THAT’S FOR SURE.
JONATHAN HUNT FOR US IN LOS
ANGELES.
THANK YOU.
SANDRA.
>> Sandra: MAJOR SETBACK FOR THE
NEW YORK GOVERNOR AFTER A JUDGE
THREW OUT HER INDOOR MASK
MANDATE CITING IT AS UNLAWFUL.
STATE FILING APPEAL THIS MORNING
IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP IT IN
PLACE.
FORMER U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE
U.N., NIKKI HALEY.
WE ARE ALSO HEARING THERE IS
GOING TO BE A NEW YORK STATE
COURT HEARING SLATED FOR
2:00 P.M. BASED ON THE APPEAL,
IT COULD BE OVERTURNED.
IN THE MEANTIME, HEARING FROM
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IN THIS
STATE WHO SAY THAT KIDS ARE
SHOWING UP THIS MORNING IN
DISTRICTS WHERE THE
SUPERINTENDENT SAID MASKS ARE
NOW OPTIONAL AFTER THIS RULING
AND THEY ARE BEING FORCED TO GO
HOME.
ELYSEE TWEETED THIS OUT, MY
OFFICE IS ANSWERING CALLS FROM
CONSTITUENTS, PARENTS INFORMING
US THE KIDS ARE KEPT FROM
ENTERING SCHOOLS UNLESS THEY ARE
WEARING MASKS.
THIS IS ILLEGAL, NO STAY ON THIS
COURT RULING.
AND THIS IS FACT FOR NOW,
AMBASSADOR.
WHAT IS HAPPENING.
THIS NOW PITS KIDS AGAINST
TEACHERS, KIDS AGAINST KIDS,
AFTER KIDS HAVE ALREADY BEEN
THROUGH SO MUCH WITH THIS
PANDEMIC.
>> YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST
UNTHINKABLE.
I MEAN, HONESTLY YOU LOOK AT THE
FACT THAT SANDRA, 65% OF OUR 4TH
GRADERS ARE NOT PROFICIENT IN
READING IN THIS COUNTRY.
66% OF EIGHTH GRADERS ARE NOT
PROFICIENT IN READING OR MATH.
AND YOU ARE LITERALLY GOING TO
WATCH SCHOOLS SIT THERE AND SEND
KIDS HOME BASED ON WHETHER THEY
ARE WEARING A MASK OR NOT.
THE PRIORITIES ARE ALL WRONG.
PARENTS HAVE ONE JOB, ONE JOB,
AND THAT’S TO MAKE SURE THEY
RAISE THEIR CHILDREN TO BE
SUCCESSFUL WITH EVERY
OPPORTUNITY THAT THEY CAN HAVE
IN LIFE.
THE PROBLEM IS NEVER DID PARENTS
THINK THEY WERE GOING TO BE
FIGHTING GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRATS
AND SCHOOL OFFICIALS IN ORDER TO
GET THAT TO HAPPEN AND IT’S
UNTHINKABLE WE ARE DEALING WITH
THIS RIGHT NOW, AND PARENTS ARE
NOT GOING TO TAKE IT.
YOU HAVE BASICALLY THE NUMBER OF
STUDENTS THAT ARE BEING
HOME-SCHOOLED IN THIS COUNTRY
HAS DOUBLED.
THAT’S FIVE TIMES OVER FOR BLACK
STUDENTS.
PARENTS ARE TAKING EDUCATION
INTO THEIR OWN HANDS BECAUSE
THEY DON’T THINK THAT THE
$16,000 ON AVERAGE THAT IT COSTS
TO EDUCATE A CHILD PER YEAR,
THEY ARE NOT SEEING A RETURN ON
INVESTMENT.
INSTEAD, THEY ARE GETTING MENTAL
HEALTH ISSUES, SEEING THEIR
CHILDREN IN DECLINE AND THEY ARE
GOING TO WORRY ABOUT WHETHER
THEIR KIDS CAN GRADUATE FROM
HIGH SCHOOL.
WE WILL HAVE AN ENTIRE COVID
GENERATION THAT WE THINK WE HAVE
LABOR ISSUES NOW, WAIT ’TIL 5 OR
6 YEARS FROM NOW.
WE HAVE GOT TO WAKE UP AND START
FOCUSSING ON THE QUALITY OF
EDUCATION AND WHAT WE ARE GOING
TO DO TO HELP OUR CHILDREN.
>> Sandra: I KNOW YOU FEEL
PASSIONATELY ABOUT IT, YOU PUT
THIS OUT THERE, BIDEN SPENT A
YEAR FOCUSSING ON CULTURAL
ISSUES THAT HAVE ONLY DIVIDED
OUR COUNTRY.
WE SHOULD BE FOCUSSING ON THE
COVID GENERATION OF CHILDREN
WHOSE EDUCATION YOU SAY IS BEING
LOST RIGHT NOW IN FRONT OF OUR
EYES, WITH THE # TAKE BACK
AMERICA 2022.
I KNOW YOU ARE VERY OPTIMISTIC
PERSON, AND WE CAN’T BE DOOM AND
GLOOM WHEN IT COMES TO THE
CHILDREN.
AS YOU SEE THE FIGHTS HAPPENING,
PARENTS LOSING CONTROL, YOU SAW
THE REPORT OUT IN CALIFORNIA NOW
THEY WANT TO ALLOW KIDS TO GET
THE VACCINE WITHOUT PARENTAL
CONSENT NO MATTER WHAT THEIR
HEALTH HISTORY MAY BE, THAT
PERSON GIVING THE SHOT MIGHT NOT
EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
HOW DO PARENTS TAKE BACK CONTROL
OF THEIR KIDS?
>> WELL, BASICALLY YOU TAKE THEM
BACK BY MAKING SURE THAT WE
START TO PUT THE PRESSURE ON
EVERY GOVERNOR IN THIS COUNTRY,
EVERY STATE LEGISLATURE IN THIS
COUNTRY, TO MAKE SURE THAT
PARENTS AREN’T BEHOLDEN TO
SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHERE THE
TEACHERS ARE IN CHOICE BUT THAT
THEY HAVE SCHOOL CHOICE.
WE SAW DURING COVID LOTS OF
WEALTHY FAMILIES MOVED THE
CHILDREN OUT OF THE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS AND INTO PRIVATE
SCHOOLS.
BUT WHAT ABOUT PARENTS THAT LIVE
WHERE I GREW UP, IN RURAL SOUTH
CAROLINA.
THEY DIDN’T HAVE THAT LUXURY.
PARENTS NEED TO HAVE THE CHOICE
TO PUT THEIR CHILDREN IN THE
EDUCATION AND THE SCHOOL THAT
THEY KNOW IS BEST FOR THEM.
>> Sandra: ALL RIGHT, WE ARE
GOING TO BE WATCHING WITH THIS,
FOR THE APPELLATE COURT HEARING
AT 2:00, AND IF THEY REINSTATE
THE INDOOR MASK MANDATE, BIG
NEWS.
AND NEXT UP, THE UKRAINE AND
RUSSIA BORDER.
AMBASSADOR YOU PUT THIS OUT ON
YOUR TWITTER FEED, ALL BIDEN
NEEDED TO DO WAS STAND BY THE
ALLIES AND SHOW, AND WEAKNESS AS
RUSSIA LOOKS TO TAKE UKRAINE IF
HE CONTINUES TO BE WEAK, NO
TELLING WHAT CHINA WILL DO WITH
TAIWAN.
YET JOHN KIRBY JUST SAID THIS A
COUPLE HOURS AGO ON OUR AIR
HERE.
>> NOT THE SAME SITUATION AS
AFGHANISTAN AND AGAIN, I THINK
THE STATE DEPARTMENT HAS DONE A
COMMENDABLE JOB MAKING CLEAR,
TRANSPARENT WHAT THE CONCERNS
ARE IN UKRAINE.
>> Sandra: HAS THIS
ADMINISTRATION BEEN CLEAR ON HOW
WE PLAN TO PROCEED AND SHOULD WE
BE MORE PROACTIVE WHEN IT COMES
TO UKRAINE?
>> THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN
VERY CLEAR ON HOW WEAK THEY ARE.
THEY HAVE BEEN CLEAR ON HOW WEAK
THEY ARE BY SELLING OUT THE NORD
STREAM 2 PIPELINE MADE EUROPE
AND GERMANY DEPENDENT ON RUSSIA.
LETTING THE WORLD WATCH WHAT
HAPPENED IN AFGHANISTAN AS WE
WATCHED OUR AMERICAN SOLDIERS
DIE.
THEY CONTINUE TO SHOW WEAKNESS
IN THE FACT THAT THEY CAN’T SEEM
TO GET IT TOGETHER WITH UKRAINE
AND RUSSIA.
I DEALT WITH THE RUSSIANS TWO
YEARS AT THE U.N., MY FIRST
SPEECH WAS AGAINST RUSSIA AND
AGGRESSION TOWARDS UKRAINE.
PUTIN HAS THEP OPPORTUNITY, AND
XI AND IRAN, AMERICA HAS NEVER
HAD A PRESIDENT THIS WEAK AND IF
THEY WANT SOMETHING THEY BETTER
TAKE IT NOW.
THEY KNOW AMERICANS WILL NOT
KEEP THIS IN 2024, SO THEY ARE
TRYING TO MOVE NOW.
WHAT YOU LOOK AT IS PUTIN’S
INTENTION WAS NEVER TO GO TO
WAR.
IT’S NOT POPULAR FOR RUSSIANS TO
WANT TO SEE THEIR TROOPS GO TO
WAR.
HE DOESN’T HAVE THE MONEY TO DO
IT.
BUT HE’S WILLING TO DO IT IF HE
CAN WIN SOMETHING, AND HE SMELLS
BLOOD IN THE WATER AND THAT’S
WHAT WE ARE SEEING HIM DO.
>> Sandra: I HAVE TO LEAVE IT
THERE.
DO YOU BELIEVE HE MOVES IN?
>> I THINK THAT IF HE’S GOING TO
MOVE IN, IT’S GOINGS TO BE
BETWEEN FEBRUARY 20TH AND MARCH
1, THE LAST DAY OF THE OLYMPICS
AND WHEN HE HAS TO GIVE THE
STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS.
I WOULD UP TO BIDEN AND NATO TO
PULL IT TOGETHER, STRENGTHEN OUR
SPINE, DETER BY SENDING
ANTI-TANK AND ANTI-AIRCRAFT
MISSILES AND MAKE SURE WE REALLY
DETER RUSSIA BY PUTTING
SANCTIONS IN PLACE AND LETTING
THEM KNOW WE MEAN BUSINESS.