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
yeah, it is just shocking to us as a family and to be honest we re still trying to process what this means for us and the ripple effect this is going to have on our family and jared s children. so it is a very mixed bag of emotions. we feel a sense of peace that we are beginning to receive answers, but we are just ripped apart emotionally with the charges and what this means and how this was planned and calculated. it is shocking and i think it is shocking the world to learn about this story. gillian: it certainly is. kirsten, we know that shanna first became a person of interest to police or a suspect on the tip from the tattoo parlor artist. when did you start having suspicions about her culpability in the murder? the night that shared was
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
Killed. gillian: wow. what about you, adam? we never wanted to believe that someone could go to this length to destroy a life, right? it is just gut wrenching to think how it was planned and executed and again, how selfish this is when you think about the children and that they are robbed of the loving father and what this means for us as a family. so it is heartbreaking and unfortunately it is our reality. it feels like a terrible nightmare that we are living and that we have to live with on a daily basis, that we wake up to but it s real and we re just so thankful and grateful for all of those who have been helping us fight for justice and receive answers. we feel very blessed. dana: kirsten, becksly was with jared that day. how is she doing?
she is doing so much better than i could have ever hoped. she is a happy girl. she loves to learn. she just started school, is loving it. she is resilient and she has been through one of the hardest things a child could go through. losing a parent and being present when that parent was taking. losing siblings. she has gone through all of it and continues to amaze me at how much love that she can still give, the hope that she holds out to talk to her siblings. she is an amazing girl. gillian: kirsten and adam we have to leave it there. thank you so much for sharing this with us. incredibly helpful to hear it from you. as difficult as it is. we really appreciate it and godspeed to you both. thank you very much. thank you. president biden: they call my plan bidenomics. i m not sure they meant it in a totally complimentary way at the