We will get your thoughts on what grade you would give your governor on this pandemic, but lets begin with south dakotas governor. Take a look at the state. This is from nbc news. A 19 increase over the past two weeks. Here is republican south dakota governor kristi noem defending her approach. [video clip] across the country and around the globe, cases are increasing. Over the past week, cases are on the rise in 48 states. Some have said that my refusal to mandate masks is the reason why our cases are rising here in the state of south dakota. That is not true. Others have said that my refusal to advance harsh restrictions like lockdowns is another one of the reasons why our cases are rising, and that is also not true. There are 41 states that have some kind of a mask mandate. Cases are on the rise in 39 of those 41 states. Some in the media are saying that south dakota is the worst in the world right now. That is absolutely false. I would encourage you to look at the Johns Hopkins cor
Eye, a virus that appeared at the other corner of the world has become a pandemic, killing across the world, including here in europe. From one day to the next. Life styles have changed. Weve seen the shelves empty. Weve seen the doors closed and weve moved from a daily routine to a fight for our life. At the moment, weve seen the way in which we have become so fragile and sus speceptiblsusce weve seen a tragedy in europe a scale unimaginable just a few weeks ago and my heart goes out to all of those victims and all of their families. And wed like to pass on our best wishes for those who are fighting for their lives at this very point in time or who are ill and at home. But if the virus is hitting us hard, european citizens are just as resilient and i would like to pay tribute to those men and women who are leading that battle. Im thinking of the nurses, the doctors, and the people who are helping to care for people in italy and spain, across europe, who have run towards danger without
Disgraceful. The responsible. From news from uk british Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for coronavirus and is experiencing mild symptoms. The uk Health Minister has also tested positive at the self quarantine. Prime minister johnson spoke briefly about his own medical condition. Hi, folks i want to bring up just the whistle debited which ive developed mild symptoms of the coronavirus. Thats to say a temperature of and a persistent cough. And on the advice of the chief medical officer i have taken a test. That has come up positive. So why am working from home. Im self isolating, thats entirely the right thing to do. But be in no doubt i can continue thanks to the wizardry of modern technology to communicate with all my top team to lead the national fight back against coronavirus and i want to thank everybody whos in fall. What you think above all our amazing nhs staff. It was very moving last night to join in that National Craft for the nhs. Its not just nhs. Its polic
Mountain and pacific, thats 202 7488001. We welcome your comments by text. Thats 202 7488003. Nd on twitter we are cspanwj your Facebook Comments are welcome, journal cspan. Org facebook. Com cspan. Members of congress, as we know, saying that the house will be back until may 4. Our capitol hill producer theted yesterday about white house plans, a 10 00 a. M. Conversation with the members of the house. At 11 00 a. M. , president hosting a phone call with members of the senate. Cnbc posting yesterday about the president s briefing and his indication that the u. S. Has passed the pico coronavirus outbreak. Peak of coronavirus outbreak. Host the report says that President Trump says the u. S. Has passed the peak of the infected asich has we mentioned more than 632,000 people in america. We will update those numbers for you momentarily. Heres what the president said yesterday in his briefing. [video clip] American Society is engaged and mobilized in a war against a invisible enemy. We must
Pandemic. Later, National Indian Health Board Chair on the affecting native American Communities. Morning, its thursday, april 9, 2020. Against the backdrop of another deadly day, turmoil across the country, political leaders in washington are headed for a showdown over hundreds of liens of dollars in new aid for Small Businesses. With the senate set to move forward with funding today we begin our program by hearing from Small Business owners and their employees. Let us know how your Small Business has been impacted by coronavirus. Small Business Owners, 202 7488000 is your number. Small business employees, 202 7488001. You can send us a text this morning, that number is 202 7488003. If you do, please include your name and where you are from. Otherwise, catch up with us on social media, twitter or facebook. Good thursday morning to you, we are hearing from the 60 million americans that work at Small Businesses in this country and the more than 30 some businesses around the country. You