outside in brooklyn. school is still in session. prompting parents to keep their kids home. bill: nate foye is live in brooklyn. what are you hearing there? good morning. good morning. you can see parents are protesting at ps172 for a second straight day. after a pta meeting last night, many parents are holding a no-show protest holding kids home from school until this policy is reversed. this comes after yesterday where the pta co-president tells me 30% of the school was absent. 142 kids did not show up to school. i m joined now by rosie. she is a concerned grandmother. you have a grandson that goes to the school. you were at the pta meeting last night. what happened at that meeting? many questions were asked by the parents. we didn t get no concrete answers at all. we don t have no information. the mayor s office had a representative at that meeting. what did he say about your concern? most of the time he said he didn t know. he was not sure. no answers at all.
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bravery to nine public safety officers including two who died in the line of duty. the ceremony is underway, let s listen in. we re incredibly proud of all of you, skpi mean that, incredibly proud of all of you, and we re going to have your back as long as we need to, as long as you re engaged. in just the past two weeks, our nation has observed a national fallen firefighters memorial weekend, national police weekend, national peace memorial officers day. and i ve also hosted this event several times as president and vice president and cosponsored a bill that created the medal of freedom when i was a u.s. senator, the medal of valor when i was a u.s. senator. these are the same these are some of the most meaningful things that i do as president because knowing you, meeting your families, looking in your eyes, seeing your courage gives me so much hope for the country. this is not hyperbole, you represent the very best of us, you represent the best of who we are as american
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a police sergeant in texas jumping into action, stopping a potential mass shooting at a mall while working a side job as a security guard, a move that may have saved a group of children getting ready to compete in a dance competition inside the building. cnn s rosa flores reports on how he went beyond the call of duty to save lives. reporter: kendrick simpo received the medal of valor. i think it s one of the hardest jobs in america. reporter: the highest award the president can bestow upon a public safety officer. he prevented a mass shooting at the largest shopping mall in texas while working security last year. this is what i signed up for. reporter: a 14-year veteran of the houston police