At 8 45, the Washington Examiners Joseph Simonson talks about joe bidens relationship with the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. Good morning, it is friday, september 18, 2020. The house is set to meet in a pro forma session at noon today. The senate will convene on monday. We are with you for the next three hours on washington journal. Hearing from you on how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted your job. Newly released data show that nearly one million americans file for firsttime jobless benefits last week. Our phone lines split up a bit differently this morning. If you are unemployed, 202 7488000. If you have senior hours reduced, 202 7488001. If you have recently returned to work, 202 7488002. The phone line for business owners, that number 202 7488003. You can also send us a text this morning. That number also 202 7488003. If you do, please include your name and where you are from, otherwise catch up with us on social media, on twitter, c spanwj. Very good friday morning
American Psychological Association ceo arthur evans joins us to discuss stress in america report and how covid19 is affecting Mental Health field Mental Health. Host as Congress Tries to hammer out the covid relief package, Small Businesses are in trouble. Business health and cashel have stalled. Yelp says 2800 businesses in new york city alone have closed. The Small Business administration has given out more money in the past few months than its entire history. It is tuesday, august 4, 2020. We welcome you to washington journal. We will spend this first hour asking you about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Small Business. If you are a Small Business owner, call 202 7488000. Or former an employee Small Business employee, 202 7488001. For all others, 202 7488002. Texts, 202 ur 7488003. Tell us your name and where you are from. On twitter, cspanwj. Facebook. Com cspan. Negotiators on capitol hill continue with the pandemic relief package. We will hear more about that later. Her
Meet with Senate Majority leader. Theen senate republins and white house on their covid relief bill. No agreement yet. The bill is supposed to beqy th. Lisa from the associated pressh security payroll taxes as re trillion rescue package on thursday. Opposition among allies. Fox news follows up with back and forth with mr. Mnuchin about the payroll tax saying, when asked if that oposal had a payroll tax cut, he replied, que,ot. Focused onting money to woers right now. The payroll tax takes time so well come back and look at that. Back in we want thoughts on a question we considered earlier about the house voting from political political and the campus. If you support or oppose at id. 2027488000. It, ia sites available as 1. Contributes two statuesople of to the National Statuary hall with contributions ranging revolutionary war hero, helen keller. The bill specifically mentionsr calhoun, and clark whom it a ma segregation. The bill also calls for removal of a bust of former Supreme Cour
Discusses negotiations on the next Coronavirus Relief bill education and labor committee, discusses negotiations on the next Coronavirus Relief bill. The federaluer on response to antiracist protests in portland, oregon. Trump some areas of our country are doing well, others are doing less well. It will unfortunately get worse before it gets much better. Something i do not like saying about things, but that is the way it is. Host this is washington journal for july 22. That was President Trumps coronavirus conference, the first and many weeks. He talked about my squaring, fatality rates, and the challenges ahead when it comes to the pandemic. For the next hour, we are showing what he said, reactions, and get your comments, too. If you want to call and comment on the conference yesterday, 202 7488000 free democrats. 202 7488001 for republicans. 202 7488002 for independents. You can text us at 202 7488003. Post on our twitter feed at cspanwj. If you want to post on our facebook page, you
C spa n president s unwillingnesso push face coverings and social distancing as he held rallies, mocking people who wore masks. One of the things that came out from his comments yesterday was the idea of testing in the united states. You can find host you can find more on our website at cspan. Org. Heres a portion from yesterday. E achieved a nearly fourfold capacity of testing, we are successfully identifying more asymptomatic and mild cases. Some cases so mild that you dont even really treat them. Some cases with children where they dont even know that they are ill. I guess they are not very ill because they recover almost immediately. Per capita, the u. S. Is s, andting 50 more test as manly as three times more than other countries in the western hemisphere combined. Tests. Million this allows us to isolate those infected, even those without symptoms, so we know exactly where it is going and when it is going to be there. We are also working to reduce turnaround time. My administrati