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
Addresses posted on a far right website. Growing concerns about what might happen next. Also he promised a Big Press Conference two days ago claiming hed finally blow the lid off 2020 Election Fraud. More signs tonight he was, no surprise, just blowing smoke. And hawaii with a thousand people still unaccounted for a cnn investigation into why mauis Emergency Sirens stayed deadly silent. Good evening and thanks so much for joining us. We begin with Breaking News. The former president s attorneys have weighed in with what they want the trial date to be in the federal election sub version case. It is a long way off. The Justice Department had proposed january of 2024. The former president s attorneys now say the trial should not start until april, 2026. That is more than 2 1 2 years from now. If mr. Trump is elected president again, it is effectively never. The lawyers in their filings saying the Justice Departments proposed date denies them the ability to prepare for trial. Joining us no
Phone about the moment of paper theyre dealing with. Its coming up. I had an intuition that would be there. When you see stacks of paper compared to national monuments, and you at home are going to get treated to that in just a few seconds. Thank you, my friend. You bet. Thank you all for joining us this hour. We have breaking news tonight as i just mentioned. If your calender was marked for this coming monday when President Trump was set to hold a Press Conference he was promised would exonerate him from the allegations laid out in that Fulton County indictment, if that was a date reserved on your ical, im sorry to inform you it has been called off. Trump says tonight his legal team is instead putting the overwhelming evidence in formal legal filings. He adds, therefore the News Conference is no longer necessary. That news comes right after trumps legal team in another case finally gave its answer as to when they believe the former president should go to trial. Trumps team is arguing
Also ahead, delay, delay, delay, donald trump looking to push his federal Election Interference trial to 2026 like more than two years from now. Can he stall his way out of legal jeopardy . And the clock is ticking down in georgia, the new Security Measures there with just a week left for the former president and allies to surrender. Happy friday, its great to be with you, it is 10 00 eastern, im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york, and this among Hurricane Hilary is a cat 4 and barrelling towards Southern California. The National Weather Service Warning hilary could bring significant impacts to the southwest this weekend and into early next week. Now, this morning weve learned parts of Joshua Tree National park will shut down in anticipation of extreme flooding. Park officials telling the public to, quote, reconsider outdoor activities. If it makes landfall in california as a tropical system, that will be very rare. Its only happened one other time this past century. Lets get right to