he does the top of the hour i m brianna skeerl. in moments president biden and vice-president kamala harris will visit the cdc as they set guidelines for reopening schools safely. one big change is the six feet of social zanlsing is becoming three for elementary school students. for middle school children and older in communities with higher transmission rates, six feet is still recommended. and moments ago, the cdc director emphasized masks are a must no matter the age of the student. i want to emphasize that these recommendations are specific to students in classrooms with universal mask wearing. cdc continues to recommend at least six feet of distance between teachers and staff and other adults in the school buildings and between the adults and students. let s go to atlanta now where cnn s jeff zeleny is. we know, jeff that the president and vice-president use the time in atlanta to meet with asian-american leaders following that devastating shooting spree that killed
out how we reform bail. this idea of no cash bail is a broad standard is not necessarily the way to go. but there are actually really good policies working in the right direction. i think the example that i was pointing here in reporting coming out about what is happening in st. louis. it is actually rather remarkable. what mayor jones is doing there as she is, or homicide rate has decreased by 25% paid one homicide rates are up all across the country, her homicide rate is going down here here s what she s doing. the first thing she is doing is this, and high crime neighborhoods she steamed up police officers with clinicians. so that they are going to crime scenes together. the second thing she s doing, is she is hiring interrupters. people who live in communities who are committed to solving crime who helped me to the members find jobs, help community members find resources. and also, who helped de-escalate crimes before they get to the use of a gun. the third thing she s doing, is en