Latest iop Speakers Series event trump biden and the battle for americas future. My name is katelyn van balen. Im a fourth year student from new jersey studying Public Policy and the managing editor of the gate the iops undergraduate political magazine. Were thrilled to be joined today by two National Political correspondents for the New York Times Jonathan Martin and alex burns whose new book. This will not pass trump biden and the battle for americas future covers how the stability of american politics has been racked by two years of perpetual crisis before joining the times mr. Martin was a senior Political Writer for politico and a writer for the hotline in the national review. He also coauthored a bestselling book on the 2012 election and frequently appears as a political analyst on television and radio. Mr. Burns before beginning his work at the times covering the 2016 election was a reporter and editor at politico where he covered the 2012 election and previously was the editor
Played that role. He proved that everyone, democrat and republican, could come together, even in washington, in common purpose. The common purpose of being absolutely furious with congressman Thomas Massie because there really was no suspense today about whether the house of representatives was going to pass this 2 trillion relief package, meant to prop up the economy, which has, more or less, shut down during this pandemic. The Senate Passed this 960, unanimously, democrats and republicans. By all accounts, the vast, vast, vast majority of members of the house supported this thing as well. The suspense was not whether it would get passed. The suspense was about how the house bill would get passed and how much danger members of congress would have to put themselves into to cast their votes. Very not conducive to social distancing. All right. Americans are supposed to avoid gatherings of numerous people right now. Well, there are 435 people in the house of representatives. When they vot
Good evening. Good evening, rachel. Have a safe weekend and see you on monday. Tonight, the stark difference between red and blue states handling the coronavirus pandemic and why some states are far more successful at flattening the curve. Plus listen to this quote, trump is treating lifesaving medical equipment as emoluments he can give out as favors to loyalists. From a scathing editorial in the denver post accusing the president of playing politics amid a National Health crisis. Well talk with former colorado governor and Senate Candidate John Hickenlooper about the kons controversy that could hurt his states ability to keep residents alive and at the end of tonights show, this is an extremely difficult time but social distancing measures were following are working. An Important Message about sacrifices were making in tonights last word. We begin with the number of deaths linked to the coronavirus worldwide has passed 100,000. As of tonight, there are 1. 7 million reported cases of
Times, and the warning comes as the president wants to reopen the country in his words as soon as possible, perhaps even by may 1st. So, when asked about the projection of a spike in cases, trump today claimed to not know anything about that. His top Infectious Disease expert also said he hadnt seen the projection but added this dont let anyone get any false ideas that when we decide at a proper time when were going to be relaxing some of the restrictions theres no doubt youre going to see cases. I would be so surprised if we did not see cases. The question is how you respond to them. I think thats what they were referring to. No doubt, youll see cases. It is a new reality that we will all be facing for a long time to reopen the country as soon as possible, major cities are already extending some stayathome orders now beyond may 1st. Los angeles county, of course, the second largest in this country extending its stayathome order until may 18th. It comes as Trumps Coronavirus Task force
It. That was a little bit of what it looked like today in the rain in downtown washington, d. C. As a long line of cars processed pretty slowly from the white house down through the streets of d. C. , slowly all in a line with their hazards flashing. But this was different for a couple of reasons. Number one, they were honking for the most part. And number two, they were not going to a cemetery. They were going to President Trumps downtown washington, d. C. Hotel. You can see the signs on some of the cars, trump lies, people die. And then you can see the body bags. People got out of those vehicles and laid body bags at the threshold of President Trumps hotel. Trump lies, people die. This was a protest today in washington. Those arent real body bags but they are meant to symbolize the thousands of americans who have died. The u. S. Death toll from coronavirus as of today is staggering. As of today, 48,902 americans have been killed. And thats just over the course of about a month. For w