To try to prepare and potentially record high temperatures and humidity expected to smother the midwest this week the heat so dangerous. Some schools are being forced to close just days into the new year. Im sara sider with john berman, kate bolduan is out. Cnns new central starts right now this morning. Cnn is reporting on the debate about donald trump. But Kamala Harris boils down to one simple question why, why did donald trump just tell voters once again that he may not . Show up to a debate. He already agreed to listen to trumps latest if he shouldnt say this, because if theres a debate it would be nice to surprise her with that one so is he skipping or is he bluffing because the new reporting from cnns Alayna Treene this morning as Donald Trumps team recognizes, they do need to have a debate with harris, Alayna Treene joins us. Now with the very latest you are talking to the folks around him saying, yeah we know we need to have this debate so what is happening with him sort of co
In a separate ruling, the Supreme Court unanimously is ruling that philadelphia must accommodate a Catholic Foster Care Agency that is refusing to place children with samesex couples. Big issues at question there. Jessica schneider is live In Washington with all of the details as they come in. Focus in on the obamacare ruling, please. The Supreme Court saving the Affordable Care act, once again this morning. Doing it with a2 decision. The latest challenge of the law, that was put in place, the latest challenge is invalid because the justices are saying that the plaintiffs here, including republicanled states, didnt have the injury, or the legal standing, to bring this case. The Affordable Care act remains in effect. And the 20 million that have conch coverage under obamacare, they will continue to have coverage because of the Supreme Courts decision this morning. Its possible that republicans or other plaintiffs might find a way to challenge this law at some point. For now, it stands.
We have learned from past crises, the risk is not doing too much, the risk is not doing enough. We heard from the president there just moments after the latest briefing from his new Covid Health Care team. The encouraging news from that briefing is there is a third vaccine now on the horizon. Dr. Anthony fauci says the data on this Johnson Johnson single dose vaccine is encouraging. Dr. Fauci says americans should not be skeptical of a reported 56 effective rate. Getting shots in arms is taking on even greater urgency now because of the growing number of variants or mutations. Dr. Fauci says it will require onthefly adjustments to keep up with the new mutations. The briefings are Night And Day from the previous administration. Science dominates. This was interesting, too. A clear effort by the Democratic White House to include republican governors as it prays states that are doing a better job of getting vaccines off the shelf and into their residents. I want to call out seven states t
Benefits for legal immigrants. That, immigration policy and how the everify everify system is being used in the u. S. Host good morning. It is thursday, august 15, 2019. We begin the washington journal focusing on the issues facing Rural Americans after spending Yesterdays Program talking to City Residents, it is Rural Americas turn. Give us a call and let us know what your top issue is and how it is being handled by state and local leaders where you are. Eastern and central time zones call in at 2027488000. Mountain and pacific time zones, call in at 2027488001. On twitter it is cspanwj. On facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. A very good thursday morning to you. Rural residents only, you can start calling in now to give you a sense of the universe of callers, it is about 60 Million People, that is how Many Americans live in Rural Communities. Here is the latest information about them. 64 of that population lives east of the mississippi river. 10 of the total population in the west liv
Day. Congratulations to all of you. I always say the Wilson Center has the brightest audiences, and you are bright enough to know that this will be a fabulous panel, a fabulous conversation on disinformation, the first of several we are planning. I am jane harman, president and ceo of the Wilson Center and i am delighted to be here. That august, which Means Congress and the president are on vacation. But todays topic is not on vacation and will not be, at least through the 2020 election. So that will some center is not putting off a conversation. That being said, disinformation is hardly any problem. In the midst of the cold war, the u. S. And the soviet union both try to influence narratives on other parts of the globe. For example, a new article published by the Wilson Center tragic history and Public Policy program look at translated russian documents related to operation denver. A campaign in the 1980s not spread the lie that h. I. V. Was created as a result of the pentagons biolog