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
Question on where exactly this is going to go. we have confidence in that the category 4 hurricane will weaken on approach to california. that s good news. we ll consider a weaker storm but the impacts remain the same. flooding rain is a really big problem and that is what s led to this extreme risk for flash flooding in southern california. san diego, los angeles, all the way up to boise idaho in cone. monday and into tuesday the remnants of this storm as land rips it apart. in the rain forecast why it is so unprecedented. to see 3 to 5 inches in the forecast. typically southern california averages 0 inches in august. it will lead to potentially life threatening flooding. landslides, mudslides. power outages. depending where the storm comes in the threat for the mountains will bring in more in the way of rain. tracking it on the exclusive fox