Program than they could offer in the spring when the pandem for struck. At that time teachers and parents struggled with Distance Learning from simply gett online to getting assignments done. Toght we consider the challenges and opportunities the new school year brings, when instruction shifts online. Joining me now via skype is our Senior Editor of education julia mcavoy. Also joining us his doctor alicia smith the executive director of the Education Trust west. Thank you both for joining us. It to be here. Julia lets start with you. Most of californias schoolchildren are going back to sool this month but online only. There a process toget a waiver for Elementary School kids. Can you tell us about the criteria . Schools and districts which are in counties where the caseload is under 200 per 100,000 residents, they can apply. They have to meet all sorts of safety criteria, plants were Distance Learning, small cohorts of kids communication plan with parents. What they will do if a case
1400 nationwide as cases surge in the midwest. Plus, controversial policies in two states and some say put nursing home residents at risk. Ride of a lifetime. Two astronauts who made history, crude mission on a private rocket. Safety issues they say need to be fixed before the next flight. First heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Suddenly, we heard a very loud explosion. The build iings, all the glass just went down. It was raining glass all over the city of beirut. The massive blast in beirut, lebanon. As the death toll keeps rising, Lebanese Health minister says thousands are injured. This coming as an investigation is under way into what cause this had tragedy. Isaias is leaving a path of destruction on the east coast. People confirmed dead. All of a sudden it felt like the end of the world was coming. Turn the attention to the upcoming electric, the president says he supports mailin voting in florida spl theyre so well run. Florida is a very wellrun state, low taxes
Awaiting to be reunited a father whos one of thousands of palestinian separated from his family for months as a result of covert 19. And im here the same for the sport as brazil tackles the 2nd worst outbreak of coronavirus in the World Football returned to the pitch just meters away from a Field Hospital for covert 19 patients. So then a former canadian diplomat and a businessman have been charged with spying in canada and a case set to increase diplomatic tensions between the 2 countries michael coverage is being held in beijing and businessmen michael spadeful was charged in a city near the north korean border theyre accused of spying for state secrets for a foreign entity. Were detained in late 2018 soon after the arrests in canada or of main ones whos a Top Executive of the chinese tech giant while away is shes the daughter of woe is founder and is facing extradition to the United States on fraud charges if a trade with iran and those developments come as a strain as Prime Ministe
China says its learned the lessons will have to stamp out a covert 19 outbreak in beijing. 7 and china is rejecting accusations of hostage diplomacy after it charged 2 canadians were spying the business men and former diplomats were detained in late 2018 and was being seen as retaliating for canadas arrest of a chinese executive lexia prime as more. These are the men at the center of a case thats left relations between china and canada at their lowest in decades has something at stake Michael Covel a former diplomat who works for the in the International Crisis group a role that saw him appear on this Channels Program inside story. And michael spade a businessman promoting links to north korea who helped set up a high profile visit to pyongyang by former basketball star Dennis Rodman going to bring together International Athletes to come here just to play sport for more than 550. 00 days after their arrest in beijing and near the north korean border post may have been charged with espi