Emotions and develop his personality. I met him. Hes a great young man, but like so many parents, she is worried. She is worried about her job as a dental assistant and not seeing changes in what she has to do to make things work. Shes noticing changes in noahs behavior since he hasnt been in school. Where are my teachers . We are in his classroom. Parentsd to lean on her , which many people have to do to help her get through it. It is really tough. Parents like sarah, places like the center, and the caregivers and educators who work here also give me a great deal of hope. Determination i am pushing for over two years to triple the amount of money for title i schools in districts like this one, where every child, every child in a title i district is able to have the benefits of an education at three and four years of age. That is why i couldnt think of a better place to talk about the third plank of my plan for the economy. This is about the squeeze on working families who are raising
Statements, i want to acknowledge the loss over the weekend of congressman john lewis, a civil rights icon who changed history at great personal sacrifice. In 2015 i was honored to be among those who joined him in selma to commemorate the Fiftieth Anniversary of the blood sunday march which he led. I send my deepest condolences to his family and loved ones. Todays hearing comes at a time when our nation is experiencing the confluence of a health crisis, economic depression and a series of killing is that laid bare the Racial Injustice that still paints the country. Our focus is on covid19s disproportionate impact on black and latino seniors. As well as seniors from other racial and ethnic minority communities, black and latino residents are infected with a virus, nearly twice as likely to die from covid19. The state of maine has the worst Racial Disparity in covid19 cases in the country, also comprise less then 2 of maines population, they account for approximately 23 of all cases, lik
Erin another day, another grim milestone set in the united states. For the fifth time in nine days, the u. S. Hit yet another daily record of new coronavirus cases with at least five states in the south and west, setettin single day records for new infection. The worrying spikes have done little to sway the trump administration, afterr framing lockckdown measures as harmful for the economy and confusing messages around masks, they made reopening schools the new battle even threatening to take fred aid from schools that refuse to reopen on schedule. Its not just about kids learning and not falling behind academically, its about all that tal Services Children receive at our schools, its about families and opening up america again. After the administration criticized the centers for Disease Control guidelines for reopening schools, the organization announced it would issue new recommendations next week. Ththough t the director added t measure should not justify keeping schools closed. Wit
From texas, as it comes out, we have seen things turning around. The equity markets on both sides of the atlantic under pressure, the s p down by 1. 85 . European equities are up much more, and as you can see, you have a decent move coming through in the bond market as well. At 6000 isearlier now retreating as well. We are going to talk about what is happening with its implications on the u. S. Economy and elsewhere. Coming up later in the hour, we are going to be joined by the Rockefeller Foundation president , dr. Reggie of shah dr. Rajeevof shot shaw. He has a pretty good idea of what happened in terms of the spread of these kinds of viruses and how to deal with his take on what we are seeing in texas and elsewhere. Alex, lets get a sense of how the markets are responding and what is going on here. ,e are joined by bilal hafeez so talk to me a little bit about what is happening here. That iseeing a market becoming increasingly nervous about this virus. The case count is going up. Ho
My prayers go out to the floyd family and the other families of a long list of other victims and loved ones. I stand in solidarity with all those who have peacefully patriotically challenging the status quo. Are about the treatment of africanamericans at the hands of police. They are also about the systemic racial inequities that have festered in our society for years. They are now magnified by the coronavirus that we are here to talk about. Inequity is particularly stark in health bare by has been laid this pandemic. Latinos,mericans, native americans, and other people of color have tested positive, been hospitalized, and died from covid19 at alarming rates. , african are dying at a rate that is double what would be expected given their share of the population. Infectedhat have been ina disproportionate rate every state that report these data. And native americans, who represent just 4 of the are 21 ofin arizona the coronavirus deaths in that state. Subcommittees briefing, we heard fr