Harris, california democrat and cory booker, new jersey senator. They are scheduled to appear with the former vp tonight as this rally, get out to vote rally, under way in front of tomorrows primary election in michigan paid michigan 125 delegates for the democratic nomination for coverage continuing our 2020 Campaign Coverage continues here on cspan2 and we will have this for you when it gets started. In the meantime, lets go to todays washington journal in a look at the week ahead here in washington. On mondays on washington journal we like to take a look at the week ahead in washington and to do that this week were joined by daniel, senior political political reporter with the guardian. Senate reporter, steve dennis. Now that that 8. 3 emergency supplemental has passed and the money is out its way of the door what tools does congress have left in its toolbox to respond to the coronavirus . What should we look for this week on that front . Guest democrats are talking about a sort of
This is one hour. Good afternoon. We are waiting for a doctor to join us and then we will start the press briefing. , we are planning to have press conferences mondays, wednesdays, fridays. A little changed from what we had so far. We have to remain flexible. The time being, we are looking at monday, wednesday, and friday, all at the same time. Let me get to the doctor for his opening marks. Thank you. I hope you have had a good weekend. Good afternoon. I would like to start with a brief update. It is now three weeks since the last cases were reported. We are now in a countdown for the end of the outbreak. The security situation in the north remains fragile. Previous outbreaks, we have seen flareups even after the end of the outbreak. Keeping teams on the ground to respond quickly to flareups, if needed. Might be ending, but our determination is not. Nor is our commitment to the epidemic. Over 100,000 cases of coronavirus. T is certainly traveling now that the virus has a foothold in s
Columbia and also puerto rico. And rico. We offer primary includes primary care, mental andth care, oral Health Substance use. We have 49 medicaid patients, 23 uninsured, so we are on the front lines providing care to those who really need it. Host for those uninsured, what happens . How much are you paid back for services . Guest it is a great benefit. We have a great relationship with the bureau of primary health care. Thatminister the grant includes the Health Centers, so 60 of each budget is made of that and enables us to take care of people, 22 have no health insurance, so we have a sliding fee according to family size and annual income, so they can afford to cs. Host for funding, we saw congress and the president signed a 8. 3 billion emergency supplemental. What is there for Community Health centers . There is 100 million for emergency Health Centers. It will primarily be for supplies for personal protective equipment and to support centers. Host is that enough . Guest we can al
Sanders campaign. Rev. Jessee jackson endorsing senator sanders. Is this a big deal . It is huge. Been for a long time, a leader in the Democratic Party with a significant following. He is also a guy that is a politician. He appeals to workingclass americans. It is very good for Bernie Sanders going into this next i dont know what we call tuesday. In a way it is like super tuesday because there are some pretty important state, particularly michigan. Does reverend jackson still have a following . Is he still relevant today . I think he always well. Was when he ran for president in 1988 and he gave that magnificent speech at the democratic convention. , ais still in major player major leader in the Africanamerican Community. The other major story senator Kamala Harris endorsing joe biden. Right. My adopted state of california having been there 30 years and being the democratic chair of california. My home state is delaware. The adopted state of joe biden. It is interesting. It is like th
Responsee coronavirus and we take your calls or you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal can join us on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Host good morning. It is monday, march 9, 2020. There are more than 500 confirmed coronavirus cases in the u. S. , and those numbers expected to go up this week. As federal, state, and local governments step up their response to the outbreak, we are spending the first part of the washington journal today asking how the coronavirus has impacted your community . If you live in eastern or central time zones, the number 202 7488000. If you live in the mountain or pacific time zones, 202 7488001 is the number. You can send us a text. That number is 202 7488003. If you do, please include your name and where you are from. Catch up with us on twitter, facebook. Good morning to you. You can start calling in now. We want to take you first to the covid19 dashboard being maintained by the Johns Hopkins university.