a bill passed the senate education committee today 6- 3 that may be a long-term fix. >> very hard to replace them. hard to retain teachers that are there, hard to recruit teachers. >> seth berg a former colorado teacher of the year, who spent his career in rural areas of southwest colorado. he knows firsthand how tough it is to bring new teachers to small districts. >> we need to do more to train them, encourage them to stay, give them decent salaries. to hire enough people so they don't have so much work. >> as written now a bill being discussed by lawmakers could make rural districts more attractive. the plan would pay college students to student teaching rural districts and give $6000 over three years to teachers to commit to teaching in these areas. >> if we can help with teacher recruitment and specify some of need dealt with on how we retain teachers, by incentivizing education, then i think we do that as well. some think it is a plan that will only train teachers to leave anyway. >> these programs are successful it will supply quality teachers and act as an increase in the mot

and could take the test as many times as necessary.the measure passed in the state senate education committee. 3 a coffee shop with a special mission hopes to raise enough money to stay open through april.point perk opened on pike street in december.people with intellectual and development disabilities work behind the counter, serving what they call a caring cup of coffee.grant money helped open the shop which sells about 140 they hope to get more grants and donations to stay open.if you want to donate.. just to go local 12 dot com. 3 a raise for new workers.we'll tell you just how much entry- level employees are making at one big box store.unbelievable employee perks.we'll show you one space that is giving workers major office envy. 3 3 hundreds of 3 people gathered to remember an ohio pastor who was shot and killed inside his church. police say reverend william schooler was conducting services sunday when his younger brother shot him multiple times.mourners from all over the dayton community attended funeral services yesterday.the accused gunman 68- year- old daniel schooler retail giant co

the senate education committee voted 7-2 in favor of this legislation.me in more than 20 years that firearm violence research will be done at a government level. the research center would cost about $5 million in state funding over five-years. that bill will next be heard by the sent ate's public safety committee. >>> a record crowd is on hand for dublin ireland's saint patrick's day parade. about a half million are lining the streets. marching bands and floats, officers on horse back, all making their way to the historic city center. after the parade i'm guessing a lot of these people are going to head to the local pub, perhaps a restaurant to keep the party going. it's all part of a week long festival set elaborating. >>> here it's expected to generate more than four billion dollars in total sales. it works out to be about $35 a person the survey shows 31% of people say they plan to take part in a special holiday meal. 25% are expected to celebrate at a bar. >>> new this morning sea world said it'll no longer breed killer whales in captivity. in a stat

that bill is currently sitting in the senate education committee. hogan says he wants lawmakers to pass it. >> we've got breaking news to get you to here at 4:00. it's a hazmat situation this happening in falk lands heights. an apartment building has been evacuated. this is at 818 woodlynne apartments is what we're being told, the building 818 of the woodland apartments in falkland heights. you can see firefighters themselves being hosed down as this situation is being evaluated, just how serious it is. we're being told that a person reported opening a bag and then a cloud of fumes came out of it. that person did not require any medical attention but as you can see, they are taking precautions, even firefighters being hosed off here on the scene. again, this is a hazmat incident happening at 1818 falkland road. firefighters are on the scene. of course as we get more information we will bring that to you. >>> brand new at 4 o'clock, police have identified a person of interest in the murder of a cook at a south philadelphia restaurant. they just gave

education secretary. the senator from indiana, i believe, was on the education committee at that time. but there is this difference: under a democratictory controlled senate, my nomination took 87 days from the day it was announced. 51 days from when the nomination was formally submitted to the senate. under a republican-controlled senate, dr. king's nomination has taken 32 days. his nomination was announced and formally submitted on february 11. so let me conclude the way i started. the reason we're voting today is that we need an education secretary confirmed by and accountable to the united states senate so that the law that 85 of us voted for to fix no child left behind is implemented the way we wrote t this vote is not about whether one of us would have chosen dr. king to be the education secretary. republicans won't have the privilege of picking an education secretary until we elect a president of the united states. what we need is an education secretary confirmed by and accountable to the united states senate so that the law to fix no child left behind will be implemented the way

senators are casting their first vote on the comprehensive addiction and recovery act. that bill is aimed at finding alternatives to imprisoning drug addicts and giving grants to nonprofit groups for education and prevention. the senate judiciary committee approved the bill late last week. this bill is in the works as our paul kiska has been digging into a new wave of deadly heroin overdoses right here in our area. we have that live report at 6:00. >>> a ground breaking surgery performed at that time cleveland clinic. today we're going meet the woman who received the nation's first uterus transplant. new information about this medical milestone. >> reporter: the 26-year-old woman identified only by her first name, lindsay, and her husband joined doctors at the cleveland clinic today as they detailed the surgery. lindsay had functioning ovaries but no uterus and says when she was 16 doctors told her she with never have children. the transplant was completed late last month and will allow her to become pregnant using in vitro fertilization so she can carry her own biological child. >> i prayed that god would allow me the opportunity to experience pregnancy, and here we are today at the beginning of that journey. uterus transplant is not j

i give great credit to the senator from washington, senator patty murray, and to the members of the, of our education committee, 22 senators of widely divergent political views, for their willingness to do that. you know, i often say that if all you want to do is announce your opinion, you can do that at home. you can stand on a street corner and preach or you can get your own radio program. but if you want to be a united states senator after you announce your opinion, you're supposed to get a result. and that means work with other people to identify common areas of interest and see if you can. and we were able to do that with the bill that fixed no child left behind. not only did we reach a consensus that needed to be fixed, we reached a consensus on how to fix it. the president signed it on december 10. he called it a christmas miracle. it passed broadly in this body, and it had the effect of reversing the trend toward a national school board, of repealing the common core mandate, and of, according to "the wall street journal," being the largest devolution of power from washington to patrol -- control of loc

i know the chairman of the health, education, labor and pensions committee, senator alexander, tells me he has been working with senator murray, his ranking member, along with senator cassidy and senator murphy on another piece of legislation that they are proposing on the mental health space, and my hope is that the group of us who are interested in this issue can cobble together a consensus piece of legislation which the majority leader could then bring to the floor of the senate to let us do some additional important bipartisan work to help address this problem. mr. president, i don't see any senator wishing to speak, so i would suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. flake: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. flake: mr. president, after decades of isolation, we are seeing a measured shift in our policy toward cuba. we have resumed diplomatic relations, we've expanded travel opp

the bill was approved by the senate sub committee yesterday but it still has to go before the education committee. the current law makes districts wait until the 3rd monday in august to begin but this bill would allow them to start this would allow schools to end their 1st semester before christmas. >> some members of congress are calling for the governor of michigan to resign a mid the flint water crisis. governor rick schneider testified in front of congress about the contamination yesterday. while he accepted some of the blame, he also pointed the finger at the u.s. environmental agency. top officials silenced an epa water expert to try to raise alarms about elevated levels of lead in the drinking water. those concerns in michigan carried over to charlotte but charlotte water says that our drinking water is safe. it says the water from mountain island lake and lake norman is frequently monitored but in york county, testing found lead in the water in two subdivisions. officials believe it came off of pipes that serve 3,500 chers but all of the levels -- customers but all of the levels

senators vote to end the filibuster ... or kill the bill. 3 the house ways and means committee approved a two percent pay raise for teachers. the committee also agreed to cover the increase in educator healthcare premiums.the new budget also includes a 10 million dollar pay increase for bus drivers. this will now go before the full house of representatives. 3 the state's longest serving representative in the state house says he is retiring. grady brown made the announcement yesterday on the house floor.the democrat has represented lee, kershaw and sumter counties for more than 32 years. brown is among at least eight lawmakers not seeking another term in the general assembly.all house and senate seats are up for election this year. candidates must file with the state election commission between primaries will be held june 14. 3 3 the violent incident involving now former spring valley high school school resource officer ben fields and a student last october has sparked a national conversation asking what the role of a s-r-o is when it comes to disciplining students. community members along with usc professors held a discussion last night on way to reshap poilcies and fine the line be

this amendment has been cosponsored by the chairman of the health, education, labor, and pensions committee, the senior senator from tennessee, who i thank for his important contribution to this effort. and it has the support of many stakeholders around the country, including the national alliance on mental illness and the national association of police organizations. so i hope what the time comes, our colleagues will support this amendment as a commonsense measure that will help those suffering from both mental health and addiction problems and i believe it will make the underlying bill that much stronger. madam president, i have one -- i have 10 unanimous consent requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. these have been approved by the majority and minority leaders. i'd ask consent that these requests be agreed to and that they be printed in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cornyn: thank you, madam president. i yield the floor. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from indiana. mr. donnelly: thank you, madam president. i rise toda

education secretary and president obama's nominee. his confirmation has already passed out of the committee and the full senate will vote on i a provinghis nomination monday. he sat down with an interview with the editor and chief on education week. he talked about the importance of k through 12 education. this is half an hour. >> moving on, you're going to get a chance to hear about a very important player in k-12. acting u.s. secretary of education john b. king jr. who is on his way to being confirmed as u.s. secretary of education. secretary king is a career educator who taught, served as a principal, operated a charter school and was new york state's education commissioner before joining the u.s. department of education last year. now with less than a year to go in the obama administration, secretary king is charged with reauthorizing law. so please join me in welcoming secretary king to the stage. thank you. >> good afternoon. wow. that was low energy. good afternoon. >> good afternoon! >> that's better. it's a privilege to be here with all of you, grateful to leslie for the introduction, grateful to education week for being a vo

will meet with the senate and house appropriations committees, all of the schools are waiting for state funding for this year thanks to the budget impasse. >> there is a new adult education campus open in old city. nbc 10 at my place, third and market streets. my place standing for my philadelphia literacy and adult career education. it provides tutors for literacy, english as a second language and g.e.d. preparation, the fifth center to open and more than 9,000 people have taken advantage of its programs. >>> a beautiful day to get outside, take a look at these little ones out for a stroll. they probably didn't need the jackets and the hats this afternoon, though. temperatures in the mid-60s. the average high is around 48 degrees. so i'm sure everyone was able to enjoy today. yesterday was gorgeous too. we're going to see big changes so we have rain moving in tonight. tomorrow it gets windy and the temperatures really start dropping. 20-degree temperatures return tomorrow night. and for the next few nights too. so it's going to start to get much colder and we have a chance for snow before the week is overment that's mostly going to be late thursday into friday. i'll sho

senate committee heard testimony today on a bill designed to raise awareness of sexual assaults in schools. victims' advocates rallied in annapolis in advance of today's hearing. the bill would require the state board of education to implement sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention programs. >> ideally this starts in first grade. that it's never too young to talk to kids about the prevention of sexual abuse. this is about giving kids the right tools to know what is happening with them isn't right. michelle: the bill has already passed the house and the delegates by nearly unanimous vote. scott: new developments in the proposed merger between pepco and exelon. d.c. rights leaders approved the plan today. public service commission made th ago. the commission previously rejected the deal unless certain conditions were met. when city leaders said no, exelon proposed new conditions which is what they voted on today. we'll have reaction to today's decision coming up at 5:00. well, no need for either the air conditioner or the heat today. just beautiful outside. michelle: roll down the windows or drop the top if you got it. our chief meteorologist doug hill is here now with a check of the forecast. we need

i and others on this committee, senator warren, senator murray amongst others, fought very hard for requirements in the new elementary and secondary educationlaw that would ensure that states must step in with evidence-based interventions for the lowest-performing schools, bottom 5% of schools. dropout factories that fail to graduate a third of their students. and schools with consistently underperforming subgroups. these requirements are essential to maintain the core purpose of esea originally as a civil rights law. it's not really any good to have a federal education law if it's not also a civil rights law. but it's really going to be up to the department to ensure that states have meaningful definitions of things like consistently underperforming and that states and districts are monitoring schools with consistently underperforming subgroups. so, my question is a general one. the law, it does appropriately turn over a lot of flexibility to states in the design of these accountability systems, but it also includes some really important federal guide rails. so, as secretary, how are you going to ensure that states implement accountability

senate yeark. we'll bring you that live -- judiciary committee. we'll bring you that speech said live at georgetown law school at 12:30 eastern. >> students told us that the economy, equality, education, and immigration were all top issues. thanks to all of the students and teachers who competed this year and congratulations to all of our winners. and every week day in april starting on the first, one of the top 21 winning entries will air at 6:50 a.m. eastern on c-span. all the winning entries are vailable for viewing online at student.org. >> democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton delivered remarks yesterday on her plans to combat terrorism and boost homeland security. during an address at stanford university in california. she was introduced by michael mcfall, stanford professor and former u.s. ambassador to russia under the obama administration. while secretary clinton was serving as secretary of state. this is a half-hour. michael: welcome, everybody, to the freeman spogli institute for international studies. stanford's nonpartisan, interdisciplinary institute. nonpartisan, interdisciplinary institute for researching and finding solutions to the world's most important