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President Trump travels to Kenosha, Wis., on Tuesday. Teachers in New York City schools move closer to a strike. And, India is emerging as the new global epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic.

Next week's start for New York City schools is on shaky ground as one of the largest teachers unions considers a strike. The union, along with other groups, raised issues with the reopening plan.

Gov. Gary Herbert will award the state’s highest honor, the Utah Medal of Valor, to a member of the Utah National Guard Tuesday afternoon. That story and more in this evening's news brief.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Wisconsin Republican state Sen. Van Wanggaard about the police reform legislation he introduced and the governor's reform package he has rejected.

The Emmy and Tony award-winning actor talks about growing up gay in Tennessee, losing theater friends during the AIDS epidemic and playing the head of a family-owned media group on Succession.

News brief from Monday morning, August 31, 2020

After police shot Jacob Blake, Democratic Gov. Tony Evers called state lawmakers to the Capitol to try to push police reform, but the GOP says it needs more time to decide next steps.

Portland's mayor blames President Trump for the city's deadly violence. Wisconsin state lawmakers to meet for special session on police reform. And, protests are an issue in the presidential race.

NPR's Debbie Elliot asks Mayor Walt Maddox of Tuscaloosa, Ala., Mayor Donnie Tuck of Hampton, Va., and Mayor Bruce Teague of Iowa City, Iowa, how they're trying to halt the spread of the coronavirus.

President Trump is scheduled to visit the Wisconsin city this week to survey damage from recent protests. Mayor John Antaramian says it would be better for him to wait "for another time to come."