Schools are allowed to keep a childs sexuality a secret from their parents. The Senior National correspondent kevin corke is live in dc with the breaking information on this. Kevin good evening. Reporter evening trace. Three Monmouth County new jersey districts are being sued by the state of new jersey for passing versions of policy requiring teachers to inform parents if a student is seeking a transgender accommodation, such as using a new pronoun or bathroom. Today was the first time the state publicly argued its case against the middletown, marlboro and Manalapan Englishtown School Districts, districts whose leaders agree that the aim here, trace, is to strike a balance between care for the children and the rights of parents. I dont think that our policy is discriminatory in any way. I think we carefully crafted it to be compassionate and to actually attend to the needs of our district. Reporter meanwhile a spokesperson for the Office Of The Attorney General in new jersey said in a
kevin. reporter: indied trace. the rnc actually wants qualifying candidates to, you probably heard this, sign a pledge backing the eventual gop presidential nominee and they want it to be signed before the first debate which, of course, is coming up on august the 23rd. and while it s true, the request has rubbed several of those running the wrong way, many of the top contenders aren t taking any chances. they re putting pen to paper for a guarantied slot in the spotlight. and while the remain for president, donald trump, has rejected the idea of signing the pledge, he says, as if, plenty of others either have or say they re willing to do so. among them ron desantis rvivek ramaswamy tim scott nikki haley mike pence even chris christie. okay. meanwhile on the trail today for most gop hopefuls it was frankly time to make up a bit of ground holding court with iowa voters and of course to prepare to crisscross the hawkeyes 99
to have the right personality. i think what s happening here, it s not just a policy test, it s a personality test and it s a profile test. in my case, what i ve done on a profile level is i changed miami dade county from a plus 20 to democrats to a plus ten for republicans in the five years i ve been mayor which means i can get votes from cities. i ve also had a track record of getting young voters, people that we lost to joe biden by 26 points. it s unforgivable to lose young voters a 80-year-old president by 26 votes, who does not project youth and vitality in any sense of the word. and then of course, hispanics. hispanics are a voting group that s 60 million americans, 20% of which are undecided. i think if you have a candidate that can speak with them and connect with them, we cannot only win the 2024 election but i think we can take back the senate and win elections for a generation. trace: i have to go but i have ten seconds, your quick thoughts on the former president being i
work of a hundred cops so how can they be proactive against crimes when they have to react to situations and the criminal justice system isn t even having their backs to prosecute the crimes. it s amazing because the warnings are going out, the san francisco chronicle headline is crime is so bad near san francisco federal buildings that employees are told to work from home wendy. i want to put more video up. these are garages that were smashed and the new tactic is the they re going through these businesses and just smashing through the door and going in and getting it and it s happening on both sides of the bay, oklahoma and san francisco. josh. trace: what s different about this kind of crime is it s bold and brazen and almost without consequence meaning they re not trying to cover their faces or license plates. you know, long gone are the stocking over the head robberies that used to get caught on video. now you see video people waltzing in and out comfortable calm and collect
the attorney general in new jersey said in a statement tonight, the state has always respected the rights of parents and agrees that parents should be involved in important decisions regarding their children and any characterizations to the contrary are flatly incorrect. to be clear, the state has never sought and never will seek a ban on parental notification. now, the battle, as you can imagine, also centers around the idea of children, we re talking about kids, attempting to change names and bathrooms and gender identification as well as sports team participation. by the way the superior court judge in this case david baumann says he will release his decision on this issue shortly. we don t know how soon that is. shortly could mean as far as a week we ll keep you posted but for now back to you. trace: we that you see it would be today but not the case. kevin corke we ll goat back to you as the news breaks. thank you. . trace: well, the fox news at