Team. Dr. Matthews team with him and all those that supported the mou that well be voting on later today. I know it wases a lot o it was d i wanted to express my gratitude moving forward. The first item is approval of the board minutes for the meeting of july 2020. I need a motion and a second. roll call thank you. Thats five ayes. Thank you. First and foremost i want to welcome everyone back. We are so close to the start of the school year which is next monday august 17th. Our Student Learning will begin for the 2020, 2021 school year. You should know that our School Staff Members are working extremely hard preparing to welcome our students on monday. This past monday was the fifth annual Digital District day. This year was all online. There was overwhelming consent. When we needed to close registration on sunday night. Those that participated, it was thirst first time attending digital event. Teachers with a wide variety of other roles, including para professionals, substitutes, coun
States across the country. Saying goodart by morning to you. The trendlines have not been good. There are two indicators for whats happening with employment. The Census Bureau is putting out per luminary data that indicate that the percentage of americans who are employed is declining again. And the Labor Department puts out data about initial weekly unemployment claims. Filing foreople their Unemployment Benefits for the first time. And those numbers have been pretty stagnant since the beginning of june and recently have begun to take up a little bit. Which is an indication that there are more people losing their jobs in the economy. Those indicators suggest that while we may see some jobs growth, its going to be a low number at best and thats going to suggest that this recovery is going to take a good long time. In this discussion and our anticipation of the jobs number on friday . That 600 benefit from the federal government. Looking beyond the next few weeks, how long do you think
Coronavirus relief negotiations. Well also take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. As the United States approaches 5 million confirmed covid19 cases, White House Coronavirus response coordinator dr. Deborah birx says that we have now entered a new phase of the pandemic. Good morning, its monday, august 3, 2020. We will start the program talking about that new phase. We will hear comments from dr. Birx on the state of the Union Yesterday and we will look at other headlines as well. Thes how to be a part of conversation. For those of you in the eastern and central time. 202 7488000 mountain and pacific, 202 7488001. Send us a text if you like, 202 7488003. Make sure you tell us your name and where you are texting from. Your tweets are welcome as well, cspanwj, and we will look for your posts on facebook. One view from abroad, bdc and the reporting on her comments yesterday, headline from the new phase oftering coronavirus out
Central, 202 7488000. Mountain and pacific, 202 7488001. You can text us. That line is 202 7488003. Are cspanwj. Post, as caseson near 5 million, trump digs in on schools reopening. They write the administration is sticking by its view that schools must reopen on time and , as mississippis conservative governor reversed course to delay school and make students all wear masks. The yuan chief warned that the world faces a generational catastrophe because of School Closures. Urgedideo message, he countries to suppress the virus sufficiently to allow schools to reopen, calling the pandemic the largest disruption to education ever. A policy brief alongside this containing the virus the most significant step governments can take toward grouping schools. We are learning a lot from governors about state plans and what localities in those states might do. The governor of texas, greg abbott, held a news conference. The Texas Tribune reports that local School Officials know best whether they shou
Visit chase. Com mobile. California tell secretary warning that we could see some new statewide restrictions. I think its inevitable that we see more but im inspecting this many more. How long could we see it a decline . Well get some answers from atop epidemiologist. Whats next for the nfl tonight after coronavirus concerns force the league to scrap the preseason. A milestone in california tonight and if not when we ever wanted to hit. Now at 11 and streaming on cbs in the area good evening. Remember how bad coronavirus was in new york right now california is closing and surpassing 400,000 cases. Betty yu is live at a testing site where wait times have skyrocketed. Betty . Reporter that particularly in the last two weeks. Today the state Health Secretary said that unfortunately many people are treating californias reopening of the greenlight to just resume life as normal. Reporter the wait time for an appointment at the embarcadero testing site has stretched further to at least two we