learning or closed temporarily for at least one day because of the explosion in covid-19 cases. omicron cases. many critics are calling the measures political, pointing out the federal government allocated more than $100 billion with a b to keep classrooms open during the pandemic. and hundreds of millions went to many of the districts returning to online class now. correspondent gillian turner has the story. public schools have taken $130 billion and all from the government, money intended to keep them open and serving students during the pandemic. but a whole lot of those schools are shutting down once again. chicago school district accepted $1.8 billion. milwaukee 504 million. atlanta over 200 million. and detroit nearly 800 million. all are now closed to students. the nation s largest teachers union defends the move. randi weingarten tweeting until the surge virtually all public schools were open for in person learning. we got it right for most of this current school year.
muscles and revert back to zoom teaching. that s what they wanted to do despite $130 billion in covid relief funds that were designated to keep schools open. those are your taxpayer dollars your members of congress voted to approve, specifically in this case for testing, keeping schools open, everything that they need to make sure children are educated, which we slipped behind on dramatically, this week more than 4,500 schools across the country were closed for one day. gillian turner with the breakdown of the numbers for us. hi, gillian. the money was meant to school the schools open during the pandemic. now a lot of them are shut down. let s dig in. the chicago school district took in $1.8 billion. milwaukee, $504 million. atlanta took in just over $200 million. and detroit almost 800 million. all of these schools closed now
the lost productivity. i mean, the number you said. 504 million i think was the number. there s a study out that says in the last four years alone, it s closer to $731 billion. excuse me. billion dollars. and the majority and guess who is paying that and the majority and guess who s paying that bill? it s individuals and businesses. really the government has the smallest slice about 29% of that. the way the legal system works, it s not clear to me, but do they have to reach an agreement by when they are supposed to start this trial? no. they could reach a settlement if it does if it does go to trial, they could reach a settlement up to the moment before the jury announces its verdict. but what is on the table, at least as far as we know, is a $50 billion proposal to $22 billion in cash, $29 billion in anti-drug treatments and
bernie madoff s victin the ponz scheme will be paid out an additional $504 million. it will be returned to those defraud defrauded. madoff pleaded guilty to 11 felonies in 2009. he was sentenced to 150 years in prison and forfeit $170 billion. nine years ago. people are waiting for their money. that seems like a long time. a mystery. three decades in the making. solved. more on this work of art next.
versus bill cosby. christine. thank you. more than 21,000 victims of bernie madoff s ponzi scheme will receive $504 million in payouts. the justice department says this is the second payment in the madoff victim fund. $4 billion has been recovered from authorities through asset forfe forfeits. madoff pleaded guilty and sentenced to 150 years in 2009 and ordered to forfeit over $170 billion. the upset winner in last month s special election in pennsylvania s 18th district was sworn in congress last night by paul ryan. conor lamb will serve out tim murphy s term. he defeated rick saccone. the victory was an upset in the district that president trump won in 2016. and colonel mullick has been