President ial nominee joe biden spoke with teachers and education officials about reopening schools in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Plan totalked about his boost federal support for Public Schools. Hosted by the National Education association, this is about 40 minutes. [applause] joe biden thank you. Good afternoon, everyone. Im jill bidens husband, joe biden. And lily thanks for bringing us together and for the energy and leadership you brought to this indispensable organization. You know, you all head up a union, an organization that is holds the future of the country in know, you all head up a union, an organization that is holds the future of the country in your hands. And what determines to our children determines what happens to this nation. Theyre our children. They lift our National Ambition aa lot of. And you have them in your hands. And your members are lucky to have you. And im absolutely certain of that because i happen to be as i said neither one of you members.
Advance. Everyone needs a chance to prosper. And broadband, the internet, modern communications is to us what pencil and tablet was to my greatgrandparents 100 years ago. Peter lets bring our guest reporter, gopal ratnam, from cq roll call into our conversation. Gopal thank you for having me, peter. And congressman lucas, thank you for taking this time to speak. I want to ask you about the proposal you have, that you put out in january, asking for an increase in spending on federal r d. Among the things that you called for is a boost in spending on Artificial Intelligence, biotech and quantum computing. But given the pandemic we are amidst now, 120,000 plus americans have died, is there anything that you would change in terms of areas of focus, areas of research where such federal spending to be applied . Could be applied . Rep. Lucas i think what we have seen in recent weeks demonstrates not just the need, but the magnitude of the resources that are necessary. When legislation was bei
Today and always. The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Katty youre watching bbc world news america. I am katty kay in washington. Authorities in minnesota have stepped up the charges in the death of george floyd. The other three officers have all been charged, alongside derek chauvin,k who faces a more severe or charge. Demonstrators are back out in americas cities today. It is the ninth straight if proteststraight day of protest at the killing. When one crisis meets another. Why medical experts fear these global demonstrations could lead to a spike in cases of the coronavirus. Plus, bringing a chefs touch when in trouble. How jose andres has been helping those affected by the pandemic. Katty welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. Minnesotas attorney general has broadened the push for accountability in the death of
Today and always. The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Katty youre watching bbc world news america. I am katty kay in washington. Authorities in minnesota have stepped up the charges in the death of george floyd. The other three officers have all been charged, alongside derek chauvin,k who faces a more severe or charge. Demonstrators are back out in americas cities today. It is the ninth straight if proteststraight day of protest at the killing. When one crisis meets another. Why medical experts fear these global demonstrations could lead to a spike in cases of the coronavirus. Plus, bringing a chefs touch when in trouble. How jose andres has been helping those affected by the pandemic. Katty welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. Minnesotas attorney general has broadened the push for accountability in the death of
When will the economy bounce ba talk with one of t investors. Plus. I dont consider a country coming back of the schools are closed. Chris President Trump says opening schools is key to opening the country. We are joined by the colorado governor to discuss getting kids back to school and their parents back to work. The president calls it obama gate, and alleged plot to wreck his presidency before it even started. We will ask our sunday panel how big a role they will play in the 2020 campaign. And revving up for the return of live sports. Our power player of the week, nascar player Jimmie Johnson on getting back to racing. At all right now on fox news sunday. And hello again from fox news in washington. After almost two months of lock down the, the slowing coming out of the worst of the covid 19 pandemic. The nation know tops more than 1. 4 million cases of the coronavirus, but some 48 states have at least partially reopener business and recreation. And President Trump has launched oper