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be able to reopen our schools

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safely and effectively.

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And back-to-school has always

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been a special time.

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It is indeed in your family as

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in mine but particularly in

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mine, because for all of the

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years Jill and I were married,

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she was going back to school,

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too.

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As a teacher.

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Jill's an educator and will be

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the first one to tell you that

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this should be a season of

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promise for our country.

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Times when classrooms were

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crackling with the possibilities

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of the new year.

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Students hopes and the, all

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about the future.

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But this year we're facing the

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most difficult circumstances and

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we're seeing an awful lot of

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heart and a lot of grit our

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educators, our students and to

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try to rise to the occasion

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here.

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But our government hasn't come

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up to that bar, hasn't shown

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much grit at all or

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determination.

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Let me be clear --

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if president trump and his

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administration had done their

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jobs early on with this crisis,

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American schools would be open

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and would be opened safely.

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Instead, American families all

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across this country are paying

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the price for his failures.

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And his administration's

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failures.

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Like many of you, because you're

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all reporters, you also have a

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lot of friends and you have

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children and you probably are

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hearing the same thing I'm

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hearing throughout this

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pandemic.

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They're struggling to figure out

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how to do the right thing, but

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they're worried.

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They're worried, like the devil.

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They, what does it mean for my

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kids?

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Is this setting my child's

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education back beyond just a

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semester?

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What impact will it have?

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How is my child going to catch

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up?

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What if -- what if I'm not doing

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enough to help my child succeed?

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All of those questions, the

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self-doubt that's been engaged.

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President trump may not think

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this is a national emergency,

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but I think going back to school

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for millions of children and the

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impacts on their families and

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the community is a national

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I believe that's what it is.

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Protecting our students, our

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educators, our communities,

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getting our schools open safely