Pringle, here to talk about President Bidens plan on education during the pandemic. Nora dunn sense of this tweet. The white house confirmed President Bidens goal of reopening a majority of schools in the first 100 days does not apply to high schools and there is no word of a timeline for reopening secondary schools. Becky pringle, what do you know about the plan . Guest good morning, greta. It is good to be back on washington journal. We have been so encouraged by President Bidens understanding it is absolutely essential our students, educators get back to inperson learning. As a finance teacher for 30 years, there is nothing i know i would rather do than be in front of my students doing science labs. We know and have been saying for 10 months we need the resources. Thats exactly what President Biden plan President Bidens plan starts with. He knows we have to make investments in our schools. Not just that. Is 1. 9 trillion package he sent to Congress Also includes money to states. We
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50s and 60s in santa rosa and san jose. Morning fog with cool lows with some errors in the upper 40s. Warming to hot with an onshore breeze. The fog will retreat slowly for some. Thunderstorms over the mountains. And temperatures, if you like the last couple of days, not much change. Near average. Highway 17 s. , you want to focus on that first . We are looking at that. I was 17. And looking at other commutes but first we will look at the bay bridge. But yes, we will get to hide something. I want to remind people that the bay bridge does have a backup in case you have not seen it. See mentioned i was 17. In case you havent heard, there was an overturned truck stop on something at the summit. Northbound traffic has also slowed. Bigger problem force up on something. We will update that all morning long until they clear. Lets get back to the headlines. Arthritis put out a fire in pittsburgh and rescued one person after regards went up in flames overnight. It happened at 245 on crestview d
Former public works director who is accused of corruption. Nbc bay areas jean elle joins us in San Francisco with all the drama. Jean . Reporter raj, tonight the District Attorney says he is investigating what he calls the mayors possible ethical violation. But people here at city hall say the rules make it clear no one is supposed to accept a gift from a subordinate, and thats what the mayor did. I am just asking her to do the right thing and resign. Reporter supervisor Hillary Ronan is calling on San Francisco mayor breed to step aside after breed revealed details about her relationship with the former head of the department of public works, aft arrested him on public corruption charges in january. Breed now says she and nuru had a romantic relationship 20 years ago and more significantly, nuru paid 5,600 to fix her car and provide a rental car last year. Ive checked with the City Attorney and every step of the way, whether its the relationship, whether its the car reporter breed cle