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
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Say that the number of refugees who arrive to this camp alone are much more than they were expecting. And the numbers are in the hundreds and not the dozens as initially when the composite, when the camp opened nearly 3 weeks ago, the numbers of those who are arriving were about 50 to 60 per day. But that is, that has gone up to 2 to 300 per day, and thats in the camp. By the time they were operated straight in. And they say more arrive overnight and in the late hours and then they registered the next day. So the figures have been rising. In other developments if you withdraw 3 of its to ground soldiers from a u. N. Peacekeeping mission in south sudan. Its done the same in somalia, where several, 100 to ground soldiers serving in a peacekeeping force would dissolve. President elect joe biden says the United States will be ready to lead again once he takes office in january. Biden made the pledge as he formally introduced some members of his proposed capitals, including stuff who served
Great question. I wanted to write a book that would be a first draft of the history of the long epidemics for the year of covid and beyond but that would speak to an interested reader, not just a specialist in the field. There are lots of specialists in the field and i thought my valueadded might be to translate from specialists in the field to reader who are fascinate by the blizzard of legal issues that werent really on most peoples anda until now. We never thought about pt epidemics but think about them now, particularly what we can learn from them andhat do we know when its going to be over. I want to begin, john, if i can, really at the end of your book, and then ill pivot book at the end of our interview to ask you more but this question. You write, america has two histories, one ugly,he other far more appealing. In the months and years ahead, americans will hold the power between them. Lets hope the make the right choice. Im going to be asking you more but what that right choice
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