Of course the biggest story of the day was the IA Caucus..but did you hear the rest?

In some Dallas zip codes, 60% of Black women have HIV.  That shouldn't be a :29 second mention on the news as it was.  I tied that in with this DISD program for troubled black girls.  Some of the girls were saying "some teachers don't want us there" and "we're being told you can't do it [succeed]".

Who's telling these girls to think like that?  Where is that coming from?

From their dad?  No, b/c he's not there (72% black kids born out of wedlock)

From BET?  No, they're telling them they're a "ho"

From their Pastor?  No, he's telling them the FBI is after black folks like John Wiley Price and that DPD goes out of its way to kill black folks.

What child has a future with this?  What school can educate a kid who has no father and no self esteem?

These girls have no self esteem.  That's why they lay down with men who use them like a piece of meat.  I'm glad the school's trying to help, but the real problem is the family, not the school.  I hope you heard the calls on this one, including from a Principal and teachers.

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The day afer we talked about the Iranian-British Dr. who's sister and family were killed in the Grapevine Christmas Day massacre..the Dr. called for guns to be banned here, like in Britain...

..the day after that discussion..I told you the story of an OKC area woman, just North of us on 35, who's husband passed away from cancer on Christmas day.

A strange man approached her at the funeral and said he'd show up at her house.

A few days later, this tiny 18 year old woman and her 9 month old baby were home alone when the guy returned with a 12 inch bladed hunting knife at her door..with another man. 

She called 911 as they attempted to enter through each door. 

She put a bottle in her baby's mouth and went and got her deceased husband's shotgun and pistol.

She wanted so badly NOT to shoot, that she asked the operator if she COULD.

The second the 24 year old broke into the door, she shot and killed him.  The other man turned himself in.

If that Iranian-British Dr. got his way, he'd have left that woman to herself to be raped and killed..and her baby.

You know, it's funny..one of the folks posting on CBS 11's website on this story said "people love their guns more than their kids".  Well, in this case, the gun SAVED the kid.  If there was no gun, the kid would be DEAD.

See you tomorrow at 4p!

-Chris