vaccination centers this week as coronavirus case counts rapidly declined. the governor warns we are still in the severe pandemic but at least we seem to be on an upswing. meanwhile whether california schools will reopen at large remains in limbo. joining us now to discuss all things political in california senior editor, scott shafer and politics reporter katie orr. they join us from skype. katie, the governor has planned to share steps to get california schools reopen. where does that stand? the governor is still in negotiations with the legislature about the $6.6 billion reopening plan. the governor said they might be able to reach a deal as early as today. that has not happened. we have not heard much more about it. they would phase in learning, in person learning starting with the youngest students. that is what they re telling us. a sticking point is whether or not teachers and staff who are required to go back to schools get prioritized for vaccinations. of course
vaccination centers this week as coronavirus case counts rapidly declined. the governor warns we are still in the severe pandemic but at least we seem to be on an upswing. meanwhile whether california schools will reopen at large remains in limbo. joining us now to discuss all things political in california senior editor, scott shafer and politics reporter katie orr. they join us from skype. katie, the governor has planned to share steps to get california schools reopen. where does that stand? the governor is still in negotiations with the legislature about the $6.6 billion reopening plan. the governor said they might be able to reach a deal as early as today. that has not happened. we have not heard much more about it. they would phase in learning, in person learning starting with the youngest students. that is what they re telling us. a sticking point is whether or not teachers and staff who are required to go back to schools get prioritized for vaccinations. of course
hello and welcome to the programme. a long running cyber attack targeting government departments in the united states has now affected the two agencies managing the country s nuclear stockpile. investigations into the hack are continuing, but some analysts and politicians have blamed it on russian intelligence. our washington correspondent, lebo disekojoins us now. good to see you. so, we know that a number of government agencies have been affected, but this could go even further than we think right now, couldn t it? yes, the part of the department of homeland security that deals with cyber security said that the hackers did notjust use one method of gaining access, and therefore it could be much larger than we think and as you said, this list of agencies that has been affected, from the pentagon to the treasury too, as you said, probably the agencies you would least wa nt probably the agencies you would least want to be impact said by something like this, those in charge of
and former cia officer david priest. david, good to see you. i haven t seen you in a while. david is the author of the president s book of secrets. let s start with john harwood. john, president biden says trump should no long e receive briefings citing his erratic behavior. this is a big deal. well, it s a big deal, don, in the sense that no other ex-president has been denied this information. but it s a completely normal deal when you think about how donald trump is different from every other previous ex-president. is he discreet with classified information? no. he wasn t as president. is he capable of providing wise advice that joe biden or any other policy maker would value based on that information? no. is there something suspicious about his relationship vladimir putin and russia? yes. does anyone doubt that donald trump is capable of taking classified information and using it to benefit himself politically, financially or in some other way? no, nobody doubts that h
joining me now is cnn s white house correspondent john harwood and former cia officer david priest. david, good to see you. i haven t seen you in a while. david is the author of the president s book of secrets. let s start with john harwood. john, president biden says trump should no longer receive briefings citing his erratic behavior. this is a big deal. well, it s a big deal, don, in the sense that no other ex-president has been denied this information. but it s a completely normal deal when you think about how donald trump is different from every other previous ex-president. is he discreet with classified information? no. he wasn t as president. is he capable of providing wise advice that joe biden or any other policy maker would value based on that information? no. is there something suspicious about his relationship vladimir putin and russia? yes. does anyone doubt that donald trump is capable of taking classified information and using it to benefit himself politica