reopen in september even as corona virus infections spike in large parts of the country the centers for disease control insists it's safe for children to return to class saying it's unlikely you will contract or transmit the virus state and local governments are under growing pressure from the white house to reopen schools with president donald trump threatening to withhold federal funds from districts that don't. it is our firm belief that the that our schools are essential places of business if you will that our teachers are essential personnel you all here are considered essential workers which is why you were coming into the briefing room every day during the pandemic are meatpackers where meat packing because they were essential workers our doctors were out there treating their essential workers and we believe our teachers are essential but i just guidelines from the centers for disease control our shop departure from the leaks document about reopening schools they will commit to classify before reopening of schools as the highest risk something that many americans have had to agree with a recent

schools in september even as coronavirus infection spike in large parts of the country the centers for disease control insists that it is safe for children to return to class as it's unlikely that they will contract or transmit the virus rob reynolds with this report. as covert billy jean continues to surge in parts of the u.s. the debate over how and when to send children and teachers back to school has taken center stage. president donald trump wants schools to reopen for in person lessons in the coming weeks even if various transmission inflator studies come out so let's say we believe that students should be going back to school because the effect on a child we know scientifically they are not affected in the same way as an adult's drug not true says dr anthony thought she of the national institutes of health i think we still need to learn a lot about children you know elementary school children getting infected what the percentage of their infection is and whether they either spread or not efficiently to adults has happened either fauji says there's new data indicating older children may be effic

john nkengasong, director of the africa centers for disease control and prevention. they with the cdc united states. it is great to have you with us. thank you for taking the time to speak to us. explain the issue in africa right now. we have seen it as so far being spared from, well, with the united states is going through but is that a matter of lack of testing or are the numbers do you believe truly low on infections and death? >> thank you for having me on your show, first of all. we have always been very clear the pandemic in africica was a delayed panandemic, thahat the continent was not spared. rather b because of the aggrgree memeasures t that were putut ine very earlyly on to do strongly - different countries and strong coronation approach fromom the african union andhe presisident have to africa that blunt the pandemic. thiss always clear pandemic was going to gather momentum. here we hahave the situation. i will call it ththe second phae wherere countries arare beginnio sesee dramamatic increases i ine number of cases. examplple a south afafrica you t ment

and yet we spend 90 times more on defense than we do the centers for disease control. $740 billion for the pentagon is a lot of money. and too much of it gets wasted on fraud, cost overruns, and outside contractors. we are literally flushing money down a drain and i mean literally. due to the design flaw in the new $13 billion ford class aircraft carrier, we are spending $400,000 on specialized acids every time we have to flush and unclog the toilets. i'm not making this up. almost every major defense contractor has had to pay fines or set amments for fraud or -- settlements for fraud and misconduct, all while getting trillions of dollars in defense contracts. we spent billions on an am fib louis vehicle that sinks due to its own ways and don't even mention the $10,000 seat toilet covers. if we cut the defense budget just 10% and not our troops, we free up $74 billion to fight global pandemics like covid-19 and much more. we need to treat the pentagon like every other department and that means with fiscal responsibility. we do that today by trimming 10%, $74 billion, to be used instead

centers for disease control that is -- control is advising schools to open, after originally highlightinghe risks. it added up to another down day for stocks. joining us, abigail doolittle. abigail: a lot to digest, and you nailed all the issues. a big piece of it has to do with the big xl off, but the rising tensions with china have been

control the waters. the top u.s. health agency has as you guidelines calling for the full reopening of schools in september as corona virus infections rise in many areas the centers for disease control says it's safe for children to return. to israel has launched airstrikes on syrian military targets the army says it's retaliate for mortars being fired towards the israeli occupied golan heights tensions have been high after hezbollah fighter was killed in an israeli airstrike near damascus on monday lebanese group is backed by iran and has forces deployed in syria to support president bashar al assad. the sacking of the leading news website in hungary has provoked a mass march by antigovernment protesters that followed the mass walkout of journalists and supporters the editor who warned that government interference is in danger in need of freedom is car a leg. out. they came out in their thousands to voice their anger at what they say is the latest silencing of hungry suppress more than 80 journalists from the country's most read news site called index have resigned from their jobs after their editor in chief was sacked last month he publicly raised the alarm over political

reopening of schools in september been as corona virus infections rise in many areas the centers for disease control says it is safe for children to return to class the white house is loosening restrictions to allow us to fence contractors to sell more drones to foreign countries it's doing this by reinterpreting a cold war era arms treaty signed by 34 nations this will allow the u.s. to sell drones that fly less than 800 kilometers an hour to countries that it considers to be allies previously these drones classified as cruise missiles and subject to strict export restrictions. when you hear an al-jazeera off the frontline mexico. on the culture of the cost this week rich countries a quarter of the market for covert $19.00 vaccines but what does that mean for the world's paul we'll look at the coronavirus treatments off a low income nations and check out the real price of developing films challenging the cost on al-jazeera. this is how paramedics me duty come on a search should be a fun finish the ship. racing down the highway on the outskirts midstream city trying to find a horse between the holes

would urge businesses to follow aftermarket certainly wouldn't be the guidelines of the centers for disease control because thosearen't mandatory . so amazingly business can get shielded from liability under this republican approach even if they make no effort to comply with the center for disease control guidelines. how does that make us any safer? not only that but if workers are forcing americans want to bring a meritorious case into this bill this but them through a gauntlet of tort reform obstacles thatmakes it nearly impossible to prevail . a heightened burden of proof. heightened pleading requirements. minutes of discovery. restrictions on joint liability and so much more . the republican bill create sweeping preemption of medical malpractice cases e. including claims under medical malpractice not even related to covid-19. it would upend themedical liability laws of all 50 states for five years . instead of setting a strong clear and enforceable safety standard like osha emergency temporary standard the republican bill would shield businesses fromregulatory enforcement proceedings under osha

the president as we pointed out a few minutes ago, critical of the centers for disease control of heronerous and expensive. both the director of the centers for disease control of the vice president mike pence had wait a minute. cdc guidelines are not meant to keep students out of school this fall. let's listen. >> the purpose of cdc's guidance is guidance. it's not requirements. its purpose is to facilitate the reopening and the keeping open of schools in this country. >> we want to make it very clear that the guidance we are issuing is not to supplant the laws, the rules, regulations, the decisions at the state level. it's meant to create essentially a range of options. >> john: one of the things that's happened since we last left you with the panel's we have found steve hayes. why don't you weigh in? whether vice president and centers for disease control director said was after the president tweeted. is there some sense that the president looks like he is strong-arming the cdc? >> sure, i think that seems plain on its face. the cdc guidance was issued for a reason. whether or not t

schools in september even as coronavirus infection spike in large parts of the country the centers for disease control insist it is safe for children to return to classes it's unlikely they say that they will contract or transmit the virus now states and local governments are under growing pressure from the white house to reopen schools with president donald trump threatening to withhold federal funds from districts that the white house press secretary reiterated that call. it is our firm belief that the that our schools are essential places of business if you will that our teachers are essential personnel you all here are considered essential workers which is why he were coming into the briefing room every day during the candidate their meat packers where meat packing because they were essential workers our doctors were out there treating their essential workers and we believe our teachers are essential well the latest c.d.c. guidelines are a sharp departure from a leaked early a document that classified the full reopening of schools as a higher risk of cheaper arkan's are against the idea recent pol

schools in september even as coronavirus infection rates in many areas continue to rise the centers for disease control says it's safe for children to return. of people who gathered for another nights of protest in the u.s. city of portland. the city has recently seen a crackdown by federal agents pursuit of opposed the protest began over the george floyd sting and ickes ations of heavy handed tactics by federal officers were. arrested. thousands of protesters in the hungering capital have marched on the prime minister's office accusing him of a crackdown on press freedom there is widespread anger after the chief editor of a leading news website was sacked he was fired after warning independence of index dot h.e.u. was at risk from political pressure dozens of journalists have resigned from the website in protest against the sack. i'll have another 30 minutes of al-jazeera news for you in 30 minutes up next inside story see that. a global pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of a looming election join me steve clemons in co

david sacher, former director of the centers for disease control. him for the next segment. so we will move on to our next topic, which is voter suppression. how is this for voter suppression. >> that is the finding in a new report from the brennan center for justice, which says long waits at polling places are disruptive, disenfranchising, and all too common. black and latino voters are especially likely to endure them. today, senator mitch mcconnell, who is up for re-election in kentucky this year at age 78, said that the situation is way better than it was 60 years ago. yes, he actually said that. >> joining our discussion now is latasha brown, co-founder of black voters matter fund. thank you very much for joining us tonight, latasha. we appreciate it. i want to get your reaction to what the brennan center found about those wait times and what they mean in the lives of voters. >> i can certainly relate to that. i myself, i went to the polls and it took me hours. the last time i voted a few weeks ago, it was three hours. it's very disruptive. it t

trump's push to get into the classroom and she says there is a lot of wiggle room in the centers for disease controlnd prevention guidelines. >> the centers for disease control and prevention guidelines are just that, meant to be flexible and meant to be applied as appropriate for the situation. there is nothing in the data that would suggest that kids being back in school is dangerous to them. kids need to be in school. they need to be learning and they need to be moving ahead. >> the oakland unified school district is crafting a plan to start the fall semester with online learning and then face the students into the classroom. members of the teacher's union spoke out this weekend concerned that the planned safety measures are just too vague. there is a town hall scheduled for today. >>> in the south bay, more than 1400 san jose unified teachers have signed a letter saying they will not return to the classroom for the start of the school year. they cite the recent spikes in coronavirus cases. in the letter, they say over the last two weeks, as our leaders have talk with teachers about reopening, on

. >> the centers for disease control and prevention or on different pages over back-to- school plans.the agency says that they will not answer calls from the white house to revise guidelines for reopening k-12 classrooms and will release additional information. president donald trump has criticized the centers for disease control and prevention guidance as too tough and expensive. he is also threatening to cut off federal funds if schools do not reopen. for the latest updates on school reopening plans in the bay area, go to the special section on our website, kpix.com/back-to-school. >>> el dorado county is trying to stay off the watchlist and they are dealing with an influx of visitors to the south lake tahoe area and a surge in coronavirus cases. during emergency meetings, county licensing authorities were given the power to suspend health permits for businesses defying state guidelines. they say they do not want to drive anyone out of business but they do want people to follow the rules. other counties on the statec watch list had gone back to closing bars and indoor dining at rest

. >> developing, new centers for disease control and prevention guidelines site the coronavirus is not as serious for children and that kids are not as likely sprea ul the agency also underscores the harm done by keeping kids out of school including learning loss and less access to food and mental health care and other services all of the centers for disease control and prevention's guidance favors reopening schools, it also recommends keeping them closed in cases of uncontrolled transmission. in the bay area, there is talk of sending elementary school kids back to class in person. only san mateo county can technically do that as the only bay area county that is not on estate watchlist but public and private schools in the other eight counties can apply for a waiver. >> the risk in kids seems to be substantially lower the younger the kid is. >> if he were to pursue opening of elementary schools i think that it would be earlier grades that we would look at and also we would have to make sure that our staff felt safe to do it. >> parents, teachers and labor unions would have to be on boa

until we have a vaccine, the korea centers for disease control and prevention are rather pessimistic. reporter: a man who later tested positive had visited several clubs in that part of seoul and has been linked to a cluster of cases. the clubs were shuttered, and through contact-tracing, 35,000 people tested. the outbreak was brought under control. if an upsurge in covid-19 coincides with the return of flu in the autumn, that could represent a diagnostic challenge, as symptoms can be similar. so testing will be key. and indeed, there are more and more places where one can just turn up and get tested for the coronavirus. kim: we also have a lung x-ray machine. that tand we have space for hospital wheelchairs.partments. we can also deal with people brought here by ambulance. compared to the early days of the outbreak, this representns significant progress. reporter: because of that cluster of cases linked to nightclubs, the return to school for 12th graders was delayed. getting into school now resembles going through security at an airport. some students still feel nervous. >> some peo

in class after the summer holidays despite covert fears the white house has blocked the center for disease control and prevention from testifying to congress on the issue and it's leading to teaches and rival democratic politicians from sounding the alarm. when he says open he means opening for kids being able to attend each and every day at their school i decided should not stand in the way of various past the country nks step people are reporting to us about the anxiety they have about their chilled the decision to whether as to whether to send their children to school for me i think one of the core principles is your parents need to have the ability to opt for the type of learning that they think's important so over here it is who are you. sure you're part of your kids go through this like this with your kids go to the 1st. you go of survey and on friday does suggest that just 19 percent of americans actually want children back into school this autumn for president trump has made it one of his top priorities and he's threatening to withhold federal funding from schools that refused to cooperate

center for disease control and prevention from testifying to congress on schools reopening the trump administration's pushing ahead with getting students back to classrooms by the autumn despite warnings from teachers and rival democratic politicians. when he says open he means opening for kids being able to attend each and every day at their school i decided should not stand in the way of various past the country nks step people are reporting to us about the anxiety they have about their children the decision to whether as to whether to send their children to school for me i think one of the core principles is your parents need to have the ability to opt for the type of learning that they think's important so over here it is who are you. sure you are to your kids go through just like this will take your kids. to the worst well present troubles made reopening schools one of his top priorities in recent months sees threatening to withhold federal funding from schools indeed that refused to cooperate tromso also criticized the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention is guidelin

we understand will no longer be sent to the centers for disease control instead it will be. rerouted to the trunk administration so that puts statistics in the hands of the white house instead of the country's top infectious disease experts or you were alarmed by this. absolutely i think it is important to note that c.d.c. is part of the department of health and human services and theoretically should continue to have access to the data however the contracts to build and manage the system have been awarded to private software companies with ties to the trumpet ministration and we've already seen high profile resignations or efforts to made their plate data so it just takes the question why now to build a new system i mean you've got experience you've worked with the ebola outbreak in west africa swine flu at the beginning of our talk and you've seen so much around the world have you ever seen anything comparable what gives anywhere in the world in terms of a politician or a leader trying to take control of the data. yes unfortunately i think there are comparable situations t

centers for disease control and prevention is guidelines on getting pupils back to class calling them too tough and too expensive we've been discussing the balance that's needed here then between schooling and safety. well it's premature not to follow science you know we've been told all along follow the silent science follow the science well the science is worldwide every other country has her kids and schools except the united states kids are spreading the disease they can safely go to school people are scared i mean the virus is skyrocketing like all over the country and i think the teachers here are really really worried that they're putting themselves. in tremendous risk. children know that the disease teachers may be as they are else and i was there is not this national plan it's actually a virus people lives here and rightfully so the united states is not founded on one size fits all big government telling everybody what to do he's setting those guidelines those standards if you will but he's not make them for making them federal mandates so words mean things when she says she

the white house's plan to us center for disease control and prevention from testifying to congress on schools reopening the trump administration's pushing ahead with getting students back to classroom by the autumn despite warnings from teaches and rival democratic politicians. when he says open he means opening for kids being able to attend each and every day at their school i just signed should not stand in the way various past the country nks step people are reporting to us about the anxiety they have about their child the decision to whether as to whether to send their children to school for me i think one of the core principles is your parents need to have the ability to opt for the type of learning that they think's importance over here is who are you. sure you are to give your kids go through this like this for your kids. well you go survey out on friday suggested just 19 percent of americans want children back in school by this autumn but president tom's made his feelings clear says it's one of his top priorities he's threatening to withhold of federal funding from schools tha

particularly contrast that to the guidance of his public health officials including the centers for disease control or c.d.c. the u.s. president once again coming out defying their recommendations to essentially pump the brakes if you will on getting schools open in the fall for children now the concern is from scientists that if you reopen these schools and we know the science now is that a lot of that transmission the droplets in our breath and poorly ventilated areas like schools that this is where things can really get out of control so the centers for disease control putting in place some guidelines that they would like to kind of slow things down make sure that things are clean before the schools are reopened the u.s. president not liking that at a pair of tweets he has said that he wants to round up pressure on state leaders that the opening of schools are crucial to the economy and even suggesting he may withhold federal funding from some certain school districts if they ignore his recommendation that these schools need to reopen so a very astonishing sort of point of exclamation by the u.s

centers for disease control and prevention, dr. robert redfield, made a dire prediction about the u.s. epidemic, which is already the worst in the world. winterink the fall and of 2020 and 2021 will probably one of the mosost difficult tims we have experienced inin americn public health. amamy: the cdc director's warnig came as the trump administration ordered u.s. hospitals to reroute where they usually send patients,vid-19 starting today instead of the usual process of sending the data to cdc, which then releases it to the public, states have been told to send it directly to the department of health and human services that "the new york times" reports is "not open to the public, which could affect the work of scores of researchers, modelers, and health officials who rely on cdc data to make projections and crucial decisions." meanwhile, four former heads of the cdc blasted president trump's handling of the pandemic in a "washington post" op-ed writing -- "willful disregard for public health guidelines is, unsurprisingly, leading

to be targeting its own infectious diseases expert dr anthony found for criticism president donald trump has retreated a claim that the u.s. centers for disease control the media the democratic party and quote most doctors are lying about the disease trump denies the men are unable to work together. will have a very good relationship with their kids had for a long time right from the beginning i finally do a very nice person and i don't always agree with them i close the border as you know to china i close i did the ban on china heavily infected and we saved tens of thousands of lives of duct if you will admit that it was a good decision. or particle hane joins us live now from maryland for more on this so the president on the one hand accusing you know the democratic party the center for disease control most doctors of lying about covert 1000 but then also saying that he has a good working relationship with dr anthony found another 2 incompatible with what is that the feeling coming out of the white house. well again with this white house we're seeing a lot of mixed messages we saw the president's spokesperson come out and say what the president was

centers for disease control and prevention guidelines on getting kids actually bach to class he called them tough. expensive. but i'm very happy to say joining us live on the program no former missouri state senator john loudon marni how lost a lawyer and former candidate for new york city council welcome to both of you john can we kick off with you it's almost what a week or so until the start of the school year in most states and it's a little bit different in some. there's fears that the you know the 2nd spike whatever could come back in in autumn in the fall is it a bit premature to be making such an announcement about schools know that they are going back or elles. well it's premature not to follow science you know we've been told all along follow the silent science follow the science well the science is worldwide every other country has their kids and schools except united states we're the only one that refuses to follow the science that the kids are spreading the disease they can safely go to school and by the way i have a really unique perspective on this i have one kid in priv

centers for disease control has reported more than 1000 deaths occur across the country in the past 24 hours on tuesday president trump admitted the pandemic will probably get worse before it gets better more state governors are making masks mandatory and introducing new restrictions and overwhelmed the testing labs and hospitals are raising the alarm it was self officials have signed a contract with pfizer for 100000000 doses of a potential corona virus vaccine it's the 2nd vaccine washington a secured on the basis of promising create clinical trials. and more than 15000000 people are now confirmed to have been infected by corona virus around the world and one of the worst hit regions is now latin america get the latest on the situation there from. in mexico city mexico of course a country that's been particularly hard hit overnight the best toll there has passed 40000 but the spike having the 4 size death toll in the world now testing there is still apparently really low why is that. i'll run through the latest numbers that we have from johns hopkins university here in mexico with 35

ordering hospitals to bypass the centers for disease control and prevention and beginning on wednesday send all coronavirus patient information to a central database in washington. a move that has alarmed public health experts. not even sure what what do you -- what do you think it means? >> well, you know, over the course of its history, there have been struggles, power struggles between cdc, which is located in atlanta, and some of the -- the people who work at the department of health and human services in washington. and one of the great things about cdc being -- being located in atlanta is that it can step aside from a lot of the politics that you get with any agency that's based in washington. the decision to have hospitals directly report to washington rather than cdc makes no sense. cdc is the agency that needs to receive that data. needs to look at what's happening in states. if they're getting data on how many people are hospitalized and how many are in the icu, cdc needs to be able to look and see how does that correlate with actions that states have taken? who's being affec

and as the center for disease control says unhoused people who are living in encampments should be allowed to remain where they are to help stop the spread of covid-19, we go to philadelphia, where the mayor has postponed the eviction of an encampment of cash planned this morning. is dignity. and we demand that philadelphia house your homeless. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, dedemocracynow.org, the quarante report. i'm amy goododman. the united s states has shatterd its own record for covid-19, confirmingng 75,600 cases of the disease on t thursday as texas d florida both reported their highest death tolls of the pandemic. speaking in an online form hosted by facebook, dr. anthony fauci said the record spike in infections, which is the worst in the world, resulted from states rushing to reopen their economies too quickly. steps,can't jump over which is very peerless when n yu think about rebound. the proof of the pudding is look what has happened. there really is no reason why we are havingg 40,000, 50,000, 60,000 other than the fact we are not doing somethin

in september even as corona virus infections despite can large parts of the country the centers for disease control says that it is safe for children to return to classes it's unlikely they will contract or transmit the virus already one garden is president of the american federation of teachers and she says most schools do not have the funding all the resources to reopen anytime soon. i think is going to happen unfortunately is that more and more and more schools will open remotely rather than in person because we don't have the resources yet from the congress this mcconnell today said it may take weeks to actually negotiate a new stimulus package so how do you start school with the resources that you need when those resources are not forthcoming how do you pay for p.p. eat when you don't have the money to do it a group of men thought to be officials have forced their way into the chinese consulate building in houston moments after a deadline to shut the office expired they were seen opening the back of the building on tuesday the u.s. government ordered it to be closed within 72 hours after accus

centers for disease control has reported more than 1000 deaths across the country in the past 24 hours on tuesday president trump admitted the pandemic will probably get worse before it gets better more state governors are making masks mandatory and introducing new restrictions. in south africa restaurant owners and waiters have staged a protest against the government's coronavirus measures they say their industry has been crippled by the government bringing back its ban on alcohol sales and a nighttime curfew last week the number of infections surged across the country prompting the government to reimpose the strict measures. as involved where let rights activists and journalists have been charged with promoting public violence before planned anti-government protests hopewell it chine on or was arrested on monday in harare along with the opposition leader jacob got of sumit state prosecutors accuse the men of using twitter to mobilize and bob wins to commit acts of violence the middleman in the murder of a maltese journalist is in a critical condition after being found with knife inju