host: john bailey will be with us until 9:00. if you want to ask him questions about reopening you could do so. (202) 748-8000 for you parents out there. (202) 748-8001 educators. if you want to text us, (202) 748-8003. mr. bailey, this morning, there is reporting today about the president's initiative on this. saying the president's efforts to reopen public schools within the first 100 days has changed a little bit. the white house press secretary saying that the president's goal is far more than 50% of schools. to have some teaching in person one day a week. not necessarily fully reopened by day 100 of his presidency. what do you think of the change? guest: it is a pretty significant change. we have heard throughout the late fall and most of january that there was going to be this very aggressive and needed and urgent call to reopen schools within the first 100 days. as of this week we heard the criteria for reopening is so much lower that it has already been met. we know right now from a number of different websites that are t

host: john bailey will be with us until 9:00.f you want to ask him questions about reopening you could do so. (202) 748-8000 four you parents out there. (202) 748-8001 educators. if you want to text us, (202) 748-8003. there is reporting today about the president's initiative on this. saying the president's efforts to reopen public schools within the first 100 days has changed a little bit. white house press secretary saying that the president's goal is far more than 50% of schools. some teaching in person one day a week. what do you think of the change? guest: it is a pretty significant change. we have heard throughout the late fall and most of january that there was going to be this very aggressive move needed, an urgent call to reopen schools within the first 100 days. as of this week we heard the criteria for reopening is so much lower that it has already been met. we know right now from a number of different things tracking school openings, about 60% of kids aren't doing the type of reopened schools that president biden is d

host: our guest john bailey will be with us until 9:00. if you want to ask questions about schools reopening. the numbers are (202) 748-8000 four educators. -- for educators. mr. bailey, there is reporting in usa today and other news about the president's initiative on that same that the president's efforts to reopen public schools has changed a bit. the white house secretary said the president's goal is 50% of schools have some in person teaching and not necessarily for quite a 100 of the presidency. what do you think of the changed? guest: it is a pretty significant change. we heard throughout the late fall and for most of january that there was going to be a very aggressive and needed urgent call to reopen schools in the first 100 days. as of this day, the criteria for reopening, the bar is so much lower that it has already been met. we know right now from a number of different websites tracking schools that 60% of kids are doing exactly the type of reopening school that president biden is describing. what we need is not the lower part

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thursday morning, a discussion on reopening schools with john bailey of the american enterprise institute. and a florida democratic congresswoman will join us to talk about covid-19 relief legislation. watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern thursday morning and join the discussion. your phone calls, facebook comments, text, and tweets. >> house ways and means committee members meet again thursday morning for debate on the budget resolution. watch live coverage beginning at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, on c-span.org, or listen on the radio app. >> you are watching c-span, your unfiltered view of government. c-span was created by america's cable television companies in 1979. today we are brought to you by these television companies who provide c-span as a public service. >> earlier today, the white house press secretary held a briefing, answering questions on the impeachment trial of former president trump, the covid-19 relief plan, and the coup in myanmar. ms. psaki: good morning. is it lunchtime? thank you for your flexibility. i know we moved the briefing up. at 1:00, the adminis

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host: our first guest is john bailey, a visiting fellow with the american enterprise institute to talk about the debate currently going on when it comes to reopening the schools amid the pandemic. mr. bailey good morning. , guest: good morning, it is great to be with you. host: in your background you have spent some time here taking a look at these issues. could you scope for people your experience on those fronts? guest: i've had different experiences.

john troll white and nadia bailey were arrested here at the honolulu airport. officials say they offered an airport screener $3,000 to look the other way and let them bypass that 10 day quarantine the agent though immediately contacted airport deputies the couple was arrested booked in sent back to louisiana. hawaii lets travelers skip the quarantine if they produce proof of a negative covid test within 3 days of having arrived in hawaii. >>a rare sight in louisiana, this a video shot on lake of pfos point shows trees on the lake covered in ice winter storms dumped a ton of snow and ice in the deep this week, the cold weather could persist through the next few days. louisiana's governor has asked the white house for a federal disaster declaration that help handled this crisis and its san antonio, a massive fire here engulfed an apartment complex leaving a chunk of the building. >>completely burned officials say the fire really got out of hand because they were unable to use the nearby fire hydrants because of the freezing weather trucks from across the region,

the 63—year—old former taxi driver, who now goes by the name john radford, was jailed for life with a minimum term of six years at the old bailey found guilty of 19 sex offences against 12 women between 2006 and 2008. the victims commissioner for england and wales has called for a specific law to guarantee that people affected by crime are treated properly. dame vera baird qc says they should be regularly updated about what's happening with an investigation. she says vulnerable victims, such as rape complainants, should be given specialist support and free legal advice. a study has suggested almost all pheasants sold for food in the uk contain toxic lead shot. the research comes a year after shooting and countryside organisations promised to phase out lead shot through a voluntary ban. but scientists say, so far, it's had no detectable effect. 0ur science correspondent victoria gill reports. in the long tradition of hunting game birds, the ammunition fired from shotguns is primarily made of lead. and, for decades, evidence has been building about the harm that this highly toxic metal can do. we've managed to get rid of lead fro

reyna john thank you so we've been keeping track of this we're fire reports of fire westbound bailey road out of a point. >>and you see a little slow down earlier i was telling you to take and alternate route if you wanted to railroad avenue. but now i say you can get the air with a limited amount of slow down now that they've gotten that clear are the bay bridge to the fremont street exit up to about 20 minutes. now at 15, i'm not seen any accidents just a lot of people commuting into the city and they still have those metering lights on the san mateo bridge we've got no delays on this bridge. all morning long completely different from yesterday 14 minutes as you head across the peninsula. the south bay traffic down there also looking nice and light. one oh one san jose 85 towards middle part you're sitting at about 30 minutes tracking your drive times and much more but daryn james back to you. >>so it holds out by the do some amazing today and i got an opportunity. i say the goal is not going to win but i going to come with this guy right here man got thank you for teaching me some

john thank you so we are seeing some accident start to pop up. >>like right here this is actually reports of a fire westbound highway 4 at bailey road in bay pointrnate to get around all of that because you see is causing some delays. we did take railroad avenue down to 6.80. also out here live more west bound 5.80 another accident we're not seeing major delays or backups but we are seeing delays right here at the bay bridge was up to about 20 minutes just a few minutes ago to that fremont street exit earlier we had multiple hazards on average those are now clear however you're just seen a lot more traffic heading into the city from the east bay to fremont street exit. the san mateo bridge heading across the peninsula under 40 minutes for your drive time there and the richmond sandra fell commute. 13 minutes, we're tracking your drive times and much more of a darren james back to you thanks a lot 7.50 right now an influential figure and beat poetry and book store owner in the bay area, a literary icon has died lawrence, fairly good passed away just shy of his 100 and second birthday that amazing it took place outside the city lights books in the

john carlos to take a stand on the issue of race in america. he is a great man met him twice very professor ariel looks great. anthony bailey has their story. >>it was flaring very flaring us in the 60's. the king administration, the administration. and others that me, tommy think do better than what he did yesterday at the time. >>smith was part of the rotc was on scholarship it settles the state we worked and we acquire debt. >>that egocentric tight end of working too. so raised a little more is one of 11 children smith says he was taught to work hard and stay quiet. >>i can from the cotton fields in a came about i didn't hear very news any time when i was growing up in the valley and union to up. more high school and his record breaking speed on the track became his calling card. i do believe to that action speaks louder than words report treatment of african americans will something even smith could not outrun so during the 1968 olympic games in mexico city. >>he joined the fight for racial equality after winning the gold medal with carlson decide smith took off his shoes and raised his fist on the victory stand. many people you. anthon

the 63—year—old former taxi driver, who now goes by the name john radford, was jailed for life with a minimum term of six years at the old bailey was found guilty of 19 sex offences against 12 women between 2006 and 2008. heathrow airport has announced a £2 billion loss after passenger numbers collapsed to levels last seen in the 1970s because of the pandemic. it's called on the government to agree a common international standard to allow travel to restart in the summer. but its chief executive john holland—kaye said he was confident that business would restart, and said that an app could replace lengthy paperwork checks on passengers' covid tests and vaccines. this is one of the things that the prime minister's global travel taskforce needs to sort out. i imagine the last time you flew, you just checked in online or went to a kiosk and went through all those checks very quickly. all of the checks were happening behind—the—scenes on a computer. now with the new checks that have come in to confirm where you are going to be staying, whether you have booked tests in advance, whether you have had a test proved negative before you f

host: john bailey serves as a visiting fellow at american enterprise institute talking to us about the role of educators particularly as they deal with the pandemic. thanks for your time and input this morning. guest: thank you so much, thanks for all the callers. host: a pro forma session of the house of representatives set to take place when we are finished with that session we will talk with democratic representative of florida. right now we take you to the house. made to serve their country as members, as staffers, interns, service providers, and security officers and the whole range of duties and responsibilities represented in this work force. none of the men and women do so without significant cost to themselves and to their families. i lift up to you the burdens they carry personal illness and afflictions. the health and welfare of family members, the anxiety and discouragement felt when efforts are disregarded or unappreciated. tragedy and loss. their names and situations are known to you, o lord, but especially this day we pray for those who grieve the loss of representative