School choice in the states and what freedom scholarships might mean there. So i have three state policymakers here today. Kimberly yee is the 36 treasurer of arizona, and were grad to have you here. She stewards a 40 billion state budget and makes sure that the checks go to whom they need to go to. Treasurer yee has a number of firsts under her belt that are worth mentioning. Shes the first asianamerican elected to statewide office in arizona. Shes the first chineseamerican republican woman to win a major statewide office in the United States. She was Senate Majority leader in arizona and not the first, with but notably followed Sandra Day Oconnor about four decades later, so thats worth mentioning. She also, as i said, she chaired the Senate Education committee and helped create the nations First Education savings account in 2011. And interestingly, has a little bit of a pattern, i think, that you worked on the executive team of the former Arizona State treasurer, dean martin, and no
Glad to have you here. She stewards of 40 billion state budget and makes sure the checks go to whom they need to go to. Treasurer yee has a number of firsts. The first asianamerican elected to statewide office in arizona. Will the first chineseamerican republican woman to win a major statewide office in the United States. She was Senate Majority leader in arizona, not the first, but notably followed Sandra Day Oconnor so that is worth mentioning. She chaired the Senate Education committee and helped create the nations First Education savings account into thousand 11. Interestingly, has a pattern i think that you worked on the executive team of the former Arizona State treasurer, dean martin, and now you hold the post. And you are an analyst for the Senate Committee of education that you would later chair. Some grassroots work and then heading. Thanks for being here. John deberry is a representative of the 90th district in tennessee general assembly. He represents memphis and he has bee
Pleased to have i like to say that its a washington based think tank. We have from arizona, tennessee and pennsylvania, and they will talk about how some of the issues in washington affect the children and parents in those parts of the country and really, thats what our discussion is all about. How can we make our schools better. Now, a little bit a sense of how i come to this issue and why i think its so important. Some of you may know i spent 20 years in the social services in new york and working on the ways we help people get into work and out of poverty and move up economically. Personal responsibility, work, work supports, those things were important, but i always knew there was another domain, another domain of activity that was equally important to our safety net programs. Maybe more important in our safety net programs in helping struggling families moving up and helping their children move up economically and that was the world of education. And no one has done more, it seems
People during its deadly heinous invasion On October 7th, 222, it is believed, and negotiating the release of these remaining hostages is one of the big reasons the u. S. Wants israel to delay its Ground Incursion into gaza. The Israeli Defense minister saying an operation by air, ground, and sea will be coming, quote, soon. The idf today said Israeli Soldiers are taking part in training exercises to improve their capabilities for future ground operations. The other reason the u. S. Wants israel to delay any Ground Offensive is to make sure that more humanitarian aid can get into gaza to help the innocents the innocent palestinians. As of now 54 aid trucks 15 entered gaza but Relief Groups warn much, much more help is necessary. To put this into context, the area normally gets about 455 aid trucks every day. Since october 7th gazas more than 7,000 truckloads short of normal standards. But a senior israeli official told cnn there will be no ceasefire. The idf says it hit more than 320 t
Channing street. Caution there. We have a red line delay. A full look at traffic next. Back to you. 7 oclock is our time right now. Developing overnight the power is back on at the worlds Busiest Airport. But now thousands are backed up after being stranded and delayed in atlanta. All right in the thick of Christmas Travel of course and fox5s Melanie Alnwick is live at Reagan National airport with how these major delays are affecting us locally. Mel. Reporter hey, good morning, and, yes, it is definitely affecting us locally. We had a number of passengers who told us that they came here to the airport yesterday, their flight was canceled they were rebooked on flights for this morning. They got here this morning and those flights were canceled and thats why weve seen such big backups here at the terminal and also at the at the check in counter as people are trying to figure out where are they going, how can they get there and when can they get there, all of this because of that power ou