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Unfairly targets others. when audrey took over as principal of long beach middle school three years ago, she was stunned by what she saw. >> we did have classes that seemed to be somewhat segregated. >> thats because students in sixth, seventh, and eighth grade honored classes were primary white while in other classes, they were primarily latino and african-american. >> if she was getting honors, why wasnt she in an honors program? >> she was in the high-90s in every class, and i couldnt under...

a re-sounding success. watch or dvr inside the mission, getting bin laden tonight, 8:00 eastern time. topping our news at this hour, louisianas morganza spillway is opening. its expecting to begin burdening the waters away from new orleans and baton rouge. while many homes will be protected, the homes and farms of 2500 people will be expected to be flooded. >> an arrest warrant may be issued for moammar gadhafi. an international close to the courts cells cnn to expect a formal announ...

>> reporter: thats because students in sixth, seventh and eighth grade honor classes were primarily white while in regular classes students primarily latino and african-american, among them jennifer smiths daughter. >> if she was getting honors why wasnt she put in an honors program? >> she was high 90s every class. i couldnt understand it. no one was pushing her to go into honors. >> reporter: its called tracking. separating children based on academic abilities. but in long beach, the racial di...

Single class and nobody was pushing her to go into the honors. >> reporter: it is called tracking and separating children based on academic abilities, but in long beach, the racial disparity became hard for educators to ignore. what is the danger of tracking somebody in sixth grade? >> in my opinion, it is developmentally inappropriate. >> as one of long islands oldest community, it is one of the most economically diverse. >> we are providing access to all youngsters, and that needed to change. ...

Enroll now and get ten percent off your enrollment... for you and your entire family with todays special offer. call now and mention id alert. or visit lifelock.com. ♪ gregg: welcome back to "happening now," im gregg jarrett, in for jon scott today. breaking news out of philadelphia, the fbi has apparently been tracking somebody who was attempting to kill a united states states congressman, a two-count complaint and a warrant have been filed charging warren with threatening to kill eric cantor...