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Their witness, their witness for the prosecution, if you will, to read a letter they hadnt even gone through with her. i remember from the testimony she is i cant read cursive writing. in this case, it may have been somebodys particular cursive writing. but what about this? would an african-american associate in that prosecution team have been more helpful in being a liaison between the prosecution boss, whoever it was, and the witness? would that have helped? >> you know, i dont think thats rel...

Get into evidence, clearly the prosecutor did not know that ms. jeantel could not read cursive handwriting, and instead she was embarrassed. the prosecution could have prevented this embarrassment by stipulating to the letter in evidence with the defense. i can go much more further with this. but you can also see my article on this case, msnbc.com, chris. >> okay. so basically, they made a lot of technical mistakes in asking their witness, their witness for the prosecution, if you will, to read ...

Appearance, theyre talking about her linguistic style. theyre talking about her level of education and whether or not she can read cursive writing. nous flash, they stopped teaching is your sieve writing public schools sometime ago. they teach it maybe as they teach latin. i do not expect her to understand cursive writing. looking at rachel jeantel through the eyes of you know an america who hasnt necessarily understood her day to day life and wa she does to survive, cope and make it in this wor...

Able to for a while. it helps offset some the cost of doing some of these things. >> thank you very much for the information. you are a font of knowledge this morning. >> thank you. have great day. >> you too. commuter bus goes up in flames. how the driver saves dozens of lives here. surrive writing -- cursive writing more extent in our schools or should doo we need a cursive compact? [ male announcer ] where do you turn for legal matters? at legalzoom, weve created a better place to handle your...

And raise taxes. illinois has done that and its not working. >> eric: stuart varney on the fox business ned network, starts at 9:20 every day. >> thank you very much. bruce? no. >> steve: bruce? >> where did i get ha from? springstein. thats where i got that from. >> steve: bruce and boling. >> was this a compliment? sorry. >> eric: sure you dont have the flu? >> steve: thank you, jack. straight ahead, cursive writing becoming nearly extinct in our schools. so should we just get rid of it all to...

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>> steve: hes probably getting dizzy. >> alisyn: this happened off the coast of australia. rescuers were able to save the captain a short time later. >> steve: cant read the prompter. it is suddenly in cursive. >> eric: exactly. >> steve: meanwhile, a major winter storm sweeping through southern california. shut down a major interstate out there. muchity state experiencing its biggest temperature dips in years. it feels like winter out there. its a totally different story here on the east coast....

Good reason they need to keep cursive in the school. she told me that. this morning, did you realize that there are a number of states where they no longer teach cursive in the schools, since back in 2011, in the state of indiana, they just got rid of it. no more cursive because everybody is doing keyboarding and things like that. but unfortunately, for instance, there is now a move afoot in indiana to bring cursive back to the schools. because apparently kids simply cant read cursive. in fact, ...

Talking about a plan that could teach cursive handwriting to students. the education department dropped cursive writing as a requirement. they expected students to be more efficient in typing. this handwriting folks, it is a dying art. bill: you teach your kids to write letters, right? martha: absolutely. bill: good, smart, cool etiquette. martha: absolutely. bill: well-done. eye-popping numbers, bringing new calls to reform the u.s. tax code. we spend 6 billion hours a year doing taxes, folks. ...

Shorter all the time and we hear from teachers who say we dont have time to get through everything. so thing like cursive writing get drops along the way. is this a good idea? >> no one questions what is the result you want to get? get? one of the highlights of the story is they will have more time for arts and music. our kids stink at math and science. there is no indication there is a link between this dump of federal and local money and whether results. the school system is one of the worst i...