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
The region. if they do that well and build out the partnership it will be a good thing for the american people. gillian: in the lead-up the chinese government has been talking in quite an aggressive way. they don t like the summit is happening. this caught our eye. the foreign minister today urging japan and south korea not to get too close to the united states. he says no matter how blond you die your hair, how sharp you shape your nose you can never become a yuri european or westerner. we need to understand where our roots lie. how is that being received by south korea and japan? i know this guy. this guy is a bad actor their foreign minister who made that statement. those are just antithetical to those of us in the west whether it s europe or those of us who hold ideas of basic human