Sexual assault. Marianne rafferty is live with a fight that is escalating across the country. Marianne good evening. Reporter good evening trace. In his opinion temporarily blocking rules j David F Bowman says he hopes the state and School Boards can negotiate in good faith and strike a balance between protecting transgender students and the rights of parents to bring up their kids. Three School Districts in Monmouth County were sued by the state back in june after adopting policies that require teachers and staff to inform a parent if their child wanted to use pronouns or School Facilities that did not conform to their sex at birth. That injunction is temporary while the larger case plays out in the states civil rights division. Temperature attorney representing the Marlboro Board Of Education saying that process could take years. In the meantime he writes the School District is now severely constrained in its ability to notify parents about important issues involving their minor chil
lives, the finger pointing of what went wrong continues including why fire crews ran out of water finding countless dry hydrants. there has been a great deal of water conflict on maui for many years. people have been fighting against the release of waters to fight fires. reporter: that includes state water commission deputy director manuel, seen here last year talking about how water must be revered. let s let water connect us and not divide us. we can share it but it requires true conversations about equity. reporter: the company which owns land in lahaina claims manuel denied an emergency request to move more water from streams into reservoirs that supply city water including fire hydrants. manuel said they had to clear it with native hawaiian farmers. in a letter they said by the time they got that approval it was too late writing quote no one is happy there is water in the streams while our homes, our