David hello. Im david rubenstein, and im the president of the Economic Club of washington. And i want to welcome you to our sixth Virtual Event since the corona crisis has begun. We have been trying to give you information about the local community, as well as things going on around the country, and we hope you enjoy these. Today, we have our membership watching. We also have a number of members of the diplomatic corps who are tuning in as well, and a number of invited guests who are not members of the club are also involved in listening and watching as well. We have three special guests today. The first is ted leonsis, who is the founder, chairman, principal partner, and ceo of monumental sports entertainment. The second is the governor of maryland, honorable lawrence hogan, who is also the chair of the National Governors association. And then we have kim ford, who is the president and ceo of marthas table. And we will do them in the order that i just mentioned. I would just like to l
Information about the local community and things going on around the country. Today we have our membership watching and a number of members diplomatic corps tuning in as well. And a number of invited guests, not members of the club, are and watchingtening as well. Our First Special guest today is. Ed leonsis the second is the governor of maryland, governor hogan. And the chair of the National Governors asos asian. And then we have association. And then we have kim ford. Let people know that next week on friday we will probably have another program. We are working on the details of that now. Secondly, april 28, next tuesday, a week from next tuesday we have dr. Fauci, reasonably well known these days as the director of the National Institute of allergy and infectious diseases. And we look forward to a good conversation with him. I would like to remind everybody that after the interview is completed, about one hour, total, we will put this up on our website. You will be a little watch it
Order your copy today wherever books are sold. Next, marilyn governor larry hogan, Washington Capitals and wizards owner ted leonsis, and kim ford are interviewed about the coronavirus pandemic. The Economic Club of washington hosted this event. David hello. Im david rubenstein, and im the president of the Economic Club of washington. And i want to welcome you to our sixth Virtual Event since the corona crisis has begun. We have been trying to give you information about the local community, as well as things going on around the country, and we hope you enjoy these. Today, we have our membership watching. We also have a number of members of the diplomatic corps who are tuning in as well, and a number of invited guests who are not members of the club are also involved in listening and watching as well. We have three special guests today. The first is ted leonsis, who is the founder, chairman, principal partner, and ceo of monumental sports entertainment. The second is the governor of mar
City and our hospitals across the state in the fight against the covid19 pandemic. Placeacility will be a where coronavirus patients no longer require hospitalization and complete their care, and for and fully recover by providing additional 250 beds here, this Field Hospital expands the capacity of Baltimore City health care facilities, reduces the time that patients have to remain in our hospitals, and in turn will free up that critical capacity for other patients who need acute care more urgently. We have already assembled the physical facilities here in a very short time. A 24 7lements including staffing plan are currently underway. Schedule and we will be able to take care of patients here as needed. Undertakingge involving many people and i just want to take a moment to thank a few of them. First of all, i want to thank fema for delivering these hospital beds and other materials. I want to thank the Maryland National guard and their department of General Services team for working
He made the announcement while speaking to reporters about local efforts to combat the outbreak, including the formation of strike teams to help Nursing Homes dealing with an influx of cases. Good afternoon, and thank you for joining us today at the Baltimore City Field Hospital at the convention center, which represents a critical part of our ongoing efforts to support Baltimore City and our hospitals across the state in the fight against the covid19 pandemic. This facility will be a place where coronavirus patients who no longer require hospitalization can complete their care and fully recover, and by providing an additional 250 beds here, this Field Hospital expands the capacity of Baltimore City health care facilities, reduces the time that patients have to remain in our hospitals, and in turn will free up that critical capacity for other patients who need acute care more urgently. We have already assembled the physical facilities here in a very short period of time. And other elem