first of all, we expect schools to prioritize what is in a student s head over what is on it. but a school district in texas has kept a student out of the classroom since august because it says his locks are too long. the superintendent now says that being an american requires conformity. now, this case is heading to court. today that student and his attorney are with us. plus, president biden likely needs michigan to win reelection. the city of dearborn has one of the largest arab american populations in the country, and its mayor says he turned down a meeting with the president s campaign manager. he s here to explain why. and dante wright s mother is with us. he was killed during a traffic stop in 2021 when an officer said she accidentally pulled her gun instead of her taser. well, that city just rejected a proposal to change rules for when police can pull someone over, and dante s mother says more people will die. i m victor blackwell. let s start the show. i
Im fredricka whitfield. And we begin this hour with Tropical Storm ophelia. Just hours after making land fall in north carolina, heavy rain, coastal flooding, and high winds, are hitting much of the Eastern Seaboard today. North carolina, maryland, and var are all under a State Of Emergency right now. And the storm is already knocked out power to more than 50,000 homes. And businesses. With those outages expected to grow. Allison chinchar is Tracking Ophelia from the cnn Weather Center and Polo Sandoval is in pelican island, new jersey, watching the impact and feeling it there. Lets begin with you, allison. The National Hurricane center issued a new advisory moments ago. The biggest change that we noted is the sustained winds have calmed down ever so slightly, dropping down now to 50 miles an hour. Still gusting up to 65. Look at the scope of this storm. You have so many of these Outer Rain Bands far away from that center point. And the center is still over north carolina, and you have
Frozen ponds and the warning. The wellknown actress taking the stand in the Harvey Weinstein trial, staring him down. Her chilling testimony tonight. What she says happened in her own apartment. Weinsteins attorneys respond. The uproar over hair tonight. Two High School Students are told to cut their dreadlocks or risk suspension. And now the famous athlete telling the students, dont give in. The young woman convicted for texting her boyfriend, encouraging him to kill himself released from prison early. The scare on the court at the stlal yan open. The ball girl hit in the face. And the famous tennis star rushing to check on her. And remembering a giant of journalism tonight. The calm and steady presence at so many president ial debates. Good evening and its great to have you with us here on a thursday night. And we begin tonight with the growing concern amid that new suspected case of the mystery coronavirus right here in the u. S. This time, in texas. The patient, a student at texas
GALVESTON, Texas — A federal judge did not issue an immediate ruling on Thursday after hearing legal arguments over whether to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a Black high school
A federal judge has not issued an immediate ruling after hearing legal arguments over whether to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a Black high school student in Texas over his