we have california state school superintendent tony thurman, always great to have you here. i know it's a busy time with you with all the kids going back to school. and so many changes. so thank you. >> thank you. great to be on. thank you. >> superintendent, i want to start with what grade, i know, but you know. what grade do you give california schools in the first few weeks of the school year, this new school year, that's of course, so different than any school year we've ever seen? >> i want to commend to make this happen. certainly "a" for effort. i've listened to zooms, my own kids. everyone is leaning in and really trying to make being in a place where 97% of our schools are opening in distance learning, they're really trying to work. i would say that there are definitely some challenges that have not cooperated and my heart goes out, at one point, asked the remaining 30,000 students who opened in distance learning but yet, they big challenges in northern california and other parts of the state but everyone is leaning in to make this work. i hear teachers with great c

tony thurman is scheduled to hold a inch have avirtual news to announce new efforts being launched.s morning. >>> and we're waiting to find out the identity of the woman suspected of mailing a toxic package to the president. she was arrested at the canadian border. the letter was intercepted last week. two tests were done to confirm that the substance is ricin. just a few grains of purified ricin can kill a person. the woman was taken into custody as she tried to enter the u.s. from canada. >>> and we'll be getting the debut of amazon's new products this week. more alexa enabled devices are expected to be revealed but the company hasn't given any specifics. experts say there could be new smart speakers or displays. >>> and trade is rebounding around the world is expecting faster than expected. and this applies to farmers and meat packers. productions that rebounded so quickly for things like chicken wings and prime rib, there actually too much supply and now prices have fallen below pre-attend levels. >>> let's take a look at the new york stock exchange. we're down significantly and

. >>> tony thurman says his office is ready to help those districts poised to bring those students back to class. >> how to enhance and support the efforts of our schools in the counties, in terms of their testing protocols, so that we can support those schools that will be open. >> at this point, dozens of schools in the bay area have been granted waivers to reopen. and some have. the vast majority. >>> dr. joseph castro has been named the next chancellor of the csu system as we reported. it was announced just last week. today he joins us live via zoom. thank you for coming on with us. we appreciate it. >> thank you. thank you for the invitation. >> first, congratulations on this terrific appointment. i know it is very exciting. i want to ask you two quick questions and then we'll get to some other issues. i believe you're the first person in your family to go to college. now president of an entire university system. you must be very proud. >> yeah. it feels great. very gratifying to serve so many students like me, first generation to college and to graduate from college. and i want to

the update we received from state superintendent tony thurman. >>> plus, u.s. troops in iraq are getting cut by almost half. the same to be happening in afghanistan soon. i am in arlington, virginia, and i will have that story straight ahead. >>> jackie, i'm looking at your mri. your shoulder seems to be healing nicely. well, dr. farrell, it feels really good... that's good. and... i'm sorry. baby, don't touch that... i don't want you to play with that... (singing) twinkle, twinkle little star. how i wonder what you are... (still singing) up above the world so high... like a diamond in the sky. i'm so glad that your shoulder is feeling better. but, how are you doing? i'm hanging in there... schedule a video visit with your doctor. and get quality care with no copay. kaiser permanente. thrive. >>> state superintendent of schools came out on the guidelines of how schools across california should safely be open. thurman held a webinar today was school leaders to review health guidance issued by the governor's office. talked about the county monitoring system and t

tony thurman this morning announced new programs and one is a teaching tolerance roundtable where socialustice leaders will discuss racism and buys the bias and a mini grant to schools for teacher and ministers on how to work with students on having conversations about racial bias. >> education continues to be one of our most powerful tools for countering hate and promoting understanding and tolerance. often, people want to help but are not sure how to do it. and we have to have training and support. >>> packaging, thurman announced the california -- the launch california training initiative which creates guidance for ending systemic racism in schools. >>> let's talk about the bay area with her. was mark, i expected it to be cooler than it is now. my window open and the spate and i wish i had the fan going, too. >> still a warm one out there. not quite as warm as yesterday. temperatures falling as we get into the afternoon and tomorrow which happens to be the first day of fault with temperatures expecting to be a bit cooler pick a live look over san francisco where we have good to modera

on thursday we as a community with pacific islander folks are meeting with state superintendent tony thurmanto kind of go over the current recommendations that we have as a community. in addition, we're working -- i'm actually working with other pacific islander school board members across the state to advocate for the inclusion of other southeast asians that have been excluded under the curriculum. my hope is that as we continue to ethnic studies in our school district in san francisco that we are able to capture a good amount of representation that exists within the school district. >> such important work. thank you, commissioner. section n, other informational items. >> i have one thing. >> go ahead, sorry, i missed you. >> i just wanted to briefly acknowledge and thank educators for their welcome back ceremony that they had online. they gave an award to dr. priestly, and i believe [indiscernible] got an award -- you guys know her, right? there are other educators. i wanted to -- and student delegates came and participated, so thank you to the alliance for continuing this moving forward o