Recent polling shows show most americans disapproving of president trumps handling of the virus what do you think. Yeah its a mixed record its kind of surprising because d leaders tend to go up with a time of crisis because theyre given an opportunity to really do what the people. Need them to do because no one else can do it so i meant a long story larry but i would say that the Trump Administration was d a bit slow at the outskirt but it wasnt all their fault because honestly they were not left with a lot of place where the preceding ministrations and i can tell you by coincidence d in 2014 tom ridge the former secretary of Homeland Security and i were arrested cochair a commission a Bipartisan Commission on bio of the fence and a big focus of it was are we ready for an Infectious Disease pandemic we put out a report yeah 2015 and we said the country is not prepare made a series of recommendations a number of them are actually put in the statute by congress and the president trunk no
Ok recent polling shows show most americans disapproving of president trumps handling of the virus what do you think. Yeah its a mixed record its kind of surprising because d leaders tend to go up with a time of crisis because theyre given an opportunity to really do what the people. Need them to do because no one else can do it so i mean its a long story larry but i would say that the Trump Administration was a bit slow at the outskirt but it wasnt all their fault because honestly they were not left with a lot in place for the preceding ministrations i can tell you by coincidence that in 2014 tom ridge the former secretary of Homeland Security and i were asked to cochair a commission a Bipartisan Commission on bio of the fence and a big focus of it was are we d ready for an Infectious Disease pandemic we put out a report yeah 2015 and we said that the country is not prepare made a series of recommendations a number of them are actually put in the statute by congress and the president
A time of crisis because theyre given an opportunity to really do what the people. Need them to do because no one else can do it so i mean its a long story larry but i say that the Trump Administration was d a bit slow at the outskirt but it wasnt all their fault because honestly they were not left with a lot in place for the preceding ministrations i can tell you by coincidence d in 2014 tom ridge the former secretary of Homeland Security and i were arrested cochair a commission a Bipartisan Commission on bio of the fence and a big focus of it was are we ready for an Infectious Disease pandemic we put out a report yeah 2015 and we said the country is not prepare made a series of recommendations a number of them are actually put in the statute by congress and the president trunk not all rob but trump got around to doing one of the things we asked the president to do which was to adopt a National Strategy of what we would do in the case of a and then fictious disease pandemic or a biote
Former amazon Vice President tim brady the Washington Post reports that he was giving up his job and forgoing a paycheck that could top 1000000. 00 because he no longer felt comfortable working for a company thats comfortable firing whistleblowers with legitimate concerns and just what were these whistleblower concerns well you know the Little Things like oh workers Safety Climate change issues and the need to unionize in fact the guardian is now reporting that at least 6 amazon workers who have participated in protests or vocally advocated for improvements to worker safety in conditions have been fired during the pandemic in one of these incidents leaked amazon memos revealed that p. R. Executives in a meeting attended by the grand poobah himself the worlds richest man jeff bezos planned to publicly character assassinate fired warehouse employee Christian Smalls for simply organizing a small walkout over employees safety concerns so one former Vice President amazon tim bray writes tha
You can also send us a text this morning, 202 7488003. If you do, please include your name and where you are from, and otherwise catch up with us on social media. That is facebook. Com cspan and cspanwj. A very good saturday morning to you. You can start calling in now if you are an essential worker in this country. As you are calling in, we show you this map from abc news of the 46 states and washington, d. C. That have enacted policies to close nonessential businesses in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus. The exact number of essential by. Oyees, hard to come there is an estimate from the Brookings Institution that relied on department of Homeland Security designations of essential. Atut 7 million employees Grocery Stores, pharmacies, and bigbox stores. When it comes to the state of california, the Public Policy institute of california estimates that in a typical year, roughly one third to one half of californias labor force is employed in essential operations. The standard