john yang has the latest.has been a long road back for many schools and families since march 2020 when the pandemic shut things down. most went to remote learning and in some cases for more than a year. while some students, teachers and families liked it and many others did not and there were deep divisions over when to fully reopen in person learning. a long-time education reporter for npr and herself a peer has chronicled that period and its wider impact in a boat, the stolen year: how covid changed children's lives and where we go now. thank you so much for joining us. what do we know now and what can we say about the learning loss that students and children experienced during the pandemic? >> they are really concerning especially when you consider the 2021 and 22 school year was not the recovery year that many had hoped. chronic absenteeism continued as did shutdowns. the latest numbers suggest that for elementary school students, it will be three more years at this piece before they would pick up their ex

as john yang reports, there are critics who say these new recruiting methods also raise new concerns.ong the make-believe superheroes and stormtroopers at this san antonio car show and comic convention, the air force hopes to find its next generation of real-life warriors, so when a hall old with iconic cars from tv shows and movies, the air force's star attraction -- a 70-foot trailer filled with touchscrn games and f-35 fighter jet simulators. air force recruiter staff sergeant jeffrey cabrera. how valuable is this in terms of generating leads for you as a recruiter? >> it is extremely valuable. the reason being i'm not just out here by myself. i've done multiple events where i was out here by myself, but when you get access like this, it ups the foot traffic. >> cabrera says the games are intended to reflect real-life skills like diffusing an explosive device. so i have probably blown up? >> i would say so. >> it is and in person element of the pentagon's push to reach generation z, those born after 1990 six. almost 90% of them play games on phones or other devices, so what better

john yang begins our coverage again from florida. hn: a coast guard rescue team lands on sanibel island, still covered by several feet of water and isolated because the only bridge connecting it to the mainland collapsed as ian came ashore. >> how many are you? >> me and my wife. john: the team tells the couple to pack a bag of essentials. the woman clings to her cat. it is one of more than 700 rescues across southwestern central florida. stephen king rode out the storm on san carlos island. >> the way it was saying on the news, i thought it would eventually go over our heads. next time, we will know to get out. john: ed has run sarasota county emergency services for 17 years. >> you will notice the signs of logistics. this is the worst type of storm i have seen in my career and i have been through katrina, ivan. this one was intense. i think they will end up classifying this as one of the most dangerous and largest in the history. john: the work of his team did not end when ian moved on. >> we transition from responding to recovery.

john yang is in jacksonville, florida, and begins our coverage. : early this morning, hurricane ian quickly escalated into a near-category 5 storm. across florida's gulf coast, residents aced for a brutal impact, boarding up businesses and stking up on supplies and gas. bruce henry, a longtime resident of port charlotte, had a message for his fellow floridians. >> don't panic. use common sense and level head and just do what you got to do. john: the massive hurricane slammed on-shore this afternoon north of fort myers avoiding a direct hit on the much larger city of tampa. forecasters warned that storm surges could reach up to 18 feet across more than 200 miles of the gulf coast. the storm is expected to track across the state, dumping as much as 18 inches of rain on areas like orlando in central florida and jacksonville on the atlantic coast. ian's outer bands brought flooding even before landfall. more than 2.5 million residents were advised to evacuate. florida governor ron desantis. governor desantis: and while most people did leave, they had a

south korea says john yang hes fired to short range ballistic missiles on pits east coast. on the eve of us, vice president cumberland harris is trip to sol. the reported launch comes days after south korea and the united states began staging. joint military drills off. the korean financial is east coast palestinian officials say at least 4 people have been killed during an israeli raid in the occupied westbank. israel's army only confirmed the deaths of 2 palestinians who they say were suspected of carrying out attacks in israel. this spring raids in the west bank have intensified since their glaciers in switzerland have registered their worst mills rate since records began over a century ago. a new study by the monitoring body, glamorous shows swiss glaciers have lost 6 percent of their total volume. this year . temperatures in switzerland are rising around twice the global average. iran has seen a wave of protests now lasting 12 days. demonstrations of the death of 22 year old musser. i'm in the in police custody, have been met with a violent response from you, thor? it

our john yang has more on the legal implications of the decision. in addition to screening for documents protected by attorney-client privilege, judge aileen cannon took the unusual step of ordering the outside expert to see if any of the materials are protected by former president trump's executive privilege. barbara mcquade is a professor at the university of michigan law school and a former federal prosecutor. barbara, thank you for joining us, especially minutes after you have finished lecturing, as we can see from the lecture hall behind you. having a special master screen these documents, this material, for executive privilege asserted by a former president -- is there any legal precedent for that? prof. mcquade: not at all and i think the order may be problematic in that it allows the special master to review for executive prilege without defining what that means. a special master doesn't make legal decisions, a special master does sorting work. you need things to be clearly defined so the special master can figure that out. is every classifie

our john yang has more on the latest development in trump's legal ttles. w york attorney general letitia james' civil suit alleges that the former president and executives of the trump organization, including his three oldest children, lied to bankers and insurers for years by inflating the value of their real estate holdings in violation of new york state law. james can't bring criminal charges in this case, but suggests that federal laws were -- may have been broken, as well. she has referred the case to the u.s. attorney's office in manhattan and the irs. we look at two aspects of this with andrea burn-stine, who covers the former president's legal issues for npr, and jessica roth, a former federal prosecutor who is now a professor at the cardozo school of law. thanks to you both for joining us. andrea, you have watched these investigations of the former president closely for a while now. to you, what is the significance of what happened today? >> i think of what was striking was to hear today, the new york attorney general say aloud that this had been a

that earlier this year we lost a member and former chair of this committee, the late representative john yang who represent the people of alaska for nearly half a century. and was often willing to cross the aisle to get things done for the american people. thanks to leaders like share defazio, representative yang, and so many of you we now have the most transformative transportation investment in most of our lifetimes. in the form of the infrastructure investment and jobs act. it could not have come at a more important time. from delays at ports to freight congestion, to shortages in aviation. american entrenched. nearly 43,000 people died in traffic crashes last year, each of them a parent or child, colleague or friend. transportation produces the nations of the world are rallying to confront the climate challenge. as americans grapple with the effect of inflation we know transportation is the second moment of greater potential than now, to build transportation resources that connects everyone safely, efficiently, and affordably to department. every few days we have another great announcemen

that earlier this year we lost a member and former chair of this committee, the late representative john yang who represent the people of alaska for nearly half a century. and was often willing to cross the aisle to get things done for the american people. thanks to leaders like share defazio, representative yang, and so many of you we now have the most transformative transportation investment in most of our lifetimes. in the form of the infrastructure investment and jobs act. it could not have come at a more important time. from delays at ports to freight congestion, to shortages in aviation. american transportation has really confronted this many intersecting challenges at once. both immediate and entrenched. nearly 43,000 people died in traffic crashes last year, each of them a parent or child, colleague or friend. transportation produces more carbon emissions than any other sector. at a time when the nations of the world are rallying to confront the climate challenge. as americans grapple with the effect of inflation we know transportation is the second largest household expense after hou

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john from city attorney's government team. and then we were later joined by your dedicated city attorneys. taylor as well as austin yang, chris tom and nelson. the third part of my presentation is the program calendar which will give you a sense of when the department plans to share both elective items with you and mandate. mandate really (indiscernible). and the fourth and final part of the presentation is related to the ballot measure going before voters this november which interestingly enough is also prop b. so, this slide is a summary of charter section 4.102 regarding the powers and duties that all commissions hold across the city. so, the highlights are you shall accept policies and -- set policies and goals and objectives and plans and programs and to do that, you can hold hearings and investigate the department's operation. you will approve the budget prior to being submitted to the mayor and you can appoint a commission secretary and forward names to the mayor for director appointment and fire said director. this slide summarizes charter section 4.139c in the specific mandate of the sanitation and streets com