Pres. Trump it is an honor to be with everybody. There is no place like the white house. For those of you that this is the first time, i know exactly what you are thinking because i was here the first time and it is still something i will never forget. Welcomeleased to everyone to this place to discuss the vital importance of the safety and reopening the schools. Everybody wants it. The kids want it. It is time to do it. Our mortality rate is at a level that people do not talk about, but it is down tenfold. Deaths, they are way down from this horrible china virus. It is a disgrace that it happened, but it did. The economy is coming back and coming back strongly. Jobs are setting records. Recordths ago they set a and again, almost 5 million new jobs, which is a record. It broke our last record of a month before. Muchumbers are happening sooner than anticipated. Nasdaq hit another record today. A small amounte below what they were a very small amount below what they were. It is incredible what has happened. When you look at education, my we haveion approved over 6 million to support colleges, and another 6 billion in emergency grants for students. We waived standardized testing requirements, deferred Student Loans and interest payments. Take a look at the Student Loan Program and we have waived student loan and interest payments. That is something that people have not been hearing about and nobody talks about. It is a big deal. New treatments are dramatically improving the health outcomes. Vaccines are doing very well. Their pukes are doing very well. Therapeutic therapeutics are doing very well. Punicscines and their herapeutics. Even more important than the vaccine at this point because people get better. The numbers testing numbers are the highest they have ever been. Millionlmost up to 40 in testing. Many times, but many other country then any other country. If we did less testing, we would have far fewer cases. Look at the chart. If you look at the chart of way down. E deaths are we want to get our schools open. We want to get them open quickly, beautifully in the fall. Know, it is a horrible disease, but young people do extraordinarily well. Jersey, wer of new were talking and he mentioned a number that is there was only one person that died that was under 18 years old in the state of new jersey. Somebody i guess had a problem with perhaps diabetes or something else. But one person out of thousands of people, one person died who was under 18 years old, so that is Pretty Amazing when you think of it. But i would like to now just give the mike to our first lady. Shes going to say a few words. Then we will go with mike and karen pence. Then we will go around the room. Kellyanne conway you did a great job. So if i might, first lady, please. Good afternoon, everyone. The first pillar of my be best initiative is childrens wellbeing and taking care of children social, emotional, and physical health. It has never been more important than during the covid19 pandemic. The administration has worked aroundtheclock to protect americans from the coronavirus but many challenges for children and families can be just as invisible as the virus and just as dangerous. When children are out of school, they are missing more than just time in the classroom. They are missing the laughter of their friends, learning from their teachers, and the joy of recess and play. Disabilities,ith without access to technology, or whose homes are not a safe place, the situation can be even worse. Start of the school year, i encouraged parents, teachers, and schools to teach children about the importance of cdc guidelines and to implement them when appropriate. Childrens Mental Health and social Development Must be as much of a priority as physical health. The same is true for parents. Many will be forced to make stressful choices between caring for their children and going back to work. We must address those needs as well as their own Mental Health and wellbeing. As we continue to come together to tackle these challenges, im honored that you could all be here today to offer your thoughts. I look forward to working with americake sure that s children and families can be healthy and thriving. Thank you very much. Pres. Trump thank you very much. Governor, what a great job you are doing. Thank you for being here. And thank you, millennia. We just heard, mike was telling me that Governor Desantis is doing a terrific job. He Just Announced that schools will be open in the fall and we hope that most schools are going to be open. We dont want people to make political statements or do it for political reasons so they keep the schools close, no way, so we are going to put pressure on governors and everybody else to open the schools, to get them open, and it is very important for our country, for the wellbeing of the student and the parents. Ofwe will be putting a lot pressure on open the schools in the fall. Thank you, mr. E president. Thank you for your leadership. I have seen it day in and day out since you asked me to lead the White House Coronavirus task force. Today is just one more installment in your commitment to make sure that our states and families have all the resources they need to meet this moment. Also understanding that we got to reopen america and reopen america safely. We convene all these great leaders from around the country because you know that to open up america again, we need to open our schools again. I want to thank all those gathered here for their efforts as well. I know i speak on behalf of my wife when i express our profound gratitude to the first lady. Throughout this pandemic, her regard for families, for children, for the emotional impact this has had on every american, is so admirable. I would like to invite everyone to show your appreciation for our first lady and the work she has done. [applause] mr. President , since the moment that we asked the American People to step up, to take efforts to slow the spread, and in that 15 days that would become 45 days, we encouraged people to refrain from attending school if possible, to Engaging School from home whenever it was possible. There were two categories of heroes that emerged. One was the parents who stepped up as never before. Those that are looking on should know your president , first family, Vice President , and second family are grateful for everything youve done to be the teachers for your children, to create the structure at home where they can continue to learn even in a challenging time. I also want to say how grateful we are to the teachers. Im actually sitting next to one who i have been married to for years. She teaches in a local school in the Washington Area and i watched her go in and pack up Art Materials that children could take home to continue their learning. So i would like to invite everybody to show your appreciation for the parents and Great Teachers who have done the work of continuing to educate our children. [applause] mr. President , the American People deserve to know that while we are seeing rising cases across the sun belt, we are ensuring that states have the resources, support, supplies, and personnel that are arriving as we speak in states like texas, florida, and elsewhere. Theour point, i hope American People appreciate the point you made yesterday on the national stage, that because of what our Health Care Workers have done, the innovation and medicine weve been able to make available, we have seen fatalities decline by 90 from some of the worst moments of this pandemic and we are going to continue to keep those losses low and steady. We are going to save lives as we reopen our country. Today we spoke to the nations governor on the topic of this summit. Noweflected on the fact, as 47 governors and governors of two territories have announced plans to reopen schools across america, that is important to do so for a variety of reasons. We ought to be concerned about children falling behind academically and there is no substitute for in classroom learning, in person learning. That has been much discussed at the summit today. As the American Academy of pediatrics recently reflected, there are social costs, emotional costs, and even physical costs to our children across this country. It is important that we reopen our schools as youve directed for the academic and intellectual development of our children, but also vitally thattant that we remember 7 million American Children suffer from either Mental Illness or emotional disturbance and they principally receive care from health and Mental Services at their school. And so making sure that we are meeting the mental and emotional needs of our children as well as making advances academically is what brings us here today. The last thing i will say, to all those gathered here, from early on, you have directed our task force and the cdc to equip families and schools with the resources to operate. 12 thats early as march cdc issued its first guidance for strategies for school and child care services. Decision trees in the middle of may. Just last week, the cdc published new guidance regarding the type of testing that is appropriate and other strategies. We can bring our schools back. Next week, the cdc is going to issue five new documents, how to prepare communities, decisionmaking tools, symptom screening, face coverings, guidance, and the rest. Flowe going to continue to these resources and guidance, but as dr. Redfield told all the nations governors today, and i want to acknowledge his leadership and presence here today, what you have instructed our task force to do and the cdc to do in this moment is to say to states around the country, we are here to help. Guidance, butsued that guidance is meant to supplement and not replace state, local, territorial, or tribal guidance. Youve made it clear, we dont want to be the reason any school doesnt reopen. Parents, thethe teachers, administrators, leaders in your community, is that we are ready to work with the leaders in your School System and in your state to find a safe and responsible way to reopen your schools. That is our commitment. We are continuing to move out on that. We have to open up americas schools. The American People are taking important steps to do just that. Im truly grateful for all of those represented here. Would be happy to recognize misses pence for a few comments. Thank you. I had the privilege of addressing this Group Earlier today. I do want to say thank you to all the teachers. I know at my School Everybody quickly learned how to do online teaching. It wasnt something that our teachers were familiar with. They have worked so hard. And the parents really are the unsung heroes. They had to quickly get up to speed and it was not easy to do. But our kids are struggling. They need their friends. They need their teachers. They need their routines. This decision to open up the schools greatly impacts our children. It impacts them academically. It impacts them socially. And it impacts then emotionally. I applaud what you are doing today because our kids, for their Mental Health and academic health, they need to be back in school. So thank you. Pres. Trump thank you. I see dr. Redfield in the audience. I know you would like to see everybody coming back to school in the fall. Ive Read Everything youve written and i appreciate that very much. Thank you very much. Governor, please. Room we will go around the quickly and get everybody to say a few words. We will start with our governor. Thank you. When you come here, im honored and humbled to be here. Dreams you think about someday you never imagine being reality, but here we are. It is an honor to be here today. Let me start off by saying thanks to the president and Vice President for what they have done since theyve been in office, to say the least, but over the last 17 to 18 weeks, theyve been on the phone every week, and i dont mean for five minutes to say hello and see you later, indepth conversation with governors across the state. The Vice President has been there. With them. Ollowing the one thing they stressed every week, they are trying to do the best thing for this country and for the everyday people out there and trying to make their full support to the governors. I just want to thank you for doing that, for leading as good leaders do in times of crisis. When the president said he was going to put pressure on governors to open the schools, i will tell you this. Put few phone calls, he can a little pressure on you. Sometimes we all need a little push to get things going. What the first lady said when she talked about the kids was so important to me as a grandparent and a father. I think of all the kids that need to be in school. There is the privilege of going every day. For a lot of schoolkids, it is a safety blanket, a way to get nutrition, counseling, for somebody to help them when they cry out for help. Schoolsalso why getting back open is so important. If you want to take it one step further, it is about making sure people are qualified for the workforce of tomorrow. It as weo deal with would anything else weve dealt with in this country. Life goes on. Education is part of who we are. Kids need to get back in school. Parents need to get back involved in their schools. It is part of who we are. It is how we build the future. I also want to thank the second lady for giving me inspiration on a couple of key bills we signed in missouri. We did full reciprocity in the state of missouri and full and literary reciprocity and the lady gave me inspiration for that. Again, i just want to thank the president for his support for our state. People appreciate it. I want you to know that. Weve went through hard times before. We will be better off for it. Thank you. Pres. Trump and you wont be changing the name st. Louis, will you . No. Pres. Trump thank you much, very important. Good afternoon, mr. President. Im delighted to join you here today to talk about why it is important for children to be in school. Georgiaediatrician from and president of the American Academy of pediatrics. Children get much more than an education at school. Teachers, from peers, and School Services has lasting effects. Pediatricians strongly advocate that we start with the goal of having students physically present in school this fall. Of course returning to school must be done safely. We must take measures to keep everyone safe and with flexibility to adapt. The evidence we have so far indicates that children are less likely to have symptoms or severe disease resulting from coronavirus. Children are less likely to become infected and less likely to spread infections. However, missing school can have serious consequences, particularly for students with disabilities or special health care needs. Students who are in school learn more than reading, writing, and arithmetic. They learned social and emotional skills, exercise, and Mental Health support. Schools help identify and address learning deficits, abuse, depression, and suicidal ideation. These are all critical reasons to get students back to school. Reopening schools in a way that maximizes safety will clearly require new investments in our schools. We urge you to ensure that schools receive the resources necessary so that funding does not stand in the way of keeping our children safe or present at school. We look forward to working with you and all the people around this room. Pres. Trump thank you very much. Please. Thank you you, mr. President. Appreciate the invitation. Tennessee, we know that reopening schools reopens our economy. Weve got great examples where superintendents have come together to make sure parents can get back to work. Weve done an incredible job with resources. Weve opened up Free Professional Development peers and principles. I would also like to thank the first lady for her support. We had a wonderful conversation a couple weeks ago, making sure that all of our children receive a high quality Public Education as well as being served in terms of nutrition, transportation, etc. And as the proud daughter of a Police Officer and a teacher, i was raised with safety and education being fundamentals in my home. Pres. Trump thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you, mr. President. Response the historic that the president has led to this unprecedented pandemic, we have the tools to reopen our workplace. We can reopen our schools and reopen health care. Weve got the tools. When we think about kids and schools, the school for our children is a center of so much of their life. It is where they get health care. It is where they get Mental Health care. It is where many of them get nutrition. It is where mandatory reporting of child abuse happens most often because of the nature of mandatory reporting requirements. The development that the kids need from a physical setting in schools. We are at a very different place now than we were two or three months ago. We have the worlds most robust testing system. We have Health System capacity and personal protective equipment to enable us to work through these outbreaks. We are advancing on therapeutics. Remdesivir, steroids, convalescent plasma to treat individuals, and just this morning the president made a major investment in an antibody that will be a treatment, if successful, could deliver hundreds of thousands of doses as early as late summer, early fall. We have three vaccine candidates in just this morning, invested 1. 6 billion in a fourth vaccine candidate that could deliver hundreds of millions of doses. It is just a very different circumstance than we ever had before. We know more about this virus. The fatality rate is going down because we are better at taking c