as a secretary of education, i want to say to susan devos -- >> betsy devos. >> betsy devos -- who's susan? as a secretary of education, betsy devos, this is what i expect of you. i want you to be open minded, as you meet with constituents today. listen and talk to groups. those who can help advise you on best practices. but i want to be very clear. i expect you as our secretary of education to protect our students against sexual violence. to support a safe environment for our students. and i expect you through investigation of all accusation, treat these cases as serious and one of your highest responsibilities. i want you to know that as we stand here as women, with that ultimate responsibility, we're often asked what keeps you awake at night. injustice. injustice. ignorance and silence. keeps me awake at night. and we're standing here today saying that will not be part of the women of this congress. and i am so proud to now bring another colleague, a woman who has just had a history of being a leader, a voice, and a person who understands that we have a responsibility, and that's

know that betsy devos can do much more about it. don't know that the education system can solve the problem of these children, and that leads me to a different point, and that is that we have asked the education system to do too much. the individuals with disabilities education act and the way we deal with severely disabled children is a whole separate issue. they have placed a huge burden on school districts to deal with children who have severe deficits, and i don't think there is any easy solution. i would not really blame becausevos for tat the placement of these students in the mainstream promoting my mainstream, which a lot people approve of, i think is a mixed bag, really predates betsy devos. host: michael is on the mime for all others. what is on your mind? caller: hi, yeah, i would like to just mention that education should be right up there with in recent history, being taken up by the federal government because the states are not able to raise the needed taxes as much as the federal government. could, inl government buil

as the secretary of education, i want to say to betsy devos, this is what i expect of you. i want you to be open-minded as you meet with constituents today. listen and talk to groups. those that can help advise you on best practices. but i want to be clear, i expect you as our secretary of education to protect our students against sexual violence, to support a safe environment for our students, and i expect you, through investigation of all accusations, treat these cases as serious and one of your highest responsibilities. i want you to know that as we stand here as women, with that ultimate responsibility, we are often asked, what keeps you awake at night? injustice. injustice. ignorance and silence keeps me awake at night. we are standing here and saying that will not be part of the women of this congress. i'm so proud to now bring another colleague, a woman who has had a history of being a leader, a voice, and a person who understands that we have a responsibility, and that is representative spears. >> thank you. thank you to nancy pelosi, to susan davis, to the leadersh

they're unhappy that secretary betsy devos wasn't just meeting with them but with a group of men once of rape. the women shared their stories of sexual assault and urged the secretary to keep title ix protections in place. >> when i was sexually assaulted i didn't even know title ix applied to me and i think a lot of us five years ago felt that way but we've had this national conversation and now georgetown requires every student to go through prevention education. that's because students demanded that their rights be actualized. >> democrats on the hill defended the rights as well of college campuses. >> obama by an expanded title ix protections and fours. that gave survivors hope and courage to come forward but now the trump administration is dismantling that progress. >> these students should be chasing dreams, not running from sexual predators. and yet today secretary betsy devos is meeting with and giving a platform to groups who discount victims and protect accused rapists. it's really -- it's unbelievable. >> you heard title ix mentioned. they were established back in 2011. tho

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even lamar alexander just said to betsy devos, you're misreading the law.y: i want to ask about the -- npr is reporting wayne johnson will be the new head of office of federal student aid. this is according to the department of education. in agency responsible for administering one point virtually no snow standing student loans from 42 million borrowers, plus aid programs for millions of college students, not mentioned in the press release and first reported by buzzfeed, johnson is currently the ceo of the union financial services corporation, a private student loan company. >> right. i don't think saying the fox guarding the hen house is enough to describe what is going on. you basically have people from bilkdustry that built -- ed kids that have had predatory practices now running the student aid programs. and it is -- again, it is this preference, this out and out preference for the lenders, for the for-profit colleges that we have fought for the last several years. the two can't give worthless degrees and leave kids holding the bag with unsustainable de

. >> president trump just gave a check to $100,000 to education secretary betsy devos., ng are >> president trump just donated his second quarter paycheck to the department of education. at a briefing sarah huckabee sanders presented the check from the president for $100,000 to education secretary betsy devos. she explained the money will be used to fund the department of education summer camp. >>> this summer there's a new alert from the state department for travellers planning to head to mexico. it involves tainted alcohol that could cause vacationer's to get sick and black out. a tourist from wisconsin prompted an investigation. the paper found dozens of accounts of people passing out at mexican resorts even after drinking limited amounts of alcohol. >> you know how much you can take. you know whether you're a lightweight or not. >>> check out this under water birthday party. this is the manatee that just turned 3 years old. care makers made her a cake that was six feet high, takes two of those scuba divers to bring it in. it was made of cabbage. the 660 manatee was

this week healey and 17 other democratic state ags sued education secretary betsy devos. right now 50% of student loans in default in the u.s. come to loans from for-profit schools which only make up 12% of the higher education sector. >> if you take away those regulations, who's there to protect those people, to protect people that don't know? >> reporter: danielle ramos received an email this week, after four years, her $15,000 school loan debt was forgiven. in her case, she had the support of the attorney general's office here. >> jericka, thank you. next on the "cbs evening news," new o account of a deadly car crash. later, an unruly passenger causes chaos in first class. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ but with my back pain i couldn't sleep or get up in time. then i found aleve pm. the only one to combine a safe sleep aid plus the 12 hour pain relieving strength of aleve. and now. i'm back! aleve pm for a better am. [man] not again! [burke] swan drive. seen it. covered it. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa

. >> education secretary betsy devos is stirring controversy over the trump administration's push to elines on vecking campus sexual assaults. devos sat down with three groups affected by title sexual assault survivors, students of accused, who are accused of sexual assault and college administrators, telling reporters that today was a time to listen to all sides of the debate. >> no student should be the victim of sexual assault. no student should feel unsafe. no student should feel like there isn't a way to seek justice. and no student should feel the scales are tipped against him or her. >> the meeting came a day after candace jackson, the acting head of the department's office for civil rights, told the "new york times," quote the accusation, 90% of them fall into the category of we were both drunk, we broke up and six months later i found myself under a title 9 investigation because she just decided our last sleeping toke was not quite right. jackson later apologized saying, as a survivor of rape, myself, i would never seek to diminish anyone's experience, my words in the "new yo

betsy devos put that on hold. what was our argument? the states jumped in with a lawsuit, so what's the counterargument? >> we should mention that in addition to pressing pause or little reset on defense to payment, betsy devos rolled back gainful employment and gainful employment regulates for-profit colleges and other career programs based on the debt-to-income ratio with their students. so with those two in mind, the lawsuit essentially says that it's a violation of law for the education department to yiewn rarltly strike down the rule after the long and public negotiation process. and with the reset button being hit, what we saw this week is consumer advocates and students once again taking to the podium to testify and tock about theirex persons and why they believe that these two rules should stay in place. >> brown: i want to expand to generally look at the overall student loan problem. where do you see the major differences and major plane flat with the new administration? >> we saw with obama taking office around the financial c

secretary betsy devos is the current rules for investigating sexual assault on college campuses are not working. she participated in meetings which came after her department's civil rights official said the majority of sexual assault claims on campuses are the result of both parties being drunk. >> good afternoon, everyone. we had very important conversations today. this was part of my ongoing commitment to hear from all sides of this issue. i wasn't surprised to learn that people with 20 or 30 years of experience in this area from higher ed institutions have never been invited to have a conversation about this. this is also an emotionally draining day. it is an incredibly difficult topic, but nothing compared to what the students have gone through. i saw a lot of pain today, but i also saw a lot of determination and resolve. i have two daughters and two a mother, as a grandmother, i can only imagine the horrors that students and families have endured around this issue. the courage of these students, the courage to come forward and share their stories eared i want the bank -- to thank e

. >> announcer: education secretary betsy devos met with sexual assault survivals and mans' rights advocate. title nine was a law created to probability or improbability sexual assault at schools that received federal funding. secretary devos talks about how title nine is impacting students. >> good afternoon everyone, we had very important conversations today. this was part of my ongoing commitment to hear from all sides of this issue. i was surprised to learn that people with 20 or 30 years of experience in this area from institutions had never been invited to have a conversation about this. this was also a really emotionally draining day. it's an incredibly difficult topic, but nothing compared to what the student have gone through. i saw a lot of pain today, but i also saw a lot of determination and resolve. i have two daughters and two sons, and as a mother, as a grandmother i can only imagine the horrors that student and families have endured around this issue. but i'm struck by the courage of these student, the courage to come forward and share their stories, and i want to thank each

secretary education betsy devos. >> so goes california, so goes the nation. see my state standing up for devos and the for-profit colleges. >> this is about time. in the last few years, several for-profit schools, including everest and itt tech have been under federal investigation and eventually closed. we've told you about this here on "7 on your side." federal loans taken out by students to attend those schools were eligible to be forgiven under the obama administration. all that changed just this summer under president trump. marco still has a stack of textbooks from his days at itt tech in oakland. he attended there with dreams of pursuing a career in computer security. the former high school dropout who eventually obtained his ged admitted that academically he was over his head. >> so, yeah, this is like, you know, way far in advance. >> reporter: marcos dropped out of itt after a little more than a semester because he couldn't keep up. today he still owes $8,000 for his federal loan. >> just baited in by the administrative office that the curriculum wa

secretary education betsy devos. >> so goes california, so goes the nation. glad to see my state standing up for devos and the for-profit colleges. >> this is about time. in the last few years, several for-profit schools, including everest and itt tech have been under federal investigation and eventually closed. we've told you about this here on "7 on your side." federal loans taken out by students to attend those schools were eligible to be forgiven under the obama administration. all that changed just this summer under president trump. marco still has a stack of textbooks from his days at itt tech in oakland. he attended there with dreams of pursuing a career in computer security. the former high school dropout who eventually obtained his ged admitted that academically he was over his head. >> so, yeah, this is like, you know, way far in advance. >> reporter: marcos dropped out of itt after a little more than a semester because he couldn't keep up. today he still owes $8,000 for his federal loan. >> just baited in by the administrative office that the curri

ben carson >> betsy devos plans to meet with advocates for survivors of custody sexual assaults.be making changes to guidance on sexual assault issued by the obama administration. which requir colleges to take certain steps to crack down on sexual violence on campus. advocates say those guidelines played a critical role to encourage victims they don't come forward when they're attacked. >> meantime committee donna brazile is highlighting the dnc during her 2016 election in the upcoming book, she's writing called hacks the inside story of brick ins and breakdowns that put donald trump in the white house, set to be released on november 7th, which marks the one year anniversary of the election that donald trump won. >>> the search for four missing young man in pennsylvania intensifies >> new evidence investigators discovered and white person of interest will be facing a new charge. >>> one of the biggest icebergs in recorded history just broke loose from antarctica. what does mean >> no icebergs here, way too hot. not the hottest day of the year so far, but that is probably going to

the attorneys general of those two states join ed an 18-state lawsuit filed today against betsy devos. the suit challenges a move by the education department to freeze new rules. the rules created by the obama administration would erase the debt of borrowers who were cheated by a for profit school. >> these are people working hard day in and day out all across pennsylvania who give up their hard earned money of the hopes to get ahead of their career. when they are scammed, it sets them back even further. >> devos says she wants to come up with a better solution and she's frozen the rules until she does. >>> a young child is at the hospital now after a near drowning at a jersey shore campground. a girl was pulled tr the lake. she wasn't breathing when new jersey state troopers arrived at the lake. she was rushed to the hospital. we're waiting for an update on her condition. the past five minutes we got a statement from the campground which says safety is its top priority and it is deeply sadden ed by the incident that took place today. >> you see the tire tracks across the front lawn.

. >>> ivanka trump, and betsy devos read to children this morning at the national museum of history. the event was held to encourage students, particularly girls, to stay engaged education over the summer. >>> coming up, we've got privacy concerns over a company's plan to implant microchips into their workers. >> but up next, a driver taking matters into his own hands when he sees >>> caught on camera, a cell phone video of an erratic driver weaving back and forth in houston. the family worried the driver was going to kill someone. they called 911 and followed that white mustang. when the driver got out, alejandro hernandez had to hold him to keep him from speeding away when police arrived. >> you did what you thought was necessary. >> his car was a weapon. anything that we did was justified, i think. >> that video is scary. the 28-year-old driver was charged with dwi. it's his third offense, so it's a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison. >>> ever hurt or killed somebody a old girl is now sharing his grief. his heart wrenching statement has gone viral. first the back story.

. >>> education secretary betsy devos is considering whether to change federal rules on investigating claims of sexual assault on college campuses. yesterday bedcy met with victims of sexual assault and those who were falsely accused. all but denied cross-examination of witnesses. devos says the system isn't working. >> we'll get to work to figure out the best way to solve this problem, to stop and reduce dramatically assault wheel respecting due process of law. >> many of those who oppose the obama-era rules wants it handed by the criminal justice system, not school administrators. >>> there's been a confession in the murders of four young men in pennsylvania. bro brook silva-braga. good morning. >> good morning. cosmo dinardo said he was sorry. he told them where the remains were buried. they were located on the farm owned by his parents north of philadelphia. >> he admitted to his participation or commission of the four murders. additionally in lieu of that, in favor of that, the commonwealth will not be seeking the depend. >> reporter: the four men disappeared last week. only the

. >> ninan: president trump and education secretary betsy devos have placed "school choice" at the top of their education agenda. their proposed budget calls for hundreds of millions of dollars in funding for vouchers and charter schools. but some educators in rural areas are concerned about proposed cuts in funding to public schools. jim axelrod reports. >> row stretched are school resources in letcher county, kentucky. this is a good place to start. actually, he does double duty at he elementary school. he's also the pribles at this school. >> have a great day, love you, bye. >> terry has six teachers for nine grades but the school still performs in the top 5% of the state. >> we have our challenges. we're doing our absolute best. we attempt to make a difference in every child's life. >> the school is certainly making a difference in nick sturgill's life. what's the best part. >> the teachers. they reach out to you. if they're feeling down they come and say hey are you feeling all right. >> have you ever had conversations like that. >> never here. >> nick is one of the 130 students a

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betsy devos is a long-time charter school evangelist. >> we should have more charter schools.hould have more schools like this. we should have a multiplicity of choices. david hardy opened boys' latin a decade ago. as a charter school, it's funded with taxpayer money, but hardy gets to run it largely like a private school. >> shirts are tucked in. >> yep. >> that's important to you? >> yep. >> and the kids they don't mind it? >> of course they mind it. they're teenage boys. they fight it all day. >> at boys' latin, the school days are long and demanding. >> when you have rigor and strict rules, it builds an esprit de corps. it's like the marine corps. the marine's have been doing it for a long time. >> why latin? >> the biggest thing about latin that we like is that it's hard. >> admission is by lottery. any boy in philly lucky enough to get in can come for free. like ryan davis. >> my ride is, like an hour and a half. >> you come 90 minutes? >> i actually take two busses and a train. i like what i'm gettin' here. so it's worth it. >> it's worth it to senior christian garner,

and that is the debate in front of america right now, and betsy devos is idealogically on the side of unregulated markets. >> the kids who aren't getting it now are the kids who are trapped in district schools who are assigned to those schools based on where their parents can afford to buy a home. that is not serving low income children in particular. i don't think anyone is saying abolish public education spending. all i am saying at least is that the public dollars we are spending, instead of sending them to institutions separate the financing from delivery of service. allow the dollars to follow children to whatever option meets their unique learning needs. >> if that -- so the two nations that have done that -- chile and sweden, have found that to be a terrible exercise, and kids have actually been very disserved. in sweden they are trying to change that system now because what has happened in sweden is that the scores have gone downhill. not to say that there are things that we have to do to change education. but what devos is doing with the federal dollars is tait is not saying

and betsy devos's brothers attended meetings in west africa, talked about his locker a trump, andt ivank i feel this new policy with president trump in cuba trying to restrict trade while there is this boom in russian investments, you know, the importance of looking more at what is happening there. host: a lot there to sort through, what do you want to pick up on from that? guest: one of the issues here, and we had known it from the beginning is that president trump's family does have business dealings abroad. businesstensive dealings abroad. one of the concerns from an ethics standpoint from the beginning is the present potential conflicts of interest and put the family and the president in a situation where it may look like they are trying to help themselves as opposed to the country. when you move into this situation, that background effects of people thing and if you are concerned these meetings may have in some way been related to business dealings in the past with russia. these are big concerns. those are ones we will have to deal with. they will not go away. he is hurt by the fact

. >>> education secretary betsy devos is considering whether to change federal rules on investigating claims of sexual assault on college campuses. yesterday devos met with victims of sexual assault and those who were falsely accused and disciplined. the rules implemented in 2011 lowered the standard of proof for sexual assault and all but denied cross-examination of witnesses. devos says the system isn't working. >> we'll get to work to figure out the best way to solve this problem, to stop and reduce dramatically sexual harassment and assault while respecting due process and the rule of law. >> many of those who oppose the obama-era rules say they want assault cases handled by the criminal justice system, not university administrators. >>> there's been a confession in the murders of four young men in pennsylvania. brook silva-braga with the details. good morning. >> good morning. cosmo dinardo said he was sorry. he confessed to taking part in the killings of those four missing men. dinardo told prosecutors where the bodies were buried. the boremains were located on a farm owned by h

. >>> outrage online today over education secretary betsy devos. 18 states and the district are suing her and the department of education. the lawsuit is over her decision to suspend rules that are meant to protect students from abuses by for profit colleges. it's t it demands implementation of rules that are meant to hold schools financially responsible for fraud and prevent them from forcing students to resolve complaints outside court. last month, devos announced the rules would be delayed and rewritten. >>> 45 states and d.c. are refusing to give voter information to the trump administration's election integrity commission. it is requesting a big amount of data that it says will eventually be made public. and many states have expressed some concern over legality. so what can the federal government get from your te file? well, states consider voters' names, their addresses, their party and whether or not they voted. as a public information. how a person votes is not recorded. so what's the big fuzz? well, some object to the feds having this huge data base on americans and then shar

. >> secretary of education betsy devos is facing several lawsuits. generals from 18 states and d.c. have filed lawsuit against the education department and devos challenging the department's move last month to freeze new rules for erasing the federal loan debt of student borrowers who were cheated by colleges that that act the fraudulently. >> overseas in france the country plans to stop selling pet troll and diesel vehicles by 20's 40: the news comes as swedish car giant volvo say they're going to start phasing out diesel cars and start making only electric one. >> spider-man star andrew garfield under fire for saying he is gay without the physical act. his comments sparked outrage on social media one user saying he's the rachel dole sol of gay men. others say his comments undermine the struggles of gay people. >> hbo coming to hulu. you can add hbo to your hulu subscription just in time for thrones" for all those fans out there. the service joins hulu's others add ons sin max and show time. >> coming up on fox5 news morning, one of the world's larg

attorneys general across 18 states in the district of columbia are now suing education secretary betsy devosssue is her decision to suspend rules meant to protect federal student loan borrowers defraudd by their schools. the rules known as borrower defense were finalized in the fall by the obama administration. they were scheduled to take effect in july. but after president trump took avenues, devos changed -- paused those changes. the new rules would have made schools financially responsible for fraud and block them from forcing students to resolve complaints outside of school. >>> passenger ruined what was supposed to be a pretty quick plane ride. wait until you hear what sparked the entire outburst. >> then the number of opioids being prescribed to americans going down but the cdc says there are still far too many people using the narcotic. >> if you have a story idea, we want to hear from you. give us a call. the tip line is opened, (202) 895-3000 or send us an e-mail to fox5tips@wttg.com. we'll be right back. every tv doctor knows that when it comes to hospital roman