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Elements that we're looking at in order to determine where the schools will be open and how soon will open. one of them is just the greater houston infrastructure. so, we're not going to put 218,000 kids and 31,000 employees on the roads if they're not clear and safe and passable. so the greater houston infrastructure is going to have a great effect on what we do. secondly, is what i just talked about, our facilities and an assessment of which facilities are up and running, and then third, you know, 31,000 employees live in houston. many of them have lost homes. many of them have been very neg...

Their own selves and own homes and futures and figure out how they're going to teach. i also heard, richard, that you all, in the wake of all of this, are offering up free meals for the entire school year. three free meals, is that correct? >> that is absolutely correct. >> wow. >> so, what we've done is we've worked with the department of agriculture in washington and also the texas department of agriculture, so we've been able to secure the ability this school year to offer three meals, breakfast, lunch, and dinner to every student in the hisd, that's 218,000 students. now, we know for a fac...

Superintendent of the entire houston independent school district. mr. carranza, thank you for joining me here on cnn. >> thanks for having me, brooke. >> so, before we talk about all these kids and staff and teachers, just quickly on you, sir, how are you? how's your family? how's your home? >> thank goodness, we were spared the worst of it. we are a little wet but okay. >> okay. >> just tired, trying to get our schools back in session. >> all right. so, on that, you know, i've read that you have said this will not be a lost year. what is the damage assessment of your schools in houston? becau...

To figure out why officers were originally directed house minority leader nancy pelosi's house and not the baseball field miles away. house majority whip steve scalise was seriously hurt in that shooting. two offices on the security detail killed the gunman. ibly20 tropical storm emily weakening overnight, battering the sunshine state. abca27 locking up our 218,000 homes in florida in manatee county. ibly20 the coast guard rescuing these two brothers, their fishing boat was sinking, rescued them in the nick of time as they cling to a navigation light in tampa bay. ibly20 janice dean is trackin...

Steady. it's at 5%. but a slight uptick in real unemployment which includes people only working part time. let's break it down with our friend liz claman. she is the host of countdown to the closing bell. everybody is reading into these numbers and wants to know whether interest rates are going up. what's the take on that. >> the federal reserve has been waiting to see an extended string of positive data. so it's a slight beep. the 3-month string is an average of 218,000 jobs. the federal reserve chief janet yellen said we need a minimum of 100,000 jobs per month. so there is no reason not to ...