this shows us just how dangerous disgruntled millionaires can be and finally pennsylvania governor tom corbett doesn't know jack about economics luckily tom will teach him a little lesson in tonight's daily ted. if there's something on your bucket list you haven't done yet you have. about five minutes to do it at least according to the doomsday clock yesterday the figurative time piece run by the bulletin of the atomic scientists that is supposed to gauge just how close the human race is to blitter aging itself crept one minute closer to midnight with midnight signifying the apocalypse and now stands at eleven fifty five just five minutes away from annihilation the clock which was created in one thousand nine hundred seven has been adjusted twenty times in the last sixty plus years to account for the changing threats to emit humanity as well as the work put in by us humans to resolve those threats in the one nine hundred fifty s. the clock as close as it ever has to midnight ticking to eleven fifty eight and in the early ninety's we moved seventeen minutes away from extinction but here we are

pennsylvania governor tom corbett cut $900 million in state education funds last year. but budget cuts aren't the only problem. 45% of chester upland's operating budget goes to two district charter schools. well, the largest of the schools was founded by the largest single donor to tom corbett's gubernatorial campaign. even though the charter school is under investigation for test score irregularities, it's doors remain open while the public school system fights to survive week by week and the teachers work for nothing. yes, my friends, this is america. shame fully america. i'm joined again tonight by sara ferguson a ferguson a teacher and george walker, a middle school special education teacher in the district. mr. walker good to have you with us tonight. what will $3 million more mean to your district? how long will those funds last? is this a good development today? >> it's a fair development. these funds will only last to the end of the month, just to the end of january, and the teachers are we're still working to teach our children, we come to work every day and th

. >>> tom corbett ordered flags to fly at half staff in honor of joe paterno. the head football coach died sunday of complications from lung cancer. manuel gallegus reports for wjz from state college, pennsylvania. >> reporter: students stopped at the mill on their way to classes monday morning and lit candles and left notes for the man they call joe pa. >> we were feeling sad. now that we visited with sue and jay, and diana, we had some laughs and remembered good times. >> reporter: sunday the band played amazing grace as thousands attended a candlelight vigil on the campus. paterno died ten weeks after the trustees fired him. the board said the hall of fame coach could not affectively lead in the wake of a child molestation scandal involving jerry sandusky. joe paterno coached at penn state university for 46 years, his career ended in the midst of a scandal. the university has the delicate task of finding a way to cream rate his life. -- to comeme rate his life. -- commemorate his life. charles pitman played for the first team paterno coached. >> his work, co

republican pennsylvania governor tom corbett slashed more than $8 million from the budget last year.relies on state aid for about 80% of budget. it serves one of the most impoverished populations in the state. the district asked the state for emergency assistance. of course the request was denied. cutting public education is a top agenda for governor corbett. last fall corbett told reporters his number one priority as governor is school voucher legislation. the chester upland district pays more than $39 million a year to area charter schools. the charter school payments, the cut in state aid and massive debt are overwhelming. the school is unable to make payrolls or pay its bills. but teachers and other faculty are working without pay to keep the school running. >> i feel that the governor does not look at the situation the same way that we look at it. they are looking at it from an economic standpoint we're looking at it from a life standpoint. for them it's about the figures. for us it's about students lives. >> i'm joined tonight by linda cook, a regional president with the pennsy

. >>> coming up pennsylvania governor tom corbett slashed the education budget and now districts likehester, upland school district are feeling the effects. that's next. wh's he looking for? i think he's looking for savings. ♪ i can't watch this anymore. stop! there's an easier way! we compare your progressive direct rate to other top companies so you get a great price. no more running around. ha ha ha! wouldn't you love to see the world through his eyes? i bet i look like the strongest man in the world. the best place to find a great deal. now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> in a big finish tonight a radical assault on public education is underway in pennsylvania. this story came to me via my radio show. an entire school district could close down leaving thousands of students out in the cold. no plans. the chester upland school district outside philadelphia only has $100,000 left in the bank. republican pennsylvania governor tom corbett slashed more than $8 million from the budget last year. the district relies on state aid for about 80% of budget. it serves one of the

. >>> pennsylvania governor tom corbett has ordered flags at all state facilities to fly at half staff in honor of joe paterno. the former penn state head football coach died sunday of complications from lung cancer and manual gallegus at state college pennsylvania has the story. >> students stopped at the memorial on the way to classes monday morning. they lit candles and left notes for the man they called joe-pa. marcy colette visited paterno's family after he died. >> we were feeling sad. and now after we visited with sue and jay, and diana, we had some laughs and remembering the good times. >> reporter: sunday night, the penn state band played amazing grace as thousands attended a candlelight vigil on the campus. paterno died 10 weeks after penn state's trustees fired him. the board said the hall of fame coach could not effectively lead in the wake of a child molestation scandal involving the former defensive coordinator jerry sandusky. they say paterno should have gone to the police when he first found out about the allegations in 2002. >> joe paterno coached at penn state for 46

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today pennsylvania governor tom corbett ordered flags to fly at half staff to honor the former penn state coach. hundred stopped at a makeshift memorial or the statue of joe paterno stands. >> i think everybody here is very sad and with his passing. he was a great man. we all loved him. he was pinned state football. -- he was penn state football. registered a loss his battle with lung cancer. -- yesterday he lost his battle with lung cancer. starbucks will soon expand beyond its well-known copy. the seattle-based chain now plans to add alcohol to the menu. we are told by the end of the year, beer, wine, and more upscale food will be sold at selects stars. the expanded menu also includes snacks and hot black bread is already available at six stores in seattle and portland -- hot flat bread. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> precipitation moving out, but there is a lot of moisture left behind from the snow over the weekend, the rain and drizzle. that is producing some thick fog in spots. there could still be some dense fog to contend with free o

government can still come together and agree to do the right thing the bad republican governor tom corbett since last august governor corbett department of welfare has removed over eighty eight thousand children from the medicaid rolls in an effort to reduce waste fraud and abuse sadly the majority of these children's families can't afford legal help to regain their medicaid status and many of them won't even know they lost their benefits the state needs the money after all how else can you afford to give fracking companies a fracking tax break pollution and oil and gas profits over the lives of children that's how governor republican governor corbett roll and the very very ugly reverend jesse lee peterson reverend peterson a super conservative african-american republican who has campaigned against the likes of urban jesse jackson and president obama told the huffington post that he would quote they call black people to the south and put them on the plantation so they were under. and the ethics at the couple working and went on to say quote i'm going to put them on the plantation they need