Im david culver. We start you off with news out of the white house which says that jill biden has tested positive for covid19. The first lady spokesperson adding that she is currently experiencing only mild symptoms she will remain at their home in rehoboth beach. The president tested negative. And mr. Biden who is 80 will be tested regularly this week and monitored for symptoms. U. S. Officials say north Korean Leader kim jungun expected to meet facetoface with Vladimir Putin to discuss possibly selling weapons to help russia in its war in ukraine. You are looking at footage from previous meetings they have had. A National SecurityCouncil Spokesperson urged pyongyang to cease arms talks and stick to its promises not to sell arms to russia. Kristie lu stout is live in hong kong this morning. Good to see you. So do we have a sense of when or where this inperson meeting between kim and putin might actually take place . Reporter we do. According to reports it could take place sometime this month. This is according to the u. S. National security council. They are expected to discuss potential arms deals for russia to get more north korean weapons to use against ukraine. The timing from what were hearing is unclear, but it was the New York Times that first reported about this Potential Meeting saying that kim would travel from Pyongyang To Vladivostok will he will meet at a forum to take place that this weekend. This is not far from north korea and also where the scene took place in 2019 where kim and putin met for the very first time. And kim made that skrjourney ons famous train, the armored green train. As for the new reported Potential Meeting, it is said that in exchange for weapons, what the north koreans want is advanced russian technology. Technology for satellites and for Nuclear Powered submarines, also the north koreans desperately need food aid. This Potential Meeting would follow that recent visit by the Russian Defense minister who visited north korea in july. And this is also after u. S. Officials said that the two countries are, quote, actively advancing their talks over another potential arms deal. Last year the u. S. Said north korea delivered rockets and delivered missiles into russia for use by wagner forces which was something that north korea has denied. Now, both russia and north korea as a fact, they have been edging closer together. We learned that the Russian Defense minister says that joint Military Exercises with north korea are currently being discussed. And we also know that kim and putin have been quite recently exchanging letters to each other pledging to increase their cooperation. Back to you. No doubt this is concerning for u. S. Officials, but you have to believe that beijing is watching this closely as well. We appreciate your time this morning. Good to see you. Just hours from now, the Impeachment Trial of texas Republican Attorney general ken paxton begins in the state senate. The Fire Brand Conservative was impeached by a rop controlled statehouse. But as ed lavendera explains, paxtons strategy for keeping his job relies on claiming the impeachment is a part isan witc hunt. Reporter ken paxton showed up at a rally to kick off his wifes state Senate Reelection campaign. Please welcome to the stage my husband, the love of my life, my best friend, Texas Attorney general ken paxton. Reporter the suspended Republican Attorney general was impeached on 20 articles, including charges of retaliating against whistleblower, abuse of power and bribery as well as misconduct involving an alleged affair. Paxton used this moment to pound the theme that he is the victim of a political witch hunt. If you kind of kept up, you can read that im responsible for the Jfk Assassination and for 9 11 and everything in between. Reporter paxtons Impeachment Trial begins tuesday in the Texas State Senate and it features some of the highest profile and unique legal characters in the state. Paxton is represented by dan and ton any and they say it was a driveby shooting. This was a sham. To say this case is not about politics has the credibility, believe ability and sincerity of the fellow that is trying to convince his wife that he goes to the strip joint for the food. It is not about the naked women, sweetheart, it is about the food. Nonsense. It is definitionally political. Nonsense. Reporter prosecuting the case against paxton are the Legendary Rusty Harden and dick degaren. For decades they have worked the biggest cases in the state. A few months ago when paxtons lawyers ripped the process, Cnn Asksrousdy Harden to comment and he referred us to this classic scene from the com it i my cousin vinnie. The guy just says [ bleep ]. Reporter but the political stakes are sky high. Vinnie. The guy just says [ bleep ]. Reporter but the political stakes are sky high. In may paxton was impeached by texas House Republicans 12123. And paxton is vowing political retribution against those republicans. Lets clean house. Reporter there are 31 state senator, one is angela paxton, the Attorney Generals wife, but she will not be allowed to vote on her husbands impeachment. There are 12 democrats in the senate and prosecutors need 21 votes to remove paxton from office. The question is, whether nine republicans will vote against paxton. Veteran republican political strategist Brendan Steinhauser says that it is not clear how this trial will play out. There is a lot of political pressure coming from all sides. This is unprecedented so they are trying to do their constitutional duty, trying to do legally, morally ethically right thing. They dont know what that is yet until they dive into it and see the evidence. Reporter paxton has enjoyed support from donald trump and among republican voters. Is he a great man. Reporter steinhauser says paxton is benefitting from tumpgs attacks that the Justice System is weaponized against politicians like them. That alignment is important for paxton because it helps him, gives him some Political Support among grass roots voters apz and activists in the Republican Party of texas and makes it more difficult for State Senators and State Representatives to impeach and then convict him. Reporter when proceedings begin tuesday, there is a chance that the majority of articles of impeachment could be dismissed by a simple majority vote in the texas senate, but it is not clear if that will happen, if the Impeachment Trial moves forward, it is expected to last several week. Ken paxtons lawyers say the suspended Attorney General will not testify but impeachment managers insist that they will call him to testify at some point. 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While some of the challenges schools faced in the middle of the pandemic have no doubt subsided, there is growing concern this morning about the learning gap left behind. According to research from Harvard Center for education policy research, pandemicrelated Learning Losses are historic in magnitude and highly variable among communities. And while nearly all districts experienced some learning loss, the range of these losses were highly variable from near zero to an entire grade level. Julia kaufman is a senior Policy Researcher and she like many are getting up early joining us. We appreciate it. So this is really quite concerning. And gis the question is what will it take to reverse the Learning Gaps caused by the pandemic. Yes, great to be here. You know, as a parent myself, i can say in many ways Public School feels like what it was prepandemic. Kids are back in school, athletics and after School Activities are happening, but there is a but. Nearly all Research Tells Us that the average student lost out about a half a year of learning in math and not as much but still substantive reading achievement losses. So they havent made up that learning. Yeah, and were looking at this graphic here that basically shows for some of those students it will take several months to catch up. You are talking about 4. 1 months in readreading, 4. 5 in math. And a new gallup poll shows that only 36 of americans are satisfied with k through education quality. And that matches a record low from for ye23 years ago. But 76 were satisfied with their oldest childs education. But the view from americans might be negative when it comes to their own childs or really overall education, but when it comes to their own kids, perhaps mostly they are satisfied here, is that your take from all this . Yeah, k12 parents are satisfied when you ask them about their own childs education. But when you ask them about the quality of u. S. Education at large, they are not as satisfied. Only 41 indicate that they are satisfied. And when you ask all americans that same question, only 36 are satisfied. You know, i have a lot of sympathy for teachers. They have been working really hard to support students and school and district leaders have had to make so many hard decisions the past several years. But these data also suggest that Public Schools have a bit of an Image Problem which probably means that they need to think about how to communicate the challenges that they are facing and their decisions really clearly to a critical public because they need the public support do the best possible job they can. Might sound like a strange question, but are there any positives that have come out of covid19 and the pandemic when it comes to education, anything that has actually moved forward successfully . I think so. On one hand a lot of schools have had to go to Remote Learning and we know that that hasnt been good for kids. We know that they havent learned as much and they have lost learning especially if they have been in the Remote School districts. But at the same time, schools and teachers have learned more about how to use technology well. And potentially be more resilient if something a large shock to the system happens again. In addition, a lot of districts have been using funding to pry intensive tutoring, to provide extra periods of instruction, to provide summer offerings. But given these data, i think schools do need to do more. You cant accelerate learning at the level needed for full Recovery Doing what schools typically do. So they have to do more of what they have been doing as well as potentially think about other kinds of interventions to help students catch up. Some great insight there. Julia kaufman from rand, good luck to your kids as they start off the school year. We appreciate your time. Thank you so much. 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The summit giving her the chance to strengthen her ties in asia as well as build up her Foreign Policy credentials. Steven jiang is joining us live from beijing. Hey there, steven. So what do you expect to be at the top of the agenda for the summit this year . Reporter yeah, david, the ongoing myanmar crisis and several issues involving china looming large. You mentioned Vice President harris is attending this summit on behalf of the biden administration. But the president s absence made more conspicuous by the fact that in the past he normally attended in person including last year in cambodia and the