of what works in education. this also means strong support for the research and data collection activities of the department. fourth, our request reduces the complexity of funding for college while prioritizing efforts to help make a college education accessible for low-income students through programs like year-round pell. and fifth, consistent with our commitment to improve the efficiency of the federal government, our request would eliminate or phase out 2 programs that are duplicative, ineffective, or are better supported but state, local, or philanthropic efforts. all told, taxpayers will save $5. billion. in total, the president's budget fulfills his promise to devolve power from the flovet and place it in the hands of parents and families. refocuses the department on providing a high quality education to all our students. it's time to unleash a new era of creativity and ingenuity in education. my hope is that working in concert with you, we can make education in america the envy of the world. thank you again for the opportunity to share the administration's vision for improving education across the cou

compared to a white student without a disability, according to data we obtained from the department of education. [ no audio ] sand are says after educators used police to discipline her son, jason was left angry and emotionally scarred. [ no audio ] >> you've seen that happen with your other son? >> yes. >> jason's older brother, jalen, was born with developmental disabilities and has been in and out of jail. [ no audio ] >> and do you worry the same thing could happen to jason? >> yes. >> but the high school junior has his sights set on college. he would like to play football and study psychology at the university of oregon. but realizes he'll likely have to keep dodging hurdles to get there. >>> coming up, how our reporting prompted the white house to take action. the obama administration responds to our investigation before leaving office. >>> just before leaving the white house, the obama administration tries teaching a lesson to the country's more than 95,000 public schools. in letters, the department of education and the justice department urged educators to stop overrelying on school pol

department of education and the state department of education dating back to january >> at the time there was no evidence to suggest grades had been wrongfully changed, but the delegateses says questions have arisen how the data was collected and it is now encouraging the state department of education to conduct a further review. meantime last night, school ceo dr. kevin maxwell spoke publicly about the allegations of grade changing during a school board he denied wrongdoing. >> the false allegations about or graduation rates strike at everything that prince george's county schools stand for, past, present and future. these allegations denigrate why teachers teach and why principals lead. they're a personal attack on every teacher, counselor, administrator and employee in this system. >> this issue divided leaders and school staff with some begging for the state to investigate and others denying that there's possibility of fraud. every day this week, fox 5 has been asking the maryland state department of education whether it will investigate or not. so far no one responded. >>> we're he

of what works in education. this also means strong support for the seat -- the research and data collection activity of the department. fourth, the request reduces whileg for college prioritizing efforts to help make a college extrication -- college education accessible for low-income students. improve thent to federalcy of the government, it would phase out 22 programs that are duplicative, and effective or supported by a state and philanthropic efforts. in total, the president budget promise.its it refocuses the department on supporting states and the efforts to provide a high-quality education to all of our students. it is time to unleash a new era of creativity and ingenuity and education. i hope it is, working in concert with you, we can make education in america the envy of the world. thank you for the opportunity to share the vision for improving education across the country. i look forward to answering your questions. senator blunt: thank you. pell.ntioned year-round we will have a round of five questions. we have to stay close to that. if you want your question answered during the five minutes, try to leave

anna-lysa: we are told the maryland state department of education looked into similar accusations earlierhis year and found nothing that would indicate the grades were manipulated. anna-lysa gayle, abc 7 news. alison: anna-lysa, thank you. the fairfax county school board spent time debating the name of jeb stuart high school. supporters want to get rid of the confederate general's name. others say the change would be too expensive. after months of debate, the final vote is expected next month. jonathan: tonight for the nba draft, with a name straight from prince george's county. erin hawksworth has more on the dematha graduate who went first. erin: the 76ers made it official tonight, markelle fultz becomes the first player from prince george's county ever to be taken with the first pick in the nba draft. >> the philadelphia 76ers select markelle fultz. erin: quite a crowd gathered at dematha, his high school alma mater in hyattsville. everyone cheering him on. he was at the draft in new york. they were celebrating this historic achievement of someone they call their own. >> to see the gro

allegations were first alleged about a year ago in the school year, and were investigated by the department of education and both msde and the united states department of education cleared us of any concerns whatsoever and closed the matter. that these four board members reopened it is sad. >> reporter: why do you think, dr. maxwell, then that this continues to be there, continues to fester, be brought to the forefront if a previous investigation, as you say cleared the school district? >> you'll have to ask the people bringing these allegations about systemic corruption, they're just not true. >> dr. maxwell talking to steve chenevey. it's unclear when the investigation will start. but dr. maxwell said he will fully cooperate. we can tell you that the state board of education president tells us they want it done soon, the state has to go through a bidding process to hire an outside investigator. >>> people across the nation are learning what most us already know. the dc area is expensive from housing to dining out to catching cocktails with friends can cost you an arm and a leg, congressman jason chaff

he go es onto say we welcome the maryland state department of education to fully explore this matter.school board chair and ate other board members wrote their own letter saying they're shocked and dismayed by the allegations. the claim that folks are pushing students out is false. we're pushing our students to be the best that clear and compelling evidence from legitimate authorities about this we're anxious to see it. have they referenced the letter have you asked for the letter that they've referenced. >> we have not asked them for any reference. we've gone to our administration and say we want to make sure everything we've told them is correct and there is slument no systemic corruption going on and we're confident that they'll give us that information. i believe that we will be vindicated in this. staff we talked to say for them it's politics. it's about their steuns and what's next for them when they leave high school. they're not learn ing a good work ethic. they're pretty t much being led to believe that entitlement is the norman it's not. when they go to college or if they go

he go es onto say we welcome the maryland state department of education to fully explore this matter. >> we are confident that they won't find anything. school board chair salors gun u banks and ate other board members wrote their own letter saying they're shocked and dismayed by the allegations. the claim that folks out is false. if there is any clear and compelling evidence from legitimate authorities about this we're very anxious to see it. since they've written the letter, have you asked fosh the letter that thef \he\e ' >> we've gone to our administration to say we want to make sure that everything they've told us is correct and that there is absolutely no systemic corruption going on and we're confident that nel ' give us that information. >> i believe that we will be indicated in this. staff we talked to said to them it's not about politics, it's about their students and what's next for them when they leave high school . they're achieving students, they're not learning a good work ethic. they're pretty much led to believe that entitle ment is the norm, but it's not. if they go

also say ing we welcome the department of education to fully explore this matter. we're just getting start odd this story. tomorrow at ten we'll have our full investigation. lindsay watts, fox5 local news. >> thank you a, lindsay we're going to turn to the weather now . quite a hot and humid father's day. that's what been seeing over this weekend. but we're looking at a a little bit more rain in our future. >> we can see some pretty strong storms by tomorrow afternoon. we have to watch it closely all avoashted associated with a frontal system. we had a hot, sticky, humid day out there, folks and right now we are see ing some partly cloudy skies that are starting to develop. to the west and to the north of us we have this rain that is starting to come through. we have to kind of watch it closely , but we are losing a lot of the heat from today. so things will start to gradually improve. eighty-four greece right now, but it feels like it's 91 and that's because of the humidity being so high. it's also 82 at dulles, 830 the at martinsburg this hour, 83 greece at balti

it appears to be a plan that was due to be in fermented post—election with the department of educationmented. however, the events of ten days ago seemed to have focused minds. according to the draft guidelines, school buildings do not need to be completely protected to achieve a reasonable standard of life safety, so it would no longer include an expectation that most new school buildings would be fitted with them. unsurprisingly, things have changed somewhat. yes, no one can have changed somewhat. yes, no one ca n afford have changed somewhat. yes, no one can afford to take that risk, can they, and that's where the tension rises between the cost it's going to ta ke rises between the cost it's going to take and the amount it's going to cost and the requirement to keep everybody safe? yeah, and this is what the story on the front page of the observer is pointing out, that this u—turn over the fire safety proposals is signalling a shift in the government, so moving away from prioritising cost—cutting to prioritising cost—cutting to prioritising health and safety, which is of course what

maxwell continued, we look forward to collaborating with the maryland state department of education toatter. >>> maxwell does have support of the majority of the board we can tell you that those nine members remaining members wrote their own letter to the state last week blasting the great inflation claims and last night based on fox5s latest reporting on the governor calling for an school board does yubanks tweeted this "what a shocker. republican governor who is cut millions from prince george's county public schools now joins those doubting our student' as chief manies "there was a prior investigation of this same complaint done by the maryland department of education. but the board members who talking to governor hogan basically say that prior investigation was not thorough enough. basically just a glossing over of the matter. in that vein. prince george's county lawmakers also have reached out to the governor and the state saying they, too, would like to see another investigation done because they want to make sure that whatever the results are that everyone can have faith in them

first alleged about a year ago earlier in the school year and we're investigated by the state department of educationth msde and the united states department of education cleared us of any concerns whatsoever and closed the matter. these four four members have reopened it is add. >> why do you think, dr. maxwell, that this be there, continues to fester and be brought to the forefront if a previous investigation, as you say cleared the school district >> you have to ask the people that are bringing these allegations about systemic corruption. they're just not true. >> reporter: i want to ask you a few specifics. because when you dig deeper and look at reports, i'll take carlson high school for example, when you look at the 15, 2016 school year, you had below average score in algebra, math issues, you had lower than average attendance, not just the state but other schools in prince george's county. yet you have above average attendance, how can these factors be one in same where you have lower test scores but higher graduation rates? >> well, i would say, look, the work of our graduation rates is about

secretary of education, urging the department to follow through on its promise to erase the debts. details on what the department is doing to rectify the growing backlog of applications and to provide a time frame for discharge of that student debt. we reached out to the department of education today. you can read their response right now in the nbc washington app. just search student debt. >> thank you, susan. >>> a refreshing swim that ended up turning deadly. why a to a deadly illness, and the warning you need to hear if you or someone you know is getting inked. >>> you're watching news4, first at 4:00. narrator: progressive organizations across virginia endorse dr. ralph northam. ralph northam is the only candidate who stood up to the nra after the virginia tech shooting. dr. northam stands out with a consistent pro-choice record and led the fight to stop the republicans' transvaginal ultrasound law. families in virginia. ralph northam: making progress means taking on tough fights, and as governor, i won't let donald trump stand in our way. >>> the royal family is showing its a

they are very forward ing and they have been forwarded to the maryland state department of education.merous school employees about this issue. they say there's intense pressure to increase the graduation wait from office onto principles onto staff. the staff knows exactly what's happening. so it's widespread. i have a student who failed the class and they were like well you need to go ahead and make sure she gets a d because she's been there every day. i think we're doing an injustice to the student, allow ing them to graduate when they know they didn't put in the effort and so what are we teach ing them. we're not teach ing them consequences to their actions. we reached out to prince george's county schools on friday and just within the last hour we got this statement from dr. maxwell. it says in party many aware that four board of education members september a politically motivated letter to the governor regarding prince george's county graduation rate. these claims are an affront to the heart work of our teachers, administrators, students and parents over the last few years. i cat

it says a year ago the us department of education got a whistleblower tip alleging the ceo of schools was forcing educators to change grades to boost the graduation rate. in december a representative from the maryland state department of ed was sent to investigate. she met with ceo dr. kevin maxwell and says she asked him to identify others with whom she could talk to. in january she spent several hours interviewing maxwell and four brought in. none of them recalled any complaints that grades had been changed. the investigator says she found no wrongdoing and the case was closed. i think that prior investigation actually makes this because the superintendent did not notify the board that we were under investigation for something so serious. dave murray is one of four board members calling for the state to come back and investigate new claims of fraud and manipulation of student records. i've heard it the from people at all levels , from teachers to parents to the students themselves. dr. maxwell and the school board chair immediately fired back denying the allegations. we trust and be

department of education cleared the district of the same allegations earlier this year and also claims they're politically motivated. >>> a north carolina man will serve four years in prison for the so-called pizza-gate shooting at come met ping-pong restaurant in northwest washington. edgar welch was investigating a child sex ring connected to the hillary clinton campaign. that was a made up conspiracy theory. tonight welch apologized in court. the judge said it was sheer luck that no one was hurt when welch fired his gun into come met. she sentenced welch in part to send a message. prosecutors had asked for four and a half years. >>> developing tonight at 11:00, police are looking for answers after a montgomery county. she was discovered in the back of a honda pilot near her home. we told you about her death over the weekend but different learn who it was until today. right now the investigators are calling her death suspicious. >>> next up at 11:00, heart trouble for one woman leads to not one but four strokes. she survived then found out it was all thanks to a heart defect that's m

she testified on president trump's controversial budget propose l al forth department of education. billion-dollar in education spending. it was a pretty heated hearing with a harsh panel. take a listen. this is a difficult budget request to defense. secretary devos, as you know, i was very clear during your confirmation process that i had serious concerns with your extreme education secretary logical commitment to prief tieing our public schools, your extensive financial conflicts of interest and your lack of understanding of the role of the federal government in protect the civil rights of students across the country. the budge proposal forth department of education can be summed up very quickly in one word, business mol. and after you promised not to do this in your confirmation when you were asked about it explicitly by senator cas disi this budget does exactly that. now in addition tho administration wants to invest millions into an unprecedented expansion of private school vouchers and public private charter schools. some critics are also concerned that religious or private sc

and maxwell adds they look forward to collaborating with the department of education to resolve this. >>> a football coach from northern virginia is being remembered as a man of integrity, a kind of guy who inspired the people around him. leona leona leonard schultz coached football. a box truck hit schultz. his nephew was critically injured in the accident as well. state police are now investigating this scene. they've already charged the driver of the truck. >>> in a district a devastating fire has turned deadly. d.c. firefighters found a man's body today while searching an street in d.c. firefighters were hurt trying to put this out. while investigators work on finding a cause, the people who work he live here are staying at a nearby community center. >>> a nice night out there. been a very comfortable day with temperatures topping out to 80s. and now we're looking at some clear zie skies as we continue into the overnight. we're in the 70s for most of the region at this point. 76 degrees is the current temperature. again, we've got a little bit of cloud cover out there, but it's gn

he has worked for the department of education as a deputy general counsel proposed secondary educationizing -- specializing in title ix enforcement. >> 95% of violent crimes that occur on campus involve alcohol use by one student or the other or both. clearly alcohol is a problem on campus. is a problem related to sexual assault.>> he is brought into study a district rocked by scandal. a report last month uncovered a sexual assault at the high school with this 14-year-old girl saying the student athlete forced her to perform oral sex in a school bathroom last october. in court the accused was found guilty of having oral sex with a minor. after our report he decided not to finish the school year on campus. the coordinator at the time never lost the title ix investigation and that is required. she is leaving as of friday.>> it sounds to me that they are making up for lost time.>> it sounds like they are revamping the entire philosophy that was previously in place at the school district. the first job will be to educate and look at everything that is happening in the past.>> the district

how does the department of education spend the money?se are the things that the public demand to know and i think the public should know. >> many states post a budget on the internet including ohio which uses a california company to process the data. they hope to have the business past soon. he says california currently ranks 50th out of the 50 states when it comes to budget transparency. >>> coming up, mourning the loss of a popular teacher and football coach gunned down in san francisco. what they say made him so special. >>> also, a huge weight bearing down on the southwest and it is so severe that it is causing problems with air traffic. who are these people? the energy conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something... humongous. a little thing here. a little thing there. starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. who are all these caretakers, advocates too? turns out, it's californians it's me and it's you. don't stop now, it's easy to add to the routine. join energy upgrade california and do your thin

so that would go beyond any investigation by the maryland state department of education. the governor says he has not seen any evidence of this alleged grade fixing and fraud in prince george's county schools. but he says he's getting requests after request from people who are calling for an investigation. he says he's very concerned. >> we keep hearing all of this out cry. we haven't seen any evidence. but when there's smoke there's usually fire. there's an awful lot of we want to find out if there's fire. >> reporter: sunday governor hogan wrote a letter requesting a thorough exhaustive investigation. the state board met today, but did not make a decision on next steps. we're expecting more from the board and potentially a decision tomorrow. we asked governor hogan about a prior investigation into the same claims out of prince george's county. the state investigator talked to the school ceo and four people the ceo. >> it wasn't acceptable to other people and not acceptable to us, that's why we've asked instead to have the actual state board of education themselves, which

demise of folks that are intended to help such as water regulations at the epa does the new department of education, does it hurt public schools and pub school children base choice, if you push choice, is are there enough dollars to make a difference in the lives of working families and their kids. then do, of course, it hurts us. do knowledge. a law and order piece certainly means that the private prison population and is back up but more importantly, democrats and republicans have argued last year until jeff sessions killed it, that criminal justice reform was important to all of us. it was too costly. we were destroying too many leaves, whether it was the drug sentencing disparity or any other issue, if you will. so while regulatory reform is important, i fear under the trump administration it will go too far and hurt americans. >> many things that i agree w some, everybody knows, especially you, about regulatory capture. they don't get captured by the poor. they get captured by people with the money who knows how the regulation will fit their bottom line. they end up being the chief beneficiari

so, that w investigation by the maryland state department of education. the governor says that he has not seen any evidence of this alleged grade fixing and fraud in prince george county schools but he says he's getting request after request from people who are calling for investigation. he says he's very concerned. >> we keep hearing all of this out cry. we he have not seen any evidence. but where there's smoke there's fire there's an awful lot of smoke we want to find out if there's fire. >> governor hogan ro a letter to state board of education requesting thorough exhaustive investigation. and the state board met today but good not make a decision on next steps. we're expecting more from the board and potentially decision tomorrow. we ask governor hogan about prior investigation by the state department event into the same claims out of prince george county. and the state investigator talked to the school ceo and four people ceo recommended in that case. >> we was a so-called investigation and it was not acceptable to other people and was not acceptable

department of education on segregation in public schools, it looks at ethnic segregation and economic segregation. there are several other studies as well. fewer studies, it .s harder to generalize certainly, american schools are heavily segregated i economic factors. that is fairly obvious. richard epstein, a school or that's a scholar has a book called "the color of law." theer two, in terms of trumpet budget, only 2% comes from the federal government. where will have the impact is the money taken from after school programs, that will have a tremendous impact and also some of the loan money. mentioned it you will try to get to later -- ms. ashton: you have to look at budgets, and local however, i am deeply concerned about the budget. a new charterg school, and it is often impacting our families and the services they receive. you can have one or the other, but locally -- the local organizations doing that work years, i think we have to rally together and make sure our families get those services. mr. enlow: we will try to get to number two in a little bit. do you want to know about t

state graduation requirements in order we look forward to collaborating with the mtd state department of education to resolve this matter . tomorrow on fox5 news morning we are continuing our coverage of h this story. you'll hear from state delegate jay walker about his concerns about a prior state investigation on this same issue . lindsay local news. >> to the district now, we have an update on the story that we have been following since yesterday. fire officials say they found the bod disi of a man in the rubble of a four-story building. he's not yet been identified and as of right now officials are looking into what caused the fire there. the fire happened yesterday morning on pee body street northwest. we're told about 200 people were forced out of their homes and neighbors say it took crews nearly 12 hours to put out the flames. the medical examiner does have the body of the man and is conduct an autopsy. i showed up that night and saturday morning they had people coming out of the winnow. they had people in the hallway. they had people throughout the building much the first job was to do th

. >> lawmakers taking steps to protect department of education employees against discrimination.hat inclouds employees using the restroom facilities corresponding to their gender identity. >>> the literacy conference is going on. advocates have gathered to discuss strategies to promote literacy across the state. they highlighted the keystones to opportunity program, which uses targeted interventions for students reading below grade level to advance literacy skills. it runs through thursday. >>> a group of atlantic city police officers can now add another language to their repertory. they graduated from spanish class. >> they put the course together. the group of officers trained over the course of several weeks. . the classes were free of charge and the officers graduated with basic spanish knowledge. . >>> free events tr the wawa celebration begins in two days. tonight the stage is going up in front of the philadelphia art museum. from free sandwiches to fireworks and a star studded concert, tim furlong has a look at the line up. >> reporter: she's got usa nails, his name is roc

every day this week i've asked the maryland state department of education will it be investigating these claims, so far the department will not say one way or the other. i've also been in touch with governor larry hogan's office, today a spokesperson tells me we are continuing to look into this. she says the governor is out of the country until next week, but when he returns he will be in touch with fox5. we've talked to numerous school employees and parents about these l allegations and we're continuing to learn more as people reach out to us. tropical storm cindy made landfall in southwest ton, louisiana this morning pounding coastal areas with high winds, heavy rain and flash flooding. sipped did i is now a tropical depression, but it is still packing quite heading our way. the storm that was tropical storm cindy when she made landfall greatly diminished and now quickly becoming quite a remnant area of low pressure. we still have a center on this storm and it's basically right around the arkansas and louisiana and texas where they all come together. the wind is only at 15 miles an hou

department of education cleared the district of the same allegations earlier this year. >>> another wawa store will open again, the second store moving into georgetown, right at the intersection of wisconsin and prospect street. the store is expected to have everything a typical wawa will upscale urban feel, earlier this month they opened a store in the north area, and they will open ten locations in d.c. over the next few years. >>> and going that way at midnight after every news cast. >>> and putting off the tradition until august or september for a feast could cost you a bit more money. a study shows the chesapeake bay juvenile crab population is down 54%, the same study shows scaling back the harvest now will give the babies time to grow and reproduce. if they comply, the price will go up. the die hard fans will still shell out big bucks for the blue. >> because i desire them, i'm going to get them. >> no matter how much they cost? >> no matter how much they cost. >> do you want the chesapeake bay >> keep it local, there is a bright spot here, the population of the adult female crabs

and the department of education is worried abo sensationalizing suicide. >> some asking teens not tocritics say the show glorifies suicide, in part by suggesting hannah gets what she wanted. >> it felt like i was already dead. >> reporter: revenge. the statistics are sobering. for young people between the ages of 10 and 24 suicide is the second leading cause of death. >> i think it's something that's gone through every high school at one point. >> that is a pretty major thing to say. do you guys agree? >> yeah. >> reporter: this past spring i sat down with students from michigan's oxford high school for a conversation about the netflix series and the messages it sends. >> some parts i had to turn away just because it was a lot to handle. >> reporter: here in oxford in recent years two young students taking their own lives. one after the other. this past may in response to the show and in honor of them a small group of brave students took a drastic step by broadcasting their deepest secrets in the classroom to the entire student body to hear. kayla, the volleyball player. >> this is t

letter is to serve as a formal request for a follow up investigation by the maryland state department of education into allegations regarding the prince george's county county public schools, high school graduation rates since my arrival. >> in his h letter, maxwell continued to deny that he or anybody working for him has promoted students in order to inflate the graduation rate. four prince george's county school board members contacted the governor saying they have evidence that in the last few years hundreds of students have graduated without meeting state requirements. they cl widespread systemic corruption. what they wanted was an investigation like this one and today they got it. we fawkd to the president of the state board of ed asking him will this start this summer? he says it's too early to commit to that and first the state has to find an outside organization to investigate. we want to expedite it because there are so many questions about this, so much rides on it and we want to do it prudently, thoughtfully, but do it as quickly as we can. any sense of what this is going to look like a

people in the state of california there are six to seven million children who sit under one department of education now that is a lot of kids to sit under one department and and the folks that are more who would like to see a state where people are having better representation from their elected officials or their kids have an education system that is working better because it's smaller so it isn't talent it is cow for example we have a long way to go if the rules in california are such that we actually have until i believe january february to submit the signatures by should we move or i'm absolutely confident that we would get this thing about but there are still some questions about whether or not we're going to do it when we're going to do it but it is it is an interesting idea that's being floated by some people who would just prefer to see california the way that it used to be a better state for the kids a better state for the economy more jobs those kinds of things and looking forward by the way does that mean that eventually it's a supremes court that has to decide on california independent

department of education. however, this is a perfect time to be talking about this, because a lot of the federal government's civil rights enforcement actions are being called into question right now, and one of those deals specifically with title ix, and title ix is the venue that the u.s. department of education uses to enforce how colleges and universities are addressing sexual violence. and there are a lot of people who are saying schools should not be involved in what is seen as a criminal matter. and a problem with that is that that's pretty short-sighted. because title ix does a lot more in addressing sexual violence than just determining whether or not an alleged prerp at the present timor -- perpetrator is responsible for the act. you mentioned the case involving tevin elliot. the young woman in that case, i mean, she saw her accused perpetrator convicted. however, her biggest issue was the fact that she didn't get the counseling services, she didn't get the academic services. she was basically left fl

any possibility of fraud and every day this week fox5 has been asking the maryland state department of education it will investigate or not. so far no one has responded. we'll continue to follow this one but meantime back to you guys. >> thank you very much, annie. >>> tracking metro this morning, 21 area chambers of commerce and employers groups signed proposal to fix metro by giving a dedicated funding and restructure its board. the letter says metro needs to reduce its members on the board. it also says board members should b expertise in issues like transit operations, management, finance or safety. business groups say they want to provide a board that will help metro be successful. >> coming up on fox5 news morning, you can thank new york city for what's being called the it drink of the summer. >> and forget about laying low. comedian bill cosby planning to speak out several times after his mistrial for sexual assault. >> we're going break right now. it's 4:51 with a live look outside, 78 degrees at 4:51 in the morning. rain is in our future. mike thomas going to talk all about it. we're ba

. >> reporter: over the past few days the district has worked with officials in the department of education to align district policies with federal and state law. some parents question why that wasn't already the case considering the law has been on the books since the 1970s. >> it seems to me that the administration is oblivious that there is a poor climate. >> reporter: they hope the new title ix coordinator will help change the climate at the high school as well as the entire district. he wants to have the revised district policies ready for presentation to the board at a meeting june 22. three family members of men injured during a brawl at a wedding is getting frustrated. fight happened a month ago. involved about 70 people and witnesses say it was started by uninvited guest. magic gil says his brother tried to intervene and was beaten unconscious the father of two was initially in a, and is still hospitalized. he is improving but his brother says he will likely never make a full recovery. >> we are going through all the pain and suffering, the family members. we are all worried about

today education secretary betsy devos visited the eagle public charter school this morning to show the ministration support of any inclusive school environment and celebrate the launch of the department of education's new individual with disabilities act. at the state farm and secretary tillerson met this morning with foreign minister of brazil and is departing for sydney, australia this afternoon where he will join defense secretary not us to participate in the 2017 australian-united stated consultation. prior to his arrival in australia secretary not as well attend the string a lot viable in singapore where he will deliver remarks and meet with regional allies and counterparts to discuss security issues. with that, i will be glad to take a few questions. >> i want to ask about the push for the travel ban to the us supreme court. is it fair to say that one of the reasons the president wants to keep this going is our visit, we have a full court but also because he has the white house a chance to build on momentum, especially if you look at yesterday? is that part of the calculus? i'd also like to ask a follow-up about the xl pipeline. can you give us an update on what that happened i

reporter: mcgee says over the past few days, the district has worked with officials in the department of education of civil rights to align policies. some parents question why that wasn't the case before. >> it seems the administration is oblivious. >> reporter: they hope it changes the climate and the entire district. he wants to have the revised district policies ready for presentation to the board at a meeting june 22. >>> president trump may be the nation's tweeter in chief, but some user say he is blocking people from the feed after they posted critical comments. lawyers sent the white house a letter, asking the president to unblock them from his initial account. one is a liberal activity, another is a registered republican. so far, there's been no response from the white house. the city of hayward is -- the tweet featured a drawing of a taco with the phrase, let's taco about it. it was designed to promote city council meetings and is a play on the phrase taco tuesdays. but now they are embarrassed by it. >>> big financial penalty for millions of unwanted telemarketing calls. >>> rain in the

i was not familiar with the of theith the violations department of education. that is concerning to me. we will also make sure that later in the year we have the irs report back to us and evaluation. -- an evaluation. we need to make sure the government collects money efficiently and appropriately, but making sure we do not jeopardize taxpayers. i share your concerns. >> thank you. i will follow up on something that has already been talked about. i want to underline it a bit as to have aving forward perspective about a program that i believe has not just been bipartisan but crucial to areas that are beyond frontier in some of our regions. -- fundingevelopment has been eliminated as we talked about. district, it has invested over $30 million in small businesses and rural economic develop it. that would not have been possible without the support of this fund. that funding created over 600 jobs, which make -- might seem small. but 600 jobs is a lifeline. , i come back to the imagery used earlier about traveling with the president and to certain areas. the people y

actual lender this is certainly true of federal student loans where the lender is often the department of education which then off farms out the servicing operations to some private companies that then handle bar work counts a lot of the complaints are against those types of companies that handle borrower accounts on behalf of the original lender servicing in the student loan world has been an absolute mess to be quite frank since i started doing this work many years ago and i think the reason for the recent spike is simply because the consumer financial protection bureau has been doing more and more high profile high profile work in this area and people have become more aware of the existence of the c.f.p. be and its complaint system and so i don't think it's necessarily an indication that things are worse with strickland servicing they've been bad for quite a while i think it's. it's it's indicative of the fact that people now have a place where they can go to to file a complaint well there are about eight million americans that are now in default on their student loans last number us all what ar

oversight committee held a hearing on the data breach where bad actors hacked into the department of education and still income information and used that information to file fraudulent tax returns with irs. ball of the agencies appearing before as collector retain a welcome information-- what of information on americans particularly social security numbers and it's essential we reduce the use of social security numbers both unprinted forms and electronically. tomorrow the house is scheduled to consider the social security number fraud prevention act of 2017 which was passed out of committee and prohibits agencies from sending social security numbers by mail unless the head of the agency do is it absolutely necessary. the social security administration has over 175 million wage earners and records on pretty much everyone living and dead with a treasure trove of information. veterans administration has held records on over 8 million veterans and their families. i can imagine few other records as infamous as an individual's health record. the va currently uses social security numbers as a patient