this company minister let's just bring in schools and because both the public health agency of sweden and the finnish institute for health and welfare did a recent study over the school should open and close those you said you've tried to reopen finland actually closed down i mean what were the findings what's that what what were the findings of that report in terms of whether it is a good idea to open or close schools during this pandemic because it is a hot topic not just in europe but in north america at the moment and in many parts of asia as we get towards september when the new school term in university terms open and start made i think every country has to speak for their own decisions being made or not made but in sweden we didn't find that necessary to close down the preschool in the primary school because we needed to have an open and which i don't find in the science so in the knowledge about the virus that the children and the very young persons will drive the infection. but we close down or we said that there yep a secondary school and the universities and the other learning schools and they were goin

widespread testing is really the cornerstone to a strong public health response and in order for public health agencies and officials to really control the outbreaks we really have to have widespread testing available with quick turnaround times so we can identify the people who are sick and control the spread of the disease. >> so i think the question on a lot of americans' minds is we are the most advanced nation on earth in many ways and in many ways the most advanced nation in the history of the earth. why have we not gotten our testing game together? >> it's an interesting phenomenon. i think in the past with many large outbreaks like this, we've seen clear and consistent

. >> reporter: mary mayhew leads the agency for health care administration.e all of the isolation centers in the state. how much do these facilities receive money-wise from the state to take in these patients? >> we are paying a rate for their vacant beds to make sure that those beds are available. and then we are paying them for anyone who is on medicaid, we are paying them a higher medicaid reimbursement rate. otherwise, most of these individuals are medicare. >> reporter: according to state data, the isolation centers receive around $325 a day per covid patient. at cohen's grandfather's facility, 21 covid patients currently [ technical difficulties ] . in a statement -- reside there. in a statement, she said it is providing excellent care saying it follows all cdc guidelines and has a separate entrance and air flow and a designated team. >> we all know what went down in new york just a few months before. why are we tempting fate? >> reporter: in new york, around 6,500 people are briefed to have died of the -- believed of to died of the coronavirus in nursi

health protection. all this is relevant to everyday lives with responsibilities for preventing ill—health needing to be worked out in the new agencytect the population from a second surge in covid—19 for the hugh pym, bbc news. the time is 6:17pm. our top story this evening. a scramble for university places after the government's u—turn over a level and gcse grades. and still to come, i will be here in weymouth where the view on the horizon has changed. cruise ships caught out by coronavirus have become major tourist attractions. coming up on sportsday on bbc news. mps urge the governemnet to permit fans back into watch lower league football when the season starts next month to safeguard the futures of non league clubs. the problem of plastic pollution in the seas is well known. but new research has suggested that there could be many more tiny particles of the waste floating just beneath the surface of the atlantic ocean than scientists had realised. the findings, based on an analysis of samples and on computer modelling, highlight the largely invisible scale of the pollution clogging the world's second largest ocean. victoria gil

meanwhile, the government's announced that it's setting up a new health agency to focus on infectious diseases. the national institute forrom public health england — which has been criticised for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. 0ur health editor hugh pym reports. protecting the public from health emergencies and helping people live healthier lifestyles, that was the role of public health england but now it is being carved up. it was involved in the official response to covid—19 and things did not all go according to plan and now a chunk of its work will be combined with the test and trace network to form a new group to tackle the virus. we will have a new national institute for health protection whose sole mission is to respond to the pandemic and spot for future risks and future pandemics and bring all that together under one roof. phe was involved in a controversial move to suspend virus testing. on march the 11th nhs england with phe announced plans to boost testing from 2000 per day to 10,000 but the next day the government said that community testing and chasing was to be halted with capacity focused on ho

health initiative. thanks for making time for us this evening. >> good to speak with you again, rachel. >> the cdc is and has been a gold standard public health agency for much of its time on earth. how unusual is it for the cdc to put out guidance that doesn't appear to have scientific support and for them to waffle then publicly on whether or not they really mean it? >> statements from people in washington make clear that this was something that was imposed on cdc. this was a decision made in washington, not at cdc's headquarters in atlanta. and it's not based on science. it's very important to test the contacts of people with covid not only because they might have covid themselves but because if they have the infection, you then have to find their contacts and make sure that they get warned so that they can be quarantined and not spread the disease further. if you don't do that, you allow covid to spread more. if this was improperly delivered advice, if as you say this was advice that was generated in washington, not at cdc headquarters, it was nevertheless put out under the banner of the cdc with all of the authority that should grant it. the ba

but if matt hancock today is announcing a bigger and beefed up public health agency then i‘m all for jump it‘s a very small study so i won‘t jump to any conclusions right now. it was based on an observation in four north west london hospitals. they‘ve seen an increase in children with type one diabetes. type one diabetes is devastating, it is where your body stops producing insulin and it can be life—threatening. frankly, it‘s quite rare, but they‘ve seen a doubling to dribbling of the rate of increase. i think they saw 30 cases, which gives you an idea of how rare it is. if there isa link an idea of how rare it is. if there is a link we need to be very careful. briefly, what sort of thing should people be looking out for to spot diabetes, for example? type one diabetes, your child becomes extremely unwell. a couple of things to look out for. they become very dehydrated, so they drink a lot, and therefore they pass a lot of water. pa rents therefore they pass a lot of water. parents will tell you their children are constantly on the toilet. the other thing that happens is they tend t

you wrote a recent op-ed for cnn, you talk about the effects of access to health care on this pandemic, quoting you here, the cdc an agency i called home for 13 years uniquely equipped to provide sound, science-based guidance for our nation during this public health agency but if millions can't follow the advice or have their basic medical needs met we'll all continue to pay the price for this pandemic and for however longer we tolerate this broken and unjess system. tell us how we're seeing the holes in the u.s. health care system exposed in the midst of this pandemic. >> covid makes it clear. i saw it clearly before this, because i work as a pediatrician in a community clinic, and i know that patients without insurance don't get the same care, the same quality of care or the timeliness of care, so here in covid, at the start of this, there were 28 million people in america without health insurance, and the recommendation from cdc were if you think you had covid symptoms to call your doctor, don't go to the er, where you could pick up covid. if you didn't have health insurance, who are you going to call? what were you go

states but many of the people expected to vote for tom lehrer's in november have got pretty big questions. are to new york. the u.s. federal health agency has warned the approaching winter could be the worst on record for the country's health and if americans don't start following measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus the department of natural resources in wisconsin has already suggested it starts where mosques more often even during video calls. also where your mask even if you are home to participate in a virtual meeting that involves being seen such as on zoom or another video conferencing platform by nandini our staff so that the safety example which shows you as a d.n.r. public service employee care about the safety and health of others this is just an follows a mask or to announce by wisconsin's governor from the start of this month all citizens have been advised to wear masks indoors anyone breaking the rule risks a fine of up to 200 dollars they only exclusions i went outside alone indoors or in your own home when as this got this further now we're joined live by john go on to talk radio host and also in social activist

this, i don't think i can emphasize it enough as the director of the center for disease control, the leading public health agency in the world, it is in the public health interest that these k through 12 students get back to schools that are opened for phase two -- face-to-face learning. i want these kids back in scoofment it's paramount to the health of the child. reporter: mail-in voting or absentee voting, he's saying essentially it's the same thing. why is it now something that can be done in florida but not other states? why is that different? press secretary mcenany: he's always made the distifpblgts mass mailout voting -- distinction. mass mallout voting where ballots are mailed out to voter roles. in the place like l.a. for instance, 112% of l.a. county is registered, ballots go out and 12% of those we know are not active voters. so that is the distinction from absentee voting which is where you proactively request an absentee ballot. there is a difference there and the president repeatedly makes the difference. he is also noting -- can you follow up with the campaign on this, but there was a victory in

widespread testing is really the cornerstone to a strong public health response and in order for public health agencies and officials to really control the outbreaks we really have to have widespread testing available with quick turnaround times so we can identify the people who are sick and control the spread of the disease. >> so i think the question on a lot of americans' minds is we are the most advanced nation on earth in many ways and in many ways the most advanced nation in the history of the earth. why have we not gotten our testing game together? >> it's an interesting phenomenon. i think in the past with many large outbreaks like this, we've seen clear and consistent organization and orchestration at a federal level so cdc often leads and is organizing and orchestrating and in those kinds of responses, we've seen good -- good availability of testing, good availability of vaccines. i'm hoping that with cdc with the vaccine distribution that they'll tailor and play their role so they can orchestrate and coordinate so we're not seeing ranges based on where you live or geography. >> we need orche

disband public health england — and create a new health protection agency which will take over many of its functions. phe has come under intense scrutiny for is the president of the uk faculty of public health, the standard—setting body for public health specialists in the uk. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. it's a pleasure. good to have you with us. when we miss public health england? i think many people working in public health england need our thanks, and one of the things that i was very pleased with the secretary of state, matt hancock, acknowledged it was the excellent work was that excellent work that the people have been doing in the commitment to that staff that he very much sees them as forming pa rt he very much sees them as forming part of the new agency. so i think without the people, the organisation would not succeed. so i'm delighted that the secretary of state was so strong in his messages of support for the public health workforce. how sensible is it to attempt this kind of reorganisation in the middle of a global pandemic? i think that's the sort of thing, rebecca, that we are all scratching our heads a little

for that part of the country not to get receded and you're seeing rotate through different parts of the country. >> there's also a stark warning out today from the world health organization, the agency says that despite hopes for a vaccine there will not be a silver bullet to stop the coronavirus and that it will be a long road back to normal. it will also be a long road ahead for the millions of americans hurt by the economic damage from this crisis, the trump administration and congressional democratic leaders resume talks today on a new pandemic relief bill days after expanded unemployment benefits for millions of americans expired. we're also keeping an eye on tropical storm isaias which is forecast to make landfall in the carolinas tonight and move up the eastern seaboard over the next couple of the days. more on the storm and the relief bill negotiations this hour. zblrjts the east coast isn't alone if dealing with the combination of the pandemic and a natural disaster, california's trying to contain a wildfire in the mountains just east of los angeles. as that state deals with an increasing number of coronavirus cases and deaths. nbc's steve patterson joins us now from boueau

for health statistics and information. the 50-year-old data consultant has held a series of high-level jobs with health agencies since 2001. >>> both democrats and republics in washington are still blaming each other for not working out a new deal on a pandemic relief bill. there is no new negotiations planned for capitol hill after president trump bypassed congress and signed executive orders to expand and implement benefits. autocrats are still debating whether to file lawsuits to block the orders that they called unconstitutional. >> president trump's recent executive orders are so unserious in terms of meeting the large terms of america as to be prophetic a >> they think they have political leverage over the president of the united states. they're willing to personally increase the pain for vulnerable families unless they get their way on matters not related to covid. >> the president's plan would give $400 a week in unemployment benefits, that is down from the $600 benefit. states would have to pay 25% of that. >>> governor newsom says the presidents on employment plan will not work in california. the governor says ca

health care. he worked at agency, he applied for a job because they always put him in the hospital.e he was working? yeah, i think it started already. he went, he wrote the patient to the hospital. ithink went, he wrote the patient to the hospital. i think he died. the patient? yeah. when julius was looking after this patient, did he have any protection?” think, yeah. before he went to the hospital. it was a bit scary as well. julius had diabetes, which put him more at risk from covid—19. how could was the ppe? was at full mask? no, just the... why notjust the face covering. he was wearing what was we we re we were asking is this enough? in other countries, they were already wearing full ppe like an astronaut. but there we are, just wearing... but they said that was the guidelines of. tell me about whenjulius that was the guidelines of. tell me about when julius fell ill. it was a fever, and it was oi'i ill. it was a fever, and it was on and off. so he isolated.” was telling him that maybe we go to hospital, they will give you antibiotic and you'll be fine. the next day, he was incu

health. example of the power of addressing social determinants like housing, when it looked as commissioner for behavioral health in a city of philadelphia. my agency working with the housing agency leverage section eight housing funding with medicaid funding for mental health services to address homelessness. as a result of this we were able to improve mental health outcomes, able to get over 800 people off of the streets of philadelphia and we save literally hundreds of thousands of dollars. a win-win-win. we need improvement on a number of fronts. as would be addressed by the array of bills before you today. this include stronger parity enforcement, enactment of the parity and addiction equality act of 2008 was a major step forward and my fellow panelist and good friend congressman kennedy, we will forever come will ever deserve our thanks and gratitude for leading this fight which were proud to be a part of along with our friends and many other groups. unfortunately, parity has not reached its sole potential and we need support for the parity bill before the committee to strengthen existing law. we also need to give patients that access to ment

for regulation that is intended to help the health outcomes of west oakland. >> for its part schnitzer steel released a statement saying, suing the state agency that regulates industrial businesses is an attempt by the a's to distract from the lack of information and accountability they have demonstrated in their planning for a commercial real estate development at the working waterfront. >>> onto campaign 2020, former vice president joe biden announcing he will not accept his party's nomination in person at the democratic convention in milwaukee after all because of coronavirus concerns. no details yet on how he will except instead. >>> meanwhile, the battle over mail-in ballots is headed to court. the trump campaign nevada after lawmakers agreed to proactively mail ballots to active registered voters in response to the pandemic. >> nevada has a governor who said let's just send out millions of ballots and the post office cannot be prepared. i have not spoken to them about it, but i don't know how they could possibly be prepared. >> it is extremely important to me our citizens do not have to decide between their health and the right to vote. >> president t

the cdc experts said -- the leading public health agency in the world, it is in the public health interest that these students get back to schools and are open for phase two of learning. i want these kids back in school, it is paramount to the health of the child. >> mail-in voting or absentee voting, he is saying that it is essentially the same thing, why is it now something that can be done in florida but not other states? why is that separate. >> he is always made the distinction. mass mail out voting where nevada are mailed in mass out to voters, so in places like l.a. were 100 and 12% of -- at least 12% of those are not active voters. so that is the distinction from absentee voting which is where you proactively request a ballot. there is a difference there and the president repeatedly makes the difference. and as i told jeff, there was a victory in the courts in florida. that's what he was referencing in the tweet. >> you mentioned extending the unemployment insurance, on saturday trump tweeted that this was still on the table. >> the president would love to see the payroll tax because it would benefit low and middle income the most. but r

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for mental health treatment. right now law enforcement agencies from multiple states are involved in the search. l local police. her husband has been on the search, a pastor, for several days now and the couple has three children, ages 2, 5 and 7. jonathan, back to you. >> steve harrigan in atlanta. thank you, steve. let's move to the middle east. the u.s. reportedly preparing to slap sanctions on allies of hezbollah in lebanon. the militant group play as big role in the government there. now authorities have called up military forces to try to control protesters who blame corruption and incompetence for last week's explosion that killed more than 170 people. trey yingst has been bringing us incredible images from on the ground in beirut. he's live again now. trey? >> jonathan, good afternoon. a new report in the "wall street journal" indicates the trump administration is prepare ago sanctioning package to target hezbollah. the idea is to use the political instability and aftermath of the blast on tuesday last week to try to weaken hezbollah. the leader of the group will be giving remarks on frid

for health statistics and information. the consultant has held a series of high-level jobs with state health agency since 2001. >>> no deal yet between the oakland unified school district and its teachers union on a final deal for the fall semester. in the meantime, oakland students will log in today to videoconferences for the second day of the new school year. >> it should go smoothly if everything goes right. google classroom set up. he knew how to do everything. he wasn't struggling. >> parents were still picking up laptops for their kids. as many students didn't have a computer for schoolwork. the oakland school district is trying to get computers to about 2000 students and say that may take several days. >> i wish it was more organized, but i have empathy for the teachers and what they are going through. >> school officials said very little about what next week will look like for students because that is still part of the ongoing negotiations. school officials told parents, call your student puppis school, teacher, or principal to get information. the school district is working with t-mobile and comcast to provide ho

health care. at first he worked as agency. then he applied for they always put him in that in that hospital. was there coronavirus in the place where he was working? yeah, i think it started. because on two occasions he brought a patient to the hospital, he was positive and i think he died. the patient was positive and he died? and whenjulius brought this patient to hospital, did he have any protection himself? ithink, yeah, because... before he went to the hospital, we were telling him to and i gave him, i give him gloves and a mask as well. because, you know, it's a bit scary as well. julius had diabetes, which put him more at risk from covid—19. how good was the ppe, was it a full mask? no. it's just the face covering. he was wearing what official guidance at the time said was the right protection for staff working alongside covid—positive patients. we were asking, like, "is this enough? " you know, like we see on the telly in china or in the philippines, they're already wearing like full ppe like they're an astronaut. but there we are just we

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infrastructure and it's trying to transition back into the general public health monitoring implementation agency. what we need is for surveillan surveillance. we need to know what's out there and to be on top of it. they have that structure in place. the [inaudible] what we need is for surveillance and to find out what diseases people have and where the novelties are coming in and that's what we don't have. we need much more work to do that and to totally retool aging. the who to spearhead an effort to do global surveillance. some societies want to just characterize every virus and that would be an enormous waste of money on the scientists, too. basically seeing what's in people, developing good diagnostics, going to places that are hot spots of emerging diseases. india is going to cut down a forest and put in coal mines, that was the latest announcement from that government. that comes to mind here, those fruit bats have these things. is anybody talking about going in and getting regular surveillance of exactly what the viruses are the people are carrying, we could do that. we have the technology that nobody is rea

health care. at first he worked as an agency and then he applied for a permanentjob in saint peter because they alwaysirus in the place where he was working? yes, i think it started already at that time. yes, because he told me, he went to the hospital and on two occasions he brought a patient to the hospital who was positive and i think he died. a patient who was positive and he died? yeah. and whenjulius was looking after this patient did he have any protection himself? before he went to the hospital i give him gloves and masks as well because you know it is a bit scary as well. julius had diabetes, which put him over risk from covid—19. how good was the ppe, was it full mask? no, it'sjust a... just a face covering? he was wearing what official guidance said at the time was the rights protection for staff working alongside covid patients. we were asking at the time whether this was enough because we were seeing on the telly there in china ending the philippines they were already wearing full ppe like they were an astronaut but there we are just waving at that time a face mask but they said that was

and the fda have suffered real blows to their credibility as scientific public health agencies that are there to advocate foris in the best interest of the public and whether that is the emergency use authorization for convalescent plasma and adequate data and this changed to cdc guidelines and this is very concerning and those of us in the public health community and the epidemiologists have been advocating for more testing and not less testing. if we were doing mass testing cheaply equivalent to the urine test strip where you could potentially do that every day or every couple of days and that is a way to reopen the economy. that is a way to reopen our schools, but this is -- not only is it not mass testing. this is a reversal of what we should be doing. >> in general, though, is this how it should work? changing guidance for how the public should be operating during a pandemic by putting it up on your website with no public announcement and no explanation? >> we should be getting press conference briefings by the cdc at least on a weekly basis, if not on a daily basis just as the white house coronavirus t

for comment. the parent agency, the u.s. department of health and human services, says their public health information campaign will soon focus on vaccine safety, efficacy and hesitancy. clinton says this should have been done months ago and the message needs to be loud and clear. >> it isn't like, you know, i like iced coffee and my husband likes iced tea. this is not a debate about opinions, this is literally a debate about life and death. >> now, if anyone has any doubts about the power of the anti-vaccine movement remember this. the measles outbreak last year, the largest outbreak in more than 25 years, it was mostly because of anti-vaxxers. jim and poppy? >> amazing we're here as a country in 2020. goodness. elizabeth cohen, thanks for tracking it down. >>> well, the u.s. saw nearly 1,500 deaths yesterday. that's the most in a single day so far this summer. many are criticizing president trump's response to the pandemic. what about gop lawmakers, do they have their own questions? we'll speak to one of them next. you try to stay ahead of the

health and human services and the centers for disease control to, quote, consider, unquote whether an extended eviction moratorium is reasonably necessary to protect the public health. he is asking two federal agencies to consider a question he posed to them. now i imagine a lot of people who may have watched the president with the american flags up at his country club, imagine a lot of them thought wow, the president just said that no one can get evicted. that's not what he said at all. it was a sham. he said hhs and cbc should consider whether an extended eviction moratorium is reasonably necessary to protect the public health. and then he asks treasure to look around in the bank accounts to see that any money to people who might be evicted or you know the way to help people who are evicted? first of all, let them be evicted in the first place, but to help them and the landlords, let's ask the rental assistance provision that's in the heroes act that passed the house. so, mr. president, whether you look at the unemployment insurance provision for that payroll tax provision or the so-called eviction moratorium provision, this really is show and not substance. and i'm only talking about what the pre

for comment. its parent agency, the u.s. department of healthays their public health information campaign will soon focus on vaccine efficacy. the message needs to be loud and clear. >> it isn't like, you know, i like coffee and my husband likes iced tea. this is literally a debate about life and death. >> with me now is dr. tina hardert. doctor, when it comes to people not getting vaccinated, i'm sure -- i don't know -- you must encounter this, from time to time. what do you say to people, to try to convince them of the scientific evidence? >> we, certainly, see this all the time. i think the best example that, probably, everyone has experienced is people get the flu vaccine. and then, they get the flu or get a cold. and actually, we have extremely good randomize-control trials that were done where people who got the active vaccine, compared to the placebo, were asked about these side effects. and in fact, more people in the placebo group actually reported getting a cold or getting sick after the placebo vaccine. and so, it's -- it's the power

for comment. its parent agency, the u.s. department of health and human services says their public health information campaign will soon focus on vaccine safety, efficacy. clinton says this should have been done months ago and the message needs to be lout and clear. >> it isn't like i like iced coffee and my husband likes iced tea. this is literally a debate about life and death. elizabeth cohen, cnn reporting. >> medical analyst and former new york city assistant commissioner of health, dr. celine gounder. always good to have you here. the world health organization says vaccine acceptance is going to be a global challenge. so for people who aren't anti-vaxxers to begin with, but may be questioning how quickly the vaccine for coronavirus is being developed and they're worried about that, what should the message be to those folks? >> i think it's really important to remember that our standards for approval a vaccine in the united states are very different from what they are in russia. and so would i accept, would he take the russian sputnik vacci

health and human services and the centers for t disease control to consider whether an extended eviction moratorium is reasonably necessary to protect the public health. he is asking to federal agencies to consider a question he posed to them. now i imagine a lot of people male watch the president with the american flags up. i imagine a lot of them thought, the president said no one can get evicted. that's not what he said at all. it was a sham. he said hhs and cdc should consider whether an extended eviction moratorium is necessary to protect the public health. and then he asked treasury to look around in their bank accounts to see if they have any money who might be evicted. you know the way to help people who are evicted, first of all, don't let them be evicted in the first place but to help them in the landlords, let's pass the rental assistance provision in the heroes act that passed the house. so mr. president, whether you look at then employment insurance provision or the payroll tax provision or the so-called eviction moratorium provision, this really is show and not substance. and i'm only talking about what the president put into the plan, not everything that he got left ou

stage and that they had so far not been then he turned to the world health organization he was full of criticism for this u.n. agency accused it of political bullying in excluding taiwan from its membership and said that this was not only to the detriment of taiwan but for the world community because it was denying taiwan's ability to contribute to other nations in the fight against the court of arson other. health problems as well around the world now he continued by saying that the us would continue to support taiwan and continue to advocate for taiwan in the international stage presumably to become a member at some point of the world health assembly which is something of course china does not want to allow now then we heard from joseph who here who is the foreign minister of taiwan he thanked alex as up for his comments he said that taiwan celebrated the friendship and support of the u.s. he then turned to taiwan's own approach and he really painted a contrast in picture comparing taipei to beijing saying about taiwan's approach its government was completely open democratic transparent and said that this really w

. >>> the cdc's recommendation of testing for coronavirus is drawing strong reaction from bay area health leaders. the agency now says that as long as a person does not snow symptoms, testing may not be necessary. local health officials disagree. they were among the first to enact sweeping shelter-in-place orders and called for expanded testing. they still believe that it is important to test are infectio are asymptomatic and that is the cdc's own estimates. >> it undercuts our very basic tenants of how we control an infectious disease. >> failing to test is not going to end this pandemic. failing to test will not make the virus go away. >> santa clara county says it is not changing its guidance and the governor says that the state will not embrace the new guidelines either. >>> the economy is an important part of building our better bay area. and the economic impact is creating dilemma for pet owners who lost their job. support has come from donors and fellow pet owners. food drives continue. and san jose an ma'am services sees the demand growing. >> these petes are hungry and people are trying the best the

for blood plasma treatments, the president called it a powerful therapy. however scientists say trump and the agency quite grossly misrepresented the data on its effectiveness. joining me is the former assistant secretary for health and human services under president obama. doctor, good to see you. there's a few things going on here. one is the example the president sets which i was just talking to carol about. number two, there is this convalescent blood plasma that the president misrepresented and seemed to have convinced the fda to go along with him in misrepresenting, and,000 we're hearing him talk about a vaccine that will be ready by elected day, and the fda says they're prepared to authorize a vaccine before phase iii trials, before it's fully tested. nothing about this sounds right. >> ali, one of the major challenges in this pandemic response has been the consistent inconsistency in the health messaging from the very start. we all know the lifesaving potential of masks. we know when a president uses one, they protect themselves to some degree but they protect those around them, their family, their friends, people they love. the president said last month that wearing a mask was a patriotic act, but he has

as the leading public health agency in the world, it is in the public health interest that these k-12 students to get these schools back open forace-to-face learning. mental health service, 7.1 million get it in school. nutrition, we talked about. reporting of child abuse, sexual abuse, mandatory in schools. the isolation that these adolescence are feeling that now is associated with increase as you mentioned, increase drug overdose deaths are now, increased suicides, i think it is really important -- as a grandfather, 11 grandkids, i want these kids back in school. i have one child with cystic fibrosis. i want it done smartly. but i think we have to be honest that the public health interest of the students in this nation is to get a quality education in face-to-face learning and we need to get on with it. >> we recognize for five minutes ms. velasquez. congresswoman velasquez: thank you, ranking members and chairman. it has been six months since this crisis begun, yet new infections are climbing in the states. many hospitals are at capsty. and thousands of americans are dying. i am concerned about delay of test results. in ari

for the states as public health experts in the u.s. have pushed for these mail in options and this this pandemic and the u.s. postal service is a federally run agency so many are questioning whether this latest move is part of president trump's battle against mailing voting he has accused that process of being unable in widespread voter fraud that has but there's been no evidence of that happening and people are specifically pointing to president's comments earlier this week in which he brazenly it may. it to wanting to withhold funding from the postal service in order to deny it the ability to expand services to deliver all of these expected mail in ballots those are comments that person trying to walk back later on friday however he himself is still continuing to push this conspiracy theory that that mail in ballots would be fraudulent and this is of course happening at a time when his polling numbers are trailing that of his democratic challenger joe biden and at a time when we know that mail in ballots historically tend to turn out more people who vote democrat rather than republican in the midst of all of this is seems to be a growing focus on

the health secretary, matt hancock, will outline plans for the future of public health in england, later. he's expected to announce a new agencyced criticism over its handling of the crisis, but some argue it's been made a scapegoat for the failings that have been seen elsewhere. those are the headlines in the uk. we will have more on brea kfast uk. we will have more on breakfast at six a.m.. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: at the opening of the democratic national convention in the united states, the formerfirst lady, michelle obama, launched a scathing attack on donald trump, accusing him of not being up to the job of president. 0pposition protesters in belarus have held a ninth day of protests against the leadership of president alexander lu kashenko. they say his official landslide majority was fraudulent. in just a few weeks, millions of american students are supposed to go back to school. but with infections continuing to spread, many school boards have decided not to reopen at all or are opting for a hybrid model, which means students would go to school for one or two days a week. now, the rest of their learning

the team is suing a state agency that oversees a metal shredding ability at the port for negligence. the a's is a schnitzer steel poses a health risk after five hazardous fires snitzer says the lawsuit is an attempt by the a distract from the lack of it nation in their development planning. >>> a routine stop about a bicycle violation and did in a violent struggle that sent multiple san mateo police officers to the hospital. early saturday morning two officers stopped a bicyclist riding without a light in the area of palmist road and lakewood circle. police say the suspect then attacked the officers. all three tumbled down the hill while the suspect allegedly bit and punched the officers, even trying to grab their taser. the suspect was eventually taken into custody. turns out the bicycle had been stolen in 2019 during a home burglary in vallejo. the officers are now recovering. >>> ac transit's rapid bus line is finally getting a launch date. here is what the new line will look like. the blue and purple sleep have been kept tempo ac transit. starting sunday the mind will run on dedicated bus lines from uptown oakland to san l

for this operative. public health agencies must make recommendations based on evidence, not politics. we should leave it to the experts to tell us when the time is best to open up school buildings and listen to educators and administrators to say how we do it. i represent a congressional district that is about half and half what we might call rural and urban so even the urban part of our district will be looked upon as being rural as some of my friends here on this panel from new york and california, so maybe i just do have a rural district. all i want to say is different in rural america. then it is in urban america. so i don't know that we can up here, with a one-size-fits-all. we should delegate to the professional were in attendance and the principles of the schools to determine how best to reopen schools. we want them to be on them with all the resources they need to do that. so this whole notion of just telling people to go back to school, that is one thing . give principles that are superintendents of states, them the resources they need and the guidance they need and let them

for us actually asking these things. >> reporter: maine health officials say they chose social services agencies "...as the fastest avenueget funding out the door and into affected communities." but in mid july, acknowledged concerns about "adequacy and inclusiveness." on july 30, gornor janet mills announced $1 million in ne funding, specifically for community-led organizations, to "help reduce the disproportionately large racial and ethnic disparities in covid-19 in maine. in lewiston, local groups didn't wait for help from the state and created their own task force early on to serve their community, including handing out masks to local businesses to share with customers. and organizing for a one-day walk-in testing clinic run by a health center in theeart of the city's immigrant neighborhood. on a sweltering day in late july, 64 people came to get tested, including abdirabi and his 3-year-old son. they also got precious hand sanitizer and masks. >> i have seen it while i was passing here. i want to know my health. if i am told that,you are not positive," it's good. i will be happy. >> reporter: task force co-leader ab

in collaboration with federal government agencies the program will involve state and local health departments submitting wastewater for jean casarez. pennsylvania has been working with researchers at m.i.t. and are about to roll out a way that you can find out if you were in close proximity with someone who tested positive for covid-19. here's how it works. it's an app that you will install on your phone, covid alert pa and through the use of bluetooth technology will tell you if you were close 15 minutes or longer to someone later testing positive for the virus. the app is voluntary. users identities and locations are protect as well as the privacy of the person with the virus. now this does not replace contact tracing in pennsylvania. >> thanks for all those reports this morning. protests in belarus show no signs ever easing up. growing pressure on the growth lease political prisoners. the opposition leader is speaking out. fred pleitgen has more. >> reporter: good morning. what we're seeing here the opposition still very much capable of bringing muscle. late last night there was a protest in independence square. 10

health risks. many providers have additional expenses because they need to purchase cleaning supplies and protective equipment. the agency is advocating for more state and federal funding for the childcare providers to allow them to stay open and operate safely. >>> it is a win for renters in san francisco, up next, the court ruling protecting them from eviction and why landlords say it isn't fair. >>> the largest electronic music festival in the country is finally pulling the plug on 2020. we will tell you why the electric daisy carnival waited so long before calling it quits. we're living in uncertain times, but as californians we'll get through this together. if your income has been reduced covered california is here. you need to protect you and your loved ones. and, you may even get financial help to pay for your health insurance. so, if you or someone you know is without coverage, visit coveredca.com to learn more or enroll today. >>> i want to be proud to say that i live in piedmont. i want to tell my kids that our city was on the right side of history. >> a black lives matter flag will take the place of the piedmont city flag at ci