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good morning. i'm erica hill in for jim and poppy today. welcome to a holiday edition of "newsroom." we're following several stories on this labor day of the right now in canada, a major manhunt under way after at least ten people were killed, up to 25 stabbed in all. a heinous murder spree covering more than a dozen crime scenes. officials are warning the two suspects are on the run. they should be considered armed and dangerous. following that story for you, we're keeping a very busy eye on the campaign trail here in the u.s. minutes from now president biden will depart for a pair ...

In the simplest terms, when we look at the education, the learning loss here, was closing schools for so long a mistake? >> well, you know, i don't know if it was a lot of choice. the health experts were telling us to close the schools and the districts and the states had to do what was best for the children. well, i think we need to focus on now is moving forward. there's a lot of learning that has to take place and not just during the day. after school, extended daytime, we need to do what is necessary to move forward. >> some some of the greatest losses this, also stood out to me, was among...

Time on learning and in whatever way we can get it done but it's more than that. we also need to focus on the whole child. there's a lot of evidence that students are struggling in terms of mental health. their behaviors in schools are more concerning than before. there's a lot to be done on the social, emotional learning component of this problem. >> i was actually having that exact same conversation with a friend last night at dinner about the struggles in high school right now and the increase in the need for mental health services. can you talk to us about we look at the study, right, and ...

Was declared, a pandemic right before school closures. we went back to 92% of the schools, and the students were struggling more to problem-solving. it's the gateway to more advanced data analysis skills that students will need, problem-solving skills that students will need as they enter into the higher elementary grades. >> so as we look at this, there's the one piece of, okay, how do we work to reverse this learning loss. how do we better serve our children across this country, pandemic or not? there's also the question of, you know, god forbid it should happen again but if there's a future...

The heat really starts kicking in. before 4:00 p.m. this afternoon when they will be asked to turn off their thermostats and try to power down to reduce the stress on the electric grid. right now here at santa monica pier we're also noting that there is an advisory for people not to actually swim or surf or play in the water because of high bacteria levels that are above state standards so a lot of people will be flocking out here on labor day, but they are advised not to actually get in the water. i want to point out that the records that were broken as far as temperatures yesterday, more tha...