Hill. I thank you very much for the time to be with us today. A. It is a pleasure to see you virtually. I cant wait until we can see you in person sometime. I look forward to updating you. Good. I look forward to that as well. Let me jump right into it with may be the most obvious question you can give all of us the lay of the land for so many things happening where are you right now in response to the pandemic and can you give a quick overview and we will jump into the thoughts and the analysis. Relief from the start we prioritized the safe return to school even during the period last spring when School Districts were closed for instruction across the country we encouraged districts to open their buildings and safeway is meaning each was deciding what to do and we encouraged them to do the necessary special work in small groups, to work with thirdparty providers. Now most of our schools are back across the country in a safe way i visited schools and many schools in the denver area, Co
Be at this important event today and for all you do. Guest thank you very much bill, thank you for the opportunity ive enjoyed it. Host it is a real privilege and honor is someone who spent a lot of time in state and local government. Your time on capitol hill i know you have a long history of education and so many at home. I thank you very much for taking the time to be with us today. John, it is really a pleasure to see virtually, i cant wait until we can see again in person sometime. I look forward on updating on some of the important works in colorado. We do good, son of a colorado, i look forward to that. Let me jump right into it, if you could just kind of give all of us the lay of the land in colorado prayed there so many Different Things happening, so many different approaches. Where are you right now in the education response to the pandemic . If you could give us a quick overview and then jump into the situation. Really the start of the summer we prioritize a safe return to s
Theyll raise that question what if. We get every kid to follow 3 simple rules graduate from High School Get a job and continue work and dont have children tell youre 21 and right now we walked out at the entire country and we classified people according to whether they broke all those rules or they followed one or 2 or all 3 of the rules the results are astounding. So i started talking to judges and lawyers and doctors and Health Providers and interviewing people and literally asked thousands of people how many of you had the course istria part of the United States and. We are segregated in america by social class if you just think about it would a middle class people hang out with. Most middle class people dont know someone in poverty by 1st name foot in down to dinner together. Today millions of American Families are caught in circumstances beyond their control. Their children will be compelled to live lives of poverty unless the cycle is broken. President johnsons war on poverty has
Try to broker a deal between the president and the opposition. And the race to the red planet gathers momentum china becomes the latest nation to launch a mission to mars only willing to dispose news of what would have been the the needs of the tokyo lympics thats been put forward a year but this one is turning but the court might tyson is coming out of retirement for an exhibition fight against. The staggering impact of covert 19 on the United States shows no sign of easing new numbers released on thursday highlight the twin tragedies of the corona virus infections across the u. S. Have now topped 4000000 on average thats 2600 people testing positive every hour and the Economic Cost there is just this huge more than 1400000 people claimed Unemployment Benefits in just the past week its the 18th week in a row that the number has topped a 1000000 economists estimate that 25000000 people are now out of a chill. Republicans are preparing to reveal the one trillion dollar coronavirus rescu
Straight night of unrest in the city. Arsonists starting several fires around the federal courthouse despite federal Law Enforcement officers presence. Rioters threw flares, fireworks, molotov cocktails at those Law Enforcement officers. The leftwing mob injured at least three federal officers, protecting the federal courthouse. One of them t burned by an unidentified chemical. Portlands radical dem mayor, ted wheeler, showed up at the riot. Apparently he thought he would receive something of a heros welcome because he has made this violence possible. He was there to support the mob, who then turned on him, jeering and mocking wheeler. The mayor, thinking he was safe, taking part in a listening session with members of antifa and black lives matter, near that federal courthouse. The lawless activists tearing his city apart made it very clear, they dont like him either. [booting] [shouting] quit your job lou loud calls for wheelers resignation. Demanding wheeler withdraw more money from