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
Lawyers for donald trump approaching a 5 00 p. M. Deadline as prosecutors push to limit what the former president can say about the federal case against him. And after years of dodging the question, Governor Ron Desantis bluntly said, of course trump lost the 2020 election, as the former president s rival tried to reset his campaign. Plus pink is in the new green. Barbie and taylor twist and beyonce proving to be big business for the u. S. Economy. Welcome to the lead. Im Bianna Golodryga in for jake tapper. We start today with our Law And Justice lead. Donald trump is on the clock. His lawyers have just minutes to let a judge know what they think about a request that would block trump from sharing some of the evidence in the january 6 case. Prosecutors say if trump were to start publicly talking about or posting about evidence in the case, it could have a Chilling Effect on witnesses and they point to this post trump shared on truth social on friday. Where he wrote, quote, if you go a
Young people involved a pass. We have looked you dont come to get free game boys and bring smoke bombs. And bring in 80s and bring other disruptive items. We believe there was some outside influencers that may have had attempted to aggravate the situation. Dana eerily similar to the looting of a gas station in chicago by a group of teens but the citys mayor also seems willing to make excuses. I talk about mob actions i didnt say that. These large gatherings hold on a second. I promise you we have time to talk. Its important that we speak of these dynamics in an appropriate way, that is not to obfuscate what is taking place. To refer to children as baby al capone is not appropriate to. Dana is crime rate just out of control people take matters into their own hands. Police say they are investigating a wild incident involving two 7eleven employees that thwarted a robbery and one of whom beat the thief with a stick and you saw that story on fox. Blaming outside agitators when thousands of
Other throwing smoke bombs and fireworks. Mayor eric adams taking some heat after appearing to give the young people involved a pass. We have looked you dont come to get free game boys and bring smoke bombs. And bring in 80s and bring other disruptive items. We believe there was some outside influencers that may have had attempted to aggravate the situation. Dana eerily similar to the looting of a gas station in chicago by a group of teens but the citys mayor also seems willing to make excuses. I talk about mob actions i didnt say that. These large gatherings hold on a second. I promise you we have time to talk. Its important that we speak of these dynamics in an appropriate way, that is not to obfuscate what is taking place. To refer to children as baby al capone is not appropriate to. Dana is crime rate just out of control people take matters into their own hands. Police say they are investigating a wild incident involving two 7eleven employees that thwarted a robbery and one of whom
cluster bombs, as president biden heads overseas to shore up support for ukraine, he said the u.s. will send them a controversial weapon. it was a very difficult decision on my part. but sis the the right one? i ll ask michael mccaul and the only house member who votes against the afghanistan war, barbara lee, next. and party of one. republican set a date for the iowa caucuses where donald trump s rivals are trying to e he zeros in on his closest opponent. he s got no personality. does ron desantis has a plan to turn things around. my panel will discuss ahead. plus mercury rising. a record-breaking heat wave blankets the globe. and over seas janet yellen pushed china on climate. but is any country doing enough to stop the climate threat? hello, i m jake tapper in washington with the state of union is wondering about long-term consequences days after announcing his controversial decision to send cluster bombs to ukraine, a weapon his administration once refer