Gillian 4 00 a. M. Thanks for having me. Im Gillian Turner and this is americas newsroom. The threat a repeating third grade now is being designed to motivate students to work harder in school as some schools are struggling to overcome major setbacks lingering from the pandemic. Bill third grade is a critical benchmark. Those who cant read are four times more likely to drop out of school. Gillian memphis, tennessee, 76 of third graders there right now not proficient in reading. Only 1 of those students were held back a year. Bill at problem chronic absenteeism. More than a quarter of students are missing at least 10 of the school year. It puts them of greater risk of dropping out. The governor from arkansas Sarah Huckabee sanders with us yesterday. We have to get back to the basics of teaching math, reading, writing and american history. We cannot perpetuate a lie to our students and push this Propaganda Leftist Agenda Teaching our kids to hate america and hate one another. Its one of
Killed. gillian: wow. what about you, adam? we never wanted to believe that someone could go to this length to destroy a life, right? it is just gut wrenching to think how it was planned and executed and again, how selfish this is when you think about the children and that they are robbed of the loving father and what this means for us as a family. so it is heartbreaking and unfortunately it is our reality. it feels like a terrible nightmare that we are living and that we have to live with on a daily basis, that we wake up to but it s real and we re just so thankful and grateful for all of those who have been helping us fight for justice and receive answers. we feel very blessed. dana: kirsten, becksly was with jared that day. how is she doing?