Soon as possible. We need to help israel and get the appropriations process movements so the key elements are funded in the right way and get back to our Committee Work and frankly we need to continue the oversight work that i think is so darn important. Jim jordan failed to get through in two votes to become House Speaker. Taking a run at number three today. Struggling to win over two dozen republican holdouts. It could hold a third vote as early as this morning. Well follow that live as it happens. First. [explosions] rockets over gaza as israel prepares to pull the trigger on a full scale Ground Invasion. As we come on the air with tensions high in the region we see smoke rising on the israel lebanon border. Problems to the north as well. Im shannon bream. Bill and dana are off. Were here. Gillian im Gillian Turner and this is americas newsroom. Israel telling troops to be ready for a Ground Assault on gaza. No timetable on the deployment. Israel continues to scorch hamas Terror Tar
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People in justice something that feels not fair and not right. Not that they are a big fan of crime, we dont celebrate we have the same feelings as anybody else. We are worried about certain kinds of crime but it is the land of support land of the pork. But then you look at the courthouse to see how little time is given to each case sometimes there were subtle disparities sometimes not. From your perspective you have to project to have the judgment said is a decent predictor of outcomes but yet as often as not that is a really hard to sing because sometimes you cannot predict the things that have been in courts and the random testimony of judges award juries. There is the of fairness. So really it is the problem that with my recollection with the former prosecutors but but it depends on who you get and what judge you get sometimes let Police Officer in the demeanor they will give you a break and if not then you are toast. That seems to be the problem even going in to visiting said jail
When it resumes shortly, as i said, about ten minutes from now. While we wait, more on education now as the new school year is just getting underway for many School Systems around the nation. We look at challenges facing Public Schools in a discussion on this mornings washington journal. Host guest at our desk is the director of the National School Boards Association. As we dive into the topic of local School Boards and todays education debates, first, tell us about your group and its mission. Guest well, the National School Boards Association really represents our state associations of School Boards, and theyre the ones that have the membership of the local School Boards. Local School Boards are comprised typically of folks out of the community who have an in Public Education. So while theyre usually elected, some are appointed. Typically elected, most frequently not paid, so they do this as a civic duty. And because they have a concern about good Public Schools in their communities.
To. One is theres a changing social compact between companies and the work force and companies are increasingly looking for individuals who have some important technical skill which is why Stem Education is so important. We were fortunate to see an 8. 6 increase in our enrollment of students in engineering programs and i think students are realizing that skrg these skills is important because its what employers are looking for. Were talking with james linder, the interim president of the university of nebraska lincoln, part of cspan buss big 10 college tour. We kicked that off this weekend. We will continue next week, a monthlong series here on washington journal talking to University President s about Higher Education issues. We want to get your thoughts as well so weve divided the lines by students, parents, educators and nebraska residents. There they are on your screen. Parents 2025853881, educate orts 2 025853882. Nebraska residents well hear from you, 2025853883. Also send us an