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Jun. 12—When the pandemic hit, Shannon Boren became the point person among other parents to understand the latest guidance from the CDC or governor or whatever agency's decision was impacting school reopenings. Boren, the mother of a freshman at Kern High School District and a fifth grader at Norris School District, said she worried about her children remaining in distance learning. But as a ...

Families? we hear stories about them not being able to afford basic necessities and school issues and things for their kids that none of us in america would ever think thats acceptable that these folks who arent giving voluntarily so much of their own lives should have to have those kinds of economic worries. >> no doubt about it. these are the best young men and women that our nation produces serving the military. far too often, shannon, over the previous administration, they held hostage the d...

>> thats because they dont think the government is able to protect them. >> i dont think its a credibility gap. i mean, you know, as you know, my wife worked at sandy hook promise. this is the anniversary of newtown. we need sensible gun reform, and we need sensible policy on mental health and wellness. they have a thing called say something thats prevented school issues. i think we need the right balance. this is not only about the second amendment, but about doing smart things. secretary clint...

>> he was found to be very shy, timid. he was courteous to them. he told them that he was having some social problems and some school issues and that he probably was not going to continue in school. and he was automobile to convince the deputies that he was not a danger to himself or other people. they ended up advising him of sources that were available to him if he was depressed. there wasnt enough criteria available for them to put it in motion. >> the 22-year-old wrote a 137-page manifesto p...

Wrongfully convicted and they do bring suit. and there are funds that have been set aside for these kinds of cases, so i suspect whats first on his mind is being freed, but i also suspect down the line a lawsuit we may see. >> sunny hostin, thank you very much. appreciate that. the city of chicago says it has no choice, its schools are running a deficit of a billion dollars, thats just the schools. so, it plans to close 50. largest single school closure in recent memory anywhere. needless to s...

Attempt to get moderate centrist candidates on the ballot. >> no, look, this is just to get a good republican on the ballot who can win, and thats part of what the listening tour is about. were talking about economic development. were talking about equal opportunity. youre getting into school issues and on school issues were on the cutting edge particularly here in new york. the republicans are the leaders in independent schools and charter schools and pastor bernard is starting his own charter ...

Critical fiscal deadlines in front of them. they might be able to affect some of that change. >> peter alexander from the white house for us on this sunday afternoon, thanks, peter. president obama is not the only one on a charm offensive. rnc chairman reince priebus is on a listening tour thats bringing him to the big apple. hell be meeting in new york with african-american voters tomorrow to talk about issues important to the black community. how symbolic is this gesture? how full will this ...

Of course, the cardinals will get chance to speak out what they feel a new pope will have to tackle, the issues, and today really was their last chances during mass. so in a way, yes, this was political campaigning, and if someone came out and talked today, that was cardinal timothy dolan from new york. >> claudio lavanga. well talk with you later. is the republican party modernizing or are more people falling behind their war principles? lets go to the war room. patrick murphy in the house an...

Video. >> my name is paul mckinley. im running for the second congressional district. im an ex-offender, trying to prevent the next offender. i was tried, convicted and sent to prison for robbery. >> thats paul mckinley there. how do you overcome the stigma of dirty chicago style politics associated with the seat youre running for? >> you know, theres a lot of good people in office, and theres been issues all over the united states with different politicians. i can only talk about robin kelly an...

Regard to the gun culture? >> you know, i dont know. i would like to see some more data. i would like to see the cross tabs in the polling to see who, in fact, they ask, the demographics of who they ask, where they ask. i think if you were to ask that question in the south and rural areas, it would be much, much different than in places -- like rural pennsylvania would be different than rural south. i suspect its still a dominant staple if you will in rural life but also because of alarm systems...