from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news. reporting tonight lester holt. good evening. it s bad enough when kids cheat in school to get ahead, but the teachers themselves? today in atlanta nearly a dozen former educators were convicted on racketeering and other charges for their part in one of the nation s biggest cheating scandals. prosecutors say it was a massive conspiracy to make sure students passed standardized tests even if it meant giving kids the correct answers. the scandal dates back a decade. it involved dozens of schools. and a lot of grown-ups apparently failed one of the lessons we were all taught. nbc s chief education correspondent rehema ellis is on the story for us tonight. reporter: it was a stunning verdict. we the jury find the defendant guilty. reporter: former educators found guilty of racketeering in an unprecedented case of teachers and administrators charged with fixing test scores and changing answers on stan
pressure from opponents, which included the state s largest company, wall walmart and his own son. here s manuel bojorquez. my son seth, signed the. . asking me, dad the governor to veto this bill, and he gave me permission to make that reference. no religious freedom is restored by the bill at all. reporter: governor hutchinson, just like governor mike pence of indiana, continues to face critics who believe their religious freedom laws open the door to discrimination against gays and lesbians. this is a bill that in ordinary times would not be controversial. reporter: in arkansas corporate giant walmart urged the governor to reconsider and religious leaders joined protesters. ref rabid robert lowry. it is blasphemous, it is an abomination and an affront to the gospel of jesus christ. reporter: hecklers greeted the sponsor of the bill at the state capital. shame ow! reporter: but representative bob ballinger stood strong. people s misconsemgzs that this bill
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a fox news alert. shooting fireworks at officers, outrage mounts over the shooting of jacob blake. jillian: republicans on the forefront of the 2020 race, and optimistic tone on night one of the rnc picturing donald trump is the best choice. the nation rises together, not falls apart in anarchy and anger. millions of families seeking to live the american dream. that gives you the best chance of making that dream a reality. reporter: a very good morning, watching fox and friends first tuesday morning. todd: thank you for starting the day with us. the biggest names in the republican party making the case for donald trump as the pro-america candidate on the first night of the rnc. good morning. the rnc picking off their convention within person delegates from the large number it would have been but there were 300 on hands. when donald trump went for the nomination they went crazy. four years thank you for the bottom of your heart, you are incredible warriors, y
during the capitol hill rights, the inauguration day honor for officer eugene goodman. fox and friends first starts right now. shannon: we are looking at each other, unfamiliar with this song. made in the usa. good morning to you. you are watching fox and friends first this thursday morning. todd: president joe biden already hitting the ground running, a dozen executive actions on his first day. griff jenkins live in washington with a historic day of events. good morning, president biden wasting no time taking swift action sending 15 executive orders in two actions many geared towards key policies and priorities of the trump administration. for example stopped construction of the border wall, ordered officials to preserve d the acn reversed the muslim travel ban. president biden also rejoined the paris climate agreement, rejoined the world health organization, killed the keystone pipeline and issued a 100 a masking challenge and he says that s just the start. i w