Testing positive in march. Positive in march. Lets get started. Mayor, i want to start with your personal experience with covid. You were the first elected official to contract covid. How has that affected your response to this crisis . I was not only the first elected official, but i was the second or third case in the county. Dade county has experienced thousands of cases since then. It was interesting for me because, number one, i had to go directly into quarantine. I was quarantined for 18 days but was able to continue to function as mayor, to give people some sense of hope that if they did contract covid19 take yourself back to early march when there was so much unknown, so much fear about the possibility of getting it. It gave people a tremendous comfort to know that somebody was documenting their experience. Second, i was very asymptomatic. I was asymptomatic before i was tested and my symptoms, i would classify as mild throughout. I never got a 100 degree temperature. I had a c
Welcomed the president of mexico to the white house to sign a joint declaration in the white rose garden. About tradee relations under the u. S. Mexico agreement and the coronavirus pandemic. Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States, and the president of the united execute states. Mexican states. Trump thank you very much. Itice, hot day, to put mildly. We will make this quick, but it is all very positive. It is my tremendous pleasure to welcome everyone to the white house, my good friend president Lopez Labrador of mexico. We have at an outstanding relationship. We are moved that you have to make your first foreign visit since taking office, successfully taking office, i might add, to be with us at the white house. The relationship between a night of states and mexico has never been closer than it has been right now. People were betting against that. It is never been stronger, closer. We are doing a tremendous job together. We are cherished partners and neighbors. Our
Cspan radio app. By coversnt next menchu a garcia congressman chuy curcio. With the visit yesterday of the mexican president lopez, over a meeting with President Trump and holding a briefing with reporters. Also talking about the beginnings of the u. S. Mexicocanada agreement. Let me read you from the Washington Post article. They say that trump was elected on an antiimmigration platform and said he would build a wall on the u. S. Mexico border and force mexico to pay for it. Mexico rejected that idea outright. U. S. Taxpayers have funded the barricade, which is under construction. Last year President Trump threatened to impose tariffs on mexico if the leaders did not do more to keep migrants from entering the United States. A deal was struck but not without hard feelings on both sides. Yet President Trump and president lopez op obrad or have a good relationship. Why do you think that is . Guest i think the meeting for the most part was a dog and pony show. President trump has insulted
House. And later, advancing Health Equity founder and ceo dr. Uche blackstock joins us to discuss covid19s impact on minority communities. Another ruling on the Affordable Care act, the Supreme Court ruled 72 yesterday in favor of a 2017 Trump Administration rule extending the exemption to the Affordable Care acts birthcontrol mandate. It is thursday, july 9, 2020. Good morning, and welcome to washington journal. We open the show and ask whether support employers decided denying contraceptive health care to employees. Here is how to join the conversation. If you support the exemptions, two of 274s 88000. Two748pose, it is to 80001. Commentsost additional at facebook. Com cspan. , specificallyting on that case, the New York Times this morning with a graphic on how justices voted and how people for it feel about where the public stands on this issue. They write the Affordable Care act requires Health Insurance plans for women include coverage for contraceptives, Birth Control, but the Tr
And allowing the government to negotiate medication Prescription Drug prices. And for residents and homers to stay in their homes during the pandemic. Live coverage of the house. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. God, thank you for giving us another day. Those who omfort suffer from coronavirus. Healing. Bless and comfort those who mourn the loss of loved ones in wake of covid19. Psalmist, we turn to you. Have mercy upon us, o god, for treated harshly. Harshly all t us the day. Attackers. Re our almost high when we are afraid place our trust. We praise the word of god. Not fear. N god and do all the day our enemies foil our plans. Their every thought is of evil against us. Lie in wait for our lives. Our threats are many, o god. Unrest in Police Reform, aggressive russian and policies, a struggling economy. Our time of need. Bless the peoples house and may that is done be for your amen. R honor a