Gillian 4 00 a. M. Thanks for having me. Im Gillian Turner and this is americas newsroom. The threat a repeating third grade now is being designed to motivate students to work harder in school as some schools are struggling to overcome major setbacks lingering from the pandemic. Bill third grade is a critical benchmark. Those who cant read are four times more likely to drop out of school. Gillian memphis, tennessee, 76 of third graders there right now not proficient in reading. Only 1 of those students were held back a year. Bill at problem chronic absenteeism. More than a quarter of students are missing at least 10 of the school year. It puts them of greater risk of dropping out. The governor from arkansas Sarah Huckabee sanders with us yesterday. We have to get back to the basics of teaching math, reading, writing and american history. We cannot perpetuate a lie to our students and push this Propaganda Leftist Agenda Teaching our kids to hate america and hate one another. Its one of
night, 9:00 live from milwaukee, wisconsin. that will be a battleground state yet again. martha and bret kick it off at 9:00. dana and i have the pre-game at 8:30. before that we have america s newsroom on wednesday morning and also thursday morning for the post-game show live from milwaukee. so a big week next week stay tuned. all right. dana: set your dvrs. also this now. maui s emergency services chief has resigned. this amid heavy criticism after he decided not to activate warning sirens across the island during last week s wildfires. robert ray joins us from maui this hour. hi, robert. hi, yeah, good morning. the 3:00 a.m. hour here in hawaii and indeed breaking news. yesterday evening the emergency management chief resigned citing health reasons as criticism has been mounting. the attorney general of hawaii putting out an independent investigation into the way that everything was handled here a
all over america. they have been very frustrated. they are so thrilled that we have a new idea, that we re going to support them and work together to properly, lawfully fight the rising crime that we re seeing. it s an honor to be able to serve you in that regard. you sent the exact right message, and it s being responded the response is fabulous around the country. richard, what do you think of that? all joking aside, it has been reported that the president and the attorney general s relationship has been on thin ice. what do you make of this exchange today? well, i don t know what to make of that. everybody in the room was busy kissing up to the boss there. that was really quite a show. but, you know, i support the
the block on the ban. douglas chin, the attorney general of hawaii, joins me now. good evening to you, sir. you re all smiles today. what s your reaction to the decision? well, we were very encouraged by the decision that came out from the ninth circuit court of appeals. that was a decision that confirmed that our injunction against the travel ban should stand, and the reason for it was entirely new reason, that had not been really raised by the courts before. we ve been raising it in our briefs from the very beginning. but essentially what they were finding is the problem with the travel ban is that it violates our federal immigration laws. and specifically, the immigration and nationality act. there s this provision that s in the immigration and nationality act where they say that the president does have the authority to ban entry of
him here and whether all of this intrigue is helping or hurt rg. . and a bizarre cabinet meeting. another setback for president trump s travel ban. the president s own tweets working against him. we ll talk to one of the key players this the travel ban. the attorney general of hawaii joins us, next. my business was built with passion. but i keep it growing by making every dollar count. that s why i have the spark cash card from capital one. with it, i earn unlimited 2% cash back on all of my purchasing. and that unlimited 2% cash back from spark means thousands of dollars each year going back into my business. which adds fuel to my bottom line.