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
Grabs have cost southern california stores more than a million dollars in recent weeks. it s absurd. l.a. s mayor is forming a task force. how will they do it? let s go to l.a. and talk to jeff paul about that idea. what are you hearing? mayor karen bass says no one in l.a. should feel it is not safe to go shopping or too dangerous for shops to open for business. she along with the lapd and sheriffs department are working together to bring the flash mob robberies hopefully to an end. people are talking about packing up and leaving. we don t want you to leave. this is one of the greatest places on this earth. we don t want people to lose jobs because shops are closing up because of these types of crimes. this is exactly what they re trying to stop. nordstrom in los angeles. police say as many as 50 people were involved stealing up to dmrr one $1 hundred thousand