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
inch closer to a legislative victory. after hours of debate they are voting on the glacier production act. it would be the largest reduction in climate in u.s. history, i would also lower the cost of prescription drugs for millions of americans, among other things. earlier today millions of americans join us on msnbc to discuss the significance. vote after vote after vote, we have done this. 11 hours straight. why? because we know this bill is finally going to do something about climate change. lifted the ban on negotiating less expensive drugs under medicare. and then, as the name of the bill, says bring inflation home by 300 and $75 million in deficit reduction. i think the american public is watching with this overdue, see that they re making progress on issues they care about. legislation needs all 50 democrats to vote in order to pass it. the senate republicans are making their opposition known anyways. so, the american rescue plan, remember that one? that was su
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
In the white house. saying he feels optimistic about the progress that have made on saturday. president obviously watching this very closely from isolation. as he gets back, out he s clear to travel again. he isn t rehoboth beach with his wife. then we also know they re going to be going to kentucky to visit with governor beshear, and the families affected by the devastating flooding tomorrow. then we have to bill signings this week. the chips act relating to manufacturing. inslee relating to veterans. the legislation was held up just last weekend. so much will be going on in washington, d.c., well president biden has been isolating. so this week ahead is when we will see him in person taking action and signing this legislation, celebrating this big win. a second busy week with this legislation on the table. we have to say, it is always a possibility until it is actually done. thanks. let s go to l.a. to train, she is a congressional reporter and axios. eleni, thanks for being here