He calls the guidelines impractical, very tough and expensive. The president wants schools open starting next month so parents can go back to their jobs. A necessary step to fully reopen the economy. Vice president mike pence reinforcing that message but with a different tone. The president said today we just dont want the guidance to be too tough. Thats the reason why next week cdcs going to be issuing a new set of tools. More now from White House Correspondent jeremy diamond. Reporter pushing for schools to reopen, President Trump is already turning to heavyhanded tactics threatening to cut funding to reluctant schools and dismissing some of his administrations own Public Health experts. Falsely accusing democrats of opposing School Reopenings across the board, the president tweeting, may cut off funding if not open. What you heard from the president is just his determination to provide the kind of leadership from the federal level that says were going to get our kids back to school