reporter: after month of anxiously waiting, students and parents packed into the grapevine colleyville meeting room as the board voted on whether or not to settle and formally separate with the principal. none of you can identify with a black man in america and his experiences, but he brought those experiences to our students. two of my kids were lucky enough to have him as an educator. dr. whitfield has done so much good for the school and the community. do better. be better. the entire nation is watching what you will do. the very first resident to public lib accuse dr. whitfield last summer made the night s final remarks. the question should be asked how do we get here. critical race theory [ laughter ] reporter: at almost 10:00 p.m. last night, board members voted unanimously to let dr. whitfield go. in a joint statement with whitfield the district acknowledging both parties
people close to the president say he is obsessed, that is their word, obsessed with finding out who wrote that opinion piece in the new york times this week. whomever is behind it, that person is described as a senior official in the administration and there s no more mysterious whodunit this weekend than that author s identity. nearly 30 people, all senior officials have public lib declared it wasn t me. even the vice president came out to deny it. president trump telling supporters above air force one says he has a good idea of where the person works. do you think jeff sessions should be investigating who the author of the op-ed piece was? i think so because i think it s national security. i would say jeff should be investigating the author of that piece. i really believe it s national security. is there action that should be taken against the new york times ? we re going to see. i m looking into that right now. cnn s ryan nobles is at the white house today. i want to po