Late news, fox news at night. Breaking tonight, anti israel protest continuing on campuses across the country. We have a life look for you here at George Washington university here in the Nations Capital were a very large crowd has gathered this friday night. Several students have reportedly been suspended and even charged with misconduct. We will keep an eye on that story. In the meantime, an update from Columbia University where one of the leaders of the anti israel protests has now been banned from campus, Officials Say more information is coming out about a student who is now facing disciplinary action after video surfaced of him discussing murdering, quote, zionists and saying they should not even exist. Were also keeping a very close eye on Severe Weather in the midwest including a very strong set of destructive tornadoes that apparently touched down in nebraska and iowa. The threat to that region is expected to continue through the weekend, more on that coming up but first, to t
We will have to be frugal. That means less tax revenue for jurisdictions. Another impact . Fewer riders and less revenue for metro. Federal workers will have less disposable income. A new factor in the payroll tax increase, up 5. 5 billion from reduce procurement spending, that is a whopping 13 billion out of the metro area economy. It has already crippled the economy in the sense that it has stopped moving. Even nongovernment workers are worried. It could be bad news. And now congress is on break and president obama spent the weekend hanging out with tiger woods. However, there are a lot of people optimistic that the white house and congress will get down to business and come up with an agreement to avert sequestration san. Reporting live, abc7 news. Thank you. Stay with abc7 news for complete coverage of the countdown to sequestration. For instant updates, log onto wjla. Com and our social Network Websites on facebook and twitter. We will have much more on abc7 news at eleven oclock.
what was the basis for that? where information did you have? the school board s letter appeared to have a political organizing writing a letter in the attorney general takes action on just that i now parents are thinking what is going to happen. fbi s going to be setting up an open line of dedicated communication, this next line, this is a chilling impact. i think on american s first amendment protected speech and what goes on in our school board meetings. so i think that s what scares americans so much. shannon: you mention the memo they came in from the school board association and then very quickly after that the doj got involved with this plan that they rolled out. the federalist among other groups is reporting that there is actually communication before that memo came into the national school board. they say this. emails obtained by parents defending education, agreed, through the freedom of information act, indicate that the president group, the school board group, conspired an
board. good evening. i m so glad both of you could join us this evening. have parents always acted that way? i have no idea, but this just seems just beyond. nikki, you personally have been on the receiving end of some of these threats. in the letter to biden, the nsba referenced that you got this mail, and i quote here. we are coming after you and all the members on the board of education. you are forcing them to wear masks for no reason in this world other than control and for what you will for that you will pay dearly. i mean what is it like getting this letter as someone who s trying to take care of kids, help kids? it s deeply disturbing, don. you know, in part because of the fact that it s, you know, a threat against, like you said, individuals who are trying to make decisions, decisions that are in the best interest of our
a threat so serious a school board group is asking the fbi, homeland security, and the justice department for help. the national school boards association sending president biden a letter saying and i quote here as these acts of malice, violence and threats against public school officials have increased, the classification of these heinous actions could be the equivalent to a form of domestic terrorism and hate crimes. terrorism and hate crimes? that s what our school boards are facing. let s listen to just some of it. calm down. calm down. we know who you are. we know who you are. you can leave freely, but we remind you and we know who you are. and i m going to come for everybody that comes at my kid