mary bousted from the neu teaching union.one was available but they did give us this statement... "the scale and speed at which the department has delivered laptops and tablets to children who need them over the past six months is unprecedented, with deliveries now set to total over half a million by christmas. "as we move into half term, and in the context of significant global demand, we're updating our allocation process to more accurately align orders with the number of students schools typically have self—isolating... ..ensuring as many children as possible benefit from receiving a device this term. we have already purchased an additional 96,000 devices and continue to work closely with our suppliers... to ensure delivery despite the increased global demand." president trump has cast his vote in the upcoming us election. early voting has begun in the states of new york and florida — where mr trump voted. coronavirus fears have driven a record 50 million american voters to cast early ballots, in person or by mail. it was

mary bousted is the joint general secretary of the neu teaching union — she called the department forernment wrote into law that if children are at home they have to be given remote education. they've made a huge point about online learning, so our calculations are from, you know, the government, there are now something like nearly half a million children and young people at home who either don't have access to the internet with a device which can support learning like a laptop or a tablet, and 60,000 don't have access to the internet at all. so, on the one hand, we have the government making it into law that, you know, remote learning must be provided, and then giving the directive with one hand and taking away the means to fulfil that directive, particularly for schools in poor areas with deprived pupils. that makes it, the requirement that they provide remote learning and takes away the means to do it. it's just another example of the chaos and ineptitude surrounding this government's education policy. we did ask the department for education for an interview — no one was available

. >>> let's go to sue herera for the neu news headlines. >> the trump campaign said it had enough shuttleuses but blames road congestion for leaving hundreds in freezing weather waiting to get back to their cars after last night's omaha rally. a few required medical attention. joe biden said the breakdown in planning mirrored trump's failed approach to the pandemic. >>> in delaware biden has cast his vote joining the more than 74 million people who have cast ballots so far that is 54% of the total vote in the 2016 election. >>> the texans have become the latest nfl team to shut their training facility due to a player becoming infected with covid-19 separately, the ninth ranked wisconsin badgers have postponed their game against nebraska this saturday a dozen people, including wisconsin's head coach, have tested positive. >>> and a white house press release says ending the covid-19 pandemic is one of the trump administration's accomplishments. a white house official says the press release was, quote, poorly worded, end quote, and said it should have said it is their goal to end the pandemi