Fox News: Department of Education Employees Told to Vacate Offices by 6 PM

MACCALLUM All right breaking ░░░░░░░░ now senior Fox Business ░░░░░░░░ Charles Gasparino reporting that ░░░░░░░░ Education Department employees have ░░░░░░░░ told that they must ░░░░░░░░ their offices in D ░░░░░░░░ and the regions by ░░░░░░░░ 00 tonight and that ░░░░░░░░ offices will be closed ░░░░░░░░ Wednesday for security reasons ░░░░░░░░ s bring in Charlie ░░░░░░░░ is breaking this story ░░░░░░░░ afternoon hopping on set ░░░░░░░░ talk to us about ░░░░░░░░ So give us some ░░░░░░░░ here What are you ░░░░░░░░ GASPARINO A little background ░░░░░░░░ mean if you I ░░░░░░░░ sources in the Education ░░░░░░░░ they ve been sending ░░░░░░░░ these directives that have ░░░░░░░░ coming since Linda McMahon ░░░░░░░░ named Education Department chief ░░░░░░░░ massive reductions I mean ░░░░░░░░ re not hiding the ░░░░░░░░ here They re talking ░░░░░░░░ reductions in workforce There ░░░░░░░░ one email that went ░░░░░░░░ that said you have ░░░░░░░░ a certain date to ░░░░░░░░ for like a severance ░░░░░░░░ you know sort of ░░░░░░░░ that you could take ░░░░░░░░ you if you if ░░░░░░░░ leave early And if ░░░░░░░░ don t take that ░░░░░░░░ guess what might happen ░░░░░░░░ might just get laid ░░░░░░░░ And Linda McMahon s ░░░░░░░░ upon taking the job ░░░░░░░░ pretty straightforward You know ░░░░░░░░ have a job to ░░░░░░░░ We have to reduce ░░░░░░░░ size of government We ░░░░░░░░ going to massively reduce ░░░░░░░░ Education Department And as ░░░░░░░░ know this has been ░░░░░░░░ president himself decided to ░░░░░░░░ know essentially to eliminate ░░░░░░░░ Department of Education something ░░░░░░░░ every Republican president since ░░░░░░░░ Reagan has been has ░░░░░░░░ about Remember the Department ░░░░░░░░ Education didn t come ░░░░░░░░ you know the original ░░░░░░░░ It was created by ░░░░░░░░ Carter you know part ░░░░░░░░ his sort of growth ░░░░░░░░ government that he thought ░░░░░░░░ was necessarily that the ░░░░░░░░ government would have some ░░░░░░░░ in telling states what ░░░░░░░░ do Every state has ░░░░░░░░ Department of Education It ░░░░░░░░ wickedly duplicative So something ░░░░░░░░ going down tomorrow We ░░░░░░░░ keep on it.”