Taking anywhere up to eight days. Hospitals pushed to the brink again. That breaking point is close. Its very close. Schools and teachers caught in the middle. Im a teacher and i dont want to die. This morning, a bipartisan look at this crisis with Governors Jared Polis and asa hutchinson. Representative Donna Shalala from hardhit florida. Plus, trouble for trump. The latest from our brandnew poll and our analysis from our powerhouse roundtable. Announcer from abc news, its this week. Here now, coanchor martha raddatz. Good morning, and welcome to this week. The Coronavirus Crisis is growing even more dire. Cases increasing in more than 35 states. Well dive into all of that. But we begin by honoring john lewis, whos died at the age of 80 after battling pancreatic cancer. This is the scene this morning at the john lewis mural turned memorial in atlanta. In washington, the flag over the capitol flying at halfstaff. Lewis was a towering figure in the fight in civil rights. A moral compass
Of the podcast, democracy in color. Thanks, steve, for joining us. Thanks for having me on. And david daley, the upcoming book, unrigged. Thanks for joining us, david. Pleasure to be here. Hi, everybody. My names rebecca nagel, im a journalist and host of a podcast, this land, and im really, really excited to be digging into this conversation over next hour the next hour because i think it is more important now than ever. I think, you know, in this moment of a Global Pandemic, we are seeing the systemic failures of our government right now. You know, sort of all of the cracks in the system that were already existing are more apparent than ever, and i think a lot of us have our eyes on this upcoming election and if that election going to be a solution or make the problem worse. So, steve, ill direct the first question to you, you know, with a lot of democrats [audio difficulty] singular focus on beating donald trump in november, theres a lot of debate about whether or not those efforts
Welcome to the they on the bay area i am rebecca and i am joined by a columnist at the nation. Thank you for joining us. And why your vote doesnt count. And his book on rigged. Its a pleasure to be here. As a journalist and host of the podcast and im really excited to get into a conversation over the next hour because its more important now than ever in the middle of the Global Pandemic we have seen failure of our government right now that is more apparent than ever and with this upcoming election and if that will be a solution or to make the problem worse. So a lot of democrats have a singular focus there is a lot of debate and if they should convert trump voters converting over to the democratic side or increasing turnout. What is the best strategy . All of the Empirical Data shows to the Obama Coalition with overwhelming numbers of color calling the meaningful minority. Thirtyseven and 40 percent that is a majority of people in the country and eligible voters but in 2016 so we forge
The efforts around the country to combat election tampering. On behalf of town hall seattle and the american constitution society, its a pleasure to welcome you to tonights live stream presentation with the author david daley in conversation with krist novoselic. I want to acknowledge that when we are at our homes in seattle, that institution stands on the the [inaudible] and we thank them for our continuing use of the Natural Resources of their an access e central homeland. Ancestral homeland. Were thrilled to present virtually in the midst of the concerns around Public Health. Town halls a place where we can share and sustain ideas and creativity even when we cant gather together in person, and i want to thank krist and david for appealer tonight. Town halls pursuing option to produce more content, and many of our past programs are available on our Digital Media library, so stay in touch with us in the coming weeks. Unfortunately, tonights broadcast does not feature closed captioning
The minority leader. Mr. Schumer thank you. Madam president , over the past few months, both parties have worked together to provide historic levels of funding to help Small Businesses retain employees, meet payroll, and stay afloat during the covid19 pandemic. The Paycheck Protection Program, the main instrument to help Small Business, received 349 billion under the cares act and another 310 billion in supplemental legislation. The public has know how this money is being spent. Oversight, transparency, and accountability are crucial because from the moment the administration began implementing these funds, it became clear much of it wasnt going to those who needed it most. So today we are not taking any other action on the floor dealing with covid, so we thought we would take this opportunity to ask unanimous consent to get Something Real done that should have bipartisan support on both sides of the aisle. Who can be against transparency . Who can be against accountability . Who can n