african americans may get a higher value on their property when they remove themselves entirely from the selling process. joe johns with more on what happened to one couple in san francisco. reporter: tenisha and paul austin bought their home in the marin city of northern california in 2016. it came with a coveted view of the bay but a long to-do list. it needed a lot of work, but we were up to the task. reporter: they added a deck, a gas fireplace, and additional living space. in january of 2020, with the buildout almost finished, they decided to refinance and take some cash out of the property. they got an appraisal. it was right before covid hit. so the rates were extremely low. so we were trying to refinance to take advantage of the low rates. reporter: to their surprise, the appraiser wrote that the house was only worth 995,000 dollars.
thank you for joining us. we appreciate it as always. an ohio school wants to take town a portrait of jesus because the aclu said it was unconstitutional. they will now have to pay a hefty fine. facing intense legal pressure the jackson city school district settleled the case and the aclu is cashing in. the school agrees to keep the portrait off school bounds and pay the aclu 95,000 dollars in damage and legal fees. the picture has been hanging at jackson high school since 1947. but it was taken down in april because the aclu said that it caused severe harm to students and visitors. widespread fraud draining funds from the social security
the 100 pound african rock python somehow escaped the pet store got moo the ventilation system. the huge reptile either crushed the boys or strangled them while they were sleeping. forget about bragging eric holder knows how to fly first half. boy is it costing us. new numbers reveal the attorney general racked up over a million dollars in travel expenses. one of the trips costing 95,000 dollars to martha s vineyard. 200,000 dollars to give commencement speeches at 3 ivy league schools. it turns out he spent 113,000 for four trips. while in office just as we get liberal advocacy groups. most were made on board a jet which costs more than $50 million.