the challenge at kansas university. do you take the shot, do you ask someone to take it for you? it's from half court, $10,000 on the line. and quite a plan for it. the fans arriving for the yearly event at kansas university. late night in the fog, they call it. the stands filled to celebrate both teams, the men and the women. and the big challenge, the student, who gets to take the shot at half court, or to pick someone to stand in. brennan bechard selected to take the half court shot stires, a k.u. sophomore. $10,000 on the line. he nails it. the fans go crazy. soon, they're piling it on top of him. and watching it all, jordan, her hand to her heart. she would give the $10,000 to her grandmother. >> there you go. >> reporter: who took in jordan and four other siblings who would have been headed to foster care. >> she is my rock. when i was 10 years old, we were we've struggled a little bit along the way and jordan doing this for me is amazing. >> reporter: a thank you to that player at half court, and tonight, a thank you to her grandmother. quite a gift. thank you for watching

in fact, $10,000 was on the line when kansas university's director of basketball unbelievable half court shot. the winner of those $10,000? ku's sophomore jordan spears who says she's giving that $10,000 to her nana who raised her and her four siblings. she's the first in the family to graduate high school and first to attend college, and she gives all credit to her grandmother. an unbelievable shot there, and an unbelievable story from that family. congrats to that family. >>> up next, good things come to those who wait. and that's why jewel's wedding was so incredibly special. the bride waited two years to get married so her father was healthy enough to walk her down the aisle after being badly burned in a welding accident. he was in the hospital for 51 suffered two strokes and two heart attacks, but after extensive rehabilitation was able to give his daughter away at her wedding just last month. jewel said her dad has always worked so hard in life, so no, it wasn't surprising to her that he worked so hard to see her as a bride. and, finally, i'd ask why, but looks like this little guy

i'm maggie hassan adam: a student at kansas university just won $10,000 by making a single shot on the basketball court. men's head coach bill self offered $10,000 to a student picked at random if they could hit a half-court shot, but they were also allowed to pick someone to shoot for them, so jordan stires picked a classmate who hit the same shot last year and he drained it again. stires says she plans to give the money to her grandmother. how about that? kevin: that's a great idea. forecast we have almost nothing but sunshine. warmer temperatures for the end of the week. one rain chance we have, isn't going to be much. chance of passing showers late saturday night. edging cooler for the second and third days of the holiday weekend. we need the rain. nonetheless, if you are not going to get that -- adam: i have my reindeer already for matthew. mountains. news 9 gets a lesson from one of the greatest climbers in the world. looking to book a getaway? you can save big money on tickets. "celebrity page" airs next. you can still watch "who wants to be a millionaire" on wmur with 2 active

researchers at kansas state university say they're on ?the verge of developing a vaccine for the zika the initial tests have been very promising. researchers say the vaccine creates memory responses in the body that react to the virus and doesn't have any harmful effects. it produces antibodies"it's a vaccine that produces a protein that sort of tricks real virus. and then it produces antibodies."shortly after the body develops an immunity to the zika virus for at least five years.while the research is promising, they say the vaccine probably won't be ready until 20-18. up next on live at daybreak on today's tmj4 --we continue to track hurricane matthew as it makes it's way towards the u-s. we'll have a li preparing for the storm.also-- free after more than two decades in prison.what a milwaukee man who was wrongfully imprisoned says he hopes to do with his life now. and as we head to break... you're taking a live look at i-26 outside of charleston, south carolina.that is one of the state's that have mandatory evacuation orders in effect.a

but last time joel embiid played in an organized game he was a freshman at kansas university. pregame celtics would interlock arms during the national anthem. joel embiid though first professional points, fade away right there from tyler, and embiid going from offense to defense. this is where he can be special, blocks brown's drive to the hoop right there. end of the first quarter, embiid with the long jumper, he finished with six points, four board, two blocks in 13 minutes. meanwhile other 2014 draft pick looked good, dario saric, ten points, a four of six, sixers will win 92-89. they will play wizard in south philadelphia, tomorrow night. >>> yesterday, number one pick ben simmons had surgery to repair a jones fracture in his right foot, it can be a tricky break because there is a higher probability of refracts touring. two years ago kevin durant had three surgeries to fix his jones fracture. sixers have not announced a timetable for simmons return. >>> lane johnson had his appeals hearing in new york, he is facing a ten game suspension for violating the league's policy on

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kansas state. we are one university. dr. beckham knows more about this than i do. ere talking beforehand about an effort between texas a&m and kansas state to work the surveillance problem. when an outbreak occurs, it gets started quickly. it is the only program i think of its kind out there. i think it's been pretty successful. it's only going to live so long. the premise is right. a lot of this has to happen at the state level. there are a lot of people ready for action, and better coordination, appropriate funding to make these things come to life is what is needed. >> any final thoughts before we open it up to questions? >> we saw this before 9/11 and we were trying to put together money to get down range to help states and emergency responders and other things, even with the pandemic issue. what do we stockpile, where do we stop aylett, how do we get it there. the states have to be a part of on two phases. one, i used to get people coming into my office who wanted the date command centers and had population four. they had to have everything the major urban area

sean: a student at kansas university won $10,000 by making a single shot on the basketball court. erin: pretty cool; right? they offered $10,000 to a student picked at random if they could hit a half court shot. they were allowed to pick someone to shoot for them. so jordan picked a classmate who hit the same shot last year. she plans to give the money to her grandmother. he has the bragging rights. sean: should the coach ask the guy do you want to try out for the team? erin: maybe that would be a good idea. sean: pretty good. nike is auctions off self-lacing sneakers. into the raffle. proceeds will be donated to help find a cure for parkinson's. sean: i'm convinced my kids won't need to know how to buy shoe or a car by the time they get to high school. >>> last night's debate was full of bickering ? keep on smiling with dunkin's delicious reese's peanut butter doughnut square. frosted with chocolate and filled with reese's peanut butter buttercream. taste the fave you crave today. when i was one year old, i was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer on my spinal chord. but i spent

he credits the p-s-a test for turning to the challenge at kansas university and a half court shot..with 10-thousand dollars on- the-line. it's topping today's stories now trending. that is brennan bechard sinking the shot. he was standing in for jordan stires who had the option of taking the shot herself or choosing someone to do it. stires decided to give the 10- thousand to her grandma as a thank you. grandma took in stires and her 4 siblings at a young age to kanye west is delaying his tour after his wife--kim kardashian was robbed in paris. west was perfmoring in new york on sunday when he ended the show. kardashian had been held at gunpoint by masked men dressed as police officers. they made off with millions of dollars in jewelry. west is scheduled to perform in las vegas on october 29th. it's not clear if that show will be affected. take a look at this guy's ride... lar found an excellent use for his spare change. he covered his 2-thousand chevy blazer in more than 51-thousand pennies! hall says he used a whole lot of glue and it took a lot of time. he says the unique upgrade get

the kansas university basketball director of operations hit a half-court shot. and won a student $10,000. this also happened last year. he was the one who hit the shot being director of operations to a player on the court. a pretty amazing shot. to hit it twice -- it may not be luck. >> i think that is skill. >>> it is 6:27 a.m. >> he is in heaven smiling down at us. he's asking his mom to be strong and forgive. >> for the first time, we are hearing the mother of the 6- year-old that died after getting shot at his school. >> how she will governor mccrory is attacking roy cooper on the state crime lab. well, we know roy cooper and we know the problems he discovered when he became attorney general. roy found a backlog of over 5,000 dna test kits and years worth of shoddy investigations. but he cleared the backlog. d cases. >>> long lines at gas stations. people in jamaica are preparing for hurricane matthew. >> breaking overnight, one teenager is dead. another is charged in her death in a crash in franklin county. >> think you. >>> jacob was forgiving. >> a soca 6

kansas in the 1970's and 1980's and 1990's discuss their time. this 80 minute conversation is hosted by the bob dole institute of politics at the university of kansaswelcome to the robert j dole institute of politics. and i am christensen the coordinator of the student advisory board which is the , official student organization of the dole institute. when senator dole agreed to have his records kept here at the university of kansas, he stressed the importance of involving students within the mission of the dole institute. i am pleased to report that the dole institute has an extremely active student advisory board and is experiencing record turnout at events, meetings and volunteering. over 100 students attended our first kickoff event and attended our first meeting. as the student advisory board, we

the kansas university basketball director of operations hit a half-court shot. and won a student $10,000 this new career lineup for him. instead of being the director of operations, he should be a player on the team. >> $10,000 is a good amount of money. >> absolutely. term at the time is eight to 27:00 a.m. does the time right now is 8:27 a.m. >>> for the first time, we are hearing from the mother of the 6-year-old that died after >>> right now, long lines at gas stations. people in jamaica are preparing for hurricane matthew. >>> breaking overnight, one teenager is dead. another charged in her death after a crash in franklin county. >> coming up. >> and a south carolina mother brings us her message after her 6-year-old son died when a gunman opened fire at a school. good morning and thank you for watching north carolina news at 8:00. >> we begin this morning by tracking the tropics. here is a birds eye view of hurricane matthew. matthew is the strongest hurricane since felix and 2007. the hurricane is expected to move closer to jamaica, haiti and eastern cuba

. >> and the crowd goes wild after an amazing shot by the kansas university basketball director of operations. rightfully so. a half-court shot. and won a student this also happened last year. and he was the one that hit the shot. i do not remember ever having that opportunity as a student where it was like -- we will have a faculty or staff member hit this shot and give you $10,000 because of it. i'm sure that student is extremely excited. >> an amazing shot too. amazing skill. >> it is 7:27 a.m. . >>> he is in heaven smiling ?? ?? ?? with the card that offers the best choice of doctors and hospitals you have the compassion of the cross, the security of the shield, and a range of plans to drive you forward. >>> right now on cbs north carolina, long lines at gas stations. people in jamaica are preparing for hurricane matthew. >> breaking overnight, one teenager is dead and another charged in her death after a crash in franklin county. what hack and -- what happened to jacob, he forgives already. >> a south carolina mother brings us her message after her 6-year-old son dies after a gunman open

a student at kansas university just won $10,000 by making a single shot on the basketball court. erin: how cool is this? they offered court shot. they were allowed to pick someone to shoot for them. he hit the same shot last year. drained it again. she plans to give her money to her grandmother. she made the shot for her. she gets all of the money. he gets nothing? sean: he gets the satisfaction, i guess. it is phone a friend. i'll pick the guy over there who does half-court shots. nike is traveling off 89 pairs of self-lacing sneakers. erin: they are available until next tuesday. all proceeds are going to be donated to the michael j. fox foundation to help find a cure for parkinson's disease. what a great effort. check out the shoes. self-lacing. make it easy and hop on into them. bam. you think? sean: i can see you out there erin: moon walking my way to work. sean: you do that anyway. the vice presidential nominees get their moment in the spotlight. last night's debate was full of bickering and interruptions. erin: plus how mcdonald's is stepping up. of how you can thank an it'

allowed to take the shot herself or pick someone else to do it for her, so she wisely chose the kansas university director of ba sank it right through the net. she gets the 10 grand prize and she plans to give the money to her grandma. jamie: did you catch this last night? b.j. upton with a deep fly ball to right field and kim goes back to make the catch, a fan throws a can of beer at him, just missing. kim made the catch. the orioles were not happy and they really weren't happy when the blue jays won 5-2 in 11 red sox under cleveland gearing up for their series against the indians. game one tomorrow night, let's hear from the red sox pitcher rick porcello. >> definitely very excited for game one. having the three days off and a little of that lull there, we're going to be chomping at the bit to get back out there and start playing again. as far as the indians go, it's a good ball club. jamie: more from him at 6:00. a big project pulled off by special olympics new hampshire today to show their enforcement agencies in new hampshire today, delivering box eggs of popcorn and goodies as well from spe

in fact, $10,000 was on the line when kansas university's director of basketball operations sank that unbelievable half court shot. sophomore, jordan spears, giving that $10,000 who raised her and four siblings. she's the first in the family to graduate high school and first to attend college, and she gives all credit to her grandmother. an unbelievable shot there, and an unbelievable story from that family. up next, good things come to those who wait, and that's why this wedding was so incredibly special. the bride waited two years to get married so her father was healthy enough to burned in a welding accident. he was in the hospital for 51 weeks, temporary immobile, suffered two strokes and two heart attacks, but after extensive rehabilitation, gave his daughter away just lant month. she says her dad worked so hard in life, so now it was not surprising to her that he worked so hard to see her as a bride. and, finally, i'd ask why, but looks like this little guy asked already. four month old danny is the star of a viral instagraming the called danny baby faces where the most animated

he must be good if he played at my alma matter, university of kansas. >> i knew were you going to sayuniversity of kansas. >> no, talking about you. >> yes. >> oh, i'm down. >> sonny. >> can i say wilt. >> me and you. >> so me, jay hawk. >> yes. >> joel embiid a jay hawk, and wilt chamberlain a jay hawk, the reason why i bring up wilt, you really think that joel could be compared to wilt chamberlain. >> i already had that conversation with him. that's one of the things that we have bonded about overbrook hide, globetrotter, put the nb on the big map. why do i say that. >> because first off from a statue point of view, both of them are huge men. they're not just tall people. and i say that to him all the time. and then his skill set for this era of basketball bye we saw last night, saw the inside game, showed three-point shot, we saw him put it on the floor. and we seen him block shots and we seen him -- >> this from go who dint pick up a basketball until what, high school? >> he was coming out of high school when he came to this country and went to private school and then onto kansas

kansas state. we're just one university. i note and dr. beckham knows a lot more about this than i do, we were talking beforehand about an effort between texas a&m and kansas state funded centers to work the surveillance problem. when an outbreak occurs it gets reported quickly and you can come up with protocols to deal with it. that funding is in jeopardy. the only program of its kind out there, it has been pretty successful but it will only live so long. so the premise is exactly right. i think a lot of this has to happen at the state level. it can happen, there are a lot of people ready for action but better coordination, appropriate funding, whatever that means, to make these things come to life is what's needed. >> any final thoughts before we open it up to questions? >> we saw this right after 9/11 and we were trying to put together pots of money to debtdown together to debt downrange to help states and how do we get it there and the states have to be a part of that solution on two phases. one, i used to get people coming into my offi

a 21-year-d university kansas student was giv a chance to win 10-thousand >>>. >>> okay she's giving t to grandma. a university of kansas student was given a chance to get money for a half-court shot and she chose a substitute to make it for her. she has plans to help her grandmother who rescued her and her three siblings from foster care when she was just 10 years old. isn't that sweet? >> that's a very nice story and a good shot. >>> yesterday, the champagne celebration at at&t park as the giants secured their playoff spot. they're already in new york. >> nice to see you again. >> great to see you guys. we got the giants in the playoffs, the warriors about the start. 49ers, okay. raiders are doing good. so i give you that. raiders beating the dodgers. they'll now face the mets on wednesday. in new york city in the wild card game. the winner heads to chicago to face the cubs in the mlbs. >> reporter: coming to you from manhattan, yesterday skipper bruce bochy felt the giants were playing the best baseball they played all sikd half. they won the second wild card outright and a lot of

she's the dean of the kansas state university college of veterinary medicine. bob kadlec, deputy director with u.s. senate select committee on intelligence, and last but certainly not least, asha george, co-director of the panel that you heard about in the blue ribbon study panel. before we get into some questions that i have, would each of you take just a couple of minutes and tell the audience about your perspectives on the bioagra defense landscape and on a -- i don't know if we can up the optimism from the first panel but on a scale from one to ten, ten being the best, where would you rate the security of our food system today from potentially deadly pathogens coming into it? tammy, i'll start with you. >> sure, first of all, it's an honor to be here today, so thank you very much. it's an honor to be here with my panelists. this is a particular passion of mine as it's been a large part of my career and protecting the food system is just incredibly important. i mean, as we sit here today, the agricultural industry gives us one of the safest, most affordable

kansas in the 1970s, '80s, and '90s discuss their experiences in government and the state of congress today. this 80-minute conversation is hosted by the bob dole institute of politics at the university of kansas. it's moderated by the institute's director, bill lacy. >> hello and welcome to the robert j. bowl institute of politics. my name is kooed christiansen and i'm from the student advisory board which is the official student organization fs dole institute. some people know this but when senator dole first agreed have his congressional records kept here at university of kansas he stressed the importance of involving students within the mission of the dole institute. i am pleased to report that dole institute has an extremely active student advisory board and is experiencing record turnout at events, meetings and volunteering. over 100 students attended our first kick-off event and attended our first meeting. as a student advisory board we participate in many activity at and beyond the dole institute including event planning, discussion topics and community involvement. on behalf of the student advisory board i have the distinct honor of welcoming senator bowl and senator kass en

kansas in the 1970's, it 1980's, and 1990's. this 80 minute conversation is hosted by the bob dole institute of politics at the university of kansashello and welcome to the institute of politics. i am the coordinator of the student advisory boa

or kansas university, i'm sorry? shaun alexander. he teaches sports history. a ton of athletes in the class, ton of challenging conversations. it doesn't have to be basket weaving 101. >> it's good at least the nfl is being neutral. goodell is a paid hand for the owners. but the owners of the cubs who are right wingers and some of the nfl owners as well who are way off the wall. >> are you saying push back from -- >> push back in terms of they don't like what colin kaepernick and the other players are doing. >> i don't know we got push back at players. there have been statements on the record by some owners, particularly in the last couple of weeks we saw jim ursay say he didn't know what they were doing protesting the anthem. you can find that out there we have to remember the world these guys live in. the owners in the national football league are multimillionaires or billionaires. the atmosphere they typically run in is very different from the athletes that play for them. we would understand they may have a differ

at kansas, i had to disclose i went to the university of kansas.tudents have more process than faculty, unless you're facing dismissile. administrator finalizes this, they can appeal to a guaranteed hearing. they can directly or indirectly question any statement, it's managed by the panel. the panel has the authority to tweak that and make sure it's not revictimizing. the result is a recommendation confirmed by the vice provost. they request appeal the hearing, there's not going to be a hearing during that appeal. if it's less than dismissal it can go to a faculty rights board. the board can proceed without a hearing. they can say, we don't need to have a hearing on this. the appellant has the burden of proof. the administration violated procedures that impacted rights. there's no restriction on confrontation if they get to -- if that hearing is accepted. the result is a recommendation that's going to be confirmed or changed by the chancellor. in 2011, he's a faculty member at kansas who is found to have sexually harassed a student. the sanction go

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at kansas, i have to disclose i went to the university of kansas, students have more process than faculty unless you're facing dismissal. they can have a representative of their choosing, administrator finalizes this. they can appeal to a guaranteed hearing. they can directly or indirectly question any statement but it is managed by the panel. panel has the authority to tweak that to make sure that it's not revictimizing. the result is a recommendation confirmed by the vice provost they can appeal the hearing, but there's not going to be a hearing during that appeal. the investigation side for faculty is the same as students. and if it's less than dismissal it can go to a faculty rights board. they have to request a hearing. interestingly enough the board can proceed without a hearing. they can say we don't need to have a hearing on this. the appellate has the burden of proof and that's showing by clear and convincing evidence that the administration violated procedures. there's no restriction on confrontation if that hearing is accepted. so you have to meet certain thresholds to get ther

i bet in three years -- he was not played since player for university of kansas. tease a third year rookie in his first game. >> wow. >> preseason. >> we've been waiting for this moment. >> so was he tweeting his face off last night. look who is back. alex holly look at you. back in coral after your trip to islands. >> i guess i'm still me vocation mode and that's why i want brightness. >> you have color. >> you look tan yourself. >> i'm very tan. >> in miami there. >> thank you, alex, yes. >> were you impacted by andrew? what's the name of it, matthew? >> i was not. i was not. >> i have a layover in miami buttock it has not hit there yet. sunny skies there and. >> myrtle beach was evacuatin evacuating. >> yes take a look at matthew right now. that's all we're talking about with weather. that weather will be nice today. as the storm now eye of the storm cleared cuba and is hea headed north towards bahamas and it's now category three and it's expected to stay there the rest of day and restrengthen to a four and especially dramatic change in forecast where -- today

scientists at kansas state university bio security research institute developed this vaccine.it is awaiting human testing, could provide five years of protection against zika. >>> and the federal government says mylan overcharged medicaid for the epipen. they classified it as a generic instead of a brand name product, allowing mylan to pay a smaller rebate. >>> life expectancy has risen. if you thought you would live forever, think again. you're not living to 200 and beyond. scientists at albert einstein college of medicine say human life span has a ceiling that's already been reached. they calculate the average maximum life span is 115 years, with the absolute limit being 125. >>> 6:44. major marijuana bust. in the middle of a fire zone. santa clara deputies arrested a man yesterday. they found 89 marijuana plants within the loma fire area. they were found close to where the fire broke out. sheriff's deputies say there's no indication that the grow is related to cause of the fire which has not been determined. >>> fast food workers in oakland plan to protest allegations again