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Believes that when it comes to raising kids, the schools are better than the parents. Ashley strohmier is live in the New York City news room with some very strong reaction on this. Good evening. Reporter in a blistering statement Virginia Governors Office charged a Northern Virginia School System perpetuating a foles notion, for a child. This is because Fairfax County schools say they will define a new State Guidelines that require students to participate in activities consistent with their gender at birth. That means School Officials will also not follow guidelines that require official to inform parents if their child asks to change the name, or their gender identification. They will also allow students to play on sports teams in new facilities they believe best match with their socalled gender expression. School districts have a legal obligation to provide a Safe Learning environment that is inclusive of all students. And the 2023 model policies are fundamentally in tension with that obligation. Reporter one parent and activist we spoke to assist the School District is willfully keeping parents in the dark about their own children. The idea that a School District can keep really Sensitive Information from parents is not only as the governor stated illegal in the state of virginia, it is also a moral. Reporter meanwhile in California Governor Gavin Newsom fine a School District over a Million Dollars to the textbooks that promoted gay rights activist harvey milk. We dont know if you can will take similar action and how this could play out in the courts as students in Virginia Return to school in just a matter of days. Trace . Trace Ashley Strohmier live in new york. Thank you. Meantime, what we continue this debate over whether schools or parents know what is best for children, the Fox News Night Commonsense Department went back and reread an article from april of 1930. Written by Eleanor Roosevelt when she was still teaching. Three years before she became first lady. At the article was titled , citizenship, the purpose of education. It is easy now to dismiss the article as a thought from a different era except the latest fox news poll released today showed that 70 of voters think schools need more discussion on being a good citizen. As common sense has pointed out in these polarized times, 70 is a big number. I mean, we cant get 70 of us to agree on the color of an orange and get citizenship across all political stripes is priority one. And guess what else voters want schools to emphasize . Reading, writing, math, and science. All of which polled above 50 . Do you know how many voters what more attention on Sexual Orientation . 23 . Two out of 10. And yet it continues to dominate the conversation among governor, School Boards and the media as if it was the most pressing issue. Well, it well, it is not. Common sense thinks maybe it is time to get back to basics instead of constantly raising hell. Maybe winless on raising good citizens. Is spinning in parents defending education president nicole neily and alcohol, california, mayor bill wells. Great to view on. I want to point im sorry, the we want to talk about Sexual Orientation and not about citizenship, intense to kind of be pervasive in the media and all of these debates but you can see people dont want to talk about this stuff. Absolutely. We hear from the media that it is a Matter Of Life And Death to have drag shows in elementary schools. Big one, you know, it is a zerosum. Schools children in schools are in every hour that is spent is an hour that is not spent making of this learning was teaching reading, writing, and arithmetic. Skills that will help children thrive in life. Trace we have drifted so far away from reading and writing and math that we find it tough to get back on track. Absolutely. And people want to have control over their own kids education. Theres a poll that said 78 of americans want to direct their own kids education and that is not just republicans. That is republicans and democrats. Trace abaan to go back if i can to the Gender Identity battle happening in virginia. Here is a member of the independent womens network. Was in to her and we will get your response. Fairfax county Public Schools is keeping information from parents regarding really important things like their childrens Gender Identity and i think i know that as parents who have the best interest of their children at heart, period. Trace is there really a debate about who is better suited to raise kids, the schools or the parents . Because in most peoples months, theres not. And yet here we are. There is not a debate. And this is backed up by over a century of american the appearance have a right to direct the upgrading of their coding. Upbringing of their children. Paying taxpayer dollars means that it is dutybound to undermine that parentchild relationship is appalling and as stephanie said before, both immoral and unconstitutional. Trace and you look at this and you take, this is one of those things where if your kid was in is cool and the schools said, listen, we wanted to keep secrets from you, you would be appalled at that. I mean, we have never seen that in the history of this country. And yeah, no, you have all these blue states saying, this is the way it is going to be. Keeping secrets is generally a bad idea, especially for parents. You know, my background is Mental Health and kids are in a stage where they are differentiating them from their parents. When you give them the opportunity to work with them to differentiate from their parents and say we can do something that your parents wont like and we will keep it secret, it makes kids move towards this idea more than they normally would which could have bad repercussions. Trace nicole, i want to take it one step further. It is Keeping Secrets from just the parents because everybody at school knows the school knows all their friends know it is only the parents that dont know. It is pitting children against their parents. And this is one of over a thousand districts we have found across the country that have these policies and the expected impact over 10 million children and counties but this is something that parents need to be aware of and be worried about. Trace foxnews. Com rights, sb 596 which banned the terms of an existing law barring parents from disrupting classrooms and Extracurricular Activities where a School Employee is present to now include offcampus activities where two employees are present such as School Board Meetings so now, our board in jeopardy . Are they being harmed . Are they being harassed . They are just going after parents. What is in jeopardy is democracy. I will put on my mayors head. The Council Meeting and to speak at a Council Meeting and have it herself heard by the council is a big part of the constitution about The American Way Of Life and by criticizing Freedom Of Speech and stopping people from having the ability to do that is really taking a massive amount of what it means to be the american way. 15 seconds for you, there. They are targeting parents. Just like they did in virginia and just like they are doing in other states. Without the National School Board Association do this. We have seen elected officials across the country. The consent of the government is we are not a speed bump. Shame on them. Trace nicole, bill wells, thank you. More know on the luke fox polls released tonight and just how much of an uphill climb the president could have when it comes to the economy. Kevin corke is live with what the numbers show us. Good evening. Kevin when it comes to economic news, President Biden, there are rough roads and then there are roads that are so chock full of potholes, they will send your car ride to the shop. And it is the letter that best describes how Many Americans feel about President Biden at least according to our latest fox news survey. Among the questions as, as biden made the economy better or worse . You guessed it. Over half of those surveyed say yep, it is worse. And while the breakdown is obviously worth amongst republicans, take a look at the number of independents who feel this way. That has got to be very scary for the white house. Asked about the overall condition of the economy. The numbers dont lie and they dont look very good. Look at that number, trace. 80 . And then theres this. The bellwether asking how americans feel about how things are going in the u. S. Again, way underwater. And it is also notable that 17point shift comes from, look, increasing number of democrats and as you can see, republicans and independents sharing their dissatisfaction. I should ask this. Lastly, folks were asked if they were dissatisfied with the direction of the country. Look at the numbers. For President Bidens supporters. However and this is also fair. Keep in mind that white house officials like to remind everybody that remembered the polls back in 2022, trace . It did not look very good heading into the election in the returns and turned out to be much, much better for the democrats. So they say, take all polls with a grain of salt. Trace dangers in politics to underestimate anybody. Kevin corke life for us in dc, taking. Lets bring in republican spokesperson madison gilbert. Those polls are striking. This is how americans are feeling about how things are going in the u. S. Satisfied, 30 . Dissatisfied, 70 . Moving on. The condition of the economy, excellent, good, 20 . Only fair or poor. 80 . The 80 number is disastrous. Madison, and that is the whole thing. And it is amazing to me, look, you dont want to underestimate but at the same time, they are campaigning on these numbers. It is absolutely devastating when we see what is going on with the economy and how American Families are being forced to live every single day as a result of these bad economic policies. 65 of the country thinks the nation is on the wrong track. Increasingly concerned americans all across the country are speaking up about their economic situations. We are seeing prices up by almost 17 . Will which is down by about 3 . Inflation is up. Credit card debt is at a record high. It is absolutely unacceptable what we are seeing. Trace meantime, more of the politics and the gop side. The five candidates on top of them. Theres a lot more. Theres eight there. The whole concept here is that if you go down the list, you have trump who is dominating. The number three person, medicine has doubled in just two months. More than doubled because he was at five now and 11. I mean, this is genuine movement. What is the thought going on in the Republican Party . Listen, were very excited for what we see is very much the kickoff of the 2024 primary cycle with our first debate next wednesday in milwaukee. Candidates have until moderna to qualify so we hope that every single candidate that qualifies is on the stage with us next wednesday. What i think is most exciting is that were going to have people not just republican primary voters, people all across the country, independents and democrats are watching this debate and being able to see what is really a drastically different vision for the future of our country after what they have experienced for 2 1 2 years. And i think were going to see a lot of people that start to open their ears and eyes to the message of what we can offer them and what will ultimately i think they i think they are key to success this november. Trace we talked about ron desantis. There was a leak. The new terms rates on it, quoting here the strategy was attacked joe biden and media three to five times two. Meeting Governor Ron Desantis positive vision two to three times. In a response. Defendant donald trump and in response to Chris Christie attack. I dont think it is the best advice. Are you kind of surprised they gave it . Each and every campaign nextt wednesday is going to have a different strategy that is definitely a unique strategy and we will see what happens on wednesday. But we were we are looking forward to the primary process playing out and making sure that whoever comes out victorious on the other end of this will have and be equipped with every single thing possible that will be behind them and as a party, we will be united, which i think our pledge next month he is so important. That every candidate unites behind whoever is the eventual winner because none of this matters if we dont beat joe biden. Trace we might be united. The candidates on the podium will not be. Madison, a, is great to have you on. Thank you. Meantime, following a series of Smash And Grab robberies. The Los Angeles Mayor is announcing a new task force to focus on retail crime. The question is, can the criminals to be held . Marianne rafferty is live with that. Reporter these Smash And Grabs have been going on for months now but overnighted a plan was hatched by the mayor and l. A. Area Police Departments to put an end to it. Mayor karen ballis along with the police chief announcing that a task force was formed to go after those flash mobs seen in videos like this sitting at a high end stores and just minutes. Each of these acts take just a little bit away from our Peace Of Mind for our sense of safety in the community and our sense of security when we want to go out and do shopping at our retail communities. Reporter the Task Force Includes 22 dedicated investigators from several l. A. Metro area Police Departments. That includes Beverly Hills Beverly Hills also the california Highway Patrol who will focus on stopping the retail theft. Chief luna says it is about making citizens feel safe again. People or think about packing up and leaving. We dont want you to leave. This is one of the greatest places on this earth. We dont want people to lose their jobs because shops are closing up because of these types of crimes. The task force will also include prosecutors from the l. A. County and City Attorneys Office and the office of the California Attorney general who will operate 24 7 and will focus on areas where the majority of these crimes have taken place. Governor gavin newsom also recently announcing hundreds of millions have been set aside to go toward cracking down on organized retail theft. Trace . Trace it is about time. Lets bring in criminal defense attorney vik bajaj. Now they care. They will go after retail crime and the mayor said the following. Watch. This is a task force to apprehend the suspect into anything and everything weekend to prevent these crimes from taking place and i dont believe that any of the crimes that we have talked about today would result in no bail. Trace the Deputy Police chief disagrees with that and says the d. A. s also disagree with that, saying, a lot of these guys are going to be back on the street. And making a poignant statement. It is not stopping theft. It is not protecting the retailers. It is making sure the tax dollars dont leave the city. You know . One person to person crimes take place, there is not this kind of organization. When people are leaving retail outlets, people are losing jobs and no one wants to go to the rodeo drive anymore. That is a good reason for a task force. It is long overdue. It should has happened lets say a year the soup du jour. Trace it was like 18 to 19 months ago that we started covering this stuff and then it got really just a series of one after the other. Political rights, it is california keep selecting progressive d. A. S and pushes to recall them. And an illustration, voters and democratic strongholds have elected prosecutors vowing to transform the system and then move to out those d. A. S before they finish their first term. Why are we electing these people in the first place . It is so popular, isnt it, trace, to waive a certain banner or flight and say, this is what the young generation of voters want. We talk about mike tysons famous quote. Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face. And the reality is when the rubber meets the road, you have the effects of these once popular policies which means crime. People getting hurt. And what that means is that there has to be some enforcement there. So it sounds great. But at the end of the day, when people have their neighbors houses burglarized and their valuables taken from the because, it is time for a change in the captain of the ship. Trouble in chicago, right, theres a youth group that send out this messag