>> middle school teacher in trouble today as allegations have emerged that in teaching her lesson on slavery, she actually have black students lying on the ground while she stepped on their backs. >> the social study teacher who is white having physical contact with the children i think that is outrageous. >> and, legal pot, is a coming to new jersey? >> let's talk about the effect it has on communities and homeless people. now a new poll says not a majority want to see it legal. if you remember the story about the undocumented indonesian immigrants who were arrested in highland park, the story develops. saying they had their passport

stolen out of their homes. >> the plot think it's. >> i am bill spadea, this is chasing news. >> this is the front page of the daily news on friday. a bronx middle school teacher took a lesson slavery a bit too far. john has the details. what you got? >> may be your black history month lesson shouldn't include isolating black children and stepping on them. just a thought. what were you thinking comes this story out of middle school 118. according to the daily news a

social studies teacher named patricia cummings who is white was giving a lesson on slavery and slave trade when she has three black students, allegedly to line the floor. she said how does it feel, they said fine so she put their preferred on the child back in that said see how it feels to be a slave. newspaper reports said they did this in several seventh grade classes. we have not heard from the teacher or heard her state of the stories. these are allegations for middle school kids. the department of education is investigating. it released a statement that while an investigation hasn't been completed these are deeply worrisome. she has been reassigned away students were provided in the school with additional supports. >> parents are concerned. who wants to hear straight from their child that they were stepped on during a lesson about slavery. even if she meant well and her intentions were good but her

execution of this important lesson went awry, one psychologist says there still cause for concern. >> having the physical contact with the children in that way, walking on their backs i think that's outrageous. they could've been physically harmful. perhaps even emotionally harmful. that to me was disconcerting. >> 3% of the students are white. if a teacher doesn't paste discipline she will most likely face cultural sensitivity training. in 2013 to teachers from the school in manhattan taught students how to subtract a multiply using examples of slaves being killed and whipped. apparently lessons for all of us to learn during black history month.

>> thanks john. you can't make this stuff up. let's bring our panel to break it down. the caruso's here with us today welcome back. lisa, pop-culture expert, i like that promotion. >> i accept. >> peter brown is back. lisa, my hands all over the place. it sounds absurd and a copout to talk about cultural sensitivity training. those things are ridiculous and stupid. she needs to learn how to teach. >> we agree. my first concern is that place in the foot on the back. she stomped on those kids. she needed to be arrested and taken out in handcuffs and being charged with assault. the next thing is, how is she going to the students i'm going to show you what it feels like to be a slave. >> if she were black wooded have

changed. >> absolutely not. no teacher of any color should be doing anything to experience something. they should teach it. i think we should do white history month to teach white people about the history of america. >> the old cliché is those that don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it. is there something to teach the horrors of slavery in a way that impacts people? >> we should be talking about slavery in the holocaust. but there's a proper way to teach it. as a teacher you have a lesson plan that is approved and you need to abide by. in this case she did not. >> this is crazy. it apparently went on before. where's the school administration? it doesn't sound like an isolated incident. >> breaking news out of washington. the trump administration okays the house intelligence committee to release a memo that may implicate the fbi and political maneuvering in their investigation. could this be the talk of

impeachment with regard to donald trump? caroline has the story. >> democrats say the memo has cherry picked facts that don't add up. president trump said it says the russia investigation is biased. >> president trump called the revelations a disgrace. >> a lot of people should be ashamed of themselves and much worse. >> the republican written memo observes the fbi violated powers in its election meddling. focuses on a dossier by christopher steele that was used as part of the application to surveilled trump campaign advisor, carter page. it says surveillance did not disclose or reference the role of the dnc or cling campaign. >> you see that the fbi relied on a document paid by hillary clinton's campaign which is a

reason why they got a fisa warrant. >> it alleges bias by steele's and he was desperate that donald trump like elected. james comey, the former fbi director who was fired blasted the memo on twitter asking, that's it? insane the release wreck the intel community and destroy trust. democrats say it's part of a bigger strategy. >> the president hopes this memo will help make the case against the fbi and department of justice will ultimately undermine bob mueller. >> they believe the house will release the democrat memo. that would have to be okayed by the president. >> thank you. let's bring back the panel to break it down. from a legal perspective, the democrats have got themselves all tripped up. there's no way to separate the russia collusion allegation that have gone on for a year. i don't think from the now alleged political motivation of the fbi.

that should concern democrats and republicans. >> that's what was intended by leaking the memo. take a look back, we have situation under the bush administration we set up the fisa court which is the next step in the investigation. it just means the continued investigation at a higher level and allocating more resources. >> this started with the allegation of prostitutes and urinating -- you been talking about impeachment. does the evidence not matter? just whatever takes to get trump out? >> i do believe in democracy. if you're going to impeach the president you need substantial evidence. i don't like trump but if we say trump is bad, kick his butt out of there, we don't need proof what does that say to other

presidents? >> does is undermine our whole republic when it looks like the whole arm of law enforcement being used undermined the election. forget rushing collusion. >> i can see the problems were addressing here. the issues that we have politics involved. i got the memo was release. now we can see both sides. so here's a side that we need to look at. >> the question is, how much power did hillary clinton have? she went after trump and kant went on the merits, cheating? >> there is no honor amongst these. >> trouble get impeached. >> we will see. >> here's a look at headlines were chasing.

>> a stunning moment in michigan courtroom went to father some of larry nasser's abuse victim tries to attack him. >> like me in a room with this demon. >> you know i cannot to that. >> the judge that he will not punish the attacker. randall lunch at the doctor paul testimony of two of his doctors. deputy stopped the attempted attack. two daughters testify that they are the third sister were sexually abused by nasser at an elite gym. the dow tumbled more than 650 points after the market suffered its worst in three years. an arizona man is facing charges after thirtys accused him of manufacturing armor piercing bullets found inside the las vegas hotel room. ammunition dealer said he did not notice anything suspicious he sold seven or 20 rounds of

ammunition to stephen pat x weeks before he killed people.

>> welcome back. we have a great story coming up about a new play called the outsider.

what if somebody who had no political experience actually got to hold the reins of power? sounds familiar. let's check in with ashley who is following the continuing story of the indonesian immigrants in highland park. two are claiming their passports have been stolen. what you got? >> two indonesian men living here for sanctuary feel that any second they will be deported after discovering their passports were stolen from their homes a week ago. >> yesterday when we learned that some of her documents were missing at the house i had to break down yesterday, my blood pressure was high, my hand was shaking.

>> the camp going on and on. >> carrying author say their homes were broken into days after ice agents took two indonesian men into custody. harry managed to escape that same day last week. the attorney general said he sent a letter to u.s. department of homeland security. they said given everything with ice he believes the timing is no coincidence. >> you could say it's random burglary and ice can deny involvement, but whoever went into enough to look long and hard for very specific travel documents. i find that fishy. >> they both have final deportation orders with ice. >> if they were to pick up the individuals living in those homes they would have to put them in detention and request travel documents from the conflict. they could take them straight to an airport and deport them. >> they're looking into legal avenues for both men to get passports. he hopes the attorney general will look at these burglaries as possible hate crimes.

>> new jersey state governor, phil murphy is continuing his march to legalize recreational use of marijuana. what's interesting, if you ask people across the country though say poll after poll, survey after survey, most people want to see it legal. a new poll in new jersey showing folks here, not so fast. only a little over 40% have said they support the legalization of marijuana. some say it's because of the governor's approach on their issues dealing with medical marijuana, the christie era rules that made it hard for people to obtain medical marijuana. some results coming out of colorado, not the least is the increase of arrest among black and hispanic youths. were joined by our panel, phil, lisa and peter brown. lisa, legal pot. it seems the governor had great

intentions and people said without evidence that young people voted for him for legalizing pot and now only four out of ten wanted. >> most people in new jersey know someone who smokes marijuana. but they don't want it. they don't want them in your area. they want them to be in other parts. most to smoke marijuana come to cities like newark diet and then go to their business. >> the governor has changed his tune. first a revenue issue than social justice, now and onto christie era regulation issue, he seems to be losing. >> the economic seven are in are trying to they do matter. the pole was a hot mess. and it's an outlier on what we see. we go back to social justice piece that doesn't get solved. were locking up minorities in our states four times the rate of whites. there's no difference in his use of it.

>> you're on the front lines as a councilmember. >> if you talk about social justice talk about the effect it has on communities. >> the graffiti, this is more than just locking up people. >> there are reports that there's a dramatic increase in arrest among black and hispanic youth. a dramatic increase in drug use among young people about public safety. >> i went down there and spoke to an agent and some dispensaries. it's not a matter of you going to a dispensary to buy it. it's so complicated. he by edibles and paper pence. you can smoke and people won't know. is turning to an epidemic. >> i'm 35 years old. i went and showed my card. >> that's a difference. >> the difference.

>> you walked in it looks like to me like a candy store but they're not medical doctors prescribing it. >> that's what makes it dangerous. you're going in there to get help for sleeping or. >> but when you legalize it that would do away with medical marijuana. >> i disagree. >> let's go back, i don't understand how new jersey and how the polling is changing, how do they explain that three times the use among young people the black arrest the 50% and hispanic rest stop 28%. >> one reason you see an increase uses their making it look cool. when you have edibles out there from brownies to drinks, yet tells to help you sleep, it's now cool to be high. >> it's the hookah and your

smoke and hookah that's a drug. >> should it be legal across the board or not? >> what we called reefer in the 80s, yes. i might every person out of jail went to jail for selling it. >> i have a feeling we should reconvene next week. thank you for the pictures. we'll bring it back next week for sure. tonight will bring you something on the side of clinical satire. there's a play running called the outsider. you may remember the outsider because it was promoted by a series of former governors including john corzine, governor christie and former governor whitman. the satire about a guy who winds up in charge who has all the skills, but none of the personality you might expect

from a successful politician. plane that lead role as lenny, he had slipped play. welcome to chasing news. >> thanks. >> your characters lieutenant governor who has all the charisma that gets caught up in a sex scandal. he's gone and the guy without the political skill but all the expertise is now in the top spot. >> that sumsms it up. it's a poor guy who literally has panic attacks if he has to campaigner to public speaking. and now that's the role he has to assume. he's not very successful at it. >> is there a message here against the traditional polish politician that smiles and give a great speech but it's just an empty suit chill and for votes. >> hopefully what the place says is that when someone truly does find their voice and is true to

themselves and shares their expertise and knowledge and doesn't back away, hopefully the public will embrace that. and that honesty and integrity can went out. >> i'm reminded of two politicians who are on opposite sides of the spectrum. a little bit of bernie sanders meets a donald trump. >> that's perfect. i'm very much aware of bernie sanders and the other side of the coin is donald trump. but the person who inspired this was sarah palin. he wrote this a few years ago, pre-trump. her charisma unlock true knowledge was the jumping off point. >> where can people see, how long is it, where did they need to go? >> at paper mill playhouse. you can go online at paper mill.org. were there to february 18, 8 shows a week. you'll have a fantastic time.

it's a very funny play. >> i appreciate being on the show. >> thank you. let's check in with our meteorologist, dan with your weather. >> here we go into the first weekend of february. the cold there is back. it was a blustery and bone chilling friday afternoon. the same will be true for the first part of the weekend. were only on the edge of the arctic air mass. not taking the brunt of it like minnesota. all the patron ego fans going to the super bowl, paying that money to freeze their butts off. were watching the storm system. this works in the reverse of last week's storm system. we will transition for rain and wet weather, i'm not worried about accumulation. there could be slippery roads and a commission to the north and west. it's mostly a rain maker. the next one is coming on wednesday. could be a wintry next or snow

component. it looks mostly like wet weather through the middle of next week. overnight tonight temperatures are in the teens and with the one child in the single digits. on saturday will see sunshine and temperatures make it into the lower 30s. that's 10 degrees below normal. it will be breezy and will worry about the wind chill. sunday messy and snow showers turning to rain into the afternoon and evening. high temperatures will be in the low to the 40s. have a great weekend. >> stay right there. more chasing news is coming up.

>> coming up. >> welcome back. let's check out your sports. >> super bowl sunday is nearly

here. will the eagles become the first team in franchise history to win a super bowl #will tom brady be the first player in nfl history to win six? those answers and more coming your way and sunday night. the jets would like to get back to a super bowl and one of his fans tweeted the running back at same would 60 million give you enough to come back. he replied thusly, that ain't enough to come run with the jets. a quick detour to the national hockey league. if your first expansion team you not supposed to win a lot. the las vegas knights have changed that. they knocked off winnipeg in overtime. they become the first expensing

>> live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 11:00. right now less than 48 hours to go until the biggest game of the year. can you feel the excitement? yeah. the chance at a super bowl victory has everyone in high spirits tonight. thanks for joining us i'm dawn timmeney. our area decked out in eagles pride as the birds get ready for the ultimate matchup ton night our crews are talking everything super bowl. from minnesota to the philadelphia airport and delaware county where people are already talking about the struggle of going to work on monday. that's where we fine fox 29's brad sattin. brad, one community is already putting out a warning for parents tonight. >> reporter: yeah, dawn, that's true actually that's in new jersey. hamilton township the school district there in mays lan