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
are you listening to what i m saying? children are dying. 9-year-old children. the solution is not to arm the teachers. have you ever worked in a school? tense moments on capitol hill yesterday. as democrats demand action on gun legislation following the deadly school shooting in nashville. we ll have more of that heated exchange and the latest from tennessee in just a moment. meanwhile, donald trump is fighting a judge s order to force some of his former staff and aides to testify about january 6th. we ll go through the legal precedent that is not on the former president s side. and also ahead, some new reporting on how top republican donors are feeling about a third option in the 2024 presidential race. good morning. welcome to way too early on this thursday, march 30th. opening day. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. we begin this morning with new details about what we learned about the suspect and investigation into this week s deadly school
We have fox team coverage. former secretary of state mike pompeo is here to talk about the big strategic picture. first we go to peter doocy joining us from the north lawn of the white house. what do you expect later? the three all have problems with china. military threats, cyber threats, unfair trade practices. so they are getting together to try to confront china as one. and china is not happy about it. we ve already seen some comments out of beijing out of the prc denouncing this meeting. there is no reason for an overreaction. this isn t about china. it is really about the region. it s about the area and the fact that these three countries can deepen their cooperation is good for everybody in the region. no reason for china to overreact. foreign policy is not on anybody s radar. 2% say it is the most important issue facing the country in a new fox poll. president biden registers a 41%
At least one press conference the vice president had the leader of ghana said the americans are always asking about china. this isn t about china for us. but it s an under current for this trip. an internation pl strategy. emotional powerful moments coming out of this trip now. jeff mason, thank you. still ahead here, cnbc will join me for the latest in business news including a major shake-up at disney. plus, we ll get an idea on what s driving the trading day. we ll be back in just a moment. t yes! fire! [ chuckling ]