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Have taken unscheduled absences today, more than double the unscheduled absent rate reported on monday of the same week a year ago. shep, this tsa says that they re actively managing efforts to essentially pool the employees that it has in strategic areas so that safety is not compromised, shep. shepard: what is the agency saying about a security issue there today? yeah, they have acknowledged, confirmed that earlier this month there was a passenger that was able to board an international flight to tokyo with a firearm in their carry-on luggage. the tsa issued a statement saying tsa is determined standard procedures were not followed and the passenger did pass through a standard screening tsa checkpoint with a firearm at heartsfield jackson atlanta international airport on january 2. tsa will hold those responsible appropriately accountable. what happened, shep, the ....
Librarians to be placed in schools. listen here. here we are in a fight for the soul of public education. the question is, do we starve our public neighborhood schools so that they re cut and privatized or do we reinvest in our neighborhood schools for our students and for a thriving city? and teachers say, shep, that they will be back at it tomorrow striking. once again, we expect to hear more from them at a news conference in a couple hours time, shep. shepard: what is the latest from the school district officials, jonathan? interestingly district officials have been very quiet today other than giving advice to parents saying their children will be looked after if they sent them to school. you have about 2,000 substitute teachers replacing 31,000 lausd teachers. you can imagine the student to teacher ratio is not good enough for a lot of parents. ....
in a statement, the aclu told fox news they believe barr laid the foundation for government surveillance programs and they want senators to press the nominee for his position on war rentless surveillance and mass data collection programs. they have to question him on his power, what he thinks the limits of the president s power are and how he will defend the fourth amendment. whether he will scale back surveillance programs that we know and raise privacy concerns. the aclu says that the dea began mass data collections on barr s watch as attorney general, shep. shepard: catherine herridge live on capitol hill. action against iran? ahead, what president trump s team reportedly requested and how the pentagon responded. plus, the secretary of state mike pompeo meeting with the saudi leader accused of ordering the killing of jamal khaishoggi. ....
Fortunes. he tried to get in some syrian refugees into the country and shut down by far right groups leading to a political death notice for him. we don t know if the two things are connected. people say the rhetoric in polish politics is more divisive and far right groups are being accused of drumming up this kind of anger. remains to be seen if he was affiliated with those groups. shep? shepard: ben hall live from london. extreme weather alert from the rockies to the nation s capitol as millions dig out of a deadly winter storm across much of the country. officials blaming the storm for several deaths, including that of an illinois state trooper killed while responding to a crash outside chicago. highways and roads treacherous. take a look at this sand truck ....
A lot of parents are keeping their kids out of school. the district says as for meeting the teachers demands, it s unaffordable. listen here. we cannot afford everything they re asking for. we hope they come to the table and tell us what they really want. they can t have everythinger that asking for. we know that, they know that. shep, there s no sign of any renewed offers from either side. this strike, if they cannot get together, could drag on for days and even weeks. shep? shepard: jonathan hunt reporting live from los angeles. passengers say it s taking more than an hour to get through some security checkpoints in atlanta at the busiest airport in the country. in fact, in the world. the tsa reports the number of no-shows across the country is up today. the first business day since workers missed the first paychecks because of the partial government showdown. or shut down or both. jonathan serrie is reporting ....