A text with send us your first name, city and state at 202 7488003. Facebook twitter and to post your comments. We will get to your thoughts in a minute. How was your governor doing . According to a New Washington post poll, governors are getting high marks for their responses to the coronavirus outbreak. With 72 saying their governor is doing an excellent or good job. 26 saying the governor is doing a not so good or poor job. Compare that to the federal government, 49 say is doing excellent or good, while 51 give the federal government low marks. President trump gets 44 of excellent and good marks. 54 say the president is not doing a good job in responding. How do you rate your governor . Lets begin with alabama ivey. Nor kay [video] they are all eager to open up. The comment is we are alabama. A challe testing is a challenge for them as well. We cant fully reopen the economy but we are working together and sharing ideas. Some states are opening sooner than others but every governor i
Welcome back to Washington Post live are you thinking about extending the stayathome order . We have to be slow and methodical and listen to the data and their Health Experts to know that we are ready, and what does it look like when we begin to reengage . There aremindful that different sectors of our economy and regions of our state. So we are going to be really datadriven. Wehave rigorous exercises are going through to plan this work. The odds are that everybody that will resume life as normal is zero. It will be slow, and we need to continue the process we currently are in, a ramp of slower risk and we can do safely. Form of order will continue, but we will start to slowly reengage sectors of our economy in a way that keeps employees and customers safe. What kind ofup, sectors could be open in may . My order is one of the most aggressive in the nation and i think that we can look to what other states have been doing as we assess beyond that first wave, and there will be , we are as
Effectively winding down their businesses for a period of time through no fault of their own. Major industries that are nation relies on testing business virtually dry up overnight. Again, not due to any business decision been made but because of appropriate directives from Public Health experts. And, madam president , most important of all, our Healthcare System ander our doctors, nur, and other frontline professionals are gearing up for what seems very likely to be the most significant nationwide challenge they have faced in generations. At every level, this new challenge is testing our nation and our institutions. Yesterday my home state of kentucky reported its first coronavirus related death. Our thoughts are with the family, runs a neighbor in Bourbon County who are mourning. I spoke with the Governor Beshear yesterday and were continuing to stay in close touch. The bluegrass has now confirmed 25 total cases to date. And we are heeding the silver warning of dr. Fauci if this is w
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Aid package endorsed by president trump. Here is what they had to say starting with Senate Majority leader mcconnell. Sen. Mcconnell as the global outbreak of the coronavirus continues to grow, its impact on American Families and Small Businesses is continuing to scale up. School closures are challenging childcared teachers, is competent in family life further. Main street Small Businesses and employees are grappling with an unprecedented situation where local leaders are effectively winding down their businesses of time through no fault of their own. Major industries are saying business dry up overnight. Business due to any decision but appropriate directives from Public Health experts. And most important of all, our Health Care System and are doctors, nurses and other frontline professionals are gearing up for what seems likely to be the most significant nationwide challenge they have faced in generations. At every level this new challenge is testing our nation and our institutions.