Hit florida moves elderly into covert 99 solutions and as. China vacates it shuttered culture that in houston was after ordering the us to close its mission changed due. To. The 1st friday prayers of istanbuls sophia after its controversial change of status from museum to mosque. So then the top u. S. Health agency has issued guidelines calling for the full reopening of schools in september even as Coronavirus Infection spike in large parts of the country the centers for Disease Control insist it is safe for children to return to classes its unlikely they say that they will contract or transmit the virus now states and local governments are under growing pressure from the white house to reopen schools with President Donald Trump threatening to withhold federal funds from districts that the White House Press secretary reiterated that call. It is our firm belief that the that our schools are essential places of business if you will that our teachers are essential personnel you all here are considered essential workers which is why he were coming into the Briefing Room every day during the candidate their meat packers where meat packing because they were essential workers our doctors were out there treating their essential workers and we believe our teachers are essential well the latest c. D. C. Guidelines are a sharp departure from a leaked early a document that classified the full reopening of schools as a higher risk of cheaper arkans are against the idea recent poll conducted by the Associated Press show that nearly 80 percent dont think that schools should open without major adjustments and the main Teachers Union in florida has taken the governor a trump ally to court to stop schools from reopening the group which represents 140000 teachers says the governor needs a reality check because the outbreak is out of control you know were scared we dont want to bury a student or bury a colleague and we most importantly we really dont want you know. For some security to stop spreading it throughout the community i mean this can really get things well. Not run to what you got and is president of the American Federation of teachers joins us live now on skype from new york to run a welcome to the program good to have you here its an Important Development it is an important element isnt it this is this call for a full scale return to school but now by the c. D. C. You represents what is it 1700000 members what do americas teachers think of this. So i dont actually read the c. D. C. Guidelines that way i mean they you know they change their frame. Based upon the trump politicization and his pressure tactics but when you actually read through the fine print of the c. D. C. Theyre actually saying the same thing that we and others have said of course in School Learning is very important but safety really matters and all of the safety protocols that they have had their beforehand still are there theyre part fine but theyre still there so ultimately nothing has changed other than their framing and frankly what im concerned about is this the trumpet administration yesterday made it quite clear to g. O. P. Delegates that they were not going to put them in harms way yet in that very stain state of florida theyre willing to put teachers and show good in harms way to open schools right now you need to do 3 things number one you have to actually contain the virus in a jurisdiction thats why texas and california and frankly florida need to wait to have in School Learning until they contain the virus and have a testing infrastructure so that they contain spikes number 2 every school in the country has to have the safety guard rails that the c. D. C. Still calls for mass and 6 feet of physical distance saying cleaning and ventilation and number 3 we have to have the resources to do it and that is what we need to do to make sure that safety and health of children and teachers are not mr trumps bluster or threats or demands of course the president s argument is that children dont get as sick as adults. So if you think about this is part of the reason why when the pediatricians heard that argument they actually said no mr president if youre talking about schools you have to talk about the safety of everyone because it is actually adults who teach children children dont teach themselves Adult Children and frankly weve actually seen evidence thank god that theres evidence that younger kids dont get so sick but older kids the evidence from south korea is that they spread the virus just like older adults to the point is this we need to harmonize the instruction for kids which is very important in school and the safety of everyone which is of paramount importance in countries in europe they Work Together on this and didnt and didnt open up schools until they contain the virus thats what we need to do in america as well and frankly my members before trumps bluster and denials and threats 76 percent of them said that if we could get the safety guard else in places where we didnt have this huge spike lee at florida they were comfortable going back to in School Learning but now they do not trust that we will have the resources or the guardrails that every other essential worker has had to have in order to be in this in in in person im work right and because its not just teachers were talking about here theres also a claim is this cafeteria worker has all sorts of personnel at schools that are in the picture and also a lot of the personnel in schools will be over the age of 15 and therefore risk it works. Does your settings about whats going to help you was this im just going to say that what is also whats going to happen in you know when september in late August September when schools a june to reopen are we going to school so people know whats going to happen my sense is because trub is anything but constructive because everybody sees the pressure tactics hes put on the last agency that used to have trust in america c. D. C. Mike said to this piece just created more and more chaos so what i think is going to happen unfortunately is that more and more and more schools will open remotely rather than in person because we dont have the resources yet from the congress mr mcconnell today said it may take weeks to actually negotiate a new stimulus package so how do you start school with the resources that you need when those resources are not forthcoming how do you pay for people. When you dont have the money to do it how do you pay for the cleaning supplies when you dont have the money to do it so i think were already seeing in places with high risk like houston and atlanta l. A. San francisco theyre going until remote instruction there are many places who are really trying newark new york city were really trying to figure out how to put the safety protocols in place but we dont have the funding to do it ok so try and mcconnell dont actually give us the funding to do this and if they dont start containing the virus instead of letting it spike im really afraid were going to be on remote instruction in many places in America Running one garden we appreciate your time thanks very much indeed thats right we want gotten president of the American Federation of teachers. Well turning from the young to the old efforts being made in the u. S. To protect the elderly in florida a surge in cases has prompted officials to start using covert 99 Solution Centers the idea is to stop the spread of the virus among most vulnerable but experts warn the strategy comes with risks and ive got a reports now from miami. The coronavirus pandemic has taken a heavy toll on floridas elderly residents a staggering majority of the fatalities here are those 65 and older and with an Expansive Network of assisted living facilities and Nursing Homes the danger for seniors is serious like other states around the nation florida is turning to Isolation Centers for the elderly the state now has more than 2 dozen of them that is and to prevent the spread of coated 19 give patients the attention they need and free up space in the states already strained hospitals covert Nursing Homes are places where a hospital could discharge safely Long Term Care resident whos covered positive also has a place where if there is infections inside a Long Term Care facility a Long Term Care facility consent of the coven only facility in a state ravaged by the pandemic the bay oaks retirement home in miami is an exception there have been no coronavirus cases here but if any resident falls ill staff say isolation is a good option i think its a great idea so if somebody has it they should be in a place where they can be monitored by professionals who are experienced whatever limited or experienced people now its terrible disease for the past 2 weeks in florida the number of new daily cases has hovered around 10000 miami has now mandated the wearing of masks but in other parts of the state those who can easily spread the virus are ignoring medical advice the number of cases among those who work with the elderly has also risen sharply but some experts say isolating elderly patients who contract covert 19 may not. But the best thing one of the things not often talked about during this pandemic is the Mental Health aspect of living through these difficult times many elderly residents arent allowed to see relatives social interaction is in many places not allowed and moving those who are infected with covert 19 may be detrimental to all involved those who specialize in geriatric care say isolation and patient transfers has its drawbacks many residents are very confused by the situation and with perhaps alzheimers or dementia or may not understand fully whats going on and why are they no longer being visited every day by relatives around 20 percent of floridas population is over the age of 65. 00 but even in communities like the villages where people are 55 and older cases of quadrupled since the beginning of the month while isolation units for those who fall ill as seen as a good strategy risks remain for this states older population whether they live in care facilities or not and a gala crowd is here or Miami Florida now a group of men fall to be officials have forced their way into the chinese consulate building in houston moments after a deadline to shut the office expired on tuesday the u. S. Government ordered it to be closed within 72 hours after accusing its personnel of espionage and data theft or accuse of targeting facilities in texas including medical systems and treatment sentence china has called the allegations malicious slander. Or the u. S. Has also arrested a number of chinese scientists over their alleged ties to chinas military trying to win is due to appear in court on visa fraud charges in San Francisco as she was the last of 4 to be arrested the u. S. Has includes the chinese consulate in San Francisco of harboring a u. S. Officials have accused all 4 of lying about their status in their visa applications meanwhile a singaporean man has pleaded guilty in the u. S. To acting as a chinese spy hiding your castros in maryland and has more on these cases and the developing diplomatic spat. The 4th of those arrests woman by the name of time join she was just in federal court in california she had been hiding within the chinese consulate in San Francisco after having been questioned by f. B. I. Agents and what the u. S. Is accusing her of is they say she is secretly a member of the Chinese Military who posed as a student in order to gain access to u. S. Universities and steal research and trade secrets to take back to china now china has vehemently denied those accusations but we see this really as an escalation with the u. S. Also ordering the closure of the chinese consulate in houston directly related to these arrests a workers there packed up today it was a vision time just about an hour ago and then we had about start only mirror image across the ocean in chengdu china where in retaliation for the closure of the chinese consulate well china ordered americans to close their consulate in chengdu so really a moment that reflects perhaps the most acute deterioration in the relationship between these 2 countries since diplomatic relations were normalized more than 40 years ago or jordans foreign minister when you use coal to go in the United States reverse what he calls its wrong decision beijing has now retaliated by ordering the closure of the u. S. Consulate in chengdu by monday true to you is that for us. Here in downtown tendu and this is the new as consulate and there are a lot of policemen here that brought a dozen Police Officers also monitoring the crowds this entire street has been blocked off because since the Chinese Foreign ministry made the announcement that the u. S. Consulate here would have to close but the desk rules are allowed to walk behind a lot of few of them passing by taking photos taking selfies its become quite a Tourist Destination now china hasnt said exactly why its targeting this close to it all it said though is that there are some new. Spatial so what would they say have been engaged in activities that are not consistent with their capacity we also know that is quite significant operation to the southwest of china it deals with us this is nearby touching and acts as an active listening post for events taking place in session jungle and its a bet now the Chinese Foreign ministry has said that they do not want to do this or did not want to have to close the consulate here but they were forced by the u. S. One year chinas top diplomat has laid the blame for the worsening ties between timing us completely at the foot of washington and he says that its up to washington now to mend and rebuild those ties and china says if the u. S. Does not pull back from decision to close the embassy the consulate in texas that china will have no choice but to hit back measure for measure. So good here in alexandra more and why 2000 u. S. Registered boeing 737 have been grounded. Temperatures have been tempered in the east coast of the u. S. As this mess isnt so represents a cold front is on his way through then youve got the southwest monsoon so showers and actually a bit of flooding in tucson arizona but maybe thats the most obvious feature this is a Tropical Storm due to make landfall on saturday morning and the texas coast and then disappear inland is mostly a story of a large amount of rain i think between 150 and 250 millimeters more than youll get from most of the showers of the shown here either in kansas or nebraska up towards the midwest on another slow moving frontal system. So also named storm this one here disappears in the gulf of mexico i want to briefly have a look at whats happening in the caribbean behind me youve got hannah storm then just coming in probably over the top of grenada is hes coming gonzales will be hurrican probably a category one hurricane moving fairly quickly to go top of the island most likely sometime during saturday maybe early sunday potential damage obviously from that sounds a little quiet until you get down to probably the river plate where again your frontal system which is change the temperatures is taking right now back up into the south of brazil. From. Frank assessments saying that 76 percent of the relation of life is being sorted through informed opinion is ethiopia on the verge of a breakdown many cars are the only at region are actually under a de facto state of emergency and critical debate after is a proxy because not every sunday enters the philippine people indepth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on aljazeera. Hello again youre watching aljazeera reminder the top stories this hour and 1st the top u. S. Health agency has issued guidelines calling for the full reopening schools in september even as corona virus infections spike in large parts of the country the centers for Disease Control says it is safe for children to return to classes its unlikely they will contract and transport the virus. China has now closed its consulate in the u. S. City of houston staff and moved their belongings as a 72 hour shutdown order expired u. S. Officials accuse chinese agents of unacceptable levels of intellectual property theft. And china has retaliated by ordering the closure of the u. S. Consulate in the southwestern city of chengdu beijing says the u. S. Is to blame for increasingly strained relations between the 2 countries. Are now the white houses new restrictions to allow u. S. Defense contractors to sell more drones to Foreign Countries is doing this by reinterpreting a cold war era arms treaty signed by 34 nations this will allow the u. S. To sell drones that fly under 800 kilometers an hour to countries it considers to be its allies previously these drones were classified as cruise missiles and subject to strict export restrictions the us military has released what it says is proof that russia has violated gay u. N. Arms embargo in libya the pentagon claims the satellite pictures show military equipment supplied by russian mercenaries being used on the front lines of the conflict these include fighter jets said Defense Systems an Armored Vehicles the russian the u. S. Says russia is boosting support for warlord who leave her have to his forces have been pushed back from western libya over the past few months by the un recognized governments. 2 of his president has joined thousands of people for the 1st friday prayers at the high give s