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
bill: thank you for your time. going to be really interesting next wednesday night. we have a debate coming up if you haven t heard. true story. in milwaukee martha and bret will handle the moderating at 9:00 eastern. pre-game show at 8:30 with dana and me. feels like fox sports sunday at 8:30. we ll be up in milwaukee for our program on wednesday morning, on thursday morning and again as i mentioned on wednesday night prior to the big deal. so tune in. it will be fascinating. we ll see who shows up and who does not. dana: make sure to set your clk for the pre-game. bill: southern california bracing for something that has been very rare. possible hurricane. what a latest storm track is telling us. plus there is this. for 547 days we ve hoped and prayed this day would come. shanna s arrest ends one horrific chapter of our pursuit
Model. things pick up tomorrow but the peak is sunday into monday. bill: something to watch throughout the weekend. nice to see you. this investigation has uncovered the truth of jared s murder. henry did not act alone. fernandez did not plan alone and shanna s indictment acknowledges her role in the cold, calculated and pre-medicated murder of jared bride gillian: his ex-wife has been charged. she along with her current husband and his former tenant. prosecutors say she and her husband planned the killing and the tenant actually pulled the trigger. all three now facing first degree murder charges. joining us now jared s widow kirsten bridegan and his brother
Adam. our heartfelt condolences. thank you for talking to us about today. must be incredibly difficult. kirsten, starts with you and want to know how you are coping 18 months later and how you felt learning shanna was charged in jared s murder. when i was told it stopped me in my tracks and made me catch my breath. we ve been waiting for this for a long time. we ve been praying and hoping for it. at the same time, we wanted to make sure it s done right. a mix of emotions of so glad we re here and we are just putting our faith that this is the right step at the right time and it will work out in the court system. gillian: adam, the charges against her are severe. they also are not limited to just murder. there is also conspiracy, solicitation to commit a capital felony, and child abuse. does this cover the bases?