let's speak to the shadow education secretary kate greene.king to the house of commons about the decision over schools. borisjohnson has always said we have got to follow the path of the pandemic, wejust have got to follow the path of the pandemic, we just have to have got to follow the path of the pandemic, wejust have to react have got to follow the path of the pandemic, we just have to react to what it throws at us. i think it would be better if they could try to get ahead of what was very obviously a really worrying situation for many pa rents a really worrying situation for many parents and school staff over many months. we for example have been calling for mass testing in schools asa calling for mass testing in schools as a means of getting ahead in the pandemic going right back into september. so it was really u nfortu nate september. so it was really unfortunate that with just days to go before the start of the new term, pa rents a re go before the start of the new term, parents are being told at the last minute that their children wi

let's speak to labour's education spokeswoman, kate green.woman, kate green. your reaction to whatt government what's your reaction to what the government are saying about schools? we are all very keen to see children safely learning in school but what we had over the last few hours is, and rumour about the advice the government has received from sage, the scientific advisers and parents, stu d e nts the scientific advisers and parents, students and school staff will be really concerned. i want to see children safely in school but we have to know very clearly what the scientific advice is to make sure everybody is being kept safe and i really do think it's imperative that the prime minister with a scientific advisers comes forward today and makes that advice very clear on what steps the government will take to keep pupils and staff and everyone going in and out of school safe through this worrying pandemic. they have to keep this review, don't they? if it's an evolving pandemic as the government says, exchanging, with this new variant, it's v

let's speak to the shadow education secretary, kate green.elcome this, do you think it's sensible plan? we have been waiting for a long time for a plan, students have been asking since september how they will be examined fairly next summer and it has been a very anxious time for them and very difficult for their teachers who have had to prepare them for exams but did not know what they would look like. i am glad we finally have a plan although it very late in the day. i don't think it goes far enough to address some of the fundamental inequity is that students have suffered where they had a significant disruption to their learning. so i am disappointed that some of the suggestions that labour made that could have helped to address some of those unfairness as have not been taken up by the government. for viewers who don't know what those suggestions were, perhaps you could outline them. clearly that is an issue that has been raised again and again since the announcement, the concern that a student in some particular areas where perhaps individ

the opposition labour party's education spokeswoman, kate green, says schools and colleges need morehere is a real concern about this new variant spreading more rapidly among children. the government has come out with some frankly half baked plans for mass testing in the school very late in the dayjust before the christmas holidays. we need to know how those plans can be operationalised, school staff are saying it's very difficult to put them in place on the basis of what the government announced just before christmas so what's the position now? is that going to be in place at the beginning ofjanuary in schools and what support to school staff and schools receive to implement that programme? do you think the staggered reopening of schools in england should go ahead as it is planned? i want to return of students safely to school to happen after the christmas holidays, but we need to know that mass testing programme will be effective, that schools will be able to operate and they will have the support they need to run that system. they were told about itjust before the start of the chr

let's speak to the opposition labour pa rty‘s education spokeswoman, kate green. that the government is promising the support from the military? as we've just heard, this was already known before christmas and yet it's notjust a case of bringing in the military to offer advice, not actually to run the tests as i understand it but to advise schools and colleges and there are a whole load of things that schools will need to put in place to make this testing programme work effectively, all of which they have been asked to do over the christmas holidays and after a ten week teachers and school staff have been working flat out i needed a break so i think there are real concerns about the logistics of getting this programme in place next week. many areas are under pressure. the health service and schools as you pointed out, but the government will say, we are offering you the logistical help of the military. that has to be a positive step. it's of course positive to have the advice and experience of the military support schools, but as we just heard, what school actuall

we come to the shadow secretary of state, kate green.ools minister for briefing yesterday. may i also join the secretary of state in congratulating doctor frost and wishing him well for the finals of the global teacher of the year awards. mr speaker, i'm glad the government have finally responded to the pleas of students, their parents and teachers who have been asking for months how next summer's exams will be conducted fairly. but while i welcome will be conducted fairly. but while | welcome measures will be conducted fairly. but while i welcome measures to help pupils be assessed on what they have learnt that reserve papers will be in place for people who might miss else, that performance tables will be suspended and that routine ofsted inspections will not resume injanuary, many of the measures that labour called for, today's announcement is still takes in fundamental inequities between students are up suffered different levels of disruption to their learning. mr speaker, the government has known since september that an ongoing pande

. >> good afternoon, chair borden and i'm kate greene the director of government affairs today to present for your consideration our annual local state and federal legislative program and i've been before you before with the framing of this and guides our work at all levels of government. i do want to point out following that presentation you just had and the discussion we were intentional in adding language into this program that is consistent with the agency's commitment to advance racial equity and this program will also serve to support the racial equity action plan and bring a racial equity lens aimed at advocating for anti-racist policy at all levels of government. i think the challenge for us in the policy world is to figure out how we operationalize that and bring different voices in and we at the state level we've had the opportunity to direct organizations like the california transit association to create a race, equity and inclusion task force. we're working with our city partners bringing the dots in conversation and looking for tools to use on an ongoing basis to assess the i

we go to stratford to the shadow secretary of state, kate green.o keep children and young people safe and educated in the face of enormous. they deserve notjust the thanks of this house but genuine support, and i hope when he stands up support, and i hope when he stands up again, the secretary of state will give more information about that support. may i also thank the secretary of state for advance sight of his statement but the truth is we should not be in this position. only days before many schools should have been opening again to all pupils, the secretary of state has announced that many will not be returning as planned. this delay and disruption to children's education is a direct result of government's failure. they have lost control of the virus. now they are losing control of children's education. the cost to pupils, the pressure on staff and the challenges for families caused by school closures are huge, but we know that action must be taken to control the virus. so is the secretary of state confident that the measures he has announced t

she is the co-author of "a planet to win: why we need a green new deal." kateu can talk about the ?hoice of brian deese >> sure, thank you for having me. brian deese has spent a lot of time in washington and a lot of time at blackrock. a lot of the talk about brian deese's nomination in the last couple of days is sort of rumors came out about him being appointed to nec, focused on if he is a good person, that he spent time in the obama administration working on things like the paris agreement and conservation work. i think like many of the a realsives who have put question about his record out there don't necessarily think that is enough. for someone to serve one of the -- in the world. blackrock has smartly cultivated its represented -- reputation as a good guy on wall street, just handle the money of retirees, exit integer. -- as a manager. time after time they have -- green washed their image. put out this idea that blackrock has taken the climate crisis seriously. all the while continuing to at an in fossil fuels enormous rate. it doesn't necessarily matter

green room. we are also joined by kate archer kent, the host of the morning show. the conversation before we get started, i have always want to say thank you to madison public library and the public library foundation. their support for free cultural events, across wisconsin, across the nation and the globe. during the pandemic, never a question whether we would bring great cultural events and i want to thank them. i want to thank laila lalami for being here today. you get to see her in person, that didn't happen. for our donor thank you event. as such, giving away free copies of "conditional citizens: on belonging in america" today. i put a link in a green box at the bottom of your screen and you can sign up in bookselling partners -- mail copies free of charge to your home. we hope you will take advantage of that and read laila lalami's book. i will step away and let you have a wonderful conversation about laila lalami's wonderful book and see you at the end. >> guest: was a privilege to talk with you. >> guest: thank you so much, so happy to be here. >> host: i

kate. >>> coming up, once a vaccine gets a green light it's up to each state to get millions of shots where they need to be. what are they to do if they don't get enough? the head of maine's cdc is our guest. >>> plus president trump and 18 attorneys general asked the highest court in the land to throw you millions of votes. what this case is really about. this is advanced hydration with key nutrients that support your immune system to help you feel more confident whether you're heading out here, or even in here. get ready, with the advanced hydration of pedialyte. ...i was just fighting an uphill battle in my career. so when i heard about the applied digital skills courses, i'm thinking i can become more marketable. you don't need to be a computer expert to be great at this. these are skills lots of people can learn. i feel hopeful about the future now. ♪ >>> we are continuing to follow this critical meeting of the fda advisory panel set to decide on emergency use authorization of pfizer's coronavirus vaccine. so immediately after it gets the green light, which is expected, pfizer is expec

the vote paves the way for a nine green light from the fda then nearly 6 million doses of this vaccine will go out. abc 7 news reporter kate larson is in the newsroom and, kate, moderna certainly another very exciting, encouraging, vaccine. >> absolutely. dan and ama, like the pfizer vaccine, it uses mrna technology, butt unlike pfizer which needs to be stored at negative 70 degrees celsius, moderna can be stored much like ice cream at negative 20 degrees celsius which is a normal freezer temperature. >> it looks like we have a favorable vote. >> reporter: with 20 yes votes and 1 abstention, a panel of independent experts voted to recommend that the fda authorization moderna''s covid vaccine for emergency use authorization. >> i am so excited i can barely contain myself. >> reporter: dallas resident, susan, volunteered for a phase 3 moderna study and believes she got the vaccine over a placebo after testing positive for antibodies. >> i want to be able to see my grandkids again and hold them and kiss them. i want to see my children. my mother. it's -- everything's good. it's not just me. it's the whole world is going to be

we were just -- laila, we were just talking about them in the green room x there's a lot to say. we are also joined by kate archer kent, you may know her as the host of the morning show. kate, thanks for being here. kate will be moderating today's conversation. before we got started, i do, as always, want to say thank you to madison public library and the madison public library foundation. their support for free cultural events here in madison and now across wisconsin, as cross the nation and across the globe has been unwavering for the past eight years but particularly during the pandemic. it was never a question of whether we were going to bring you great cultural events like this, it was just a matter of how. and so i always want to thank them. i also want to thank laila for being here today. we were going to bring her to madison in may and get to see her in person. obviously, that didn't happen. for our donor thank you event. as such, we are giving away free copies of "conditional citizen" today. i will put a link in the green box at the bottom of your screen, and you can sign up, and our book partners

lately we were just talk about them in the green room and there's a lot to say. we are also doing today from kate archer kent from wisconsin public radio you might know her for the host of the morning show. kate will be moderating today's conversation. before we get started i want to thank thank you to the madison public library in the madison public foundation. there across wisconsin across the nation across the globe has been unwavering for the past eight years, but particularly during the pandemic. it was never a question of whether we were going to bring you great cultural events like this, it was just a matter of how. and so i always want to thank them for it also want to thank laila for being here today. we were going to bring laila here in may in person but obsolete that could not happen. as a donor event we are giving noise free copies of conditional citizens today. once i leave the screen i will put a link in a green box on your screen you can sign up in our bookselling partners in a room of their own and will send you a copy free of charge to your home but we hope you'll take advantage

lately we were just talk about them in the green room and there's a lot to say. we are also doing today from kate archer kent from wisconsin public radio you might know her for the host of the morning show. kate will be moderatin

green light for emergency use. what does that moment mean in the fight against the pandemic? >> thanks for having me, kate. it seems like it's always darkest just before the dawn. whoever said that most recently, i'm afraid it's going to get a little darker yet. but i'm hoping the dawn is going to be a little brighter. this is a historic moment. it's not just that we went from a novel virus leaping from a bat to a human to a vaccine in ten months p. it's that we went from that new virus to a vaccine campaign in about a year. it's amazing. >> there are still questions, though, after the big meeting, the long meeting yesterday of the vaccine advisory board. there are still some questions about what people with severe food and drug allergies should do after we learned of the allergic reactions of a couple of people in the united kingdom of the vaccine. i want to show you what dr. paul offett said about this. >> there are tens of millions of people who carry epipens with them who have allergies who are going to believe now they can't get this vaccine. that's a lot of people. >> it is a lot of people. what do y

coverage of this story when we can expect the green light for distribution frank is live at a hospital in newark as it readies its rollout to front line workers and kate rogers is in quafl that state's plans for who will get it first. meg, let's start with you. >> hi. this timing from the fda could come at any time the "new york times" reports as soon as later this evening the fda for its part did put out an unusual statement this morning saying after the positive advisory committee vote last night, it is working rapidly, will pfizer, toward finalization and issuance of an emergency use authorization. it says it has notified the cdc and operation warp speed so they can execute their plans for timely execution they broke it down to 17 in favor, 4 against, and 1 abstaining many were surprise that had one abstained. we've heard from all of them exempt for one and each has said it was a matter of the age that was included in the question can. perhaps authorizing this for people age 16 and older. most thought there wasn't enough data to support the clearance of 16 and 17-year-olds. we just got a response from another one of those folks who voted no dr. mic

green. time for the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it's another mild start this morning. drawing it north as we head further through this morning and into the afternoon. it could become quite heavy and persistent. it's breezy too, but the temperature is still very mild, a maximum of 13 celsius. 0vernight, we pick up a northerly breeze and that rain reverses, it moves back down south. so still very wet overnight. however it is going to clear through the early hours. sky clearing and the temperature drops, that cold air filtering in behind it. minimum temperature, around three or four celsius. christmas eve, you can see this blue area, that's the cold air. largely dry and fine but the temperature much chillier. 0vernight temperatures dropping down to zero, so we're still looking at a frost first thing on christmas morning. there's more from me in half an hour, plenty more on our website. now though it's back to jon and louise. lots of messages from people having to reapply their make up after the programme this morning!” to reapply their make up after the programme this mor

kate bolduan. thank you for joining us right now. a major step forward in the fight against the pandemic. today, millions more doses of coronavirus vaccine -- of a coronavirus vaccine are rolling out. moderna got the green use this weekend, shipments started going out on sunday. according to the chief of operation warp speed, americans will start getting these shots as early as this morning. today we're going to see president-elect joe biden and jill biden rolling up their sleeves to get the first dose of the vaccines before cameras. it's yet to be announced if and when the current president, donald trump, will be doing the same, though. also this hour a major break through in congress, reaching a deal on a covid relief package. this shoul

green light is given. how is this all going to work? let's find out. joining me is josh earnest, chief communications officer for united airlines. good to see you again, josh. >> hi, kate the vaccines get approval? >> kate, if you think about the challenge we faced back in united back in march, we saw international travel basically grind to a halt, so as the airline with the largest wide body fleet in the world, more than 200 of them, we have been trying to figure out how to put those planes to work. what we've actually done since march we flew 8,000 only cargo-only plane, cargo-only flights, instead of filling them with passengers, we've been filling them with cargo. as we started reading over the summer about the logistical challenge we were going to face, the world was going to face in terms of distributing these vaccines, we started working with vaccine makers around the world, working with the fda to figure out how to help with these herculean challenge. some of it has been engineering, some of it logistical and some regulatory work. so one of the things we went and did in the fall, we went and applied to the faa and said we are going to need to fly much more carg

kate bolduan. thank you for joining us right now. a major step forward in the fight against the pandemic. today, millions more doses of coronavirus vaccine -- of a coronavirus vaccine are rolling out. moderna got the green light for emergency use this weekend, shipments started going out on sunday. according to the chief of operation warp speed, americans will start getting these shots as early as this morning. today we're going to see president-elect joe biden and jill biden rolling up their sleeves to get the first dose of the vaccines before cameras. it's yet to be announced if and when the current president, donald trump, will be doing the same, though. also this hour a major break through in congress, reaching a deal on a covid relief package. this should not be seen as a success as the deal is months late and millions of americans have been suffering while congress just pointed fingers at each other. a vote is expected today in the house -- i'm going to go to capitol hill in a bit but let's go to the justice department right now where attorney bill barr is taking questions. >> does the president have the authority to order the seizure of votiing machines around the country? and does any president

green's arcadia retail group — the biggest holder of concessions at debenhams outlets. the last remaining potential buyer for debenhams, jd sports, has backed out of a deal. business consultant kateamso i am so sorry for all those retail workers, we heard we might be looking at 235,000 job losses by the end of the careful high street. e—commerce has been buoyant and we had seen lots ofjob opportunities there, but very different roles and opportunities. i was aware of debenhams' challenges years ago, i challenged that chair at the time in terms of what i saw as quite a sluggish approach to change. they definitely needed investments, the stores are very day, and just like we heard from the department store giantjohn lewis, they had seen store closures is the way forward in submitting nimbly into things like financial services, even becoming residential landlords. debenhams had not lived with the times, many of the stores had excessive rents and rates agreed many years ago when high street retailers buoyant and on top of that it lost its way with consumers as huge disruptors have come into the marketplace with the likes of zara. what is this mean going forward for the high street? w