We will get your thoughts on what grade you would give your governor on this pandemic, but lets begin with south dakotas governor. Take a look at the state. This is from nbc news. A 19 increase over the past two weeks. Here is republican south dakota governor kristi noem defending her approach. [video clip] across the country and around the globe, cases are increasing. Over the past week, cases are on the rise in 48 states. Some have said that my refusal to mandate masks is the reason why our cases are rising here in the state of south dakota. That is not true. Others have said that my refusal to advance harsh restrictions like lockdowns is another one of the reasons why our cases are rising, and that is also not true. There are 41 states that have some kind of a mask mandate. Cases are on the rise in 39 of those 41 states. Some in the media are saying that south dakota is the worst in the world right now. That is absolutely false. I would encourage you to look at the Johns Hopkins cor
Down days for the markets. Right now s p down by about 11, dow by 96, nasdaq off by about 47 we were so close to you dow 30,000 earlier in the week, but that seems to be slipping away a little bit 29,400 and change is where the dow is right now and again, down two days in a row, down again this morning and after yesterdays declines, all three of the major averages are in negative territory for the week a lot of things happening with covid and well talk more about that in a moment, but some of those concerns creeping back into what you see in the markets. If you are looking at the treasury market, the yield on the ten year right now is sitting just at about 0. 852 and the vix also spiking yesterday, probably a little bit on concerns about what happens as we go back into some of the lockdowns. The seesaw of good and bad news on covid. And well give you a bit of good news that happened overnight in the vaccine wars developed by the university of oxford and astrazeneca found to be safe. An
Sure we areking making the right decisions for everyone there. We did that. We are going to see this probably again. We will have plans in place. We will respond aggressively. That is what we do. Idea of whatu an happened. I think we responded appropriately. I know i believe we are doing the best we can in kentucky to make sure we are taking care of the staff and our longterm care facilities. Thank you. Thank you, secretary friedlander and Governor Beshear. As the governor talked, these decisions we have had to make, the recommendations i have had to make to the governor and the decisions ive had to dissipate in have not been easy. To participate in have not been easy. As we started this journey, there has been a difficult balancing act between what we know and what we do not know the consequences we know the consequences we do not. We are facing an infection we cannot see. It is an invisible enemy as i think the governor has said here tonight. Creditseldom give much for things you pre
Diminishes us. We weep because of the grief of George Floyds family. We weep because of the explosive impact of deferred dreams. We weep because of the potentially catastrophic consequences of peaceful proking during a pandemic. We weep because justice delayed is justice denied. We weep because of the paralysis of analysis that often impedes your prevailing providence. We weep because of our personal culpability during these tragic times. We weep because of our sins of commission and omission. We weep because we know you are weeping. Today use our lawmakers for your glory. May they strive to find a vaccine to inoculate our nation against hate, sin, and despair. We pray in your merciful name, amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr.
This is three weeks before the states democratic primary. Renee we are delighted to be joint by point by charles booker, a state representative for the 43rd Kentucky House district. Marinerath, a retired lt. Col. , ran for congress in 2018. Mike broihier is a retired marine lieutenant colonel, farmer, and retired newspaper editor. When the conversation on twitter, send the name out send any mail, use the web forum at our website. Or you may give us a call at 18004947605. Please include your first and last name and town or county. Welcome to you all. We are going to forgo the usual Opening Statements and get right down to business because time is limited. In the last few days, it has been a trying last few days in kentucky and across the nation. Protests have erupted in response to the Police Killings taylor,e floyd, breonna and we understand the killing of a Business Owner in louisville. A lexington minister said last week during one of the Governors Press conferences, and i quote, he