August 4, 2020

Megan Rapinoe is a global soccer icon: an Olympic gold medalist, Women's World Cup champion and FIFA Women's Player of 2019. She's also a role model for thoughtful political activism in sports. Now, she joins the ranks of talk show hosts, with her new HBO series "Seeing America with Megan Rapinoe," the next phase in her personal campaign for women's rights and racial justice.

In Mississippi, which is on track to be the top state for coronavirus infection, the school district in the city of Corinth re-opened its doors last week. Dr. Edward Lee Childress is Superintendent in Corinth. After reopening schools in his district, positive cases of COVID-19 emerged immediately. He speaks to Christiane about how his district is managing.

Arne Duncan was Secretary of Education under Barack Obama. He says the lack of leadership from Washington, and a proper national coordination plan on schools, is proving to be devastating and that the United States is failing its students.

Lebanon - one of the worst hit Middle East countries from coronavirus, and teetering on the brink of economic collapse, has now been hit by a massive explosion in the capital of Beirut. Local authorities are warning that many are injured and buildings across the city have been damaged. CNN reporter Ben Wedeman was standing by on the ground for this special report.