season, from a squad of nine down to playing in the olympic qualifier. and yes, look, i am playing in the olympic qualifier. and yes, look, iam pretty speechless right now, but what a moment. it sounds amazing to say that we are in the olympic final. and gb s late charge for medals might notjust end on the curling rink. the men s four man bobsleigh team have an outside chance of winning something too. they find themselves in sixth place at the halfway stage of the event. piloted by brad hall, the team are 0.69 seconds off the lead, but only a third of a second off bronze. the final two runs take place tomorrow. no medalfor gus kenworthy, but he mayjust be glad to have completed the ski halfpipe event. he fell on his first two runs. the second still makes the mind boggle as to how he actually gets up from it.
masking led to a 1% chance of transmission from a child with covid. as this plays out in the real world, too many students and teachers are facing set backs. take cob county schools, the second largest school district in georgia. masks are encouraged there but not mandated. so far, more than 700 covid cases have been reported since schools reopened on august 2nd. that s a small percentage of the kids in the district. 0.69% of all students but it s only been a week and a half and numbers are climbing by the day. the situation has forced some parents like my next guest to pull her kids from the classroom. nicole car is a reporter with propublica. she wrote about her family s experience. also a cobb county school board member. welcome to both of you. nicole, it seems you showed up for an open house. there stands the principal without wearing mask and its
0.69% of all students but it s only been a week and a half and numbers are climbing by the day. the situation has forced some parents like my next guest to pull her kids from the classroom. nicole car is a reporter with propublica. she wrote about her family s experience. also a cobb county school board member. welcome to both of you. nicole, it seems you showed up for an open house. there stands the principal without wearing mask and its downhill from there. it was downhill for us from there. we passed the principal, you read in the piece most of the front office staff was unmasked and it was a 50/50 toss up as to what you would see when you would walk in the classroom. the point that was really made in the classroom is that there will be no bullying one way or the other about someone s personal choice. i cannot ask your child about a mask. you cannot ask me about one.
story. cleveland pitcher trevor bauer believes the arbitration system is flawed. he found a way to mock it. he wanted to request a salary. $6,420,969.69. those numbers are full of references to sex and marijuana. he settled on a higher number with no weed or sex references. he won his case. he is launching 69 days of giving. $420.69 donated a day to different charities. on the 69th day, he will give to a charity he is keeping secret. it all starts today on opening day. well played, mr. bauer.
a walkout planned for the state capitol on monday is still on. teachers in arizona protested at their state capitol and demanded higher pay. much of this inspired by west virginia teachers whose 13-day strike led to a 5% pay raise this month. cleveland s pitcher trevor bauer finds the arbitration is an issue. he wanted $6,429,6969. he settled on filing for a higher number with no weed or sex reference and won his case. with the excess money, bauer is launching the 69 days of giving. he plans to donate $420.69 to