Dealing with the pandemic but its right there and put on full display, our societies inequality and injustice. This display hasnt been in words or theories, its been in death. Our societies inequality span over 400 years of slavery, segregation, jim crow and racism. These inequalities exist in many forms, healthcare, Public Safety and justice. Back and African Americans make up just 8 of the states population nearly 18 of covid19 deaths over the past several months have been from that same community. Inequality in healthcare results in death, pure and simple. Our justice system, lady justice is supposed to be blind but many in our eight feel, rightfully so, the color is all thats seen. Incarceration rates bear that out and incidents from breanna to minneapolis, it is very real. Disproportionate death and in my short time as governor, ive felt a lot. Individuals try to create fear and terror in my own family but thats been a few days, maybe a week. Certainly not a lifetime. I will never
I am chief executive of the city club and a proud member. May 22. As we take these steps towards reopening the economy and state, the city club is continuing with virtual forms and still presenting from the studios of 90. 3 idf stream our public media partner. We are very grateful for the partnership and support. We all know that the coronavirus pandemic has put an incredible amount of pressure on the American Healthcare system. A shortage of supplies and Healthcare Workers, sharply declining revenues and Massive Health insurance losses due to unemployment. Shaking the foundation of our countrys infrastructure. As states began to reopen end as the number of coronavirus deficit in cases is expected to plateau, we have the chance to talk about what is working and what is not working when it comes to the ways in which we deliver healthcare. We talk with two local ceos who are also physicians about the pandemic, the changes are hospitals needed to make a what the future of Healthcare Deliv
They are not statements. These are crimes that her innocent american citizens. The First Amendment guarantees the right of the people to peaceably assemble. What we saw last night in washington and across the country was not that. To that end, President Trump is demanding action to protect american citizens, to protect american businesses. Nationalcan guard are deployed in 24 states, but according to general millie only two states have deployed more than 1000. For the lawlessness we are seeing, far more needs to be done. Governors across the country must act, deploy the National Guard as is fit, and protect communities. As trump has said repeatedly, it is very important we have Peaceful Protesters and support the rights of Peaceful Protesters, but we cannot allow a situation like what happened in minneapolis to descend further into lawlessness and chaos. With that, i will take questions. Reporter the country is in crisis. There is a Global Pandemic that has claimed more than 100,000 li
As we look at the key battleground states in campaign 2020 we are doing here in washington with craig gilbert, bureau chief for the milwaukee journal sentinel. As you look at covid19 and the Political Climate across wisconsin what is the state of play right now . Wisconsin is very perfectly divided state along red and blue lines. It is also has a divided government right now with republicans with a large majority in the legislator but a democratic governor so there has been a lot of growing partisan disagreement and conflict over how to manage the pandemic which means between the government and the legislator and wisconsin is a little bit unique in that we had this situation where a state Supreme Court with them majority struck down the governors estate home order. So overnight lifting the restrictions that had been put in place and which were gradually going to be lifted anyway. That is the state of play and wisconsin bread wisconsin has had two elections in the middle of the pandemic
We are joined by Armstrong Williams longtime radio, tv talk show host, author, thank you for being with us here on washington journal this morning. Good morning and thank you so much for having me. Host we started our segment last hour with Michael Hopkins saying we asked both of you on today to talk about the reaction last week to the death of george floyd at the hands of the minneapolis police. But as the protests have grown and the civil rest has grown and writing, we want to get your reaction overall to what weve seen particularly in the last three days over the weekend across the country. Guest you know, the beauty of america is our right to protest in a very peaceful way. The majority of the protesters are very peaceful and they had the moral high ground no different than the one when you had the terrorist attack on Emanuel Church in charlestown. Members of that community, even though they thought there would be looting and burning, [inaudible] was one of those killed for no reas