children by keeping schools close for so long i should extend a formal thank you for randi weingarten of school choice and homeschooling and educational freedom anyone could ever have imagined. so they got randy, you overplayed your hand. before she certainly has. i know this because you've been all over the place for it i've seen message all over social media. all over tv. i know you writes and researched extensively. you are one of the few people preaching the brave word that teachers students and parents should have choice. it's not a four letter word and it comes to education. last word corey. >> school choice is an all-time high the latest research polling shows 74% of parents support educational freedom, up ten percentage points from last year. teachers unions really did overplayed their hand had this may be the only silver lining of the pandemic. >> last week on this show are you and randi weingarten the same person corey deangelis? well no one's ever seen is the same room at the same time, i think she's an under cover agent in support of school choice. she's our biggest ally o

randi weingarten, thank you for joining us. why have you changed your mind on this? i: i actually said, on meet the press, that i think employers, this work now on vaccines, i have been pro vaccines. we have been pro vaccine and the union has been around for 100 years and we have been pro vaccine this enre time and 90% of our -- we thought it would be better initially because of the polarization to do this in a volitional way. you say -- you see because there is disinrmation about young people and whether or not there are fertility issues, all of it is wrong. vaccines are safe and effective. we thought we could get through this but what has happened is that -- and the doctor before me was saying it, there is this delta variant that significant lead changes the circumstances, particularly for young people and particularly for kids who under 12 cannot get the vaccine. what i saion meet the press was that my personal conviction is that we should be working with, not opposing our employers on vaccine policies, including vaccine mandates. we should be making sure there is

now randi weingarten from the aft says they want to try to get our kids in school.s with the try. you expect parents to send their kids off for 6 hours breathing who knows what from a mask most often made in china? you don't think our children suffer from that alone when they are the least vulnerable? some people are sceptical because this is an emergency use vaccination. why not push to accelerate approval for the vaccine. it's sad you think that we are so stupid that we don't know what you are doing. you are teeing us up for another lockdown no matter what you say. so when we go into the 2022 election you can divide this country more than it's divided already by pitting us against each other, pitting us against illegals, pitting us against the government. if we are vaccinated we still have to wear a mask inside. that's plain stupid. you say you are following the science? no, you are not. you are relying on a study from a foreign country rejected in a pier re-view where the vaccine was not available. you lost us. even the most loyal people can't stay with you becau

randi weingarten, president of the american will be joining me. and we will look at the state of private credit markets. randy schwimmer will be joining us. let's take a quick check on the markets. buy the dip monday. the question is why? was it because we were oversold last week or is it because of the full approval from the fda on the pfizer vaccine? either way, the laggards are now the winners. occidental, marathon, apache all doing quite well. however, you are still seeing big tech outperform in the broader index. and nasdaq 100 up by 1.5%. that tells me you are in the go buy growth and tech conversation. . the vix keeps on getting lower. safety bids to the side. something else that caught my eye in the markets, amid all the equities in green, the credit market telling is a different story. in the u.s., high yield bonds -- michael purves says when the spreads keep widening as the vix grinds lower, that is often a good warning sign of trouble to come. the idea when we see any movement in the corporate bond market, the fed is always there to supp

that is a very potent sound bite right there from randi weingarten.sion about gangs and how to break them up, how to give these kids another opportunity to make a different choice. >> great panels, the guys are right. better prosecutors, more police, and so on. to stick to what i said about fathers, and not just fathers, but father substitutes, a guy said to me once when i was the drugs czar. he said boys become either bloods and crips or marines. that's extreme. but do they join gangs or do they join the local football team? pete, the reformed gang member, said it was a shock, a bullet that changed him. if you interview a lot of people as you have, you know what it usually is. it is someone's hand on the back of your neck saying, straighten up, this is the way to go. the earlier that occurs, the better it is. >> martha: that's what he's doing for a lot of young men. >> absolutely. we need it done earlier. the earlier it's done, the better it is for the kids. >> martha: indeed. with regard to what randi weingarten had to say there, she said it's not a

until recently, randi weingarten said her 1.7 million union members shouldn't be coerced into getting covid vaccinations, though she'd note just about all of her members said they either had or were going to get them. on thursday, weingarten said the widespreading delta variant has left her open to being supportive of a vaccine mandate. she joins me now from new york. let me start right there. i know this is probably -- there's probably a lot more that goes with this. you'd like to see a vaccine mandate is my understanding. but what does that mean for the teachers union? >> so let me -- first off, chuck, thank you for having me on. you know, i've been around the country this week. i was in florida and missouri as we're pushing a full-court press for back to school. the delta variants are alarming, and the spread is alarming. you've already said it's a pandemic of the unvaccinated. i'm not going to repeat what you or dr. fauci said. so let me just be personal for a moment, which is that vaccines are the single most important way of dealing with covid. we've always dealt with -- or sinc

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dagen: that was randi weingarten, the head of the american federation of teachers.he said she changed her mind because of the delta variant and because pediatric hospitals in florida are becoming overwhelmed and atlanta area school district are reporting days into their school year. this is among children. doctor janette nesheiwat is an emergency medicine physician, a fox news medical contributor. what do you make of that because the argument is why do you make children mask up, is it to protect the unvaccinated adults? >> dagan, good morning. that's a good question. there's a couple reasons. it could help protect, but we need to keep in mind children can carry and spread the disease to one another and when the virus spreads from one person to another, that's when he gets the opportunity to mutate. that's an important, the issue we need to keep in mind and each time it mutates we see new variants like delta, so i don't think the mask is just to protect the unvaccinated think it's also to prevent spread, but i think we shouldn't put the word in a protection on our ch

joining me now to discuss is randi weingarten, president of the american federation of teachers. thank you for joining me this morning. >> i'm holding my mask. >> good for you. it's a big political question, sadly, in this country. science is clear, masks keep you from spreading this disease. for folks at home who want their children to go back to school, regardless of where they stand on masks personally, from your perspective, does requiring masks for students make it more likely that schools open and stay open? >> so i would say this, jim. schools are going to be open. and, you know, last week i think we got thrown a curveball because of the delta variant and of the new data that shows in provincetown, massachusetts, that even if you're vaccinated, you can transmit. and i think a lot of people took a deep breath and said oh, my god, what does this mean? the news you show today from a axios and others is that breakthrough cases are still very rare. and if you get breakthrough cases when you're vaccinated, you're not going to get nearly as sick. you're not going to die. schools

and they want us to have masking. >> ben: ben randi weingarten is lying to you.enzie firm shedding importance on in person learning. it found since the pandemic average k through 12 student is five months behind in math and four months behind in reading. in addition, more kids are struggling with mental health issues like depression and anxiety. joining me now to react "new york post" columnist and fox news contributor miranda dewine. -- divine. i have never been more frustrated about this issue. when we see how evil these teachers unions have been. i do not say teachers i say teachers unions. but they are advocating for basically the extreme on this point that keeps kids away from the in person learning that they need what do you think about this situation and what can be done to highlight just how devastating this has been for the most vulnerable students among us? >> >> you are so right in using the word evil is not hyperbole because the way that the teacher unions have behaved, i guess they have always been like this the pandemic has expose the true nature of

. >> reporter: randi weingarten is president of the largest teacher's union in the country. the american federation of teachers is currently against vaccine requirements, given the contagiousness of the delta variant, it's a position that weingarten says is being looked at, again. >> i think we need to do a lot more myth busting. >> high school teacher and mother of two in los angeles. one of many cities, where teachers have a choice. get vaccinated or get tested, regularly. she says that's not enough. do you think that vaccines and masks should be required for teachers and students? >> yes. >> others, such as new york city teacher, michael cane, argue that's too restrictive. he refuses to get a shot. >> me, personally, i am not vaccinated. i do believe that there needs to be more data on this vaccine. >> reporter: the aft estimates that 90% of its teachers are vaccinated but they don't have access to vaccination records to verify that. even so, experts say the science is clear. >> a vaccine mandate is the first and probably the most important step to keeping schools safe, e

randi weingarten has given the warning that this could be their position. things to be furious about in the schools. the fact that they are not opening is one of them. jesse: when you combine critical race theory with not opening in the fall. there will be another million mom march that the biden administration will have to deal with. something sickening and disturbing is happening in la. i believe what they are doing is testing every single teach, student and administrator every week whether they have been vaxxed or not. and everybody has to wear a mask. i feel like that's almost borderline abuse at this point. >> it's crazy. what they have done is infuriate parents even further. they will make teachers angry and they will go own strike and that's another reason not to go back to class. you are right about critical race theory. i'm ambivalent about whether the schools should be open give what they are teaching. i want to see full choice. in the state of west virginia the money is attached to the child's backpack. it goes wherever the child goes. private sc

does randi weingarten send draft remarks verbatim or does she just provide an outline for that guy to parent. the man has the gall to him that schools made disrupted after what they did to our kids for 18 months, that damage was not enough. with vaccines widely available any teacher who doesn't show up to teach in person should be fired period. but it gets worse. >> i am echoing the president's call to action for pop-up vaccine clinics in every school across the country, to enlist trusted leaders in our community to build vaccine confidence. laura: and encroachments on parental rights needs to be met with a vigorous sustained protest from the people who pay their salary. this is no time to be silent or afraid. think about what president biden has done this week, to fight the supreme court clear directive by extending a moratorium on evictions, rent-free for everybody, totally unconstitutional to take income from landlords coast to coast. don't have congressional approval, doing it anyway. today biden signed an executive order to significantly raise the fuel efficiency standards on us

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. >> do you agree with randi weingarten, the head of the largest teachers union in the country, who came out yesterday and said yes, teachers should be vaccinated inside schools? do you think they should be mandated to be vaccinated? >> yeah, i'm going to upset some people on this, but i think we should. i'm sorry, i mean, i know people must like to have their individual freedom and not be told to do something, but i think we are in such a serious situation now that, under certain circumstances, mandates should be done. >> sean: now, i have a question tonight. why is it that great flip-flop fauci, the great doctor that democrat love and the media loves so much, why has fauci never once -- not one time that i've seen -- talk about what is happening? the super-spreader event at our southern border. dr. fauci, what do you have to say about what's going on at our southern border? before you're willing to take away america's constitutional rights, things like medical privacy, doctor-patient confidentiality. here with more,ke arkansas g.o.. gubernatorial candidate, sarah sanders, along with fo

here is randy weingarten and she said this. >> we see the delta variant being very transmissible.nated safe, and to keep schools open. >> dana: if masks don't work do we need to require masks? >> well look, here is the problem. it's the politics of fear, isn't it? suddenly the mask will protect you and save you. as you pointed out in the last hour, bill mcgurn wrote in the "wall street journal" today masks are a destruction. do they work at all? yes. i interviewed the doctor last week about this, too. he made the same point. masks are very limited. are people wearing them properly? are they hanging off their face? cloth masks may be 20% for a short period of time. the n-95s work. i wear an n-95 in the office. you won't get a 3-year-old to wear that. i can barely keep it on my face. >> dana: i feel like it is covering my entire face. this just in and we wanted to ask you about this. new york city is expected to require proof of vaccination for indoor dining and fitness centers. so that is just in. mayor deblasio plans to announce it on tuesday morning. new york city requiring proof

coming up, randy weingarten, the american federation of teachers president. that is at 1:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m. in london. this is bloomberg. ♪ let's check in on the bloomberg first word news. the fda has given full approval to the coronavirus vaccine developed by pfizer and biontech. it will now be marketed to the prevention of covid and people 60 and over. it may open the door to more vaccine mandates -- people 16 and over. it may open the door to more vaccine mandates. vice president kamala harris is in singapore, where she announced a new supply chain initiative. she and the prime minister also announced agreements on cybersecurity and climate. did you countries want to deepen their economic ties, but the talks today did not cover new trade agreements. in hong kong, the commerce secretary defended the government's abrupt u-turn to reimpose some of the strictest florentine policies. -- strictest quarantine policies. >> whatever is imposed on hong kong, i think we need to defend our interests. ritika: last week, hong kong abandoned an attempt to cut quarantine to just seven days fo

. >> randi weingarten over the weekend, the head of the second largest teachers union, came out in favor of vaccine mandates for teachers. is that something that you think should happen in texas, that would protect those children? do you support that? >> it would certainly protect our children. i think there's still a little bit of difficulty when a vaccine is approved under emergency use authorization to consider that as a mandate. so we hope that the fda moves ahead with full approval of these vaccines in as expeditious and safe a manner as possible, in which case, yes, mandates would be very helpful. >> all right. dr. seth kaplan in texas for us there. thank you. >> thank you for having me today. >> all right. >>> again, we're waiting for president biden to address the nation after the senate's passage of his historic infrastructure bill. what will it take to get the deal finished, get it through the house? we'll talk about that next. this is the sound of change from pnc bank. it's the sound of low cash mode, giving you the options and extra time needed to help you avoid an overdraft

. >> randi weingarten at the american federation of teachers had initially opposed the ideal of mandatingnsidering it. about 90% of the teachers in the union are vaccinated. she said one of the biggest concerns is children under 12 are not able to be vaccinated yet. joining us now, dr. kavita patel. she's a former obama white house policy director and msnbc medical contributor. always good to see you. talk to me about the possibility of full fda approval. let's fast forward. how do things look different in light of that potential approval? >> yeah, alicia, it's sooner than we think, according to not just dr. fauci. but folks i've talked to have said the same thing. number one, he's right, there will be a lot more mandates. we're already seeing that pressure. number two, it's something viewers are interested in. we'll start to see off-label use of the vaccine. what does that mean? it's something we do all the time. we use other drugs and things for items and diseases that are not related to the label technically on the package. the reason we haven't been able to do that with the vaccine is

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this is randi weingarten. listen to her on msnbc today.> i was on "meet the press" with chuck todd. i had an 20-minute interview and it's clear that we're trying to get back to school to make sure everybody was safe and felt comfortable. fox took one word i used and said i was hedging. this is about trying to create the climate where everybody feels that they are safe and welcome back to school. >> trace: fox didn't take one word dr. siegel. she said eight words. the eight words were as follows. "we're going to try to open up schools." that's a big difference from we're getting kids back in school. that's what everybody fears is because this is become so politicized that the teacher's unions will say no, you definitely have to wear a mask. we're not going back to school. even then, it's iffy. >> really good point. the word "try", i like that. how can you try? last year kids being out of school caused tremendous psychological damage, mental health damage, developmental delays were missed. young kids at home trying to learn remotely. poor ch

already we have seen randi weingarten with the national teachers union say well maybe not.ity vacillating. i have a feeling this may prevent our children from going back to school. even president joe biden said we pumped millions into your public schools throughout america. you have to get your kids back in the classroom. there's a lot of vacillating here. de blasio once again is leading an effort that will take us backwards instead of forwards. >> neil: do you ever get angry -- mention stipulations for people leery of vaccines, period. others that are not sure about the ones that are out there that they are ruining it for everybody else because they're so dead set against it. do you think -- as mayor, if you were mayor, would you push people to get vaccinated? >> of course. i've been vaccinated. i promote people getting vaccinated. if you look at the sort of bipartisan effort -- trump said get vaccinated. biden said get vaccinated. very few that are not encouraging vaccination. we're encouraging people to get vaccinated by giving them $100? i'm sure we could raise the ante

we mentioneded randi weingarten, head of the american federation of teachers union was on this show and had not said she supports a vaccination mandate for teachers. she told us that last week. we're here to skrup date you. her stance has moved. sunday she told my colleague chuck todd she thinks circumstances have changed and she now supports a mask mandate for teachers and we'll continue to stay on top of that story. >>> largest single wildfire in california history continues to rage as a heat wave impacts millions from coast to coast. we'll be live on the ground with the latest. >>> many americans are nervous about rising prices, but is the white house? director of the national economic council, brian deese. o. ? we can transform our workforce overnight out of convenience, or necessity. we can explore uncharted waters, and not only make new discoveries, but get there faster, with better outcomes. with app, cloud and anywhere workspace solutions, vmware helps companies navigate change-- meeting them where they are, and getting them where they want to be. faster. vmware. welcome change.

in a reversal, randi weingarten, president of the american federation of teachers, said she report -- supports requiring vaccines for teachers. the aft is meeting this week to consider issuing the mandate. dr. fauci recently said he expects a flood of vaccine mandates at businesses and schools as soon the shots receive full fda approval. the biden administration extended the pandemic-related freeze on federal student loan repayments through january 2022. it was set to exre athe end ofeptember. some democrats asked him to use exec of authority to cancel $50,000 of individual student debt. on capitol hill, senators voted sunday evening to end debate over a $1.2 trillion infrastructure package, clearing the way for a final vote early this week. the bipartisan bill would see the largest-ever federal investments in public transit, clean water, and green energy. but critics say it's far short of what's needed to tackle the climate crisis. the package is barely half of what president biden proposed and far short of the $10 trillion thrive act favored by progressives. senate democrats are exp

randi weingarten, the president of the american federation of teachers.tand that your position is evolving over the last 24 hours and last week as it becomes clear of the risks of the delta variant. are you prepared to say this morning that the american federation of teachers supports vaccine requirements for teachers in schools? >> so, first off, thank you for having me. and we are looking at all the alternatives now including, you know, those kind of requirements. we have supported everything that our employers put in front of us to date we need. we have supported vaccines or testing. we have supported the biden approach in terms of the federal government. we supported the de blasio approach. we supported actually these kind of requirements in denver for our para professionals. this is the bottom line for us. as i said to you in may, we want our schools to be not just opened but be welcoming and safe environments for our kids, our families, obviously educators. and educators have stepped up, 90% of them have actually gotten the vaccine and that was back

now you hear from union leaders and randi weingarten that they're hesitating about whether or not they should go back given what is going on now. it's remarkable and sad for so many of the kids across this country. ian, thanks. good to see you. a question break here and we'll be back with more of "the story" after this. (vo) the rule in business used to be, "location, location, location." now it's, "network, network, network." so you need a network that's built right. verizon business unlimited starts with america's most reliable network. then we add the speed of verizon 5g. we provide security that's made for business and offer plans as low as $30 per line. more businesses choose verizon than any other network. we are open and ready for you. introducing aleve x. it's fast, powerful long-lasting relief with a revolutionary, rollerball design. because with the right pain reliever... life opens up. aleve it, and see what's possible. >> tech: every customer has their own safelite story. this couple loves camping adventures and their suv is always there with them. so when their windshield

i was actually going to ask you about that because you do have this exclusive interview with randi weingarten, the president of the american federation of teachers, you answered that for me, it will be interesting to see that interview as so many of our kids return to school and aren't able to be vaccinated. we have a story right before the commercial break that there are bay area teachers not wanting to return to class until the students are vaccinated. chuck, as always, sounds like you have interesting interviews and we look forward to seeing your show right after this news cast. thanks for joining us. >>> be sure to join chuck for this morning's "meet the press" as mentioned he'll have dr. anthony fauci on to discuss the cdc's revised mask guidelines and the renewed debate over mandates. we hope you stick right here. >>> californians' republican party will not endorse one particular candidate in the upcoming recall election to replace governor gavin newsom. delegates fear endorsing one person could divide the party and decrease gop turnout. in a statement, the party says, quote, we cannot

randi weingarten, the president of american federation of teachers, said she is supportive of vaccinedates for teachers. where do you stand on that? >> i stand on showing leadership. and that's why i have done throughout this entire pandemic. really talking about why people are hesitant to get the vaccine? going into our communities, showing leadership by getting the vaccine in public. if we had a different conversation from the get-go. really emphasizing from our elected leaders, all over the state of florida, specifically our governor, and trying to emphasize the importance and necessity of getting these vaccines. until there's time that the governors starts to lead again, the people of our stay are going to have to rely on their local governments, and their local school boards for leadership on this. >> you and i are both floridians. i believe you're from miami. i'm from west palm beach. we know florida. we know south florida. we know how floridians are. i wonder if you think that just getting the vaccine publicly, showing leadership, is going to be enough to make a complex politic

randi weingarten, who's the president of the american federation of teachers, has said she is supportiveers. where do you stand on that? >> you know, i stand on showing leadership. and that's what i've done throughout this entire pandemic, is really talking about why are people hesitant to get the vaccine? going into our communities, showing leadership by getting the vaccine in public. and if we had a different conversation from the get-go, really emphasizing from our elected leaders all over the state in florida and specifically our governor, and trying to really emphasize the importance and necessity of getting these vaccines. and so until such time as the governor starts to lead again, the people of our state are going to have to rely on their local governments and their local school boards for leadership on this. >> now, you and i are both floridians. i believe you're from miami. i'm from west palm beach. >> yes. >> so we know florida and we know south florida. and we know how floridians are. and i wonder if you think that just getting the vaccine publicly and showing leadership is g

>> well, i really adamantly disagree with randi weingarten on, the president of the american federationf teachers. i really think it's disgraceful. look, employers do legally have the right to require vaccines. we've had this litigated. the methodist, houston methodist hospital was one of the first to mandate vaccines. it went to court. and the judge essentially laughed the suit out of court. we have a long history in the united states. this goes back really almost to colonial times where it was decided that governments could, in fact, regulate conditions when it came to health. and here we have an instance, 611,000 people have died in the united states. we have a vaccine that can essentially stop those deaths from occurring certainly in great numbers. and for people to resist this is wrong and i think it is absolutely within the rights of an employer to allow those mandates. >> there's no time for delay. even if this is a negotiating thing to get in there and be in favor of a month, we don't have a month with the number of cases rising. linda chavez, i appreciate you being with us. tha

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wellness, well done. >>> do you agree with randy weingarten, the head of the largest teachers union,siness. you would wish that people would see why it's so important to get vaccinated. but you're not going to get mandates centrally from the federal government. but when you're talking about local mandates, mandates for schools, for teachers, for universities for colleges, i'm sorry, i mean, i know people must like to have their individual freedom and not be told to do something, but i think we're in such a serious situation now that under certain circumstances, mandates should be done. >> doctor anthony fauci on "morning joe" last hour voicing his support for vaccine mandates for teachers. in florida, forget vaccine mandates. it's mask mandates for students that continue to be a flashpoint. we've talked a lot about governor ron desantis and his threat to withhold pay for education officials who enforce mask mandates for students. the governor's office said florida's board of education could, quote, narrowly tailor any financial consequences for district superintendents and county sch

. >> john: sandra, there was consternation last week after randi weingarten said we're going to try tomitted to getting the kids back in school. so hopefully that will give parents comfort. >> sandra: i don't think anybody will feel the full certainty until the kids are back in the classroom full day. i'm sure a lot of changes will happen before the doors open, john. all right. next up, it's a story, john, i know that you're hot on and been waiting for. the olympic gold medal is getting praised for actually praising america. that's coming up. ♪♪ (vo) the rule in business used to be, "location, location, location." now it's, "network, network, network." so you need a network that's built right. verizon business unlimited starts with america's most reliable network. then we add the speed of verizon 5g. we provide security that's made for business and offer plans as low as $30 per line. more businesses choose verizon than any other network. we are open and ready for you. voiceover: riders. wanderers on the road of life. the journey is why they ride. when the road is all you need, there is

very concerned about randi weingarten's words to try to get them open and i'm also concerned about her saying that she's not in favor of mandating vaccines for teachers but she is in favor of mandating mass for students, for children. that's so hypocritical and let me explain why. the sciences behind a vaccine and we know the vaccine works against the delta variant. i'm encouraging more than ever although i was encouraging this at the beginning that 12-17-year-old to get the vaccine, get the pfizer shot. but do they realize that no one has ever studied a mask against the delta variant? using information prior to the delta variant, we just learned that the delta variant caused a number of children with covid tragically to increase -- >> sandra: that's a big deal that you are saying that. are you suggesting that there something that we may not know, like perhaps the delta variant is spreading more by services than what we were dealing with before? because we knew that was initially a thing and then we found out the service contagion wasn't a big thing. >> i'm so glad you highlighted my p

one of the other things we did not get a chance to talk about, the fact that randi weingarten, he is they do, do the kids get to take out the masks? >> anita: that's a good question, right? all the studies showed they don't spread covid as much as adults do. >> john: nowhere near. i think there are cases of kids getting sick. so far, so good. >> anita: that's good. hope it stays that way. families of 9/11 victims say that president biden made them a promise on the campaign trail. but since the election, all they have a silence. >> john: we will talk to him and his father perished in the attacks at the world trade center about why he and many other families they president biden is hiding the full truth of what happened that day and what they are demanding he do you, or else he should stay away from next month memorials. 20 years since the attacks. ng t, would be eligible today for a va home loan. so many do not know that. there's no expiration date on your eligibility for the va home loan. every veteran, every service member out there if you're thinking about buying a home if you're t

randi weingarten might be -- can you make a call here to keep things safe in the classroom? the numbers you read how far behind kids fall and what their learning potential and earning potential is down the road, that's staggering. >> dana: we'll keep on that. senate democrats unveiling a massive 3.5 trillion dollars budget plan packed with a wish list of progressive programs including you remember this? the green new deal. republican senators calling it nothing more than a trojan horse for the far left. >> as admiral ackbar said in "star wars" it's a prop. democrats want to give billions of dollars to unelected bureaucrats in the biden administration to spend however they please. we can't afford it. it is irresponsible and i urge every senator to say enough is enough. >> it's the mother of all inflation bombs. >> dana: peter doocy is live at the white house where they try to manage this going into the fall. >> you've been hearing a lot about infrastructure which is addressed in the package they'll vote on later today. but this isn't just about roads and bridges. once speaker

now randi weingarten seems to be pushing more and more for the vaccine first and mask used as a backup. whether or not we get more studies that support what redfield is saying, kids are going back to school right now. the beginning of school has arrived for the new calendar year. which point do we have? >> dana: i like the jen psaki one. this is what she said, the president wants to do when it comes to florida. >> what i was really speaking to at that point is the schools being under the threat and their administrators of not getting pay. certainly we're looking into that and how we could help address that. >> dana: one of the ways they can address it. you remember the money that went to schools? billions of dollars to schools, right? aei, has done a study that finds only a small fraction of money has been used for covid and ventilation. $200 billion question, how much of federal covid-19 funds for schools will go to covid-19 relief? that is still in question. it is about 20%. i think that's wrong. >> redfield thinks we'll get more and more variants because if you believe this was manu

and already we've seen randi weingarten with the national teachers union say, well, maybe not.ork city vacillating. i have a feeling this may prevent our children from going back to school. even president joe biden sternly pointed his finger at the camera and said we pumped millions of dollars into your public schools throughout america, you've got to get the kids back in the classroom. and i think there's a lot of vacillating here. and de blasio once again is leading an effort that is going to take us backwards instead of forwards. neil: do you ever get angry, and you mentioned some stipulations for those who personally are leery of vaccines period, others who just aren't sure about the ones that are out there, that they are ruining it for everybody else because they're so dead set is against it? if do you think it -- as mayor, if you were mayor, would you push people to get vaccinated? >> of course. i've been vaccinated, and i promote people getting vaccinated. if you look at the sort of bipartisan effort, trump has said get vaccinated, biden has said get vaccinated. there ar

. >> that's where were headed you heard from randy weingarten saying teachers and educators and staff that is reassuring to me by kids are increasingly getting covid the other issue you have to look the other afterschool programs while you're making your kids sit for hours a day having anxiety or learning problems paying attention because they have the masks on, what about football or extracurricular activities are they having to mask up its in those situations because many cases they don't, it's kind of like what's the point you're masking up in schools but nowhere else when you're with the same people. >> your daughter is not going to play groups or classes but i'm sure you can weigh in. >> she's in daycare and the teachers on masks in your in there with a bunch of other eight, nine, ten -month-old, you cannot have a mask on a kid that small they will not keep it on, am iran. >> you can and i don't think they were effectively until the six or seven. >> kids touching up with her hands in their mouth there is a risk but they'll have to be tested on the way and every day with a thermom

. >> john: so in between the time that you sent the letters to the agencies and now, randi weingartene and we're going to try to open schools in the fall. do you detect backtracking here? >> absolutely. teachers are not being laid off. they're getting paid full salaries. when you take a look at how students are not progressing in school, how devastating it's been to the current situation and as well the impact on their futures. parents want their kids back to school and we know covid does not threaten children that don't have serious health conditions. so the teacher's union position is completely unreasonable. it's wrong if our government agencies are listening to them rather than follow the science. the science says that children really are not at risk from covid. they should be going to school. >> john: we'll see if you get the answers you're looking for. but i highly suspect you won't get much action from the chairman. senator ron johnson from wisconsin, good to talk to you. thanks for joining us. that was quite an afternoon. >> sandra: a day. that's a day. a lot of news. great to

. >> yeah, definitely, randy weingarten did say she was leaving it open to a mandate about 90% of thaton board for the vaccine. that news coming out yesterday that could signal a potential shift there. >> indicate rogers, have a great weekend. >>> when we return we'll speak to jay clayton on robinhood's public debut, and the wild ride in their shares in the first full week of trading as we head to a break, shares of didi are riding after a bloomberg news report saying it's considering giving up ciumanerhe und t rcstces data as a result of a china regulatory probe. we're back after this. ♪♪ (vo) the rule in business used to be, "location, location, location." now it's, "network, network, network." so you need a network that's built right. verizon business unlimited starts with america's most reliable network. then we add the speed of verizon 5g. we provide security that's made for business and offer plans as low as $30 per line. more businesses choose verizon than any other network. we are open and ready for you. [grunts] ♪ ♪ [grunts] pnc bank believes that if a pair of goggles can help