what you heard from leeann there was that the five days of fiasco this is head on young people, leaders, the secretary of state, we effort apology — — we secretary of state, we effort apology —— we heard an apology. it is on the right to be a step back and say, so, what a some run through this perspective we know it is unprecedented times that there has to be lessons to be learned from it and what are the things that you just raised his foursome the grades inflated and where were the checks and balances to check if that was not the case that would happen if it we re not the case that would happen if it were the case that school was sending an inflated crates? was the role of governance within 0fqual? was asking questions that we didn't have a student that's given a grade after being told the field and exam of the can even sit. all of these sound like absolutely reasonable things we should sit back and say, we should talk to the process and look at the governments that appears to be at failure in parts of the. eventually chaos and the review wouldn't help students this year though, would

leeann melendez, "abc7 news." >>> santa clara county is taking action to help ease the digital divide as students prepare to start the year online. today, supervisors announced $7 million in funding. the money will help at least 15,000 students. the move comes after the city of san jose announced a partnership with at&t to install 11,000 high-end hot spots within the city. >>> the college football season could be completely postponed as soon as tomorrow because of the coronavirus. this is a really complicated situation and involves the health and safety of players and billions, yes, billions of dollars. the bigtime programs like alabama, they make over $100 million a year on football. that money supports all the other sports at the school. so the ripple effects are major if games are not played this fall. alabama is a member of the southeast conference. the s.e.c. really wants to play for obvious reasons. the pac 12 and big 10 are leaning heavily towards not playing or pushing football to the spring. let's bring in chris alvarez on what is a rapidly changing story, including breaking

. >> reporter: leeann melendez, "abc7 news." >> that's really eye opening, so much work just to keeps sanitized for all the kidding. a new survey shows the virus pandemic is pushing many california child care providers right to the brink of closure. the center for the study of child care employment interviewed 953 providers and found many of them are missing rent and mortgage payments, racking up credit card debt and risking their own health. the center surveyed private centers and programs that are run out of homing. now, coming up at 4:30, a conversation about how day cares and preschools can move forward and survive during this pandemic. it's part of our building a better bay area education week coming up at 4:30. >>> students were given a head start for the new school year with free backpacks, end colluding a shoe gift card and today's event was a drive through to encourage social distancing. >>> 500 people showed up for today's giveaway in east san jose. a community hit hard by covid-19. the event is run by the school of arts and culture and co-sponsored by the harvest food bank

leeann melendez, "abc7 news." >> the university of california announced a course of action today to makempuses free of non-essential plastics by 2030. under the plan, plastic bags and retail and food service establishments will be eliminated by january 1 of next year. single use dining accessories like straws will be eliminated by july 1 of next year. and campus food service operations will phase out the purchase, sale, and distribution of single use plastic beverage bottles by january 1, 2023. >> all right. right now let's check in with spencer christian and see if both the winds are pushing the smoky air out of here and whether they're going to die down for the fires. >> as drew tuma pointed out earlier, the wind is pushing smoke away from some areas, away from the coast and across the bay and into many inland areas. overnight, smoky, hazy conditions with an increase in low clouds and fog. overnight lows mainly in the upper 50s to low 60s. tomorrow, another hazy day. the sky will be bright from time to time. but the smoke will be with us. breezy at the coast. highs will range from mid

leeann caldwell is on capitol hill with the latest on the relief package talks and white house correspondent for pbs news hour and an msnbc contributor and stephanie ruhle, anchor of the 9:00 a.m. hour here on msnbc. kelly o'donnell, the president is at bedminster and rallying executive orders. what are they and does he have the authority to extend things he wants to extend? he doesn't have the power of the purse? >> reporter: katy, those are good questions because it's unclear what lanes the president can fill to address these needs. maybe the simplest would be rent protections and protection against eviction through the powers that come from an agency like housing and urban development that does not relate directly to taxes. that kind of an area can be something where the president might be able to use some authority. the office of legal counsel inside the white house, the counsel's office able to try and find pathways for the president but we don't have any guidance yet on what that would exactly look like. one of the problems is that it is very clear under the constitution that dealing w

we're expecting leeann ball, military spouse, to lead the pledge of allegiance tonight.t. >> and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> i'm the vice president of the navajo nation. i give this address from the majestic rock spires or rock with wing s known by our people. many of our ancestral leaders sought to dwompb agovern and le nation within a nation. it is also where they have not been as successful as the rest of america. our first nation's people, the host people of the land, we are still here. our creator placed us here and knew for such a time as this we would have an opportunity for an appeal to heaven. you see, our people have never been invited into the american dream. we, for years, fought congressional battles with congressmen and senators that were part of a broken system that ignored us. that is until president trump took office. president trump delivered the largest financial funding package ever to indian country. the $8 billion in c.a.r.e.s. act funding to indian country was a great

someone who has been covering the ins and outs of those negotiations, leeanne caldwell.hat just happened there at the golf club? >> well 7:00 friday night in the middle of august is usually not the most opportune time to get your message out if you are the president of the united states. it was hastily assembled. we got notice maybe an hour before the press conference was supposed to start. of course it was late. and he didn't even really address the big issues of the day. of course he talked about the tragedy that happened in beirut. said that the united states is offering humanitarian support there. but then he went on to talk about portland protesters. he talked about prescription drug prices. he barely addressed the pandemic that is ravages the country. he barely addressed the status of negotiations that have completely broken down on capitol hill. and, you know, why he decided to hold this press conference at this time, it's unclear to me. he did get in a couple swipes at his opponent, joe biden, of course. you know, the biggest news that came out of it was when he

. >> and, leeann, if the issue involves funding, that means it has to go through capitol hill. how is this fight over funding putting republicans on the hill in a difficult situation, given the fact that the board of governors of the usps is all 100% appointed by president trump effectively. >> yeah, this say big fight happening on capitol hill as we speak. it is caught up in this covid relief legislation. this is becoming a deeply political issue, ayman, but not necessarily partisan. the president seems to be out on an island on this issue, republicans generally are supportive of more money for the postal service. we heard from a member of leadership the other day, senator roy blunt, who said he supports more money going for the postal service. then there is vulnerable republican senators up for re-election in 2020 sounding the alarm, senator susan collins of maine wrote a letter to the post master general saying she supports more money for the postal service, but also wants him to change the policies that are causing these problems with mail delivery. senator steve danes of m