from coast-to-coast our schools are toast. is time once again for. our education system sucks. it s funny, because it spelled incorrectly. have you heard about equitable grading? i haven t because i m not allowed within 100 feet of a school. they still refuse to believe i drive an ice cream truck. but school districts around the country are buying into this even though many teachers aren t , they think it s as shady as a gynecologist who works out of his garage. what is equitable grading really ? the grading scale begins at 50 percent, instead of zero, that means you do deserve a de- commit that extra leg up makes it a b or se. picture joy behar, i m sorry, but she stepping on the scale, right? where zero is actually 150 pounds. voilà, she only weighs 160 instead of 310. that is equity. meanwhile, homework is played down and kids are given multipl chances to complete the same assignment and the same test because if it first you don t succeed, you re probably a dumba dumb
more. bigger than football. damar hamlin gets tonight s last word, the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts right now. tonight, the house is an order, or is it? speaker kevin mccarthy has the gavel, and his party has a preview of what the next two years of divided government could look like. then brazil s big lie, chaotic scenes as far-right supporters of former president bolsonaro stormed the capitol, while he appears to be in florida. the direct line from there to january 6th, tomorrow hamlin s remarkable recovery gets even better, in buffalo tonight with a massive pouring of support. as we get underway on this monday night. ht good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle, after a marathon election, now speaker kevin mccarthy as gather the house into session for the rules, vote tonight. the house will be in order. since the speaker election took a total of four long days, the rules vote became a test of unity prowse republicans, and they managed to pass it with just
in case you haven t noticed, the heatwave is continuing across america. and now severe thunderstorms are threatening the east coast. eye on america, cbs s jonathan vigliotti gets exclusive access to yellowstone national park, after unprecedented flooding. there is now concern that erosion in the area is so bad, parts of the cannian wall could collapse. o donnell: world s worst commute, a boston train catches on fire before 7:00 a.m., as passengers rush to escape, one even jumping into the mystic river below. and the kennedy center honors we ll tell you who will be celebrated. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening and thank you for joining us on this busy thursday night. tonight, president biden has now joined many of us who have tested positive for covid 19, and is now forced to work from home. of course, that home is the white house, and is equipped by a full medical staff and team. the pre
after a gunman killed ten people in a suspected racially motivated terror attack at a supermarket in the city of buffalo. now on bbc news, nick robinson in conversation with people who influence our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. hello, welcome to political thinking. a relaxed conversation, not a news interrogation with someone who shapes our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. now not since the creation of what used to be called the ministry of fun, rather more boringly these days, it s called the department of digital, culture, media and sport. not since then have we had a secretary of state who is actually claimed to be able to contribute to the culture. not any more, nadine dorries has written 15 novels. she sold more than 2.5 million copies of them. you might think that means that the people in the world of the arts and the media have welcomed her appointment. not a bit of it. many have reacted as if she is a threat to all they stand for. i
welcomed her appointment. not a bit of it. many have reacted as if she is a threat to all they stand for. i doubt that s caused her much of a worry, though, because nadine dorries seems to be up for the fight. sometimes with those outside her party, sometimes with those inside it. she says she s someone who owes absolute undying loyalty to her boss, borisjohnson. and she often, as we may discover, wades in to defend him. nadine dorries, welcome to political thinking. hi, nick. was that a fair introduction? it s fair. ijust wonder, when you hear the things people say about you, and they say quite a lot, don t they? do you recognise yourself or do you find, like many people in public life, who was that they are talking about? no, it s really weird, i don t recognise myself at all. my family don t and my friends don t recognise it. it s bizarre, i am a gemini so i sometimes think i have this split personality the public facing one that people see and the one that all my mates