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Above -- um -- water fountains in rooms but it's the same thing. >> reporter: atlanta public schools investigated the posy's claim saying in a written statement that atlanta public schools does not condone the assigning of students to classrooms based on race. as such, the district conducted a review concerning allegations of this conduct at mary lynn elementary school. at the conclusion of the review, appropriate actions were taken to address the issue and the matter was closed. a spokesman for aps would not disclose the specifics of the actions it took against the school. telling cnn, they d...

Like i don't understand. we have those? >> reporter: of the six total second grade classes at the atlanta public school, kyla posey says she was told by principal briscoe that black students, including posey's daughter, would only have a choice between two of the classes. in july, she and her husband, who works as the school psychologist, filed a federal complaint with the department of education. >> it may not be your 1950s segregation where you have signs above water fountains and rooms, but it's the same thing. >> reporter: atlanta public schools investigated the poseys' claim saying in a w...

The civil rights act of 1964 prevents, this not allowed to segregate based on race. steve: you wonder is it hang in other schools as well? >> surely not. steve: did we know it was happening there? it could be happening elsewhere. brian: the administration doesn't know half what's happening in their own curriculum under their own command. twice pointed out problems in the mandate. we didn't know they were there we will correct that. the atlanta public school says this. atlanta public school does not condone the assigning of students to classrooms based on race. reviewed actions. appropriate act...

Race. in a statement to cnn, atlanta public schools told us they do not condone the assigning of students to classrooms based on race. as such, the district conducted a review concerning allegations of this conduct at mary lynn elementary school. at the conclusion of the review, appropriate actions were taken to address the issue and the matter was, quote, closed. kylie posey filed this complaint. she joins us now and her attorney is also with us. thank you so much for being with us. what happened here? how did -- >> thank you for having me. >> how did you find out that your child was being, a...

In their phase one trade deal. china threatened retaliation. on the streets of hong kong, protesters celebrated having hundreds of american flags and holding up signs thanking president trump. the president has been undecided on whether to back the bill because of the delicate trade negotiations. he signed yesterday. just a few hours after he signed the bill and a significant provocation, china's regional ally north korea fired off those of two projectiles which the south korean army say were fired from a super large caliber multi-rocket launcher. if confirmed, this would be the 13th missile t...