What would your role or what has been your role during this pandemic . Its been very involved in this pandemic and how the frontline response so the organization i work for works closely with them supporting response and on researching issues for them and also on communicating to other stakeholders like the centers for Disease Control in congress and the administration. What are your thoughts on rent headlines about the spike . In covid cases . Wall street journal describ it as everywhere. It is very concerning and it is something that we knew there would be the likelihood can happen as we move into the fall months but you kw, as everyone knows we are seen levels of infecon weve not seen before in this country and when you look at whatappened on the east coast back in t spring and how quickly we got to the situations where we almost went over t capacity of the hospitals and now is across the nation and its concerning. For that reason, we cant let ourselves get to a poi where you dont h
And surrounding counties are playing a large role in this National Drama as the votes are being counted. Right now, as expected, joe biden has taken the lead. I think that we will continue to build. I dont think there is any drama about that. Most of us who have been in politics know exactly what those mailin ballots will yield. Right now, it looks like joe biden will broaden his lead in pennsylvania. David we want to count all the ballots, we all agree with that, but we heard joe say it is pointing in one direction. We spoke with ed rendell yesterday, and he said he things it will be an 80,000 margin for joe biden. As a political scientist, does that sound plausible . Jeanne i think it does. Joe biden could win with an even larger margin than donald trump won pennsylvania in 2016. The number he gave you yesterday sounds about right. We know the ballots being counted now, absentee mailin ballots, are going in the 70, 80 range for joe biden. Those are lifting his numbers. That is why we
Countries across europe. To slow the spread of. The. Player of the century. Well hear his take on the. Welcome to the program u. S. President. Joe biden have faced off in a final t. V. Debate less than 2 weeks before election day the exchange in nashville tennessee was a lot more civil than the ill tempered 1st. Debate between the 2 men racism taxes and the economy were on the agenda but for both candidates the coronavirus pandemic was top of the list. A different tone and pace the find this head to head between the president ial hopefuls gone where the chaos and constant interruptions of their 1st meeting this time the event was more of a conventional debate with the coronavirus pandemic given the most minutes on the clock trump offered an optimistic view on the way forward like a prison it will go away and as i say were rounding the turn where rounding the corner its going away we have a vaccine thats coming its ready its going to be announced within weeks and its going to be deliver
Remains the worst affected country in the world its all more than 1100 new deaths on thursday alone and florida is one of the worst hit states reporting a record increase in the number of daily deaths on thursday and the gallagher is in miami with more on the strain the States Health system is facing. The intensive care units across the state are getting very very full indeed in fact i had a long conversation with a doctor the other day who just done a stint in i. C. U. And he said that it was it was terrible it was really bad theyre running short on medicine theyre running short on beds the mental strain on the. Line staff is really incredible and yet we have a governor here Rhonda Santas whos at the white house meeting with President Trump saying that he will not talk about rolling back closures airlines have been told they should urgently inspect the type of boeing jets its over fears planes park during the pandemic could suffer engine failure the u. S. Civil aviation watchdog says
Few weeks. Dr. Market ali says it will allow Contact Tracy to be used more broadly and allow it to continue what is current level. It remains the potential for further dimming and certain parts of the state if it indicates it is needed. This is all to avoid the ongoing increases in half elevation, case Positivity Rate and deaths that we have seen over the last many weeks. He also said the state is preparing to put out what he described as a playbook to help factories and businesses to help reduce transmission. Marin county is among the 30 counties on the states watchlist because of cases and hospitalizations. And now marin is stepping up enforcement of its health orders. Tom, there will be education and warnings first. First, but dont wait too long because there can also be enforcement. Device there best, they publish sanctions saying it that education simply isnt enough to stop the spread of this deadly virus. We are at risk of this getting even more outof control. Matt willis says an