a first for a public school from portland. and to make sure they could all make the trip, the drama director took out a second mortgage on her home. that's remarkable, remarkable commitment, but we have to give her some help and i'm going to figure out how to do that. in cities like st. louis and portland, maine, local unions are looking to improve and strength school turnaround efforts. they're looking for new professional development for staff. a final barrier to turning around schools is that parents are supposed to fight change in neighborhood schools. sometimes parents do cling to the familiar, but we're finding that parents and community organizations are in many cases actually helping to drive change and to enhance learning opportunities. community engagement is crucial to successful turnarounds. as dennis points out, you can't spell "partners" without "parents." that's one reason that our administration has announced a new initiative called together for tomorrow to foster and expand community engagement in low performi

portland three tenths of an inch and same four in l.a. stormy weather the last 24 hours, not a lot of heavy rain, a lot of light rain with these showers and storms and they will continue to push through southern california. l.a. and showers east side of town there up towards the beaches. san diego some showers near ocean side. looks like now we're kicking it inland. i think the weather will improve dramatically today. different story for the north. i-5 to portland to olympia, rain. this will kick through other areas. over the last hour boise has had pretty heavy rainfall. here's a big look. all the white shows clouds. we're covered in the clouds. many areas of the west. cooler air and drier air is on the way. showers in the forecast for many areas of the intermountain west especially in the northwest. umbrella day. portions of oregon state. also chance of thunderstorms today, arizona and phoenix. not a big storm going through. >> nasdaq leaves, big ben stands pat and having it your way cage free. plus you won't believe who the latest actr

so there's a guy in portland, oregon named lamar hurd who wants to be the 17th "bachelor." she/he made this video hoping to become the next "bachelor" and it's set to rihanna's "what's my name." >> all of this talk and see people better than you want to be treated. >> he really is. his personality is just off the roof. >> lamar is a sportscaster in the portland, oregon area. and tis wholeo c his assistant's idea. it's building. not only a promotion's video over 20,000 views, there's also a lamar hur for "the bachelor" facebook page. you can buy a lamar hurd for "the bachelor" t-shirt. >> if we have a black president, then why not have a black "bachelor." >> find out more about lamar hurd and his campaign we have lamar skyping with us this minute from portland, oregon. you have heard from "the bachelor"? are you going to be "the bachelor"? >> i actually have heard from them. i can't talk too much about it, but it's all been kind of a whirlwind. a media frenzy the last few weeks. i'm at a point where it's like, let me sleep at night, get some rest. >> wait until here to women

and you'll notice 60s up to portland. so, today actually looks better than tomorrow.hat's when the frontal system will bring us a little wet weather. that's a look at y0s this past weekend in the desert southwest. definitely a cooldown. forecast for tomorrow coming up. >> all right, bill. >>> also coming up, how often airlines are on time, new jobs are sprouting out, and owning a piece of "titanic" history. your early-morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, a first when it comes to the worst. a slew of awards adam sandler would probably prefer not to have won. >>> the underdogs say they can win college basketball's national championship. plus, a couple hockey coaches make the nhl look like "wrestle mania." you're watching "early today." w >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry, and here are some of your top headlines this morning. 60 countries, including the u.s., moved closer yesterday to direct intervention in the fighting in syria. secretary of state hillary clinton told the conference in turkey that "the time for excuse

. >>> and, of course, there was this scene at the airport in portland, oregon. john brennan took off more than his shoes during the security check. tsa agents pulled him over after he went through the metal detector and pat-down. that's his way to have a political protest about the invasion privacy he feels he had to undergo at the airport. >> the sorry about the fish and the oozing sores. i think we've ruined everyone's appetite this morning. >>> it's the end of an era in women's basketball. tennessee coach pat summitt is stepping down. >> at that time, she spoke optimistically to abc's robin roberts about staying on the bench. >> i said i would probably coach for three more years. and then, go to the beach. or hang out here with the dogs or do whatever. roy what i want to do is get

en el estado de oregon, un hombre se >>> en el aeropuerto de portland, en el estado de oregon, un hombres medidas de seguridad que se aplican, dice que solamente hizo uso de la libertad de expresión, fue acusado de conducta indebida e indecencia. >>> en el condado de san mateo planean prohibir el uso de bolsas de plástico, también se obligaría a los comercios cobrar 10 centavos de dólar por las bolsas de papel. >>> antes de irnos, mañana en san francisco, es el segundo festival anual del bart, también conocido como el blue sky festival. >>> es una celebración al aire libre, hasta la 1 de la mañana en justin german >>> también habrá información de cómo cuidar el medio ambiente. >>> buenas noches. >>> gracias, buenas noches, hasta mañana a las seis ♪. >>> hola quÉ tal. es miÉrcoles8 de abril. y ruedan las primeras cabezas por el escÁndalo de los agentes de servicio secreto. desde cartagena tenemos un testimomonio de unmujer que estuvo ahÍ. no presentaron cargos contra una niÑa de 11 aÑos. acusan a militares de manejar una red de narcos en venezuela. comenzamos. ♪ >>> este es noticiero univ

in portland statistically speaking we have 6% of hispanics are illegal. we have a large russian illegal immigrant population. they are encouraged by our politicians and towns and cities to get all kinds of free stuff. they give them welfare. they give them food stamps. they give them free housing. all kinds of things. all of a sudden he was hit by an illegal on his motorcycle and was in the hospital for a month. nothing happened to this person. wasn't reported. the police let him leave the scene and never heard from him again. it is so frustrating because i am not against illegal immigration. i am tired of the illegal immigration. even according to our oregon education association we spend $500 million educating the children of illegals in oregon. it is costing us so much money and our politicians refuse to address the problem. it is -- really makes you angry. >> host: thank you. >> guest: thank you for your question. you have a different point and i would like to break them down a little bit. you are talking about portland, oregon which is several hundre

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are you a portland voter?rter: jeri is running for the portland city council in a campaign that proves that life can go on when the nightmare ends. >> i think any time a person has a bad deck dealt to them in life and they can still come up triumphant, i think that is an inspiration and a beacon of hope to people that are in that similar situation. >> reporter: and she has a lot of support. >> she brings a lot of good assets to the job. she's smart. she's honest. she's approachable. she's what you would want to see in an elected official. >> and we are going to see her now. jeri williams joins us. thank you so much. it's an -- it's impossible for me to even comprehend your story and what you have been through. how did you do it? how did you get to where you are now after going through that hell? >> well, i got stabbed and left for dead and i got out of the life. my pimp was arrested on different charges. i had to go through therapies and hundreds of aa and na meetings. lots of therapy. there was an organizatio

stopped in portland. >> it was back to the airport for the presidential hopeful. more than 100 supporters came out early. but does george bush jr. like broccoli? >> but the secret service confiscated broccoli man's head but they let him stay in the crowd. >> the answer to the big question is -- i like the tops but not the stocks. chris: they do love their veggies in portland which they love this show out there, which makes me happy. >> turning serious again, we have the first african-american president but the country still bears the scars of racism. fluss scoops -- plus scoops and predictions. chris: welcome back. when barack obama won the presidency, many americans of all political stripes were hopeful that the country was marking a national passage. but the trayvon martin case shows that faced with a human tragedy, americans still react with the full force of our history. the president talked about the case and his personal sympathies for the martin family. we don't know great deal about his own experiences as a young black man in this country. but listen to hi

in portland. i really want to thank all the members. i know a lot of work and passion went into it. it took a lot of courage to come out and speak about your personal experience, regardless of fear of retaliation in the future. i thank my five co-sponsors, and office staff, who divorced incredibly hard on this ordinance. thank you. [applause] president chiu: thank you. supervisor avalos: i will be brief. i just want to thank supervisor kim for clean this forward, and the community for fighting for it for so long and so hard to get up to this point. i really do think we are codifying the law of what our partnership by the police department will be with the joint terrorism task force. i think it is important we have extra oversight from this body, developed with the police department. we, all of us, have stood against racism, oppression. and we have stood with people who are oppressed and persecuted. i think this is one of those times where we can do that with a hard vote today. also, last friday, t

. >>> seattle and portland, 60s with showers. phoenix will hit 92. >>> and coming up next on "america this morning," how tim tebow spent his easter. >>> and u.s. markets get their first chance to react to last friday's jobs report. it may not be good. >>> and this raging inferno. >>> there is still fallout this morning because of last week's u.s. jobs report. economists has expected just over 200,000 jobs would be added. instead, only 120,000. that sent most overseas markets down today and u.s. markets are expected to follow suit today. tokyo's nikkei average fell 142 points today. markets in hong kong and london are closed. on wall street, the dow lost 152. the nasdaq was off 11. >>> the jobs report and doubts about the u.s. economy are a major reason that crude oil prices are down and gas prices seem to be leveling off though, up just a half cent in the last week. >>> moviegoers with still eating up "hunger games" it's now being called a block buster. they added another $34 million this weekend. "american reunion" $22 million.

medford 88 degrees and 80s in portland. it's been a stretch of dry, beautiful weather since the weekend began. now we're watching the next storm system. we have a cutoff low along the california coast and at the same time, a powerful storm system kicking down towards the gulf of alaska. i think we sneak away with a dry day today. tomorrow is when the wet weather returns. high pressure holds on for one more day. still an onshore flow and cool conditions in california. you notice this rain should pretty much cover all of the west coast. it's not that heavy. we don't have anywhere with above an inch expected. we will have rainfall in southern california for once. your forecast dry today, tomorrow is the umbrella today. temperatures, warm in the desert southwest but cooler with clouds in the relatively dry. if you get hit by a shower, consider yourself unlucky. temperatures are pretty nice in california. the rain comes in wednesday, dry today, enjoy it. >> bill, thank you. >>> kellogg's crunches, netflix glitches and barbie's r

rain from seattle to portland. >>> and finally this morning, global harmony.unds united thousands of voices from every corner of the planet. >> it really is a musical masterpiece. a virm wall choir arranged by a grammy-award-winning composer. nick watt takes a listen. ♪ >> reporter: right here, right now, the world's first taste of an extraordinary collaboration. 2,950 singers from 73 countries, from south africa to australia to kazakhstan. a virtual choir, created by eric whitaker. >> from the earliest history of many, people have been doing this in one form or another. coming together to make music. >> reporter: they come together online, singing in bathtubs and closets. ♪ she is a librarian in norway. >> you just have this general feeling of being connected to people. ev everywhere. it's a lovely thought. >> reporter: harmonizing with jan 4,000 miles away on vancouver island. she hasn't sung in years. you recently turned 60? >> yes, i did. i wanted to do it as a challenge. because i would like to be able to hold my head up and say, you know, i did it. ♪ >>

salem has rain showers, portland, you've been dry lately but rain showers approaching. the higher elevations scattered snow showers. as far as the snow goes, central idaho into central montana, possibly 6 to 12 inches there, some of the higher elevations. boise, you like like you're just fine. temperature 49. notice how cool it stays today during the day today in the northwest. even chilly san francisco to skies. tucson, one of the warmer spots in the west. >>> still holding out hope for the weekend, lynn. >> let's keep doing that. bill, thanks. >>> stocks tumble, the dollar jumps and the economic solution based on pizza. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, a report that some of "saturday night live's" favorites won't be returning. >>> coming up, opening night in baseball, a possible nba finals preview and a track meet turns into a dance party. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry and here's some of your top headlines this morning. >>> four american soldiers are among the dead a

it will be wet on i-5, from seattle to portland.and 90 in the northern rockies. >> and if you're takto the skies, airport delays are possible in los angeles, san francisco, salt lake city and chicago. >>> all right. heree go again with this story. a jetblue flight had to make an emergency landing in suburban new york city last night after at least one bird smashed into the plane's windshield. you can see the remnants there. after keoff, the pilot radioed he had pit two big geese. >> the plane returned safely to the westchester county airport. passengers boarded ather flight to west palm beach. no one onboard was hurt. a delta flight was forced to land after a bird strike last thursday. this wasn't technically a bird o into the engine. >>> other news this morning. an amber alert has been issued for a 5-year-old heart patient a hospital in st. louis.from parter stone is awaiting a heart trsplant. he was released fromt. louis children's hospital yesterday. that's when his father who is separad from porter's mother drove off th the chil

not bad today from medford northward, portland up through seattle. it's later tonight that the showers will move in, and i think we're going to have some damp weather tomorrow morning, especially in the pacific northwest on i-5. we stay dry in california. there's really no rain in sight for you, actually, and the next storm even behind that one will stay to your north. well, if you're watching us on knbc, nbc 4 in los angeles, drive into the wet and wild world of seals at critters n' kids' seal celebration, and they know how to party, at the los angeles zoo and botanical gardens. that's your "pacific event of the day," lynn. >> they have that reputation. >> big party animals? >> yeah. >>> now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. it looks like director james cameron has the golden touch. "titanic" has sailed beyond the $2 billion mark in lifetime ticket sales. this, of course, thanks to the film's rerelease in 3d. that along with "avatar" are the only two films in history to earn more than $2 billion. he's probably doing

he grew up in portland and did note when he was young he loved the show father knows best and set in a town known as springfield. so he thought it was next to his hometown springfield oregon near portland. >>> another week and another elimination of dancing with the stars. who got the boot? let's take a look. >> sherri and val. >> she is gone she and roshon why the two lowest scores and after a lot of the tears and chatter, and runny mascara she said farewell. donald driver and his partner took the top spot. for the latest information, head to abc2news.com. >>> it comes to hail falling during a storm you should not underestimate the power of. >> people in oklahoma found out the hard way. we will show outdamage caused by huge hail. >> reporter: and trial begins today for a man accused in a deadly hit-and-run. what the victims' families are saying about the day in court. >> reporter: an area man has been wanted to the fb amost wanted list. >> this is the third day in the row of the windy conditions. when the winds subside. details coming up. >> reporter: and we are dealing with two hot

portland the winner 118-110. stanley cup playoffs underway.d pittsburgh and sidney crosby and a backhanded flip. fliers stage a furious rally. four unanswered. he takes advantage of the bounce and still takes the opener 4-3. de stroit in nashville, and no -- detroit in nashville and no they are not. the predators take game one and the sharks start their opening round pff

portland the winner 118-110. stanley cup playoffs underway.hiladelphia and pittsburgh and sidney crosby and a backhanded flip. fliers stage a furious rally. four unanswered. he takes advantage of the bounce and still takes the opener 4-3. de stroit in nashville, and no -- detroit in nashville and no they are not. the predators take game one and the sharks start their opening round playoff series tomorrow night in st. louis. >> thanks, colin. >> "nightline" is up next. >> i'm carolyn johnson. weather updates on the abc7 morning news at 4:30. >> from all of us here, thank you for watching and we appreciate your time. >> good night, every. ♪ beth! hi! looking good. you've lost some weight. thanks. you noticed. these clothes are too big, so i'm donating them. how'd you do it? eating right -- whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multi-grain cheerios -- 5 whole grains, 110 calories. creamy, dreamy peanut butter taste in a tempting new cereal. mmm! [ female announcer ] new multi

portland the winner 118-110. stanley cup playoffs underway. philadelphia and pittsburgh and sidney crosby and a backhanded flip. fliers stage a furious rally. four unanswered. he takes advantage of the bounce and still takes the opener 4-3. de stroit in nashville, and no -- detroit in nashville and no they are not. the predators take game one and the sharks start their opening round playoff series tomorrow night in st. louis. >> thanks, colin. >> "nightline" is up next. >> i'm carolyn johnson. weather updates on the abc7 morning news at 4:30. >> from all of us here, thank you for watching and we appreciate your time. >> good night, every. >>> this morning on "world news now" -- murder charges. the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot and killed trayvon martin will wake up in a florida jail cell today and then head to court. >> george zimmerman faces second-degree murder charges in a case that's led to outrage worldwide. it's thursday, april 12th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson

i have one in portland that is the result of three naval efforts and three wars and decommissioning ships and we're going to bankrupt companies in portland because the department of defense is not participating in cleaning up after itself. i wonder if -- my time is short but i wonder if we can engage you in something where there is a better partnership when you are spending $1.7 million a minute to help bases all across the country, maybe it wouldn't be so hard to close bases if we didn't stick them with a toxic mess of unexploded ordinance and leave the community and turn our back on them. >> i would be more than happy to engage you in that process having been through it as ford ort. frankly, the only way to ultimately achieve savings when you do backgrounds is be able to have the clean up and do it expeditiously so communities can reuse the property and not be stuck holding property that can't be reused. there are a lot of things i think we can do to improve that process. i would be more than willing to engage with you on that. >> thank you. >> chairman, if i could, because whenever the

every day in portland feels like earth day. noted san francisco's recycling of 78% of its garbage. >>> it is illegal and could lead to arrest. our special report goes inside a bay area lab to explain why scientific tests are being run on marijuana. >>> some of the prize money from friday million's drawings, what he did soon after finding out. [ teen ] times are good, aren't they, kids? it's nice having u-verse, isn't it? see back in my day, we didn't have these newfangled wireless receivers. fangled? no, we watched march madness in the living room... that's where the tv outlet was. what is he talking about? and if mom was hosting her book club that day, guess what...you missed it! we couldn't just move the tv all willy-nilly all over the house. ohh! ohh! kids today have it so good. ok. [ male announcer ] the new wireless receiver only from at&t. get u-verse tv for $25 a month with free hd for six months. at&t. >>> california's medical marijuana industry is thriving but the makeshift nature of the industry provides little qualit

. >> bergman: the fbi's identification led them to a suburb of portland, oregon, where a young attorney was working in his office. >> i got an unexpected knock on the door. i cracked the door open and there was two individuals, a man and a woman, and they identified themselves quickly that they were fbi agents. >> bergman: the fbi examiner determined that this fingerprint found in madrid matched a print taken from brandon mayfield when he was in the military. >> they proceeded to push through rather forcefully, to handcuff me. it was just unbelievable. it was surreal. i mean one minute you're sitting there and you've taken your kids to school and you've said, "have a good day and be a learning superstar," and you're working on your case in your office, and the next minute you're heading downtown in cuffs and people are searching you for blasting caps and detonators. >> bergman: for generations, the fbi and their fingerprint examiners have maintained that fingerprint identification is "infallible." routinely testifying that they are "one hundred percent certain"... and there's "zero perc

and the good news about portland is all it is is homes right now.n going to move to commercial buildings, which will see more people working, reducing environmental pollution, creating healthcare -- >> where did you get trained to be able to do that? i know you guys do that as well. >> you can go to our website green for all.org, and find information. we have a map of what's going across the country. also because of the recovery act, lots of money is going to into cities that you can actually see it. the thing we tell people, we don't just want training, we want job creation. that's why tax critsz matter, because we want to see people investing in companies that produce jobs instead of investing in companies that are losing jobs. >> which is exactly what the fossil fuel world is. >> absolutely. >> you are a rock substantiation thank you so much for coming into the war room, really appreciate it. she's the ceo of green for all. coming up, the war on women affects all of us, and i do mean all. up next, we're going to hear from a 16-year-old who is exp

the man who got naked at the portland airport in protest, we are hearing from him. "good morning washington" at 5:00 a.m. begins now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> glad you are with us on this thursday morning. good morning, washington. its april 19, i am steve chenevey. >> i am cynne simpson. we want to get started with traffic and weather. first, meteorologist adam caskey. >> yesterday we put a little dent in the rainfall deficit of about 5 inches so far in 2012. we got about a quarter inch around the beltway and more than that in parts of the shenandoah valley. back to sunshine today. let's look at live super doppler 7 radar. the rain is on the eastern shore and moving out of the washington area. dry today, 49 right now and the district, 47 in leesburg, 50 in newington, 53 in chesapeake beach. we will start today with clouds. by 11:00 a.m. we will break out into a lot of sunshine and it will be a bright afternoon with a high near 70. i will have the extended forecast coming up. now to steve. >> restart with a look at 66 ne

today, portland and seattle, thunderstorms. and 42rees in leesburg the district.s of rain and snow in the higher elevations. today >> this weather report has been brought to you by purina. inside to george. >>> coming up, tv's hottest doctor, kate walsh from "private practice" >>> for those of you who are not up to date on your "private practice" a spoiler alert. dr. addison montgomery got a surprise in the last episode. a baby boy of her own. kate walsh is here to tell us about the development. so happy to see you my friend. >> so happy to see you, too. >> what a great revelation. >> finally getting her baby. >> when you read that script, your reaction? >> i literally got teary. >> you did? >> i did. just talking about it. i didn't find out until the table read. it's literally the last thing that happens in the episode. it was exciting and cool. >> i feel like it's only fair for the only two people who didn't see it. i hope. we want to show you a little bit of a clip. take a look. >> yeah. >> i swear, it's impossible to feel bad about anything when i'm around him