Getting our children back to school. Throughout the last few weeks, i have spent countless hours talking with educational leaders around the state. Everyone agrees that for the future of our sheer drum our children, we want everything we can have them back in a learning environment this fall. Working with superintendent woods, administrators, and School Boards around the state, we have crafted guidelines for schools that i am very proud of because it took the assumption that we would open schools but we would do it very safely and ensure that schools have the tools they have to protect the students, the staff, the teachers as well as the community as a whole. We know and fully expect that there will be some cases of covid among students and teachers and we are doing everything we can to provide the resources needed to protect everyone in the school setting. Fema, schools are receiving allotments of ppe to prepare for reopening. Just as we know it is in the best interest of students to
Legacy with colin powell. Plus our cbs colleagues who covered louiss career. As coronavirus continues the deadly summer spread, the simpliest of precipitations escalates. A private white house document urges mandating a masks in 13 states. The cdc said could help drive this epidemic to the ground four to six weeks. President trump feels differently. Will you consider a National Mandate that people need to wear mask no, i want people to have a certain freedom. I dont believe in that. No. And i dont agree with the statement that if a everybody wears a mask everything disappears. Brennan frustration gross, there are reports that the administration plans to cut testing and tracing aids for federal agencies from a new colona aid bill drafted by republicans on capitol hill. Well talk with Atlanta Mayor tisha lance bottoms, former ngo Richard Besser and former fda commissioner dr. Scott gottlieb then continue our look at the challenges of getting the nations students back to school with a new
Being seized off the streets. Tributes to john lewis. The kind words pouring in for the civil rights icon this morning. New jersey senator cory Booker Joining us live, sharing memories of a man he called a mentor and a titan of american history. Close encounter. The moment a shark is spotted in cocoa beach, florida, heading towards a small boy. The quickthinking offduty officer who may have saved his life, tells us his story. And baseball is back. The first spring training games of the season. Cardboard cutouts in the stands and this masked hitters home run day. Will players stay healthy to complete the season . Coronavirus deaths in the u. S. Stand at more than 140,000 this morning. With the numbers rising in more than two dozen states. As the crisis intensifies, many states experiencing desperate stress on their medical systems. And the rising numbers forcing a widespread rethink of opening plans, indianapolis officials voting to delay the start of the school year by two weeks, and i
Racism and policing, and the role of Police Unions. Come to order. I now recognize myself for an opening statement. Good morning and thank you to everyone for being here for this important briefing. Black lives matter. I cant breathe. Hands up, dont shoot. No justice, no peace. These powerful phrases are rallying cries for fair minded americans seeking to live up to one of this countrys core principles. Equal justice under the law. Since our nations founding, africanamericans have struggled, fought and died for the right to be free and equal citizens. This month marks 99 years since the tulsa race massacre, where an entire, vibrant community was destroyed and black men, women and children were systemically murdered. Today is juneteenth. A holiday that celebrate s the freedom of black people in america. That freedom did not come until 1865. Two and a half years after president lincoln abolished slavery. We are still working for freedom and we are still working to provide equal opportuni
Capital. Garrett good evening, everyone. Thank you for joining us. Norah is off tonight. Everyone. Thank you for joining us. Norah im major garrett. The u. S. Could soon see 100,000 new Coronavirus Infections every single day, more than double the current number of cases, that stark warning tonight from the nations top Infectious Disease expert comes as the virus is andloding across the south and west. Dr. Anthony fauci told Congress Today the dramatic increase in some parts of the u. S. Is now putting the entire country at risk. Tonight, 37 states are now reporting more infections compared to just two weeks ago. Hospitals in texas and arizona are now being stretched to their breaking points. Los angeles county says it could begin running out of beds by the middle of next month. At least 14 states are pulling back on reopening, closing top tourist destinations, including beaches and bars, just days before the july fourth holiday. Tonight, new jersey, connecticut, and new york, once the