Result of the pandemic. Jared joins us to discuss changes to alcohol laws in several states amid the coronavirus outbreak. Host good morning, it is tuesday, april 7, 2020. The number of coronavirus deaths in the u. S. Is now past 10,000. In new york officials expressed hope that the pandemic is in wisconsin voters will head to the polls despite efforts to cancel in person voting over fears of spreading the virus. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been diagnosed with the disease and moved to intensive care. We are giving you the chance to talk about all of this this morning on washington journal. Our phone lines are spit up regional ash split up regionally. In the eastern or central time zone, 202 7488000. Mountain or pacific time zones, 202 7488001. You can send us a text at 202 7488003. If you do include your name and where you are from. Follow us on social media csp anwj. A very good Tuesday Morning to you. You can go ahead and start calling and now as we show you the front pa
During coronavirus. We turn to Jarrett Dieterle from the r street institute, a Senior Research fellow joining us this morning. A tweet on this topic from the hill newspaper noted that liquor and alcohol laws are being liberalized faster than at any time since the end of prohibition. Would you agree . Guest yeah, i would. Thank you for having me on. I think that is an accurate assessment. Isce prohibition, there reluctance to update our alcohol laws despite prohibition having started over 100 years ago now. Crisis,of this current it is causing a lot of state and local government to rethink how they approach alcohol and creating more flexibility whether it is retailers or producers or breweries to allow them to either deliver or do curbside pickup. Two examples that is something that was not always the case. It has definitely created a push for more flexibility. Host what do you know about alcohol sales in recent weeks . Things from Grocery Stores, other traditional resource retailers ha
From the Coronavirus Task force. Of coronaviruses worldwide, 400,000 in the u. S. Today, 700 31 new deaths today, marking gets biggest jump. It is scheduled for a couple of minutes from now. Until then, back to todays washington journal. State liquor and alcohol laws of being liberalized faster than any time since prohibition. Would you agree with that assessment . I think that is an accurate assessment. Since prohibition, a lot of our alcoholo update laws. Because of this current crisis, it is causing state and federal governments to think how they approach alcohol and create flexibility whether it is retailers or producers to allow curbsideeliver or do for consumers and that was not itays the case, so i think definitely has created a push for more liberalization of the laws. Host what do you know about alcohol sales in recent weeks . Guest things from grocery stores, other traditional retailers has skyrocketed. People are stuck at home. A lot of people are stressed right now and want
A sharp warning to china also. Nicholas hawken going to be so in the words Law Enforcement agency described as africas 1st norco states join us next as we follow an anti north cortico prediction inside the capital of the international airports. In a stunning admission of guilt iran says its military mistakenly shot down a ukrainian passenger jet last week killing all a 176 people on board it was the same night iran launched missiles at a rocky bases housing u. S. Troops as tensions flared of the assassination of iranian general hossam salim money ukraine has demanded a full apology and compensation along with canada many of the passengers were canadian and the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called for a thorough investigation its also by reports now from the iranian capital. The final terrifying moments for 176 passengers and crew onboard a Ukrainian Airlines boeing 737. For days iranian officials denied it had been shot down by one of their missiles but on saturday irans revolution
Been shot down by one of their missiles but on saturday irans revolutionary guard delivered this dramatic u. Turn. It is us who are to blame the plane was on its way it did not have any error or mistake everyone worked very well efficiently it was us who made a mistake and we are responsible we should accept responsibility and accountability. The belated admission has sparked protests in teheran they chant death to liars and shameless as they demand those responsible for the missile strike to be brought to justice theyre angry about the downing of the plane and they want accountability from the authorities less than 24 hours before saturdays admission the head of Iran Civil Aviation Organization spoke to al jazeera. Was uscis it is very obvious that it was not hit by a missile if a missile hit it it should have crashed in its original direction. And this is whats causing more anger among iranians the fact that it took officials more than 48 hours after repeated denials to reveal what r