Beijings new security laws. And Dorset Village where they have discovered a new neighbourliness. Good evening. The Prime Minister has staunchly defended his top advisor, Dominic Cummings, after it emerged hed driven more than 250 miles from his london home to county durham, following the governments introduction of its coronavirus lockdown. Borisjohnson said mr cummings had followed the instincts of every parent and acted with integrity in seeking childcare with family members after his wife had developed symptoms of the virus. The Prime Minister was responding to growing pressure from within the conservative party and beyond for his advisor to step down. It comes as 118 more deaths were announced in the past 2a hours. Thats the lowest figure since the lockdown began, though theres usually a lag in recording deaths at the weekend. That brings the total number of people whove died in the uk to 36,793. Heres our political correspondent, iain watson. Why did you not stay in your primary r
After that, conservative syndicated radio show host Kevin Jackson talks about President Trumps 2020 Campaign Strategy and his handling of the coronavirus out rate. [video clip] today i am officially declaring a National Emergency. Ost good morning the president on friday taking yet another step to get ahead of crisis that has put the u. S. Economy at a standstill, changing the ways that all americans live and work in the days ahead, testing Trump Presidency. Ahead on the washington journal, your assessment of this Health Emergency that is impacting every aspect of our lives. On capitol hill, the senate picking up a house passed bill this week including paid emergency leave for up to three expanding medicaid funding. With president ial support it is expected to pass easily. We want to hear from you and of thesessment president s handling of the coronavirus outbreak. If you support how he does the job, 202 7488000. If you oppose, 202 7488001. We are taking your Text Messages. Hat at 202
Behindthescenes a social media on twitter, instagram and facebook. Guys, we are here, chatter on books, r 34th episode which is stunning and we are in an undisclosed location which makes me unhappy because weve been in an undisclosed location for a few weeks and were at east city bookshop which is 645 pennsylvania avenue southeast. Im going to keeprepeating the address, 645 pennsylvania avenue southeast because it this is bricks and mortar and we want people to come to bookstores like east city bookshop so thank you for having us. David alldredge, kornheiser, Michael Kornheiser, the most important person in the room and were thrilled to have everybody from cspan here, god bless you all for being here in the close members of my family, thank you for being here. We have a good show and asi realized, this is our last one for a few weeks because were going to take a few weeks off and retool and take a breath. I like the show and i start piling a lot into it so at some point in one night mi
We have a lot of folks on the roster so i want to get right into the program. There we go. So, we are going to hear from u. S. Senator from nevada jacky rosen, lets save applause for the end. Directive the director of the Mccain Institute, the white house domestic policy advisor, susan rice, and the special advisor on security, rabbi walker. An author historian and professor, who will also be receiving the please join me in giving a warm welcome to the senator. Good afternoon everyone. I want to say i am a former synagogue president. Im used to this. Usually were just giving the announcements, but lunch is great. Its so great to see all of you, and to be here with all of you today at the National Leadership summit. I looked out and i see friends, some old and some new, i see some las vegas lost begins over here, so people from chicago. Im sure there are this way out there. But i want to thank all of the leaders here at the adl, including all of our friends, the National Director Jonath
Greenblatt, the sports chair been sacked, and i am going to give a very special shout out to nevadas own, my own joey breslin. [applause] and so, your tireless work of countless others across this Organization Helps to fight back against antisemitism, against bigotry and hate, and across the globe nobody does this work alone. For over a century the adl has been leading the charge to secure justice and fair treatment for all. And to bring an end to injustice and unfair discrimination against the jewish people. And so, we need you, all of you, the ones i can see, well, now i can see well. All of you. We need all of you now more than ever. And one thing i dont have to tell this group is that we are living in a time when Jewish Americans and jews around the world are experiencing an alarming search in antisemitic hate crimes and violence. And all of us here as leaders today, we note that we have a special responsibility to stand up for what is right and that special responsibility to speak