Watch live at 7 00 eastern on cspan, online at cspan. Org, or listen on the free cspan radio app. Join us from his home in washington dc is political reporter dan balz. Good sunday morning. Thank you for being with us. Only october 4. What a year it has been it. Guest its been an unbelievable year. Nobody could have written the script for this year. As though not every week but every other day something dramatic happens that shakes the country. Weve had unrelenting bad news for most of the year. Pandemic, terrible economic collapse, a recovery that is uneven where the people were stuff are having it the worst at this point. Ande had racial protests violence in the streets. Violence from both sides in the street. We had the death of john lewis, ruth bader ginsburg, now we learned just a couple of days ago that the president of the United States has tested positive for the coronavirus. Get aoes the country ever break from any of this . We are 29 days from the election. Its an unbelievabl
Lady have contracted covid19. This is a serious moment in which our shared American Values of empathy and charity must be on full display. Its also a moment where the resiliency of our institutions will be tested, as one that highlights the critical importance of medical sciencebased guidance and research. 7. 3 million infected americans and those who have lost their lives, i spent some time every morning in contemplation and prayer for all of them. I turned to the entire first family. They are in my thoughts and prayers this morning and i hope you will join me in wishing them a quick and full recovery in the midst of these challenging moments. And now today gathering, as part of our brookings series, this conference is part of a greater effort to empower voters with factbased, datadriven nonpartisan information to better understand the policy matters discussed by candidates running for office in 2020. The importance cannot be overstated, especially considering the theme of todays even
Washington is longtime political reporter and columnist of the washington post. Good sunday morning. Thank you for being with us. Host thank you for being with us. What a year it has been. It is only october 4. It has been an unbelievable year. As i wrote this morning, no one could have written a script for this year. It seems as though not just every week but every day, something dramatic happens. Shakes the country. Weve had unrelenting bad news for most of the year. Pandemic, terrible economic collapse, a recovery that is uneven where the people were stuff are having it the worst at this point. Ande had racial protests violence in the streets. Violence from both sides in the street. We had the death of john lewis, ruth bader ginsburg, now we learned just a couple of days ago that the president of the United States has tested positive for the coronavirus. Get aoes the country ever break from any of this . We are 29 days from the election. Its an unbelievably important election. They
Ahead on washington journal, your thoughts and reaction to the events of the last few days as President Trump continues his treatment for covid19. We are dividing our phone lines regionally. 202 7488000 if you live in the eastern or central time zones. Those of you out west, 202 7488001. Send us a text message at 202 7488003. You can join us on social media, on twitter, and on facebook. Good sunday morning. Thanks for being with us. A lot to get to in the next couple of hours, including this headline from the New York Times, confusion and concern as the president ails. This headline, trump saying he is doing much better. He is not out of danger. That is from white house chief of staff mark meadows, contrasting a rosy picture painted by the president s dr. On television. Saturday evening, the president said he was starting to feel good. The video meant to reassure the nation posted on his website at realdonaldtrump. Com. [video clip] i want to begin by thanking all the incredible medica