it would seem as if this briefing is about to start at the department of education. this is vice president mike pence walking out here, flanked by members of the coronavirus task force, all of them wearing masks we should note. let's listen. >> -- met today here at the department of education, part of our on going effort to focus on a mission, to save lives, meet the needs of our states, our health care workers, to protect the vulnerable and safely reopen america and reopen america's schools. as you will hear today from admiral gerard, at this point we've tested over 39 million americans, of those more than 3 million have tested positive and more than 1.3 million americans have recovered. sadly more than 133,000 americans have lost their lives. our sympathies are with all the impacted families. while we mourn with those who mourn, because of what the american people have done, the extraordinary work of our health care workers around the country, we are encouraged that the average fatality rate continues to be low and steady and at days earlier this week was actually

let's get over to the department of education, cnn's kaitlan collins is standing by for that briefing. kaitlan, what are you hearing? >> reporter: this is really notable. the reason i'm standing outside the department of education is the primary focus of the tank force in the last few days has been reopening schools and that is the priorist president and so many people, actually, and yesterday the president said he would pressure governors to open their schools and what's really striking about this tweet that the president just posted a few moments ago is that he is disagreeing with the centers for disease control and prevention on their guidance for reopening schools. the president and the cdc have not been on page during this entire pandemic, but it is striking that he just said i disagree with the tcdc on the very expensive and tough guidelines on reopening schools. while they want them open, they are asking schools to do very impractical things. i will be meeting with them. they include wearing face coverings, staying home inappropriate and potentially having staggered schedules a

it is the goal of the department of education in whatever method of instructional method that is out there that we agree to support our districts and ensure that they are successful as we move about the school year. in many cases what we may fight is this may be fluid but the plan we develop in the guides we have developed this definitely flexible and able to adjust as needed is. to support our day six women issued some of the following throughout the past month. received waivers from the u.s. department of agriculture to meet the nutritional needs of students during the summer and also as we continue to make adjustments to do so with the school you to bid on the instructional model. doctor dobson has done a wonderful job and what you think the secretary sonny perdue again for his work and ongoing support of our nutritional program. i think over to date we have probably delivered over 30 million meals throughout the state to our families and students at this time. we also received the waiver to not get precise date testing as a close to the previous school year in concert with govern

jay on facebook wants to know, will the state department of education and legislature allow students, parents, teachers and staff to choose the mode of return? >> and so, with a thousand school districts today, each of those school districts is serving parents what their interests are. a number of parents that said that they want to have and in-person instruction option so they need it. they've got to get back to work. others have said that they prefer to have distance learning. it is the viewpoint of the california department of education that schools should accommodate as much distance learning as parents ask for. now, the legislature has taken this issue up. it's fine tuning some guidelines on how that will work. again, the recommendation that we'll be making at the department of ed ka situation to honor the amount of distance learning that it can based on whatparents ask for. we do know there are going to need to be some balance of distance learning and some in-class instruction. and that's a decision made by each of our school districts with support and guidance from the state. >

. >> do you expect the department of education will arrive? the testing of children. i think it has to do with the state department of health and each district working with the department of health on those protocols. as we get to this, in terms of the testing, we will have to make some decisions generally. people, test healthy you go get tested, and you are negative. the lab gives you a result seven days later and you may have been those seven days. clearly if anybody develops symptoms, we want to have the ability to do a test. it is very useful. test on theing first day of school. this is a snapshot in time. i believe the younger kids in particular seem to be more resistant to this. the fact is, you will probably see different transmission as this stuff goes. the health has to be paramount. i don't think it will be uniform throughout the state. i think you will see different localities approach it in different ways. >> [indiscernible] gov. desantis: i think that is a very good question. typically, i don't know that we would be able to just force you to take a test. t

does the department of education have a plan to do that? >> well, the department of education has been working hard the last several months. all of my team, we've been working closely with state school leaders to ensure that they have maximum flexibility waiving tests, providing student loan relief, all things that have helped local education leaders and state leaders do the right things for their students. >> but a lot of -- >> but far too many kids didn't have any kind of a learning experience. going into the fall, we need to ensure education leaders need to ensure that kids are going to be able to be learning full-time, no matter how that looks, if they're in an area with high incidence of virus, they need to be learning remotely full-time. >> okay, secretary devos on, that note, the cdc, let's talk about more what the cdc is recommending. installing some physical barriers, closing playgrounds, keeping desks six feet apart and not sharing desks. president trump called those guidelines very tough, expensive, and impractical. the cdc direct

department of education's new regulations. there is not a meaningful process and that only about 4% of students could actually get financial relief. >>they rigged the system. again students. flattened. >>well in a statement, the department of education said that this is just another grandstanding politically driven lawsuit meant to grab headlines maintaining the new rules protect students from fraud and holds schools accountable. well after serving oakland and the bay area for 70 years, the future of children's fairyland amusement park is no longer serve are going there as a kid. well children's fairyland ran out of its paycheck protection program loan just last week and was forced to furlough most of its employees emu's that park which also serves as a petting zoo, green space and educational place for families was supposed to open up this month. >>open our we're going to have to look at a different situation so these are big this season, we're normally open 7 days a week from june forward until the kids go back to school in a

and i don't think it will be just the department of education. i don't think they can recommend or dictate the decision on this. the view is a little more fractured in terms of what withd happen with schools parents. i think probably early june, it would be overwhelming to go back because we have low positivity, low cases, and things were stable. now, as you have seen this, there is natural concern about what this means for schools, safety, and i think different parents look at it in different ways. and that will be different for each different school district. you will probably have a different breakdown in broward than some of the other places. you need to be able to recognize that, and it should not be dictated by the department of education. i think they can recommend, but ultimately, we want the school districts to do what is best for the kids, for their education to make sure that they have opportunities to do well. and also, making sure that parents have agency so that if you have a school district that is offering in-person instruction, wh

but we do in the big part of the funding that has funneled through the federal department of educationchools at the state and local level through federal grants. you and i both know the vast majority of funding for schools comes from state and local taxes but the growing role of the federal government and education means more and more federal grants involved. we surveyed a number of these grants and looked at the vast amount of dollars in the federal government to schools and federal grants, it's an in list list of federal grants. the mechanism that the federal government has in entering in and waiting in this discussion is to ask the question if schools don't reopen in the fall, why do they need access to all the federal funds. most of the dollars at risk that the schools need to reopen or function at all come from state and local government. point to florida as an example of a state that the governor of florida has mandated every school reopen in the fall five days a week and if the state funding will be at risk if they don't. i want to have the same conversation the federal level to

pandemic is something we have to heed with a great amount of dill lens. >> reporter: now, the department of education has issued its own guidelines. there's state guidelines, federal guidelines. if you're a parent right now within your county, who should you listen to? >> you should listen to the orange county department of education because we have created a plan from a multidisciplinary perspective. we've engaged medical doctors. certainly this is something we have to rely upon, what are the doctors saying in this particular case? we have doctors, educators, community people involved with this, parents involved. leaders in different areas of the school system and we've created a document called oc together, a guide for reopening our schools. it's all done on the internet. it's live. people can access it at any time. it's a very systematic process we're following and a plan we're following that aligns with the california department of public health, california department of education and our own health care agency. >> reporter: what are parents telling you? what are their concerns? >> parents are ve

the department of education in collaboration with the problem of public health has released guided as far as restarting schools -- has released guidance. we have also released support documents to further support the district as they plan for reopening. these documents played out foundational guidance -- layout guidance and face to face instruction, a mix of face to face and distance instruction. this information is available on the website and you can click on georgia's path to recovery for all information. all of the documentation that you have or need, you can find on that website that is constantly updated. we have districts that are opting to open with a distance model only, but most are planning to begin the year with a mix of face to face and distance instruction. we acknowledge the decision-making that has taken place. it is the goal of the department of education and whatever method of instructional method that is out there that we are going to support our districts and ensure they are successful as we move throughout this year. what we may find is this might be fluid but the

you were just watching the task force briefing at the department of education. and most importantly, to watch the cdc head, dr. redfield, and then the vice president, kind of doing a two-step around the question. now, here are the cdc guidance, as printed out most recently. two full pages, including that critical question that the reporter asked, can students -- students should be six feet apart. and have many schools, most schools, cannot handle that. there's no question, peter alexander, that pediatricians, parents want kids back in school. that is the desire, but can it be done safely? and that is where the president insisting on the reopening and doing it the way he did the reopening of businesses, perhaps too soon and perhaps not safely in some instances, is pressuring the cdc and clearly the cdc, according to your reporting and carol lee's reporting today, is backtracking on their guidance and coming up with new guidance that better fits the president's demands, rather than perhaps the medical imperatives. >> andrea, i think the biggest takeaway from that b

or you know early is that congress call for the sides to the jury on the basis of the the department of education didn't comment on the specifics of the lawsuit but said the cares act requires funding to be used to help all students. this latest lawsuit marking california's 85th against the trump administration in sacramento, ashley zavala kron 4 news. >>businesses tied to governor newsome another lawmakers are getting federal loans aimed at keeping small businesses afloat federal information shows that a northern california winery and hospitality company founded and partly owned by newsome got a loan worth up to $350,000. a labor a consulting company led by california senate minority leader shannon grove got a similar loan, other loans included one received by the husband of the lieutenant governor who runs a real estate investment company. thousands of international students might have to leave the u.s. if they're colleges switch to online only classes. the state department says it will not issue visas to students enrolled in schools that are fully online this fall. these are requirements for s

and working early is that congress call for the sides to the jury on the basis of the the department of education didn't comment on the specifics of the lawsuit but said the cares act requires funding to be used to help all students. this latest lawsuit marking california's 85th against the trump administration in sacramento, ashley zavala kron 4 news. >>thousands of international students might have to leave the u.s. if they're colleges switch to online only classes. the state department says it will not issue visas to students enrolled in schools that are fully online this fall. these are requirements for students have always been stripped. coming to the u.s. to take online only courses that's been prohibited but many of the students came from countries that prohibit travel from the states because of the pandemic so there might even be some exchange or foreign students who won't be able to study in the u.s. or return home. well they flew off shelves when the pandemic first tip now there are official. the epa has given its first approval to disinfectants that kill the coronavirus and it is appro

we are likely to hear more about that from the department of education and mike pence will be readingring there is some movement in the room so we might see that begin shortly. all of this as we anticipate dr. burks, dr. fauci and dr. redfield from the cdc to discuss what it would take to get people back into that in class learning environment. social distancing and massacring they've talked about, cdc guidance obviously coming into play here as mayors in cities across the country and we will hear from the briefing room and just a moment. we will take a quick break and be right back. >> sandra: welcome back everyone, we will take a quick pause and let our other fox nation's come in across the country. as we look to the task force briefing, and washington led by our vice president mike pence. we will take a quick pause. mike pence is now speaking, the >> we are focused on the mission to save lives. meet the needs and our state and health care workers to protect the vulnerable and safely reopen america, and reopen america's schools. as you will hear today from admiral brett gerrard, at

if there's a reason he wasn't invited to the department of education the task force hasn't provided it. it raises the question of is this because dr. fauci has been one whosoever in the past hasn't been afraid to break with the president and say he doesn't agree with the assessment of where the nation stands when comes to coronavirus. >> the president is trashing the cdc school reopening guidelines. the cdc will update them? this raises questions whether reopening plans will be on science or politics. >> what's notable is the vice president directly tied it had to the president saying he felt the guidance so far was too tough. that's what he said today. it raises questions of why wasn't the president aware before the cdc posted the guidance. we asked the white house what is it exactly the president doesn't like at the guidance? when you look at it it's social distancing, refitting classrooms so students can social distance. new ventilation. and they only gave us one reason. that was for example students being urged by the guidance to bring lunch to school. which the white house said wa

department of education's new regulations and that only about 4% of students actually get financial relief. >>they rigged the system. again students. but simple. >>well in a statement, the department of education said that this is a sudden other grandstanding politically driven lawsuit meant to grab headlines. maintaining the new rules protect students from fraud and holds schools accountable. >>now to the south bay this morning, the young man was shot and killed in san jose it happened yesterday afternoon an afternoon along center road in the rock spring neighborhood just a few blocks from the dmv driver's license processing center. the young man was pronounced dead at the scene there's been no word on his identity or the motive when no suspects have yet to be identified. in the east bay store clerk is under arrest on suspicion of homicide after he shot and killed a homeless person. police say that he had tried to steal from a gas station alameda. it happened saturday night police say that when young weighing was the store clerk who opened fire after someone had reported the theft. police

it's incomprehensible to me that the department of education would exclude those students because they are part of the fabric of higher education bringing perspectives from around the world and around the country -- [inaudible] >> okay. well, i'm out of -- and thanks, thanks to all of our panelists for your responses and for your participation today. i yield back, madam chair. >> thank you. thank you, dr. adams. and i want to go back now to mr. norcross. is mr. norcross available? and then mr. castro. mr. castro, you have five minutes. >> thank you, chairwoman. thank you, chairwoman, and thank you to the panelists for your testimony today. >> okay, i am back -- [inaudible conversations] >> i had a few questions about what you believe the long-term impacts of covid-19 will be on higher education, and let me preface my question with this: when the pandemic broke, i had conversations with both superintendents in my district, k-12 the institutions and also leaders of the higher education institutions. our two-year colleges, community colleges and our four-year universities x. they all expr

with that, i want the secretary of education to reflect on the efforts she's making at the department of education, then we will hear from dr. redfield and a few wrapup comments from the secretary of hhs before we go to questions. sec. devos: thank you so much. thanks for hosting the task force today. we are so grateful to the president and you for your leadership on doing what is right for students. yesterday we had a really good and important conversation at the white house with local leaders and teachers and parents. noted, the past few months, parents have worn multiple hats. they really are unsung heroes. and as the vice president noted, the teachers are often playing dual roles as parents themselves , continuing to help their students learn. she also said that as we reopen businesses, restaurants, theaters, we can't lose out our schools. students can and must continue to learn full-time. i've been inspired by the innovative teachers, schools, and communities that have kept learning going, and they are getting ready to do it again. a couple of great examples in york, and academy

department of education's new regulations there is not a meaningful process and that only about 4% of students could get financial relief. >>they rigged the system. again students. >>flattened. >>in a statement the department of education says that this is another grandstanding politically driven lawsuit meant to grab headlines maintaining the new rules protect students from fraud and hold schools accountable. >>i whether time now as we get a check of the 4 zone forecast a live look outside at the embarcadero in san francisco where it is windy. yeah kron 4 meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez has a look at our forecast i'm a breeze. a high there going to be key and definitely breezy out there and also noticeably cloudy because of our know sky july andy >>seasonal temperatures out there today for daytime highs for your midweek forecast mid 60's for downtown san francisco. >>mid 70's for oakland and livermore little bit warm out there warming up to 90 degrees. but overall near average highs for most of the bay area to a degree or 2 from where we should be for this time of year and here's a l

>> one more question it has been disheartening to see much of the guidance from george's department of education with the cares act funding be used to prop up the old system and fill budget gaps rather than to directly support students in the spring and over the summer what is your view on how they utilize that money and how could any future funding support bill be crafted to more directly aid students? >> again i am definitely a federalist i know it understand the importance of the state and local communities and decision-making around education. also as administration have been very clear that this spring clearly unearthed a lot of realities. and how we have actually accomplished it for a number of years or not in some cases. it has helped to reveal what deficiencies we have and where we need to do better, or do things differently. my urging has been for educators at the local level to be very creative about how they use these funds to address what the needs are based on the downstream implications of the virus and the pandemic and all of the closures. but to use these funds creatively and in

fauci wasn't invited to the department of education, the task force, so far, has not provided it yet. but it, obviously, don, raises the question of is this because dr. fauci has been one, who so far, in the past, has not been one to break with the president. and says he doesn't agree where it comes to where the nation is with coronavirus. >> what happens? the cdc is now going to update them. i mean, this raises a lot of questions as to whether any reopening plans will be based on science, or whether it's going to be based on politics. >> yeah. and what's notable about how they are issuing that new guidance next week is the vice president directly tied it to the president saying he thought, so far, the guidance was too tough. that's what he said today when we were at that briefing. so it raises all these questions of why wasn't the president aware, before the cdc posted the guidance, as it is now? but today, we asked the white house what is it, exactly, that the president doesn't like about this guidance? because, when you look at it, it's social distancing, refitting classrooms so st

that was the department of education. they have a board and do different things. my view is, we have to work together. i want to work with all the school districts. if you look at the epidemic throughout florida, it's more severe in sums -- in some parts than others. we have to be guided by the evidence and the data and make sure we are putting the interest of kids first and given the parents the choices they deserve. >> [inaudible] gov. desantis: which lab was that? >> [inaudible] that's a great question. i think we went into this, all the labs were promising into phase one. we figured it be 72 hours. but the country is testing more than anywhere else. i think it's 700, 800,000 tests per day and the labs have gotten backed. emergency management is going through and making changes. while we debuted on friday in orange county was -- most of the people that are testing now don't have symptoms. maybe they were exposed, maybe they know a person that got it. 25% that are coming to our test sites are just curious. they don't know that they have been exposed, they want t

somebody who never should have been department of education secretary she doesn't have a background in education she's not someone who's ever served in any education capacity as a principal as a superintended as any type of school leader as a teacher nothing assistant teacher somebody who volunteered in a classroom to go on down the list she's never had the experience but she is someone who is wrote big checks to charter schools and we've seen over and over her you know need for privatization of schools but there's something else that is an undercurrent here when it comes to the priorities because as you know there are several acts that were designed from the federal level to give more money to public schools they care that the heroes that being among them those were never fully funded so k. $12.00 education is lacking a lot of funding from the federal level the local level and the state level and right now estimates show that it would take up to $500000000000.00 in allocation just for the special education needs of students to be met alone right now you know they're asking for $500000

department of education's new regulations and that only about 4% of students could actually get financial relief. >>they rigged the system. again students. flattened. >>well in a statement, the department of education said that this is just another grandstanding politically driven lawsuit meant to grab headlines. maintaining the new rules protect students from fraud and holds schools accountable. >>now to the south bay, a young man was shot and killed in san jose it happened yesterday afternoon along center road in the rock spring neighborhood just a few blocks from the dmv driver license a processing center. the young man was pronounced dead at the scene no word on his identity also no word on a motive and no suspects have yet to be identified. now in the east bay store clerk is under arrest on suspicion of homicide after he shot and killed a homeless person. police say that person had tried to steal from a gas station in alameda. it happened saturday night police say that when young wine was the store clerk at the time who opened fire after someone reported the theft. police say the lev

the white house coronavirus task force met at the department of education on our ongoing effort to save lives, meet the needs of our state and our healthcare workers, to protect the vulnerable and to safely reopen america and reopen america's schools. as you will hear today from admiral giroir, we have tested 39 million americans. among those, or than 3 million have tested positive and more than 1.3 million americans have recovered. 133,000re than americans have lost their lives and our sympathy is with all of the impacted families. because of what the american people have done, the extraordinary work of our healthcare workers around the country, we are encouraged that the average fatality rate continues to be low and steady. days earlier this week, it was 90% lower than at the height of the pandemic. again, it is a credit to the sacrifice the american people have made, the extraordinary work that healthcare workers are doing. forcedge that this task working in partnership with governors across the country will continue to work our hearts out 24 hours a day to continue to give our losse

in fact, he has noted you don't see him that much on tv and we was a press briefing at the department of education with the task force. and he was instructed not to g to the department of education. but to come here to the white house. and he told me heitasng in the situation room or about to sit in thsituation room because that's where he was told to go. to sort of join remotely. and that's significant because that made it impossible for him to be ere to answer questions from reporterieat that ng. erked only join the -- he could only join the meeting. meeting here at the white house. i'm told he did participate in that. but it does appearhat there is an effort to diminish his role. and i asked the white house earlier this week if they were retaating against himr contradiing -- for contradicting the president they said no. they said he had been on tvt abix times in as many weeks. now, that does not appear be -- be a very common occurrence. it does appear that his role has been diminished. at the same time he's contradicting the prtsident. ro i know if you're watching this live, there's a lot of br

but it seemed in comprehensive all to me that the department of education would exclude those tubes because they're part of the fabric of public education bringing perspectives from around the world and around the country. >> okay. i'm out of time. thanks to all of our panelists for your responses and for your participation today. i yield back. >> thank you. thank you, dr. adams. i want to go back now to mr. norcross. is mr. norcross available? >> and then mr. castro. mr. castro, you have five minutes. >> naked chairwoman. and thank you to the panelists for your testimony today -- thank you, chairwoman. [talking over each other] >> i had a few questions about what you believe the long-term impact of covid-19 will be on higher education and let the preface my question with this. when the pandemic broke i had conversation with both superintendents in my district, k-12 institutions and also leaders of the higher education institutions, our two-year colleges, and for your universities. they all expressed -- some different ones but, for example, many of the four-year universities said they were

and chancellor of the new york department of education. chancellor, let me start with you. the cdc guidelines that currently exist. i don't know if you have seen them. the cdc says they're just recommendations, you know, not mandatory. do you think they are too onerous or too difficult? and the notion that the cdc is now just going to redo them, because the president is -- thinks they're too tough. does that make sense to you, from a scientific standpoint? >> anderson, thanks for the opportunity. not at all. look. i'm an educator. i'm not a physician. i don't play a physician on tv. we depend on the guidance that we're getting from the cdc and public health officials. to make sure that we're being safe, as we go forward. we are depending on science, not science fiction, in terms of how our students will come back to in-person learning. so those are not recommendations. they're not just off-the-cuff things. we're taking them very seriously. every word. every syllable of that guidance is like gold for us because, literally, the lives of children and adults are depending on th

department of education's new regulations there is not a meaningful process and that only about 4% of students could get financial relief. >>they rigged the system. again students. flattened. >>in a statement the department of education says this is another grandstanding politically driven lawsuit meant to grab headlines, maintaining the new rules protect students from fraud. and it holds schools accountable. >>sara feels city schools will begin the school year with online learning guidelines include starting the year august 20th with remote learning and a phased in return to campus the district is also holding weekly meetings to plot details. task forces will prevent present their recommendations to the board of education on july 28th and also at a town hall meeting on july 30th, a final decision on a plan will be made on august 3rd. another condemned inmate at san quentin has died from coronavirus complications, 64 year-old jeffrey hawkins died at a hospital today. >>hawkins is a convicted killer who was on death row. now 11 inmates at the prison have died from covid-19. another bel

[applause] change.e for real , i willpresident eliminate the department of education and give more choiceo students, teachers, and parents. particularly in impoverished areas. [applause] we have a large and beautiful country. people in different parts of the country have different needs. they should have control over their educational system. we must end this one-size-fits-all system that the federal government has forced upon us. it's time for real change. [applause] in this time of uncertainty, americans don't need or want someone to rule over them. i've had many roles throughout my career. rewardingeen more than being on the campaign trail , speaking to people who are simply tired of the failures in washington. [applause] todaylicies as outlined aren't about theories. they are about the middle-class worker who has to decide whether to buy medicine or pay rent. they are about the soldier, deployed to a foreign land for no good reason. and the people living there who feel like their country is being occupied. they are about the millennial who feels that the damage done to the environment

department's budget. that includes hundreds of millions of dollars for overtime pay, and safety to the department of education. some say they can't still go far enough. protesters threatening to stay at camps outside of city hall. here is the cover of our corporate because of "the new york post." our coverage of this our live outside of city hall and lower manhattan. >> good afternoon. you can see right behind me hundreds of protesters are still here camped out. no sign of leaving just yet. despite that budget passing last night we did just speak to one of the organizers who said one of the groups will be leaving, but they will continue to support anyone who wants to stay and there might be dozens of people who do want to stay. we just don't know how this encampment will be allowed to continue. last night protesters started building barriers in the middle of the street to keep police out. three of those protesters were taken into custody. no word on charges yet. this as a new budget passed, about a billion dollars to the nypd. that includes elimination of the classes and also reducing overtime spending. it co

jorgensen as she highlights some of the specifics of the party's platform including eliminating the education department and withdrawing all u.s. troops stationed abroad. >> change happens one gesture, one person, one moment in time. words of wisdom based on her life experience. when she was 14, her dad announced he was gay. because he was a presbyterian minister, he remained in the closet to the rest of the world. it would not be for another 25 years the supreme court would strike down laws banning gay sexual activities. weeks after her high school graduation, she was in a car accident. 13 surgeries to reconstruct her face, including an artificial eye. graduation, she graduated from college. she graduated in 1988. moved in with her friend and his same-sex partner. when the landlord came by, she pretended to be ed's girlfriend out of fear they could be evicted. just for being gay. over the course of the next two years, she lost her friend and her father to hiv-aids. back then people called it a gay cancer. but she persevered. her first book, a great and terrible beauty, became the first of a trilogy of

responsibility honoring the homeless in school safety officers away from the nypd and the department of education and critics like the congresswoman alexandria ocasio cortez who said this was not the kind of cut they believed they needed and wanted and aoc saying this, quote, the funding police means defending police, it doesn't mean moving school police officers from the nypd budget to the department of education budget so the exact same police remain in schools. bill diblasio responded to aoc this morning. >> is just wrong. the facts are we took money from the nypd, put it into youth programs, where reducing the size of the nypd but in a way that can keep us safe. we found a way to keep patrol strength consistent and keep people safe while saving a lot of money and reducing overtime costs. >> on top of all of this the nypd to commissioner says there were 18 shootings in one day this past weekend and shooting some gone up 50% compared to this time last year. crime is up, these budget cuts will make things significantly more challenging for the nypd. >> thank you. the boston i community voted una

the department of education and department of health to spot checks around the state and they do thategularly. and meaningfully. we are living up to the local superintendents and their principles and educators and administrators. we have no reason to believe that they can't do that. they are outstanding professionals. mr. costa: if those local leaders have discretion over how to enforce those guidelines, who will have discretion in terms of shutting down schools if necessary? is that still in your hands or is that a local decision? gov. murphy: it is really both. when we shut schools in march, many of the districts, with our blessing, had already submitted their plans of closure before we made the statewide decision. we wanted to get that decision right. we have to remember, there is an norm us -- well, there is a huge public health reality. there is also a lot of kids in our state who rely on schools for their only hotmail of the day. there are a lot of kids that don't have access to a device or internet access. as long as we can be responsible on the public-health front, in addition

clearly the department of education, the department of health, can do and does spot checks around the state, and they do that regularly and meaningfully, but we are leaving it up to the local superintendents and principals and educators and administrators to execute the plan. we have no reason to believe they can't do that. bob: if those local leaders and administrators have discretion over how to enforce and work those guidelines, who will have discretion in terms of shutting down schools if necessary? is that still in your hands as governor or a local decision? gov. murphy: it is both. when we shut schools in march, many of the school districts had already submitted their plans of closure before we made the statewide decision to shut down completely. we have to remember, there is an and or miss -- while there's a huge public health reality, there's also a lot of kids in our state who rely on schools for their only hot meal of the day. a lot of kids in the state don't have access to a device or internet access, so that had to aspart of the plans, and long as we can be responsible in