Starr hopkins. Followed by commentator Armstrong Williams. And john dicken talked about infections in Nursing Homes. Washington journal is next. Join the discussion. Host one week ago today, africanamerican george floyd died at the hands of the Minneapolis Police. Protests, civil unrest, and violence and reaction to that expanded to some 75 u. S. Cities, building to a crescendo over the weekend. Good morning, and welcome to washington journal for this monday, june 1, 2020. Well start the hour asking you this hour about the president s leadership in response to the unrest, the president largely communicating, commenting on the issue saturday, some at nasa, and largely leaving his response to twitter. What are your thoughts . Republicans, use 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. And independents, all others, 2027488002. You can also send us a text, that line is 2027488003. And make sure that you leave us your name, tell us where youre texting from. cspanwj. , were, your comments welcome on
One arriving with swift and overwhelming force. Longstanding, untreated inequalities have been exposed anew, and they in turn have highlighted the countrys real vulnerabilities. What has been just below the surface, known but barely acknowledged, and rarely addressed seriously, is now impossible to ignore. Your thoughts on the president s leadership, 2027488000 for republicans. 2027488001 for democrats. Nd all others, 2027488002. Politico is writing this morning about what we can possibly hear from the president in the coming days and the debate over that inside the white house. The white house divided on trump addressing racial tensions. They write that as protests continue to flare across the country, President Trump and his top aides can be settle on the next steps the white house should take to ease tensions after the latest death of an africanamerican man detained by a white police officer. White house chief of staff mark meadows has been pushing for the president to deliver a for
Military can be released on those people. I think they are trying to bait him and i think he has used restraint under the circumstances. Host thank you for all of your calls this morning on washington journal. We are still waiting for a briefing with governor newsom. He is expected to talk about the protests in his state following the death of george floyd and california is response to the coronavirus pandemic. Fore we continue to wait governor newsom, here is more from this mornings washington journal. Posted last night, printed this morning in the washington post, and the headline, online, america is at a low ebb, shaken by multiple blows, and trump adds to the distress. This is the state of the union, as the nation reels from multiple blows, each one arriving with swift and overwhelming force. Longstanding, untreated they have highlighted the countrys real vulnerabilities. What we happens below the isface and rarely addressed now impossible to ignore. President s leadership, 2027488
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Been doing with these many press conferences we have had. Before i get started i want to thank the faith leaders across our state and the many georgians that which is a painted in our day of prayer. This went well and certainly appreciate that. In our fight debated against covid19 we let we must continue to pray for health care workforce, our front care frontline workers and Law Enforcement and our fellow georgians. As of today we had 23,773 cases with 942 fatalities and we continue to keep those folks as well as their families and communities in our thoughts and prayers. 2 fatalities and we continue to keep those folks as well as their families and communities in our thoughts and prayers. ,169ave given a total of 127 tests and through the leadership of the Public Health department, the National Guard, our gustaership with au university, walmart, walgreens and others are testing numbers are quickly increasing but we realize we have to continue to do more. As of this morning, georgia ra