Gillian 4 00 a. M. Thanks for having me. Im Gillian Turner and this is americas newsroom. The threat a repeating third grade now is being designed to motivate students to work harder in school as some schools are struggling to overcome major setbacks lingering from the pandemic. Bill third grade is a critical benchmark. Those who cant read are four times more likely to drop out of school. Gillian memphis, tennessee, 76 of third graders there right now not proficient in reading. Only 1 of those students were held back a year. Bill at problem chronic absenteeism. More than a quarter of students are missing at least 10 of the school year. It puts them of greater risk of dropping out. The governor from arkansas Sarah Huckabee sanders with us yesterday. We have to get back to the basics of teaching math, reading, writing and american history. We cannot perpetuate a lie to our students and push this Propaganda Leftist Agenda Teaching our kids to hate america and hate one another. Its one of
the scottish national party s chief executive has resigned with immediate effect after they were forced to reveal a dramatic drop in membership this week. now on bbc news, it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. it s crunch time in dublin as ireland go for the grand slam against england we ll have the latest. earlier france kept alive their hopes of snatching the title, with a win over wales in paris. and reunion at the etihad but will burnley s vincent kompany come away all smiles against his former boss in the fa cup quarterfinals? a blow for f1 champion max verstappen he won t be on pole, for this weekend s saudi grand prix. we ll tell you why. and a big fight at the 02 can we expect fireworks in the ufc, in the rematch between leon edwards and kamara usman? hello there, and welcome along to sportsday. plenty to come, but we start with the six nations and ireland are within touching distance of a first six nations title since 2018. they re on course to
Been a wild weekend on capitol hill. He is coming up first. Plus, transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg will be live in the studio, with a view from the biden administration, as the president frames this whole episode as a full on failure for republicans. And later, donald trump is expected to travel to new york today, and attend the start of His Civil Fraud Trial tomorrow. Who better to talk to that former trump lawyer Michael Cohen. He blew the lid off trumps shady business dealings, he is on the witness list for this trial, and he could come face to face with his former boss for the first time in years. We are awaiting remarks from President Biden, at any moment, from the white house. And when he is ready, we will take that you live. But in the meantime, i just want to level set on what weve seen washed, and over the last couple of days. One Republican Congressman said that the last week was like, quote, riding a mechanical bull. That is quite a visual, but pretty accurate. The pr
bill: this decision came out of azerbaijan, not atlanta. it seems it is an issue for the united states much more than other places around the world. because we re seeing all it goes back to why is the leap? why do you need to leap? if it s about the competition and nothing to do with physicality, there is no reason to leave. i would think a transgender woman winning in the men s division would say more about equality than having to hop over to the women s division. why? there is no reason to. only reason we re seeing is seeing mediocre, biological men transition and all of a sudden they become star athletes when they switch to women s sports. i commend them for the way they re doing that. bill: if you are a titleholder and you change your gender back, you would get reinstated. if you don t all previous titles are abolished.