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good morning. im erica hill in for jim and poppy today. welcome to a holiday edition of "newsroom." were following several stories on this labor day of the right now in canada, a major manhunt under way after at least ten people were killed, up to 25 stabbed in all. a heinous murder spree covering more than a dozen crime scenes. officials are warning the two suspects are on the run. they should be considered armed and dangerous. following that story for you, were keeping a very busy ey...

In the simplest terms, when we look at the education, the learning loss here, was closing schools for so long a mistake? >> well, you know, i dont know if it was a lot of choice. the health experts were telling us to close the schools and the districts and the states had to do what was best for the children. well, i think we need to focus on now is moving forward. theres a lot of learning that has to take place and not just during the day. after school, extended daytime, we need to do what is ne...

Time on learning and in whatever way we can get it done but its more than that. we also need to focus on the whole child. theres a lot of evidence that students are struggling in terms of mental health. their behaviors in schools are more concerning than before. theres a lot to be done on the social, emotional learning component of this problem. >> i was actually having that exact same conversation with a friend last night at dinner about the struggles in high school right now and the increase i...

Was declared, a pandemic right before school closures. we went back to 92% of the schools, and the students were struggling more to problem-solving. its the gateway to more advanced data analysis skills that students will need, problem-solving skills that students will need as they enter into the higher elementary grades. >> so as we look at this, theres the one piece of, okay, how do we work to reverse this learning loss. how do we better serve our children across this country, pandemic or not?...

The heat really starts kicking in. before 4:00 p.m. this afternoon when they will be asked to turn off their thermostats and try to power down to reduce the stress on the electric grid. right now here at santa monica pier were also noting that there is an advisory for people not to actually swim or surf or play in the water because of high bacteria levels that are above state standards so a lot of people will be flocking out here on labor day, but they are advised not to actually get in the wate...

Skr . welcome back. lets turn to the markets. losses for the week and markets overseas seem to be following suit. were joined live from london. steve, how long can investors expect to ride this good news wave? >> it depends really what theyre looking at the moment. if theyre looking at the domestic u.s. economy and growth picture, theyre doing well. the jobs figures were great. the average earning component was up and thats what people want to see. they want to see wages going up as well. so a...

Poverty into a much higher income status, and nobody on the left wants to study it, because it requires work. frankly, on unemployment compensation i would extend it, but i would attach a learning component, apresentishships tied to businesses, and i would try to say, if you cant find a job, we want to help you acquire the job skills to enable you to find a job. in terms of poor children, i think school choice is absolutely central. we trap poor children in terrible schools to pay off the teache...