And wisconsin. We took up that challenge and delivered a resounding yes. Democratic governors not only one big and purple states like michigan and pennsylvania, they also one in ruby red states like kansas, kentucky, louisiana. Democratic governors have one in in six stateswon n in 2016. D trump woo now that they are in office, they are fighting for these values. I am so honored to be introducing todays panel that includes some of these incredible leaders. All of these governors were elected in 2018 and 2019 in those blue waves. We could not have a better moderator. Former gubernatorial candidate stacey abrams. The discussion will focus on what this work looks like in todays political landscape. We cannot stop there. We have critical races in montana, missouri, New Hampshire to name just a few. We need you by our side to add more states to our list. We need you to help. Please text us. We need you to stay with us. We will continue to make a difference in blue states, purple states, red
Warning the Public Health emergency is quickly becoming a human rights crisis how many limitations are people willing to accept to fight a threat like coronavirus. Kenneth roth welcome to conflict zone thanks for having me. There are very immediate needs amid this coronavirus pandemic hundreds of thousands have already died a qana means have been hit hard many people are losing their jobs some are even trying to figure out how to put food on the table in these extraordinary times how do you put human rights at the top of the agenda. Well i think its important sara to note that human rights allow certain extraordinary governmental powers in time of a genuine public emergency or crisis like were facing now so you know nobody objects from a human rights perspective to the efforts to limit our trouble to inforce social distancing to do the things that are necessary and proportionate to our Public Health needs but when autocrats say oh we need you does violate your human rights left and rig
Welcome you to this primetime edition of washington journal. House Speaker Pelosi outlining a new stimulus plan. The price tag, 3 trillion. Votes this friday. Live on cspan. We will get the details later this hour with a wall street journal congressional reporter. A leading Public Health expert on what is next as some areas of the country begin to slowly reopen. The impact this virus is having on native American Communities with representative deb haaland of new mexico. Our phone lines are open. We want to hear from you. If you are a medical professional, please dial in. We would love to hear from you. Good tuesday evening. We begin with the official numbers courtesy of john hopkins university. Worldwide, the number of cases, 4. 25 million. The death toll in excess of 291,000. Joining us from baltimore is dr. Leana wen. She is the visiting professor at George Washington university. Today it was announced the Washington Post new opinion contributor and Baltimore City Health Commissioner
Temporary rules changed change to allow members to vote remotely and lawmakers continue so aan social distancing, link the is expected. Watch coverage friday at 9 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan, online at cspan. Org, or listen with the free cspan radio app. From baltimore is dr. Lee to win. She is a visiting professor at George Washington university. Today it was announced that the washington post, and served as the City Health Commissioner in baltimore. Ask for joining us here on cspan. We appreciate it. Happy to be with you. New want to begin with some projections from the university of washington. By august 4 u. S. Death toll could exceed 100 and 47,000. When you see that number and see that projection, what is your reaction . That it is an is underestimate. I hate to say this, because that is so many people. It is unimaginable for where we are right now. If two months ago you had said that we have 80,000, more than 80,000 americans who had died from covid19, im not sure how many people
Warning the Public Health emergency is quickly becoming a human rights crisis how many limitations are people willing to accept in order to fight a threat like coronavirus. Kenneth roth welcome to conflict zone thanks for having me. There are very immediate needs amid this coronavirus pandemic hundreds of thousands have already died a qana means have been hit hard many people are losing their jobs some are even trying to figure out how to put food on the table in these extraordinary times how do you put human rights at the top of the agenda. Well i think its important sara to note that human rights allow certain extraordinary governmental powers in time of a genuine public emergency or crisis like were facing now so you know nobody objects from a human rights perspective to the efforts to limit our trouble to inforce social distancing to do the things that are necessary and proportionate to our Public Health needs but when autocrats say oh we need you does violate your human rights lef