we have to do something that serves that whole child, the same way that they did in denmark, germany,nd australia, places that took this seriously from the beginning. it is why distancing and having the protective gear is so important to even think about opening the school. no one said a zero infection rate. we said two weeks -- this is the cdc -- two weeks of constant decline so that what you are trying is working and infection rate is much lower in their community. when that blessed day occurs, we want to be ready with something that meets the needs of our mental health, physical health, and academic health. don't let anyone tell you that you have to sacrifice one to get the other. vonnie: are you in conversation with other teachers unions, they're different decisions on what actions could be taken if the weeks go by and congress does nothing and you are still in the dark on how to proceed? the alternative of congress doing nothing is too devastating to imagine. it really is. parents, the public, everybody out there, if you have not called your senator yet and said convince mitch mc

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president trump tweeting about that this morning -- in germany, denmark, norway, sweden, schools are open with no problems. s think it would be bad for them politically if u.s. schools open before the november

they did that in denmark, germany, australia. they didn't do that in brazil, in the philippines, in russia, in the places where donald trump is always bragging he loves their leaders. they did it wrong. i don't want to add the u.s. to that list. >> and zeke, let me ask you before i let you go about the attacks against dr. fauci. someone you know very well. >> yeah. they're disgusting, and -- you know, let's face it. everyone has made mistakes. this is a very uncertainly situation. rapidly evolving. and none of us are perfect. i've made erroneous estimations and predictions. so has everyone who's tried this. and let us remember, the president, you know, you'd actually have to go back and ask, what has he gotten right about this? he said the virus would go away in warm weather. false. he said that hydroxychloroquine would be good. false. repeatedly wrong. tony's been right way more than almost anyone else in the world, and he's respected, and what's most important -- he admits when he's got it wrong and changes his prn aopinion an

>> so let me just say on that tweet, what he didn't understand is that germany, norway, denmark, all worked with their teachers and their parents and they all made safety the most important issue, and there was real trust. so he gets a failing grade from this teacher for that tweet. no, there's not enough money. there's been a 20% cut. we need more teachers, not fewer teachers. we need more nurses, not fewer nurses. we need more guidance counselors, not fewer guidance counselors. we never had to pay for ppe or for the level of cleaning that's going to be required right now. so what's going to happen is that schools will have -- will not have the funding to keep people basically secure, and unfortunately, the false choice that he's presented here is that -- that recklessness rather than actually helping kids. we need the money. we have actually put ads up today to the senate to say why did you go on vacation instead of actually getting us the funding we need? if children should be first in this country, if we actually really believe in children's needs and in future generations, then

mentioning it's been done in germany, denmark and elsewhere. pointing out here that there's a reason why those countries were able to do it. they're in a very different situation than the u.s. yesterday germany had 279 cases. denmark had 10. norway 11. sweden, 283. again, the u.s., 60,021. in the middle of a global pandemic, when the situation is deteriorating in the united states, the president is politicizing schools. politicizing science. statistics, reopenings, and, of course, masks, which according to a new model could save 45,000 lives this year. the vice president held the briefing at the u.s. department of education where he emphasized the president's point that schools need to reopen despite some states experiencing more infections than ever before. >> what we heard, again, yesterday from education officials and what we heard from the american academy of pediatrics. it's absolutely essential that we get our kids back into classroom, for in-person learning. we can't let our kids fall behind academically. >> lily es xa lynn garcia, press

germany, denmark, norway, and sweden. i just want to, quickly, show you what life looks like in those four countries the president named. there are the lines, all bunched together, at thewom bottom of t graph. germany reported 279 new cases yesterday. denmark, ten. norway, 11. sweden, 283. that's a total of 583 new cases yesterday, in a population of about 100 million. as for the united states, we had more than 60,000. 60,000 new cases. today, we surpassed 3 million since the outbreak began, 132,000 lives lost. cases rising, 35 states. holdi holding steady in 12. falling in just three. that is the reality today. and tomorrow looks worse, not better. >> i would not be surprised if we go up to 100,000 a day, if this does not turn around. but i think it's important to tell you and the american public that i'm very concerned because it could get very bad. >> we are still knee deep in this, he says. a consequence, he goes on to say, of states reopening too soon, and disregarding cdc guidelines for when and how to do it safely.

tweeted that germany, denmark, norway and sweden reopened their schools with no problems, but most european countries waited for their infection rates to drop before sending children back to class. in taiwan, schools were only closed to two weeks and though there were lots of measures in place to prevent new infections, life has pretty much gone back to normal. but with tough measures from its government, taiwan has had fewer than 500 confirmed infections and just seven deaths. so it may not be comparable to the u.s. in the uk, with the highest death toll in europe, a group of pediatricians said keeping schools closed will exacerbate inequality and risks scarring the life chances of a generation of young people. the professor is himself a father of four. >> were you worried when you sent your children back to school? >> they can wear a mask. they can wash their hands. they can keep physical distance. it's a matter of self-discipline, you know, and they have to learn it. >> but the professor also acknowledged that maintaining that discipline, as he put it, is much more difficult for younger

and cited israel separately we have gone down this road before but in the case germany and denmark it's worked out. in the case of israel it didn't and there seems to be no scientific consensus about why that was except for the fact that germany and denmark didn't have lots of spread and israel did and so how many sits in this country do you think can't open right now. >> if you look at every other country including israel they reopen against the backdrop of having crushed their virus and reemerged after they reopen their economy and the only country that had schools open against the backdrop of a fair degree of spread with sweden and that's what everyone extrapolates from. we didn't study that systematically and there were prevalent studies done in that country so we really don't know action we also can't compare the swedish population of children to the u.s. we have more illness among young people in this country more asthma, more obesity, more diabetes there's going to be higher risk with our school aged population but in terms of the situation in the u.s., i said this before, i

yesterday he wrote, in germany, denmark, norway, sweden and many other countries schools are open with no problems. the democrats think it would be bad for them politically if u.s. schools open before the november election. but it is important for the children and the families. he writes, may cut off funding if not open. the president also tweeted. i disagree with the cd on their very tough and expensive guidelines for opening schools. while they want them open, they're asking schools to do very impractical things, i'll be meeting with them, three exclamation points. "the washington post" reports, what is found too restrictive is eliminating sharing of toys and books. here's vice president mike pence. >> the president said we don't want the guidance to be too tough. that's why next week the cdc is going to be issuing a new set of tools five different documents giving more clarity on the guidance going forward. >> so you had yesterday, as i just read, the president of the united states threatening schools with funding. he can't do that obviously on his own but he can veto new congressio

denmark and germany among the first to reopen and even spain and italy once the center of the pandemicring up to welcome students with a major caveat. many governments in europe are working on contingency plans to restart schooling from home should the virus pick up again. >>> let's take a look at france planning to reopen in the fall even though the government said it's bracing for a possible new surge in cases and the government said it will not respond with another lockdown. director of department of global health in paris joining us. as you have studied the issue as a parent and researcher you think there's a difference between the youngest and oldest students with the virus transmission. >> thank you very much for having me. we had the opportunity of studying different schools in a small town near paris in february when the epidemic was starting and what we observed was in the high school with teenagers it moved rapidly. 38% of students infected. 43% of teachers. 59% of non teaching staff infected but in six primary schools in the same city despite virus in three schools we didn't

when denmark and germany and the rest of them opened here's what they did. with a national response. national strong leadership. they made teachers and support staff essential emergency workers. they came to the top of the list for testing and tracing and treatment. we had access -- they had access to the masks, distance -- none of that is being made available in american public schools. just threats of taking your federal funding. by the way, federal funding for public school, that's your special ed funding. that's your school lunch funding. just do it. wave the magic wand and do it. i just have -- i just have to say, they have no plan. donald trump, betsy devos they have no plan. all they have are threats. but full teachers and principals and school boards all around the country right now are not waiting for an answer from donald trump and betsy devos. we have been working day in and day out to say how could we create and use this space, how could we creatively shift kids? these would be temporary measures to say, get those kids some of what they need in p

trump just pointed to countries like germany, denmark, norway, sweden. he said schools are open there with no problems. so the u.s. should have no problems, right? you know how many cases germany reported yesterday? look on your screen. 279. denmark, 10. norway, 11. sweden, 283. the united states? single day record of the wrong kind, my brothers and sisters. 60,021. we topped 3 million cases today. the other countries have plans and leadership at the top. we should be first, but we're the worst. arizona is a disaster. icu beds are almost all being used as cases surge. where is the plan to help them. the governor is a republican, he said nice things about you. help him, mr. trump. the school concern will grow with every day that we get closer to the fall. and every day without a plan to help the states. my first guest says the right question isn't, can we open schools? of course we can. the real question is, can we keep schools open? dr. ashish ja, good to see you as always. >> chris, thank you for having me on. >> whether you can keep schools open, meanin

denmark a year after president donald trump's offer to buy its territory of greenland from pale wants to discuss another bone of contention the north stream 2 gas pipeline being built between russia and germany and denmark has just approved the work on its north stream to its waters despite pressure from the us to stop the project. work on the baltic sea gas pipeline north stream 2 is still moving forward albeit slowly the u.s. has threatened sanctions for companies participating in the project so right now there is just one russian ship laying the pipes for the remaining 160 kilometers the pipeline runs parallel to the north stream one pipeline from russia to germany 1200 kilometers across the baltic once complete it will allow russia to supply double the current volume of gas the united states says germany is making itself dependent on russia earlier this month u.s. secretary of state mike pump a.o. warned against continuing to build the pipeline this action puts investments or other activities that are related to these russian energy export pipelines at risk of u.s. sanctions it's a clear warning to companies aiding and abetting russia's malign influence projects will not be tolerated get

. >> reporter: president trump tweeted that germany, denmark, norway and sweden reopened their schoolso problems, but most european countries waited for their infection rates to drop before sending children back to class. in taiwan, schools were only closed to two weeks and though there were lots of measures in place to prevent new infections, life has pretty much gone back to normal. but with tough measures from its government, taiwan has had fewer than 500 confirmed infections and just seven deaths. so it may not be comparable to the u.s. in the uk, with the highest death toll in europe, a group of pediatricians said keeping schools closed will exacerbate inequality and risks scarring the life chances of a generation of young people. the professor is himself a father of four. >> were you worried when you sent your children back to school? >> they can wear a mask. they cas

pointing out countries like germany and denmark have been able to go back to class. we have to point out there's a reason those countries are able to do it and you can look at it here. yesterday germany had 279 cases, denmark had 10. we had to squeeze this in to show how u.s. compared. sweden 283, america, 60,021. here's what vice president pence said. >> i think what the president was saying this morning is that if there are aspects of the cdc's recommendations that are prescriptive or serve as a barrier to kids getting back to school, we want governors and local officials and education leaders to know we're here to work with them to support the measures they're putting into place. i think every american, every american knows that you can safely reopen our schools. and we want, as the president said this morning too, make sure what we're doing doesn't stand in the way of doing that. >> cnn pch's erica hill is join us. the city laid out its plans to start classes this upcoming school year. tell us about this. >> reporter: so, they're looking at a few different models.

it's very different when you've got 60,000 new cases a day as opposed to what we've seen in germany, denmark, to a lesser extent sweden which never closed its economy, by the way just very different, guys. and a key for our overall economy, no doubt about it >> yeah, i mean, you can't find anybody who in an abstract way says we shouldn't try to open the schools. i do wonder what standards, what's going to be tolerable in terms of outbreaks, in terms of new cases coming out of the school environment it's going to vary everywhere and also i don't know if the withholding of federal aid which is not really generally a very big part of local school budgets is going to be the thing that changes that equation, carl. >> we'll see hhs did have an announcement yesterday with a big push on testing in areas of louisiana, texas and florida. so that increasingly will be a story along with ppe equipment for teachers as they try to get kids back into the classroom we mentioned some of the sell side calls this morning, i will let you decide what you think is most interesting, i think b of a and caterpillar i

in germany, denmark, norway, sweden and many other countries, schools are open with no problems, theding if not open." the country's largest school district, new york, also has no intention of playing ball. officials there unveiled a plan for so—called blended learning that will see students alternating between the classroom and their home. new york's governor says the president's threats are baseless. oh, really? do you know, mr president, better than your health experts, how to protect the health of students? do you really want to disregard children's safety? do you really mean that when you say that? for local officials, the dilemma is how to balance the need for education with the risk of spreading the virus — not only to teachers and school staff, but to adults back at home as well. david willis, bbc news, los angeles. court documents have revealed that the police officer accused of murdering george floyd in minneapolis told mr floyd to stop talking when he complained he couldn't breathe. transcripts from body—cam footage show mr floyd cried out for his late mother and children.

so it's more economical to fatten animals in italy or spain than in germany or denmark. the german family association says it has to do with a just sticks. it's kind of powerful economies and it's not a question of economy but a question of markets and specialize ations. and in spain italy and above all in france holland austria the real market is much bigger than here in germany so these cars will be sent to those countries for fattening. that means our consumption behavior has a big influence on what animals are being exported to their. dignity there's not much of that around for animals in the meat industry nor is there for the people working in its albatross the union stockyards in chicago builds in 865 was for a long time the world's leading and most notorious meat packing district most of the people who work there were migrants they owned a pittance and injured exploitation and discrimination sadly such conditions of still all too common in the meat industry as we found out it too. companies in northwestern gemini. it's pretty clear what this company is all about e

denmark had 10. norway had 11. sweden had 283. germany had 397. and as of tonight, the united states has reported a new record high of 58,238 cases. that means that as of tonight there have been 3,058,250 confirmed cases of coronavirus in this country and that as of tonight this country has suffered 132,873 deaths from coronavirus. willy garcia knows more about public schools than anyone named trump ever has or ever will. >> we see what happens when they let bars open prematurely and you saw those young adults in there in that nice life little bar and they went home and they infected everybody around them. this isn't a bar. we're talking about second graders. i had 39 sixth graders one year in my class. i double dog dare donald trump to sit in a class of 39 sixth graders and breathe that air without any preparation for how we're going to bring our kids back safely. >> leading off our discussion tonight, arnie duncan, the former secretary of education during the obama administration and an emergency room physician in phoenix, arizona. and arnie dun

today trump said, quote -- in germany, denmark and many other countries schools are open with no problems. the democrats think it's bad politically for schools to open before november election. may cut off funding if not open. i disagree on the tough and expensive guidelines to open schools. >>> the recommendations include -- keeping class windows open. keeping desks six feet apart. lunch in classrooms. wearing masks. staggering arrival. >>> hours later, the vice president along with members of the coronavirus task force, secretary of education and notably without dr. fauci were left to make trump's case to the nation. >> we are actually seeing early indications of a percent of positive testing flattening in arizona, florida and texas. it's essential we get our kids back into classroom for in-person learning. we can't let our kids fall behind academically. >> can you explain why the president is threatening to cut funding from schools at a time when educators say they need more. so they can safely reopen. >> it's a determination. to provide the leadership from the federal level. president

in the classroom but many local officials say it is not safe enough, donald trump tweeted in germany, denmarknorway, sweden and many other countries schools are open with no problems. the dems think it would be bad for them politically if us schools open before the november election. it is important for children and families. may cut off funding if not open, the president said he disagrees with cdc guidelines for reopening schools which he calls tough and expensive. mike pence said the cdc would issue new recommendations next week on reopening schools, the trump administration pushes to get local officials to restore classroom learning this fall. >> there might be the exception to the rule in certain states that we don't plan for the exception. we plan to be open, moving forward, we plan to get action and get kids back to learning. >> the country's largest school district, new york city, so students will he be in classroom this fall without one to 3 days a week as the nation's governors are asking donald trump to extend the coronavirus emergency, the one that expires at the end of this month.

denmark, sweden, norway. here is the rate of infection in those countries. covid-19 cases february through july norway, germany, denmark, sweden versus united states. there's the graph. you can see all the other countries have flattened the curve. apples to apples comparison. flatter, flatter, flatter. sweden slightly up. look at the united states on that set of graphs. united states is the only country with a skyrocketing infection rate. with that being the circumstance in this country and with your state being the epicenter right now of this spread, do you feel comfortable having the schools in your city opened in the fall? >> absolutely not. the unfortunate thing is that in arizona we're seeing the microcosm of the lack of direction from the trump administration. and so it's the same thing that's happening here in arizona. in arizona the governor refuses to institute a statewide mandatory mask executive order. he refuses to make this decision and puts it on the shoulders of mayors throughout arizona. we have seen that that is very ineffective. the more time we spend not making these decisions, and we have a

on the other hand, denmark, norway, and germany have also done very well and they have relatively large states. but in all these cases, government bureaucracies are well funded, enjoy considerable autonomy, not burdened by mandates, and have people working for the public sector. here we have -- >> the nine most terrifying words in the english language are "i'm from the government and i'm here to help." >> covid-19 should be a wake-up call. america needs to rebuild its government capacity. the goal is not a big state or a small state, but a smart state. for now, what we have is just stupid. go to cnn.com/fareed for a link to my "washington post" column. let's get started. ♪ ♪ >>> i want to bring in one of america's best-known doctors, zeke emanuel a top-level adviser on health policy in the obama white house. he is now at the university of pennsylvania where he's professor for global initiatives. he has a new book out called "which country has the world's best health care." if there's one thing you would focus on to explain america's exceptionally poor response to covid, i mean, that's s

germany, it has been fine and dry. the rain showers back in the forecast for much of the u.k. some strong winds from the southwest, pushing showers towards denmarkern germany and into southern areas of scandinavia. we still got some possibly heavy downpours. lingering across into romania and more central and southern areas of italy. sunday, theough area of low pressure responsible for this rain is working its way quickly towards norway, taking with it some very heavy amounts of rain. still some blustery showers across the northwest. fairly cloudy conditions across much of europe. one or two showers on the way to the southeast. mostly fine. a chance of a few showers on sunday, but temperatures not faring badly. where it stays warm and sunnnny for the next few days is bucharest. 35 on tuesday. ♪ ♪ dareen: the top stories on the al jazeera newshour. some beaches and bars are closed as americans are warned to scale back their independence day celebrations to slow the spread of coronavirus. u.s. health experts say this weekend could be the perfect storm for an explosion and infections. brazil's president has approved but water down a law that mandate

yesterday he tweeted in germany, denmark, norway, sweden, and many other countries, schools are reopened with no problems. the dems think it would be bad, but it's important for the children and families. may cut off funding if not open. he also tweeted this. i disagree with the ckc on their very tough and expensive guidelines for reopening schools. they're asking schools to do very impractical things. a senior administration official says among the guidelines the white house finds too restrictive are the limiting of sharing toys, electronic devices, and books. here's vice president mike pence on the president's next steps. >> the president said we don't want the guidance to be too tough. that's the reason why next week the cdc is going to be issuing a new set of tools, five different documents, that will be giving more clarity on the guidance going forward. >> while the president threatened to cut funding to schools that do not reopen in the fall, the vice president said the federal government would core providing incentive for states that do reopen schools. mayor bill de blasio announc

he tweeted: in "in germany, denmark, norway, sweden and many other countries, schools are open with nok it would be bad for them politically if u.s. schools open before the november election, but is important for the children and families. may cut off funding if not open!" kimberly, the president suggesting that he has a lever to force schools to reopen but does he? >> i don't think he really does because we've had a lot of different disagreements at that level about when the president has the ability to unilaterally cut off money to the states if they don't comply. we had that with sanctuary cities. he does make an excellent point. i agree with steve. we don't want this pulled into the political realm. but of the same time there's a lot of reason to ask a question, the cdc guidance that was there and reason not to believe is public health the right way to go? is the president pointed out, look at the netherlands. they have had schools open since may and they've had their own recommendations that you don't even need social distancing for children under the age of 17. their schools have