here with me now is becky pringle, the president of the national education association, representingers across this country. miss pringle, good to see you. thank you for being with us on the show. i'm trying to get a sense, and maybe you know this from all the teachers which you've spoken. what best practices look like in schools. we've got this patchwork quilt across the country of what schooling looks like. >> it's so good to be with you this morning, ali. as a science teach for over 30 years, teachers and educators want nothing more than for us to get control of this pandemic so we can go back to our schools safely and equitiably. but here we are. dr. fauci warned us that the infectious rates would begin to spike and they are. and what we have been talking about from the very beginning is that we have to follow those infection rates, and if they are high, we cannot bring our students and educators back to school safely. so we are working right now to ensure that our educators and schools and students have the resources they need to stay safe. >> what looks like success to you? hav

it is about turnaround and turnout, as becky pringle was just saying to me. she is from pennsylvania. i was talking to her about pennsylvania. we have to make sure our base turns out. sometimes people describe the swing voter as the moderate voter or the independent voter or the republican voter that we want to turn and vote democrat. those folks are really important. at the other major category of swing voters is our base, people who have not felt like it matters, that their vote counts, that either party is going to fight for them. this year i think we have made a very compelling case because we have been united and really understanding what is at stake here. and saying to progressives and young people who are not happy that we are not going all the way to medicare for all agree new deal. but what i say to them over again is there is no progress possible with donald trump in the white house. awayo not vote is to give your power. it isn't just that you are not voting, it is that you're giving your vote to donald trump and to others who are running against de