The crowd behind me. But lets get on up there to show you that banner, its huge. 70foot by 35foot and as you said in big litters it says resist. Worth noting the banner is facing directly towards the white house and that was of course intentional. The activists tell us they are doing this to resist quote trumps attacks on environmental and social and economical justice, as for passerby they had mixed thoughts. Take a listen. I think its commendsable. I dont think trump is really going to care that much. But more power to them. Yeah way to go. At that point not right to what not the right way to do it. Its wrong for business. Its going to be closed for one day. Theyre going to have some Police Officers waiting for them. Its going to be rough for them when they come down but i think its awesome. Reporter all right, so one other big issue here has been traffic all morning. There are closures on l street between 16th and 15th and also 15th street is street and l street. As for when this wi
Today. In a letter from superintendent Kevin Maxwell he apologized for the inconvenience noteing a callout was urged by action of womens march on washington. 1700 teachers and 30 of transportation staff requested that personal leave. Maxwell said schools simply dont have the staff or substitutes to fill absences and also said the board of education takes no political stance on day without a woman demonstration. Board memberal exing ander member Alexander Wallace understands the action. As a person, proud feminist. I understand the call of the organizations mission. And i understand the dire need for that statement to be heard. And to the employees that requested personal leave off from Prince George county Public Schools your message was heard loud and clear to this board member. Explain the School District like we heard from alexandria Public Schools yesterday cannot deny the personal leave when it is requested that is the way that the Union Bargaining agreement works. Thats agreement
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