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good day everyone from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome to welcomes to weekend with alex witt. more than 13 million cases of coronavirus across this country.

outbreaks in nursing homes hit a record high this week. many of the new cases are being reported in midwestern states. the "wall street journal" reports nearly 40% of the nation's covid-19 deaths are among those in long-term care facilities. new york saw its highest increase in daily cases since ends of april adding more than 8,000 cases on thanksgiving day oh loan. new york city mayor bill de blasio warned indoor dining and gyms could close in the coming weeks. the college football season has taken another hit. number three ohio state canceled today's game against university of illinois because of a coronavirus outbreak within its program. more than 100 games canceled or postponed because of coronavirus concerns. recently taking a mesh asurf its impact, our guests with us, small businesses, they are reeling as a result of the pandemic. vice president elect kamala

harris is out and about in washington, d.c. talking with local entrepreneurs at a holiday gift market. alli vitaly is covering the biden transition from rehoboth beach, delaware. what were you hearing about this trip, ali? >> reporter: not seeing very much of vice president-elect joe biden but we did see vice president-elect kamala harris. she put into focus with her stop there how this small business saturday is different from many of the ones we've seen before, because small businesses have been so keenly hit by the pandemic. the first wave of closures, and then even still just trying to stay on their feet as this pandemic continues on. while harris was touring some of these tents here, she stopped in, looked around. appeared to look like she bot some things. she likes to cook and some tents had food-related things in them. we're waiting to hear if she

purchased anything but said stats that are staggering. they match what what i've been hearing covering the pandemic from an economic and a small business perspective. harris at one point highlighted one in four small businesses are closed and on the verge of permanent closure right now. that tracks with a yell b stup showing 60% of businesses that chl closed are permanently closed now. it his black and brown businesses particularly hard. 41% of black-owned businesses shuttered because of the pandemic over the course of the last few months. absolutely decimating to the small business community. listen to what harris said about it heading into this holiday season. >> they're suffering. we want to support our small businesses. they are always really part of an essential life blood of the community. part of the civil and social fabric of the community, and sadly since covid started one in

four small businesses in our country has closed, and we know that we're going to get beyond this, this virus, and we want to make sure that we sustain these small businesses to help them through this moment so they can continue to do what they do, which is really about being not only business leaders but they are civic leaders and, again, part of the culture and part of the vitality of communities. >> reporter: and alex, we know despite the fact she's there talking about the economy, all of the other business of governing and the politics of washington, d.c. was not lost on this trip. she was asked at one point about the way that president donald trump and vice president mike pence have not been in contact with kamala harris or joe biden over the course of this transition, and overall the way they're cooperating during that. harris responded by, again, focusing on remarks on the needs to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. that's been hertactic and during the campaign also in the

same fashion joe biden does. turning every question back to the central priority of this administration in waiting which is combating the pandemic, and also asked wund other political question about the future. this one might make you cringe. listen. >> president trump has been making motions he'll run again in 2024. do you feel like president joe biden and you would be able to face him again. >> please. [ laughter ] >> reporter: just in case you couldn't hear that, alex a question about 2024. we know president donald trump is mulling whether or not he would run again. also the expectation mike pence might want to mount his own bid in 2024. referencing the fact we could see a re-do at this point in the election and we only just finish add few weeks ago. harris laughing that one out saying, "please." >> oh, no. i heard it , ali. that's the cringe.

and hoping small business saturday will give this area a boost as a toy store in chelsea if you're still in the same spot. looks like a great place, lindslind linds lindsey. what's the owner telling you? >> reporter: a great place started 30 years ago by a local teacher. a classic toy store and really, she hopes that people will shop local this small business saturday and this holiday season, because so much more of the money stays local, benefits local schools, the police department and things like that. you know what? right now they also bolstered their website. they spent a lot of the quarantine getting boxes to move the business online. of course, because they're not seeing the crowds right now in the stores. of course, some is a good thing. health experts don't want to see crowds in a pandemic. but it's all happening in the backdrop of covid-19. a second wave hitting new york city. new numbers from mayor bill de blasio showing that seven-day rolling positively rate, 3.64% with more than 1,500 new cases

recorded, and small businesses are feeling the hurt, according to a local group. the new york city local partnership, they say about one-third of the small business new york city won't be able to reopen, because of the pandemic, and, according to an amex survey, american express, started small business saturday. they need to do better this holiday season than ever before just to survive into the next year. there are things that new york city is doing for small businesses. an interest-free loan. unfortunately this place doesn't qualify. you have to be in a low to middle-income zip code, which they're not. allowed to use sidewalkty pl tds to show merch tyce. the o mer dice. here's what the owner has to say. >> four months to cover. four months no sales and then the whole year at least 50% down.

so -- you know, every corner that you cut is not, is not deep enough a cut. so you're doing whatever you can, but it cannot be enough. >> reporter: you know, she is one of the lux lucky ones. she says her landlord has been very kind, lowering rent, she realized she's one of the lucky ones. how are things going so far today i asked? they're good. covid good. not as good as they want to see. >> thank you very much. and shopping with covid cases on the rise and in this area trying to curb the spread with new restrictions including limiting capacity at essential retailers like grocery stores. a start on monday. go to msnbc's reporter in pasadena, california. sounds draconian in ways. what more can you tell us about this effort? >> reporter: draconian for a

little bit of a reason. hospitalizations in california shot up 80% in the last two weeks. here in l.a. county, that new order, the threshold to hit that new order, was a five-day average daily case count of new cases at about 4,500. the five-day average case count for new cases right now is 4,700. we weren't expected to hit numbers like this until about mid-december. so this new order is specifically aimed at reducing the stress on these over-clocked, over-taxed, over-worked health care systems and doing it through a few things. rooms say wear a mask if outdoors. banning in-person gatherings, private or public of people not in the same household and, yes, on businesses not considered essential, you have to hit about 20% capacity, or they're going to send people after you. we've seen enforcement in multiple areas across the state. they are serious about this new order.

we wanted to ask people that are shopping obviously a huge time for retail doing holiday shopping and asked some shoppers if they started to see changes ahead of this new order and what they're seeing in the lining for black friday? >> limiting the amount of people coming in at one time and trying not to let you gather in one area. >> dangerous. the numbers of covid is going up too much every day. >> reporter: so alex, i know you're familiar with california. right now in l.a. county, there is a strict ban on in-person dining, whether indoor or outdoor. that is not the case here where i am. i'm in pasadena. pasadena has their own city health department and allowed outdoor dining. we're seeing people kind of in an exodus, shoppers from other parts of california, flocking in to pasadena, just because if they want to grab something for the holiday season they can grab a bite to eat outside, despite the fact that the numbers show a pretty dramatic uptick in the

case count here as well, but that's their own prerogative. >> appreciate all that. let me ask you quickly to clarify the situation with grocery stores. so are they going to limit capacity in grocery stores? that is ekesh. essential y essential. >> reporter: yes. capacity limited essential and no non essential. a little lit draconian than we saw in the spring. operating 20% capacity. essential businesses like grocery stores at about 30% to 35%. they're allowing people to stay open especially if it suits an essential need but again trying to limit gatherings in all spaces across the state. >> lots of efforts on that front. thank you. right now the appalachian region is seeing a dramatic, drastic increase in covid cases. health care workers are trying to manage the spike while for residents, prooep existing

issues of unemployment, poor health and made the covid battle all of more difficult. go to nbc's reporter in johnson city, tennessee. welcome to you. how are health care workers dealing with the surge in cases? it's got to be so tough! >> reporter: is really is. i've talked with health care workers here several days about that. i'm at johnson city medical center. the largest hospital in this part of appalachia and part of ballad health, the only hospital provider for about 21 counties in northeast tennessee and southwest virginia. alex, over the last month they've seen hospitalizations here more than double. 15% of all deaths since the pandemic began, 15% happened in just the last week. and the grim reality that that translates to, behind these doors here of this hospital building are nurses making calls to funeral homes every single day. sometimes multiple times a day. i had a nurse tell me this

morning she had three patients die in just one shift yesterday. alex, there are several factors specific to this region making this ballots difficult here. i bring in dr. paula masters, the vp of health programs here. doctor, talk to me more about that. what are the factors specific to this area making this population especially at high risk of hospitalizations and of death? >> absolutely. so unfortunately, in our area, our people experience higher rates of heart disease, copd, diabetes, obesity and knowing how covid affects thaeose, you n see how problematic. folks come in already sick and on top of that have covid. when we're thinking how that all fits together, it puts our communities at higher risk because they are already experiencing such higher rates of those co-morbidities. >> reporter: the underlying

health factors. also overlooked, social factors that contribute to this. talk to me more about that, absolutely. we know between 60% and 80% of all health is social discernment. those with, that means lower rates of education. or experiencing financial insecurity, poverty. that they are actually already experiencing higher rates of disease. when we start to think about that those social factors are even popping up in those that weren't already sick, and so we start to have higher rates of social issues, and then you pour in there with covid, it's that all of these start to create just really unhealthy populations. it also makes it to where they start to not come to the hospital. they delay their care. they don't start to access, because of social issues that are at play. they start choosing between going and seeking food and instead of actually taking care of themselves. >> dr. masters, thank you for all offwork and for that

important information. and that is something i've heard from nurses here nap they are seeing patients come in already severely sick, which makes it much more difficult to care for them and it makes the likelihood of a more severe outcome pretty high here, alex. this is is especially a concern as we have had this holiday week here and i'm hearing from doctors here they are worried what is coming in the next couple of weeks. >> yeah. i'll bet they are. okay. johnson city, tennessee. thank you. despite rising cases across country more than 6.8 million people traveled through airports ahead for thanksgiving. according to the tsa. more than 1 million traveled wednesday alone. the most in a single day since march. joining me, dr. calvin zun, new york city emergency room physician and msnbc contributing dr doctor as well. you must be concerned with the crowded airports and the likely potential spread in an airport?

even with many people wearing masks, when you're there for a long time, waiting for flights, that's a problem. >> well, it sure is, alex. any step along the way of your travel, whether it's car or airplane, airports, you're increasing your risk just by coming into contact with people you've never come into contact with before. the major concern leading into the holidays is simply this. we saw an uptick in cases after memorial day, july 4th and labor day. holidays create a unique situation. why? weather is colder. people are indoors and a lot of eating and drinking during the holidays. those are just scenarios that are ripe for risk of transmission. >> yeah. doctor, how surprised are you so many people went against the cdc recommendations not to travel, and what do you think happened? is it all just the covid fatigue? >> i think we had crisis fatigue since march. little has surprised me through

2020. i spent the last seven day working through my birthday and thanksgiving just for the thanksgiving day parade and emergency rooms, back-to-back shifts and i've seen them all. people who come in for a test because they felt guilty they just traveled and people who want to test because they're about to get on an airplane, and for whatever reez didn't ason i test them, we don't complain. make recommendations but can only do so much before people make the decision themselves and take that risk. we'll see what next week or two weeks later will hold. i tell everyone you'll have to take responsibility what we're going to do but we have to keep working. >> appreciate the fact you make those sacrifices. your birthday, holiday and i remember you, dr. azar, also worked on your birthday covering a covid ward. kwhp do you think we'll begin to see impacts of this week of traveling and gatherings? are you anticipating a spike in cases? >> oh, absolutely, alex. we always see that lag. it's a couple of weeks before we see the hospitalizations and a

week or two after that before we see increased number of deaths. truly, it's going to be anyone's guess if our health care systems can withstand that. 90,000 patients are hospitalized now. 200,000 cases per day. there's only so much, so many different ways to become creative within your health care systems and allocation of resources before you're stretched so thin as we've already seen in multiple places around the country. >> can i ask you, doctor, what you're seeing in your hospital there with the highest reported number of daily cases since the spring in new york city? >> you have to take the volumes from march and april, covid, covid, covid, covid, take it, a ply it now. i just work add shift until 2:00 a.m. two hours over when i was supposed to work in a 12-hour shift. actually worked 14 hours and i think i saw 40 covid patients in the first two years. all there for testing. i think most were negative. the issue, they think were were exposed or about to screen

themselves. mix that in with skull fractures, peek who fell, appendicitis, risk reductions, all of which i didn't have to get in march and april because so many were afraid to come to the emergency room. an added mixed in emergencies that didn't go away with covid but now are coming in because, again, crisis fatigue. i'm coming to the emergency room because i waited on this heart condition long enough. mixing in with the 40 patients that get per hour for covid testing and people have been exposed. on top of that, all the other emergencies that we have to wait for. mass casualties, and car accidents. >> so do you have enough hospital space to deal with everything? we hear about a field hospital, for example, in staten island. i mean, not only new york city, but other places across the country that are stretched to the max. >> i told them in march, april, all the emergency rooms, don't get rif rid of the tents. the weather will be colder.

we can only do so much. places with tents open if they have the space, usually outer brother oes, brooklyn and bronx hospitals. manhattan, it's hard to have those things. hard enough to have space for refrigerated trucks and keep in mind people from around the country are not coming to vol tea. they have their own crisis to handle in their area. we're not only short staffed but don't have space and people are coming in. >> what about vaccinations by december 12th, dr. azar? realistic? just two weeks from today. >> no. right. so the, pfizer will present its data to the independent committee of the fda on december 10th. and they do anticipate if the eua granted a very quick turnaround. remember, talking about 40 million doses, really only about 20 million people. and you know, the cdc, they gave a nice list how many people would be in the running thor these vaccines. we have 20 million health care

orkers, over 50 million over the age of 65. the advisory committee on immunization practicesen the cdc met monday and considering potentially changing order of priority to health care workers, folks in long-term health care facilities, then essential workers. then people over the age of 65 and people with chronic conditions. there's millions of people who are going to be, you know, potentially candidates for vaccination with a really limited supply early on. again, i anticipate that at least health care workers will start to be vaccinated by christmastime in this country. >> can't be said enough. you guys are both heroes. thank you both so much. tens of millions of americans facing uncertainly holiday season with no sign of pandemic relief in the offing's in a moment rial sfei'll speak of the leading voices on capitol hill. just when can we expect help? has you covered.

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sfloo. new this hour, talks stalled over dames for another covid stimulus relief package. time is running out to pass something by december 11th preventing a benefits cliff erases temporary protections in place for renter, student loan borrowers and unemployed. some benefits set to expire the day after christmas. >> we have to, we have to send money to people who are suffering right now. i think about my district. people are contacting me regularly, telling me about their health woes, their economic pain, their unemployment. their inability to stay within their housing. we have people on the edge in my district and i would say in every district across this country. >> and as we showed you here just a few minutes ago, vice president-elect kamala harris visiting a holiday market in washington, d.c. being meeting with local entrepreneurs on this small business saturday. the president, meanwhile,

spending time in camp david this weekend and already back at his golf club in sterling, virginia, while his re-election campaign team continues to fight to overturn our election results. >> there's optimism. there will be a petition filed with the supreme court. it will be up to the supreme court whether to grant certiorari and a separate case amike kelly in pennsylvania. it's likely to succeed on the merits in that case in pennsylvania alleging that whole mail-in system was unconstitutional and he was deemed likely to suckede on the merits. up to the supreme court there. to a new push in california to appoint congresswoman barbara lee to replace vice president-elect kamala harris. and governor gavin newsom, barbara lee will ensure

everybody has a voice. barbara lee joining me, senior of the of appropriations committee and advocate on the budget committee. awfully glad to see you. hey, you've had a stellar career in the house and it should be noted the only person to vote against authorization for military force in the iraq war. in fact, many republicans have since said you were absolutely right on that. how do you feel about the letter written, about governor newsom the support? do you think you could get even more done in the senate? >> well, first, flies to be with you. let me just say it would be an honor of a lifetime to serve in the senate, but, of course, the governor is going to make disdecision and it's going to be based on what and who he believes will be the senator to best represent california's interests. there are several african-american women on the list that he has a list of many people, and i think that he's going to determine what criteria speaks to what the needs and

aspirations are of california. >> i should say, paying close attention as you know to my home state, there are a lot of qualified people. again, you are certainly one of them. so let's go to what happened almost three months ago and when you introduced the covid community care act and wanting to bringses 8 million in relief to the underserved, black, latin and native american communities. senate elizabeth warren says she is going to bring the same bill to the senate. do you think it can pass the house and senate and then get signed into law in this session? >> listen, alex, we're trying very hard to take this bill to the finish line, and i'm very pleased that senator warren, she has introduced the covid community care act. and we're working very hard to make sure we can pass this bill. part of it is included in the h.e.r.o.e.s. act we're trying to pass. what this involves is identifying resources for testing, contact tracing and involving non-profits and

community members training them as trusted messengers. it's so important that communities of color and medically underserved communities hear these public health megs and trust them, trust the messenger so we can prove forward and speaker pelosi says, crush this pandemic. we're fighting very hard, because we have to save lives. we have to target resources to medically underserved communities, and we have no time to waste. this is about life or death. >> well, 100% it is, but here's the bottom line. there are two options. either it gets passed and people don't have to go without, past christmas, or they will have to go without, until, you know, a new congress gets settled in at the first of the year. so -- that even, still, is the potential. we don't know this will be guaranteed, vanceo vaccines. what do you predict will happen? >> lard to picks given senator mcconnell and the republicans reluctance to bring forth any

form of the bill. we have passed the h.e.r.o.e.s. act wait to n act twice now. reduced the amount of money we think really would address the economic and the health impacts from over $3 trillion to now $2 trillion. over i think 2.2 million. let me tell you, again, we have no time to waste. we have to save lives and livelihoods. in the bill we include resources for heroes, state and local workers and provide essential services. we provide resources for our small businesses. people need cash assistance. we provide the $1,200 per person cash assistance and expand the, or continue the expansion of unemployment compensation at $600 and more a week. and so we have to do this, and believe you me, we have not stopped. we recognize and understand and my district is suffering just like everyone else is suffering. people are living on the edge.

there's no way we're ledding up. we're going to keep fighting until somehow we account republicans to understand it's not just democrats with constituents living on the edge but they also have constituents whose lives need to be saved and likelihood restored. >> amen to that. we can tell your fighting spirit there. let me ask about the transition. what do you make of joe biden's cabinet selections so far? do you think he's walking a careful line twebetween progressives and mot riprogresse s and moderates? >> i think he is putting in and recommending individuals with experience. they're seasoned and can hit the ground running. i also think that he will appoint more african-american women, more people of color. i believe the progressives who have been put forth are good recommendations and so i think he is moving forward to try to create a balance in his cabinet, because we have a lot of

challenges, and the -- there's so much that his cabinet and his administration will have to do immediately, and that means first of all repairing the damage of the last four years and then moving forward and putting forth an administration with policies and programs that are going to deal with, and crush this pandemic and make sure there's an economy recovery plan so people who lost their job and need jobs have training, retraining or the jobs necessary to move forward. he needs a balance in his cabinet and i believe he's committed to that balance. >> indeed. feels like he'll be starting behind what a traditional starting like would be when he begins this administration. before i let you go let me ask about vaccine distribution plans. are you satisfied the communities at highest risk will be prioritized? >> we're urging and we will really present plans and i'm

really pleased that people are very focused on how these vaccines will be distributed. first we've got to distribute them to at-risk populations to vulture option lations, to frontline workers to seniors in nursing homes, assisted listening and we have to make sure that they're distributed equitably. equitably based on region. based on race, ethnicity, gender. there are many, many variables that will, must be included. you know, we have to look and remember that racism is a public health issue still and we do not want to see this continue through the back seen xrix. so congresswoman presley, myself and senator warren introduced ledge ration to really look at this issue and in the vaccine distribution, the systems of the past will be dismantled so we don't have racial bias in the distribution of the vaccine.

i believe under a biden administration that they will be distributed fairly, and justly and equitably and hopefully everyone will have access to these vaccines as soon as possible. >> as they say, keep on keeping on. congresswoman, good to see you. the vaccine offers hope for one of america's most troubled industries. for furloughed employees, uncertainty is all they know for sure. sure.

millions of americans took flights this week despite cdc advice to stay home and sadly who's not in the skies this holiday season, tens of thousands of furloughed airline workers. joining me now is amanda steinbraun. a flight attendant. you've been through so much, through a lot there. the furlough, it's been about 60 days for you. i understand you also contracted covid. you've recovered fortunately,

and you were on with me last month and talked about all that you needed all that you were missing. a bit of a health problem you were dealing with. how tough are these days for you? >> i mean, it's nothing that we ever would have imagined. to the point we are right now we have to decide every single day, do i pay for my medicine, for my rent? pay my heat bill or which meal can i give up because i can't afford all of them right now. >> ah. i hate hearing that. what about any ability to find another job at least temporarily? part-time, anything to help supplement? >> well, sadly, part time doesn't help us xep for a tiny income because we lost our health care. that's the biggest issue for us in the pandemic now. people getting chemo now with breast cancer, many women flight attendants getting chemo that can't afford it anymore because they lost her health care. can't get medications and part-time jobs don't give that to us. i love in a city with 17% unemployment, astronomical and

shutting down further. jobs go away every single day at extremes. there's nothing out there. we're educated, have experience, great with people and just can't even find jobs. it's impossibilile right now. >> you might have heard some of my conversation with congresswoman from california, trying to get covid relief passed and get support, money and other things into your hands. people like you that are suffering. do you have any hope that you're going to see any of this before end of the year? >> you know, at this point we don't even have hope anymore. we just think to ourselves this is the only thing that's going to help us. we only have our eyes set on the horizon we can get through today. the senate is coming back monday. we need that to pass. our own option. it's not about hope anymore, it's we need this to survive. >> i mentioned you're a covid survivor, amanda. what is your message to the millions of people who travel for the holiday despite the cdc

warnings? >> you know, we had a great study come out recently on the planes that if i wear my mask and everybody else wears their mask everything is cleaned so well going back and flying isn't a big issue if following the directives to cover our mouths and cough into our masks. it's really not that scary as people think, but as long as you follow the regulations and help everybody be safe around you, we want you to come back to the airlines and fly, because that means i can get back to my job quicker, and we can get back to being safe as a community together. >> well, that's an interesting stubbedy and a good one considering all it takes in so many ways on behalf of passengers is just wear your mask. seems pretty simple. >> absolutely. >> if you'd go along with that. good to talk with you. thank you for coming back and best of luck, amanda. thanks. >> yeah. thank you so much. the first 100 days, the one issue aides want president-elect biden to tackle first and the action he could take on this

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can do through executive actions. something we saw president trump use over and over again. especially when it comes to several immigration issues fortunate to a lot of advocates out there. i think we can expect joe biden from day one to really begin to pretty aggressively undo some of president trump's policies when it comes to immigration as well as using the justice department to put pressure on police departments just as the obama administration used to do. >> give me quickly logistics of undoing and executive order from another president? is it fairly easy to do? >> really depends. so some of them are pretty easy. if it's a straight-up executive action, executive order, joe biden can issue an executive order to undue what president trump already set forward. when it comes to immigration, for example, in regulations that went through the executive branch will take a little longer to undo. has to go through a more formal process, but there is a lot joe

biden can do just why signing a paper with his pen using executive power to undo what trump put in through executive action. >> see what happens january 20th. able to get into the oval office or at least on january 21st. what about the vice president-elect expecting to announce more cabinet picks? "l.a. times" says biden pick as goldilocks candidate. neither too left or right. what do you think? is he trying to appease both sides of the party? >> i think he is. absolutely. clear from who he's chosen so far. chosen people with experience, no one has been particularly surprising. it's been fairly predictable. you see joe biden and his transition team weighing clearly experience and racial and ethnic diversity, gender diversity. seeing him try to kind of thread that needle, but it's going to be hard. he's still getting criticized from the left withing a

alexandria cortez ocasio and marco rubio and from the right. he is certainly picking people he has relationships with and who have vast experience in government. >> going to say, good luck with that. keeping everybody happy. anyway, you kept us happy with the chat. a little more brief that i hoped but see you again. thanks again from axios. the pandemic is forcing students to attend classes online. the question, what toll what remote learning might be taking on some children's ability to achieve? dren's ability to achieve? we can create a kinder, more inclusive world for the millions of people on the autism spectrum. go to autismspeaks.org. secret stops sweat 3x more ♪yo yo yo yo yo yo start your day with secret. than ordinary antiperspirants. with secret you're unstoppable.

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work. >> that is a new documentary highlighting the transformati transformational impact of the harlem children zone. this new york city school which caters to vulnerable pop you lags faces a new challenge of virtual learning during the pandemic. joining me is one of stars of that documentary, jeffrey canada. so good to welcome you back to the broadcast. it's been too long. let's get into the documentary. harlem rising. this combines archival footage. what is the message of this film? >> what we're trying to say to america is, these communities which have had 50 or hundred years of disinvestment of louse si schools of sub standard housing and terrible health care.

where failure is the norm. we can fix this. we know how to solve these kinds of problems today. we want to get the word out to as many people as possible for the harlems and the south sides of chicago. of all of these poor communities around america. we want to call out group of folks coming together and rebuilding the communities and try to level the playing field for poor children in the country. >> building upon tragedy and finding good. i know that you had one of your alums featured in the documentary and this person spoke about the tragic loss of his brother. how he channelled that pain into motivation returning to teach. let's take a listen to that. >> i teach investments to my students because it's a real

life skill that's necessary. especially in this day and age. when you're thinking about an investment, one of the things i encourage you to do is always think about the overall market. >> mr. joseph there, really teaching practical life skills. i know your mission is a cradle to career pipeline. what do you think has been the key to the school success? >> additional hours. right now it's saturday. there are kids right now who need help, who are being taught by teachers. when the holidays come our schools will be open teaching kids. when the summer comes, we have teach who are will be working with struggling students during the summer. part of it is let's make sure we give children enough time to catch up. we know kids are behind low pressure' es ke -- let's keep t

engaged. i think that's one of the keys to the success of our school. >> what about the schools across the condition tri have been impacted by the covid-19 pandemic. harlem chimpb zone serldren zon low income community. >> this remote learning is complicated. we're doing something at our schools that we think the rest of the country should do. whether it's art, music or history. let me say this, this is a disaster for poor children. if you were in the third grade

in march, you really didn't learn anything to get you to the fourth grade this year. you're still not going to really learn anything because remote is not working for so many of our children. we have children who are literal rally going to lose two years of education. we need to that i can this crisis seriously for poor children and make sure we're giving them a much higher level and grade of educational instruction than they are receiving right now. >> is there something i know you have spoken to relative to the trauma that many students are facing during this time in terms of what you think new york city could have done to better prepare for yet another school shutdown. >> we did not do the basics. a child will be on a device, they need to be in a quiet area away from distractions. you can build a little cubby hole for a kid so you can keep

noises and other things from them. we need to make sure that our children have devices. there's still over 60,000 children in new york city who aren't able to be online. i am much more interesting. so these young people have a real educational experience. >> lull. e with talk about the heroes on the front line of the pandemic. i'm going to add teachers and administrators who are keeping kids engaged and keeping them moving forward through these tush lenrbulent times. you can watch this documentary online. it's at doc/nyc net.

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