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She was polite about not checking her watch, but I could tell she was concerned about the time. Michelle Obama had spent the day campaigning in Iowa and now she was spending time with me, but her heart was already headed to Chicago where her two little girls were waiting for Mommy. As a mother of five children under the age of 12, it's a tug I know well -- you've memorized the flight number and departure time of the last plane home.
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Link to thisEditor's note: Janet reported this story tonight as part of our continuing series on immigration, "Whose America?" Click here to watch the video.
Gabriella is like many 5-year-olds who walk to school every day. One hand clutches a furry frog backpack, the other clings tightly to her mother. But that's where the similarities seem to end. For Gabriela, a U.S. citizen, the trip to kindergarten starts in Juarez, Mexico, and ends at her elementary school in El Paso, Texas.
More than 1,000 students make a similar trek across the Santa Fe Bridge every day in a dedicated "fast lane." Some are in private school. Their parents pay tuition. Others are college students. Hundreds of others are, like Gabriella, attending public school. To do this, parents need proof they live in or are property owners in the El Paso district.
Photo caption: Two girls cross the border on the Santa Fe Bridge. Photo by NBC News.
Discuss (6 comments) Email this | Link to this”Turn OFF the computer, we’re late for soccer,” I called upstairs for the third time yesterday. It’s been like that in our house lately. When the computer is on, my children lose their hearing. What a reversal from times when parents used to fight to get their kids to stop playing baseball and come in for dinner or homework. Now, it can be a struggle to get them outside to play.
Discuss (1 comments) Email this | Link to thisIt was 10 years and more than 500 babies ago. Debbe Magnusen was sitting in her home in southern California, watching the evening news. A story that garnered only 15 seconds of airtime would change her life forever.
A baby boy, a few hours old, was left to die in a dumpster, just a few minutes from Debbe's home. She couldn't get it off her mind. Not that night, not a week, not even a month later. Her grief over an infant she didn't know gave birth to Project Cuddle, a nationwide crisis hotline (1-888-628-3353) for girls and women who are pregnant and frightened. She offers them maternity clothes, prenatal care and a hand to hold in the delivery room. She also helps find families for the babies -- 564 of them over the past 10 years.
Discuss (3 comments) Email this | Link to thisThe trip to Grand Rapids, Mich., felt like an overdue trip home. A long time ago, I worked at the NBC affiliate here and spent many a day at the Gerald R. Ford Museum when the President was in town for a birthday or other celebration.
The mood is decidedly different today. The flag, limp at half staff, seems to know.
Discuss (1 comments) Email this | Link to thisAlong Chicago's Kennedy Expressway, still miles from O'Hare Airport, signs that usually warn of traffic accidents and weather delays are now flashing unlikely advisories about hair gel and lotion. And it's impossible to miss the "Orange Alert" sign in red letters at the airport's entrance.
O'Hare is always busy, but the fog blanketing the city was, or course, just part of the reason for the delays. Two hours was not uncommon. By mid-afternoon, the large bins set out near security checkpoints for as-of-today not allowed water bottles and lip gloss were no longer overflowing, as they had been earlier. Alert travelers packed those in their checked luggage. Bags awaiting screening by the TSA often outnumbered passengers.
Discuss (3 comments) Email this | Link to thisTonight's installment in our Making a Difference series introduces you to the sheriff of Peoria County, Ill. But it was more than 400 miles from his jurisdiction where I caught up with Mike McCoy. I met him in Memphis. And he wasn't walking. This 57-year-old grandfather was running, for the 25th year, in a relay he founded as a fund-raiser for kids with cancer. Like any home-grown event, it started small and with all kinds of problems. Unlike most local charity events, Mike's annual trek between Memphis and Peoria has gone big time. When the relay ends tomorrow in Peoria, Mike will have raised more than $12 million for the St. Jude Children's Hospital.
Discuss (3 comments) Email this | Link to thisOur report about child caregivers last night generated a considerable response. You can read the script and watch the video here. We've heard from a number of viewers who cared for an ailing mom or dad when they were children. The stories are told with tenderness and without sadness for the sacrifices made. We also heard from parents who are on the receiving end of a child's care, remarkable stories of young people who are acting with maturity beyond their years. Many of you asked to see the report, conducted by the National Alliance for Caregiving in collaboration with the United Hospital Fund. Here is a link to a .PDF file of the report.
Discuss (1 comments) Email this | Link to thisWhat parent hasn't endured a grocery store run with a child in tow, begging for a sugary cereal or high-calorie snack? As a mom of young children, it's a struggle in my own kitchen. The low-sugar oatmeal is often left untouched, as the troops scour the pantry for the cartoon character cereal they saw on television.
Tonight, we'll examine a major study on the effects of food marketing on the diets and health of children. A nation of young people are being bombarded with sales pitches for low-nutrition food, at a time when childhood obesity rates are at an all-time high. The study reveals children as young as two are targets of these persuasive ads.
We'll talk to a suburban mom with four children about her strategies, and hear the panel's recommendations for limiting this kind of marketing.
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