Betty devos says theres no evidence to suggest that reopening our nations schools would put children in harms way. Mark meredith is live at the white house following all of this as it unfolds. Mark. Reporter good afternoon. President trump wants kids back in class this fall. As you mentioned, his education secretary, betsy devos agrees. She told Chris Wallace earlier today too much is at stake if kids dont go back this fall. The point needs to be how do kids get back to learning in the fall, fulltime, and how do we ensure that they get a full year, plus, of learning. Theyve fallen behind this spring. We need to ensure theyre back in a classroom situation wherever possible and whenever possible. Reporter the National EducationAssociation Says the discussion needs to be more balanced and broad, saying Public School educators, students and parents must have a voice in critical conversations and decisions on reopening schools, the president should not be brazenly making the decisions. Devos says its possible federal funds could be withheld from schools that dont reopen. With so many states seeing a surge in cases, it will be interesting to see some of the pushback from this. Molly. Molly we have a lot to cover. Last night President Trump, he visited wounded arrest i dont t walter reed but his decision to wear a mask, thats what has washington abuzz, right . Theres been a lot of talks about whether or not the president would be spotted on camera wearing a mask. Last night, we got the answer, the president there with his entourage, you can see the president wearing a blue mask with the president ial seal stamped on the side of it and we are also hearing from House Speaker pelosi, she is braising the move praising the move, saying the president could do more of this. If we want to stop the spread of the coronavirus, you have to wear a mask. Hopefully, by his example, he will change his attitude which will be helpful in stopping the spread of the coronavirus. Reporter well be watching to see if any other white house aides start to wear masks. We have seen the Vice President wear a mask on occasion, molly. Molly on friday, President Trump commuted roger stones prison sentence. He was supposed to go to jail this week. Now former special Counsel Robert Mueller is reacting, mark. Reporter the president has said he felt that stone was unfairly targeted on the russia probe. Now were hearing from Robert Mueller, releasing an op ed in the Washington Post, saying hes defending the decision to investigate russias attempt to influence the 2016 election. He insists stone was never properly miss mistreated. He said we made every decision based on the facts and the law and accordance with the rule of law. House democrats and a growing number of republicans say they are outraged with the decision to commute roger stones sentence and we could see Robert Mueller be called to testify before the Senate Judiciary committee. Lindsey graham announced he would like to see that happen, its unclear when that may happen. The calendar so busy already and the election will be here around the corner. Molly. Molly Mark Meredith covering a number of our stories for us today. Thank you, mark. Reporter you bet. Molly eric. Eric molly, talking about masks, eight states have hit a one day record in the new coronavirus cases theyre reporting. Louisiana joining some two dozen others in issuing some type of statewide mask mandate. We have team fox News Coverage on this, Claudia Cowen reporting on the scrutiny Public Health officials are facing. Lets start with Christina Coleman who is in los angeles. Theres some calls now across the country to follow the president s example yesterday when he wore that mask during a visit to the walter reed medical center. Reporter theres a lot of calls to wear masks at this point. We learned florida is reporting the biggest single day increase in covid19 cases since the pandemic started, logging 15,300 cases since yesterday. Texas also seeing record numbers for hospitalizations and new infections this weekend. The hardest hit part of texas includes Harris County which encompasses the greater houston area. The u. S. Department of defense urban Area Medical Task force has been working throughout texas to help nurses and doctors with the explosion of infections across some of the most heavily Populated Areas of the state including dallas, houston and san antonio. Despite the grim news, whats being called covid19 parties are being health. Thats where people go to a party to see if anyone gets infected. A man in his 30s died from coronavirus at Methodist Hospital in san antonio after attending one of these parties adding to the grim uptick in coronavirus fatalities across the nation. Before the patient died, they looked at their nurse and they said i think i made a mistake. I thought this was a hoax but its not. Reporter two of the three metro areas with the fastest growth of covid19 cases in the past week are in texas. Theres Corpus Christi and the mcalen area, metro areas with the largest amount are in the north east. For the First Time Since april, were seeing a weekly rise in the number of coronavirus fatalities nationally. I think the country is not in a good place with respect to covid right now. Across the south and in california and in a variety of other states were having sharp increases in cases, sharp increases in hospitalizations and ventilator use and now increases in deaths. Reporter as you mentioned, the surge in cases prompting a bigger push to wear masks. Louisiana issued a statewide mask mandate yesterday. Its one of at least 23 states to have one in place. Eric. Eric that covid19 party, so foolish, unnecessary. This is not something to take lightly. Christina, thank you. Molly. Molly Public Health officials continue to face criticism and even threats over their coronavirus policies, some have resigned while others have been forced out of their jobs over mask mandates, lockdowns, and claims of inflated case numbers. Claudia cowen has more on sort of the political fallout were seeing here from san francisco. Claudia. Reporter hi, molly. Well, as covid19 has put Public Health officials in the spotlight, many have experienced intense criticism even threats over their handling of the outbreak. Some have quit or been fired in west virginia. Dr. Kathy slimp was forced out after governor jim justice accused her agency of inflating virus case numbers. Others left in the wake of High Pressure profile. Ohios former top doctor faced protests at her house for her role in stay at home orders that kept businesses closed for weeks. Some still on the job are facing intense backlash. I, like hundreds of other Public Health officials across the country, have in fact received threats and have in fact received a lot of hate mail. Reporter in los angeles, dr. Barbara ferrere says sheehan tells press briefings herself to shield her stack from attacks. Her staff from attacks. Public Health Officials are taking heat for acting too slow on things like travel restrictions and Contact Tracing and too fast for imposing lockdowns and face masks requirements in places with relatively few cases. Its not that the advice and the guidance that originally was given was wrong or incorrect. Its that were learning more and as we learn more, that informs and is able to allow us to better give better advice and give better guidance. Reporter and she says that leaves Public Health officials walking a fine line, trying to save lives without upending them. Molly. Molly and many months ahead to go. Claudia cowen, thank you so much. Eric. Eric molly, amid the demands from all those protesters and some politicians to defund the police, theres been a pointed and tragic reminder of the sacrifice and dangers that our nations Law Enforcement faces every day. Two Texas Police Officers were shot and killed in an apparent ambush yesterday. It happened last night when the pair were responding to a 911 call at a home in the border town of mcalen, texas. Aishah hasnie is following this tragic and compelling story. Aishah. Reporter eric, what a heartbreaking and tragic situation down in texas. These two officers were simply doing their job. 45yearol45yearold ed garz ae other officer were shot and killed while responding to a domestic disturbance call. The they walked up to the front door of the house, a man opened fire, fatally wounding the two officers. The officers never had a chance. Our officers did not draw their weapons, did not fire, never stood a chance, never had a chance. They didnt suspect a reason to. Reporter police say a 23yearold is the gunman and this is a mug shot from a previous arrest. He killed himself after a shootout with other officers. Texas Governor Abbott tweeting two of our finest were killed in the line of duty while working to protect residents in their community. We unite to back the blue. This comes as Police Officers are facing immense antipolice rhetoric across the country. Here in new york city, disturbing video emerging showing a crowd cheering on as a man puts an nypd officer in a headlock, this as the city passes a bill banning cops from using a chokehold. House thousands of people came out this weekend for back the blue rallies all across the country, from oregon to nebraska, brooklyn and new york city with the message that we do need the officers to keep our communities safe. Just a tragic day again. Eric aishah, thank you so much. Molly. Molly a senate race getting special a. I. Attention from President Trump special attention from President Trump. 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A few minutes after President Trump popped up wearing a mask yesterday, the Biden Campaign sent out an email blast with text saying that wearing a mask is patriotic but President Trump doesnt see it that way as they tried to sell buttons that say wear a mask. And as even more time passed the campaign tried to argue that trump wearing a mask last night is too little too late with this, quote, donald trump spent months ignoring the advice of medical experts and politicizing wearing a mask, one of the most important things we can do to prevent the spread of the virus, rather than taking responsibility and leading, he wasted four months that americans have been making sacrifices by stoking divisions and actively discouraging people from taking a very basic step to protect each other. The pandemic brought the primary season to a screeching halt and now general election campaigns are fighting to register the most voters with the Trump Campaign arguing they have an enthusiasm edge. Weve been harnessing this enthusiasm and turning it into positive Voter Registration numbers. I mean, just alone, republicans have been able to double the amount of Voter Registrations than we have seen in the 2016 cycle. And this includes in states like florida, pennsylvania, and north carolina. Reporter and that could be critical because in years past volunteers at this point would be everywhere knocking on doors or asking people on a College Campus to register to vote. But thats gone this time. Molly. Molly yeah, it is such a different political season without the big rallies and chasing the candidates from state to state. Peter doocy, thanks for keeping track of it for all of us. Thanks. Molly eric. Eric molly, President Trump is not on the ballot in alabama but some say he might as well be as republicans there head to the polls on tuesday for a Senate Primary runoff election. You know what pits the president s former attorney general, Jeff Sessions, who has long been on the outs with the white house in a bit erase against former bitter race against a former football coach who the president has endorsed. Sex is trying to win back a senate seat he held for 20 years before he took the job of attorney general in tad medicine strayings, earning the ire of the president for recusing himself in the russia investigation. So what could happen . Josh krushow joins us, politics editoral the national journal. In 72 hours or so we should know whether the president s coat tails are strong in this race. What do you expect . Well, eric, the president s coat tails are strong in republican primaries. I mean, republican primary voters still have a very favorable opinion of the president and thats the problem that Jeff Sessions faces. The president has endorsed his opponent, tommy tubberville, the former head coach at auburn for football, hes known broadly across the state of alabama from his football experience. The president has been going on twitter, attacking his former attorney general, calls him not mentally tough in one tweet. Hes not standing up for himself against the president s attacks. Its hurting his standing among trump voters in alabama. Eric heres what the president tweeted. He said Big Senate Race in alabama on tuesday, vote for t the upperville, he is a winner who will never let you down. Jeff sessions is a disaster who let us down. We dont want him back in washington. This prompted this from the former senator, saying i have taken the road less traveled, my honor and integrity are more important than the juvenile insults. Your scandal ridden candidate is too cowardly to debate. As you know, alabama doesnt take orders from washington. Thtubberville he was two points ahead of session whose had been a legend in alabama. Yeah, i mean, sessions was has gone from being the president s biggest supporter in 2016 in the senate to being public enemy number one. And the fact that he didnt even win, he came if second place in that first round of balloting is not a good sign for sessions political come bark. Back. The biggest thing tubberville has going for him is hes not sessions. Tubberville says i have the lead, i dont want to ruin anything, kind of like the joe biden of the senate race, lay low and hold onto the polling advantage. Eric its really been some bitter finger pointing. Take a look at some of the commercials, here are two commercialcommercials, one from, one from tubberville. Moved to florida with the white sands and blue water, what a great place to live. Florida . Not alabama. Im going to be the next u. S. Senator from the state of alabama. What . No, youre not. Tubbervilles a phony, hes not from alabama, he lives and votes in florida. When the campaign is over, hell go back to florida. Im not a career politician. Im really a politicians worst nightmare. I want to help donald trump fight the swamp, fight the career politicians, fight the guys that have been up there forever and send somebody with common sense, a fresh set of ideas. Im not looking for a career. Im looking to help save this country with john aile donald j. Eric some of the issues include immigration, sessions accusing tubberville of being weak on that, as well as some of his former experience with a hedge fund that ran into trouble and the fact that he had been a football coach and has no political experience but that doesnt matter. All he has to say is i want to save this country for donald j trump. In a typical election sessions would have the advantage. Sessions is the more consistent of serve testify candidate. Tubberville spent a lot of time outside the state of alabama. He has a biggest call issue. He was part of this sort of corrupt hedge fund that has been scrutinized and his partner landed in jail as a result. Theres a lot of baggage that tubberville brings to the table. These days Republican Voters care more about whether youre loyal to President Trump than any other policy issues. Thats why sessions is having a tough time getting traction in the senate race. Eric so you would give the edge to tubberville . I do. I do. Eric in terms of the senate, as a whole, theres some concern that republicans could lose. Weve got several vulnerable candidates who are incumbents, Susan Collins up in maine for example, cory gardner and others. Then youve got ann colter going after mitch mcconnell, calling him a broken down old man because of the immigration situation. What is going on there and is are the republicans actually in danger, do you think, of losing the senate in november . Yeah, you know youre in trouble when ann colter is actually going after her own party and endorsing a democrat against senator mcconnell. But it speaks to the larger senate picture. You have not just senators in blue states like colorados cory gardner, maine with Susan Collins and really, really serious trouble but were seeing senate races get really close and polls are very competitive in georgia, kansas and montana. Democrats recruited a lot of good candidates and theyve beee fund raising numbers. Senate democrats are raising more money than they have in a long time, 7 million in montana, 13 million in south carolina, against mitch mcconnell, the democrat there is raising over 15 million. The amount of money going into the senate races for democrats its historic and usually momentum follows money. So democrats really have a strong chance to retake the senate in november. Eric all right, josh, politics editor at national journal. Thank you. Well of course on tuesday be keeping all eyes on the Alabama Senate race on the fox news channel. Molly. Molly the president hinting at changes to a program affecting 800,000 people brought to the country illegally as children. Where he stands on daca, pretty sensitive subject, key to voters this november. Hey, can i. Hold on one second. Sure. Okay. Okay safe drivers save 40 guys guys check it out. Safe drivers save 40 safe drivers save 40 safe drivers save 40 thats safe drivers save 40 . It is, thats safe drivers save 40 . Hes right there. Its him hes here. Hes right here. Hi hi. Hey thats totally him. Its him thats totally the guy. Safe drivers do save 40 . Click or call for a quote today. Molly more than 100 Major American Companies from apple to General Motors signing a letter to President Trump, they say the economic recovery from the pandemic may depend on him keeping obama era daca protections in place for almost 800,000 immigrants whose parents brought them here illegally. This comes after the president suggested that he plans to sign an executive order on daca. We have david spunt, he is in washington with more on this and is tracking it. David. Reporter hi, molly. Good afternoon to you. President trump, he confused a lot of people not only lawmakers but some 800,000 dreamers when he made some comments on friday in an interview with telemundo in the same breath he talked about an executive order, then he talked about an immigration bill. Molly, those are two separate things in washington, d. C. So many trying to find out exactly what the president s talking about. But he did say there will be some action. Last month the daca issue, the Trump Administration specifically locked at the Supreme Court as they hoped to dismantle it in the current form. The court ruled it cannot happen. The president said he would refile on daca and two days ago he said this. Listen. Daca is going to be just fine. Big executive order, i have the power to do it as president and im going to make daca a part of it. But we put it in and were probably going to then be taking it out. Reporter daca benefits around 800,000 who live and work in the United States. After the Supreme Court ruling, molly you mentioned members of the tech industry, google, apple, praised the decision to leave the program as it is. Democrats they want to leave the program also the way it is, hoping they can stall the clock, hopeful for a biden presidency. As for President Trumps plan, they are critical and as i mentioned, confused. Listen. He says theres this big immigration bill thats going to help daca recipients. Nobody knows about it. If its a big bill you would think congress would know about it. If its an executive order, the white house doesnt appear to know about it. Reporter congressman schiff and other members in the house, democrats in the house passed a bill that would give relief to 2. 3 million dreamers in the United States but of course in order for it to become law, as you know, it has to go to the president. Before it goes to the president it has to go to the senate. The republican majority in the senate, theres no sign it is going to survive in the senate. Molly. Molly a little bit mysterious. Well see how it plays out. The president making promises that Something Big is coming on immigration. David spunt, thanks for keeping track of it all. Eric. Eric molly, there are new concerns about the intentions of two foreign adversaries, russia and china. This after Vladimir Putin cemented his tenure with a change to his countrys constitution that could keep him in power for another 16 years. Hes already served two decades. This as chinas president xi is overseeing the crackdown on hong kong. So how should washington and our western allies respond especially the one with which we have that special relationship . Great britain. Joining us now, dane karen pierce, great britains ambassador to the United States who was appointed five months ago and has now taken up duties in our nations capital. Ambassador, good to see you. Good to see you too, eric. Thank you. Eric of course. The authoritarian creep, it seems to be expanding at the expense of democracy and freedoms, both in hong kong and also from moscow. So lets start with russia. After the reports of bounties on u. S. Troops, unverified, supposedly by the same unit responsible for poisoning of defectors in your country. When it comes to russia, what are we both up against . Well, its obviously very concerning, eric. We dont talk about comments on individual intelligence reports but i think its part of a hardening of russian attitudes that weve seen in afghanistan over the last eight years or so and it wouldnt be surprising regardless of this individual report, there has been russian mamaligned behavior around the world for some time. Look at whats happening in syria. They tried to solve a Security Council resolution on humanitarian aid, getting into syria crossborder. We have the poisoning as you say. We had an a assassination in be. In terms of a dutch plane thats down that has been taken to the European Court of human rights. All of the things, along with the annexation of crimea, they represent a real hardening of the russian position over, say, 220 years ago. Eric what do think our response should be . You were the un ambassador from greagreat britain, a member of e Security Council. What should be the response of western countries do you think . I think we have to continue to call out russian behavior when we see it, as we see it. We have to use what international means we have. For example, there was an independent inquiry via the un into syria. We have to make clear to russia that a different sort of relationship is on offer if they want it. Thats what we said. We said we want a load bearing relationship but we do need russia to change her behavior in these respects and i think we have to help other countries build the resilience on cyber, and other areas that would stand these sort of russian attacks. I think overall, particularly with covid in mind, weve got to make sure that the response to covid, the recovery from covid upholds the western liberal open democratic model and not the authoritarian one of the russians and chinese. Eric and speaking of covid and the chinese, do you have concerns about the way beijing handled the coronavirus when it first appeared in wuhan, do you think they tried to cover it up and mislead the World Health Organization . Whats your sense on chinese culpableity . We have been worried at the way it was handled. We want to have a proper investigation. The w. H. O. Will World Health Organization is undertaking an investigation at the moment and weve supported that. Very important we get to the bottom of what happened so we can prepare better for pandemics in the future. Were happy to do that in conjunction with the chinese. They have an Important Role to play in global health. But equally, we do need maximum transparency, no dis information and we do need the chinese to cooperate with the International Community in upholding the International Health rules. Eric this comes as china has the crackdown on hong kong, the new National Security law. It violates what happened when you guys handed over hong kong back in 1997. What are your concerns there . I mean, britain could take could britain take in millions of hong kong citizen as citizens of the United Kingdom and what is your message to beijing when we see what theyre doing . Well, the prime minister, boris johnson, they seem very clear about this, eric. This is a breach of the joint declaration, between britain and china, as you say, when hong kong was handed over. Its not just a declaration. It actually has the force of an international duty, its lodged with the United Nations and this is clearly a breach and its not just a breach of that sec collar raise, declaration, its also a breach of and violation of hong kongs basic rules. We are concerned. A number of countries share our concern of this authoritarian response. We have granted a number of hong kong citizens, the status of british nai nationals overseas,s gives them the right to come to the u. K. And they have set out how they can get citizenship. Eric you were based in new york, now in washington. Have you gone to the white house . What do you do . I mean, in the west wing the ambassador comes in and presents credentials to the president. Is that what you do . How does that process work . Have you seen the president recently . I have been lucky enough to see the president , thank you, and a number of his officials in the white house, like the National Security advisor but we have a formal credential ceremony for new ambassadors. It was delayed because of covid but now its going to take place this coming week. Im very excited about that and, yes, we hand over formal papers to the president. Mine are signed by the queen. Theyre called letters of credence. Theyre in very lovely flowing language and i hand that over to the president and other ambassadors will be doing the same. So i always like going to the white house. It is a great building. Im very much looking forward to that. Eric its an historic, wonderful building. Send us pictures. Well show them next weekend. Id be delighted to. Eric that sounds great. Dame karen pierce, the fairly new United Kingdom ambassador to america. Thank you so much for joining us, ambassador. Thank you very much. Eric molly. Molly quite a survival story this weekend out of florida where a man is back home after battling covid19 for 102 days. Jennifer holt from our tampa affiliate has the story. Reporter emergency crews in full hazmat suits put a man into a gurney and into an ambulance. I took his wedding ring off of him and i held it. I was just sick. Reporter it was march 30th and the 77yearold had just tested positive for covid19. But he was rapidly deteriorating. I just passed out. And a lo she called 911 and thek him to the hospital and went to work on me. I dont remember anything for the next 30 some days. Reporter for more than a month steve was on a ventilator. They did a tracheostomy. The only update came in the mornings, a phone call to let her know if he made it through the night. You know, i was just paralyzed. I couldnt do anything. Not being able to communicate with him or hold his hand or look at him, just was one of the worst things. Reporter and his condition grew even worse. Steve suffering infection after infection. His kidneys started failing and the doctor told her he wasnt coming out of the pai medicatio. He said lila, you may need to think about taking him off life support and my response was, you know, we havent given him enough of a chance. Reporter doctors put him on a 10 day course of remdesivir. Little by little, steve improved. He underwent weeks of physical therapy where he learned how to walk again. It was like rubber legs. I took about three steps, thats all i could do. Reporter 102 days after he left this driveway on a stretcher, he returned to this. Welcome home reporter defying all of the odds. Its something he insists he didnt do alone. Thank the nurses, the nurses aides, everybody i dealt with, pt, they all contributed to making me well. Reporter in sarasota, jennifer houlton, fox 13 news. Eric thats wonderful. Our very best to him and to everyone who recovers and there are recoveries, good news stories from coronavirus. Meanwhile, theres the debate over when and how to reopen schools in our country. Its intensifying as school approaches. For many families, it goes beyond safety. Coming up, well take a look at the other issues at play like income, jobs, healthcare, that have affected us for decades. Thats how a home and auto bundle is made. [ chuckles ] so, what are some Key Takeaways from this commercial . Did any of you hear the bundle your home and auto part . I like that, just not when it comes out of her mouth. Yeah, as a mother, i wouldnt want my kids to see that. Good mom. To see wait. Im sorry. What . Dont kids see enough violence as it is . Ive seen violence. 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Molly as the nations top education officials push to get schools back open this fall, many families in urban areas continue to face unresolved issues that could impact a childs education and growth. The shot Foundation Works with cities across the country in working to achieve social equality for all. Joining me now, dr. John jackson, president and ceo of the shot foundation for public education. Dr. Jackson, thank you for joining us today. I want to talk this is a conversation we could have had in january but because of covid19 perhaps some of these inequities in society have been pushed to the forefront. For instance, theres some parents who are able to work from home, continue to have health insurance, continue to be able to contribute to their Childs College Education and then there are families who have lost their jobs or had hours drastically reduced due to covid restrictions who are now looking at making sure they can get food on the table and making sure they have safe shelter. Here we are discussing will schools all across the country open. So your thoughts on where covid19 has put us now and immediately but also in a broader look at where weve been for decades now. Doctor . Well, thank you for having me, molly. First of all, we do have to start at the beginning. Fortunately, our countrys history started with brutal oppression, brutal oppression against native americans, a period of brutal oppression with slavery, then we moved to legal oppression through jim crowe lines, redlining, segregation, all of those policies and practices have been baked into the outcomes and cities across the country. So this week the shot foundation released the cities index report, which is essentially a measure of the degree to which cities have addressed their infrastructure and equity issue in order to be able to care for all of its citizens. The only way we deal with hate and systems of oppression is with Building Systems of love and so this index looks at cities across the country, cities like miami that precovid indicated was only providing 50 of the support needed for children and families to thrive. We had 50 of black and brown families working fulltime jobs, barely living above the minimum level, low access to Affordable Housing and then when we stacked covid on top of that, it leads to a situation that we have now where in 42 florida hospitals there are no more icu beds. In miamidade county, the Public Health system for miami, the jackson Health System has asked for 100 more nurses. So essentially, if we dont address these infrastructure and equity issues, we have cities across the country that are unable to care for its citizens. So there are serious infrastructure and equity issues. Molly you spoke about the index. I want to pop up some of the stats that we sort of pulled from that index to give an idea for folks some of the things that you found. For instance, atlanta, 55 black families, 59 latino families make minimum salaries to support living. Dallas, very few social workers in the school. Detroit, 40 of black renters, 50 of hispanic renters have access to Affordable Housing. The interesting thing about this index is that it doesnt just focus on test scores which are so often used to decide what schools are good and bad, but it also focuses on the families and their needs, on healthy food, Affordable Housing, public transportation. What does it mean when parents can afford those basic, basic things for their kids versus when they cant . Well, molly, we know that parental income is the best predicter for student outcomes. In many respects parental income is a proxy for a host of the indicators which you outlined, access to healthcare, access to transportation, healthy food. We have to be able to measure the degree to which cities are able to provide these infrastructure supports and do it in an equitable way if we care about all students having a fair and substantive opportunity to learn. In mississippi, which just removed the vees to m confedera, you mentioned disparity there. Now you stack covid on top of that and five of the states largest hospitals no longer have icu beds available. So its a serious issue that we have to address. Now, i understand that were at a point where we need to reopen our schools and there are families that have to deal with the very stressful choice of do i send my child to a school that isnt prepared or of hasnt received the resources yet to reopen or do i keep my child at home and run the risk of potentially losing my job. So in order to address this, its time for leadership. We need leadership. We need the senate to pass the heroes act which will provide additional 500 billion for states and localities, of which 175 million should go to the k12 educational system because theres a study, molly, that indicates that districts across the nation will need at least 1. 8 million in Additional Resources just to make it possible to reopen the schools safely. Molly dr. John jackson, i thank you. I didnt want to interrupt you because you were talking about the solutions and how to reach them. I appreciate your time. Thank you very much. Eric. Eric molly, its going to be hot, hot, hot, hot, hot. Really hot. Scorching temperatures with the possibility of record highs today. Well break it down for you in the forecast, straight ahead, with Rick Reichmuth. Hes here. When you have nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea pepto bismol coats and soothes your stomach for fast relief and now, get the same fast relief in a delightful chew with new pepto bismol chews. Eric millions of people from california to florida are sweltering in brutal heat. Temperatures will skyrocket above 100 degrees in some spots. Chief meteorologist Rick Reichmuth has more on what to expect today. Hey, rick. Hey, eric. Incredible heat. Desert southwest is used to getting a lot of really high temperatures but these are high, really even for you. 113 today for a high in vegas, 121 in death valley, 115 in phoenix. Along the Colorado River well be closer to 120. Further to the east, across parts of the south, were at 95 right now in new orleans. Its humid with that. So it feels like 110. The humidity is going to be a big factor here as well. Across parts of the west, thats not the case. This is our drought monitor. There is a lot of drought spreading across much of the western half of the country and you see across parts of colorado, parts of texas, oklahoma as well, incredible drought and thats where the heat is really centered right now and no moisture coming. This is the moisture well get this coming week. None of that really is out across parts of the west so the drought is going to expand. Weve got temperatures looking like this, its going to have big impact, implications for a lot of ranchers and agricultural areas. So watch this. This is todays temperatures. Tomorrow were incredibly hot. Maybe we cool down a degree or two throughout the middle part of the week. Next weekend and the following week, looks like it comes back. The heat is on. It is summer. Eric i guess we have to kickback with sweet tea. Thank you. Molly and i will be back at 4 00 eastern. I dont keep track of regrets and i dont add up the years, but what i do count on. Is boost high protein. And now, theres boost mobility. With key nutrients to help support. Joints, muscles, and bones. 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