And independents, 2027488002. U can text us if you want at 2027488003. You can tweet us and post on our Facebook Page. It was over the weekend that ed markey out of massachusetts appeared on a Boston Television station highlighting this proposal that he and california senator Kamala Harris, vermont senator Bernie Sanders have laid out for this proposal this payment based on the coronavirus pandemic. Right now, we are in the midst of the greatest economic down turn in our lives. Massachusetts senator ed markey, along with senators Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders, unveiled new legislation that would send americans a check every month until this Public Health emergency is over. Americans need more than just one payment. The bill would provide 2,000 a month to every individual with an income below 120,000 a year. Married couples would receive 4,000. Families would receive 2,000 per child for up to three children. And the legislation would give payments to all u. S. Residents, even if they
Absentee ballots are people who are disabled. There is no reason at this point to switch to having an allmale election in november given that we do not really know what the Health Conditions will be like at that time, and frankly, like a lot of people, i doubt we are all still going to be at home, still not back in school in november. You probably heard many times that five states practice this. Those in the military oversee practice this. For the most part they seem to work. Why not apply this on a National Scale . Because the problems you see with absentee ballots will just be magnified. For example the u. S. Election commission what they find is absentee or allmale ballots, millions of in prior elections have been misdirected. They were mailed to the wrong address of voters. Many were rejected by election officials. Why is that . There is no election ballot. There is no election official at your home to answer questions and tell you when you are doing it wrong. And those ballots get
Legal fellow here to talk about the impact on voting and the coronavirus, good morning to you. To talk to you again, thanks forhaving. Recent oped takes a look at this issue thats been rising in some states of voting by mail. Do you have concerns about that . The concerns are that absentee ballots were mail in ballots are voted out of sight and outside the supervision of elected officials and that means its easy, much easier for them to be stolen, to be misdirected by the Postal Service and for pressure to be brought on voters themselves, intimidation and pressure and though there are many instances of fraud involving absentee ballots, i certainly prefer voting in person. I think most people do. Yes we need absentee ballots for people who are disabled or second cant make it to the polls but all elections, allmale elections are not a algood idea and its not a good idea at this point to having an allmale election in november given that we dont know what the Health Conditions will be like
that the next press conference regarding the mass shooting in mass casualty event out in monterrey park, california, will take place 11 am eastern. msnbc will be covering it and i want to thank you for watching the katie phang show. we ll be back next weekend saturday and sunday and velshi starts right now. good morning, i m ali velshi. we are following breaking news right now out of california. law enforcement sources they re confirmed at least ten people are dead after a shooting in monterrey park just east of los angeles. ten others were injured and taken to an area hospital. it happened last night around 10:30 pm local time. li county sheriff s homicide captain andrew meyer described the scene at a press conference just a few hours ago. when officers arrived on scene, they observed numerous individuals with location pouring out of location. screaming and the officers made entry to the location and located additional victims. the monterey park fire department responded