Teachers on Schools Reopening; What Will Trump's Executive Orders Do?; Food Insecurity; How Proper Ventilation Helps Suppress COVID Spread

The Brian Lehrer Show | Aug 11, 2020

Coming up on today's show: 

  • Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), talks about how teachers are feeling as schools in our area prepare to re-open, despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
  • Daniel Strauss, senior political reporter for Guardian U.S., talks about the president's executive orders and the latest on relief negotiations in Congress.
  • As new coronavirus cases are waning in the city, New York's hunger problem shows no sign of slowing. Leslie Gordon, Food Bank For New York City president and C.E.O., and Jennifer McLean, City Harvest chief operating officer, talk about how their organizations are stepping up to meet the demand and what troubles lie in store if Congress does not offer more in federal aid.
  • Linsey Marr, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Virginia Tech, talks about what scientists know about how COVID-19 moves through the air and how ventilation can help lower the risk of spread.

For transcripts, see individual segment pages.

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