she is 44-year-old johanna hayes, a high school history teacher in waterbury, connecticut. president obama said hayes' life story is an inspiration and shows overcome big obstacles. hayes had a baby while in high school. but she graduated and went on to earn a four-year degree to realize her degree of becoming -- dream of becoming a teacher. and what a great moment for her there. >>> people across the area are still talking about last night's hailstorms and caused a lot of damage in our area, right? many say they've never seen anything like it before. >> topper is among them. but didn't come without a price. stephanie ramirez has a closeup look at the damage in the area. >> i want you to see this. this is one of the few signs i found battered like this, after last night's hailstorms in prince williams county. >> i want to go up there. whoa. >> it was mesmerizing. quarter- to golf ball sized hail. >> i have never seen a hailstorm this significant, in this area since we've lived here. >> that fascination quickly turned to panic. the two were stuck at a gas something else at h

what's remarkable about jahana's natural talent in the classroom is that when she was growing up in waterbury, connecticut, being a teacher was the furthest thing from her mind. in fact, there were times where she didn't even want to be a student. no one in jahana's family had gone to college. no one at home particularly encouraged education. she lived in a community full of poverty and violence, high crime and low expectations. and drugs were more accessible than degrees. as a teenager, jahana became pregnant and wanted to drop out of school. but her teachers saw something. they saw something in her. and they gave her an even greater challenge, and that was to dream bigger and to imagine a better life. and they made her believe she was college material and that she had the special gift to improve not only her own condition, but those around her. and today, jahana's principal at kennedy high says she gets through to her students precisely because she remembers what it's like to be one of them. and she doesn't forget that everyone in her class brings their own different and sometimes difficult

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introduced by the nationalç teacher of th year, j johanna hayes, who taech teaches at a high school in waterbury connecticut. it coincided with national teacher appreciation day and the president said it's a good day to thank your teachers. and he also threw in a joke as well. >> it's also a pretty good day for substitute teachers. because we have a lot of we've got a lot of folks playing hooky today. this is a school day. >> yes. >> comedian in chief still. for being named national teacher of the year hayes was awarded the so-called crystal apple. >> she will spend a year on paid sabbatical traveling the nation to advocate on behalf of teachers. >>> all right. moving on. coming up later in "the mix," a professor's lesson. how to fail. >>> but first outrage after an olympian goes through a humiliating experience at the airport. hear what the tsa now says about this incident. >>> and making personal finance a priority. why much of the nation's youth knows very little about the basics of managing money. we're going to get some tips and see why the issue is now coming to the forefront. >>> and reme

johana hays says she wants her high school students in waterbury, connecticut, to know there are no dead-ends mark phillips unearths the secret behind's soccer 5,000:1 clins. -- champions. p?p?o?gv sometimes we use k-y ultragel to enhance my body's natural moisture so i can get into it a bit quicker. and when i know she's into it, i get into it and... feel the difference with k-y ultragel. >>> well there is no stopping the party in leicester, england where the soccer team pulled off the biggest surprise in all of sports by winning the premier league championship. a cinderella story for once the clock never struck midnight. mark phillips isre the. >>> this was fantasy league football where the fantasy came true. the players of leicester city soccer scrclub had been watchin their rivals faulter in a must win game on tv. they started their champions' dance then. they were still dancing today. and the town was singing their praises. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: the boys have become a with overlays of david and goliath. a team made up of other teams rejects and late bloomers. their roster cost less than what

the 44-year-old teaches in waterbury, connecticut. abc 7 news at 4. i'm ama daetz. the news at 5 begins now with kristen and dan. >>> we are not going anywhere! >> happening now, activists descend on san francisco city hall. they demand by the so-called frisco five the demand they're making to fire the police chief. >>> plus -- >> these chashg charges again completely false. >> a former 49er comes out fighting. why he says politics and money are behind the rape accusations. >>> the feds fail to nip it in the mud. oakland's victory over the marijuana superstore. >>> i'm sandhya patel. several chances for showers this week. i'll show you when coming up. >> announcer: live, this is abc 7 news. >>> sky7 hd shows you protesters marching against what they call police brutality. they're interrupting the board of supervisors meeting to make their point now. good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> i'm kristen sze. protesters are on the move after a huge showing and a noisy call for the firing of the police chief. abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow i

they're very benign inter the wind speeds to pick back up again for the court around the peninsula of waterbury'sled to the '60s it will this a better clarendon yes to them. >>reporter: their call from a source of the marine layer coming in from the west have the will of that sticks with us for several days of lower '80s about fried we're bathtub just a little bit will keep the mostly sunny afternoon program on talk hopefully things are fairly quiet. >>robin winston: is north of the toll plaza no problems on the oriole park presidio into it over to the travel time where track and the commute on high with two to four west no major problems with the walnut creek laugh again the caldecott oakland side is nice and quiet the nimitz headed south and to 30 in san the edge all the out to milpitas to 37 does a good writer. >>j.r. stone: were you yelling when you got out of your vehicle. >>: know i wasn't telling it was more of mean were read and fighting for my life this person my heart i felt like it dropped about 34 times coming down the hill he told he was a police officer he lifted his shirt off and w

kennedy high school in waterbury, connecticut. >> this is something that i think is particularly remarkableer students to give back. i think she understands that actually sometimes the less you have, the more valuable it is to see yourself giving because that shows you the power and the influence that you can bring to bear on the world around you. >> beautifully said. hayes' students cheered when we broke the news of her award thursday here on "cbs this morning." she want to use the year ahead to start a national conversation. >> we are at a critical juncture. many states are chasing challenges attracting and retaining teachers. especially minority teachers. [ cheers ] >> and on this teacher appreciation week, the president tweeted a photo of his fifth grade class that includes his instructor, mabel hefty. cute. >> teachers lay the foundation. remember when she was here last week and we did a piece with her students. joyce said when she walks in, she brightens the room. i've never forgotten that. >> she had an infectious enthusiasm. >> we liked her. she was sitting here in this seat. >>> on

it was a john lindsay reforming ticket in the city of waterbury. [laughter] and my, i had a relationship with my dad where we loved to argue. and my dad was a very open minded guy, and he actually encouraged me to argue with him. he gave me his -- it wasn't a mistake. he knew what he was doing, but he gave me a subscription to the new republic that i had asked for when i was 13 years old. and i always say i changed my politics, i'm a completely odd person because the great society actually encouraged me to change my politics. around the time -- when i was 12, i was a goldwaterite. i tell the story in the book about watching the famous goldwater speech, a time for choosing, and my dad and i knowing at that moment the reagan speech for goldwater where every conservative in the country -- including us -- identified ronald reagan as the guy who was going to save the conservative movement. and typical for me just as the movement was on its way up, i got out and moved to the other side. [laughter] i grew up a red sox fan, so i am a underdoggist by nature

waterbury, vermont. look at this, picking up snow. maine got over five inches of snow yesterday.now you may be whining about the fact it's been chilly, but it's worse up there. unseasonably cooler weather. the jestream dipping down to the south. so from denver all the way to baltimore, temperatures way below normal, i should say. tallahassee even cooler than usual. same in new orleans. tomorrow, we're going to see the temperatures still a little on the chilly side. we don't see things starting to warm up until we get to the weekend. friday, you'll see temperatures starting to moderate slowly. then we start to flip the switch as we get into the beginning of next week. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your >>> definitely won't be cool here today. in fact our temperatures are already starting to warm up. we are now in the mid to upper 50s heading into the 90s today for the north bay, south bay and tri-valley. san francisco, expect a high of 76 today and low 80s for the east bay and peninsula. tomorrow we'll do it all over again. temperatures will

in new england, this is vermont, waterbury, vermont, picking up snow.aribou, maine got over 5 inches of snow yesterday. i know you may be whining about the chilly temperatures, but it's worse there. the jetstream dipping to the south. from denver to baltimore, temperatures way below normal. tallahassee even cooler than usual. same in new orleans. tomorrow we'll see those temperatures a little on the chilly side. we don't see things starting to by friday, you'll see temperatures starting to moderate slowly. and then we start to flip the switch as we get into the beginning of next week. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >>> clouds skies for everybody and raindrops for many now. these raindrops will eventually overtake the entire region. temperatures are in the cool 50s now. we'll stay mostly in the 50s for the remainder of the day today. another pretty good chance for some rain, especially early tomorrow. should taper off. we might get a peek or two of sunshine late tomorrow afternoon. nice sunsh

in the small cities in my district, waterbury, 130,000 people, 38 people died last year from drug overdoses. in new britain, connecticut. each one of those deaths was mourned. each one of those deaths was .nnecessary this is the most basic and fundamental issue we deal with, literally matters of life and death. i'm pleased that my good friend, my colleague from indiana, susan brooks has work sod hard, that the majority has worked hard with the minority this week on it. but the end of the day, our budgets are also our priorities. and we have got to find a way to provide the resources so that these wonderful programs, the good policies that we adopted this week, are reflected and put into place to actually save lives. we cannot claim credit for good policies when we do not provide the resources to the first responders on the street, to the substance abuse counselors, to the coaches who need to understand the risks for their young athletes, to parents to understand those risks, to our dentists who are doing wisdom tooth extractions, all our work is for naught if it is simply a bill passed that