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>> hi, boris. i'm amara walker. you are in the "cnn newsroom." we begin with the investigation into the hush money scheme involving former president trump and adult porn star stormy daniels. trump taking to truth social saying he expected to be arrested on tuesday and is calling on his supporters to protest. an indictment has been happening soon and he has been preparing for the next steps. kaitlan, we will begin with you. what are you learning from trump's team in regards to the potential indictment? >> donald trump is out there doing what he does. he is making public statements say...

100 representative American Kids entering high school. What does fate have in store for them . 25 out of that 100 wont graduate from high school. A total of 50 wont go to college. Thats half the class that wont go on to higher education. 50 will attend college, but only 22 will graduate within six years. Meanwhi meanwhile, other countries are outstarting us. On a recent international test, u. S. Students ranked only 15th in the world in reading, 23rd in science and 31st in math. Overall, the World Economic forum ranks the quality of our education at 26th. Whats odd is that weve been outspendin...

The united states isn't even happening in the worst performing school districts in the state as of last year. >> as far as i'm concerned this is a hostile takeover. it was done to houston families, not with them. >> members of that community feel that they are being targeted. so let's find out more with democratic state representative harold duty on-jr. in 2015 he proposed the amendment added to a law that allowed the state to take over schools in houston. representative dutton, we are grateful you are sharing part of your saturday morning with us. we have a lot to get to. first, critics are p...

Public education in general. it is a wonderful melting pot. i'm a product of public schools, my children are. >> it has been the most important vehicle of social mobility in our country. that has been the thing that has given us that. >> our country shall because if we don't win this, we lose to china and india. this is the competition for the future of america. if we lose here, we lose the ability to compete for the future. if we lose that, we are no longer number one anymore. one last quick point if i could. part of what i think the issue is. i did some work for united way around education a...

Been michelle rhee, the former chancellor of washington, d.c.'s, public school system, one of the nation's worst performing school districts at the time she took over. >> in 2007 the education world went into a frenzy over the possibility that michelle rhee could actually turn around the school district. >> featured in the lightning rod documentary "waiting for superman" rhee turned the school system upsidedown, firing dozens of schoolteachers and closing 27 schools. you famously clashed with the unions while you were in office. do you think still in retrospect and looking forward, are teacher...