s response to the pandemic, healthcare, Climate Change, racism, and u. S. Immigration policy. Mr. Biden kids ripped from their arms and separated and now they cannot find over 500 sets of those parents and those kids are alone. Nowhere to go. Nowhere to go. It is criminal. It is criminal. S. Trump they went down they are so will taking care of. Amy we will air excerpts and speak to Erika Andiola of raices action epidemiologist dr. Ali , khan, Rashad Robinson of color of change. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. As the u. S. Death toll from covid19 topped 223,000, President Trump and former Vice President joe biden met in nashville, tennessee in the , thursday second and final debate of the 2020 campaign. They sparred over the Trump Administrations response to the pandemic, Climate Change, racism, u. S. Immigration policy, and health care. Completednt, trump bidens public run Health Care Plan with medicare
He has been a member of the faculty of Southern California noted by Time Magazine is one of the greatest minds. Appearedms work has in many different works. Jonathan is a member of the Advisory Board for the state financial board. Joining us to kick off remarks and share more information about the top trends in the 13th edition is jonathan williams, then arthur laffer, and steve moore. You can ask questions by dropping them into the box at the bottom of your screen. Jonathan, why dont you take it away . Good afternoon, everyone. It is such a pleasure to work with my good friends on this project. Going into our 13th edition that will be released tomorrow. This is been top of mind on how do we exit this covert environment in a way that makes us more prosperous. Have goodarch will comments on that. Art will have good comments on that. Lets get to the top 10 and bottom 10. At the rankings based on 15 factors. Regulation, policy, things that dr. Laffer has looked it over the decades. Also,
Refrain from tearing confederate statues down, saying the state is working on removing them. Announced virginia continues to decrease new covid19 cases and hopes to enter phase two soon. Gov. Northam good afternoon, and thanks to all of you for joining us today. Its good to be with you again. We plan on this being a short briefing today. I want to touch on our health metrics, number one, reopening education, andr our revenue numbers for the month of may and what they mean for our Financial Planning as we move into the latter part of this year. First, i want to speak briefly to the ongoing protests and the confederate monuments. I have said that i believe the confederate monuments are divisive and glorify a racist and painful time in our history. Thats why we are working to monumente lee enrichment, which our state owns. The Richmond City council has also agreed that it will remove the other confederate monuments that are on monument avenue. We all came together to create a process to d
Please knew your microphone. Mute your microphone. [indiscernible] we have previously provided guidance as to how this would [indiscernible] [indiscernible] cspan. Org [indiscernible] [indiscernible] thank you. I want to welcome mr. Menendez and his wife. I appreciate you taking on this post. Tonk you for taking the time talk to me last week and take the best thank you for taking the time this morning. This is the first hearing the committee has held since march the 10th. Since then, millions of americans have filed for unemployment. Nearly one point 5 million have contracted covid19 and nearly 90,000 have perished from the disease. Is work in the u. S. Senate that much more critical and we respond as we respond to this pandemic and return to the economy. Second the highestranking office and the department of energy and the department has been playing a role in helping the nation fight coronavirus. The department of energy is a scientific powerhouse. Its National Laboratories are some
First will be taken advantage of. Our state and federal governments as well as our nations largest corporations have a responsibility to do what is right. And let me end by saying this, this virus doesnt care whether or not youre republican or whether or not youre a democrat. It should not be about party or politics. This is will health and safety of our nations food workers and our food supply. And as such, no company should be shielded from the responsibility for adopting irresponsible practices that foster the spread of this virus through their facilities. For the sake of this country that i know that we all love i urge you to Work Together to do what is right for these workers. And, again, thank you for your time and id be pleased to answer questions you may have. Thank you very much. Miss dixon. Good afternoon, chairman graham, Ranking Member feinstein and members of the committee. Im grateful for the opportunity to testify today. Im rebecca dixon, executive director of the Nation