Thank you for being here. My name is tracy savage. I am editor of an independent journalism publication here in oklahoma. I am here to moderate this debate at the will rogers theater with news nines storm jones. News 9 is streaming the debate live. Other Media Partners such as the frontier will leave a fact check effort. Welcome to oklahoma from cspan. We that it would be a good time to tell our audience neither of us rode horses to school but we might ask candidates about it later so be prepared. This is our 10th time muttering moderating a debate here, thank you for supporting public debate. Do you know who else has supported our debate series . The state chamber of oklahoma. Thank you all so much for believing in public debate and believing the public is well served by hearing their candidates. We just got word that cspan is for those of you who tolerate politicians better with a beverage in your hand, thanking the Hillary Communications company and the automotive group. They are ou
You are watching live coverage on cspan. Lets take our seats rather quickly. We are about to start our debate. We are about to start this debate and anybody who is still up and talking is getting security out of here. Lets go. There we go. That helped. Dim those lies just a little bit more for me. We are getting ready to start this thing. We want people to know that oklahomans are polite and follow the rules. Hello and welcome to executive session, a general Election Debate between kevin stitt and joy hofmeister. Lets welcome our candidates to the stage right now. Thank you so much for being here. Thank you, audience. That is one of your chances to clap. I am the editor and chief we are an independent one here. I am here to moderate this debate and i. In the facebook pages and other Media Partners such as the frontier. We will want to wish those around the country welcome to oklahoma from cspan. This would be a good time to tell people neither of us rode horses to school. Some people w
Was data driven. The facts in our states our march 30th, we peaked in hospitalizations with 560 across the state. Today, we have 300 across the state and our hospitals. And we think its time for measured reopening. Dana we will talk to Governor Stitt in a little bit. We begin with william la jeunesse, hes reporting live from our west coast news hub as people are anxious to know what their governors are going to decide, william. About a dozen states this week will either lift their athome orders completely, or ease restrictions as to what, when, and how things reopen. Lets start in colorado, where reopening today includes child care, real estate showings, hair salons, gyms, dog grooming, dental, medical surgeries, retail opens on friday, and Companies Excluding restaurants open on monday at 50 . Restaurants and bars remain closed. We are still developing with those guidelines will look like, we just dont have a trigger date, we dont know when that will be safe, they will continue with t
Concerned with the coronavirus or the threat of it at this rally, right, john . Leland, good afternoon to you. It started the last half hour going inside the barricaded off areas so they can get into whats called the outdoor experience, there are bands playing and a lot of people who set up vending outlets and we found some people who have come as far away from oklahoma city, wichita, kansas. They want to be here when the president restarts his campaign and there will be another outside area the president will address the people before going inside the arena. We want to talk to a couple of people here in line. The coronavirus is raging and probably the biggest crowd of people who have gotten together into an enclosed space since the beginning of march. How do you feel about that . Feeling like were taking precautions, i have my mask, im outside now. Ive got my family and i wouldnt have brought them if i didnt feel safe. Theyre giving hand sanitizers and face masks, not mandatory to wea
In the john bolton bookcase. The Trump Administration is trying to block the distribution of boltons book, the contents of which have already been widely reported on National Security grounds. A hearing is being held today for former Atlanta Police officer Garrett Rolfe. He faces 11 charges including felony murder for the death of Rayshard Brooks. Meanwhile, the mayor of louisville fired one of the three officers involved in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor today as calls grow for the men to be charged with a crime. And for a second straight day floridas reporting a record high number of daily coronavirus cases. The state added more than 3,800 new cases to its tally today. And almost as if perhaps as a poke at florida new York Governor Andrew Cuomo said hes considering a quarantine for anybody traveling from florida to new york. President trump is brushing aside concern from one of his coronavirus experts. The president tweeted today that the nfl is planning a very safe and control