Welcome. We appreciate you being here tonight. Well get right down to business because time is limited. It has been a trying last few days in kentucky and across the nation. An emt was shot while she was in her home and today we understand the killing of a Business Owner in louisville. A lexington minister said last week, during one of Andy Beshears press conferences, when he was talking about Racial Injustice and alleged Police Brutality, he said it is not the minority population that has been silent, but rather the majority has been deaf. We will start left to right. How have you actively sought to be a part of the solution to heal racial divisions and not just action list rhetoric. Name one specific policy or action you commit to doing, win or lose, going forward. Renee, thank you for starting this forum off the right way by addressing the challenges that kentucky is facing. I barely made it today because i left the streets where so many people of kentucky are demanding justice and
Scattered applause. Scattered people, scattered. Good morning, everyone. It is a pleasure to be here. Let me introduce the people on the dais. The deputy of Financial Services in the state of new york has been working with us on this since it began. Dr. Whicht, a phd still counts to be a doctor. To my left, the secretary, who. S the top state official pleasure to be with her. Pleasure to be in rochester today. It is a pleasure to be in the Rochester Regional Health facility and i want to thank the president and ceo for having us here today. Joined by a number of elected officials. I want to thank them for being here. We have the great congressman who had a really challenging position before he went to congress because he was working in new york state government, but he is now in washington and we need his voice there more than ever. This is going to be a big week in washington. We need to get the federal government to recognize the situation that state governments face and not just Fun
Former newspaper editor. We want you to join the conversation with your questions on twitter. Send any mail send any mail send an email. Make sure to check the box that says you are not a robot. Or, you may give us a call. Please include your first and last name on all messages. Welcome to you all, i appreciate you being here this evening. I appreciate you being here, and i hope the rest of kentucky does as well. Im going to get right down to business. In the last few days, it has been a trying last few days in kentucky and across the nation. Protests have erupted in response to the killing of george floyd in minneapolis, Rihanna Taylor, who was shot eight times while she was in her home, and today, we understand the killing of a Business Owner in louisville. A lexington minister said last week during one of Governor Press bashirs conferences, and i quote when he was talking about racial injustice, he said that its not the minority population that has been silenced, but rather the bles
People . Have remote 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. The hearing will come to order. I believe we have some of our colleagues who will be remote. I dont really have an opening statement. We will hear from judge wilson and a bit. We will let our colleagues from mississippi to the introduction. I will defer to senator feinstein if she was to seining first. Senator feinstein thank you very much. Today we will hear from cory wilson, nominated to a mississippi seat on the fifth Circuit Court of appeals. As i stated during the nomination hearing for the District Court in january, i am interested in judge wilsons views on a number of issues including health care, Voting Rights, womens reproductive rights, gun safety and the rights of lgbt americans. His record of opposition to the Affordable Care act is troubling, particularly because we are concerned with covid19. I hope people straighten us out on that. It has been reported judge wilson has a commitment to undermining the Affordable Care act. He has called
Morning. Happy friday. You guys look tired today. Dont worry, its friday. You young guys out stamina. Friday, you will have the weekend off. No you wont, thats right. Lets take a look and see where we are today. Total number of hospitalizations, down. The way we like to see. Rolling average down, the way we like to see it and changing intimations down, thats the way we like to see it. Number of new cases, we dont like to see that but its only up a tech and again, these numbers tend to bounce but its been a slow decline. No doubt about that and you see theres been several plateaus in thedecline. We are very curious to find out where that number lines up. How low the new cases go. Weve done a lot of research as you know. Those new cases mostly coming from people who are at home so were talking about homes spread more than at work, more than first responders, more than essential personnel and thats the hardest place to control the spread is when a person is literally at home. There are ve