have provided to schools. so we are getting those devices out as soon as we get them set up. we have the lte carts installed. that number is closer to about 60,000 devices that we know in the orbit of students who have said they need a device. and again, we have ordered a little over 100,000 devices to be able to be prepared to meet that need. in the interim, schools have had some time to prepare paper packets of assignments and different kinds of things that students have to complete to bridge that time gap between a student that needs a device and actually gets a device as well. it's going to be incredibly important that family stay very close to their schools. they also can go on to our department of education website schools dot and why see dot geo v. there is a link there where they can also connect with any support that they need for either logging on or their email account or any connectivity issues as well. we know schools have also assigned some of their own in school devices for students to take home

school leaders, we know how complex it is to manage a school successfully, right? during the academic environment at the best of times and now we're in the worse of times. as people, we're charged with implementing many of the goals and aspirations of the community moving forward. we will promise to be transparent to the community in the process. we ask that the school board be as transparent with us so we can make sure we come back safely. i said this last time and i will continue to say this. i need a focus on the state of goals providing the best education possible given the safest environment that san francisco unified school district can create and provide for our students, families, and community members and i urge you to work with all the labor unions, include -- to make sure we create this environment at its safest point. it must be safe for all our students and families to come back to the school site. they are using the guidelines set forth by the centers for disease control and prevention, as well as san francisco public health department. if we do all t

, that takes place, to break dn segregation and the larger school system -- the largest school system in the country, and a lot of folks are surprised to find out the largest civil rights demonstration took place in new york city. didn't take place in alabama or selma, alabama. didn't take place in georgia. the place here in new york city -- took place here in new york cit when i say that people are astound by that really. >> tell us about that. tell us but the boycott and what leads to it and what it means w don't know it. i if you ask people about the large e civil rights -- the march washington, dc. >> the protest in new york city was twice the size. >> that story begins in the 1930 asks and 1940s. when parents and other activists organizing to take on the racism of o the new york city board of education, which segregated black students. the schools were the worst facilities. the oldest stool buildings in the -- school building in the city, he least experienced teacherses. teachers teaching out of license, he point goes back to 1930s, 1940s, 1950s. and they harshly punish black and

what happened in the after school times got me excited about being in school. there's no question that this is a challenge. i just -- you know, as a parent it's hard to imagine putting kids in harm's way when we don't really know exactly what the impacts are and we're hearing examples of more exposures. right now is a very dangerous time. we have to be careful. we can control our destiny. we've got to do what we can to stem the surge. if we do that, we put ourselves in a position where our schools can open up in january and we can look to the future in terms of when sporting events can take place again. >> many of our facebook viewers are worried about kids' mental health. so many are suffering. meg app wants to know, addiction and loss of life in our children, those are at an all-time high. can we talk about that? how can you help with that? >> there's no question, megan, that this has -- this pandemic has a pandemic. the state of california has given all our school districts about $3.5 billion. now's a very important time for that. we're going to provide some

a lot more testing school by school to get them back and running. >> another thing is that private schoolsality even more. >> i'll call your attention to an editorial from the "new york times" who said president trump was right over the summer to call for schools to reopen because the science has come around and supported that position. you were opposed then. it seemed political. what do you say to people who look at you holding to this 3% and say he's sticking to a political decision. >> i don't think it is politics in the least. it is ironic, you are right. president trump wanted schools open and i generally disagreed across the board. i believed from the beginning we had to reopen. a lot of people thought it couldn't be done safely. we proved it. we are dealing with a new circumstance tans, a surge we have to be very, very concerned about. i say to my fellow parents. i don't expect this to go for long. we are going to ask a lot of parents. we'll ask them to get their kids tested a lot. >> what is your time line to reopen. do you have one? >> the next few days, we'll come up with new sta

middle schools and high schools? >> elementary schools and middle schools and they believe high schools but it has to be done carefully with a lot of effort and review of how it's going. what we seen in high schools where there has been outbreaks, and this happened in georgia, and other parts of the country, the fact that people aren't masking. people aren't staying socially distant. so it's all of the things we recommend as prevention methods. so that's where you get these large outbreaks. generally throughout the world is when those things are adhered to. schools can reopen safely. >> okay, because i mean, i had a -- you know, i had the opportunity to meet with dr. naomi and i'm thinking about her last name, from ucfs and she gave me her presentation explaining the physiological reasons why children that are under 10 don't tend to pass it to each other or adults. that made a lot of sense, but it's really concerning to me that there isn't that same concrete data for middle and high school. so that's why i've been co

middle schools and high schools? >> elementary schools and middle schools and they believe high schools but it has to be done carefully with a lot of effort and review of how it's going. what we seen in high schools where there has been outbreaks, and this happened in georgia, and other parts of the country, the fact that people aren't masking. people aren't staying socially distant. so it's all of the things we recommend as prevention methods. so that's where you get these large outbreaks. generally throughout the world is when those things are adhered to. schools can reopen safely. >> okay, because i mean, i had a -- you know, i had the opportunity to meet with dr. naomi and i'm thinking about her last name, from ucfs and she gave me her presentation explaining the physiological reasons why children that are under 10 don't tend to pass it to each other or adults. that made a lot of sense, but it's really concerning to me that there isn't that same concrete data for middle and high school. so that's why i've been co

making the schools safe. it doesn't any sense whatsoever. it should happen months and months ago. let's do something that would make our schools safe. more ppe, talking about let's invest in our children come in education at the federal level. that's the only place with kind of resources it needs to be. that's the only ways to can come from. they can't come from the state level but that is dried up. that's what's missing now, total absence of investment, of come f commitment, of vision at the federal level. >> i wonder if this convergence of the pandemic and education really revealed the deficits, exposed the needs, the real disparities. i wonder what did this pandemic, what did it teach us? that was particularly and fans i spelled out but what did it teach us about the deficits, the needs in the classrooms, in the school districts? >> i will start with the easy one, and that's broadband. we have nearly 6,000,000 students in texas and nearly 2 million, 1.8 million texas students did not have access to either

to schools. we are getting those devices out as soon as we get them. we get them set up, we have cards installed. that's closer to about 60,000 devices in the orbit of students that need a device. overve ordered a little 100,000 devices to meet that need. hadhe interim, schools have time to prepare, prepared paper packets of assignments and different kinds of things students have to complete. to bridge that time gap between students that meet -- need the device and actually get the device. important incredibly families stay close to their schools. they can also go to the department of education website, schools. nyc. g ovi. there is a link where they can connect with any support they on, orr either logging their email account, or any conductivity issues. continuouse a process of getting devices in the hands of students. we know schools have assigned their own in school devices for students to take home during this time. all of that is happening as we speak. and as we receive the devices, we conti

school leaders, we know how complex it is to manage a school successfully, right? during the academic environment at the best of times and now we're in the worse of times. as people, we're charged with implementing many of the goals and aspirations of the community moving forward. we will promise to be transparent to the community in the process. we ask that the school board be as transparent with us so we can make sure we come back safely. i said this last time and i will continue to say this. i need a focus on the state of goals providing the best education possible given the safest environment that san francisco unified school district can create and provide for our students, families, and community members and i urge you to work with all the labor unions, include -- to make sure we create this environment at its safest point. it must be safe for all our students and families to come back to the school site. they are using the guidelines set forth by the centers for disease control and prevention, as well as san francisco public health department. if we do all t

remember, this is the time school started, children will actually miss this year's school. and most of the children we saw yesterday come there are school age. unfortunately, they will not have school this year. so we have to come up with alternative and programs already within the next month or 2. we are hoping the crisis will stop in ethiopia. the fighting will stop. there will be able to go back home. but if that's not the case, we have to be in place to support them. what you do says she hopes the conflict ends soon so that she can return back home with her family. she says she wants her child to be operated on, but more importantly, wants him to grow up with no memories of the horror that's forced her and her family to leave their lives behind and seek refuge here in sudan. people morgan al-jazeera and fresh account of out of state e.u. leaders, a locked in a budget standoff. putting of an $850000000000.00 coronavirus relief package in jeopardy crisis talks are taking place in a virtual summit after both poland and hungary vetoed the budget. earlier this week, the 2 co

is done, changing between homeschooling and schooling at school itself, so schools will remain open, it seems likely some measures will be taken to prevent infections at schools. brent: thank you. as we heard, leaders are debating limited school closures for christmas. there is still broad agreement that schools should remain open. that does not change the fact that students and teachers are getting sick. a hybrid model that combines remote and on-site learning could be a solution, but our schools prepared? we visited a berlin school to find out. correspondent: this politics class is still happening in person in a proper classroom, but the teacher says she can start teaching online tomorrow. students already have much of their classwork online, like this quiz on climate change. there berlin school has the technology to do hybrid learning , partly in class, partly at home. >> we worked hard on it. during lockdown, we had months to discuss the ways we could reimagine learning with the help of technology. it would be better for all of us. right now, there is a tense atmosphere that is m

host: are you dealing with elementary school students, middle school, or high school? sir, i work at a high school with 4000 enrollment. very large. and we have got all 4 grades in the class in school now. 65% on campus and 35% off. we have well over 2000 kids on campus everyday and we take precautions. we are following all the guidelines. two gets sick once in a while. they are bringing it in from the outside, folks. it is not breaking out in the schools. it is part of the data that we have collected that dr. redfield has referred to. i guess you guys played that clip earlier -- nobody is referring to that. i hear your callers, the emotional callers. nobody is giving deference to the cdc and the medical opinion. we need to follow the data, quote unquote. host: has there been any infections among the teachers, staff and administrators at your school? caller: yes. i know several teachers in this area, not just our school, that have tested positive. not one hospitalization that i know of, and certainly zero deaths. once in a while a teacher will get it. but we are protec

while schools across the nation have moved to remote learning a boarding school in washington, d.c. is working to stay open. the monument academy provides education and a place to live for at risk youngsters. jeff pegues reports. >> this is a school that reopened last month after being shut down because of the pandemic and the 10% of the student body that came back to classes were the ones who were having the hardest time with remote learning. now they have a place to learn and live. after nearly seven months. monument academy opened its doors again. parents brought their children back to a school -- >> welcome, kumai. >> that kumari said is a refuge. >> there's a lot of people getting shot that are little kids. >> he is one of seven kids his mother raises alone while working multiple jobs. is school an escape for you? >> yes. >> in what ways? >> like taking a little bit off my mom's plate, she doesn't have to deal with another child and spend more money than she has to. >> reporter: the struggles are common for the students. majority of the student body at the starter school is at

and high school sites. of course we do this all in collaboration and coordination with d.p.h. and with the guidance they provide since we meet with them regularly and are able to work with them any time we need consultation or understand in a particular school. schools are very different and each school sometimes has specific problem solving we need to do together. we launched collaborative meetings with our site leaders. we developed a hybrid learning partnership protocol. the chief of facility may discuss more about that. we are looking at how things -- how staff and students occupy and the flow of traffic moves throughout the building to ensure that we are following safety guidelines and identifying new routines if necessary. we're also identifying outsource sfas spaces for each cohort and strategies to support learning outside. we need to understand the interest for in-person learning and distance learning. we understand that the language and the ways which we're thinking of things in this complex way i

the infections we've identified in schools when they've been evaluated were not acquired in schools,or kids k-12, one of the safest places they can be from our perspective is to remain in school. >> martha: that was earlier today. >> i think dr. redfield is right and i think you'd be surprised that i agree with you, i think that we need to be focused on what's going on in terms of communities and in europe, we should be closing bars and restaurants and doing a covid stimulus to make sure they stay in business and of trying to keep schools open. what we've learned and frankly the new york city experience is really important -- what we've learned is that when you actually do the testing and when you have the safeguards that new york city put in place -- i remember you and i riffed about this when it first started and i kept pushing for those safeguards -- when you put them in place, you see that schools are not super spreading events and that is really good. the problem is that schools are not impervious to all that is going on in the outside and what the mayor sought today or the last

in the 2023-2024 school year.you can look at the timeline. if we go to the next slide, we're going to take another quick 30 second break, again this is a chance to write down any thoughts or questions that you have so far, get up and stretch and when we come back, we'll finish up with couple of more slides and get to the interactive portion to tonight's community information meeting. we'll move on to the last portion of the presentation. let's click through to the next slide. what comes next? the board of education decides to produce thee changes, what happens then? if the policy is approved in december, there will be lot of decisions left to make during implementation, which means lots of opportunities for community to give input. on the left hand side of the screen are things that are actually in the policy, the things that the board will be votings on in december. on the right are things that come after the policy has been approved. some of the things, what's in the policy, this includes a series of actions, go

but are schools prepared, visited a berlin school to find out but this politics class is still happeningin person today in a proper classroom. but the teacher says she could start teaching the subject online tomorrow. students already have much of their class work online like this quiz on climate change. their parlin school has the technology to do hybrid learning, partly in class, partly at home. but we worked hard on it during lockdown. we had months to discuss the different ways we can reimagine learning with the help of new technology. it would be better for all of us time right now. there's a very tense atmosphere here, and i'm sure that's made even worse by uncertainty. written exercises could again go digital like during the lockdown in early 2020. really care actually we did it last term and i got used to it as if since the soon i think it's gotten easier now i already know what i have to do so i can learn from what i did wrong. the last time when i didn't get that much done, now i try a lot harder. i know how it is with the grading and everything. some students are already doing

, it's worked across europe and the u.k., they never close their schools during their second spike and now they are in recovery, they are down 10% and the kids are not missing out. >> what they did in europe and what they did in new zealand is that they have national leadership that did math, that actually close the bars including stimulus. >> martha: given all that, they say they are safer in school. >> they're connected. >> martha: the numbers are rising, the kids are safer in school. >> i agree with you, we've been trying to get kids back in school throughout the country and we work in new york city to do it, but we have to get community spread down now. >> martha: i've got to leave it there, new york governor andrew cuomo melting down at a press briefing this week when a "wall street journal" reporter asked to clarify confusion over who holds the authority to shut down the city's schools and here's what he said. >> first of all, let's try not to be obnoxious and defensive in your tone. because you're 100% wrong. >> martha: that was just the beginning, howie kurtz joins us

university school database that the prevalence of coronavirus showing up in schools in america is roughlyne case per 1000 kids for every two weeks the school is open, if you put in place a practices that he just mentioned work, mostly wearing mass, staying socially distant and having plexiglas dividers and air filtration, you should be able to run the classroom in a different way obviously, you should be able to run the classroom safely for the students and the teachers when the background transmission rate in schools is not low and that is something rockefeller has committed to doing with public schools around the nation in partnership with the department of health and human services and i believe if the data from the early examples comes back successful as we hoped when expected in america should commit itself to making sure every american child more or less gets a chance to go to school next semester. neil: i want to talk about the recent report you have on widespread cave 12 opening schools, the upside of this report is testing this key the approach that is priority for rockefeller an

changing between school and home, schooling and schooling obstacle itself. so schools will remain open, but it seems very likely that some measures will be taken to prevent infections at schools. read our political correspondent, broad's on. thank you. well, as we heard, the leaders are debating some limited school closures for christmas. there is still broad agreement, however that schools should remain open that does not change the fact that some students and teachers are getting sick. a hybrid model that combines remote and on site learning could be a possible solution, but are schools prepared for that? w. visited a berlin school to find out what this politics class is still happening in person today in a proper classroom. but the teacher says she could start teaching the subject online tomorrow. students already have much of their class work online, like this quiz on climate change. their parlin school has the technology to do hybrid learning, partly in class, partly at home. but we worked hard on it during lockdown. we had months to discuss the differe

schools. from dr. robert redfield of the cdc, that the cdc never recommended that we close schools at any point this year, eleanor -- katz, who substance abuse and mental health services will describe the real cost to being away from school. cases y one of these we'll give you the best information that we have up to his moment and i just want to assure the american people that you will have a sense today that we're going to around the work clock, and we have confidence that in a short period of time could have one or more safe, effective vaccines for the american people and as each of our part, in partnership with state and local officials, part to lookes our after our own families an our own communities, i believe the day is coming soon when we'll this coronavirus virus in the past. with that let me introduce dr. birx, who will update us cases and after that we'll get a presentation on weilability of supplies that continue to make available to healthcare d providers around the country. >> tha

elementary school kids.licies, community transmission rates, and the percent of students that are enrolled face to face all make a huge impact on school transmission. it's also important to remember students aren't the only ones going to schools. their parents are. their teachers. they all interact with the school environment. and when you go to school, the virus goes with you, and it comes home with you. and they're not these inoculated centers or siloed places. they're community-based organizations where lots of people congregate for long periods of time. and we looked at this week of the 4,000 or so districts that are reporting both enrollment data and case data, less than 3% of all the districts in the country were in the lowest risk zone based on cdc guidance. >> what does that mean? >> cdc basically has a scale one to five of how relatively save it is to reopen schools. one being the safest, the green zone, and five being the least safe, you know, the red zone. and less than 3% were one, very safe, gre

for those schools were set to return back to class for the first time this school year. >>next week. but san francisco unified schools is working on a plan to try and get their kids back in the class as well, there's still no timeline on when that could be but we got a little bit of a glimpse into what they're doing to prepare for that tonight. right now in san francisco only private schools have been given the all-clear to return back to class for in person learning. >>but starting next week high school students that were set to return to class will have to wait a little while longer. tuesday mayor london breed announcing plans to roll back certain sectors as covid cases have spiked more than 250% in the city in more than a month. since august students with san francisco unified schools have been learning virtually tuesday night as a few sd abating students and parents on its reopening plan. they say progress is being made to move students back into the classroom, but still needs plenty of work. >>14 in what would happen if a student does come down with covid if the sto

do we close the whole school or just the pod? where we need to be giving schools concrete guidance. that is a place where the federal government could lead. they definitely have not led there yesterday, but i hope they think about leading in that direction as we move into a new administration and a new year where there's still a chance we could have six months of schooling. i'm afraid we're going to lose that and it's going to be a whole year of losses for kids. >>> next, how our faith in our elections is still being put to the test and now it is even worse with demand for another recount in georgia. >> i feel like it was conducted on a fair basis, but i'm not sure. i'm hearing things from other sources that make me wonder. m o sources that make me wonder. arl. ...who takes care of yourself. so when it comes to screening for colon cancer, don't wait. because when caught early, it's more treatable. i'm cologuard. i'm noninvasive and detect altered dna in your stool to find 92% of colon cancers... ...even in early stages. tell me m

>> open our schools!the city's positive iterate crept to 3%. tempers are high. >> why can a child go to a restaurant and go everybody else but school? there is no excuse! >> reporter: now we hear that new york city restaurants might close again after thanksgiving and the schools might actually reopen. >> the plan right now is to work on a plan so that after the thanksgiving break we can bring everybody back into the schools and we are going to adjust and adapt our protocols so we can continue to do in-person learni learning. >> reporter: the latest signs suggest that schools are not super spreader. >> my thought is keep the schools open if you possibly can. >> reporter: the cdc and some states advising us not to travel over thanksgiving. utah had said just one household for dinner but? >> we are taking that out of the order. what do you in the confines of your own home is going to be up to you but we are also giving strong recommendations how you can conduct that in a safe environment. >> reporter: today,

school.unding is the issue, and passions are the poison. >> reporter: it's hardly the ideal high school campus. in fact, after a few seconds inside, you realize it's not a high school at all. >> your classroom is your bedroom? >> yep, unfortunately. >> reporter: in a non-covid world, brooklyn hayes would have spent her senior year on the campus of elmo lee know high school in forestville. that's not the worst of it for her. next year, the woeft sonoma unified school district is looking hard at closing this campus and moving its 500 students to larger an ali high seven miles away. >> we're rivals, and why -- it's honestly astonishing to me that the fact that the schools coming together is even an option because the cultures are so different. >> reporter: the irony is this used to be a one high school community. when the two high schools split off in 1965, people were upset. it was about pop ulation then. essentially it's about population now and money. and the district says saving programs. >>

they say graham is the only school that can accommodate another elementary school on campus, and it makeso keep all of the kids together. >> if graham school closes, then that means our students have to distribute into three different schools. you're talking about a community that is already under privileged and disadvantaged. how is that being equitable? >> reporter: we reached out to the superintendent and school board member on the closure committee, but have not yet heard back. they're expected to hear this matter this thursday and then take a final vote in about two weeks. in newark anne andrea nakano kpix 5. >>> what kind of day do we have on tap? >> a bunch like today. temperatures cooler, but the above normal temperatures, just kind of keep rolling into early november. light winds, slightly stronger onshore component to those winds tomorrow. so it will be cooler in the city and along the coast. but bigger changes are in stored for later this week because of the large-scaled weather pattern further up will shift around. big storm system will be dropping down out of canada as we hea

in the 2023-2024 school year.ou can look at the timeline. if we go to the next slide, we're going to take another quick 30 second break, again this is a chance to write down any thoughts or questions that you have so far, get up and stretch and when we come back, we'll finish up with couple of more slides and get to the interactive portion to tonight's community information meeting. we'll move on to the last portion of the presentation. let's click through to the next slide. what comes next? the board of education decides to produce thee changes, what happens then? if the policy is approved in december, there will be lot of decisions left to make during implementation, which means lots of opportunities for community to give input. on the left hand side of the screen are things that are actually in the policy, the things that the board will be votings on in december. on the right are things that come after the policy has been approved. some of the things, what's in the policy, this includes a series of actions, goa

to low in-school transmissions. randomized testing in new york city schools showed a positivity rate of just 0.16% compared to the city's positivity rate of roughly 2.6%. numbers adding up to be a success story during a pandemic. and, kathy's with us. michigan's governor just a moment ago announced a big change there. >> reporter: kate, that's right. due to rising covid cases in the state, all in-person learning for high schools and colleges will be shut down on wednesday and lasting three weeks. kate? >> all right, kathy park, thank you. >>> as more schools here shift to online learning, it's a different story overseas. despite covid cases rising in europe and lockdowns in effect, classrooms there are staying open. sarah harmon now on how they're doing it. >> reporter: tonight, much of europe is in lockdown. but one place that authorities are keeping open, schools for in-person instruction. >> we cannot and will not allow our children and young people's futures to be another victim of this disease. >> reporter: in

in the 2023-2024 school year. you can look at the timeline. if we go to the next slide, we're going to take another quick 30 second break, again this is a chance to write down any thoughts or questions that you have so far, get up and stretch and when we come back, we'll finish up with couple of more slides and get to the interactive portion to tonight's community information meeting. we'll move on to the last portion of the presentation. let's click through to the next slide. what comes next? the board of education decides to produce thee changes, what happens then? if the policy is approved in december, there will be lot of decisions left to make during implementation, which means lots of opportunities for community to give input. on the left hand side of the screen are things that are actually in the policy, the things that the board will be votings on in december. on the right are things that come after the policy has been approved. some of the things, what's in the policy, this includes a series of actions, g

today, though, all schools are shut. later this morning parents will try to present the mayor with a petition calling on schools to remain open. meanwhile the governor warned as cases increase that new york city could be branded an orange zone, more restrictions in place. more than a quarter million americans have died from the virus. more than 11 million are testing positive. minnesota starting tomorrow bars and restaurants close, hospitals are struggling to cope with the number of covid patients. >> this is a day and at a point in this pandemic we hoped would never happen but we prepared for it. >> in kentucky new health measures go into effect. no more private dining and private gatherings will be limited to eight people. in kansas the democratic governor there laura kelly at odds with republican lawmakers say a mask mandate will take effect. it gives local communities a week to come up with a local ordinance. another vaccine could soon be on the way. latest test results show that a serum being developed in the u.k. b

at age six or notify the school district about an alternate home schooling plan.s who are enrolled in hillsborough county can attend brick-and-mortar school or join class virtually. the students laura tucker was looking for hadn't done either. they were marked as missing. i guess somebody could say, "well, it's probably paperwork." >> tucker: i don't know if it's paperwork. i think a portion of them moved away. i think a portion of them are doing their own thing. they're homeschooling and they just haven't notified our homeschool office that that's what they've decided to do. and then, some of them just aren't doing school. and you can get away with it right now. and that's really scary. >> alfonsi: no one is keeping track of how many kids nationwide are not in school because of the pandemic. so, "60 minutes" compiled enrollment data from 78 of the largest school districts in the country. the results were alarming. districts reported that when school started, at least 240,000 students were unaccounted for. and, the two largest teachers unions in the country, the n

they're demanding that schools reopen of the options being offered by the livermore school district. and if you or someone you know has recovered from covid-19 might want to listen up. >>what mental illness is a new study suggests patients develop. >>it has been nearly a month, some schools in alameda county were given the green light to resume in person instruction they first reopening plans to the county office of education tonight the livermore school district board is holding a vote on those plans but as a crop first we've reports for us. the decision to move to in person instruction or stay in distance learning could depend on what parents want. >>at least 2 public school districts in alameda county have submitted reopening plans for in person instruction with the county office of education and received approval to move forward. dozens of private schools in the county have already welcome students back to class but not the livermore valley joint unified school district i will not stop fighting for my children nobel obama has 2 young daughters in the district and says distance le

but the school does its own test and if the school is below a certain number, we allow the school torents and the teachers have to come because they are much more reluctant than you are suggesting. it's not that everybody gets it. you have to educate them. >> all right. let's go to reverend al sharpton. reverend al. >> governor, let's go back to where the president accused you of dealing with this question of distribution of vaccine politically and you said that you wanted to make sure experts have analyzed the vaccine. last night, you and i talked on my show about how many of the communities of color, blacks in particular, were skeptical of any vaccine because of a history with tuskegee experiment and others. how are you going to recommend to the biden administration because you're the only national figure that has raised this that even with the best vaccine there is reason for some people to have concerns and then how do we distribute it to the communities that have been most impacted that don't have the pharmacies and don't have the hospital facilities that you have raised because

not so much the school. mainly because the school can keep a handle on it.cial distanced. they keep an eye on them and are able to keep it rnd control. europe right now is wrestling with some of the things as far as high numbers of coronavirus. what they are doing is targeting lockdowns to bars and restaurants, keeping schools open. they're saying schools will be the last thing they close because it's so important that children get that education and that development, especially in the younger years, stephanie. >> so should we -- so is it more likely we're going to see maybe k through 6 schools stay open and more virtual learning in the higher grades. i've got a second grader and sixth grader going in person and a high schooler going virtual for that very reason. it's the social activity, the locker room, all the things teens do that are far more dangerous. >> exactly. that's right because it's really hard to control their behavior once they start getting older in age. and you had a guest earlier on imploring people, saying we're getting overrun in the hospi

we have 1,700 school buildings if you have problems in, you know, say 300 schools, you should isolatehem, go to remote, and not allow that to shut down the entire city unless we have a bigger problem citywide we do not want to go back to what happened last march and april where the city rate was very high and the teachers and us, the union, all together -- we had to fight to close the schools at that point because it was clear that the spread was out of control at that moment and a lot of people -- and sadly, 73 of our members passed away it was the hardest hit school system in the whole country. >> michael you are saying right now new york city schools should not be universally closed and that you blame the mayor for that decision? >> it is not a blame he put a plan in place they made a decision in august when we said we wanted todo a geographic like school districts or a borough based approach because each school district inside new york city would probably be the largest school district in any other state. we thought it was a little -- not very smart to do it that way. i am not bla

the senate though unified school district allowed k through second grade students back to school withafety protocols in place including wearing face masks and keeping doors open. the district says next week 3rd through 5th grades will return in a hybrid model, the district forecast though that grades 6 through 12 will stay distance learning for the rest of the year. >>in all see that every day new at 9 dramatic surveillance video showing the moment a sinkhole swallowed a van parked on a street called buckingham road this is an l a's crenshaw district. it happened this morning just before 10 o'clock crews at the la department of water. believe a water main break caused the road to cave in. bring the van with that the owner of the van was inside her home and she said she had no idea that are 1993 dodge explored fallen into the sinkhole until. firefighters showed up. officer was arrested today on suspicion of stealing a pickup truck from a dealership in orange county last year. this is surveillance video of that business reporter chip yost talk to the sales manager who's working there wh

schoo high schools already open wi high schools that are open at this time will be allowed to stay open, and elementary and middle schools will be allowed to continue open, but high schools that are not open at this time will be paused as we determine our next steps in possible reopening or even a further restriction of activities. i also wanted to discuss the holiday season, which is quickly approaching, and we need to remember that the virus is not only still with us, but there is more around than ever before. the virus, unfortunately, has no boundaries, no limit, and unfortunately, it certainly does not have a holiday schedule. today's announcement goes a long way in making sure that we will have a much healthier holiday season. as we move into these holiday months, we are maintaining our focus on our hospital capacity and ensuring san franciscans can receive the care that they need during this holiday season. and we want to do everything we can to avoid reinstating a shelter in place order that would unfortunately shut our city down for the holidays. and even if we beat back the rap

it's not in school transmission. for kids one of the safest places they can be is to remain in school. it's really important that following the data, making sure we don't make emotional decision busy what to close and what not to close. i am here to say clearly the data strongly supports that k-through 12 schools and institutes of higher learning are not where we are having our challenges. it would be counterproductive just in containing the epidemic if there was an emotional response to say, let's close the schools. finally, i wanted to echo what has been said by the vice-president and dr. fauci. we are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel where we are to now. this is why now more than ever, as was said by dr. birx and dr. fauci and myself, now more than ever we are asking all americans to redouble their efforts to be vigilant, embrace masks and social distancing, hand washing. our advice about crowds and really to support using the data to make decisions in the communities particularly as it relates to k-throu

they say, quote: this is a role for school closures in response to school-based cases of covid-19 fortion and contact tracing. few days of closure, part of a larger community mitigation strategy, but jurisdictions with substantial community spread, how do you think we should handle it, what would you like to see change the mindset? how should we address schools, especially when it causes such stress sometimes for parents? >> yeah. i think what you said, we need to start thinking about schools as essential and think about prioritizing them over other things. in new york the idea was the community spread even though they said explicitly, it seems like the spread is not happening in schools, we're going to close schools anyway. i think we need to flip it and do everything we can to try to keep schools open and whether that means doing more restrictions on dining, i think those are the kinds of sacrifices we need to be making in order to allow schools to stay open. and it absolutely is the case that if we see a lot of spread in the schools, we should figure out what's going on there and t

so the real issue with schools is keeping schools safe, getting enough testing.enough protocols in place, masking and distancing. and that the teachers feel safe. but you know what, bill? the tremendous cost of keeping the schools closed has to be considered here. a lot of poorer students don't have the ability to do remote learning. they don't have the laptop. they don't have the ipad. and the socialization in schools is so important. and mental health screenings are important. and nutrition is important. and eye and dental care are important. across the board, when you close the schools like this, it is a tremendous public health cost. >> bill: i agree with you. another topic thanksgiving travel recommended by the cdc not to do it. i mean, there are millions of people who jump on the road for turkey day. what do you make of that? >> well, bill, i think that they know the cdc knows that they are not going to get across the board compliance here. 50 million americans are supposed to be traveling in the next few days. i think they are trying to send a message that

yard of the schools they went to and i know that when it came to the holidays she was fearful that she would not have the sort of budget that would allow it to put food on the table in a world of growing boys need so i remember the pentagon remember the fear of members haggard face a member of the anxiety so it's as much to do with a sense of impending doom as it is it but what i ate and what i did the. now of course you know that british prime minister barak strength and says money has been given to local councils to help children universal credit the relatively new social security system as being increased for a poor of children why why you criticize the way you've been criticizing boris johnson and his government over not extending the free school meals program as say . well regard understand how he's got to this point politically let alone morally the fact is that he's right the money has been given to councils who according to the priorities they set will decide where to place the question of school meals for children and these councils are 10 years of suffering from austerity and

rate in the schools is .23%. 3% for the city but .23% for the schools.st arbitrary to say we said back then we have to close at 3% so now we're going to keep our word, the data changed? >> absolutely. i'm glad you pointed to the data because we view this as an incredible success. we have been -- done over 150,000 tests of students and teachers and staff and shown that the schools can be one of the safest places you can be in the city indoors. >> so why did you close them? >> so the decision right now is to actually -- again, the mayor made a difficult decision based on the commitment he had made and the plan right now is to work on a plan so that after the thanksgiving break we can bring everybody back into the schools and we're going to adjust and adapt our protocols so we can continue to do in-person learning. >> so they're coming back shortly after thanksgiving? >> that is the plan right now. we are working actively on working on protocols, on negotiations obviously with the people who are interested in this, and we're hoping very soon we're going to

. >> open our schools! open our schools! open our schools! >> parent and protesters gathering to protest the mayor's decision to close public schools. >> got the testing, our kids were able to go to school every day, get a little life back, get their friends back and get their learning back. >> bill diblasio shutdown the nation's largest district over a surgeon covid-19 cases, but allowing private schools to stay open. martha maccallum as head of teachers union got in this heated exchange over school closures. >> schools need to be open is the point. kids need to be, by the cdc, the union doesn't want teachers in the classroom, they clearly want teachers in the classroom and the cdc wants teachers in the classroom. >> you are not listening to me in new york city, the only major school district to reopen schools. >> why are they closing now. what the city said, lots of other places also seeing a huge skyrocketing increase. >> you are not listening to the science. >> when classes will resume. andrew cuomo facing backlash as new yorkers suffer f

. >> what about schools? what percentage of your county schools are open for in person learning? many had been doing that. give us use percentage and talk about whether that might be rolled back come if school year. >> we began -- opening schools has always been a high priority for us in marin county. we began the reopening of schools in the purple tier in august through a waiver. we worked closely with every school to make sure they can open following the 30 point safety plan. under that time in the purple tier we have 30 schools that open. we're now up to 70% of our schools in marin county are open, some form of chas room-based learning. we've had a total of 15 cases of students in the school, none of them acquired in the school, all of them outside the household or the schools that the children were part of. we've had one staff case but no cases of transmission of covid 1 with our schools. so we think that we've demonstrated that we can do this safely. >> ok. so the schools will probably stay in their in-person learning phase if that's what they're already doing, right? there'

of school.do you as county executive to push back against a governor who wants to tell you how to handle your county. do you have to abide by him telling you to shut down the schools? >> well, number one, i do believe that some kids are getting lost. speaking with teachers, high school teachers, kids who are full remote. >> they are getting lost. brian: totally. >> not learning and not being reached. and about your other questions. look, i'm a county, i follow what the state says. steve: right. >> i can also advocate and daily calls with the state. my team has daily calls with the state. and we advocate for what we see on the ground. we in the counties are on the ground. we are the ones with the health department and the ambulances and the medics and all of that we are the ones doing the actual work of combating this virus on the ground. brian: let me just tell you every day if my daughter forgets to do her screening i get alerted. if there is a positive test in the grammar school even though sh