We will get the details later this hour with a wall street journal congressional reporter. A leading Public Health expert on what is next as some areas of the country begin to slowly reopen. The impact this virus is having on native American Communities with representative deb haaland of new mexico. Our phone lines are open. We want to hear from you. For those of you out west if you are a medical professional, please dial in. We would love to hear from you. Good tuesday evening. We begin with the official numbers courtesy of john hopkins university. Worldwide the number of cases, 4. 25 million. The death toll in excess of 291,000. Joining us from baltimore is dr. Leana wen. She is the visiting professor at George Washington university. Today it was announced the Washington Post new opinion contributor and Baltimore City Health Commissioner from 2014 to 2015. Dr. Wen happy to be with you. Host i want to begin with new projections new 4, the withy august death toll could exceed 147,000.
Loony lies, conspiracy theories are cancer for the Republican Party and our country. Somebody that suggested perhaps no airplane hit the Pentagon On 9 11, that horrifying School Shootings were prestaged, that the clintons crashed jfk jr. s airplane is not living in reality. This has nothing to do with the challenges facing American Families or the robust debates on substance that can strengthen the party. Now, i would wager every one of you agrees with what i just said. But you have not heard this from the majority of gopers in congress. Here is the question. Is that about to change . Why might it change . Because i just read a quote from senator Mitch Mcconnell. Hes the guy who just said that. He just said it. The media is amazed at his amazing candor. Seriously . One, he is stating the obvious. Two, the only amazing thing is how long it took. And, yet, relatively, he is ahead of the curve. Because what is truly amazing is there is a retrumplican who actually thinks democrats drink th
Breaking news to report on the attack on the capitol last month. Sources tell cnn it has been recommended that prosecutors decline to bring charges against a Capitol Police officer in the shooting of a rioter. The shooting remains under investigation. No final decision has been made. The Justice Department could make one in the coming days. Now to a separate investigation by cnn State Election data shows at least eight people facing criminal charges for their involvement did not actually vote. Donovan crowl is a member of a selfstyled militia and was removed from ohio rolls in 2020 for never voting. There is also no record of him voting in illinois where he was once registered. Jack griffith faces a number of charges. Including violent entry. Court documents state that he posted on the facebook the cavalry is coming. Election data from two states showed he voted in 2018 but he did not vote in 2020. There you go. They were saying the election was a fraud. Votes were stolen. They didnt e
A text with send us your first name, city and state at 202 7488003. Facebook twitter and to post your comments. We will get to your thoughts in a minute. How was your governor doing . According to a New Washington post poll, governors are getting high marks for their responses to the coronavirus outbreak. With 72 saying their governor is doing an excellent or good job. 26 saying the governor is doing a not so good or poor job. Compare that to the federal government, 49 say is doing excellent or good, while 51 give the federal government low marks. President trump gets 44 of excellent and good marks. 54 say the president is not doing a good job in responding. How do you rate your governor . Lets begin with alabama ivey. Nor kay [video] they are all eager to open up. The comment is we are alabama. A challe testing is a challenge for them as well. We cant fully reopen the economy but we are working together and sharing ideas. Some states are opening sooner than others but every governor i
Gorgeous sunshine, couldnt be prettier. For all the children trying to teach your children while working from home, its not just about reading, writing and arithmetic. Last night we did homeec. I had a bit of a treat meal and its important to teach them food doesnt appear on the table. Of to shop for it, prepare it and serve it. So it was definitely a parenting win in my small book. I agree. We are trying to teach our girls how to do that. They are getting pretty good. We have a lot of time with them. What about you, mike . Well, im no chef, you guys know that. Im not in the kitchen for preparing big meals. Im more of a cereal and milk guy, lets have a bowl together. Thats how i bond with my children. At the same time, they are in the kitchen with my wife and learning a lot because shes been making a ton of great meals. I encourage it as well and thats a great break, and its a good time to bond between child and parent. I think well all keep doing that. Members of the house of represen