Story and has new details tonight. Reporter top brass in Prince Georges County say that report you mentioned absolves them that the it is now case closed. However, there are questions about how the investigation was conducted, who was interviewed, who was not. The biggest question now will there be another investigation by the state with new evidence and whistleblowers coming forward . Fighting back against corruption claims, Prince Georges County schools gave us this report. It says a year ago the Us Department of education got a whistleblower tip alleging the ceo of schools was forcing educators to change grades to boost the graduation rate. In december a representative from the Maryland State Department of ed was sent to investigate. She met with ceo dr. Kevin maxwell and says she asked him to identify others with whom she could talk to. In january she spent several hours interviewing maxwell and four brought in. None of them recalled any complaints that grades had been changed. The
It still pretty quiet but we do have slow traffic on the tracy commute and 205 and 580. Westbound interstate 580 and 205 are going to be busy. 205 is slow coming up on the triangle. When you get into the main part of livermore, it looks good into dublin and out to Castro Valley. The commute on interstate 880 looks good and for the the Oakland Airport exit. If youre driving to the bay bridge, we do not have much of a crowd yet. This should change by 5 30 am. Lets go back to the desk. Cal fire crews are battling a brush fire that started near san jose yesterday. This started as a little fire on metcalf road near san felipe road, east of highway 101 in the foothills near san jose. Cal fires most recent report shows 40 acres have burned. The flames are 40 contained. This started as a car fire that spread to nearby grass. Firefighters say shifting wind and high temperatures made it hard to fight this. The thick smoke could be seen for several miles. One woman was relieved the fire was not a
House majority whip Steve Scalise and three others were wounded. The word ceremony was held in the white house east room. A word ceremony was held in the white house east room. Ladies and gentlemen, the Vice President of the United States. Vice president pence please be seated. To members of congress, our distinguished guests. Members of the Law Enforcement community from all across the United States. On behalf of the first family, welcome to the white house. And welcome to american heroes week here in our nations capitol. One month ago today, america woke to shocking news. That a gunman had opened fire on a baseball diamond just south of our nations capitol. But in the wake of that horrific attack, our nation was deeply inspired by the heroism of americas First Responders. And we celebrate that today. Today, President Trump will pay a debt of gratitude to the men and women who inspired the nation that day. And all they represent. This week, good news. The nation rejoiced with word tha
House majority whip Steve Scalise and three others were wounded. The word ceremony was held in the white house east room. A word ceremony was held in the white house east room. Ladies and gentlemen, the Vice President of the United States. Vice president pence please be seated. To members of congress, our distinguished guests. Members of the Law Enforcement community from all across the United States. On behalf of the first family, welcome to the white house. And welcome to american heroes week here in our nations capitol. One month ago today, america woke to shocking news. That a gunman had opened fire on a baseball diamond just south of our nations capitol. But in the wake of that horrific attack, our nation was deeply inspired by the heroism of americas First Responders. And we celebrate that today. Today, President Trump will pay a debt of gratitude to the men and women who inspired the nation that day. And all they represent. This week, good news. The nation rejoiced with word tha
Off topic but i want to run it by you anyway. Is the president aware of the story of the staff who worked for the florida congresswoman who was recently arrested attempting to leave the country. I they aware of that particular circumstance and is he satisfied with the pace of the investigation. I have not had a conversation with him specifically about it. Its something we should fully look into. And there should be a thorough investigation. If to make it count. He wrote into family members. I want to extend my sincere apologies. That was inserted into the jamboree. As the president there. I was at that event and i saw nothing but roughly 40 to 45,000 boy scouts cheering them on. And i think they were pretty excited that they were there. And happy to hear him speak. [indiscernible] a lot of them had expressed frustration in the need of that. I was at that event. And i heard nothing but a lot of cheering and probably one of the most energetic crowds ive seen in front of the president. I