democrats calling this just plain wrong and civil rights are not confusing. [ singing ] >> reporter: jackie evankoho sang at the inauguration and whose sister is transgender, tweeting, you gave me the honor to sing at your inauguration, please give me the chance to meet with you. >> and some schools are supportive of the transgender status. >> when i heard about it, i was disappointed and realized we needed to take action. >> there won't be immediate impact on schools because the obama guidance was blocked by a federal judge. it could now be up to the supreme court to decide this issue. >> white house spokesperson sean spicer denied media reports that the education secretary betsy devos and jeff sessions disagreed on this decision saying both are on board. stephanie ramos, abc news, washington. >>> so the question, what does this mean for california? a state school board association said it should not impact students here. and that's because state law has written protections for transgender students and california was the first state in the nation to guarantee those rights in 2013 when governor br

one critic is jackie evanko. she has a transgender sister and tweeted this.he transgender bathroom issue to the side. you gave me the monitor to sing at your inauguration. please give me and my sis the honor to meet with you to talk. she said what she wants the president oh know. >> when i heard the news i was kind of just thinking about my sister and the things she's gone through, the struggles we have all had to deal with. me watching her suffer like that is really hard to do. >> her sister juliet is one of several transgender students suing the school district over the restroom >> iraqi state tv says american-backed forces captured a key airport from isis as part of a major assault against extremist fighters in mosul. security forces stormed the main airport and the nearby military base. national security correspondent david martin is traveling with the commander of u.s. forces in the middle east. general votel said he won't hesitate to ask for more american ground troops in iraq and syria. >> we can help with fire support. we can help with intelligence. w