Roy discusses the herd immunity approach. With the new school year beginning in schools and colleges across the country, the acrostic candidate joe biden said if he is elected help is on the way. To School Systems and parents. Good morning, this is washington journal. We start the program asking you about your experience so far. How is it going back either remotely or in person, is it working . Four those of you in the eastern and central time zones. For mountain and pacific. For educators, our number is 2027488002. If you want to send us a text, that line is 2027488003. Tell us your name and where you are texting from. And ontter or twitter. It was his Second Campaign appearance after his convention, biden in delaware yesterday. You can find it at cspan. Org. The Washington Post, biden blames trump because the education gap a national emergency. Joe biden sought to channel the frustrations of students, parents, and teachers around the country i blaming trump for School Districtss inab
Im sorry kelly welcome to the program the stampede at the funeral of the assassinated general kasam solo mani has claimed more than 50 lives according to irans state media hundreds of thousands have gathered in the city of care mon to pay their last respects to the general who was killed in a u. S. Drone strike after days of ceremonies and processions the burial of solo money has now because. They were here to say goodbye to a military command they called their own. Instead they lost their own lives caught up in a stampede as hundreds of thousands of mourners descended on cameron. I am you are this is the hometown of kassam slim i any the general killed by a u. S. Military drone last friday. After a 3 day state funeral procession his journey has come to an end am the following the stampede irans later smarter is being buried. But for iranians their anger over the killing of their National Hero lives on. Was shouting death to america iranian lawmakers have been quick to pass a law decla
A ships captain who rescued migrants in the mediterranean and we examine the role of charity used in helping migrants trying to reach europe plus france is marking the 5th anniversary of the attack on the satirical magazine charlie it was the 1st in a series of terrorist acts in france and provoked a massive Security Response we look at how the country has been coping with islamic extremism. Im sara kelly welcome to the program the stampede at the funeral of the assassin aided general the money has claimed more than 50 lives according to irans state media hundreds of thousands had gathered in the city of care mom to pay their last respects to the general who was killed in a u. S. Drone strike after days of ceremonies and processions the burial of so the money has now begun. They were here to say goodbye to a military commander they called their own instead they lost their own lives caught up in a stampede as hundreds of thousands of mourners descended on cam on. I this is the hometown
Bridge. The metering lights arent on for another 45 minutes or so. The time is 4 30. Back to the desk. Allie, thank you. We are watching japan in a stilldeveloping story where two people are dead and 16 other were hurt in a stabbing toke on children at a catholic all girls school. Authorities say it happened at a bus stop south of tokyo. Witnesses say a man in his 50s shouted as he approached a group of children and adults with a knife in each hand. One of the two victims killed was an 11yearold girl. Police say the man stabbed himself then and later died in the hospital. Most of those hurt are girls between 6 00 and 12 years old. Japans Prime Minister is offering condolences and promising to take steps improve the safety of children. Air force one is on its way back to the u. S. Right now after presiden memorial day weekend in japan. It was a visit full of pomp, c ktvus doug luzader joins us now from washington with a look at what comes next. Good morning, doug. Reporter good morning.
Here who. Probably are not comfortable with playing that role, especially since thats not really focus of their books. So at least two out of three. So well talk about their books and give them a chance, talk about their books and then well lead some questions. They try to connect with the fall election, ill do a brief introduction of the authors and then ill get to the discussions. Ill try encourage some crosstalk because the three books on the panel are really interestingly different. Our first author, franklin foer, is currently a writer at the atlantic and previously wrote for slate, the new York Magazine and the new republic, where he was editor for some time and left with controversy over the takeover of of that media. His set out some intriguing claims as evident and some titles. His recent articles how trump is killing politics, why liberalism disappoints, which is a really interesting argument and Vladimir Putin has a plan for destroying the west and it looks a lot like donald