Administration is taking action to make sure we have the resources to fight the global pandemic. It has been a brutal pandemic for over 150 countries all over the world. Weve had Great Success over the , themonth and as you know millions of pieces of equipment have been delivered successfully and we have made it available to the states and the governors have been very gracious. I have to tell you the governors have been great. The governor of new jersey has grateful. I think they have appreciated what the federal government has done. You look at the hospitals being built all over the country, it is really incredible. Afternoon, i invoke the defense production act to prioritize federal contracts for Business Leaders. The insulators are a big deal and we delivered thousands of them and often times you dont turning out we are that we have to produce large numbers and we will be doing a lot more. Demonstrate that we will not hesitate to use the authority of the federal government to combat
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We are going to turn to our , Nicole Gaudiano, education reporter from politico, and talk about how the coronavirus has impacted k12 education in the United States. Good morning. Guest good morning. Thank you for having me. Host thank you for being with us. The 2 trillion coronavirus aid bill that has passed congress and been signed by the president , is there any help for education in this package . Guest there is. 31 billion in education stabilization funding. It will be divided between k12 and higher education. Some of this funding for k12 should help handle continued closures and purchasing Education Technology for Online Learning, because they are having to devise a new system on the fly. This is designed to help with that. Host nicole, what type of guidance is coming from the federal government down to the states and the local education boards and to the schools about coronavirus . Are we hearing much from the department of education on what schools should be doing right now . Gu