Now inside the white house President Donald Trump hosting folks k through 12 years old professionals. Higher education folks and parents and students. The president speaking right now in this moment in the news conference. Talking about going back to school, how important that is not just for parents but also kids themselves. The white house saying if schools follow the cdc guidelines then opening up will be done safely. Listen to this. Very much going to put pressure on governors and everybody else to open the schools to get them open and it is very important. It is very important for our country. It is very important for the well being of the student and the parents. Reporter the head of cdc came out actually said urging schools to open. No one at the white house here is pushing a one size fits all approach. Health and Human Services secretary said some areas hit harder by the coronavirus will have to adjust but still can reopen. Not going to be the full experience. It will not be the recess experience. That is vital to kids. It is something. It is physical. As the American Academy of pediatrics said there is emotional, mental health, physical, intellectual development toll that happens from our kids not being back at school. Reporter theyre looking at a study of centers of Disease Control that 29 of adults missed work during the shutdown taking care of a child going back to school. That also means parents will spend money on School Supplies and spending, being able to keep the economic momentum Going Forward because they will also be able to go back to work. Back to you. Jackie thank you so much, edward lawrence. That is a big number of parents staying home from school, right, connell . That is a big topic for so many parents. We have the White Plains City School district superintendent. Joseph, i want to get your reaction to what the president has to say to look at your own preparations for school in the fall. You heard that clip im sure a minute or two ago from the president saying he will put pressure on governors to open up the schools. Your thoughts . Thanks. Great to be back with you. Hope everyone had a great fourth of july. I certainly appreciate the president s desire to have schools open school. Schools didnt stop because of global pandemic. The pressure needs to be in the senate. We need to make sure heroes act is passed that School Districts and states have the money they need to safely reopen schools, to be able to abide by the cdc guidelines. Without that support it is very, very difficult. Connell i want to know specifically then, your School District north of new york city and in suburbs of new york city what you need. What would the money be used for and what do you not have right now that you need before you open up in the fall . Sure. Thanks. Well, ill tell you in new york were facing a real difficult budget situation. The state of new york of course is in a difficult place right now. We know, we heard from Governor Cuomo if this federal stimulus doesnt come through, this support for National Disaster doesnt come through, education could have a 20 cut in state aid. We cant cut state aid trying to open schools in a safe manner to support our children and our communities. Connell so you need to, for example, youre talking about cleaning the schools . What specifically again do you need money for . Sure. In the White Plains City School district a cut like that were talking about 6 million. That impacts everything related to our childrens programing. It is certainly impacting our ability to provide masks and appropriate ppe as per the cdc guidelines. Also impedes our ability to service our students outside if we were in remote environment. So i think the pressure really needs to come to the senate that states have what they need so that School Districts can have what they need, indeed get back into the building. Connell okay. The other thing that was talked about for the fall was that schools like, your School Leaders like yourself should have their own plan, i believe the cdc director was saying. If you do open up, what do you do if there are covid cases expecting there will be . That is just the way it probably will play out. Whats your plan if you open, hypothetically youre open, however many days a week, what metrics will you look at to decide whether you can remain open or you need to, shut down for a period of time or shut down entirely . What are you going to be looking at . So im not a medical doctor. So what im doing is relying on medical doctors, the department of health in westchester county, the department of health for the state of new york. Were working very closely with them to insure that if and when we do see a spike in covid19 cases we can act appropriately. Includes tracking and tracing, all individuals may have been in contact with somebody sick is notified and take appropriate steps to curb further steps of the illness. New york is a test case, if you take the appropriate steps you cannot only flatten the curve but you can crush it. Were not seeing that everywhere throughout the country. That is makes even more difficult to open School Buildings back up. Connell i know were only early july, things could change before september, given what we know now, the situation now, in case improvements weve seen in new york, what would happen in white plains in the fall . Would you be open five days a week, three days a week . Some sort of an alternate schedule . Some sort of Remote Learning mixed with in person . What is your plan right now . So the School Districts right now in new york state are planning for multiple of scenarios. Whether it be fully open following cdc or american pediatric guidelines. Whether it be some type of hype biddized opening schools come in on a rotating basis or whether fully remote. That will be guided on the numbers. Were working closely with the state and all the districts in our area. Were going to be looking at our numbers to insure that to the extent possible, if we open our facilities it is going to be in the safest manner it can be. It cant be connell training the teachers. Are you working with them this summer to get hem ready . Absolutely. Absolutely. The faculty and Staff Members are amazing. Were running extended school year for persons with special needs in person following cdc guidelines t can be done to some extent. We know it will require a lot of training and Additional Support from the federal government. Without that support it doesnt happen. Connell state aid debate, something you will watch very closely. Obviously we will as well. Good to talk to you again, joseph, white plains, new york. Heads up the School System over there. Jackie, back over to you. Jackie we have fox business alert. Mark zuckerbergs Virtual Meeting with civil rights advocates reporting seeing no commitment between for action between Campaign Leaders and the tech giant. Go to susan for more. Susan the stop hate for Profit Movement met with facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and coo Cheryl Samberg in send dance and vp chris cox returned to the company. According to the reports, statements out in the press a few minutes ago looks like those part of this meeting, that includes the naacp, also Antidefamation League present and free press and color of change, we didnt see any concrete step or actions to change facebooks behavior. If we can bring up quotes theyre calling this a pr stunt. For instance they didnt have anything actionable. Facebook approached our meeting which they called by the way, it was like nothing more than a pr exercise and boycott Coalition Leaders and advertisers understand the stop hate was lives and safety of our community. They were looking for more oversight and shall we say censorship of actual posts. They were looking for a csuite level of executive of civil rights expertise to be installed at facebook. That didnt happen according to them. They were looking for more policies that aided in, i guess fighting discrimination on the platform. We know the stop hate for Profit Movement started after what some saw as hate speech, proliferation of hate speech, discrimination and misinformation on the facebook sites. One post from President Trump ignited movement. Minneapolis post, President Trump says when the looting starts, that is when the shooting starts. This is all the way resulted in 1000 companies paused advertising on facebook. Now it did have an effect on the stock price. Mark zuckerberg offering an olive branch of sort saying in the future they will warning labels will be slapped on any post they find on just shunnable objectionable and controversial. If the 10 decline in the stock price we have climbed to record highs. Goldman sachs say they continue to see facebook as a buy. Social media by the way is the Third Largest platform for advertising in the year 2020. Television is number one, online search, social media. You dont see that abating regardless whether or not we had disappointment in the virtual media between the civil Rights Groups and Mark Zuckerberg and facebook. Guys . Jackie susan li, thank you. Connell . Connell all right. Back to the virus now, jackie. Covid cases surging across many parts of the country. We have had governors pausing reopening plans as a response to. That get the very latest. Jonathan serrie is live for us in atlanta. Jonathan. Reporter good afternoon to you. Starting tomorrow miamidades mayor is going to be closing restaurant Indoor Dining rooms as well as shortterm vacation rentals. He was able to reach a lastminute compromise to keep gyms and Fitness Centers open as long as people wear masks as they work out inside or stay at least 10 feet apart outside. The mayor is trying to discourage large gatherings in a state where nearly one in 100 residents tested positive for the coronavirus. Florida is part of a trend in states across the south, midwest, west, seeing a new surge in cases. Series of circumstances associated with various states and cities trying to open up in the sense of getting back to some form of normality has led to a situation where we now have record breaking cases. Reporter despite the uptick in cases florida education commissioner Richard Corcoran ordered all public and Charter Schools in the state to reopen for families that want their children to be educated in brick and mortar classrooms. He retweeted President Trumps declaration schools must open in the fall. In hardhit texas, organizer of the state fair which drew more than 2 1 2 million visitors last year, announced theyre canceling this years event. This is the first time they have had to do this since world war ii. Back to you guys. Connell Jonathan Serrie in atlanta. Jackie. Jackie all right. Turning americans away from unemployment. New york city is reopening its doors but Small Businesses are struggling to rehire employees. So how can businesses across the u. S. Lure workers back . Well have the latest. Keeping florida open for business, a spike of cases threatens the states economy as local leaders try to avert another shutdown. Well talk to the miami mayor about the hurdles ahead and safe path forward. The price for something sweet. Vacant dutyfree shops are fueling a worldwide chocolate glut. Were live from a Chocolate Company in illinois with more. 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The future of awesome. Connell businesses are facing a new sort of competition. There is a report that just came out. It reveals 32 of Small Business owners are struggling to fill open positions despite a 11 Unemployment Rate in the month of june. Kristina partsinevelos live in new york city with a explanation for us this afternoon. Kristina. Reporter right. Coowner of the grocery chain behind me said that some former employees are taking advantage of the system. You have 16 locations in new york city, Morton Williams is looking to rehire workers. Unfortunately they say that cash the federal government is giving to the unemployed is making the rehiring process a real struggle. The coowner went on to say that some employees are even doubledipping. Theyre working in the store but also getting benefits at the same time. Others who left voluntary, they quit, also trying to apply to get Unemployment Benefits. The company refuted the claims, but new york state according to them hasnt responded yet. We spoke to the coowner he is amazed how many people already filed unemployment claims thus far. Listen in. Over the past four months weve let go of maybe three or four people total. Can you imagine that . Three or four people total in our entire chain of 1200 people. We now have 600 unemployment claims. Of which 160 have already been paid. It, just mindboggling. Reporter it is not just Morton Williams. I spoke to the owner of a new york bar who said some employees are demanding 20dollar an hour to match the benefits or only want to work less than 30 hours a week so they can still claim unemployment benefit. We reached out to new york state. They responded with this quote, Unemployment Benefits are a lifeline for new yorkers who lose their jobs and it is unacceptable that dishonest individuals would seek to defraud the system. We know a lot of americans may be staying home because of Health Concerns other they are caregivers or the combination of the federal benefits which right now are 600 a week and the state benefits are more than what they made prepandemic. This is making the rehiring process a struggle. You have businesses that are open but unfortunately theyre still looking for that staff. Back to you. Connell certainly complicates things. Kristina. Jackie has more on all of this. Jackie here now, liz peek, foxnews. Com columnist and Gary Kaltbaum from kaltbaum capital management. Theyre both fox news contributors. Gary, i want to go ahead to start with you. Kristina laid it out well, the 600dollar unemployment payments and benefits from the state, some people are doubledipping. Many said what is the incentive for the people to go back to work . You have others saying listen in the lockdowns continue or we have to reshut down because of a spike in cases that cares act provision may have to be extended. It is set to expire in july. Your thoughts how you see this playing out . Well, lets be clear i think 600 extra was very important for people just their psyche, knowing they have some extra money but the incentivizing to stay home versus going back to work does not work very well. I think most people do want to work but, look it if you can stay home not have to worry about a virus than go to work youre apt to do that. All i can tell you this, if the virus really starts to accelerate they will need to do something more after july. There is no doubt in my mind, people are paying their rent month to month with some of this. So i suspect there is going to be some action, if were still in the soup as we move into august. Jackie liz, there is a lot of concern as we watch this whole scenario unfold. We head deeper into the summer here, there is a lot of concern that businesses are going to suffer. That gentleman explained the quandary he is in right now but that Unemployment Insurance will go up as a cost for these businesses. That it is going to take a toll when you think about the whole situation long term. I think this was an emergency measure that was put into place. I think it absolutely has to expire at the end of july. By the way the democrats included an extension of this provision through the end of the year in their bill that passed in may, this sort of next round of help and Mitch Mcconnell was pretty clear it was not going to go forward in the senate. So i dont think it is going to h