We try to live in the moment, to not miss whats right in front of us. At mutual of america, we believe taking care of tomorrow can help you make the most of today. Mutual of america financial group, Retirement Services and investments. Additional support has been provided by consumer cellular. And by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the american people. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan good evening, and thank you for joining us. The average number of daily confirmed Coronavirus Infections in the United States continues to trend down from new highs seen in late july. Covid19related hospitalizations are also declining, even as deaths, which lag behind, remain high. But despite the positive signs, Public Health officials are worried about continued issues with testing. Across the u. S. , the number of covid19 tests has fallen, on average, from highs in late july, to about 710,000 tests ear
School districts throughout the state have been preparing for a more robust Online Education program than theycould offer in the spring when the pandemic for struck. At that time teachers and parentdistruggled with ance learning from simply getting online to getting assignments done. Tonight we consider the challenges a opportunities the new school year brings, when instruction shifts online. Joining me now v Senior Editor of education julia mcavoy. Also joining us his doctor alicia smith the executive director of the Education Trust west. Thank you bo for joining us. It to be here. Julia lets start with you. Most of californias schoolchildren are going back to school this month but online only. There is a process to get a waiver for elementahool 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. Than they have to meet all s so safety criteria, plants were Distance Learning, small
Also served as California Attorney general. She is the first black woman and first woman of indian descent to run for the vice presidency and only the third female candidate as Vice President of a major party ticket. Harris will play a key role in the Democratic National convention with beat which begins next week in wisconsin. Joining me now is our politics and government correspondent marisa lagos and scott shafer. Thank you for joining us. Thanks for having us. We have all three known and covered Kamala Harris for many years. I remember covering her in 2005 when i first came to the bay area. Tell us about your Early Experiences with Kamala Harris, what she was like and how you have seen her change she was a political novice when she ran for District Attorney in 2003. She challenged an incumbent and i think something happened early that shaped the rest of her trajectory to where she is today. A San Francisco Police Officer was shot and killed and she promised in the campaign not to s
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Tracing, testing, and outreach. The state will also provide 52 million in fede l aid for affected communities. Essential workers in agriculture and Meatpacking Industries who are mainly latino are especially vulnerable to getting sick and e Fresno County Health Department says latinos make up roughly half of the countys population but acunt for nearly 70 percent of covid19 deaths. With me now by skype is esno City Council President and enining bykype from fresno is steve randel. Thank you both so much for joining us. Thanksfor having us paid would like you to tell me uabou it so hard to contain the virus among farmworkers. These conditions are very specific to farmworkers in inclliving in high density substandard housing with intergenerational living e uninsured and have limited access to healthcare, a lot of them have preexisting medical conditions like diabetlo and High Pressure and they live in an area with the highest pollution rate in the country and they do not have access tofpai