Trump names Linda McMahon to lead Department of Education [Video]
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Trump names Linda McMahon to lead Department of Education [Video]

President-elect Donald Trump has named Linda McMahon to lead the Department of Education, aligning with his campaign promise to dismantle the department and return control to the states.”I’m going to close the Department of Education and move education back to the states,” Trump said.Trump announced his nomination of McMahon, a former small business administrator and wrestling executive, to spearhead this effort.”You could say, well, let’s pass a law that eliminates the Department of Education and all the programs it administers,” said Neal McCluskey of the Cato Institute.”If you don’t eliminate the programs, then you’ve got to put them somewhere,” McCluskey added.Currently, the Department of Education manages the federal student loan portfolio for over 40 million borrowers and provides financial aid.”For example, the federal government administers the Pell Grant and helps lots and lots of kids around the country get to college who couldn’t otherwise afford it,” said Rebecca Winthrop of the Brookings Institution.The department also allocates federal dollars to colleges and K-12 schools.”It’s a lot more about ensuring that every kid, no matter which state they live in, can get access to a high-quality education,” Winthrop added.Trump has vowed to cut funding for schools teaching critical race theory or gender ideology but wants to reward states and schools that implement universal school choice programs.”Instead of money going to just public schools, the money follows kids to whatever school their families choose,” McCluskey said.”I think the mechanism he would use is a scholarship tax credit. There is legislation for that,” McCluskey added.Some experts warn that while expanding school choice may appeal to parents, it could be dangerous and unconstitutional to implement nationwide.Federal funding accounts for less than 15% of public school budgets and much of the budget comes from the state and local levels.

How your blood donation saves lives [Video]
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How your blood donation saves lives [Video]

SAFE TRAVELS EVERYONE. IT IS 615. THIS MORNING MANY PEOPLE ARE STILL FEELING THE IMPACTS FROM HURRICANE HELENE THAT DEVASTATED WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. MORE THAN SEVEN WEEKS AGO THAT STORM NOT ONLY WASHED AWAY HOMES AND BELONGINGS, BUT IT ALSO TOOK A TOLL ON OUR NATIONS BLOOD SUPPLY. WE ARE TEAMING UP WITH THE AMERICAN RED CROSS TODAY TO HELP WITH THIS URGENT NEED. IN OUR JACKIE PASCALE IS LIVE AT SHERWOOD FOREST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, THE SITE OF OUR COMMUNITY BLOOD DRIVE. GOOD MORNING JACKIE. WHAT IMPACT CAN PEOPLES DONATIONS MAKE TODAY? WELL, ADRIANA. AUDREY, WE KNOW THE AMERICAN RED CROSS ACCOUNTS FOR 40% OR MORE OF THE NATIONS BLOOD SUPPLY. SO A SHORTAGE, EVEN IN ONE AREA LIKE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, CAN HAVE A BIG IMPACT. AND THE RED CROSS SAYS HELENE DID JUST THAT. SO, LIKE REBUILDING AND RECOVERY, THERE WILL TAKE MONTHS. WE KNOW THAT IT WILL TAKE A WHILE FOR THE NATIONS BLOOD SUPPLY TO BOUNCE BACK. AS WELL. WE DID OUR BEST TO GET THE BLOOD OUT OF THE AREA AS BEST WE COULD. THE RED CROSS BRACED FOR IMPACT BEFORE HELENE, BUT NO ONE COULD HAVE PREPARED FOR THIS. HOMES AND BUSINESSES FLOODED OR WASHED AWAY BLOOD DONATION CENTERS IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA ARE ALSO OUT OF COMMISSION. ALL OF THAT STOPPED BECAUSE THE PRIORITY WAS ELSEWHERE. WE USED RESOURCES LIKE THE VANS THAT THEY USE TO TRANSPORT BLOOD, TO USE THEM FOR FEEDING MISSIONS INSTEAD. HEATHER FRAZEE WAS DEPLOYED THE NEXT DAY. SHE IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PIEDMONT TRIAD CHAPTER OF THE RED CROSS. THE PEOPLE THERE ARE INCREDIBLE IN TERMS OF THEIR RESILIENCE, AND EVEN THOUGH IN MANY CASES THEYVE LOST EVERYTHING, THEYRE THE ONES THAT ARE SAYING THAT THEYRE BLESSED. ITS OVERWHELMING, AS WE ALL LOOK FOR WAYS TO SUPPORT OUR MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES. PEOPLE OFTEN FORGET A FREE WAY TO GIVE BACK IS DONATING BLOOD, AND THEY HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO TO MAKE UP FOR WHAT WAS LOST. I SAW THE RIPPLE EFFECT OF IT. WE STILL HAVE A SHORTAGE BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY MISSED OPPORTUNITIES TO TO COLLECT DURING THAT TIME. OVER THE COURSE OF THE TWO DISASTERS WEVE HAD THOUSANDS OF UNITS OF BLOOD DRIVES, HAD TO BE CANCELED, LOWER SUPPLY MET WITH HIGHER DEMAND. WES HANES, A DISTRICT MANAGER WITH THE RED CROSS, SAYS PEOPLE INJURED IN THE STORM HAD EMERGENCY NEEDS FOR BLOOD ON TOP OF THE DAILY NEEDS AT HOSPITALS. THOSE THINGS THAT HAPPEN EVERY DAY, LIKE A CAR ACCIDENT OR AN INJURED VICTIM, MOTHERS GIVING BIRTH, CANCER PATIENTS, SICKLE CELL PATIENTS THOSE DONT CHANGE IN DISASTERS AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO NEED THAT BLOOD THROUGHOUT. AND SOME OF THOSE SURGERIES THAT THOSE ELECTIVE SURGERIES PEOPLE PUT OFF, THEY CAN ONLY PUT OFF FOR SO LONG. THE RED CROSS SAYS NOW IS THE TIME TO ENSURE THE BLOOD SUPPLY IS STRONG, ESPECIALLY GOING INTO THE HOLIDAYS. PEOPLE ARE INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL AND IT GIVES THEM HOPE. THE RED CROSS WAS THERE BEFORE THE STORM AND WILL BE THERE LONG AFTER THE STORM. WE WILL ALWAYS BE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND WE ARE AS WELL. WE HOPE TO MEET THAT EVER GROWING NEED FOR BLOOD WITH THIS BLOOD DRIVE TODAY HERE IN WINSTON-SALEM, WE ARE AT SHERWOOD FOREST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH ON SILAS CREEK PARKWAY, AND WE ARE TAKING DONATIONS. 9 A.M. THROUGH 6 P.M. ON SITE. YOU CAN MAKE AN APPOINTMENT AND FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ON WXII 12.COM. BUT WE ARE ALSO TAKING WALK INS, SO JUST COME ON BY. STOP IN LOTS OF FREE GIVEAWAYS BEHIND ME. LOTS OF FOOD OPTIONS AS WELL. AND THEN OF COURSE, THAT REWARDING OPPORTUNITY TO HELP SAVE A LIFE. LI

Fonzie the manatee rescued in Port of the Islands, returned safely 8 months later [Video]
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Fonzie the manatee rescued in Port of the Islands, returned safely 8 months later [Video]

>> INJURED MANATEE IS GETTING A NEW LEASE ON LIFE THE MANATEE HAD A PUNCTURED LUNG FROM A BOAT PROPELLER AND HAS BEEN RECOVERING AT ZOO TAMPA. IT WAS RELEASED BACK INTO THE WILD TODAY AT PORT OF THE ISLAND’S MARINA IN COLLIER COUNTY. NBC 2 DRYING OUR GUEST. WAS THERE. >> IT’S A GOODBYE PARTY FOR THE AGES IN PORT OF THE ISLANDS AS HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS GATHERED ALONG THE DOCK AT THE MARINA TO BID FAREWELL TO FONZIE THE MANATEE. GET BACK TO NORMAL. THE FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE COMMISSION TELLING US TODAY IT WAS A LONG ROAD TO RECOVERY FOR THE 700 PLUS POUND FLOATY POTATO. >> SO THIS WAS FIRST SIGHTED MARCH 5TH AND IN THE BUCKEYE UNION CANAL, WHICH IS THE WATERWAY RIGHT BEHIND US. AND IT WAS CITED WITH A LINEAR WATERCRAFT LINE ON IT AND WAS POSITIVELY BUOYANT SO IT CAN SUBMERGE ALL THE WAY. >> THAT SHOULD AID WAS FIRST SPOTTED BY MANATEE SIGHTSEEING TOUR GUIDE ALLEN ZITO, WHO NOT ONLY COLD FWC ATTRACTED SEEK OUT FOR 2 WEEKS. THEN HE LEFT THE STATE AND ZOO TAMPA KNOW FONZIE WAS DOCILE ENOUGH TO GO HOME WITH THEM. >> AND THEY’RE THE ONES THAT DO EVERYTHING THAT THE HEROES AND WE JUST LIKE TO VOLUNTEER TIME TO HELP THEM AS MUCH AS WE CAN. >> WE’RE NOW ON THE BACK OF THE BOAT. JUST BE ON THE PART OF THE ISLANDS MARINE USING A DRONE TO TRACK AND MAKE SURE THAT ON TO THE MANATEE IS MAKING HIS JOURNEY HOME SAFE AND SOUND WHAT WE’RE WATCHING THEM LOSE GUY AND VIEWING THEM FROM AFAR. FROM THE STATE. THIS IS OR NOT USING ENGINES ON AROUND THE MANATEES. >> AND JUST SEEING WHERE HE GOES, I’M SAYING IS NEXT BEHAVIOR WITH A BIRD’S EYE VIEW, YOU CAN SEE THE TINY BLACK SPECK. >> THIS IS, AS YOU KNOW, FINDS THE MANATEES FIRST CLIENTS AND IT’S NOW DOUBLING AS LIFESAVING WORK. >> FONSI IS SLOWLY DRIFTING BACK FROM THE CANALS NEAR THE RESORT TO WHERE HE CAME FROM IN THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES SPENT TO RELEASE SOME OF THE EXACT SAME PLACE WHERE THEY TOOK IT OUT. IT’S REALLY COOL AND REALLY SPECIAL. IF YOU SEE A MANATEE THAT LOOK SICK, INJURED OR KID DIVE BELOW THE WATER, TAKE A PICTURE. AND COLE FWC ONE RING AND YOU COULD BE PROTECTING A PIECE OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA’S MOST ICONIC WILDLIF