prek class at method day care services in wynfield heights presented curtis jones with hand made thankou card. organizers say they were celebrating the pass age of the 2016 sweet and beverage tack which funded prek programs, that tax has not been without controversy and subject of the lawsuit and american beverage association has also voiced its opposition >>> well, it is a sure sign warmer weather is just around the bend been, the annual atlantic city boat show is underway. >> we sent "eyewitness news" new jersey reporter cleve bryan to check it out. >> reporter: when are an avid fisherman orphans i life on a luxury yacht, the atlantic city boat show is place to let your dreams run wild. >> little kid in the candy store, excited sitting up there pretending, like little kid they are owner. >> reporter: sponsored by progressive insurance thinks biggest indoor boat show in the northeast, the 500 boats on display range from a few thousand to over a million-dollar. >> come down in the cabin and more spaciousness awaits. >> boom. >> yeah. >> nice club. >> yeah, pretty cool. >> reporter: con

. >> lauren berk, wrote her book my 100 hands gon< to school fr prek and kindergarten students at dayary school in east germantown. she started writing books when she was just five, and the students, liked the opportunity to meet a real author, especially one that is not so much older then them. >> that is great. >> it shows them what they can than exactly. >> thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at 6:00 we are back at 10 on the cw philly and we are back here on cbs-3 at 11:00. >>> up next "cbs evening news" and tonight could ultraviolet light be a new key in treating the flu doctor, john lupuk has a look at revolutionary advancement, from new york here's jeff glor, take care family we will see you tonight captioning sponsored by cbs >> glor: on the defensive. the white house faces tough questions about the former staff secretary. >> he wishes porter well, but he hasn't addressed the victims of domestic violence at all. >> glor: also tonight... >> it's about ten minutes to 9:00. you're supposed to turn yourself in. >> glor: the man facing deportation now being protected inside a chur

. >> we're committed -- today there are three times as many public prek classrooms as they were four years ago. [ applause ] we guaranteed all day kindergarten for every child in rhode island. and this year more than 1,500 rhode islanders are getting a shot at a good career because rhode island is the first state on the east coast to provide tuition free access to community college. [ applause ] but there is still so much more to do. so let's keep going. let's continue to support our veterans. [ applause ] last year we opened a new state-of-the-art veterans home in bristol. and last month we launched a new online portal to better coordinate the services that our vets and their families have earned. to everyone who wears or has ever worn our nation's uniform and to your families we say thank you. [ applause ] we have also been listening. we have been listening to rhode islanders. rhode islanders have felt like their leaders weren't doing enough to support them so we raised the minimum wage and we're going to do it again next year. [ applause ] we passed paid sick leave because no rhod

further resolve addressing enrollment barriers prek- and especially those that have recognized required, proof of residency and credit transfers should be temporarily removed to expedite placement. this is a really long thing. i'm going to skip ahead. sfusd will collaborate with shelters for the resources needed to support the learning centers and identify and assign a liaison and school site liaisons at schools that will support the afore mentioned and in addition to a number of things there. sfusd will pursue opportunities to collaborate including referring students homeless to life-learning and initiatives. i will go to the end of it. sfusd shall improve data collection by entering into a data-sharing agreement. and further resolve to pursue opportunities for sfusd-owned land to build affordable housing. including potential partnerships in our funding sources from city and county and state philanthropic resources. we'll get a report in six months and further resolved that we'll collaborate to develop an urgent response system when a student is unsheltered or about to lose their housi

just like i think prek. >> not free college. >> not four-year college. >> what about gun control? getting rid of the ar-15? >> yes. >> abortion. >> pro-choice. >> how about the 20-week thing? >> listen, i stand for women's reproductive -- >> you wouldn't be for beyond 20 weeks. >> you mean late term. >> i didn't vote for it. >> okay. what about tax reform? did you like this bill? >> no, i didn't vote for this bill. >> what would you be for? >> there were parts of the bill that were good. fixing the international tax system. they fixed that. they should have pared that with fra structure. they should have cut the corporate to 25. the business community lobbed. $100 billion. imagine if we would have had $400 billion toward infrastructure. >> you're in the nuance. are you a moderate pro business democrat. >> are you a moderate pro business democrat? people like -- >> i have nothing against being called a moderate. >> elizabeth warren is pretty much against wall street. bernie is against wall street. they make strident statements against wealth in the business world up in new york, de

this bill also creates a grant program to develop and evaluate interventions in prek and elementary school -- pre-k and elementary school classrooms with the goal of increasing participation of girls in stem. these may include teacher training and professional development. classroom practices and providing mentors for girls to support their computer science aspirations. we know young girls that are interested in science, math and computing -- girls are interested in science, math and computer but we need to make sure they stay engaged. we know knowledge of computer science and use of technology is becoming increasingly essential for all individuals, not just those planning to work in the technology sector. stem education cultivates students' curiosity, their creativity. it teaches them to work as a team and fosters critical thinking skills that are fundamental for success in any field. mr. speaker, this legislation will help invest in our students. it will help them rise to meet the challenges of a changing economy that increasingly relies on highly skilled labor and technology. i'm proud

carbajal this morning had a bipartisan prek fast where we talked about how we've got to get politics out of the way. the frustrating thing about the budget committee is we get into politics versus the substance too often. one of the things you said, it's easier to spend than to cut. yes, it is, god help our children and grandchildren. too often we worry about the next election and not the next generation, which is the problem with the politics that show up. both parties have taken credit for balancing the budget in the '90s. either party should take credit for balancing the budget in the '90s. if you go back to those years, you'll find out there were $2 trillion budgeted, and $4 trillion spent. we couldn't even control our spending back there, and thank goodness we had something called the tech bump which grew our economy by over 5% for most of those years, which gave us the ability to balance the budget. otherwise, no democrat or no republican could ever take credit for that balanced budget. the last thing i want to bring up, and i was listening, and i apologize, i had to run down t