Country are grappling with how and when to reopen. In georgia, a school that briefly suspended a student for taking a picture of a crowded hallway is now closed for deep cleaning. Today and tomorrow. This after nine people tested positive for the virus there. It will alert parents tuesday night about whether it is safe for students to return in person to that school. We are going to speak to a medical expert about the Ongoing School debate that is ahead. But, first, we begin in washington where the Trump Administration is defending its decision to bypass congress and to impose executive action when it comes to Coronavirus Relief. The president signed four orders over the weekend, including an extension of Unemployment Benefits. His move coming as negotiations on the hill have been anything but successful in recent weeks. And now top Democratic Leaders are pleading with their republican colleagues to meet them halfway. I hope voices in the Republican Party will prevail and say, sit down with pelosi. Sit down with schumer and meet them in the middle for god sakes. Thats what were willing to do. And joining me now are Nbcs Carol Lee at the white house and Garrett Haake on capitol hill. Thanks to both of you for joining us. Carol, let me start with you. Look, the president s executive orders here, all sorts of dispute about whether this is legal what hes doing here. I think the question here is, number one, just practically speaking. What do we know about he signed these. Are they being implemented right now . Are these executive actions actually being implemented into Practical Action on the ground and, two, how does that affect the answer to that first question. How does that affect how the white house looks at the further noexation atio noex negotiateiations with democrats. Since the president signed the orders over the weekend and trying to make the case that this will make a difference for the millions of americans who need this relief. The president has said himself that this relief will come, quote, very soon. But they havent said exactly what that means and when. Theres going to be a lot of pressure on the white house today to answer that question. When, if youre an american sitting at home wondering when youre going to get this direct payment. This money that the white house has promised. You know, when is that coming . They havent said that so far. Now, the president is under pressure to get and theres an acknowledgment here at the white house that real relief will come through legislation and only so much they can do. Legal questions about this and practical questions about this in terms of the president s executive actions and the president saying that Chuck Schumer and nancy pelosi want to negotiate. But as you mentioned, hes largely been on the sidelines in these negotiations and hasnt really gotten deeply involved. So, theres a question there about whether or not he steps off the sidelines and does try to broker some sort of deal. We havent seen that from him yet. Meanwhile, you have millions of americans who are waiting to see whether or not theyre going to benefit from what the president has done. And you hear democrats and republicans saying that the president really doesnt have the authority to take some of these steps, particularly that comes to a holiday for the pay roll tax and now theyre going to have to say exactly when and how much money is coming to americans and when and if they can get to some sort of agreement. But the two sides are not nearly close in terms of being able to do some sort of legislation, which as i said, is what everyone acknowledges is where the real relief is going to come. Lets go to that question on capitol hill. From the standpoint of democrats, theyre talking about good eting t getting the administration back to the table to negotiate a bipartisan deal on this. Are they confident they will get the white house there . And have the president s executive actions here. Have they changed it all on how theyre approaching negotiations and what they might be negotiating for. You ask about the question of whether these executive orders were legal. I think democratic perspective and the context of these negotiations is will they be effective . What you have here is essentially administration negotiators walking away from the table late last week feeling like democrats werent coming down enough or coming close enough to their position and feeling like perhaps they could shake things up by implementing these executive orders and see if that alone could either provide enough relief on their own or force democrats to feel like they, too, needed to act in some way perhaps by compromising. What i think youre seeing now is democrats essentially saying were going to wait and see if these executive orders have any effect or whether the white house looks around in a couple days perhaps and says, you know what, the trick. We need to resume negotiations. As recently as ten minutes ago a senior democratic aid told me still no contact whatsoever between the administration and speaker pelosis office. So, despite the president s tweets and despite his comments to reporters saying that democrats are reaching out to him eager to resume negotiations and democrats are eager to resume negotiations and not coming to the white house with a new offer. They very much believe that the white house fundamentally misunderstands the scale of the problem that we are in right now and the scale that will be needed to address it. And that means the democratic position at this moment. All right, Garrett Haake on capitol hill. Carol lee at the white house. Thanks to both of you for being with us. And all this week, nbc news and msnbc are talking about coronavirus and the classroom. This as students head back to school or potentially head back to school. Today students in baker county, florida, are back in theirclassrooms for the first day of inperson lessons there. Students and staff are not required to wear face masks but masks are recommended when prolonged social distancing is not possible. The latest figures show the Positivity Rate across baker county stands at nearly 30 . Joining me now from outside maclainy Elementary School in florida is msnbc correspondent sam brock. Thanks for being with us. So, we gave some of the stats for the area where you are. The rules here, take us through how this is being implemented. Theyre saying masks not required, recommended in some circumstances. How are they dealing with this . Thats the question right now, steve. The Million Dollar question. Why isnt there a requirement on masks since it shows it prevents the transmission of the virus. We reached out to the superintendent and they responded to our questions via email and declined an oncamera inert vi interview but just said theyre optional and if youre closer than six feet away and prolonged contact, 15 minutes or longer, they would recommend you do it. Its not a requirement and talking to parent out here some are befuddled by it and others believe it should be a personal choice. A hot topic of conversation for weeks leading into the reopening of the school here. We do know a number of changes that baker county is taking to keep students safe. And take temperatures of all their kids before they come to school and if it is over 100, dont bring them. Additionally on school buses, assigned seating and hand sanitizing and a number of precautions they are taking. But as it pertains to masks and a fine balance right now between getting children socialized among their peers and dealing with the risks of coronavirus, thats what all these parents are going through. We talked to a mother of seven who just dropped off her youngest son six years old. Heres what she said about trying to strike that balance. I mean, hes a kid. He wants to be around other kids. It was an option in my household, but,ioakn you know, chose it. I know, were pulling right out. Home is where you will be. Now, steve, an important point to be made right now. 2. 8 million public students here in florida roughly give or take. Most of them are not going back to class right now. Mostly the smaller counties. Im in baker county right now. 30 minutes outside of jacksonville that have actually started that process and all of this with the legal battle under way and the Largest Teachers Union in the state right now suing the state of florida for requiring schools to at least keep an option of inperson instruction. That is playing out as we speak and it also speaks to a larger debate going on in this country right now. Steve . All right, sam brock down there in baker county, iffal if florida, thank you for that. The cofounder of get us ppe. Doctor, thank you for joining us. Were talking about the subject here of school, School Reopenings and hearing in florida some of the issues theyre dealing with. I feel like reading the headlines and the news that comes out when it comes to this question of childhood and children and tranmission of coronavirus. The news is all over the place. I feel like i have read articles that say very little risk of transmission from children and articles that say a great deal of risk and what do you know in terms of the science of this when it comes to children and coronavirus transmission . How confident are we that we know something meaningful there right now . Steve, so anyone who tells you they know with certainty anything about the transmission of covid with children is lying to you. This virus has only been around for a little over seven months now and new knowledge is accumulating every day. Early on we thought kids were unlikely to get covid and kids may be getting infected just as fre frequently as adults but more asymptomatic. Kids can less likely to die but we do know that kids can get really, really sick and end up in the hospital and even die from covid19. We also have some really important new evidence telling us that as kids get older, as they hit those adolescent years, they may be as likely to pass it on to other people as adults. Kids 10 and up can spread covid. The most recent evidence shows just as efficiently as adults do. If were sending the preteens and teenagers to school, theyre going to bring it back home and they could be the source of Community Spread in hot spots. An issue getting a lot of discussion right now certainly relates to the question about schools. About indoor air. Indoor air being the next coronavirus frontline. They have joseph allen from healthy Building Business program the front of our Disease Control strategies when it comes to coronavirus. We talk about this when it comes to restaurants and indoor spaces. But certainly this applies to schools, as well. Indoor space. Lots of people, close quarters and shared ventilation. What can be done when it comes to an indoor space like that to protect the air and keep it safe . So, the very most important thing that we can do for kids, for teachers, for School Nurses is to mandate masks in the school setting. There have been study after study showing that if both people or all people in an indoor setting are wearing a mask, we decrease transmission by well over 75 . So, that is the one biggest thing. In addition to that, ideally we would have open windows or we would have ventilation that takes air from the inside and pulls it outside. We would have kids outside whenever they can be. But i recognize that in many of these southern states, its awfully hot. I know that many School Buildings have windows that dont open and Public Schools, in particular, are underfunded. To tell a Public School to go retrofit their ventilation system is virtually impossible. The best thing we can do is masks. The other thing i will high llit you talked about bars and estare raunts. Im a parent of two and far rather send my kids to school than go to an indoor restaurant right now. Sending my kids to school will do them good and me good, too. A choice we have to make around what we choose to allow people to do indoors right now. You talk about balancing all these concerns. Our friends at cnbc a few weeks ago asked you about the prospect of sending your kids to school this fall. You said back then that under the right circumstances. If there are protocols in place like proper ventilation, masks. You would be open to that. Couple weeks later, what youve learned in the weeks in between and what youre seeing on the ground. How do you feel about that question right now. Would you feel comfortable sending your kids to school right now . As of today, im still planning on sending my two schoolaged children back to my local Public Schools. Here in rhode island and particularly in my community our rates of covid19 are relatively low compared to the national stats. Theyre below the level that we worry about from a Public Health perspective and my schools are mandating masking and theyre keeping the kids in small, stable group. If one kid gets sick, theyre not going to spread it to 100 kids but 15 to 20 kids. Additionally, i am personally not super high risk and neither is my husband. Were making that risk benefit calculation but it is a personal Family Decision and one that we shouldnt be in. We dont have to be here right now. If we have had a Good National strategy, we would have stopped this months ago. Dr. Megan ranney in providence, thank you for the time. Appreciate that. A reminder all this week nbc news and msnbc are talking about coronavirus and the classroom. You get all the facts, possible solutions and expert advice like you were just hearing right there every day this week. Coronavirus and the classroom. 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