William hitchcock talks about the age of eisenhower in the 1950s. He sat down with White House Correspondent an compton for the conversation on the life and legacy of the nations 34th president. Our speaker tonight is dr. William hitchcock author of the age of eisenhower, america and the world in the 1950s. Dr. Hitchcock is a professor of history at the university of virginia where he focussed on International Diplomatic history in the 21st century, in particular the era of the world wars and cold war. Dr. Hitchcock is the author of the bitter road to freedom which was a Pulitzer Prize finalist and was also a Financial Times best seller in the united kingdom. Following dr. Hitchcocks remarremar remarks ann compton will join dr. Hitchcock for a conversation on this great biography. Ann was the first woman to cover the white house for Network Television and was on the air for 41 years with abc news, she spanned seven president s of the United States. She anchored from the white house, fr
Restaurants. Schools and childcare facilities and outdoor museums. Governor newsom acknowledged some counties and cities may want to reopen at a faster pace in the state but there are certain criteria. They must meet in order to do so including seeing no more than one case per 10,000 people in the last 2 weeks and other Contact Tracing and testing mandates and a bay area counties are not moving into phase 2 at this point as weve said alameda contra costa moran, San Francisco, san mateo and santa clara counties are not allowing any non essential businesses to open up yet. San franciscos Deputy Health officer explains why local leaders are not moving forward with phase 2 yet. Well were having those conversations now of looking very closely at the governors of new orders and and his amendments today and thinking about how we can best to really maintain all the games that have been made in the bay area because we are where we are now because of the collective work and sacrifice of so many
Ask the question, how do we strengthen not only the quantity of time with people but even more importantly the quality of time . Watch book this weekend on cspan2. Good evening, everyone. And candace, one of the event managers here at town offered on behalf of townhall seattle im welcoming you to tonights lifestream with investigative journalist david wrote an conversation with podcast and radio host [inaudible]. As we get underway at like to acknowledge there are institution stands on the unsuited traditional territory of the [inaudible] people, [inaudible]. We thank them for their uses of their Natural Resources from their ancestral homeland. Were thrilled to be able to present this event virtually with concerns surrounding public health. Were proud to be unity focused organization and where we can sustain ideas and creativity. Like to think david and steve for appearing tonight to help make that happen. For viewers who want to watch this podcast with close captioning we recommend th
Spoke to the lead of a new testing task force. That the testing space has been a challenging one for us, and i own that, and i have a responsibility as your governor to do better. Governor gavin newsom confirmed over 126,000 people have been tested. And 13,000 of those are still awaiting results. Staggering numbers that led to this announcement. A state partnership with two california universities and a task force. A new partnership with uc davis and uc san diego to create a minimum of 5 to 7 hubs. Reporter leading the covid19 test task force, Paul Markovich president and ceo of blue shield of california, and dr. Charity dean, assistant director of californias Public Health department. Markovich wants to make sure anyone in need of a test gets one. Set a goal to get to 10,000 per day for the next two weeks to 25,000 per day by the end of the month, and by the end of the summer this august the capacity of 50,000. Reporter an increase in testing will hopefully mean a decrease in deaths.
We want to begin with the brand new numbers overnight. More than 3,200 confirmed cases in the bay area and Santa Cruz County with 86 deaths. Sonoma county is reporting five new cases, pushing the total to at least 105. Santa clara county continues to be the hardest hit with more than 1,000. San francisco and san mateo counties are closing in on 500. To the north, mendecino county reports four confirmed cases now. Lake county still reports no positive cases and even further north, humble county is reporting at least 40 positive cases from the virus. The big headline, as you begin your weekend with new shelterinplace guidelines, the cdc is now recommending you wear cloth masks or facial coverings when going outside to wrk orn9c mask, but handmade cloth coverings or ban dandas. N95 and surgical masks must be reserved for Health Care Workers and First Responders. President trump says he will not be wearing a mask. This is voluntary. I dont think im going to be doing it. The policy of socia