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Including those who like joe biden are operating in this increasing climate. the approval rating 38.4% with a spread of negative 17.7%. wow. turning us now from real clear politics, also the author of the book "come on, man." let's talk about these numbers, tom. 39%. we have never seen these numbers this flow. is this a progression that could go lower than 39% or is this a rock-bottom.
Superintendent jones, mr. jones, thank you for taking time to join us. there's been so much talk about our schools, the president saying he wants them open but you say this was a tough decision you had to make. why did you do it? >> well, we have been working with our local health officials since march 2020 when this pandemic closed down all of our schools and as we looked at the positivity rate before our break, the holiday break, it was in the 20's, it was lower but it skyrocketed and it's at 38.4% at this time and 1,232 new covid per 100,000 weekly. and we are in the middle of a surge and w...
Subsides and we begin to see a trend downward, we are making plans to get our scholars back in school. griff: where is that line that you draw to -- to open the schools back up. 38.4% now, what rate could you get at that you will change your mind and lift the virtual learning? >> well, griff, i'm not the expert in that data but i will say that we are working with our local health officials to see a trend that we were constantly at before. we went out on school break. i can't give you a definite number but we are watching the trend to go downward. and when we come together we meet every week. w...
Clear information on where to find these even if they're out there. stephanie? >> it was on this day we learned ellison barber's secret talent. she's a pretty good googler. ellison, thank you. now to the state of michigan where public schools in flint are going virtual indefinitely after more than 10% of their covid tests in the district were positive. that is an all-time high there. joining us to discuss, the superintendent of flint community schools, kevlin jones. with all the tools we have now, vaccines, testing, why did you make the call to go virtual indefinitely? >> well, we had been l...
Women were dying behind unsafe abortions, and we can't go back there, because as i said earlier, this is a matter of life and death, and it's a personal decision. it's a decision that, whether you agree or disagree with abortions, this is a person's right to make their own decisions about their own healthcare and their own lives. >> cecile, one of the things that concerns me and concerns a lot of people out there is that these restrictive abortion laws, and what the supreme court might do, has a disproportionate impact on poor women and women of color. non-hispanic black women receive 38.4% of...