mexicanaice los bordads mexicanos y los cristales. hacen variantes para que no se pare igual. o toman base lo que hice con ella. >>> eso es mentira porque, no puedes crear una imagen que existió. antes que este muchacho. otro diseñador. son telas cuidadas. boro datoed hechos por indígenas, no son enviados hacer en una máquina. no pueden hacer un re bos comprado. los re boss que este diseñador usa, son comprados. adaptados y de repente con adorno y bordad causó más polémica al asegurar que representantes de beltrán lo llamaron, lo que generó nuevos insultos dlogs seguidores de la fallecida cantante. por las redes sociales. quiero aclarar en primer impacto. que si me gustaron los manejadores de graciela beltrán, graciela no me ha gustado, ella no, fueron los manejadores que es un buen momento para aclarar. me pidió que lo aclarara en público y lo estoy haciendo. asegura que la historia es otra que se acercó a gra bael beltrán yo dije, no. probablemente no seria problema. como en 2 ocasiones me l

today we have cindy kahn to walk through the results of the audit. each of you should have a copy of the powerpoint presentation in front of you. >> thank you. >> good morning. thank you for inviting me to discuss the results of the authority's 2012 financial and federal compliance audits. i will go through the audit responsibilities in the scope of the work and discuss key elements of the two deliverable reports. the first report of the financial statement and the single audit report. this report is going to be disseminated and uploaded to the federal data clearinghouse upon approval and acceptance of the report. in the second report is a letter to the finance committee. the purpose of the financial statement audit is to obtain reasonable assurance that the amounts and related disclosures are fairly stated. the applicable framework we are following clearly accepted accounting principles or gap; generally accepted auditing principles in government audit standards promulgated by the us government accountability office. as discussed on page 26 of your

kahn's death was only ruled a homicide from apparent cyanide poisoning just this week. denies having any role in his death and she says she can't believe her husband had any enemies. >>> the third and final day of testimony in the preliminary hearing for the aurora movie theater massacre trial. prosecutors introduced more evidence today, including photos of suspect james holmes. lee ann gregg is live in centennial with more on the surprising decision defense lawyers announced today. lee app? >> reporter: pat, the decision about the trial could come any time in the next few days. the hearing ended with no defense evidence. after three days of dramatic information from the prosecution. > a last-minute surprise, james holmes' defense team refrained from calling witnesses that could speak to the defendant's mental state it comes after end of three days of compelling prosecution evidence. cell phone pictures holmes took of himself hours before the shootings, one with dyed red hair, wearing black constant lenses, sticking his tongue at the camera, in another, smiling with the

berlin festival is renowned as one of the world's three major movie celebrations, along with those in kahn, france and venice, italy. >>> japanese prime minister shinzo abe has made quite a few headlines in the short time he's been in office. ai joins us now from the business desk. ai, good morning. what have you been hearing? >> good morning, catherine. he's pushed for more government between the central bank and bank of japan. senior members of japan's government and ruling parties have approved a budget outline for the fiscal year beginning in april. the draft calls for government spending in excess of $1 trillion, an all-time high. prime minister shinzo abe took part in sunday's meeting to discuss the draft. yamaguchi was also there. he heads the new party, the government's junior coalition partner. >> translator: we must quickly complete and implement the draft budget for fiscal 2013 and the supplementry budget for the current physicifiscal year to d policies that benefit the people. >> the government would spend more than $770 billion to implement its policies, including grants to lo

. >>> i've dadev kahn, [speaker not understood], on behalf of the san francisco downtown parking corporation board. * david i'm working with the board, san francisco downtown parking board to finalize use agreement for the 5th and mission garage. i've been speaking the last several days with the city attorney's office and actually this afternoon with mr. roberts and mr. katari. we have a few remaining issues with respect to the lease termination. it is the expectation those remaining issues will be resolved and the language finalized no later than friday at 12 o'clock. i've discussed that with mr. katari. the staff recommendation as the board understands it is to approve the lease termination subject to the ability to ratify the language provided that it remains substantially similar to the agreement before the board and we agree with that recommendation. >> sir, thank you. anybody else care to address the board? if not, we need to do the amendment first as described. there is a motion to approve the amendment. is there a second >> second. >> discussion all in favor say aye. >> aye. >> oppos

. >> reporter: kahn died in july after he was about to complete $425,000 in lottery winnings. his cause of death was hardening of the arteries which could be a heart attack or stroke. then a relative demanded a closer look. further tests revealed he was poisoned by cyanide. it may be difficult to tell how the poison was ingested. >> cyanide can essentially evaporate and leave the tissues. so it is possible that cyanide that was in the tissues is no longer in the tissues after several months. we'll just have to see how the results play out. >> reporter: it will take a few weeks to get the results of the tests. >>> today the transportation security administration confirmed it will get rid of those body scanners that give screeners a naked image of your body. congressman dated the agency stop using those x-ray machines by june. tsa will continue to use another type of scanner that only shows a generic image. >>> still ahead people start getting their hands on the hottest tickets in town courtesy >>> wusa9 is your inauguration connection this long weekend. we're ready to go. our c

under the "blogs" tab is where you will find michael kahn's technical analysis blog. game stop wasn't alone in warning about its quarterly financial report card. yum brands, the company behind k.f.c., now expects same-store sales in china to fall more than anticipated. it blames a chinese government review of its chicken supplies. shares dropped 4.2%. two companies missing their earnings estimates and disappointing the market. schnitzer steel lost money thanks to weaker revenue. shares fell 7.9%. lighting company acuity brands saw its profit margins pinched by higher costs. shares dropped 5.1%. but agriculture supply company monsanto saw its first quarter earnings soar thanks to corn seed sales in south america and higher prices for herbicide. the optimism continues as the company raised its full year guidance. that helped shares grow up 2.7%. volume was heavy with shares at a four and a half year high. all five most actively traded exchange traded products were down. the japanese e.t.f. led the losers, falling 1.3%. and that's tonight's "market focus." >> susie: an u

patti labelle, chaka kahn, everyone, they've reached back and said we have to lift this girl up. >> how does that feel, people like patti labelle? she didn't just lift you up. she said you are her successor. for her to say that. >> i have these aha moments. you know, you have celebrity friends and they forget that i'm still, like -- i'm, like, a groupie. so they're talking to me about things and i go, oh, my god in my brain, i'm talking to patti labelle! so it's always mind blowing to know that i can have friends like that and ask for advice and help me out in my journey. and patti always says, always be ready. you'll never have to get ready. you know? so everything is always together. so she taught me a lot about that. >> so if you had to give any advice to the next generation of artists or the next generation of young girls who are trying to do something big, what would you tell them? >> i would tell them to really understand who they are. know yourself, be yourself in every, you know, situation. just, god, don't give up on your dreams, you know? write it down, envision it, see it eve

just look for michael kahn. three of the five most actively traded exchange-traded products were up. the japan index fund saw the heaviest selling, down 1%. and that's tonight's "market focus." >> susie: a big win for the keystone x.l. pipeline and transcanada's plan to connect canada's rich oil sands to refineries in southern texas. nebraska's governor today gave the thumbs up for that pipeline's new route through his state. it's one of the last hurdles the pipeline needed to clear before receiving final approval by the federal government. late today, the u.s. state department said its review of the pipeline project has been delayed and won't be ready until after march. >> tom: updates tonight in three high profile investment fraud cases. first up, rajat gupta. he is the former goldman sachs board member convicted on insider trading charges. today, he asked a federal appeals court to reverse that conviction because he believes the judge made a series of incorrect rulings in his case. in the stanford financial p

just go to www.nbr.com, look for the "blogs" tab and click on michael kahn. >> tom: the federal reserve's open market committee began the first day of a two-day meeting. we speak with r.b.c. 's capital's chief economist. >> susie: president obama made the case today for a sweeping immigration reform, calling it a "boost" for the economy. by giving illegal immigrants a path to citizenship, the president said there would be less opportunity for some employers to undercut companies that follow the rules. darren gersh reports. >> reporter: the president flew to las vegas today to make that case that immigration reform would help companies and workers who follow the law. with 11 million undocumented workers in the country, the president said some employers are tempted to pay less than minimum wage or cheat their workers out of overtime pay. >> if we are truly committed to strengthening our middle class and providing more ladders of opportunity to those who are willing to work hard to make it into the middle class, we have to fix the system. we have to make sure that every business and every wo

spying program so to talk more about pfizer and where the case stands today i'm joined now by cindy kahn legal director and general counsel at the electronic frontier foundation cindy thanks so much for coming on thank you so when the patriot act was signed it was so controversial because it gave the government such wide sweeping powers what more powers did. give the government the patriot act it in well the amendments act in two thousand and eight expanded fi's a couple of ways the first thing it did was it allowed the government to get kind of general warrants not have to particularly identify people that it was surveying but it could just say like it's going to surveil members of the rotary club or or the name of a group. shift because the fourth amendment really requires specificity of persons group general warrants the second thing was is. eliminated the face of court's ability to really know what the government is doing as a practical matter and how it's implementing these broad new powers. by taking its review of the level of abstraction to just reviewing procedures rather than wh