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ededs. welcome to newsroom. classes resume this month with distw ce learning as the normal education. everyone agrees it is not an ideal situation but there is le ss concurrence on how to make the best of thisn.bad situat school districts throughout the state have been preparing for a more robust online education program than they could offer in the spring when the pandemic for struck. at that time teacrs and parents struggled with distance learning from simply getting online to getting assignments done. tonight we consider the challenges and opportunities the new school year brings, when instruction shifts online. joining me now via skype is our senior editor of education julia mcavoy. also joining us his doctor alicia smith the executive director of e education trust west. thank you both for joining us. >> it to be here. >> julia let's start with you. most of california's schoolchildren are going back to school this month but online only. there is a process to get a waiver for elementary school ds. can you teus about the criteria? >> schools and districts which are in counties where

ededs. welcome to newsroom. classes resume this month with distw ce learning as the normal education.l situation but there is le ss concurrence on how to make the best of thisn.bad situat school districts throughout the state have been preparing for a

edwards and erin haynes, editor at large of a newsroom reporting effort at the intersection of gender, politics and policy. congresswoman, you write in a new op-ed't matter whether joe biden picked a black woman. and then it happened. explain what it was like for you to see senator harris speak from that podium yesterday. >> well, i was prepared to accept whomever the nominee would be, but when i saw senator harris yesterday, she reminded us of why it's important that her voice is out there. she was clear. she was direct. and we know that she'll be able to effectively prosecute the case against donald trump and mike pence. >> prosecute the case. erin, what did you think about their first appearance? >> well, it was a debut that felt momentous, even in the midst of a pandemic, but also, really, kind of showed the moment that they were in. they came out, both wearing masks. senator harris, it was a moment that felt historic. she gave a nod to those heroic and ambitious women that came before her, including her mother, an indian woman, being the daughter of immigrants was on full display. you saw kind of the combination of her qualifications and li

newsroom. ella sogomonian kron 4 news ella thank you. president trump is also weighing in on biden's pick the trump campaign had and ed prepared on social media targeting harris as part of the quote radical left. >>at his daily white house briefing the president said he was surprised by the decision. >>but i wasn't surprised that the pick a lot of people say that might be the pick. i was more surprised than anything else because she did so poorly many people that much better than her in the primary she did very poorly in the primaries and that's like a poll. >>when asked last month how he would rate kamala harris as vp president trump said she would be a fine choice and records show the president and his daughter ivanka donated thousands of dollars to reelect harris as state attorney general back in 2014 vice president mike pence welcomed harris into the presidential race, the 2 are set to face off in the vice presidential debate, there's only one of them. it's on october 7th that takes place in utah. all right, let's move on and take a live look outside as we get a look at our weather at our weather on was today tuesday. >>tuesday alri