captioninsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening, i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, a mideast deal: israel, bahrain and the united arab emirates sit down at the white house. i talk with the president's son- inedaw and senior advisor, j kushner. then, hurricane sally-- the a lf coast faceow moving, but ially torrential storm. plus, back to school. we trek across the globe to discover how oer countries are handling education. i'm excited to come bac because i've missed being here and i'll be ab extra work and i'll be able to see my friends, and teachers, but obviously it's nervous coming back, because obviously there's rules and everything. t >> woodruff: at and more on tonight's pbs newshour.

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>> schifrin: israel, bahrain, and the united arab emirates have never fought a war. but they all hoped today sparks peace. >> after decades of division and conflict, we mark the dawn of a new middle east. >> this peace will eventually expand to include other states,i and tely it can end the arab-israeli conflict for all. >> ( translated ): we are already witnessing a change in the heart of the middle east, a change that will send hope around the world. >> schifrin: what's in the deal: ambassadors.s, exchange direct flights. economic investment, tourism. trade, health care interests in deals that extend from tel aviv, to u.a.e.'s business capital dubai. >> the great economibenefits of our partnership will be felt throughout our region, and will

>> schifrin: shia iran threatens the countries also share fears: of political islam, and iran. >> schifrin: shia iran threatens israel and sunni countries with the region's largest missile inhantory, and proxies that expanded their influence. analysts also say today is about shared doubts, abo the u.s. commitment. israel is now seen as the most reliable, regional partner. the u.a.e. is hoping to buy american weapons inclu the f-35. and buy good will in washington among those o criticize the country for helping lead the war in yemen that's killed tens of thousands. before today, the u.s. had hosted the first two arab- israeli agreements, with jordan. but left unsolved today: israel's core conflict with the palestinians. s the emiratess normalization a halted isrnnexation of but during the cer west bank. militants in gaza fired missiles

into israeli cities. anthis morning, palestinia in the occupied west bank protested normalization before peace. palestiniansnd many regional analysts warn regional peace is stpossible, without israeli- paian peace. >> the real conflict is a palestinian-israeli conflict and that's what needs to be solved. this is the only way to peace and security and stability in this region. >> schifn: the u.s. hopes today creates irreversibt momentum thaolates the palestinians. in the meantime, today makes overt, what haonce been covert: a partial israeli-gulf realignment of the middle east. for the pbs newshour, i'm nick schifrin. >> woodruff: and now to jared kushner, senior adviser to president trump. he played a key role in and he joins us fr white house. jared kushner, welcome to the "newshour". thank you for joining us. let me ask you abthe deal. it's always good to sign a ace

countries that were already hadf unofficial relations, they had trade relations, diplomatic relations with one aother. what exactly is going to change, be defense? >> first of all, judy, it's great to be with you, but they did not have trade relations nor diplomat relations. two weeks ago the united arab emirates waved a boycott provision thehad onggfor 48 years of israel and saudis just opened their airac to allow the first commercial flight from israel to the united i was on that flight. people who understand the region and know the history know the significance of the arab-israeli conflict and the boundary just broken with these two peace deals. israel in its 72 years has hadac two deals and in the last 29 days has had two morpeace deals thanks to president trump's untraditional style and brokerage to try to create differentprospects for

the middle east. historic breakthrough and ily an think it shows the positive momentum people in the regionds have towanting to articulate a new future and not be held back by conicts of the past so that people of all faiths, the younger generation wants to be able to have a life opportunity and really just not be, you know, bogged down by the wars that have held back the middle eastle for the last re-plus years it was i was rring to unofficial relations with these countries, they had never fought a war with one another. but speaking of economic opportunity, left out of the deal are the palestinians, more than 5 million people living i the croed territories with very little economic opportunity for them, a chae to advance hopes for their children. is the plan here to try to isolatthe palestinians so then they have to come on board? >> no, e palestinians have isolated themselves. our plan has been to do

practical things, to slaughter the sacred cows that have held back progress for a long time and just to take a very things forward.ach to bring president trump on his first foreign trip, i don' i don't knf his strategy when he went to riyadh and spoke to 4 leaders of the arab countries and said if we want to movee forward,ed to bring the region around common interests, i need youo take more responsibility. at the time iron was destibblizing by defunding proxies and lot of bad things happening in the middle east in terms of funding terror and radicalizing the next we destthe territorial caliphate of i.s.s., got out was probably one to have theich worst deals ever made and stopped a lot of fundi to the terror groups that were reatening america and destabilizing the region. we got israel to put on the table the most detailed proposal ever put forward in history.

we put out 180ag it had an economic plan that took $50 billion, that would have created a millionle inian jobs, dublgd their p.d. and reduce their poverty rate 0%by. that would have made a difference. we got israel to agree to a palestinian state and put forward a map. a lot of progress has been ut forward but at the end of the day we can't want peace more than they. their leadership has a perfect track recordof not wanting to make a deal.pr ident trump is show he built strong deals with people who were in isolation before he came to power and there's a tremendous good for the palestinians if they come together. >> woodruff: they said they oppose the deal and it feels like a betrayal, to them. jared kushner, i wa to ask you about the coronavirus and the pandemic, you and the president have indicated the president's done a mosterful job, but 195

americans have died as of last friday. there were 1,000 people a day dying this country. how is that a masterfubl jo? >> so, first of all, go back to the last thing you said before we got to the virus in. negotiations, everyone's at no unti they're at yes, and i think what you're seeing is a lot of posturing in the region. again, president trump ha c takn onallenge in the middle east that very few people were willing to take on and that'slt re in us having the have less threat terror in, our country and spend less money the middle east and more money at home rebuilding our country. so that's what the significancef today's event at the white house was. with regards to the coronavirus, obviouy this is an unprecedented pandemic. countries around the world. president trump jumped into action very early on. we got althe governors the supplies they needed. you heard a lot of hysteria up front that states would need

40,000 ventilators, that we would be shrt of supplies on the front lines of the hospitals, and we worked veryma hard t sure that we secured all the resources we need. we allocated them smartly, we worked with all the governors and got everyone what they needed to deal with this effectively. we've learned a lot and we'alve been able to save the economy. people thought our economy would be over 20% unemoyment at this point. we've gotten down to 8.4%, which again bebody thought woul possible till maybe the middle to end of next year. so the economy is comg back well. therapeutics.ed a vaccine and we have three vaccines now in phase four trials, the fastest vaccine ever to a phase three trial was 13 months. we've done two in four months and one in five montos and e hopefully will prove efficacy. we lead the world in tesavting. we over 100 million tests to perform -- >> woodruff: but again -- but i was going to say, if you could let me inerrupt because i want to ask you about other things, just quickly, the death rate ins

ountry is one of the worst in the world. something like tenth out of 172 countries. my question is, is that a record >> look, the president stepped up to the challenge. obviously, one death is too mad , and we wove loved to have not had the pandemic come, but this is a global pandemic andeth hit every country differently. if you look at europe and our exce mortality, they've had a higher excess mortality, you know, because of the pandemic than what we've had because, re in america, but, again, we have some states that have done better than others, we've worked with the governors and done our best to get everybody e resources they need which is the job of the federal government. so, again, wen ve ta you talked about the death rate, now we're down to 740 pele y. that was at 2,200 at the peak a couple of mons ago. one death is too many but we're doing our best to make sure we can identify cases. we've done a lot to get tests and supplies to nursing homes because that's how we' driven

the death rate down by trying to secure the nursing homes which was not done by governors in the early states. >> woodruff: the record forpe most eu countries is better than thenited states certainly in rmany and other countries, but i want to ask you abe election -- >> woodruff: but we have some states doing better than other states. you could compare florida to new yo and again you have to look at us comparatively in terms of how tt all wor. it's not constructionive at this point, i blieve in a glo pandemic to cherry pick data to try to fight back. we have to look at the efforts to be mad we've responded to challenges -- go ahead. >> woodruff: i'm looking at the data, i'm not cherry picking. the president said on occasion to see if he cepted theld have results of the election. there's an official at the department of health and human services michael caputo who in the lasfew days said the

american people should g be will take up arms if president trump loses. do you and the president share the view that this -- this grave view that, if the president loses, people should take up arms? >> right, i believe he's apologized for those comments, i just saw that on thes coming in. in the last election, the president was asked if he would acpt the relts and the other side ridiculed him for saying he would ve to see, and he accepted the results when it was done and the other side didn' iad the other side created this false ruhoax and that was investigated for two years dainsd proven. at the end of the day the american people will look at the track record of the president and he delivers results. today we're talking about n historic middle east peace deal. veree and a half years i been red called by the media and experts in washington who said we're doingt i theong way, we weren't the right people to do it, but we've achieved what pes didn't do. so president trump has taken unconventional approaches to a t of things but he achievesre

lts and the people who voted for him know exactly what they were getting andouldn't be more thrilled. a lot of the people who were t saying the sangs now are the people who were basically saying if president trump was elected we would have world war iii and, again, today, we signed two peace deals in thlee miast. >> woodruff: well, and we are n porting on that. one last questout science, mr. kushner. the president was urged in his visit to california yesterday a group of scientists to pay close attention to climate change. s reaction is it's getting colder, and science doesn't. kn in effect, you know, rebuking the scientists. myon queso you is that the kind of thing u want your own children to learn in school thad the prt knows more than the scientists? >> look, i think that you often have scientists that contradict each other, and you look at what that is. the president is open minded to nifferent things -- >> woodruff: bu anymore on climate change. there's an overwhelming view e change.m >> but i would say we all agree

that we want to have clean air and water. e president said that. but then you have different things to. do we brought the president an idea earlier this year tooin the trillion trees allenge. he said absolutely he thought that could sequester carbon and that that would be a verody tive way that wouldn't destroy our economy. when we talk about pro or anti-climate change, i can that becomes divisive. i think we have to put our effort toward solutions. what are we going to do to make sure we optimize for the right calibration between making sure we have clean air and water which the preside supports but also not doing radical things that would destroy our industry e and ms less globally competitive. the last administration did the paris climate deal which had huge restrictions on american business while none on china and others in the world and basically whitewashed -- >> woodruff:ut you agree with the president science doesn't know when it comes to this? >> the president will speak for. hims

i work for the president. try try to come up with the most constructive ways to handle an assignment. the president is a very open mind person. early on ought him a prisonus and criminalce reform. he had no experience with that topic, but when i showed himle peeaving prison were more apt to commit crimes beceyause idn't have the training and family structures and have a criminal record, he sad let's do it. we passed landmark criminal justice reform shiton couldn't get done for decades. when you show him constructive solutions, he can do it. well want clean air and water, president trump is clear on that. but at the end of the dayhen you come to him with constructive solutions, he will be happy to engage to push things forward. nobody thrix the forest fiweres e seeing and it would be good to work together to prevent them in the future. and our focus is torovide aid

to california and doing everything to help them preserve life and keep the area as safe as possible. >> woodruff: jared kushner, senior advisor to president trump, thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you, judy. good to be with you >> woodruff: in the day's other news, hurricane "sally" inched toward the gulf coast, headingam for the almississippi state line late tonight. it's moving at just two miles an hour, and could linger long enough to dump two feet of rain. storm surge waters pushed into bays and beach fronts along coastal alabama today. governor kay ivey warned against underestimating the danger. >> hurricane sally is not to be taken for granted. we are looking at rapid flooding, perhaps breaking historic levels.

i know you all want to protect your family and your property but this is not woh risking your life. t woodruff: we'll hear fr mayor of mobile, alabama, right after the news summary. the death toll has reached 36 in the wildfires raging across the west.and, concerns are buildingt all the smoke in the air. oregon was under an air quality alert today, while some flights in and out of portland and spokane were susminded. y haze of smoke from the fires even drifted over new york. agreed today to pay $12 milliony dollars in a settlement with breonna taylor's mother. it came six months after police shot and killed taylor in her apartment. her death has helped fuel the t.lack lives matter" movem we'll get the details, later in the prram. new efforts are underway to get another covid relief package through coness. house speaker nancy pelosi said today her chamber will stay in

session until there's a deal. meanwhile, a bipartisan group of lawmakers endorsed spend.5g rillion. virginia democrat abigail spanberger said it's a way forward. >> the american people need help, businesses need help. this isn't about any one person, this is about the hundreds of thousands of people, the millions who are in need. what the house put forth months ago, isn't moving forward, didn't get us a deal now the next step is what comes next >> woodruff: house democratic leaders said the bipartisan bill falls short. er's roughly halfway between what they have o, and what senate republicans support. the united states has issued a sweeping new warning against trav hong kong.nd china and a statement today said aricans uld face arbitrary detention and lethy interrogations.in beinsisted it protects the legal rights of foreignetr. the worle organization

today ruled against u.s. tariofs on $200 biworth of chinese goods. but, the ruling may not have much effect. the u.s. can appeal, and the w.t.o.'s appeals court is in smbo, because washington blocked appointing new members. the number of americans in poverty fell for a fifth straight year in 2019, to 34 million people. the census bureau reports that finding. it was before the pandemic eras millions of jobs. and, on wall street today, the dow jones industrial average gained two points to close at 27,995. the nasdaq rose 133 points, thanks to big te stocks, and, the s&p 500 added 17. still to come on the newshour:st the lan hurricane sally hitting the gulf coast. what races to watch in november that could determine who controls congress. how schools are re-opening across the globe. and much more. >> woodruff: hurricane sally is

slowly making its way to the gulf coast tonight and as of now, alabama is squarely in the path. the city of mobile is on high alert. it could see rainfall of 10 to 20 inches. and a surge of waterhat is seven feet above normal. sandy stimpson is the mayor the and joins me now. >> mayor stimpson, thank you so much for talking with us. what do you expe? >> we expect 10 to 20 inches of rain. gembine that with storm sur and high tide and you could have 7 to 9 feet of additional tidal influence in the mobile river and mobile bay. >> woodruff: and how does that

compare to storms at mobile has seen before. >> our most recent storm was 2018, and it was a tropical stm, so it was more wind than if you go back to 2004, ivan was the last major impact we had which hit just a little bit east of here, but it's been a while fore we had a major storm really impact the city. >> woodruff: do you believe you're prred? >> i think we're very prepared. this has been a very slow-moving storm. earlier in the prei conference s saying we have, you know, truly thousands of firstng responersonnel from the departments, national guard, coast guard, you know, everybody is on the highest alert nowo respond to the needs of our citizens, so we are as prepared as you can possibly be for this kind of situation. are you asking people toent evacuate, to be ready to go into shelters and so forth? >> so earlier today, the governor issued a voltaire evacuation order rly for the

low-lying coast areas, ourl barrieds and beaches and it was done voluntarily because some of those plact are no as vulnerable as others. if she was a cat 4 or, probably would have said it was a mandatory evacuation. but there has been some traffic on tterstate highways, but pretty much people are moving from the low-lying areas to family and friends or sheltersn so they 't have to be affected by the flooding. >> woodruff: youor're coble witht that level of preparation? >> we continue to send the message that i if you'n a low-lying area let us know so you can leave or we can get you. once you have the combinati of the surge and tidal influence and flooding from flash flooding, when we have to send first responders to get you, their lives are in jeopardy at hat point and we continue to beat theum of saying please let us know how we can help you get out of the low-lying areas. >> woodruff: i hear you say

do you have psonnel andrs. equipment to handle what may come? >> absolutely. we are very fortunate the awllaboration between our enforcement agencies, our cleanup crews is really second toone. alabama power company which services this area, they have 500 peoe on standby in close thatmity, another 5 could be here at a moment's notice, so we feel very comfortable that we'll be able to come in the aftermath of this storm and restore things to some sense oinf normalcy short order. >> woodruff: where do you plan to spend tonig w? >> well,l be here for a while. i'm not going to say i'll be here all nigh long but we'll have people monitoring this facility .l nig that will be fire rescue and our police partment and public works in the event of trees falling down that we cany dep them to address any situation that may occur. >> woodruff: we wish you the best and hope that it is not asi

s as some of the forecasts say. mayor san distimpson of mobile, alabama, thank you so much. >> thank you, judy, i appreciate it. >> woodruff: as election day looms, the race for the white house circles around key battleground state our yamiche alcindor reports. >> alcindor: tay, former vice president joe biden campaigned in florida-- his first visit to the state since being nominated. there, he delivered harsh words for president trump's policy and rhetoric towards veterans-- >> makes me very upset the way he gets in front of the camera and crows about how much he's done for vets and then turns around. calls them suckers ands. trump has no idea about duty

honor, country. that's what service and patriotism is all about. >> alcindor: the sunshine state has one ofhe largest military and veteran populations in the country. biden stressed t need to strength the v.a. >> we have a responsibility to ensure that we are providing veterans world class healthcare ey deserve in every situation. >> alcindor: veterans make up a atitical voting bloc in one of toughestegrounds. a statewide poll released today from monmouth university showed biden just barely ahead. 50% of floridians said they planned to support him while 45% backed president trump. today, he began his day by calling into "fox and friends". >> we've agreed to do it once a week in the morning. >> aindor: he spoke to the hosts for more than 45 minutes. and, he again claimed a coronavirus vaccine could be approved by election day and

distributed immediately. >> we're going to have a vaccine in a matter of weeks >> alcindor: mr. trump also laed out at the democratic governor of nevada, who initicized him for defying wa and holding an indoor rally las gas last week. the president accused the governor, without evidence, of rigging the election. >> now, he'll cheat on the ballots. i have no doubt about it. this is the same man who's in charge of the ballots. >> alcindor: and following his visit to california yesterday, president trump doubled down on eas denial of climate change. he repeated a ming claim that poor forest management is the only factor behind the wildfires raging in the west. >> you have forests all over the world. you don't have fires like you do in california, you know. in europe, they have forest cities. alcindor: in california today, senator kamala harris, the democratic vice presidential nominee, lambasted thema president's s onlimate change-- >> this is not a partisan issue. ideology should not kick in. it's just a fact.

this is just a fac. >> repoer: and promised a different >> alcindor: and promised a different approach. >> it is incumbent upon us in terms of leadership of our extreme changes in our climate and to do what we cano mitigate against the damage. >> reporter: tonight biden and harris >> alcindor: tight, biden and rris are campaigning on opposite sides of the country; harris in nevada, biden ina. flor but they have a common goal: courting latino voters.id while prt trump heads to philadelphia for a town hall with undecided voters. yamiche alcindor.our, i'm >> woodruff: today witnesses the last primary elections before november. once winners are declared in delaware, we will know who all the nominees are for every congressional race across our country. here to breakdown what to watch for in the fight for control of capitol hill, our own lisa desjardins. hello to lisa. to you, lisa, so let start with the senate. catch us up on the contest to

either take over or keep controf he upper chamber, now that we're just seven weeks away from election day. >> that's right, so much to talk about. let's dig right in the nate. democrats need three or four seats, that's the key number, they need to pick up three or four seats to take contr the senate. so let's go to the graphics, the maps that we've got ready fr this. first of all, thesinare the seatlay now. there are more tossups increasingly on the map, it's about 12 seats. here's what democrats like. if you look at anothermap these red states, look t red states, these are vulnerable republicans. of the 12 seats in play, 10 are republicans. so democrats have ten chances, three or four seats they need. what's interesting here, judy, thmagh, one more, these are of those competitive seats, these are the ones in the sen ae th tracking very closely to the presidential race. there is no questio judy, that

democrats are benefiting from joe biden doing well, the president falling behind him nationally, and the senate races could change if that presidential race changes. so that's something we're going to have to watch closely. >> woodruf: so non the list of most vulnerable but a race we're allwatching and that is senate majority leader mitch what does that look like, lisa? >> reporter: this is a fascinatg race. mitch mcconnell is currently the third most senior senator in congress. he has survived many challenges before. some people see him as teflon. but this year he's up against a challenger who has natideon recognition. amy mcgrath was the first female marine combat pilot, she osely cost a congressional election in 2018. let's look at the race between the two of them. massive amounts of money. we'll look at some nmbers here. $60 million at least has been spent. gese candidates are spend more money in their campaign

funds than any other race in the country right now. now, in addition, senate democrats, however, still see this as a long shoy t, thewould need some help from the presidential race. so president trump is a factor in kentucky. he's very pular kentucky. but if that decreases, if trum voters do not go to the polls in kentucky, democrats would have a chance pentially at unseating mitch mcconnell. but i tell you what, judy, renoblicans like this ract only because they believe mcconnell will win but they also, like the democrats, are sending money here because they think it's a long shot, they don't want democratic m tey going in other races they believe are closer. who knows, we'll have to watch >> woodruff: so move over to the house. there now, but what does it look like? what are both parties sayinggh now? >> okay. here is the big picture, judyle s just look at another graphic for that. there are some 55 house seats in play. of course, that's a smaller

fraction of the entire house, but those aree'he races looking at that will decide control. republicans esentially nee about 20 of those seats, and what's interesting, judy, is half of these competitive seats in the house are held by democrat half by republicans. that's good news for democrats because, usually, hey would b on defense after having such a huge year as 2018. judy, democrats believe they might be able to pick up some sees, have a larger majority in the fall if things continue as they are. >> woodruff: so, lisa, you re telling us, yes, these are b the numbert you're also seeing some bigger trends at workhere. tell u about that. >> reporter: that's right, following in the good work of m friend domenico montanaro, the suburbs are going to dec idee house of representatives. it's where the majority of the seats where. houston, chicago, that's where outhe battle of the u.s. is

happening. another couple of things, judy, we'rseeing aarger than usual number of rematches. nearly a quarter of the competitive races in the house voters saw before. they're the exact samrace they had two years ago and these are often republicans trying to regain a seat they lost in the sweep in 2018. the money, judy, i mention this in the mcconnell mcgrath senate race butit's true almerot here, we're seeing historic levels of spending on the house races as well and i'm sorry to tell the viewers, if you live in one of the battleground states or districts and think you have seen a lot of campaign ads, you probably haven't seen anything yet. >> woodruff: mind boggling, and we're going to be looking ai some of those weeks to come. lisa desjardins, thank you so much. f:

>> woodrfter months of home-schooling, students across the globe are back in the classroom, even as people brace themselves for a second wave of ns from the coronavirus pandemic. we now look at the issues facing millions of schoolchildren, their parents and teachers across the globe, from countes in asia, africa, and europe. but to begin, from the united kingdom, here's special correspondent olly bar >>ff you go, 10, 15 second with your group. >> reporter: britain's schools are backwith chiren returning tolassrooms for the first time since march. after weeks of remote learning because of coronavirus lockdown, this start of schooleceived a cautious welcome. >> i'm excited to come back because i've missed here and i'll be able to catch up on extra work and i'll be able to see my friends, and teachers, but obviously it's nervous coming back. >> reporter: across the u.k., all schools have been told to reopen, and all children urged to return. but the unprecedented impact of

the coronavirus pandemic means reopening is by its very nature, an experiment. schools have to follow guidance from the government-- limiting groups of children, extra cleaning measures, desks which >> britain's primeterdirection. boris johnson has described it as a 'national priority' to get schools back. there have been concerns raised teachers' unions and some parents about safety, and also about whether schools returning will cause the virus to spread more quickly. >> reporter: but most teachers have been keen to get back behind their desks. fitzgibbon.cipal andy >> we do have a moral duty to open our doors and get our t children back education, and back in and learning. >> reporter: the 'naal priority' status given to schools being open effectively means that if and when lockdown measures need to be reimposed, schools will stay open while other parts of the economy such

as pubs could be forced to close down again. but to be completely sure classrooms don't emptynce more, that will depend on the direction of the covid-19 outbreak in the united kingdom. >> reporter: this is lucy hough, across the english channel i belgium, where school is also back on, despite rising covid-19 case numbers since july. for laurence gidden mother ofli three, it's a . the six months of home-learning have been a challenge and she's a teacher. >> this year has been reallyby shortened the situation, we ave now entering second grade and he doesn't hthe same skills as my other children did at that stage. >> reporter: he is not alone in falling bend. studies show school closures have widened the attainment gap bedvtween ditaged students and their classmates, and the largest gaps are for younger children. at montgomery school in brussels, belgium's capital, there's catching up to be done- and new rules to be ed.

>> they were able to followla onlinees so we adjusted the schedule a bit for them but we still managed to finish the progm. >> reporter: belgium's schools have reopened under a four-color code system, currently on e llow, meaning a full-fivy week. masks are mandatory at all times for kids over 12 withct limited to small class bubbles. if there's a major outbreak and it's code red, classize for older pupils would be halved and school time cut to two ds a week. playgrounds have also been emptier than usual. children returning from summer holidays in high-risk ¡red zones' have had to quarantine for 14 days, even as the new academic year gets underway. but across europe, cracks are t several schools in belgium have already had lo close due to lized outbreaks. france and germany have also seen dozens of closures.

as the spread of covid-1 accelerates across europe, teachers and their unions are concerned about safety, with some calling for stricter measures and limits on class sizes. measures differ across europe, but there is agreement that thee ts of attending school outweigh the risks. >> reporter: this is michael baleke in uganda. millions of children in countries across africa are baca in the croom, despite a surge in covid-19 cases on the continent. schools in tanzania re-opened in june after three months of the covid-19 lock-down. working toilets, bssroomsr or are packed to full capacity. >> we believe in god and godll elp us and plus we wear masks these days. >> repter: tanzania stopped publishing official figures on the extent of the coronavirus outbreak in april.

this was followeby a declaration by president john magufuli that the country is free from thpandemic, ordering all schools to re-open with covididelines in place. international public health experts are skeptical about the that tanzania is free from the pandemic, warning ifists in one country, it's bound to spread. south africa continues to carryb the heavieden of covid-19 on the continent, with nearly half of all new cases. the government re-opened schools in june. but some parents have been rectant to allow their children back to class because of a surge in cases. d >> most of them were afr this covid, hence they decidedhe to stay at homes and their parents said no, their learners must not go to school.

but most of them are areschool. theyorking. >> reporter: the democratic republic of congo is using a phased approach to re-opens. scho r now the only class in session are those for students who are in their final term thfore graduating. the plan is for rest of the studen to return in october. according to the africa centre for disease control and prevention, the continent ha more than 1.3 million confirmed cases of covid-19 and over 31,000 deaths. how the response to the virus children is a source of concernd for all 54 african nations.in ome african countries, like here in uganda, schools remain closed for fear that the pandemic might get out of hand. distance learning in africa is fficult, and sometimes impossible, given that 80% of

students have no access to the internet. is unreliable.nts, electricity others have no electricity at all in their homes. >> the longer the children are out of school, the greater the risk that they may not return to school. >> reporter: the u.n. argues that reopeni schools too quickly in africa could undermine the gains made so far in curbing the sprd of covid- 19. >> reporter: this is patrick fog in bei at schools here, students arrive staggered, by grade, and line up in front of theiteacher, before they're allowed inside. passing through a screening point, where students have their temperature taken. there's one more check once they reach the classroom.s thisrt of what called the anti-pandemic new normal in beijg. to keep covid-19 at bay, strict order, from kindergarten, all

the way through to high school. >> ( translated ): they're doing lots of things, like alcohol disinfection, using temperature measuring guns, and they make us wear masksll day long. >> reporter: close to 600,000 students are now back to school in the capital. for some, it's a second attempt at getting class underway, o before a clustinfections here in june forced schools closed again. but there've been no locally- transmitted cases in bng since the end of july. across china, people are confident the country's overcoming the virus. in public. mandatory anymore some students don't see the point of following school rules. >> ( transled ): sometimes i will take it off for a while. i'm not being watched strictly all the time. >> reporter: because it's the political heart of china, beijing's had some of the strictest covid prevention protocols in the country. a lot of restrictions are gradually being lifted now, particularly as new cases of infections have dwindledna onwide, but authorities aren't likely to lift the lid on

nment measures altogethe anytime soon. complacency could plunge the country back under the grip of the virus. south korea's learned the hard way. it's grappling with a resurgence. after the government loosened restrictions early in august, about 200 cases were linked to a school in seoul, forcing auorities to put clses on hold. >> ( translated ): the cities of seoul, incheon and gyeonggi province will switch to fullre te learning. >> reporte final year students sking college entrance ex are exempt. but it's unclear when others can go back. covid cases in japan are comparively stable. students there returned early in august. it's just as well-- remote learning was hardly an option. the pandemic's exposed a massive digital divide in the country. a ministry of education survey found just 10% of public schools offered online instruction after critics say japan's fallen behind in classroom technology, and students are over reliant on

textbooks, and lack tablets. in hong kong, there's anotherro over textbooks, as schools s epare to reopen. the government iaccused of censoring them, to promote patrtic education. >> i would not say ires political ing, what we do is, professionally, weat the text books already in the market, and provide some professional advice to the publishe >> reporter: there are fears also about how the new, and vaguely-worded national security law will impact hools. pushed through by beijing to independence, some teachers and students worry what they say in schools may land them in trouble. and with tensions still simmering among many student protesters, how schools in hong kong handle covid only adds to their problems. for the pbs newshour, i'm patrick fok in beijing. kampala.ichael baleke in

>> woodruff: the city ofil loui announced its settlement today with breonna taylor's family, six months after she was shot by police and her death became a refrain of as amna nawaz tells us, policing changes are part of that agreement. potential criminal charges against the officean remains froncenter to the family and many around the country.aw >>: in the eyes of her family, one step toward justice for breonna taylor. >> it's only the beginttng of g full justice for breonna. her beautiful spirit and all of us on the ground, sough please continue to say her name. >> nawaz: today, the city of louisville announced a $12 million settlement with taylor's mother, tami palmer, after she sued over her daughterling by police. louisville mayor greg fischer. >> i cannot ben to imagine ms.

palmer's pain, and i am deep f, deeply sor breonna's death. >> nawaz: it is the largest sum ever pd by the city in a police misconduct case, and the settlement includes a package of police reforms. >> say her name! >> nawaz: the settlement comes after months of protests following breonna taylor death. the medical technician was shot in her home march 13th by louisville pice, serving a drug warrant. police say that night they identified themselves fore breaking down taylor's door. but her boyfriend, kenneth that, thought it was a break-in, and fired a single shot from his licensed firearm. police responded, shooting taylor more than eight times, and killing her. no drugs were found in the home. a separate, criminal investigation is underway by kentucky attney general daniel cameron. >> say her name! >> breon taylor! >> nawaz: but taylor's story remains at the cenr of a nationwide movement seeking

racial justice, police reforms, and reminding people to say her name. the settlement may have taken six months, but that deal was reached quicker than a number ol of this comes as people are awaiting word from the attorney general. hannah drake ia leading activist in louisville and author who has been protesting over this case. and she joins me now. welcome back to the "newshour", hannah, thanks for being with us. before we dig into some of the details, i want to get your reaction t today'sews. it's been a long time coming. when you heard tod's news, very briefly, what did you think? >> it has been a long tim coming. i was certainly very emotional, as one who has been protesting andng deman justice. it was a very emotional feeling for me to see breonna taylor's mother get some form of justice for her daughter. >> we mentioned it's not just

the $12 mlion, theingle largest payment in a city they're going to require commanders to approve search warrants before it goes to a judge. they're going to offer housing credits for officers to actually live within the cities ty police. they want to expand drug and alcohol testing for officersti involved in shs, just a few of the highlights there. hannah, when you look at the forms, when you look at the disproportionate violence by police against black americans, what difference do you think the reforms will make. it will take manifesting the reforms on the ground actually in the community. i will say i was encouraged that for this to be a civil suit for poli reform to be tied to it, i do not know if i've ever seen that that has ever been the case when there has been a payout for police misconduct, police brutality and the murder of a

person at the hands of the police. so i'm thankfuto breonna taylor's family that they fought to have police reform tied to the civil lawsuit, and i know that lanita baker said it was nonnegotiable, there would be no civil lawsuit wihout some type of police reform. >> reporter: that's rit, we d hear from both attorneys for the family lanita baker and crumb saying reforms had to be a part of the deal. e there additional reforms you didn't hear t abot you think are necessary? >> there are reforms. a section of our population is certainly calling on defunding the police. when you look at defunding the policend you also look at reforming the police, how do we rk together as a community for those two things to work hand in handing to? i certainly think it's a great oprtunity for police to actually live in the communitieh they are policing, to actually know the people in the

neighborhoods. i loved that they also mentioned that there will be some type of voluntrism for the police so they can actually know the people that they are policing and, hopefully, that will end some of the police brutality. but i certainly think that we still have such a long way to go when it comes for justice for breonna taylor and justice just in our community. >> reporter: and we heard from several people who spoke todayat hat press conference in her name that we don't believe there ll be full justice until the officers are arrested and charged. we mentioned that the attorney general is looking into possible criminal justices, that a grand jury is being conhavened. ah, i'm curious, based upon your work and experience in louisville, how much do you have in that process right now. not have faith ithat process.do i try to remain hopeful as someone who's an activist and

community.o speaks out we've seen how the cases play out across the united states. te i'm not that hopeful that we will have compnd full justice for breonna taylor. every day, i try t wake up and that attorney general cameron will see breonna taylor as a 26-year-old black woman murdered in her home, that se should still be here today and deserv justice. if we went intoneighbor's home and killed them, we would be chaed, and i do not anything less should have happened just because someone is a police officer. >> reporter: legally, we've heard from some experts who say it looks like it's an uphill battle legay to et the burden because the officers can claim self-defense, they know a shot was fired toward them in the beginning. i'm curious, if today's restitutn is the only justice that ends up coming in the name think the response will be from

you and others in the communityp >> i thiople in this community will be very upset. i think this has been a community that has been forver altered by what has happened in louisville, there's certainly a ton of trauma that's happened louisville and this is a city that needs healing. for us to not getstice, for officers not to be charged will only cause further trauma in this community and, quite frankly, i don't think it will sit well fer theople who have been protesting for more than 100 days. i think the people protesting are demanding full justice. we're very happy for breonna taylor's mother. certainly expected that there would be some restitution paid to hemily. but justice is like an airplane, there are two wings to it, so we have restitution and on the other wing we need criminal charges pressed against the officers. >> reporter: you mentioned the days of protest, celebrities on magazine covers making re her name is still said and the pressure is kept up.

at do you think today's step means for all the many other cases in which we don't even b hear ock women killed? >> i think this is a very important step especially for black women that have been faced police brutality.have i've always said breonna taylor had two thgs working against her, she's black and a woman and often that's where a rock and hard place collble forack women in america, so i think cannot continue to brutalize black women, you cannot continue to murder black women in their homes and it's going to be okay, it's going to be acceptable, that ends today >> reporter: hannah drake joining us from ouisville, kentucky, thank you so much for your time. >> thank you. >> woodruff: and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm judy woodruff.

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