Im keeping this brief and to the point. Local leaders have been sounding at definite alarm for months about the need for direct fiscal assistance from washington as the virus rages in our city. Our budgets are under extreme stress. Arts fences are skyrocketing. Our essential lifesaving services are strained. The need for public assistance is through the roof. This has been going on since the beginning of the pandemic since march of last year. Today, only 38 cities have received direct relief yet mayors everywhere continue to do what we do everyday. We get it done. We run our cities with a balanced budget which we are required to do by law. So what does that mean . How do we possibly do that in the face of this tremendous crisis . It means the cut jobs. It means eliminating services and staff at the same time. Our First Responders have been on the job since day one of this pandemic transporting those with covid to hospitals with Public Health initiatives keeping social and family order
I want to thank her for an sent the National League of cities in the National Association of counties for their sheer dedication to this issue on badly needed federal assistance as we continue to fight the covid19 pandemic. A quick note for members of the press joining us today, we will take questions after brief opening remarks. If you have a question, please put your name and media outlet in the chat and well call on you. Im keeping this brief and to the point. Im keeping this brief and to the point. Local leaders have been sounding at definite alarm for months about the need for direct fiscal assistance from washington as the virus rages in our city. Fences are skyrocketing. Our essential lifesaving services are strained. The need for public assistance is through the roof. This has been going on since the beginning of the pandemic since march of last year. Today, only 38 cities have received direct relief yet mayors everywhere continue to do what we do everyday. We get it done. We r
Region as part of the not going to car back ceasefire deal. And moldovans decide whether they want to turn to russia or the west as they vote in that president ial run. We begin this hour with the scenes of jubilation in peru, off to the interim president manual merino announced he is resigning just 5 days into the job. Merino had been under increasing pressure to stand down following days of antigovernment protests. Demonstrators were angry of the abrupt ousting of former president lost in the scar on monday, demanding merino, and an emergency meeting of congress was called off the 2 student demonstrators were killed during saturdays rally. Members also called on radio to quit or face impeachment. If you will be a little bit in the loop some days ago, i was sworn in as president of the republic to lead a transition government with a constitutional mandate to be impeachment of the president some days ago and met the president of the congress. How to take the highest position in our cou
Life. The image of Donald Trumps america today. In joe bidens america, you and your family will never be face. America has always been full of hope and resolve. Go and vote good morning, im Jonathan Capehart, opinion writer for the Washington Post. Welcome to first look, president ial 2020 debate, Washington Post live, one stop shop for news and and analysis from last nights president ial debate and what a debate it was. This morning, to kick things off, im joined by chief National Correspondent and veteran political reporter and editor, dan, thank you so much for being here. Im going to dispense with the opening questions that i had and im going to read the opening paragraph of your fantastic column in which you write no one alive has ever seen a president ial debate like the unseemly shout fest between President Trump and joe biden. It was an insult to the public as well and a sad example of the state of of american democracy five weeks before the election. Go on. [laughter] well, i
Washington post lives onestop shop for news and analysis from last nights president ial debate and what a debate it was. This morning to kick things off, im joined by veteran political report reporter dan bulls. Im going to read the opening paragraph in todays paper where you no one alive has seen a president ial debate like tuesdays night shout fest between President Trump and former Vice President biden. 90 minutes of interruptions and insults. It was an insult to the public as well and a sad example of the state of american democracy five weeks before the election. Go on. Well, i think we know what happened last night. The president of the United States decided to come here and try to destroy the format of the debate that he agreed to the terms of and he set the tone for this debate. It was not that surprising other than the fact it was farther over the top than one might have expected. Vice President Biden came to expect a traditional debate. I think he knew he was in for a night i