Have done has truly made a difference. We must figure out a path forward, but we must always be aware that this virus is still with us. Good morning and welcome to Washington Post live. I am bob costa, National Political reporter at the post. This morning, we continue our leadership during crises series with two governors who have been dealing with the pandemic for days and weeks on end. We begin with virginias democratic governor ralph northam, then we will hear from arkansas republican governor, asa hutchinson. First, Governor Northam is a medical doctor and has recently announced plans to reopen virginias economy. Governor, welcome. Governor northam good morning to you and all your viewers, thank you so much for doing this. So important that americans, and in my case, virginians, have access to up did it information so i appreciate the opportunity to be with you today. Mr. Costa thank you. Many of our readers live in virginia and they heard your News Conference where you are not par
What does it mean. For today, we are going to be talking about what did freedom mean and in particular, what did freedom mean to the free people . In january of 1865, the secretary of war Edward Stanton and Union General William Sherman had a meeting with 20 preachers in savannah georgia. They were preachers, pastors, late Church Leaders and they wanted to find out from these preachers basically what is it that free people wanted from freedom . What did they expect . Particularly, what did they expect in the aftermath of the emancipation proclamation . The group of 20 people whose ostensibly rebranded of of free black folks and the community selected garrison frazier, a 67 year old man to be the representative of the community. To speak for them. General sherman asked them, or asked him, basically what did he understand freedom to me especially in light of the emancipation proclamation . He said basically taking us from under the yoke of bondage and placing us where we can reach the po
Virtual event hosted by the Washington Post. This is about 45 minutes. Everyone in virginia made sacrifices. Everything you have done has truly made a difference. We must figure out a path forward. But we must always be array aware that the virus is still with us. Good morning and welcome to Washington Post live. I am bob costa, a National Political reporter at the post. We continue our leadership in twong crisis series with governors who have been dealing with the coronavirus pandemic for days and weeks on end. We will begin with Ralph Northam and then we will hear from arkansass republican avenue, asa hutchinson. First, governor northam, we welcome him to Washington Post live. He is a medical doctor and he has recently announced plans to reopen virginias economy. Governor, welcome. Governor northam good morning to you and all your viewers, thank you so much for doing this. So important that all americans and in my case, virginians, have access to updated information so i appreciate t
Concerned about is the expansion of cases that happens over time. If we open up too soon, then it casese an increase in that we will see, and they will engage with us in a way that is in cases. Spikes what i am expecting to see over the next couple of weeks and months is that we are going to have a slow climb. I do not think we will see a spike. In alabama we have seen since we reopened at the beginning, we had about 180 cases a day, on average. 520 newne 1, we had cases a day. You can see that reopening probably was associated with an increase in cases, but we were also testing a lot more, so you can ask the question was it more testing or new cases . I think it was both. Host was there an inevitability about the rise in cases no matter when the reopening happened . Guest in my opinion, yes. It makes sense to me. What do we have . Hasave a virus that nobody seen before, and that means the majority of the population is susceptible. If they get exposed, they will get infected and they w
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