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In chicago, it wasn't as successful. teachers are at home in chicago. what do you think about other cities, school districts where stuff like that is happening? >> well, certainly this is a tough time. but we have set in our city the goal, and it is our value, that learning should happen in person and we're going to do everything possible to make that happen. we've worked hand in hand with our teach efrs throughout this pandemic, and we're grateful for their service. we have stood up a gold standard in testing throughout this pandemic. and now, including in our public schools. so it's our goal...

And instead of looking at the end, we have to deal with what we're currently facing and what that is currently is that hospitalizations for 0 to 4-year-olds are up 791% over the past month. this is something we cannot tolerate. >> no, it is stunning, actually. all those figures you shared. what about kids going back to school, all the countries experiencing these statistics, these record numbers that you're talking about, how do you feel about that? >> right, you know my little sister, she's an elementary school principle, i fully understand the stress on the educational system. what i asked t...

You know, they have what they need because of the american rescue plan the first month we were in office, the second month that i signed in march, we provided the states with 130 billion with a b, billion dollars to specifically keep our students safe and schools open. funding for ventilation, ventilation systems in the schools, social distancing classrooms, even larger classrooms on buses and everything from bus drivers to buses, the actual bus. in all this process, we also included an additional $10 billion for testing for schools. that money went out to the states, and the states and the sc...

More than any country in the world. the bottom line on covid-19 is that we're in a better place than we've been and have been thus far. clearly better than a year ago. we're not going back -- we're not going back to lockdowns. we're not going back to closing schools. schools should stay open. because the american rescue plan, we provided the states $130 billion. $130 billion to keep our students and educators safe and schools open. funding for ventilation systems in schools, social distancing, hygiene for classrooms and the school buses. in addition, we've added another $10 billion for covid-1...

Look at, for example, the issue of school. there are lots of parents who are going to be watching this interview. right? everybody whether it's parents, teachers or students themselves, want the schools to be back open. now 95% of the them are. what did we need to do? we needed to address the fact that in particular our public schools need help with resources to improve their ventilation system. so we sent out $310 billion to the schools of america to help them get masks, do testing, get ventilation systems up to standard, so there is work that has been done. and there is still work to do. >> ...