and lastly, there's no greater accountablity mechanism than a really good audit by the lauren group. thank you so much. >> hi. my name is maggie dau. i'm the one that they just mentioned, the english bilingual liaison. i'm the community outreach liaison for the multi-interlingual department. i'm also honored to work closely with our dlac committees and school elac, as well. so i want to thank superintendent dr. matthews and the board of education for the opportunity to share these recommendations, and we look forward to our continued collaboration in support of our english learners. thank you. >> great. thank you so much for your report and your recommendations. let me see if there's anyone from our -- any other commissioners have any questions or comments on this? no? i'll just quickly say that i'm -- when we were just looking at the other item on the -- on the bcc, the -- this is actually the reclassification piece that i really wanted to emphasize once again 'cause that's where we -- there's a lot of confusion around that, and i don't think our families are educated enough around

lauren: tell us about the trade groups and what they are warning the white house when it comes to tariffs. >> supported by different groups are petitioning the white house to stop plans to roll out the steel and aluminum terrace targeting china, asking president trump to work with other nations rather than single out china over trade deficit. the terrace would actually trigger a chain and make it an economic consequences for the u.s. economy. the white house are currently in negotiations with several countries who do want carve out that the tariffs are slated to go into effect later this week. trying to at&t and time warner go up against justice department today. >> at&t is trying to buy time warner and they're heading to court after president trump pushed back on the deal. the largest telecom company says the 85 billion-dollar deal is a win for consumers if it goes through the purchase could change our viewers watched the dedicated tv shows and movies and how they pay for it and open the floodgates for more entertainment deals. the white house for its consumers will lose in all of this c

lauren: japan's nikkei down 123%. the hang seng in hong kong down 2.5%. plus there is this. >> education is such a big part of who we are. train to how apple is planning to target one groupm" continues right now. lauren: good morning. almost 5:30 in new york. and lauren simonetti. cheryl: good morning, everybody. i'm cheryl casone. is there nothing better than a new product from apple? lauren: it reminds me of high school. right now, talking about north korea. leader kim jong said they did meet with xi jinping pledging to the nuclear rice. >> a story. chris jenkins has the details in washington. >> at morning cup of lauren and cheryl his first trip since he assumed power in 2111th name with another head of state. reporting president held talks with leader kim at the great hall of the people in beijing and is committed to a nuclear free korean peninsula and wanted to discuss the issue with the united states. the white house notified of donated by the chinese government on tuesday and in a statement, white house press secretary sarah sanders says b.c. this development is further evidence that maximum pressure is creating the appropriate atmosphere for dialogue with north k

lauren: it was uglier in asia, japanese stocks sinking 2 and a half percent in china composite down more than 2 and a half percent, obviously the best group price from separating from the nra, lawmakers in georgia following through passing a bill without tax breaks for the airline, fbn:am continues right now. ♪ ♪ lauren: 5:32 in the morning in new york, friday march second, good morning, everybody, i'm lauren simonetti. connell: we have to stop saying it's a busy morning because it's like that every single morning. lauren: between the shifts in the white house and what's going on in wall street, i feel like it's busier. he agrees with me. connell: busy morning, i'm connell mcshane filling in for cheryl casone, good to be with you. lauren: let's begin with the busy morning, president trump reeling the financial markets announcing administration plans to impose 25% tariff on imported steel, 10% tariff on imported aluminum. >> people have no idea how badly our country has been treated by other countries, by people representing us that didn't have a clue or if they did, then they should be ashamed of themselves because they destroyed the stee

group in the area. at least nine people have been killed and twenty seven injured after a bomb blast ripped through a police station near lauren east in pakistan it happened outside an annual religious meeting where nearly eighty thousand people were gathered pakistan's main taliban group has claimed responsibility for the attack. slovakia's prime minister has offered to resign as his party faces growing protests on corruption and the murder of a journalist robert fico has been under intense pressure to quit since jan and his fiance were killed last month testers are pushing for an inquiry into the deaths could have been investigating alleged links between government figures and the italian mafia. although the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story statement that's the watching by fidel. one now for washington's relations with the rest of the world donald trump fires america's top diplomat will rex tillerson his replacement aligned with the president's vision of foreign policy this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm laura kyle it was an abrupt end by tweet after months of speculat

cme group - how the world advances. ♪ lauren: welcome back. efforts to save of the toys "r" us. the toy company executive and other investors pledging a total of $200 million in a bid to save up to 400 bankrupt toys "r" us stores. all of this as toys "r" us begins the liquidation process. could start today or tomorrow. going out of business. the major discounts will start soon, parents out there. >>> youtube is tightening restrictions on firearms videos, banning videos showing how to assemble and use a firearm. the move comes after receiving criticism for lax policies regarding what people can post in the wake of the florida school shooting. >>> and millions digging their way out as the early spring nor'easter dumbs -- dumps a foot of snow in the northeast, 4,000 flights canceled yesterday alone. i don't want to say this, but prepare for another nor'easter, number five on sunday. we definitely have a nor'easter, perhaps number five on wall street today. we have the dow down 405 points for many, many reasons today. one of them is president trum

meteorologist lauren casey will have more on what comes next as we head into the weekend. this week we brought together a group of ate local tacrs to tell us what they thought about school safety and we were hoping for a good dialogue, from thoughtful people who were in schools. what we got was more than that. in those 45 minutes they proved what it was possible to speak your mind and truly listen to someone else's pin and that gave us all hope. tonight we give those 8 local teachers some cheers. 8 teachers from across the delaware valley gathered at the cbs studios. they were here to talk about school safe time i wanted to show off with a show of hands, who here wants to be armed in their classroom. race your hand yes you you never know how an interview is going to go, much less one with 8 people on a subject as complex as how to prevent school shoot ings. the world we live in makes it easy to think it's impossible to have a calm, thoughtful conversation under those circumstances. but here's what we heard, but for 45 minutes of back and forth i respect my colleague than a i faux he's well trained. there's so

groups. >>> the reverend billy graham will be laid to rest today. >> our reporter, lauren blanchard's liveth carolina this morning with more on the farewell for the man known as america's pastor. i know it's going to be a very crowded funeral service. >> reporter: it certainly will be. good morning pam and david. is a high profile funeral to a week of ceremonies honoring billy graham, a man known for spreading christianity to millions of people around the world. >> everywhere he went, reverend graham deliver the same beautiful message; god loves you. >> reporter: president trump will join 2300 people for today ceremony held under a large tent, a reminder of held his ministry launched at the campus cathedral during the 1949 crusade in downtown l.a. >> i do not believe any man, that any man, can solve the problems of life without jesus christ. >> reporter: graham died at his home in north carolina at the age of 99, last week. >> he was one of the best men ever know. >> he was a good man of god. >> there has never been a man so -- [ pause ] -- that love god as much as billy graham. >> reporte

. >> good morning, lauren and cheryl, you know, we have been hearing calls for a second special could believe for months, now a groupf republican senators is asking the department of justice to take action in a letter to attorney general jeff sessions, deputy rod rosenstein and chuck grassley, lindsey graham, write we believe that a special counsel is need today work with the inspector general to independently gather the facts and make prosecutorial decisions if any are merited, the justice department cannot credibly investigate itself without these enhanced measures of independents, the decision largely driven by findings of doj inspector general who lacks authority of a tbrj and who is prohibited from interviewing witnesses outside of the justice department. this coming as top democrat on the house intelligence committee adam schiff says he may be losing some confidence in special counsel robert mueller. >> we can't simply rely on bob mueller. his job is different than ours, his job is to determine who broke the law and who should go to jail. it's not his job to tell the country what happened, that's what congress

marjorie clifton, republican strategist lauren zelt, democratic strategist morris reed, and chris whiple, author of the gatekeepers. with a welcome to this glalt group. chris, i'll start with you. in that clip reince priebus was reacting to a passage in a new chapter of your book about the decision for sessions to recuse himself from the russia investigation. does it surprise you that jeff sessions is still here today? he is hanging on to this post as a.g.? >> it is a little surprising. and i write about this amazing scene in the new chapter of my paper back which comes out next week. it was the night that don mcgahn busted into reince priebus' office snd said now only do we have a raul castro, but jespecif sessions resigned. priebus found sessions and dragged him back up in his office and persuaded him to stay. obviously president trump would have been happy for jeff sessions to have been gone at this moment. priebus pointed out to me that as he put it, take everything you've heard about this white house and multiply it by 50. i have to say just in reaction to what reince said about chaos leading to results, in the first year of the president-elect

lauren: tracee carrasco with more news. >> the weinstein co. headed towards bankruptcy after his would-be buyer would withdraw from the deal. the group organized by ron brooklyn led by businesswoman maria contrail suite gave information about the viability of completing the transaction. "the wall street journal" reporting some $65 million of additional liabilities. in a statement the weinstein co.'s board called the new information and excuse instead it has been transparent about its dire financial conditions. lea: they're expecting 1.7 million on tuesday to be wired, so this is not a good position to be in right now. lauren: we heard this term at the oscars. >> sunday night's oscars at the acceptance speech, she called for an inclusion writer, which is a sentence in a congress where actors and actresses can require hiring a diverse cast and crew. netflix has responded with no interest, saying we are not so big on doing everything through agreements. we are trying to do things creatively. we'd rather have a staff with filmmakers about how many women and people of color working on a project before shooting begins. lea: let's talk abou

had to put it in slow motion, once again, lauren johnson got pelted in the face with a snowball in upper bucks county. all during a snowball fight with a groupds. happy to be home from school. the video by the way was posted just about everywhere from philly.com to "tmz." >> a lot of fun there, not so much fun in the dark, ahead on good day, the storm knocking out power, to hundreds cents of thousands of people all across the delaware valley. we will tell you how crews are working to get those lights back on. not even a snowstorm can slow down howie roseman. the eagles executive reportedly pulling off a huge trade, as he looks to build another super bowl roster. what the pro-bowler michael bennett means for the birds. "good day" continues, mike and please keep your shoes on! stop messing with your sister! hey! hey! don't make me come back there! so? feels really good.... yeah, i'm gonna buy it. (vo) customer service that goes the extra mile. enterprise makes it easy. >> after that nor'easter dumps more than foot every snow in some areas, i think the highest total 18 ends. we got a clean up today. >> and the power out for thousands in our reg

lauren wants her 100 in singles. >>> just ahead, we'll meet a remarkable group of survivors as we start a series all about finding faith. but can i work there? that's the question. wait until you see what happened when i share one of my favorite places and many, many pieces of shrimp with my "today" show family. >> it was spectacular. >>> and steven spielberg getting candid about his new movie and why at this point in his career picking projects is kind of like impulse shopping to him. >> look around, guys. do you have a friend or family member or co-worker who may be a dedicated voluntary? who is making a difference in people's lives? we're going to start this special called "neighbors helping neighbors" and we want to hear about them. if you know somebody who fits that bill, head to today.com. tell us about that extraordinary person, just maybe him or her could use a boost, and we're going to surprise them. so remember, it's a surprise. so don't give it away. >> don't tell the person you're nominating them. >> yes. >>> megyn is here. what have you got coming up? >> is the key to female empowerment more crying at the

lauren: what you make of that from the white house? the former obama administration named to its peers. you are watching "fbn:am." ♪ (sfx: shopping mall ambience) (grouponversation) ♪oo waa ahhh ♪wooooo oo waa ahhh ♪it's a beautiful mornin' thank you ♪it's a beautiful mornin' ♪ahhh ♪each bird keeps singin' his own song♪ ♪so long ♪i've got to be cheryl: welcome back. let's get you caught up on what's happening now. south korea announcing the president will lead meet leader kim jong said they, which i've only met twice before. japan putting out feelers about a bilateral summit or discussions reportedly underway. developments follow kim's surprise visit to china this week. first trip outside the country since assuming power in 2011. kim shaking hands with chinese president xi jinping, even bringing his wife onto the international stage. we've also got a peek inside kim's luxury train coming the same trainees by his father who had a fear of flying. cars complete with pink leather chairs and plenty of alcohol. credit monitoring for equifax has a new ceo. wilbur pink is the executive market who laughed at koufax in september after a massive cyberattack and

group, women have felt it the most in hollywood. there wouldn't be a casting couch if there was anyone in. the idea that it's gone is something to be celebrated. laurenly nobody spoke to him aside and she appeared to head to head the allegations. listen to what he said. >> the universe has a way of taking care of the good people. you know what i mean? lauren: her eyes said it all. when you make of that? >> the same thing you do. she is someone who's got a very thin filter. so i think -- lauren: how about jimmy kimmel? >> he did great. he's a breath of fresh air. i don't know how much he writes his own staff, but if you know jimmy kimmel come you see his brand. >> he does bring politics into it but in a fun way. no stone untouched. >> that's the way should be. if you face things head-on, people can look at it and laugh and relax a little. lea: do people like it when they hear from and politics? >> some people do, some people don't. some people think you have no way. but if you're a performer in the limelight, who else is going to do it? lea: we had no blockbusters this year in terms of the movies up for oscars. lea: that's a good point. >> it is a goo

groups to shore up his campaign coffers if you will. cheryl: there's so much at stake this year. we will have you back. of course michael john, guys commit thank you. >> thank you. laurenstock market could end up being delayed. cheryl: tracee carrasco live with that and other headlines this morning. >> according to the "financial times," british officials have been told into saudi aramco could be delayed until 2019. they had hoped for listen in the second half of this year but according to the "financial times" and a willingness for flotation on the board exchange in question. new york and london have been front runners along with a listing. cheryl: a lot of excitement about that. a new buyer. >> will break this one down. intel has been working into broad calm to the $117 billion offer for qualcomm in what could be the biggest ever tech deal. worried about the competition that a combined would create the third-largest chip company would jeopardize its competitive position. cheryl: so they look in a broad calm, but potentially other companies as well. they kind of missed mobile. they get criticized for that. they don't want to miss anything else. this story is incredibl

well lauren i just want to say we're standing right outside the marine corps air station miramar which is where president trump just finished giving a sort of pep talk to a group of american uniform service members also the place from which he is preparing to depart for los angeles where he will attend a fundraiser and then spend the night while visiting the wall a few kilometers away from this location did as you say point out the inadequacy of the current border wall saying it's too easy to climb and saying somewhat mysteriously that many of the people who climb over it. from mexico are trained mountain climbers which. did seem a little dubious he also called upon congress to immediately fund the wall and as you may remember and as many of our viewers will remember the president during his campaign in two thousand and sixteen repeatedly promised to have mexico pay for the wall an idea that the accident authorities have repeatedly. rejected out of hand didn't mention that pledge again he said instead that he has great relations with mexico and with its president enrique pena nieto despite the fact that the two have not met since trump came into office and dro

news for us hi lauren thanks carol hooty rebels say they were going to hold talks with saudi arabia to end the war in yemen who thieves made the admission after reports emerged the group's spokesman had been in direct contact with saudi officials in amman both sides did not secret talks are taking place there said they would support un peace efforts aimed at reaching a political solution comes as the humanitarian situation in yemen continues to worsen with twenty two point two million people in desperate need of assistance. and. there was no direct meeting between us and saudi arabia in the sky but when there was a chance for honorable peace there is no problem in having a direct dialogue between us and the saudi government that we are in a war with saudi arabia and the u.a.e. and they are using all their military capabilities on yemen so we need such dialogue between parties to stop the war. china's president has been sworn in for a second term with a unanimous support the confirmation follows a change in the constitution which does away with term limits for the president xi jinping is close political ally wang sharon will be his vice president scott hardly has more fr

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group - how the world advances. >> maria: welcome back. we have breaking news. a police officer has been shot and now there is a hostage situation in southern france. laurenas the headlines now. >> lauren: we're monitoring this story, maria. a person pledging support to isis is now holding hostages at a supermarket in southwestern france. police have surrounded that supermarket. they're treating this as a tear wristerrorist attack. one police officer was shot about 15 minutes away from the scene. we're not sure how or if the incidents are related. the last time a jihadi gunman shot four people in a french supermarket was back in 2015. also, citigroup they say they will no longer do business with clients who don't follow their new policies on selling firearms. the first wall street bank to enter the gun control debate. citi will require clients to stop selling guns to anyone under age 21 or who has not passed a background check. the policy also bans the sale of bump stocks and high capacity magazines. citi is following major retailers including walmart who are distancing themselves from the nra, the national rifle association. take a look at shares of citi