And so does our reputation around the world. Martha joe biden at 77 leads opening questions about how long he would be in office, so that makes this choice perhaps more crucial than in the past. Or joe biden started by saying that kemal harris, as you saw, would be ready on day one. And biden in the past has said this. Look, i view myself as a bridge, not as anything else. There is an entire generation that you saucepan behind me, they are the future of this country. Martha postwar territorial board went as far to write the effect between President Trump and Kamala Harris. So what you think about that . Does she bring something to the ticket when it comes to the midwest . For instance . And a former democrat bluecollar workers who voted for trump. Here now somebody who knows that area very well, a pivotal swing state, cochair of the democratic policy and communications committee. It was good to see you. Thank you for being here tonig tonight. Martha, its good to be with you. Martha what do you think about that, he said she would be ready on day one could he said that he knew she could govern. Does this feel a little bit different this time in terms of the way that people will look at her role in this potential administration . Look, i think we will elect a team. Lets be clear. I think that the country is ready for someone like joe biden who is going to be a healer, a unifier, he is going to bring us together. I think first and foremost he is somebody that this country needs with experience. And he knows how to get people to Work Together across the aisle as well. But i think that this is a very strong ticket. You know, and as a woman, im going to tell you, i was proud to see so many strong women they are to be considered. And i think that the Vice President race, all of these women, we all got to know a lot of great talented capable women across the country going through the process. But i have been out in the campaign road, she is a friend. I think what these two people have is empathy and compassion, i have been with people who ive seen on both sides of the aisle, quite frankly, that are rubbing lines, they dont enjoy being with people, these two people like people and are going to connect in a way that hasnt happened. Martha there were a couple of midwest options in the mix early on, you had amy klobuchar, gretchen whitmer, the governor of your state. Discussed for some very good reasons in the battleground states like michigan. Heres a flashback of you on november 21st, 2016, talking about that election. Weve got to do some deep soulsearching about what went wrong, and how are we going to be a party that is an inclusive party. How are we going to keeping a voice for those that need us to be a voice . We are desperate, we have to get through the midwest. How can we make sure that we are protecting everybody that needs to be protected, but we are also delivering for everybody . Martha there been a lot of long pieces written, and your comments touch on it about democrats lost a lot of the bluecollar workers across the middle part of the country. Is Kamala Harris going to be somebody that speaks to them . Somebody that makes them go from voting for trump to back to voting for biden . I think that she is absolutely going to be somebody that will be able to do that, and so is joe biden. I probably amount to more than i should be. Im always in a mask and keeping my distance, but i probably did 14 events last weekend. I am starting to see my autoworkers at events outdoors. There are some trump voters, but they are taking a second look. They listened already, her joe bidens economic plans. They are working hard to bring jobs back. If they are worried about covid, everybody is worried about the handling of covid in this country. They both know that they have to care about all workers. Working men and women. On the front line, in the plan, how are we going to bring jobs back to the country and we need to create more jobs. I think that both of them coming you saw them today talk about that and understand anxiety in a whole lot of working men and women about whether their jobs are safe, how are they going to do it. Martha lots more to talk about. I hope that you will come back. Good to see you, from michigan tonight. Also joining me now, mercy mercedes slap, thank you for being here as well. What did you think today . I mean, a lot of people watch that and said, she is a formidable speaker, she was empathetic. She was reaching out to people, of all walks of life. A campaign speech, for sure, but are you concerned about the addition of Kamala Harris to joe bidens ticket . Oh, absolutely. When you have the fact that doug schrock rated her as the most liberal senator in the senate, it is incredibly troubling. And when you look at her record, i mean, this is clearly the complete socialist takeover of joe biden by adding Kamala Harris to the ticket. And i think that once you dig into the record, you find that there are some serious problems. They are very much far to the left. We can take the case for example that she cosponsored Bernie Sanders singlepayer medicare for all that would cost 32 trillion. She also opposed a bipartisan usmca, something that was a better trade deal that would benefit many of our states and our farmers and our manufacturers, and as well what she has mentioned it she would eliminate the ban and make sure that they put a ban on fracking. So that is critical, because martha joe biden had to walk that back, they are saying that it would be current leases, that would exist, but no new leases on fracking, that is clearly a vulnerable area for them, because a lot of families really want that option that they would not be offering. Heres President Trumps reaction after harris was pick picked. Donald trump has already started his attacks, calling kamala nasty whining about how she is mean to his appointees. Its no surprise, because whining is what donald trump does best better than any other president in American History. Is anyone surprised donald trump has a problem with a strong woman or a strong women the board . Martha obviously that is candidate joe biden talking about what President Trump said when he called Kamala Harris nasty. What do you say to that . First of all, President Trump has surrounded himself with very strong women in this administration in key positions, and he listens to the women who work with him and really solving very complicated issues that we are dealing with in our country today. So i think kamala was quite nasty to joe biden when she went after him on accusing him of being a racist, that he toweled around with the segregationists like robert byrd. I think politics is a tough game. You have to have tough skin, and the reality is that our goal will definitely be to expose kamalas record and to joe bidens weak record as what we have seen in terms of his inability to create a Strong Economy during the time he served as Vice President. It was the weakest recovery since the great depression. Martha pennsylvania, wisconsin, michigan, things that will be comfortable on both sides. Look at these, these are the votes. Lets look at the chart so that i can explain it. You have 393,000 black voters in michigan on the left side. Who did not vote in 2016, 11,000 voted for President Trump. And you go down the line, pennsylvania 360,000 black voters who did not vote in pennsylvania, 129,000 and wisconsin. Does the choice of Kamala Harris change that dynamic in a way that makes it tricky for President Trump to win . Look, i think that the democrats have constantly used identity politics as their failed political strategy. It did not work in 2016. It will not work now. I will tell you something about this campaign. The black voices for Trump Coalition is the biggest coalition we have in the campaign. We have open up Community Centers in many of the targeted states, including in pennsylvania and in michigan. Our goal is to continue to talk about the president s record, how he has uplifted the black community. How he will keep fighting for them to build a prosperous economy. And especially during this time that we are dealing with this global pandemic, he was a champion for criminal justice reform. There was a bipartisan legislation. So the president has done so much for the black community, and we as a campaign are dedicated to taking that message directly to the community and ensuring that we bring them to come and vote for President Trump. Martha before i let you go, he tweeted the suburban housewife will be voting for me, do you think thats a good way to address those women . As a former housewife myself raising my five kids, there are plenty of stayathome moms that worked very hard every single day as well as the moms that managed you know, martha, managing the household and working at a job, it is really tough. But his message is very clear. And that is that these moms like myself, we are worried about the safety of our community. We dont like to see the chaos on the streets that these democrat mayors and these liberals are pushing. And let me tell you something, joe biden does not condemn this violence, and they want to want to defund the police. We want to defend the police and keep our communities safe. Martha i have to leave it there. Mercedes, thank you. The nearly impossible path of how to satisfy the teachers, parents, and students and get our kids back to school for all those women across america and the dads too who need that this fall. 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I think that the science is so clear that the risk of death or hospitalization for children with this virus is so, so low, but we know the risk of missing school are catastrophic. I would like the money to follow the students, this way you can make your own choice. I visited two schools this week in South Carolina that have Charter Schools, students are in class. Teachers are there. They are learning, they are playing with each other, i mean, it has been a great experience. It is interesting, one thing we have learned during the horror show of the china plague is that virtual is not as good as being there. Virtual is not the same thing. Martha they all agreed that that experiment did not work well. It has been a deeply polarizing struggle, one of my next guest is facing firsthand as a superintendent. The wall street journal says he fears losing academic gains made under his watch in his district, which shows went from 37 low performing schools in 2015 to eight in 2019, so Real Progress made on his watch. Dallas Independent School district superintendent joins me now. Doctor, thank you very much for being with me. One of the things that you suggested with your teachers, you said that you wanted them all to come back into the classroom, even if the students didnt coming is said that it would be unprofessional if their kids are yelling in the background, dogs barking, husbands walking back and forth, and he wanted them to be in the classroom even if there were no kids they are and they were not okay, back even if there were no students . No, we had a difficult struggle enforcing that expectation. One of the reasons is that our local county Health Officials said that they did not want teachers even out in the community, so we had to back down from that expectation. But it is unprofessional to have your dogs bark while you are trying to teach a lesson to students. So we had to back down off of that one, but we need to press forward, we need students back in the building whenever possible. Martha you are so concerned about the loss of learning for the students, and i would imagine that most of these teachers are going grocery shopping, they are probably going to the market, they are probably leaving their house, so why would they not be able to sit in the classroom and talk into a monitor . I think there is a lot of fear out there. When we asked teachers who was coming back, 90 said they would come back in person, but when we had a spike in texas, that went down to 60 . But half of our parents want to come back. But we need to have our teachers they are to execute inperson instruction. We have had to move from august 17th 1st day to september the 8th. We are trying to work with everybody, but this is a no win situation for everybody. Martha it is a rough one, and texas has been peaking, we understand that experience in new york and new jersey. We went through it a while ago. But i hope it ends soon and we get past it. Which is what the experience was here. In georgia offensive a bunch of students went back, they did not have masks on, than they had a Board Meeting to argue about all of this because they had to shut down. There is that famous picture that Everybody Knows now. And im sure that you will recognize that backandforth that is heard at this school Board Meeting. Watch this. My children were to have to stay at home consistently and try to do this online with me and my wife working full time, my children, they are not going to make it. Im sorry. I have six students out of 80 students wearingmaking fun of ti choose to wear a mask. Thats unacceptable. Martha they are both sides of the battle right there, sir. We have 45 speakers lining up to speak to the board tomorrow. Martha that will be a long meeting. Its going to be a long meeting, all day long. We have to do what is best for everybody. So we are trying to find a solution. Martha im curious what you think about the push of that lot of parents are wanting some school choice, because they do see as you heard that one gentleman at the white house today, said that he visited Charter Schools that they found a way to get up and running and parents who have the ability to find another option would love to have that portability of their taxpayer dollars that they put towards education to make that choice. Do you think that that is something they should be able to do . Absolutely. We have a Public School opportunity in dallas isd, where the president s let mack parents choose, and we are allowing parents to choose. We want you in the school, but if you dont want to do school, you can do it at home or try to do virtually. 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