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and welcome, everyone. i m sandra smith. it is friday. hello, benjamin. i m benjamin, in for john roberts. department of education approved plans to have six states and washington, d.c. to use funds from president biden s american rescue plan. sandra: some states could use the funds to further the controversial programs. live from the white house with a breakdown how the states will use the funding. the american rescue plan was signed in during march, getting that money out times time. the departments of education sending $6 billion to handful of states to help kids get back to school. a lot of money going in different places. a lot go for funds to make sure kids go back to the classroom, some for summer programs. there are proposals to address racial and social gaps. look at rhode island funding plan. they want to center all actions anti-raceicism that promotes wellness. critics are watch closely to see if the biden administration is upon hadding school distric ....
sandra: we begin first, gunfire erupting in chicago the same day president biden meets with lori lightfoot, coming in the wake of the most violent weekend in the windy city so far this year, it is not a good situation in chicago, hello, everyone, i am sandra smith here in new york city, hi, benjamin. i am benjamin hall emperor john roberts, in the shootings across chicago yesterday say that that includes two atf agents and the police officer hurt in the morning. sandra: president biden briefly met with lori lightfoot after it was supposed to crack down on the spike in crime, the city is doing absolutely everything they can to stem the violence. chicago police data showing that 100 people were shot and 19 killed over the july 4th weekend. and today a funeral for 20-year-old max lewis, the college student he was struck by a stray bullet through the window of a train while he was commuting home from his internship. benjamin: senior correspondent mike tobin live fro ....
portions of the border wall and met with sheriffs and border agents there. they say president biden s policies are fueling the crisis. you have an open, really dangerous border. more dangerous than it s ever been in the history of our country. all biden had to do is go to the beach. if he had done nothing we would have the strongest border we ve ever had. things have changed to quickly and dramatically under the biden administration it has been disastrous. people of texas has been pleading for us to step up and help restore safety and security in their lives and that s exactly why texas is stepping up and doing a job that is truly the federal government s job. harris: republicans are saying trump is the one still meeting on this issue and the biden team is ignoring american s concerns. my takeaway is the real border czar is president trump. this federal government of ours has failed the state of texas, has failed to provide for the common defense and our preside ....
tropical storm elsa ames were cities along the states west coast and it could complicate the search for those survivors in the condo collapse in surfside. hello, everyone. this is america reports on a tuesday afternoon. i m sandra smith. i m benjamin hall in for john roberts. already dropping heavy rain in the florida keys is that storm moves north, forecasters warning it could be done might bring potentially life-threatening storm surges and tornadoes to most of the peninsula. sandra: we are watching all of it coming as tropical storm conditions continue over parts of cuba after making landfall there. tearing through the caribbean. benjamin: steve harrigan is on the ground in clearwater beach, florida, with all the latest. families are trying to squeeze in one day before that storm hits, approaching 60 miles an hour, heavy rain as well, the storm is heading this way, could threaten the entire western coast of florida, could strengthen into hurricane force wind, ....
investigation of what led to this tragic event. we are going to get to the bottom of what happened here. right now, our top priority is search and rescue and find the people. we are also learning new details about previous signs of trouble for this 12-story building. a 2018 report by a structural water proofing around the pool h area and abundant cracking in concrete columns in the building s garage. a surf side building said the building was in very good shape. also the miami herald report a condo resident called her husband moments before the collapse and said the building was shaking and saw a sink hole where the pool used to be and the line went dead and the woman is missing. it could lead to rare federal investigation. it has to be a disaster or failure vent that resulted in a substantial life of loss. there s a team of six people from this agency on the ground. that includes structural engineer, scientists, geoengineers and looking at every aspect of this buil ....