2000 there are will take you on a journey with all the toys diverse wildlife will be joined by im reading by mentioning that and also 800 patients and well be discussing the impact the potential until Development Good hands on these diverse what like species living here if im protected. Hi im Steve Clements and i have a question as going back to school become the political football of this season lets get to the bottom line. The new Academic Year is off to a chaotic start for americas 50000000. 00 students and their families in many schools that are open for face to face learning some students or teachers have already tested positive for corona virus we need to quarantine some temporary shutdowns within days with vague and conflicting guidance from Public Officials each of these School Districts has had to come up with its own guidelines think about that for a 2nd in a country with more than 13000. 00 separate School Districts each one is out there figuring this out all out on its own
Figuring this out all out on its own and thats on top of President Trump breathing down their necks with repeated tweets like this one well today were fortunate to be talking about these issues with someone who has worked with schools and teachers all her life and has been a High School Teacher herself Randi Weingarten is president of the American Federation of teachers one of the Largest Labor unions in america representing more than 1600000 teachers and School Employees randi thanks for joining us i guess i just want to ask you for the moment did you ever think that schools would become the political battleground that they have right before both Party Conventions are starting in this country well. You know schools. And teachers and teacher unions and financing of schools have become political footballs for years you know i remember. Candidates like alfonse damato when he was in trouble trying to pit parents against teachers using tenure i remember even bob dole you know saying were n
Down roads with no names we feel asleep to live a relentless you know promise to make every delivery special. Not just next day but every day. Thousands of children still waiting for their delivery sponsor books today so together can deliver inches. This is d. W. News africa coming up on the program. Faces of fear in was on beat many thousands are displeased and killed us islamist militants carry out brutal attacks in the north of the country. In times of growing up new pilots projects in malawi is given some children to hold a school with 19 hospitals and classrooms across the country. I met you mike a junior welcome to the program we start off with the latest Islamist Insurgency on the continent northing was on baek the countrys president calls the situation a war and his defense minister says its tens fluid when describing about what islamist militants to regain control of a key port in the Northern Province of kabul delgado the militants seized the ports on 2. Simbo of the pie on w
A life back in the wild. But 1st we had to its an age where a former drug mule tells us about his time within the nigerian mafia that. Drugs Money Laundering forgery smuggling faffed cyber crime when it comes to organized crime business is booming with revenues of more than 800000000000. 00 euros a year according to the latest report by the European Police all flirty europol the report also says there are around 5000 transnational criminal groups operating in europe one of the most lucrative criminal activities is people trafficking this particularly affects women from nigeria many of whom are forced into prostitution in europe. And in italy according to the United Nations estimates as many as 80 percent of nigerian. Migrant women arriving in the country are at risk of sex trafficking. And those behind it are often nigerian criminals. And. The nigerian mafia stronghold in europe is the small town of cost over all torino and just outside naples this is like you got to. Come live in a. C
Later today, daytime highs eventually on the warm side yet again weve gotten used to this lately though upper 70s 80s right alongside the bay and 90s for a few inland spots. Daria. Thanks a lot lets get to our top story right now the fall semester for oakland is here online today, thousands of students. Well Start School Year the district spent the week distributing computers and wifi hot spots to students who need them. There are frustrations though with the Distance Learning plan has some parents reported last week that their students didnt get their laptops yet. Attendance is mandatory for students in all of their classes. The beginning of year so important for teachers to ponder students yet another stunts to get to know their backgrounds and the things they deal with outside of school. And they cant do that now because we are all this is their students. I know this is a really different than what youre used to when you were hoping for and. Were going to get there were going to mak