Closer Look: Ga. Supreme Court; Homeless Students; And More

November 15th, 2016

Tuesday on “Closer Look with Rose Scott and Jim Burress”:

0:00: Rose Scott and Jim Burress give an update on the smoke in the Atlanta area due to brush fires in North Georgia;
1:22: “Closer Look” remembers influential political journalist Gwen Ifill, who died yesterday at the age of 61;
10:47: Kim Bolivar, homeless education liaison, and Amy Gamez, school social worker at Forsyth County School, talk about why the county struggles with a growing number of homeless students despite its schools consistently leading the state in test scores;
23:13: Leah Ward Sears, the former chief justice of Georgia Supreme Court talks, about the recent appointments to the state Supreme Court;
38:26: Mike Carnathan, Atlanta Regional Commission manager of research and analytics division, and Ginneh Baugh, associate vice president of strategy and knowledge department at United Way of Greater Atlanta, talk about some of the top concerns for metro Atlanta residents released in the most recent “Metro Atlanta Speaks” public opinion survey.