My prayers go out to the floyd family and the other families of a long list of other victims and loved ones. I stand in solidarity with all those who have peacefully patriotically challenging the status quo. Are about the treatment of africanamericans at the hands of police. They are also about the systemic racial inequities that have festered in our society for years. They are now magnified by the coronavirus that we are here to talk about. Inequity is particularly stark in health bare by has been laid this pandemic. Latinos,mericans, native americans, and other people of color have tested positive, been hospitalized, and died from covid19 at alarming rates. , african are dying at a rate that is double what would be expected given their share of the population. Infectedhat have been ina disproportionate rate every state that report these data. And native americans, who represent just 4 of the are 21 ofin arizona the coronavirus deaths in that state. Subcommittees briefing, we heard fr
Communities of color including africanamericans, latinos, asians and pacific americans and native americans. This is an hour and 50 minutes. Right now across the country, citizens are coming together to protest racial injustices. These protests began in response to a public lynching of george floyd by Minneapolis Police and the recent killings of other americans at the hands of those who are supposed to protect them. My prayers go out to the floyd family and other families, a long list of other victims and their loved ones. I stand in solidarity with all those who are protesting and patriotically challenging the status quo. These protests are about more than the pigment of africanamericans at the hands of police. There about the systemic changes or gears. They are now magnified by the coronavirus that we are here to talk about. This racial inequity in healthcare, it has been laid out by this pandemic. Africanamericans, latinos, native americans and other people of color have tested pos
Who are supposed to protect them. My prayers go out to the floyd family and other families, a long list of other victims and their loved ones. I stand in solidarity with all those who are protesting and patriotically challenging the status quo. These protests are about more than the pigment of africanamericans at the hands of police. There about the systemic changes or gears. They are now magnified by the coronavirus that we are here to talk about. This racial inequity in healthcare, it has been laid out by this pandemic. Africanamericans, latinos, native americans and other people of color have tested positive, being hospitalized and dying from covid19 at alarming rates. Americans are dying at a rate that is double what would be expected given the population. Latinos have been infected every state. Native americans who represent just 4 of the population in arizona are 21 of the coronavirus deaths. They went under, the recent by this crisis, the national conversation. The Coronavirus I
Welcome to our debate tonight, sponsored by lsu. Welcome to the candidates. They are senator Mary Landrieu him a congressman bill cassidy, and colonel rob maness. Each candidate has one minute to respond to questions with a followup and some discretion of the moderator. The order of the questioning was predetermined by random drawing. We will introduce our panel of questioners as we go along beginning with great meriwether. Good evening. Americans are worried about the threat from isis. And what point would you support american troops on the ground in the middle east . Thank you for that question, and thank you for moderating. Thank you for showing up again. It is good to see you facing the voters finally for this hour. We look forward to talking about your record. I believe that isis is a very serious threat, and i believe that we have to do everything we can to eliminate that threat. We have air strikes now to work with our partners to take out that threat. I would be open to other m
Radio partners statewide as well as w. Jdl and batteries kpbs in shreveport cspan in the pbs newshour for sharing this Evenings Program with our viewers and listeners. I am very earned present the council for a better louisiana or cable and thank you for being with us tonight. Over the next hour we will delve into many issues of importance to our state and country with their three invited candidates. Participating tonight our commerce and bill cassidy retired colonel rob maness and senator mary landrieu. Thanks to all of you for being with us this evening. A panel of journalists include Shauna Sanford coanchor and producer of lbb louisiana the state we are in, allen english editor of the Times Newspaper here in shreveport stephanie grace a columnist for the advocate and jeremy offer editor and publisher of politics. Com. We drew names to determine the seating in order of questioning and the format this evening is designed to learn more about where the candidates stand on key issues fac