security advisory will be reheard by the court of appeals on tuesday. the panel of judges will decide whether a panel of judges must dismiss the charges against michael flynn as recommended by the justice department. on tuesday atlive 5:30 a.m. or listen live on the c-span radio app. live now for remarks from our former education secretary arne duncan. he and others are set to testify on the safety of opening schools during the coronavirus pandemic. this is live coverage on c-span.

>> we are joined by -- to talk about absentee voting. welcome to "washington journal." tell us about your foundation. what is its mission? [applause] guest: it is dedicated to

serve as a counter to many of the leftist groups finding test filing lawsuits trying to update touch up and -- and trying to serve as a balance encounter to the increasing demands of leftist groups to change our election process, and really to safeguardsll of the and election administration that have been put in place in the early 20th century to share the responsibility for conducting elections in the states from the political parties, and to protect the right of individuals ballot, not toet be intimidated or harassed during voting. our foundation is dedicated to trying to get election officials to clean their voter rolls so that only active and eligible voters are on the roles, and

ensure that the laws enacted by the legislature are carried out, and that every citizen who is eligible to vote is able to vote with confidence that his or her vote will be counted, and those not eligible will not interfere and spoil the integrity. the othertalked about groups being well-funded. how is your group funded? guest: we are well-funded. i am a volunteer, but our foundation has grown and has done a lot of good work, a lot of good studies to show how dangerously out of date the voter rolls are in many jurisdictions across the country. lawsuits filedt by democrats and leftist

organizations and we try to intervene where we can, and make sure there is a voice in the process for those who believe in election integrity and election administration being carried out properly so we have a system voters can feel confident about. >> we are live, awaiting remarks -- from former education secretary arne duncan, expected to speak on the safety of opening schools during the coronavirus pandemic. this was supposed to begin at 2:00 p.m. eastern, but they appear to be running a little behind. this is live coverage. guest is thet acting labor secretary and visiting professor at cornell university, here to talk about the unemployment and job situation during the pandemic,

seth harris, good morning. we have you here a couple of days before the july jobs number will be released, but ahead of that, what trends are you seeing as states begin to report and have reported a rise in cases, and we have seen closures of the economy in some states? guest: let me start by saying good morning to you and your viewers. although the trendlines have not been good, there are two indicators for what is happening with employment. the census bureau is putting out preliminary data that indicates the percentage of americans who are employed is declining again, and the labor department puts out data about initial weekly unemployment claims, people filing for unemployment benefits for the first time. those numbers have been pretty stagnant since the beginning of

june, and recently have begun to tick up a little bit, indicating more people are losing their jobs. those indicators tell us that while we may see some jobs growth when we get the numbers on friday, it will be a low number at best and that will suggest this recovery will take a good long time. happeningconversation in anticipation of the jobs number on friday, as negotiations are continuing, the $600 unemployment benefit from the government, looking out beyond the next few weeks, how long do you think unemployment, whether 600 dollars, more or less, will be needed? will: the answer is we need the benefits as long as extremely high rates of unemployment continue, and the unemployment will continue as

long as the economy is in trouble, and that will be true as long as we have the pandemic with us. there is no separation between managing the pandemic and getting the economy to recover. benefits, a week which are critical for many families across the united states, will have to continue until families are able to get their breadwinners back into the workforce and get the jobs they needed, or get paychecks that will support their families. the economy is struggling almost entirely because of the pandemic. we were doing reasonably well. --had trouble with income" income inequality and racial inequality and wealth disparities, but the top line, the economy was doing well. now all those indicators we are doing very poorly, may be the worst economy since the great

depression or worse than that. that is because we are failing to manage this pandemic successfully. we are not bringing down .nfection rates, death rates front-line workers do not have personal protective equipment. we do not have contact tracing and testing throughout the united states, or at least testing that can be used effectively, and contact tracing. that is causing us to fail on the economic approach. acting healthris, secretary during the obama administration, speaking on the pandemic. -748-8000 for democrats. 8001 for republicans.

-8002 four independents. we have a special line for those who have lost their job, 202-748-8003. parents being able to be with their kids, that means parents working from home. how does that complicate returning to work for those who are still employed? guest: it is extremely complicated for working parents of school-age kids, and we have more than 30 million of those, having to balance being a caregiver for your child, a teacher's assistant for your child, while also doing your work if you can work remotely. not every worker is able to work remotely, and that has proven frustrating and difficult for a lot of folks. therere managing it, but

are tens of millions of workers who have to go to a physical place in order to do their work, and there are two challenges. one is the challenge of childcare, and our child care system is under immense pressure. they are suffering horribly with spec to funding. ,e have schools that are closed and those parents are most at risk of being exposed to the covid-19 virus. they are the front-line workers coming into contact with the public, and in a lot of those workplaces we are finding extremely high rates of transmission, from grocery stores, meatpacking plants, first responders, there is grave risk for those workers. what they worry about the most is bringing the disease back in their home and exposing their children, partners or spouses, exposing older members like

parents or grandparents, that is really a worry. protecting these workers has to be part of a larger scheme. we will not solve this problem by forcing a lot of kids back to face-to-face instruction at school. schools are also workplaces. they don't just have kids in them. authorized tos declare a recess of the committee at any time. i now recognize myself for an opening statement. on july 11, president trump think it wouldms be bad for them politically if schools open before the november election. it is important for children and family." threat, "may cut off funding if not open." yesterday he sai