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the soil. >> neil: all right. this we are sure. a lot of questions, but are we getting all the right answers? despite all of those positive comments, residents of east palestine still have a very unsettling feeling. everyone with authority keeps telling them that everything is okay. residents say theyre not buying it. well talk to one that is getting sick of it. well get you covered with garrett tenney with how folks are dealing with and aishah hasnie on capitol hill where theres calls...

House democrats has been answered. By our nominee for speaker, the gentleman from brooklyn, the leader of our House Democratic caucus, the honorable Hakeem Jeffries [ applause ] leader jeffries has answered our call, but the majoritys nominee is disconnected. Disconnected from the American People and their values. Maga extremism is designed to divide. And it has broken the republican party. Their nominees vision is a direct attack on the freedom and the rights of the American People. And hes got...

Two Fort Wayne Mad Ants players had a choice to make, and it wasn’t about their actions on the court.

Its nerve for long enough to find out. zoe kleinman, bbc news. finally, lets go to the egyptian resort of sharm el—sheikh, where global leaders are holding climate talks at the cop27 conference. the united nations secretary—general antonio guterres has been attacking countries — and companies — who make pledges on cutting emissions whilst continuing to invest in fossil fuels — so called "greenwashing". we must have zero tolerance for net—zero greenwashing. using bogus net—zero pled...

Could go away. what impact is this having? >> wolf, really hope iing that of president trumps new years resolutions was to stop tweeting about national security because it is so counterproductive. you look at his tweets about iran, for example. theyre inaccurate and i think they serve the regimes interest. theyre inaccurate because i take issue with the fact that he said that the iranian people are quote finally starting to push back against the regime. i think his staff needs to brief him in th...

Even as the floor drops. >> part of what people are protesting now is everything to do with the race, but theres also distennesscontent on the s forces getting worse. people feel like what it takes to get elected now, it is harder to get peoples voices heard in a certain kind of way. in a way, this moment calls for the true lesson of the 1960s is new forms of coalitions. what kind of coalitions will come out of this moment. well let you have a unified voice to impact change. i want to listen to ...

And really be thought partners like vicky phillips was talking about, in decision making, tremendous things can happen. i think we can break those kind of outcomes into three categories. when teachers weigh in, we improve policies for kids. we can change the perception that educators have from the public. we can also empower students. what happens when -- it sort of starts in our classrooms. the thing that really fuels me is whether or not my students are learning. so at my school, when theres t...

Lose 30% of their best teachers. i think one of the most powerful answers is teacher voice. in organizations like teach plus policy teaching fellows and the science teaching foundation, educators for excellence that started in new york, theyve figured out how to bring the kind of training and support teachers need to amplify our voices and become agents of change within our profession. so it starts with raising the standard for how to get in, but then the real challenge is having teachers set th...

How we can change the fact you guys dont feel appreciate pd. >> absolutely. i think one of the challenges we have is we know the money is not there to pay us all the time what we deserve. if you look at statistics of what keeps teachers in the profession, its having that voice and having the opportunity to impact change. i think often in our nation we give a lot of lip service to including teacher voice, but its time to start taking some of those actions. if youre a group that speaks about educa...

Happens, then well see a dramatic shift in how we are treated as professionals. the last part is thinking about how we can empower students. when we bring the media into our classrooms and bring policymakers into our classrooms to see whats happening, we broadcast loud and clear that what were doing and what our students are doing is important. we send a message to them thats bigger than saying, i believe in you. so when npr came into my classroom to do a story on race and genetics, instead of s...