let s get started with five things to know for this tuesday, may 16th. new overnight, cnn obtained new video of a man chasing a screaming woman with a bat minutes before he allegedly attacked staffers at a congressman s field office. you hear the screams there. the suspect this morning is under arrest. virginia congressman says his staffers have nonlife threatening injuries. also in washington, president biden is going to meet with house speaker kevin mccarthy again today as both try to find a way forward when it comes to the debt ceiling. mccarthy said they re not closer than they were as a treasury secretary is doubling down that america is headed for a default as early as june 1st. durham is report is now out after three years in the making. the special counsel from the trump era the fbi should have never launched a full investigation into connections between the former president s 2016 campaign and russia. but he did not recommend any new criminal charges or, quote, w
his name is diazo. diazo, huh? i really like him a lot. i just don t know how to tell him. shannon rodriguez, the parent and school board member who reported barbie for showing her class this movie says the movie was shown without approval. it is not a teacher s job to impose their beliefs upon a child. religious, sexual orientation, gender identity, any of the above. but allowing movies such as this assist teachers in opening a door, please hear me, they assist teachers in opening a door for conversations that have no place in our classrooms. this school district confirms to cnn the state is investigating barbie and this statement was sent home to parents, quote, while not the main plot of the movie, parts of the story involve a male character having an expressed feeling for another male character in the future. this movie will not be shown. we re joined this morning by that fifth grade teacher jenna barbie.
class? yes. now it has now it s something that has to be constantly shut down because now it s a common conversation. it s something that students are continuing to want to talk about and ask more questions about and ask me why is this such a big deal? to us, we just saw it. it s not even the theme of the movie. it s an element. and the students didn t think anything of it. i didn t think anything of it. and now it s like, whoa, ms. barbee you re in so much trouble because of this? why is it so wrong? why is it so wrong? how do i answer that. i just have to say, go ask your parents. go ask your parents. but that s what we re making them think this is so wrong that their teacher is under fire for it. jenna, you said you feel this is a targeted attack. what do you mean when you say that? that same school board member is currently going around right now trying to along with the whole what desantis is doing, trying to get rid of all basically diversity elements out of schools c
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