Good evening, theres no good evening, theres no harder lesson than the one taught today to atlanta educators. They were convicted on charges typically reserved f a massive cheating scandal in this standardized test scores at underperforming schools were inflated. The judge told them the conspiracy harmed thousands of children. Our chief education correspondent rehema ellis shows us how it all played out. This thing was pervasive. It was its like the sickest thing thats ever happened to this town. Reporter the judge imposed harsh sentences on eight former Atlanta Public School educators, convicted of racketeering conspiring to fix standardized test scores to improve results. There were thousands of children that were harmed in this thing. This is not a victimless crime. Three disgraced educators, former teachers and administrators were sentenced to 20 years, serving seven in prison the rest on probation, the others including a principal and elementary schoolteachers were sentenced to fi
Significant comorbidity likely to be asymptomatic or mild illness. So one of the things you do when we look at these cases and a lot like to talk and it gets reported but when cases are reported to the state, you know, thats a positive test that could have been taken seven days ago, eight days ago, i mean, theres all these companies that do it. They report it. When that infection occurred is not even clear, some of these infections may have incurred two weeks ago when tests finally get reported from a private lab. So one of the things that you look at is, okay, i can get a certain amount and all kind of ways to look at it and all kind of ways that the data may not always, you know, come in and kind of a coherent fashion, but when you look at like e. D. Visits for people showing up to the e. D. Because they have influenzalike or covidlike illnesses thats evidence of what is going on and the more people that are doing that, you know, the more prevalence that you have so if you look at ki
That he was not against masks but believes they have a time and place. Stha the stay there. Were live from the white house in just a moment. Also today from the cdc a new estimate of how many people may be infected with the coronavirus while experiencing absolutely no symptoms at all. According to the cdc, as many as 40 , 40 are positive for the virus but not sick. The cdc also estimates about half the covid19 transmissions happen between people before, before they get sick. Across the United States right now look how many states are reporting a rise in coronavirus cases. In some areas that rise is so significa significant. Florida, georgia, south carolina, and today were hearing texas all reporting record or near record numbers of confirmed covid19 infections in a single day. Lets go live to the white house right now. Cnns Kristen Holmes is reporting for us. Kristen, the president today visiting troops, wounded personnel, military personnel at walter reed. He wore a protective mask pu
136,000 lives lost . This morning, there are encouraging results from an encouraging vaccine trial. This drug will now advance to the next crucial stage of testing. President trump did not share that positive news or the importance of wearing a mask during a rambling Campaign Speech in the rose garden. Instead, he bragged about how great things are and he aired his grievances about joe biden. Theres another Troubling Development this morning. The daily reports from hospitals on patient loads and Ventilator Capacity will no longer be sent to the cdc. The Trump Administration wants that info sent to them first. And that means it will no longer be open to the public. Cnn chief medical correspondent sanjay gupta and will humble from the Arizona Public Health association and the former director of arizonas department of health services. Will, let me start with you, because i havent had a chance to speak with you for a while. Arizona has been pushed almost to the limit in terms of the capaci
De deal to help leaving americans with questions. Now President Trump is side stepping congress in a series of executive actions. The president said saturday that he would be acting unilaterally after the team and Congressional Democrats reached an impasse. What he signed allows for up to 400 in enhanced Unemployment Benefits but only if states ask for it and pay a quarter of it. It also includes a memorandum for a payroll tax holiday. The president also issued a memorandum on deferring student loan payments. All in all, it is still very confusing for most americans and it is unclear whether the president s executive actions are even legal. This morning i spoke with the white house top economic adviser larry kudlow about what these new actions actually mean for the American People and what they do not. Heres that interview. I want to start with the president s claim that unemployed americans will get 400 per week in unemployment assistance but lets talk about what the executive action