its major contribution to florida's political history was to abolish the florida secession. so in essence this document said that the secession which had been illegal and so on under, from the perspective of the supper was government was you were notified and in this constitution would be what they were trying to work out, what florida's government would look like what's it reentered the union. and so a lot of this document, the 1865 document, a very much resembles the 1838 document. there wasn't a lot that was going to change. the most important thing that was going to change, that slavery would be abolished in the state of florida. the next document, the 1868 constitution, and this is significant because this is the constitution was enacted in florida during reconstruction. so it is the reconstruction document. when florida was readmitted to the union, this is the constitution that was accepted by the federal government. so it had to abolish slavery, the 13th amendment. it had to accept the 14th and 15th amendments in order for florida to be readmitted into the union. so t

many african-americans served in the florida house and the florida senate. these would be the only african-americans to serve in those positions well into the 20th century following the implementation of jim crow laws and the history of segregation that would come later in the nineteenth century. the 1868 constitution from the perspective of many floridians would be looked upon as a terrible document. the vast majority of political power in the state after reconstruction ended was vested with the primarily white individuals who were involved in the slave holding and railroads and banking and some of the other large industries and so the 1868 constitution from the perspective of those individuals, something they wanted to reverse almost immediately but it did take some time. the federal government occupied florida until the 1870s and the individuals who were in power who were floridians, not the people who had been federal agents in essence in florida they wanted to try to reverse this and strip back some of the rights that had been granted to african-america

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florida beaches and downtowns are buzzing with tourists, but there's another side of florida officials hope to sell to visitors. we try to get people to connect with nature. enthusiasm to protect the environment has created ecotourism, where a visitor seeks out the natural side of a place. this sector of tourism is growing more important to florida. jean murphy leads groups on nature tours and her business has doubled every year since 2009. it's really a growing industry, not only here in florida, but nationally, we're not disturbing the wildlife we're going out and we're enjoying it. downing says it's important to attract the greeen tourist just as much as the spring breaker, and it's a challenge to expand the image of florida. for many years there were two things people knew about florida - they knew mickey and the knew miami - m and m - and this is the gulf coast it's a completly different experience. for first business news, i'm jackie keenan. jackie tells us... florida tourism is a 72 billion dollar business and responsible for more than 1 million jobs. still ahead...find out why

graham: well, the suwannee river basin in florida is relatively undeveloped, as opposed to south florida which was heavily developed in the 1950s after the huge drainage project that basically drained the everglades and created agricultural land and urban lands for people to live on. but 20, 30 years after that process, people started discovering the harm that it was doing to the everglade systems. narrator: over the last 100 years, the everglades have been systematically dammed and pumped for agricultural and urban development. 40% of florida's residents currently live in the area. and crops grown here supply half of the winter vegetables sold in the united states. but the cost to the environment has been astonishing. because of overdevelopment, the flow of freshwater has dramatically decreased, and excess nutrients from farms and ranches have changed the ecosystem to the point where the region is said to be on the verge of biological collapse. so, what we would like to do is understand the needs of the natural ecosystem as well as the needs of humans as welas the needs of agriculre so

and i'm with, why can't florida get it together? >> have you come to any conclusions about what the answer to that question is? >> because they don't want to. it's not a priority. i think they would rather see my daughter die, and quit being a problem to them. >> since amy joined the lawsuit, well, things have changed. as her medical paperwork may explain. sue root once again has 24 hour nursing care for her daughter, which she believes happened only because of the suit. the only problem, state medicaid rates haven't changed since 1997 and it's hard to find nurses. once deeonte got a lawyer, things changed for him also. he has moved to another facility. deeonte now takes the bus to school every day. he takes part in activity. >> we are making a laiv lava la. >> if you had your wish about where you could live, where would you live? >> at home. >> with your mom and your grandparents? >> uh-huh. >> home is four hours away in orlando and visits are special occasions. >> deeonte is the light of my life. he's a beautiful soul. when i see

is not allowing evidence that florida florida's meek in a finding that you cannot satisfy satisfy -- >> seems to me to follow mrs. kagan's question and i think it's a very important question we have been talking here about the inaccuracy to some extent of iq scores and your rule prevents us from getting a better understanding of whether that iq score is accurate or not because we cannot even reach the adaptive functioning prong. you prevented at the outset and you don't prevented if it's under 65 for under 70. >> you would have to satisfy it all that with respect to your question about whether adaptive functioning evidence can affect the reading of the iq we submit that is not the case. that is why the discreet inquiries so if you have multiple test scores. >> doesn't eliminate whether or not the iq test is exactly as reported or if it is subject to some decrease or increase depending on what the evidence of adaptive functioning shows? >> no your honor. that would be modern dsm but again it used to define the intellectual functioning prong is being determined exclusively exclusively

down in florida, it's an issue. i asked florida state senator dwight bullard what the public school system is up against in south florida. >> we've been face hearing in floridas a whole is a 15-year really war if you will by the charter reform and school reform folks here in the state of florida. as you know, governor jeb bush was elected governor in 1998 in the state of florida. and chose to take a very, very different stance on what public education has looked like traditionally, and his efforts and his works have been consistently sort of part of a continuing problem over the last 15 years as it's related to things like undermining class size, which has changed our constitution to make class sizes smaller, not funding it properly, as well as the vast expansion of charter schools and vouchers. >> so you have seen the depletion of resources in public education because of charter schools? >> absolutely, absolutely. you've seen a redirecting of those resources into the 300-plus charters that we have here in the state

. >> lisa, i believe that it's not the fact that it's not florida, and obviously, i'm a lawyer in florida, but there's a zero tolerance law, and i think that the law is appropriate, and it's watered down a little bit to allow the teachers and administrators more discretion. the law is there, and you hit it on the head. if you have a law that the teachers and the administrators are not properly trained, the law is irrelevant. the laws are on the books, and we need more education and sensitivity for training the school administrator. but you have to remember, we continue forget how we got her. we have to remember history. since columbine in '99, there have been a number ever shootings in schools, and that's why we're here. the zero tolerance, i believe makes sense because it protects the vast majority of students. in florida public schools, it's over 2 million. you may talk about five or sex or ten cases that seem outrageous in florida, but the truth is we protect millions and millions of students from being harmed or from assault or drug issues, and i believe that zero tolerance works, and

what's your response to the florida legislature's moves? >> well, i think that it is a very cynical move because what they are doing is using marissa alexander's case, which many of us feel is an egregious case, but they're using it to continue to use the fact that people can fire weapons, can have guns, and it's an unusual alliance of the nra and some members of the legislature. let's not forget, chris, when governor jeb bush who was then-governor in 2005 when the stand your ground law was signed by him, standing behind him was a representative of the nra. this, in many of our opinions that want to see self-defense laws changed or repealed is a shrewd way of trying to act like you're doing something because of one case but in effect not changing the basic problem and that is guns and shoot first and ask questions later and just throwing in a little caveat saying, oh, do a warning shot first but then the rest of it is the same and that is unacceptable. >> one of parts of the legislation that's proposed which would sort of get rid of the man

florida has a high rate of child death. where cases are closed, caseworkers who are overobject to the form of the questioned, under paid, and over burdened with the case files and under the pressure to close the files and move on. >> and years and years of this, how did it get to that? >> it has been going or for years. it is not just with the current legislature. it is a long time. as the judge said for years the same red flags are waving and investigations find the same red fleg flags and yet they continue to make the same mistakes. >> a multitude of leaders in this act and what is going oen there? >> it is the job in florida nobody wants. esther took the position when it became opened. in the story we talked about 427 children over five and a half years, he resigned and since 1998, eight heads of the department. no continuity and no willingness to provide the leadership. >> so much heart break for the children. tomorrow you are going to talk about the other vulnerable children in the state of florida and still children w

. >>> a florida boy tied up and starved for days. the state knew about it, but took months to act. >>> we begin with stepped-up tensions on the crimean peninsula. one day after russian president vladimir putin signed the treaty making crimea part of russia, they stormed the naval headquarters there. in ukraine the acting prime minister ordering two deputies to crimea to prevent any further escalation. phil is in kiev with the latest. let's start off with crimea. tell us about the standoff at the ukrainian naval base. >> reporter: del, what happened down at the naval headquarters is russian troops in conjunction with those self-defense groups -- those are basically the civilians in fatigues that are helping out with the russian troops -- they busted down the gates and entered into the naval headquarters. they took the commander of ukrainian naval forces into custody. the other navy personnel fled from the scene, and we are now told they have evacuated that building leaving the russians in control of that ukrainian naval base. this cam

florida state senator and florida house democratic leader is here with us. dan, you were one of a lonely few who opposed the stand your ground law when it was passed in 2005. and i want to read you something you wrote about why you were against it. you wrote, it's not the killing of an attacking criminal that stabbed your ground i'm packs. those killings will always be justified and understandable, rather, it's the driver that cut you off in traffic, the patron talking loudly in a movie theater or the guy staring too much at your girlfriend. you may feel contempt for these people and they may be obnoxious or rude or negligent but is it necessary to take their lives or create a scenario in which you or an innocent bystander's life. too many are turn out to be someone's father or son, a veteran, loves spouse, or by the grace of god, it could be you. did it turn out the way you feared it would? >> afs prosecutor for a long time before i was in the state led legislature. most of the prosecutors they they looked at this law said it was going to have precisely thi

is not allowing evidence that florida florida's meek in a finding that you cannot satisfy satisfy -- >> seems to me to follow mrs. kagan's question and i think it's a very important question we have been talking here about the inaccuracy to some extent of iq scores and your rule prevents us from getting a better understanding of whether that iq score is accurate or not because we cannot even reach the adaptive functioning prong. you prevented at the outset and you don't prevented if it's under 65 for under 70. >> you would have to satisfy it all that with respect to your question about whether adaptive functioning evidence can affect the reading of the iq we submit that is not the case. that is why the discreet inquiries so if you have multiple test scores. >> doesn't eliminate whether or not the iq test is exactly as reported or if it is subject to some decrease or increase depending on what the evidence of adaptive functioning shows? >> no your honor. that would be modern dsm but again it used to define the intellectual functioning prong is being determined exclusively exclusively

what turns the switch for the democrats in florida? you're saying it's rick scott. >> unquestionably it's rick scott and the national brand of the republican party. you know, the tea party brought the republican party into a cul-de-sac ideologically and they can't get out. >> so how does charlie crist go on the road with health care? what does he say? what's the winning message? does he run from it? run around saying "i'm going to fix it" what does he do? >> as was indicated in the miami "herald" today, he was at the function in the president in south florida, miami, last night and said he supports health care. he supports the affordable care act and he has embraced it. so he's not running from it. i can tell you that any candidate who's been around for a while reads polls. i can assure you if it was a drag he wouldn't be saying it. >> why is this governor's race so important to the democratic candidate for 2016? >> well, because we are, as you said, a megastate. there's four megastates in this country. california and new york go democ

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida reserves. the gentleman from florida, mr. hastings, is recognized. mr. hastings: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman, my good friend from florida, for yielding me the customary 30 minutes. just last week i found myself standing here managing a rule for two very similar bills. at the time i thought we were on a merry-go-round aimlessly moving in useless circles. i will stand by that analogy again today. when similar bills came before congress last session, the senate didn't pass them, the president said he would not the speaker pro tempore: them, as he has this particular legislation. it seems to me that these measures are a foregone conclusion. ultimately the same tired talking points might be a fun ride for some, but they will never actually take you anywhere. these kind of spinning in circles is a favorite tactic, it seems, of my friends on the other side of the aisle. for example, this congress has already taken 109 anti-environmental votes. last congress it was 247. these were votes against clean air,

, el caso estÁ a cargo de la uniÓn norteamericana para las libertades civiles, exigen que la florida reconozca los derechos de las parejas del mismo sexo que se han casado fuera del estado pero residen aquÍ. >> parece que hay ambiente para este tipo de medidas a nivel nacional, pero en un estado como la florida que es conservador, creen que tienen esperanzas? >> sÍ, lo que estamos demandando es tener los vemos derechos que - los mismos derechos la comunidad en general, nada especial, nada diferente. >> pero a pesar del entusiasmo, esa demanda podrÍan presentar escollos difÍciles de superar. >> no creo que mediante una sentencia la corte federal refrende estos derechos, porque va en contra de la ley de la florida. >> por su parte, la reacciÓn del gobernador fue confusa, dijo que apoya el matrimonio tradicional, pero a la vez no cree que nadie debe ser discriminado, sin importar la razÓn. mientras que en febrero, un juez federal ordenÓ al estado de kentucky a reconocer a parejas del mismo sexo que se casaron ahÍ. >> de mantenerse el ritmo podrÍa duplicarse lo proyectado durant

florida makes him pay on the other end. that's young with the alley-oop and florida advances 61-45. louisville won it all last year. next step, a repeat, taking down st. louis for a sweet 16 bid today, the bill cans not going down without a fight. second half down three, passed down low to duane evans, gets the bucket and one. 16 points for him, we're tied at 27. a couple of points later, ahead to rob lowe, loved him in st. elmo's fire. he likes that bucket too. they take a opportunity lead, but a former george mason

so delegates came from west florida, east florida, and there were selected to serve on different committees depending upon the area of expertise. one of the major controversies surrounding the constitutional convention was the issue of banking in florida. quite a lot of articles in the constitution that attempted to regulate banking in what will become the state of florida. there was a very big interest among floridians from keeping a lot of outside of the state-controlled banks from establishing themselves in the territory. they were quite adamant about keeping land speculation to an unknown. and in effect the territorial government wanted to be the ones handling a lot of the land dealings. now, the document itself mobs, this is the first portion of it. a very long document. general looking at one of the top of it. the very top of it. and if we were to lay it out it would extend across this entire table. it's unusual because this is the only known copy of the 1838 florida constitution. it's believed to be secretaries copy, and the secretary in this case would be the secretary of the consti

and the gun debate gets going, in florida and on facebook of all places. all that and more coming up. but we start with breaking news. moments ago, president obama stepped into press briefing -- into the press briefing room at the white house to talk about the unfolding events in ukraine. while congress quickly works on an aid package today. and while the president today authorized sanctions against russia, crimea's parliament voted unanimously to join the russian federation. with the referendum on the decision expected in the next 10 days. something president obama violates international law. >> the proposed referendum on crimea if this violation of international law continues, the resolve of the united states and our allies and the international community will remain firm. >> now, shortly after that speech, secretary of state john kerry traveling in rome today spoke about the referendum, as well. he held out hope for a diplomatic resolution involving russia. also, that there was no gap between european allies on how to proceed. and for more, rego to stua

florida governor supports that law. keeping this in the forefront not letting people forget exactly how this law works. they are adamant until they are able to make changes in the law. del. >> julia yarborough joining us from tallahassee, julia, thank you very much. >>> on wall street stocks off to a bad start this week. the dow is down right now 60 plus points. a slow down in chinese exports renewing concerns about the health of the global economy. >>> the keeping customers away from mcdonald's, the company reporting a larger than expected drop in sales, stiff competition was to bay as well. >>> ebay is standing up to investor carl ikon. directors that ikon named to the board. ikon owns a portion of the company. >> jeep and dodge sport yutes, problems with the brake fluid causing, problems, made 2012 and 2013. >>> a candlelight vigil marking the anniversary of the fukushima disaster, to commemorate the victims of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in japan. 150,000 people left their homes. >> japan's northeastern coast is

florida? >> how long have i been? congress? >> yeah. >> well, about the civil war i came to congress, but we still have many more changes to make. i'm optimistic that we can make those changes in the house, take over the senate repeal obamacare. i hoe wet get enough votes to overrun it. >> i have to leave it there. i wanted to point out you've seen a lot of legislation come and go. you're working hard on this. >>> we will be right back after this. thank you for joining us. [ woman ] i've always tried to see things from the best angle i could. it's how i look at life. especially now that i live with a higher risk of stroke due to afib, a type of irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. i was taking warfarin but wondered, could i focus on something better? my doctor told me about eliquis for three important reasons. one, in a clinical trial eliquis was proven to reduce the risk of stroke better than warfarin. two, eliquis had less major bleeding than warfarin. and three, unlike warfarin there's no routine blood te

this is at florida and 25th 25th street. you can see the officers there and the evidence marker there as well. information is still coming in. we have several live crews on the story. what we know right now is the officer is in stable condition. good evening, i'm ama daetz. abc7 news reporter nick smith is live. an intense investigation is underway there now. reporter: absolutely. i just want to repeat something you just said because it's important for everyone to know that the officer will be fine. the chief with the san francisco police department is at san francisco general right now. we have crews at general and a crew on scene and a crew in daly city. first, i want you to look over my shoulder. we have more than two dozen officers on the scene here on florida street. this where is our shooting happened. in the 1300 block of florida street. it started with a traffic stop. sometime just before 3:00 this afternoon, shots were fired and at least one officer was hit. we understand he was struck in his arm. it was a needless

florida. the national weather service issued a tornado watch for portions of central and southern florida until 7:00 p.m. eastern. now, several tornadoes and damaging winds up to 70 miles per hour are likely according to meteorologists. we'll keep an eye on that. heartbreaking details today after the dramatic rescue of three children whose mother drove their minivan into a powerful surf. florida officials say police stopped the pregnant south carolina woman hours before but they saw no reason to detain her. rescuers helped pulled her and her children to safety yesterday, as the minivan surf deeper into the ocean. police believe she drove into the water on purpose. one rescuer said one of the little boys inside shocked him. >> he said please help us our mom is trying to kill us. when he said that, i just -- i lost all feeling. all i could think about, we're getting the kids out. >> again all the kids were out and safe. right now they're in child protective services. authorities say they're goin

the daily beat, despite their loss in florida democrats shouldn't panic, forbes, why the florida congressional choice is not a problem. and the new republic saying a loss in florida shows democratic candidates need more obamacare, not less. more obamacare, brent, i mean, this is -- you know, people who don't sort of stay abreast of these races and just see these headlines can walk away with a completely different impression. >> yeah, but they're in absolute denial of what is going on all over the country. megyn, you know it is certifiable truth. had the democrat won the race last night every network and all of the media outlets you just cited every single one would be talking about how this is a referendum on obamacare and obamacare won. every single won. so if that is true then when they lose the opposite should be the truth. >> brent, good to see you. >> thank you, megyn. >>> well, breaking tonight, a third person now confirmed dead in a massive explosion in harlem, new york this morning. nine other people who live in the two apartment buildings are unaccounted for at this hour. trace gallag

lou: breaking news now from florida. as you see there, the 13th district special election, race is tight as we expected but jolly, the republican, is opening up a bit. 98% of the precincts reporting. jolly is now up, the republican candidate by nearly two percentage points over democrat alex sink. just over 3,000 votes. libertarian, lucas overby, playing the role of the spoiler in this election, pulling in just shy of 5%. we'll keep you updated. a winner could be announced, we have no idea of course, how the remaining precincts will come out. and we will have that to you as soon as it occurs. and we'll update wherever we are at the end of this broadcast at the top of the hour. >>> an american astronaut, two russian cosmonauts returning safely today from the international space station. despite strong winds and freezing temperatures and, in kazakhstan. yes, we have russia to thank for their successful return. these are the russian ground crew, carrying the cosmonauts and astronauts back from the capsule because of course

he worked out at the same gym with him in boston before he moved down to florida. starting on april 21st, remember the bombing was april 15th. this is less than a week after the boston marathon bombings. on april 21st, law enforcement started interviewing him. they interviewed him multiple times in conjunction with their investigation of the marathon bombing. it has still never been alleged that ibragim todashev had a connection to the bombing other than knowing one of the suspects. that got him intense attention from the fbi, including several of his friends being not just questioned but also being arrested and being deported from this country on immigration charges including ibragim todashev's girlfriend who he was living with at the time in orlando, florida. on may 21st, of last year, 5 weeks after the marathon bombings, a month after they'd first started questioning ibragim tadashev over his connection to the boston bombing, fbi agents and massachusetts state troopers again sought to question mr. todashev. they previously interviewed him multiple times and he p

the notion that the florida legislature -- may i finish my sentence - it says the people of florida have made a considered decision not to account for the se is baselessm and belied by the legislative report that accompanies the statute which said 70-75, thank you. >> council? that oral argument was from last week. the supreme court is taking a break from hearing oral arguments this week. several cases are coming before the court later this month and in good one dealing with the contraceptive mandate in the health care law, specifically whether secular, for-profit corporations are entitled to an exemption on religious grounds offering plans that cover contraceptives. the court will also hear arguments in whether secret service agents can be sued for keeping protesters blocks away from the president during public appearances. those orals to cover arguments later this month. coming up live, in about an hour, we will go to the white house for today's press briefing with press spokesman jay carney greatly expected here about the white house meeting with the new head of ukraine government. th

walk into a nursing home in florida. there is a good chance you may see some very young, vulnerable residents there. more than 100 medically fragile children riv in long-term care and has prompted at a time the government suing the state charging kids' civil rights are being violated. america tonight correspondent sheila mcviccer takes us inside one of these nursing homes and inside one parent's struggle to bring his son home. this is hidden camera video from inside a florida nursing home. children in wheelchairs parked at a place called kids' corner near fort lauderdale? >> it's more like a facility of stora storage, of storing the kids. >> marcella martinez knows something about kids' corner. his son, andrew, has lived there for more than a year. andrew martinez was an outgoing high school senior. his goal was to become a firefighter when a freak incident changed his life. >> we are on our way to meet andrew martinez. he is nearly 21, just 10 days after his 18th birthday, he had a cardiac arrest and oxygen deprivation

let's talk about florida i14. lots of interesting things about this, not least of which is that alex sink was a former gubernatorial candidate and now trying to get into the house. tell us a little bit about the district that she's running in. >> well, it's a quintessential swing district. pinellas county used to be fairly republican. obama carried it twice and alex sink carried it, a district that could really go either way. alex in a lot of ways is the perfect candidate. it's a district that generally is sort of fiscally fairly conservative, socially fairly moderate, suburban district, a decent number of retirees and she fits sort of the right mode of a non-ideological pragmatic problem solver and if you look in pinellas county recently, democrats elected a mayor in st. petersburg which crosses over part of this district so a very similar kind of platform so i suspect that alex will win. it will be a close election tonight. $9 million or $10 million spent down there but i think she will pull out a narrow victory

look at all the coast of florida. look over here at the tremendous apalachicola oyster estuary under water, so forth and so on. that's what prominent scientific organizations have estimated at the end of this century, a three-foot rise in the sea and 14 million, a population over the course of the next few decades will double, 28 million people living on the coast of florida, they're going to be under water. now, why aren't people paying attention? mr. president, before i came to the senate i had one of the toughest jobs i've ever had in elected public service. i was the elected insurance commissioner of florida and the task fell to me in the aftermath of the monster storm, hurricane andrew, to resuscitate the insurance marketplace back to life. and back then in the early 1990's you could see what monster storms -- read warming of the climate, more warm ocean temperatures, more frequence frequencey -- frequency and ferocity of storms -- so as the then insurance commissioner, i tried to go to the insurance companies to

ros-lehtinen, for -- from florida, ms. ros-lehtinen, for authoring this important resolution, also for her dedication for so many years on these important issues. it's been a pleasure working with her through the years. the eyes of the world are on venezuela. as the president and his security forces crackdown on peaceful protesters, it is an absolute tragedy that 17 people havedown killed and 261 people have been injured during recent protests throughout the country. it sounds a little bit like ukraine, doesn't it? i was particularly disturbed when the government issued an arrest warrant for opposition leader lopez on trumped up charges. mr. lopez turned himself in on february 18, and is currently being held at a prison at a military facility. by the way, the election that supposed -- supposedly elected mr. maduro are in question because there never was a recount. the ballots were destroyed before there could be a recount. i'm so deeply troubled by the crackdown on press freedom in venezuela. the columbian news network was

south florida has become a model for regional cooperation on this issue. a four county climate change compacts projections were turned into an action plan with more than 100 recommendations, these are now being reviewed. some have been adopted by county governments. broward county mayor kristin jacobs has been at the forefront of south florida climate change discussions and has earned national recognition for her work. >> i see the biggest obstacles for us in going forward are term limits. when you consider the leaders that are necessary, the cheerleaders that are necessary to continue pulling this very heavy train forward. and without that leadership, the one that casts the vote, the one that decides the budget, the one that directs their staff resources to any given priority, if you don't have that at any given time this could all fall apart. >> reporter: but these plans come at a high price, something always politically difficult. as a member of the compact, former county commissioner katy sorenson has been an advocate for planning for the coming change

does a florida special election win mean the wind is at republicans' backs this fall? the world wide web turns twenty- five. plus, a landmark report delves into the sex trade. >> woodruff: as tensions with russia continue to rise over crimea, one of ukraine's new leaders arrived at the white house seeking assurances from president obama. hari sreenivasan reports. >> sreenivasan: it was a public show of solidarity meant to bolster ukraine and deter russia. the interim ukrainian prime minister, arseniy yatsenyuk, used it to appeal again for u.s. and western backing. >> we fight for freedom, independence and we will never surrender. >> sreenivasan: the president said washington does stand ready to aid ukraine with a billion dollars in loan guarantees. and he insisted again, the u.s. will not accept russia's takeover of crimea. if he does not, i'm very confident that the international community will stand behind the iraqian government in preserving is unity and its territorial integrity. >> sreenivasan: the white house meeting unfolded as the u.s. navy began joint exercise

but responding to the earlier question, it is not that florida is not allowing evidence of florida is making a finding they cannot. that is why you don't. >> it seems to me to follow from justice pagan's question and it is a very important question, we have been talking here about the inaccuracy, to some extent, of iq scores. in your rule prevents us from getting a better understanding of weather that i.q. score is accurate and not because we cannot even reach the adaptive functioning problem ido prevent it if it is under 70. >> you would have to satisfy all three. >> the reading of the iq, we submit that is not the case. that is why these are discreet inquiries. via multiple test scores -- >> very close cases, doesn't eliminate whether or not the i.q. test is exactly as reported or to some -- increase to a decrease depending on what the evidence of adaptive function shows. >> that will be the position of the modern dsm. ague's define the intellectual function. >> i will read it again. it refers to the adaptive function. >> you made a mistake. there is an adaptive function inquiry. th

only after a chance encounter results in the police being called to his home in florida. the sharon glass case is not an isolated incident. florida's department of children and families dcf has been under fire for years for letting child abuse cases slip through the cracks often with deadly results. according to the agency's own figures in the past five and a half years to june 2013 there were 872 confirmed child abuse deaths, and in 437 of those cases the families were known to dcf. >> i don't want any child to die, whether they were seen by dcf or not. >> reporter: esther runs the department of children and families. >> many of these cases the people who stepped up whether they're teachers, somebody else who has some kind of access to that family say they were ignored, and that nothing was done. >> an investigation occurred. either they're isolated case where is they take allegations seriously. those are dealt with individually, but it is certainly--especially a teacher who calls in, something that we should take very seriously always. >> when she took over last summer

in florida? [ laughter ] >> i sent a little email to my brother who is a basketball fan. he helped me. and then florida wins it all 84- 77. >> that could happen. >> louisville won it all last year. >> i picked some of the same teams as you. i thought that was a good sign. >> i always like to pick the favorite with a few upsets to mix it up. i don't know. that's my strategy anyway. >> well, do not forget about the cbs local bracket challenge. you can play against us and others across the country. just go to our website for the details. >> yeah. we are going to keep track. >> we are. >> for the next few weeks we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, beep-bop-boop-bop boop-beep. [monotone] she says, "switch to progressive and you could save hundreds." call or click today. >>> let's check the pollen report for today. you have all that sunshine coming our way but we are going to see some elevated pollen levels the next few days getting very high right into the weekend. >> and this crash in the dublin gra

this is a state level prosecutor in florida. there were no witnesses outside of the fbi agents and massachusetts state troopers who in the room, who were interviewing him when he was killed. they came that he was going to confess to a triple murder. we haven't seen any written confession, we haven't seen any recording of the interview, we haven't heard or seen any reliable account other than from anonymous sources who always seem to say that the agents did nothing wrong. so the florida report is going to be hugely important here. it may be the only independent information we get on this. we have been waiting for that report since august. late last month it was announced that the investigation results would be completed by the end of this month. it was believed to be tuesday would be the big day, next tuesday. law enforcement leak, another big leak in the story, wouldn't you know it, a big self-exculpatory leak. law enforcement officials unnamed of course, not only will the department of justice not charge anybody in the fbi, tha

and then it comes down to florida and louisville in the championship game and florida wins it all, 84-77 against the cardinal. >> we have a mix of winners there. >> i think you have a shot. florida is the number one pick overall. >> i just learned that. [ laughter ] >> good job. good job, brother david. >> march madness don't forget about the cbs local bracketed challenge. you can play against us and others across the country. check it out at our website, kpix.com. >>> time now 6:52. the wet mess in san leandro early this morning. what caused this huge fountain of water. >> a homicide near the vta tracks makes for a tough morning commute down in san jose. we have a live update on the investigation coming up. ,,,,,,,, female announcer: during sleep train's big gift event get a $200 best buy gift card with purchase of selected mattress sets. or, get 24-months interest-free financing. sleep train's big gift event is ending soon. ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance.ould yep, everybody knows that. well, did you know the ancient py

the race for governor of florida? former florida governor charlie crist is trying to become governor again. she a democrat now but was a republican then. now against rick scott is a tossup according to a new poll released by the university of north florida. the economy and health care are big factors. cuba could become one, too he now supports lifting the embargo that has been in place for more than 50 years. last month senator rubio deliver ad withering speech on the senate floor with the suggestion is embargo should be lifted. >> you think cuba is a paradise? you think it is an exam and model we should be polling? you are free to say that, in the press and anywhere you want. we are free here to come here and tell the truth. we are free here to come and denounce the violation of human. >> this week our colleagues at nbc latino report on the changing attitudes towards the embargo among cuban exiles in florida. overing the weekend, i traveled to miami to take the pulse of cubans in the neighborhood they call little hav