Well take a look at the sevenday forecast in a few. Right now, emily west is here with your commute. Still busy on the roads. Fdr, new accident here northbound near 79th street. Two lanes blocked. You can see the backup. Goes all the way into the 40s. Definitely just take your time this morning and be very, very cautious. Garden state parkway southbound, exit 145 to 280, a right lane blocked here with a crash. More weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. Thank you. New this morning, a tragedy in manhattan. A man died in some sort of elevator accident just after midnight. First responders rushed to 131 broome street on the lower east side. Today in new yorks Katherine Creag is there with what were learning about the building this happened in. Reporter as you said, what a tragedy that happened here. Even more bizarre for the people going in and out of this building. They tell us the elevators are working right now. Theres no sign, no notice that something tragic happened here. From a ma
Admissions scam ever prosecuted. Dozens of wealthy parents including permanent Business Leaders of two hollywood actresses charged in the scheme includes bribes, doctored Entrance Exam scores and fake athletic achievements. All indicating the children admitted to elite colleges and universities across the country. Lets bring in wall street journal columnist, and deputy editor, dan heninger, columnist jason riley and Kate Batchelder odell. Kate, what does this episode tell us about the state of colleges and admissions process in america. Paul, i think the public has really been fascinated by the story and watching this pretty closely because i think it confirms what a lot of people thought independently which is that the College Admissions process can be a bit of a racket. And sometimes without even committing crimes. I think there is a perception that you can buy your way into a wealthy school either by donating a building or by name for the best test prep or paint for the best activit
Entrance exam scores and fake athletic achievements all aimed at getting their children enrolled in elite columns across the country. Lets bring in Dan Henninger, jason reillyin and editorial pae writer kate to dell. What does this episode tell us about the state of colleges and the admissions process in america . Well, paul, i think the public has really been fascinated by the story and watching it pretty closely because i think it confirms what a lot of people thought independently which is that the College Admissions process can be a bit of a racket, and sometimes without even committing crimes. I think there is a perception that you can buy your way in by donating as building or paying for the best test prep or paying activities for your kid. So i think it confirmed a lot of the perception that the already existed even though, obviously, doctoring test scores and faking profiles is an entirely different class of behavior. Paul theres a big difference, kate, between somebody who goe