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Lunch taken away because of an unpaid $9 balance on his account. >> the lunch lady didn't say anything, took away my bread sticks and sauce, put it over there, and took out cheese on bread out of the fridge and put it on my lunch tray. >> to make matter eechbs worse, all of this happened to jefferson sharpnack on his birthday. they recently moved in with their grandmother. she was waiting for paperwork to be processed so she could enroll the kids in the district's free and reduced lunch program. >> you're going to take it off the tray and throw it away, not serve the child? it doesn't make sen...

Hey, your kid's lunch debt or your children could be taken out of your home and put in foster care. imagine getting that letter. well, lots of those letters were sent out in one of pennsylvania's poorest school districts. and now they are under scrutiny. that letter went home to parents, and, again, that's what the threat was. the county manager for luzerne county, david pedry, joins me now. as county manager, you also oversee child protective services, foster care. what do you know about this letter and this threat? >> erica, when this letter went out, luzerne county was shocked. this is not ...

Welcome back. nearly 400 graduating seniors at morehouse college will leave school debt free thanks to a commencement speaker who made a promise to pay their student loans. take a look at this. >> on behalf of the eight generations of my family who have been in this country, we're going to put a little fuel in your bus. this is my class, 2019. my family is making a grant to eliminate their student loans. >> that is investor and philanthropist robert f. smith who already announceed a $1.5 million donation towards school scholarships before he promised to take on the class of 2019 student loans ...

Jets had flaws in it? details on how that may have contributed to those two deadly plane crashes. and my favorite story of the weekend. the best graduation surprise ever for hundreds of moorehouse college students. all of their school debt wiped clean by their billionaire commencement speaker. we'll talk to one of the students and their mom live. i'm working to keep the fire going for another 150 years. ♪ to inspire confidence through style. ♪ i'm working to make connections of a different kind. ♪ i'm working for beauty that begins with nature. ♪ to treat every car like i treat mine.

Hours for a doctor here. a hindrance for folks like this army veteran and his wife. >> he could get his care right here in our town if we had a place for him to get it instead of driving 60 miles one way when he has severe neuropathy in his feet. i can't drive this week. i had surgery. >> things are so bad in park county, shannon, that they have two ambulances in town that are overwhelmed because they're constantly called for things that are non-emergencies. things you see a doctor for like a sprained ankle and things like that. >> shannon: how did we get to this point and what can be done to ...