that insidious theory is being endorsed by the arizona department of education and the department's equity tool kit claims that babies can show signs of racism at three months old, and that white children at age five remain strongly in favor of whiteness. joining me now is a journalist. who uncovered this propaganda. taxpayer dollars are plans and lessons. >> that's exactly right. they are essenti perpetuate the ideology of the new racial politics telling people that not only is the average citizen a racist but babies can become racist by three months old and develop into full-blown racist by age four or five. this is not only counterfactual or unscientific it goes against everything most americans believe. it's ridiculous but it's also insidious. it's worked its way into the department of education in arizona that i'll remind you, has a republican governor and republican legislature. >> laura: i want everyone to see this. the arizona department of education also recommends this huffington post piece that says white parents can and should begin addressing issues of race and racism early. a

in addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the department of education for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, $39,584,570,000, to remain available through september 30, 2023, for making allocations to institutions of higher education in accordance with the same terms and conditions of section 314 of the coronavirus response and relief supplemental appropriations act, 2021 (division m of public law 116-260), except that- (1)subsection (a)(1) of such section 314 shall be applied by substituting "91 percent" for "89 percent"; (2)subsection (a)(2) of such section 314 shall be applied- (a) in the matter preceding subparagraph (a), by substituting "under the heading 'higher education' in the department of education appropriations act, 2020" for "in the further consolidated appropriations act, 2020 (public law 116-94)"; and (b)in subparagraph (b), by substituting "under the heading 'higher education' in the department of education appropriations act, 2020" for "in the further consolidated appropriations act, 2020 (public l

reporter: i have a question on the department of education order. in the interim, will this administration continue to enforce the devos-trump era rules? and how quickly will the review take place? and when can we expect implementation of any changes? jenn: the executive order asks the secretary of education to rescind or revoke anything immediately. it also makes clear the secretary should work as quickly as practical-- practicable. reporter: [indiscernible] they banned transgender athletes from participating in girls or women sports team. does the council do anything to address what's happening on local levels like this? or is this just one or many things that seem to be going throughout right now? jenn: we have the tools we have right now which are federal laws and the bully pulpit and clarity about our policy and values and we will be working really closely across the white house, as i said, with the domestic policy council, in particular, and the national security council, by the way, on a series of issues. reporter: you were on that trip to the

it's bizarre that it is just completely bizarre and unfair the people and you will run the department of education and you've got no problem with that? that concerns me. i think this kind of thing will lead to really just the vast majority of america wondering who are these people to think it is okay and from what planet are you from to think it is okay the boys would compete with girls and a track meet and that somehow would be fair. i wonder where feminists are on this and i wonder where the people who supported women's sports are on this? will be all be okay with a hulking 6'4" wrestling against girls and it just makes no sense whatsoever and so i think the fact that you seem to be afraid to answer the question or you basically do answer it by saying it's okay without saying it's okay really is a statement to a real problem we have and a disconnect between what middle america and what most americans actually believe. i think most democrats don't believe girls run in the boys track meets or boys should run in the girls track meets so i'm disappointed in the answer and i just can imagine that we

enjoying the president, vice president, along with many students, teachers and staff at the department of education's national safe reopening summit this afternoon. during the summit, we will continually important dialogue of school reopening and hear first-hand experience from school administrators, teachers, staff and students about how they have been able to successfully get back to in person learning. i look forward to learning from the participants and engaging with her educational partners in a critical work. thank you and i will turn things over to dr. fauci. >> thank you very much. i would like to spend a couple of minutes now talking about something i introduced at a prior briefing and that is the ultimate effectiveness of the vaccines that are being administered. as i mentioned previously, we now have threeeu vaccinesa that have shown a high degree of efficacy in randomized placebo controlled trials. right now, as the weeks go by, we see more and more and not only are these vac is -- vaccines efficacious but in the community, they are extremely effective in preventing infection with sarsc w

religious exception allows schools to discriminate against lgbtq students a spokesperson for the department of educationen administration is committed to equal education access to all students. >>> a star of the reality tv show "real housewives of salt lake city," jen shah, was arrested over allegations of wire fraud and a telemarketing scheme between 2012 and this year, it is alleged shah and an assistant conspired to defraud older and computer-illiterate people by selling services that were non-existent. >>> one giant leap for nasa's mission on mars. nasa's jet propulsion lab tweeted the ingenuity helicopter, stored underneath the rover, is ready for a safe touchdown on the red planet. it'll be at least another week before ingenuity takes to the skies above mars nasa says its first flight, which would be the first of its mind on mars, will be no earlier than april 8th. >>> in texas, the latest spacex prototype of the rocket was destroyed tuesday. it happened during a landing attempt after a clean launch t there was thick fog. the faa is overseeing an investigation. >>> pet owners, listen up. the new f

jen: first, the proclamation was written by the department of education and you can certainly speak to them about more specifics about the drafting of it. but read across america day, which you're right, has not existed forever, it's only been around for a short period of time, elevates and celebrates a love of reading among our nation's youngest leaders. and the day is also a chance to celebrate diverse authors whose work and lived experience reflect the divert of our country. that's certainly -- diversity of our country. that's certainly what they attempted to do or hoped to do this year and as we celebrate the love of reading and uplift diverse authors, it's especially important that we ensure all children can see themselves represented and celebrated in the books that they read. reporter: did the omission have anything to do with the controversy about the lack of diverse characters in the author's book? jen: again, i think it is important that children of all backgrounds see themselves in the children's books that they read. but i would point you to the department of education for

. >> first proclamation was written by the department of education and you could them about more specifics about the drafting of the butt read across america day with your right has not existed forever, as only been around for a short training of time to celebrate the love of reading among our nation's youngest readers and today is also a chance to celebrate diverse authors whose work and lived experience reflect the diversity of our country and that's what they attempted to do or hope to do this year. as we celebrate the love of reading and uplift representative authors it's especially important that we ensure all children can see themselves represented and celebrated in books . >> does the omission have anything to do with the controversy about the lack of diverse characters in the authors books? >> i think it's important that children of all backgrounds see themselves in the children's books that theyread but i would point you to the department of education for any more details on the writing of the proclamation .>>. >> i expect will have a statement out on maybe being able to speak abo

that is three times the budget of the department of education. and they're still not ready? n the country, and yet the kids aren't in school. what are they -- where's that money been going? >> well, i will tell you the bill that we passed in december as well included $70 billion which, as you stated, is equivalent to the entirety, more than is the entirety of a year's worth of department of education funding x. as you just is stated, over $150 billion for the, in the recent bill. the money is there. you know, many mistakes were made during the course of this pandemic. but the idea is to learn from the mistakes quickly and respond. ironically, our schools are where the learning is not taking place. very sadly almost 50%, 45% of the public schools in pennsylvania remain fully remote. yet the private schools, over 90%, are in-person. we have a problem here. people need to address it, and we need to fix it. it's not a state-by-state thing either. rhode island, rhode island has been open since the fall. a blue state, if you will. texas and florida are are in, are in just as good o

department of education shows 47% of 4th graders nationwide are back in the classroom full time but california trails with 18%. reopening continues to be a divisive issue at san ramone valley unified. >> i have heard them vilified and all sorts of things. >> you need to let the students that need to go back to in person learning the opportunity to be on campus. >> there has been a lot of us and them. it's gotten really nasty. >> reporter: san ramone unified serves more than 32,000 students. kpix5's emily turner will have more with details on today's reopening in our next half hour. >>> also happening today in the east bay, berkeley students returning to the classroom. the school district will first welcome back youngest students up to 2nd grade. upper elementary and middle school students are set to return april 12 followed by high school on april 15. in santa rosa they're scheduled to return for hybrid learning starting thursday. elementary will return first. middle and high school will likely return at the end of next month. >>> millions demanding justice for george floyd get their day in co

second directs the department of education to review all of its existing regulations, orders, guidance and policies for consistency with the administration policy to guarantee education free from sexual violence. to talk about these orders we are thrilled to have two newly named cochairs of the policy counsel, the chief of staff the first lady, the ambassador of the united states to uruguay 2012 to 2014 and served as the deputy assistant secretary for state and central america human affairs and in addition to being the cochair and a board member of the international center for research they have very busy days so i will be the bad cop but they are happy to take questions. so with that, come on up. i'm the chief of staff and cochair of the newly established gender policy counsel a legend in this field for the executive orders for gender equality and equity throughout the federal government. [speaking spanish] the first executive order established the policy counsel in the executive office of the president and when explicit role in both domestic and foreign policy development. we know th

the second order is aimed at addressing sexual violence on college campuses, asking the department of education to review current policies. >>> time for a check of the weather with mary lee. >> showers are coming across the north bay. on hi-def doppler, you can see activity lightening up and you can see wet weather pushing across the north bay for parts of occidental and over at petaluma. continuing through the day, we have unsettled weather with hit or miss showers and we have a live look with the salesforce tower, with patches of blue and some clouds, as well. temperatures mainly in the mid- 50s. we are cooler compared to yesterday, running one degree to four degrees cooler, even nine degrees colder in fairfield compared to yesterday. a breezy afternoon with current sustained wind and looking at 60-mile per hour winds out of the south at sfo and 10 in oakland with 21-mile per hour wind in napa and 16 for fairfield. the cold upper-level low is bringing unsettled weather to the bay area with a new work week. shower chances today, tomorrow and wednesday. hour by hour on futurecast, hit or miss w

. >> a question on the department of education. in the interim, will this administration continued to enforce the trump error rules, and how quickly will it -- will the review tape play and when can we expect implementation of changes? jennifer: the executive order asks the secretary of education whether to can send or revoke anything immediately and it also makes clear that the secretary should work as quickly as practical to take action. >> the legislature passed a law that banned transgender athletes in mississippi from participating in girls or women sports. does the council do anything to address what is happening on local levels like this, this is just one of many states that seem to be going this route right now. >> we have the tools which we have which are federal laws and the bully pulpit and priority about our policies and values and we will be working closely across the white house with the domestic policy council in particular in the national security council on a series of equity issues. >> you are on that trip to the b

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. >> new data from the department of education shows that 75% of schools were open for full-time or hybrid learning as of february, but the numbers also show significant gaps in access, especially for communities of color. >>> santa rosa police looking into what caused the deadly crash at a homeless encampment near roberts avenue. two men were apparently having an argument, one got in his car, ran over a woman and crashed into a tent. the suspect took off before officers arrived. >>> tugboats are working to free a massive container ship stuck in egypt's canal. the vessel was en route to the netherlands when it knocked off course, strong wind and a sandstorm created low visibility and poor navigation. the ship, at 400 meters is almost as long as the empire state building is tall. once it is reef loaded it will likely be towed to the nearest port. >>> houston, we've got a problem. not an easy task to get that reef loaded. puts all the stuff that's parked in the bay into perspective. >> i will never complain about parallel parking. >> let's take a look at what's happening whether wise. a stor

>> reporter: that all the proper protocols are in place as you can imagine, but the department of educationpriority is going to be testing that every week 20% of the students and staff are randomly going to be selected to have covid-19 testing. now, of course, you do interest to sign that consent form, but along with in-person learning there's going to be emphasis on competitive sports returning to the high schools. this will take place beginning in may, but the proper protocols once again in place including masks, but they are also saying they want to try to move all of these sports outdoors as much as possible. there will be no spectators to begin, and locker rooms will be specifically prohibited. you know, we have to remember the new york city school district is the largest in the country. there are 488 high schools, 55,000 students and 17,000 staff. they will all be returning to the classroom march 22nd, but the department of education says that .57 is the positivity rate currently in the public schools, very small and mayor de blasio says the emotional toll on students not being in the

regain our nation's trust around re-establish faith in the leadership of our educational community at the very top in the department of education. he is someone who will put students back on their feet in their confidence and their trust in education. he is someone who will put teachers, parents, and students first, above special interests because he has lived american education as the american dream. in connecticut he has seen first hand in his own life how education can transform futures and enable all of us through our children to live the american dream just as he has done. and he will do it in a way that is inclusive, that respects the drive for racial justice because he has lived that movement in his own life, the movement for racial justice to end disparities and inequities is part of miguel a. cardona's agenda because it's in his life, it's in his d.n.a. and it's part of his life and his family. and that is why i am so proud of his success but also his vision and his dedication to the future of american education. i urge my colleagues to vote yes for his confirmation. you will be proud you did just as i am

. >> is there a clearing house at the department of education, and look, i know you're just a few days on the job. is there a clearing house? will there be a clearing house for best practices? so for instance, my relatives who are in school tin texas and my relatives who are in school in florida are able to have their schools that are doing this and it is working with mitigation efforts. let me underline that. with mitigation efforts. so that my relatives who are in california can benefit from what is going on in these other states. if the department of education is not already doing that, and i don't know if they were doing it under secretary devos. will you continue doing that so schools can learn from each other? >> that's a great point. the answer is yes, definitely. in a few weeks, before the end of march, we'll have a national summit on school reopening. we'll have experts and as you mentioned, districts that have found success doing this. talking to other districts and sharing their best practices but also sharing the challenges that they had so we can learn from those districts

does the department of education know how many kids are in school, how many are in part-time school, how many are in remote school, just as a way of starting to figure out what targets you want to hit? >> yes, thank you for having me. yes, we know that 76% of the students in pre-k through 8 are at least hybrid. 45% are full in person in school as of now, but we have a ways to go. >> so you got 45% full-time in the school. what is -- are there goals about what you want to see happen in the next few months in terms of numbers? >> you know, chris, really, i want to make sure that we have opportunities for all students to reengage in in-person learning this spring. you know, if we're prioritizing vaccinations, we're following those mitigation strategies, where now there's $10 billion for surveillance testing, and we know based on what we've seen that schools can be safe if the mitigation strategies are followed, we can do it, and i really want us to try to for 100%. i'm pleased with the progress that we're making now. i just think we need to keep our foot on the gas. >> there has been an

he signed that executive order this morning, along with a directive aimed at the department of education, asking it to undo some of the title ix policy changes made under the trump administration. president biden will also appear today with two generals, both women, one from the air force, one from the army, that the pentagon had asked be promoted to four-star generals. biden has approved that. now the senate has to approve that as well. we're also waiting for more news on the stimulus. the senate passed its version over the weekend. it has to approve that. the house does, rather. and then it could be on biden's desk by late tuesday with money going out shortly thereafter. >> they're coming soon! they'll be here in about two weeks, give or take a few days, so people won't have to wait months and months and months. it will be right in their pockets. >> we also learned thisng that republican senator roy blunt of missouri, a key part of the republican leadership in the senate, has decided not to run again. he will step down at the end of his term. he is the fifth republican senator to do so

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first lady and secretary cardona along with many k-12 students, teachers and staff at the department of education'sit this afternoon. during the summit we'll continue the important dialogue of school reopening and hear firsthand experience from school administrators, teachers, staff and students about how they have been able to successfully get back to in-person learning. i look forward to learning from the participants and engaging with our educational partners in our critical work. thank you. i'll now turn things over to dr. fauci. >> thank you very much dr. walensky. i'd like to spend just a couple minutes now talking about something that i introduced at a prior briefing, and that is the ultimate effectiveness of the vaccines that are being administered. as i mentioned previously, we now have three eua vaccines that have shown a high degree of efficacy in randomized placebo-controlled trials. right now, as the weeks go by, we see more and more that not only are the vaccines efficacious, but in the community, they're extremely effective in preventing infection with sars-cov-2. i'm going to presen

results in as little as 15 minutes by next now tests are currently use that the california department of education's 3 schools for the blind in death in order to return students back to the classroom. so we want to do is. >>interrupt the ability of the virus to spread from student to teacher a teacher teacher teacher to student or teacher to staff, whatever it's interrupting the spread that is the goal of this schools all across the state can participate in the program, but officials say they're particularly interested in those within the hardest hit communities the bottom line is as long as there are covid cases in the community. they are going to be cases locking into schools, it's unavoidable. >>in a scenario where you have multiple cases in a school setting the question is always did friend happen within our walls or action protocols working or is there something you need to improve. >>the california teachers association agrees with superintendent thurmond cta president ito be boyd issued a statement saying in part quote asymptomatic testing is one key component to providing stability as more sc

reporter: i have a question on the department of education order. in the interim, will this administration continue to enforce the devos-trump era rules? and how quickly will the review take place? and when can we expect implementation of any changes? jenn: the executive order asks the secretary of education to rescind or revoke anything immediately. it also makes clear the secretary should work as quickly as practical -- practicable. reporter: [indiscernible] they banned transgender athletes from participating in girls or women sports team. does the council do anything to address what's happening on local levels like this? or is this just one or many things that seem to be going throughout right now? jenn: we have the tools we have right now which are federal laws and the bully pulpit and clarity about our policy and values and we will be working really closely across the white house, as i said, with the domestic policy council, in particular, and the national security council, by the way, on a series of issues. reporter: you were on that trip to th

we are workinglosely with the department of education and others to put forward a national testing strategy for schools. >> in terms of your question about medical supplies in the suez canal, we will get back to you if we hear differently. there are none that i am aware of and we did not have to send people over to dig the ship out. we were able to keep people focused on getting vaccinated. let's go to the next question. let me add one thing about the schools and the testing. i should remind everybody that last week, we asked $10 billion in new testing dedicated directly to schools. we now have the resources thanks to congress and the bill signed by the president to be able to vaccinate children on a weekly basis -- basis. that testing capability is there. the testing resource centers are available and the testing is there. in addition to what dr. wilensky said. next question. >> thank you for taking my question. i wanted to follow up with dr. fauci. what do you think about the decision yesterday by the german regulators to restrict the use of astrazeneca's vaccine in people under 30 becaus

the second order is aimed at addressing sexual violence on college campuses, after the department of educationview its current policies. the president, vice president and defense secretary celebrated the nomination of two women to top defense leadership positions. army lieutenant general laura richardson to lead u.s. southern command, and air force general jacqueline van ovals to lead u.s. transportation. >> they have been tested under the most difficult circumstances and they are proven leaders. >> it confirmed it will be a first two women serving as combatant commanders at the very same time. >>> the air force is the highest number of women in the armed services. >> at travis air force base reporter rachel wulff caught up with a couple of women working two jobs while serving our country. >> it means a lot. >> reporter: she appreciates a day in her honor. >> it is nice to know that there are people that think about us and the work that we have put in, not just here, not just wearing this uniform but in general. >> reporter: she is responsible for new recruits, overseeing hands-on training for

department of education and then the state department of education response to the federal guidance around testing. i think commissioners are aware that president matthews has put a pause on our state testing here at sfusd until after the next meeting of the state board of ed. which is march 17th i believe. so we can discern what is happening there. i'm happy to provide more detail. finally, we looked at some specific legislation and took position in support of two bills both by -- sb14, which would add mental or behavioral health for reason to receive absences statewide. we would add mental health as valid for student absence. sb224 which would require mental health education. one in middle school and one in high school. next month's rules committee meeting we'll be going more in-depth on other bills and determining whether we'll be taking a position. >> president lopez: thank you. we usually have a competition to see which committee is the best. >> it's clearly rules? [laughter] >> president lopez: coming up is vice president collins report out on our report of the whole from last week.

girls had videos of themselves singing on social media that comes after the kabul regions department of education said female students over the age of 12 could no longer perform in front of mixed audiences women's rights groups said it was reminiscent of the days of taliban rule. or england's football association has apologised to survivors of child sexual abuse after a report found it did not do enough to protect children the independent review took 4 years to complete and focused on historical claims of abuse between 197-2005 the report says there were at least 240 suspects and 692 survivors chief executive mark bowling them says the f.a. has no excuse for its failings. this is al jazeera and these are the headlines tanzania's president john legere fairly has died aged 61 africa's most prominent coronavirus skeptic hadn't been seen in public since february and there was speculation about his health the government says he died from heart failure brazil has reported yet another day of record corona virus infections as the crisis escalates it was already the 2nd worst .

am my song girl videos of themselves singing on social media comes after the couple region department of education said female students over the age of 12 could no longer performed in front of audiences women's rights groups that it was reminiscent of the days of. the top stories tanzania's president john michael hooley has died at the age of 61 africa's most prominent coronavirus skeptic hadn't been seen in public since february and there was speculation about his health the government says he died from heart failure catherine soy has more says the vice president announced his death on live television and she said that the president fell ill on the 4th that's when he was hospitalized he had had complications the president had had issues for quite a while for 10 years now so she said he was hospitalized but he got better and a few days after that he was discharged but then when he situation wasn't he was readmitted at the hospital and then a hospital in the copy told directly and that's where he died early this evening she also declared 14 days of mourning so i think right now even if it doesn't q

our involves, department of education, will allocate the money to those school districts. and they can use it for things like tutors, training for teachers, family support programs, making sure that students have access to computers. the gamut of things, even for staffing for summer school programs to help offset learning gapsro t pandicerti you one of our rul rdyio athat.he s catch up students in terms of all that they lost by not having in-cla learning? he asked, summer sessions is one possibility. but he asked about longer days? or is it a combination. you know, what do you think, how and see going to look like? >> every school district makes their own decision about their calendar. so they can make decisions about a longerdy day, summer school being more reo robust. but $4.6 billion gives them the money they need to support the planning how to pull that off to pay for the staffing. if you're doing a longer school day that's more staffing costs. right now my office is working with all ever our educator groups, lerpgt groups, advocacy groups to talk about what summer need

results in as little as 15 minutes by next now tests are currently use that the california department of education's 3 schools for the blind in death in order to return students back to the classroom. so we want to do is. >>interrupt the ability of the virus to spread from student to teacher a teacher teacher teacher to student or teacher to staff, whatever it's interrupting the spread that is the goal of this schools all across the state can participate in the program, but officials say they're particularly interested in those within the hardest hit communities. the bottom line is as long as there are covid cases in the community. they are going to be cases walking into schools is unavoidable. >>in a scenario where you have multiple cases in a school setting the question has always done friend happen within our walls or action protocols working or is there something you need to improve. >>the california teachers association agrees with superintendent thurmond cta president ito be boyd issued a statement saying in part quote asymptomatic testing is one key component to providing stability as more sc

depart of education has defended the teacher it is never acceptable to threaten or intimidate teachers we encourage dialogue between parents and schools when he she has emerged schools are free to include a full range of issues ideas and materials in their curriculum including where they are challenging a controversial subject or they obligations to ensure political balance outrage over a similar case in france last october led to the brutal murder of samuel party a history teacher in paris he was beheaded by a terrorist after showing cartoons of the prophet muhammad to his people's. uncles and one of our competitors was murdered because he thought our compassionate was the victim of an islamist terror attack. to india from christian concern among political and social commentator a lot forms over the issues. this could be very easily turning into some kind of a powder keg and you do not throw that matches into such things we've seen in france and in many european countries the rise of the far right we've seen some 2 tiers of the right system pushing against islam pushing against muslim

girls shared videos of themselves singing on social media it comes after the kabul region's department of education said female students over the age of 12 could no longer perform in front of mixed audiences women's rights groups said it was reminiscent of the days of taliban rule. was. there again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera tanzania has declared 14 days of mourning after the death of president john michael fully officials say the 61 year old suffered a heart failure but opposition leaders have said he was sick with covered 19 catherine soy has more from nairobi this is devastating news to me time and the very shook.

the previous department of education was customer unfriendly in trying to get people into the right programs to get their loans forgiven and stated a philosophical objection. one of the officials said why would we want to give an incentive to work in public service rather than the private sector. do you have recommendations in here about the way we can take the variety of programs that congress has done to provide incentives for people to go into different kinds of public service and a make them more streamlined and b communicate them better so students and their families have the information at their hands as they make decisions? >> senator, thank you. great question. we have a series of recommendations through each of the topic areas, military, national and public, as well as cross cutting recommend deputy attorney generals on how do we tie them all together. our recommendations involves around awareness, aspiration and access. we have to make sure people are aware of the opportunities out there for them. once they are aware they need to aspire to participate and then they have to have a p

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girl said videos of themselves singing on social media it comes after the couple regions department of education said female students over the age of 12 could no longer perform in front of mixed audience says women's rights groups said it was reminiscent of the days of taliban ball. was. the at. the again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera tanzania has declared 14 days of mourning after the death of president john michael foley officials say the 61 year old suffered a heart failure but opposition leaders have said he was sick with covered 19 catherine soy has more from my body this is devastating news to me kindly and very shock it all getting about people in basses in different moods of transport as they go about their business as they start their day to day but it doesn't and highly as a super crimes president michael really went missing in actually late february when people saw you missing this being the result of concerns it was a lot of unflattering teach in tanzania people are asking where is the president. now the news u.s. secretary of state antony blinken has china to

my song had videos of themselves singing on social media it comes after the couple regions department of education said female students over the age of 12 could no longer perform in front of mixed audiences. that this is al jazeera and these are the headlines tanzania's president john magaw fairly has died aged 61 africa's most prominent coronavirus skeptic hadn't been seen in public since february and there was speculation about his health the government says he died from heart failure secretary of state anthony blinken says the united states will complete its north korea policy review in the coming weeks and that both pressure and diplomatic options are on the table he made those comments after meeting with his south korean counterpart in seoul and also discussed prime real clear. consistent. for its commitments and we spoke about aggression before time because you are challenging stability security should. beijing's actions make forging a common approach among our allies and our port at a time when we're seeing a rebirth of democracy and human rights around the world including in burma where th

girls share videos of themselves singing on social media comes after the couple regions the department of education said female students over the age of 12 could no longer performed in front of mixed audiences women's rights groups that it was reminiscent of the days of the taliban rule. but how fast they are these are the top stories tanzania's president john mica fully has died at the age of 61 africa's most prominent coronavirus skeptic hadn't been seen in public since february and there was speculation about his health the government says he died from heart failure catherine soy has more says the vice president announce.

department of education and then the state department of education response to the federal guidance around testing. i think commissioners are aware that president matthews has put a pause on our state testing here at sfusd until after the next meeting of the state board of ed. which is march 17th i believe. so we can discern what is happening there. i'm happy to provide more detail. finally, we looked at some specific legislation and took position in support of two bills both by -- sb14, which would add mental or behavioral health for reason to receive absences statewide. we would add mental health as valid for student absence. sb224 which would require mental health education. one in middle school and one in high school. next month's rules committee meeting we'll be going more in-depth on other bills and determining whether we'll be taking a position. >> president lopez: thank you. we usually have a competition to see which committee is the best. >> it's clearly rules? [laughter] >> president lopez: coming up is vice president collins report out on our report of the whole from last week.

of work done by our administration. educators, parents, local educators, a recent department of education survey shows nearly hatch of the are open full time five days a week for in-person learning. jesse: biden bragging less than half of the k-8 schools are open. that's not something to be proud of. teachers are still refusing to teach in california, los angeles, oakland and san francisco. schools got from they wanted from jumping vaccine lines to billions of dollars. chicago public schools still aren't open. the cdc says social distancing in classrooms should be 3 feet instead of 6. that's good news, right? no. the teachers union says they are not convinced by the cdc science. maybe they are busy trying to indoctrinate our school children to read the research. "the washington post" published, a social justice guide for tadlers in the era of black lives matter and the #metoo movement. a drag queen story time. a box of toys and books to get rid of bias from kids as young as 2. and a workshop to promote black activism. joining us, bill bennett. you said something on "watters' world" a month and a half ago. i said note all

the bill that we're introducing today would prevent the department of education from rejecting applicationsimply on the basis of formatting criteria. this is a commonsense reform that will prevent unnecessary bureaucratic obstacles in the future. we should be making sure that federal funds get out the door efficiently and focus on the students they are meant to serve. madam president, i've met so many maine trio students and have loved learning about their dreams for the future. one of them is a priest who serves in skowhegan, maine. neither of his parents went beyond the eighth grade. he, through the encouragement of the upward-bound program, went to dartmouth and then on to the seminary and is now a priest. let me tell you about another outstanding individual -- jason judd. jason grew up in athens, maine, a very small community. jason said, i knew that education was the only way i could escape poverty. upward-bound taught me how to be successful in education and encouraged me to pursue my passions. jason is a first-generation college graduate. with the support of upward-bound, he went to

and if confirmed, i would be very excited to work with my counterpart at the department of education so that education and labor priorities from the workforce perspective are aligned. >> do i have any time left? >> no, you are two minutes over. >> it seemed that way. >> secretary, thank you for your role in this service. i'm a person that comes from the small business sector and i remember growing up as a kid earning less than minimum wage and becoming an employer forced to pay more than the minimum wage yours is very concerning to me what the impact of the president's policies will be on small business owners but more importantly, small business employees having been an independent contractor myself for seven years of my professional life i will say without question some of the things i enjoyed about being an independent contractor is the ability to have a flexible work schedule to decide when i come in and go out and one of the things that stands in the way of that is it seems to me if you are a champion of small businesses your position as a champion not just an enforcer but a loc

oh, the department of education, they're in charge of teaching you the basics, like where to hide duringn't teach you shit, which is why i'm here teaching you on my day off. they could have more funding, but america needs that money for the defense department. they're the ones out there enforcing the american empire so you can maintain your way of life. oh, y'all didn't think i was gonna get real, did you? (scoffs) if you're a male over the age of 18, the military will make you register for the draft, but not if you're a woman. and that's fine with me. i'm the kind of feminist that wants to be a ceo, not a gunnery sergeant. and that's basically most of government you interact with. there's other agencies-- you got the epa, fema, the deep state, but we'll get to them another time. right now, i gotta go get my license. (camera charging) (shutter clicks) (newsreel reporter) journalism is an incredibly important profession, according to most journalists. and it's easier than ever to be a journalist. you just have to be the son of a journalist or the son of a journalist, or the son of a journ

now thanks to the enormous amount of work done by our administration educators parents woke all state education officials and leaders recent department of education survey shows that nearly half of the k. through 8 schools are open now full time 5 days a week from person learning not yet a majority but we're really close and i believe in the 35 days left to go we'll meet that goal as well. as of yesterday more than $100000000.00 payments of $1400.00 have gone into people's bank accounts that's real money in people's pockets pretty relief instantly almost and millions more will be getting their money very soon one final note since we passed the american rescue plan we're starting to see new signs of hope in our economy since it was passed a majority a majority of economic forecasters have significantly increased their projections on the economic growth that's going to take place this year they're now projected it will exceed 6 percent a 6 percent growth in g.d.p. and just this morning we learned the number of people filing for weekly unemployment insurance fell by nearly 100000 persons just the 1st time any year the numbers fall and b