I am joined by my colleague paul clement its good to see you. Likewise it is good to see you. We served as Solicitor Generals Office during past transition so we should probably start by digging in a little bit what is happening on that front and how this transition might be different than past transitions. Maybe we will talk about the specific cases that could be impacted by the change in the administration. And given there is another impeachment trial about to begin maybe we should talk about thatouri also. Would you mind introducing yourself to the audience . I would be happy to. I will spare you the biography and just talk about two things that are relevant for todays presentation. First is the georgetown connection both m eo and undergrad and somebody who has been teaching at the law school since the clinton impeachment thats my first started teaching separation ofol power at the law school so that affiliation runs deep and i am delighted to be here. The second aspect of my bio th
Pringle, here to talk about President Bidens plan on education during the pandemic. Nora dunn sense of this tweet. The white house confirmed President Bidens goal of reopening a majority of schools in the first 100 days does not apply to high schools and there is no word of a timeline for reopening secondary schools. Becky pringle, what do you know about the plan . Guest good morning, greta. It is good to be back on washington journal. We have been so encouraged by President Bidens understanding it is absolutely essential our students, educators get back to inperson learning. As a finance teacher for 30 years, there is nothing i know i would rather do than be in front of my students doing science labs. We know and have been saying for 10 months we need the resources. Thats exactly what President Biden plan President Bidens plan starts with. He knows we have to make investments in our schools. Not just that. Is 1. 9 trillion package he sent to Congress Also includes money to states. We
Maybe theres good reasoning behind that and so i guess that i would like to know more extensively about, you know, why those are chosen and i also, i guess, on a larger you know, scale, why the second you said its facilities related but maybe that is not time to go into depth, but i dont know if theres a way to increase capacity for those sites. If theres something that we could do, i would want to do it. If its not feasible, okay, but i guess that, you know, in some ability to speak to that, that would be helpful. Id be happy to. I think that, commissioner, just to clarify, while the facilities did share information with the instructional team, just to make sure that we were avoiding any, you know, any sites that had real issues. The selection of the sites is driven by the guiding principle that it is best for students to be back in their normally assigned home classrooms to the extent possible. And so that is that is just the distribution issue which far problem seedprecedes my arriv
A symbolic vote asking people if they want president Nicolas Maduro out. And International Aid finally arrives in ethiopias to grey region after more than a month the fighting between local forces and government soldiers. Bought into the Program Advisers for the u. S. Centers for Disease Control and prevention have voted to recommend the nations 1st Coronavirus Vaccine for widespread to use in people over the age of 16 now this will help clear the way for Health Officials to begin the largest Inoculation Campaign in American History the 1st supplies are due to reach states on monday more than 297000 people have died of covert 19 of the worlds worst affected nation and the u. S. Registered another record toll of 3309 fatalities on friday john hendren reports now from washington d. C. In the nation most devastated by the Global Pandemic the 1st doses of the 1st approved vaccine or on the move within the next 24 hours they will begin moving vaccine from the Pfizer Manufacturing facility t
A symbolic vote asking people if they want president Nicolas Maduro out. Awaiting for justice 25 years on victims of the bosnian war struggle to find closure they fight for their day in court. So the u. S. Is gearing up for a massive coronavirus Vaccination Program with the 1st shots to be administered as early as monday over the next 24 hours trucks loaded with the phase of biotech jobs will head to nearly 150. 00 Centers Across the country it will be one of the largest inoculation campaigns in American History that is after the u. S. Centers for Disease Control and prevention voted to recommend the vaccine for people older than 16 the food and Drug Administration authorized it for emergency use nearly 300000 people have died from covert 1000 and the worlds worst affected nation and in the last 4 days almost a 1000000 new cases were confirmed pushing the total past 16000000 to 100 reports now from washington d. C. In the nation most devastated by the Global Pandemic the 1st doses of t