Need to continue medication efforts as the state gradually reopens. Gov. Hutchinson katie, are you ready . Ok. Thanks for coming in on short notice. You found your tie ok. Good afternoon, everyone. Thanks for joining us. As everyone is aware, i didnt intend to have a covid19 update today. But a couple things popped up that i thought it would be good to have the information out to the public in a transparent way. First, let me put on the screen city. Ure of the we have signed some extra testing resources. You have a drivein facility there. This was taken this morning. It is going on. Great response by the community that comes in. We expect a good number to have been tested there. So, thank you for your cooperation, your leadership, and for taking advantage of this enhanced testing opportunity in your community. Im joined today by dr. Nate smith, secretary of the department of health. Mike preston is here, secretary of commerce. Then, director dexter payne from the department of correcti
On cspans cumin day. Joining us from little rock is arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson. Thank you for being with us. Guest it is great to be with you any great to be on cspan again. Host new job numbers out today showing an estimated 3 million americans filing for unemployment this week alone. What has been the Economic Impact on this pandemic on your state of arkansas . Guest we have taken a serious hit. Whenever you look at the businesses closed for a couple months, you look at the unemployment figures that go up. Whenever you look at those who do not qualify for unemployment, the barbers and salon operators that are struggling, that has been a hit. Businesses,ditional we were not a shelter in place state. We did not issue that order. Many of our Retail Businesses stayed open. The consumers were careful. Many of them stayed home. They did not shop. The spending took a hit during that time. They are starting to come back. People are starting to have some confidence in going out and spen
Not intend to have a covid19 update today. But a couple of things popped up that i thought it would be good to have the information out to the public in a transparent way. Way. First, let me put on the screen city. Ure of the we have signed some extra testing resources. You have a drivein facility there. This was taken this morning. It is going on. Great response by the community that comes in. We expect a good number to have been tested there. So, thank you for your cooperation, your leadership, and for taking advantage of this enhanced testing opportunity in your community. Im joined today by dr. Nate smith, secretary of the department of health. Mike preston is here, secretary of commerce. Then, director dexter payne from the department of corrections. Issue in regard to an involving our Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program and the progress update on this. This is the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program that we are building a new system for. Secretary preston and his team h
Deaths due to the virus. Gov. Hutchinson katie, are you ready . Ok. Thanks for coming in on short notice. You found your tie ok. Good afternoon, everyone. Thanks for joining us. As everyone is aware, i didnt intend to have a covid19 update today. But a couple things popped up that i thought it would be good to have the information out to the public in a transparent way. First, let me put on the screen city. Ure of the we have signed some extra testing resources. You have a drivein facility there. This was taken this morning. It is going on. Great response by the community that comes in. We expect a good number to have been tested there. So, thank you for your cooperation, your leadership, and for taking advantage of this enhanced testing opportunity in your community. Im joined today by dr. Nate smith, secretary of the department of health. Mike preston is here, secretary of commerce. Then, director dexter payne from the department of corrections. Issue in regard to an involving our Pa
Journal. If you missed any of our live coverage, watch any time on demand at cspan. Org coronavirus. Washington journal primetime. For the next hour, a special evening addition of cspans washington journal. Your questions and comments about the coronavirus epidemic start now. Host the u. S. Death toll as a result of coronavirus continues to increase at a rate of 2000 per day. Tonight, it is approaching 86,000 with nearly a million and a half cases in all 50 states and the district of columbia. For this thursday, may 14, a primetime addition of washington journal. We turn our attention to arkansas appeared Governor Asa Hutchinson will be joining us live from little rock. Later, the chinese response to this pandemic. Well talk to the beijing bureau chief for the Washington Post and the senator from West Virginia. Join in on the conversation. In the eastern time zone. For those of you out west, 202 7488001 shared if you are in arkansas a resident, 202 7488002. Numbers with the courtesy of