Suspending programming in person through april that we have a virtual programming go to Commonwealth Club. Org that is updated regularly you can watch while sheltering in place. This is to address the impact of covid19 on our society also part of the future of democracy theories with that Zuckerberg Initiative and then others will follow that example. Im thrilled to be talking to two experts with the effect of covid19 and the effect it is having around the us and around the world the correspondent for the atlantic and has written for the magazine since the seventies. He and his wife deb are the authors of the 100,000mile journey thank you for being her here. And the director of foreign and defense policy studies at aei in washington dc a career defense policy and with the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and the Usa Department and the National Security council. It is a great pleasure spirit thank you to being here and also to the audience for joining us if youre watching on yo
done anything with health care, tax reform, there s a lot of focus on that. house speaker newt gingrich just moments ago talking with bill had this to say about getting that done. the danger of ending up with baker pelosi is wrapped up directly and whether or not we can pass a tax cut. i m afraid that the guys who failed to pass obama cares repeal are about to go through exactly the same dance. shannon: speaker pelosi. that will get the news attention. it will, pelosi being an asset from publicans as sort of a of vocal point of fear for the revoking base. speakers point is well taken. at the rebooking s go to the first half of this president s term accomplishing versus the back virtually nothing when it comes to big legislative accomplishments, there is going to be deep royal frustration among the republican base, the very base that is going to be essential for them to turn out