the perfect storm for travelers on another holiday weekend. and speaking of shortages, the lack of workers is being felt across the board from hospitals to school, where teachers and staff are struggling to keep up as the spring semester kicks off . we have a panel on stand by to discuss the impact of the ongoing shortages next, plus the 2009 settlement between jeffrey epstein and one of his most vocal accusers, virginia goof. ray has been made public for the 1st time. we'll take a look at what it could mean proofread, lawsuit accusing prince andrew, abusing her when she was a child. and if the deal could mean immunity for the friends, thanks to his royal status, then it's being called the largest sewage spill ever. and los angeles county coming in a record 8500000 gallon bull tell you how this disaster could have been prevented. and why basic infrastructure continues to be such a major obstacle in the world, the largest economy. i'm rachel blevins and 1st got email hughes and you're watching news views. hughes right here on our t america. blue we begin with staffing shortages across america as they continue to prevent the economy and even our daily lives from getting back to normal. nearly 2 days after the pandemic began, you've likely felt the impact as local restaurants and businesses struggle to stay afloat. but those shortages are being felt across the board. and as a result, thousands of flights were cancelled over the weekend, as airlines across the u. s. reported a lack of pilots and staff. then there's the education sector where teachers have you been plan school, walk out to push to returning to online learning as covey cases sore. and parts of the economy, such as right here in the nation's capital, are now quite literally stuck with the build up of snow as yes, even snow plow drivers are in short supply. so to discuss how we can dig our way out of this one, we're joined by our panel, richard wolf, and professor of economics and international affairs, co founder of democracy at work. and author of capitalism's crisis deepens, essays on the global economic meltdown, as well as jeremy newman, an expert on education policy and its impact on learning. it's great to have you both on the show today. jeremy. let's start with, you know, teachers unions in new york city and chicago want to return to remote learning for the rest of this year, saying there is not enough staff to keep classrooms going. if teachers call out sick. now some schools have even had to shut down for the week of thanksgiving because they were not enough substitutes. and we know the negative side effects of students remaining isolated. so why is remote learning now being push so hard? i mean, why can't we get teachers in the classroom? i think you're going to have to come to fundamental things like on the one hand you have to recognize. of course, there might be some circumstances where a school has to shut down. that the big question is, how is it that we are now 2 years into this pandemic? and we haven't been able to return to some form of normal for all these families. and so you have families on both sides of this issue some who say, i don't want to deal with the logistics of going to the public school with all of these new rules in place and others who are concerned with their enough rules. and we have to kind of take a step back and realize that we put families in this position where the education system isn't really delivering to them anymore. and so i think that is, there's kind of a big perspective issue that the public education system in particular, is going to have to take a look at to figure out how can we shift our mindset. so this is a lot more about solutions for students. the news for solutions about the school because that's what education is supposed to exist for in the 1st place. and a mentioned, i mean we're carriers into this and we continue to be in this place of realizing how we're going to live with trying to figure that out. now, professor wolf, i also want to ask you about the thousands and cancel flights. i mean, we have seen a total of 15000 cancels light since christmas eve, as we have a number of crews calling out sick. and at the same time, the new york city police department and fire departments are also missing nearly 20 percent of their staff due to people calling out sick for co. lynn, is this just temporary for sort of the winter holidays? or is this a trend we're likely to continue to see, especially as we continue to battle the spread of coven 19 and even the increase in cases? i'm afraid i have to tell you that i expect to see it. i look at the situation quite as jeremy did a moment ago. it's amazing, not just to me, but to the whole world, looking on that one of the richest countries in the world with a highly developed corporate sector and medical system is so poorly, ill equipped to plan to anticipate and didn't take care of luck. i understand that you don't want to spend money if you're a company making the place as safe as you could and should make it. but then you have this result of people getting sick and afraid to come to work. likewise, i understand you don't want to hurt your profits by having a core of replacement. but look, we know what this virus can do. the airlines knew they would need more staff, flight attendance, pilots, people on the ground to help you. those people should have been lined up over the last 2 years and offered the kinds of pay to take the risks and to disrupt their lot. we know how to solve these problems. what standing in the way is largely a private sector that wants to get away without damaging their profits. you know, many of the most successful countries dealing with this did go to lock downs. that hurt the economy for a short time. but it meant they didn't have the kind of endless spreading and continuing that we're talking about literally right now. one is interesting that you mentioned in private sector not wanting to hurt their profits because we now are in a place where they are again hurting the problem isn't it seems to be kind of this endless cycle. now i want to bring the winter weather back and all of this because right now here in the dc area, we're thinking lack of snow drivers to clear the roads leading schools to be closed on monday as well. now and jeremy at the same time, we're also, and i've taken homeschooling across the country. i mean, a staffing shortages and schools and other industries are keeping kids from the classroom. do you think that we're likely to see more and more parents transitioning to home schooling? if they're able to, or your parents want their kids to stay in that school environment and to be able to keep being around other classmates. if that's a possibility. i think we're going to see more of a transition to home school and other forms of education because you might have people, i'm sure you have people who wants you back to that classroom environment. the question is, are they going to be willing to accept all of the new requirements for doing that? and the answer for a lot of people is know. and so between the spring of 2020, in the fall of 2020 home school in the u. s. w, right, and so in choice we want to continue to grow. so we have to ask is, has the system funded mentally changed anything that would entice some of those people back and i'm not sure that it has. and so i think you're going to continue to see people looking for these 2 main things, that flexibility and stability at the same time in the public education system is not been able to prove to people that they can have confidence that will be delivered to them and so people are going to look elsewhere. so i think it's absolutely a trend is going to continue as people moving to homeschool, any other hybrid forms of education. yeah, and i know certainly when you're talking about the stability that it provides, i mean professor wolf, i think we've seen over the last 2 years just how damaging it can be when all of the schools are forced to close down. and then the parents have to find some sort of child care for their children that aren't able to go to school. obviously we keep talking about this revolving cycle, but what are sort of the long term impacts of that on the average worker who has already been through so much over the last 2 years. and they're not really looking at any meaningful changes going into 2022. well, i'm a terribly afraid that we are going to be paying the price years into the future of interrupted educations across the board. disorganized institutions that are suffering because they can handle the situation or won't take the necessary steps. neither the private sector nor the government is coming in with the kind of massive approach that a massive problem like this requires. you can do this on a shoestring. let me give you one example. when the schools close, at the same time, restaurants, music halls, concert halls, and stadiums. we had empty space all over the place. a massive program would have found safe distancing in these many annuity places to allow at least some kind of education to keep going back could have been arranged. we are not required to choose between public health, safety and educating our children. we need both those things. we got used to it, we deserve it, but this system doesn't seem to be able any more to provide such basic parts of a civilized life. now speaking, hm. and i mean, jeremy, we know that when it comes to school children in this country, they are greatly affected by really what happens to their parents if their parents are struggling with work. if they're, you know, struggling in other places financially. that of course, impacts the school children. so what are some of the long term impact that we're looking at here, especially given what we've seen over the last 2 years? well, i think it definitely does affects children for the long term. and frankly, it affects the whole family and that's what families are figuring out now, is there the experience kind of on a system wide scale with the entire country, what a lot of individual families deal with all the time. right. and that's that you went through some type of crisis and there wasn't enough flexibility in the system to accommodate that. and so when families are well, we hear from families now all the time is people who say, hey, i started home schooling because of cove it. but what i realized was to have all of these regular problems in my life, like, you know, someone get sick, we lose transportation, your move will lose a job. all sorts of things that might disrupt the family's life and family schedule . and there wasn't enough flexibility. an education system for them to be able to accommodate that massive shift in their life. and so things just fell apart. and so what families are discovering is, oh, well, if i can go to some type of hybrid form of education or home schooling or even online private schooling is something that's flexible and stable at same time. then even aside from the pandemic, these normal things that i have to deal with in my life can be solved to some degree in education system at large is going to have to realize that that's the need that has to be met. and if they're not willing to do that, the families are going to go elsewhere. and now when it comes to returning to some sort of normal, same professor. well, i'll give you the last word here. we've got about 30 seconds. how do you see that happening? and is it possible it could happen this year? well, i think people, just as jeremy said, they're looking for options. i believe in education, i've been a professor all my life. i think things happen when people are together that are not going to be possible when they're doing their learning all by themselves. that's a very serious issue. and i just want to insist with people face the fact that we have a social crisis on our hands. not just an economic problem, not just a public health disaster. we've got a social system that has reached a kind of end that forces us to open up the possibilities we didn't deal with before. yeah, certainly a lot of lessons that can be learned from the last year professor richard roth and jeremy newman. thank you both so much for your time and insight. let's turn now to the latest in the ongoing saga surrounding jeffrey epstein, where a new york court has until the 2009 settlement made between epstein and one of his most vocal accusers, virginia, go fray. now prince andrew is among the men go for a has accused of sexually abusing her when she was a child. and his legal team is now hoping that this $500000.00 deal could give him some kind of immunity from her claims. but her team has argued the deal doesn't cover all of epstein close friends. she's joining me now to discuss the latest is catherine waters. are a writer for one great network dot com. catherine is great to have you on the show today. now i know we have both sides saying different things about this settlement and what it means. so what kind of language are they each looking for here? and is this a case where it's ultimately up to the judge to decide who is protected by this deal? and i just wanted to kind of make the point all show that judge kaplan was part of the team. i don't know if people are familiar with even don zinger who had a case against chevron. and they put steven don zinger in prison. i just kinda wanted to let the audience know that and so right again, in this case with prince andrew, it is, it's the settlement does not apply to the royals, but instead it was supposed to be to stop lawyers, employers ages and other areas connected with the epsky case from liability. well, i'm glad you ran the dons in your case because i know that that has been one that has been really astounding to look at. it hasn't gotten a lot of coverage. and it's crazy to think that a judge could put someone like him through the kind of treatment he's gone through over the last several years. and it really is good. keep in mind when you're looking at a case like this. now when it comes to prince andrew and his involvement in this, we know that his team has tried everything to get those lawsuit from virginia fray, thrown out even trying to claim that it can't stand because she lives in australia and it's being filed in manhattan. now, so far, judge capital and has allowed the lawsuit to move forward. but where do you see going from here? i mean, do you have any faith is this judge is really going to try to bring a full on trial with this all? yeah, i mean, it was a little unsettling when i, you know, saw his name and even a judge loretta prescott also who approved releasing it. 2 of these judges are involved in this, in putting steven don zinger away. and i'm sure that, i mean, he did get out, i just want to make sure that i let people know that also about steven danziger, but i'm sure right. like prince andrew. any anyone else? alan der sure. which, who was also accused, they are gonna, you know, like, fight like heck, to keep you know, themselves and make themselves look, you know, completely in a saying, and i know alan der shoe, which was, you know, how to counter suit against i, i believe it's virginia you freight as well, and you know, right, like are they know they don't fight nice. that's for sure. or a they're certainly going to grasp at any possible straw to get this lawsuit thrown out. that's something we've seen. even just with this deal and with prince andrew's claims that he is royalty, therefore he was referred to somewhere in the deal. therefore that means that he shouldn't be immune to all of it. now another part of this case, of course, is the fact that going, maxwell was found guilty for her role and sex trafficking, at least 4 of epstein's victims. do you see that verdict having any impact on this specific lawsuit against prince andrew? i mean, could it help, at least, to bring more victims to come forward and share their stories? i mean, that's definitely what has to have prince andrew, alan der sure. and any of the other, you know, john's really shaking in their boots. that if delayed, maxwell could be found guilty on 5 out of the 6 counts. you know that it could possibly turn. i mean, it would, it would naturally seem that it would turn in the direction of the johns. i mean, because why should only go lane maxwell? be the one to be the phone guy in this case, and not like it should be delayed maxwell's guilt should be the 1st step in going after you know, the rest. and certainly there's a case that we hope continues to receive coverage and we will continue to cover it as it goes along. and especially of more of those lawsuits come forward. catherine waters one great where network dot com. thank you so much for joining us. thank you . very much for having me. coming up southern california is billing the impact after the largest sewage spill on record in los angeles county. because beaches are closed following an 8000000 gallons film. also you, i residents are saying it could and should have been avoided. next will be right back ah ah, with a with a ah yeah, it states it has to be rich to be able to afford enzyme and find the luxury good for sure. despite having the most expensive health care system in the world, we have poor life expectancy. we have higher infant mortality. we have more deaths from treatable causes. so americans are suffering every day from it. it says if these people don't count i saw how they can choose your customers and dump a sick so also you can satisfy their wall street investors. no parents should have to see what i saw. so if you're denying payment for someone's care, your make life and death decision and determine to get to live and who dies to me this best getting away with murder. with awe. welcome mack, swimming is banned along some beaches in southern california, after a sewer line broke, spilling at least 8000000 gallons of raw sewage in the city, streets and drains that eventually made its way into the ocean. archie contributor molly barrows has more on this mess. the local se could have been avoided a ruptured sewage line. the los angeles area has closed parts of long beach, which has about 7 miles of public beaches. sanitation officials say the still was detected last week. they estimate the broken line, poured more than 8000000 gallons of raw sewage into neighbourhood streets that then flowed into storm drains and continued through domingo channel to the l. a harbor i was actually out paddling my outrigger can you yesterday morning and then i found out about the sewage bill after i finished my paddle so that gross me out a lot. luckily i was on the boat and not in the water health concerns over the pollution force. the cancellation of the areas 70th annual new year's day polar bear swim. it had been cancelled the year before due to coven 19? definitely disgusting. yeah, i would say it probably happens a little too often. i don't really know enough about how to prevent it though, or really even what's causing it. but you know, we definitely didn't do a new year's day swim because of it. so hopefully next year it's better officials are investigating what caused the pipe to collapse, calling it quote dangerous and unacceptable. they say the problem pipe was built in the 19 sixties and there were already plans to replace it when this happened. bypass lines have since been installed to stop and redirect the untreated sewage beaches will remain closed until daily testing for bacteria pollution shows it. is that an allowable level for r t? i'm ali barrows, and joining me now to discuss as jo collins, republican, california congressional, can that an u. s. navy veteran. now, jo, this story is quite the mess to put it lightly. and los angeles county is even calling the spell, the largest one on record. i mean, 8500000 gallons of sewage that went all the way to the l. a harbor. what is the long term impacted that kind of spill on the region and on the residents who live there? well, that's a really good question. you know, it has been a bit rough in california lately for the past 2 years. but the long term effects is going to have people going to be really cautious about going to the beach. people are going to be really cautious about drinking water. i think one of the biggest things that law makers have to do, and it's just throughout the united states is, you know, put more money in infrastructure. i mean, we have $1000000000.00 across the world for different projects. we same $1000000000.00 across united states for different project, but we have to invest in infrastructure and that needs to happen immediately. right . you would think that that would be the most basic thing on the list is to make sure that our infrastructure here in this country is taking care of. now, when it comes to this specific spill, we know that county officials say they are launching an investigation. and to what led up to it and do how it was allowed to happen. so far. we know that the sewage line was 60 years old and due to be replaced this year. does this look like a case that was just too little too late? and should more have been done by the county to prevent this bill before it even happened. oh yeah, absolutely. a lot of things should have been done when it comes to infrastructure in los angeles county. i mean, you know, we have one of the biggest counties, 11000000 people in population. you know, you have to put money in for structure. i mean, infrastructure brain job that will improve road conditions. it'll improve our waterways, it will even improve our sewer system. and it's something that hasn't happened, but you know, it's a little too late. now you see the ramifications and effects of lab. we don't have the infrastructure. right. and we incurred for some of those residents that were interviewed here that this is kind of a common thing in some ways, maybe not to this extent, but still to think that that is common and happening is a little bit crazy. i would say. now you did mention that this is really a national problem. i know we've heard a lot of talk about the need to update infrastructure here in the u. s. from members of congress. specifically, over the last year, we saw that they passed that massive one trillion dollars spending bill back in november, which is supposed to be aimed at infrastructure. but why is it that in the world's largest economy, we're still dealing with these basic infrastructure problems? why isn't this more of an important priority that these lawmakers are looking to fix? well, i don't think law makers are really in touch with what's going on within our communities. i think they've taken a lot of time to deal with a lot of international issues. they taken a lot, a lot of time to deal with their, their personal issues. and then we have this partisan back and forth between democrats and republicans would make, which makes it extremely hard to get anything done. but, you know, one thing that i am a strong proponent of enough enough investment infrastructure. i think a lot of times we have attorneys and bureaucrats creating these packages. the packages are not specifically aimed that infrastructure. you know, you say we have an for structure bill. busy for, you know, a few trillion dollars and when you actually moved to, to bill, all of these monies are going through other things outside of infrastructure and is interesting how that happens. and we know that every once in a while you get some of those lawmakers who are like, wait a 2nd, the infrastructure portion of this one trillion dollar bill is only the small, small portion. but yet that small portion never seems to get past. now what do you think it's going to take for the average american to really wake up to these problems? i mean, we can drive on our city streets and see the pothole all day long. but what do you think is needed to really ramp up that messaging? to the point where these problems actually get solved, why i think people need to start calling their law maker, then tell them, you know what we're state of the condition of our road. we're sick of the conditions of our waterways. we are sick of the way our community to look and we need new infrastructure. we need specific infrastructure packages put through. and if you cannot, you know, do what needs to be done in order to improve our quality of life. and we have to pull you out of office, and also people need to start looking at new people who are running for office. i know one of my biggest things that i plan on doing is investing heavily in infrastructure. we need to get jobs. we need to make sure i try truckers are safe. we need to make sure our long shoremeyer stay. we need to make sure people who are working in the industry were specifically hands on our safe. and the only way we can do that is through heavy infrastructure investment, specifically. now we've got about one minute left, but when it comes to the constituents that you talk to, is this something that is on their mind? this is something they really care about and want to see made a difference, especially at the local level. well, as kind of like an interesting question because in california we have a huge homelessness problem. and so, you know, our side of infrastructure, people have really been harp annoying, the whole problem that we have as well as the crime problem. i think infrastructure would fall to number 2 or 3. now we know that we have a 1000000 gallon sewage bill, but you know, this is something that our, our attorney that are not attorneys. this is something that our law makers need to take seriously. you know, we have to pay the concerns because the choice streaming series, when it comes to homelessness, when it comes to crime and when it comes to infrastructure. these are things that matter to people on a regular basis and in billions of dollars to the countries. it's not what people in united states care about, they're, they're not what my constituents care about. absolutely, jo calling, thank you so much for taking the time to join us today. and that's all for today's news is hughes. i'm rachel blevins in 1st got email hughes. you can continue this conversation on twitter using the hash tag team and be age. and for this show and more be sure to download that portable dot tv app on your apple or android device. thank you so much for watching and as always be sure to question more. ah and with the school is the child again. one is it with which one is a better way for just my william? 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