being academically talented was celebrated? schools are eliminating honors classes for one size fits all racial equity. one los angeles school district is doing it to quote level the playing field, close quote. but parents aren t buying it. listen to this. in baltimore, 23 schools have zero students proficient in math. and chicago, no students are proficient in math or reading. here to fix it, our good friend dr. drew. how to fix this, you are putting lot on my plate. brian: you probably studied a lot and it came easy and you needed class to challenge you.
neighborhood of east palestine, surrounding towns that aren t buying it. count my next guest is in the latter group. good to have you, you re what, a few miles away from east palestine. maybe you can help me out? yeah, 3.5 miles away. we could smell the chemicals when it all happened and i actually live right beside leslie run where it dumps into bull creek. neil: how was it there the day of the derailment and what you saw, what you experienced and obviously, what you had to deal with. i did not hear it. i live in a valley so things are pretty muted, but we caught word that it happened and we actually went up to see what was going on. now i feel that i probably shouldn t have done that, but we could smell it when i got up
they are symptomatic, of course, after this toxic spill and the train derailment. what more are you learning from residents there? reporter: yeah, good morning, yasmin. you re right, outrage is the key thing. apart from the head of the epa, j.d. vance is going to be here. some people are returning to town. others are staying away because they feel their health is in jeopardy. this comes as officials say, look, we ve done a lot of testing and the air and water quality is safe, but a lot of folks say they simply aren t buying it. overnight, tempers flaring at a heated town hall. this isn t about you, it s about us as a whole. reporter: it s been nearly two weeks since a train operated by norfolk southern carrying hazardous chemicals derailed and caught fire. we re being railroaded by the railroad. reporter: people worried about their health point to the death of thousands of fish in
cost of a ticket, and it s unclear who determines those fees. i don t know where the answer lies. no one s taking responsibility. transparency would be helpful to know what the fees are, is that right? absolutely. the market can t work well without transparency. clearly there isn t transparency when no one knows who sets the fees. this has started to gain a lot of attention, especially with a bipartisan group of senators in mid-november. that is when ticketmaster s site crashed during a taylor swift presale. thousands of fans lashed out after waiting in an online queue for hours. ticketmaster blamed it on a bot attack to jack up the price on the secondary market. but senators on both sides of the aisle aren t buying it. if you care about the consumer, cap the price. cut out the bots.
to find some oxygen. mr putin s ceasefire offer follows an appeal from the russian orthodox patriarch, kirill, who said a ceasefire would allow believers to attend church. russia s orthodox church observes christmas on 7th of january, but ukraine s main orthodox church and many of its believers reject the authority of the moscow patriarch, and have instead celebrated christmas on 25 december, in unity with the west. let s go live to kyiv and our correspondent there, hugo bachega. hugo, ukraine completely rejecting this idea of a truce? the hugo, ukraine completely re ecting this idea of a truce? this idea of a truce? the ukrainians aren t buying this idea of a truce? the ukrainians aren t buying it. this idea of a truce? the ukrainians aren t buying it, and this idea of a truce? the ukrainians aren t buying it, and the this idea of a truce? the ukrainians aren t buying it, and the country s i aren t buying it, and the country s foreign minister said that this cease fire cannot