And the aflcios Richard Trumka talks about Union Members and campaign 2020. Then priorities usa chairman guy cecil talks about his super pacs role in the election. Washington journal is next. Ccept yours i a nomination for Vice President of the United States of america. That was californias democratic senator, kamala this is the washington journal for august 20. Joe biden will accept his nomination. You can see that starting at 9 00 this evening. For the next hour your comments on the event of the Democratic Convention including senator harriss acceptance speech. Yo if you support joe biden, 202 7488000. If you support President Trump, 202 7488001. If you are undecided, 202 7488002. You can text us at 202 7488003. Cspanwj, and you can post on our facebook page. Our coverage starts at 9 00 tonight for the final night of the Democratic National convention which you will hear from joe biden and senator cory booker and the former mayor of south bend indiana, former president ial candidate,
To being the leader of the world again. James and spring valley, new york. Mechanicsburg, pennsylvania. A supporter of President Trump. This is greg. Ceo of theident and center for american progress. Want to welcome you to this conversation. For we get started, i want to do a quick piece of housekeeping. Ate captioning is available. Merican progress. Org we have a tremendous conversation. Governor gavin newsom. I will get into introductions ater but i want to provides context. On the Democratic National convention, it is only fitting that we take time to discuss how we can correct course. The Trump Administrations response to the pandemic, to black lives matter, and their dangerous and reckless suppression of our democratic framework has made it abundantly clear that right now under this administration, we are on the wrong path. We are not just on the wrong path, we are heading backward. Dangerously backward. That is why this conversation is so important. We want to make sure that we a
Debate on reopening schools amid the coronavirus pandemic. At 8 30 american conservative , union chair matt schlapp on campaign 2020 and President Trumps reelection strategy. Host good morning, this is the washington journal for july 21. You are looking at scenes from portland last night, between a local police and people protesting against balance on africanamericans. It is the latest scenes that have prompted the Trump Administration to send officers to places like portland and seattle. In our first hour, we will show you more of what the president said about the process and get your thoughts on whether you agree or disagree with the deployments. 2027488000,call if you disagree, 2027488001, you can text us at 2027488003 or tweet us cspanwj. Websiteonian on their discusses a bit of the events from yesterday. This story saying parent groups marched in droves monday night to join the protests in response to repeated and nicely use of force by federal agents on demonstrators. They first
We represent the people who make a difference every single day in the lives of americans, and we have been working as essential workers to help people be safe through the pandemic. Host your organization just did a survey of teachers asking them what they would need to feel comfortable should schools reopen, what were some of the results . Guest i am so glad you asked this question. We did our survey at the end of june, basically wanting to wait so school had finished this year. Largest ande also higher education, to get a sense to what attitudes were right now after they had gone through the virus. And what they told us, because i am sure that it is different than what it is today, giving trump, is that at the end of june they said that 76 said that if we could get the safeguards that we had been fiercely advocating for since april, meaning safeguards to stop the spread of the virus, meaning that you have very little virus spread in a community, you have a testing infrastructure, and
And central time zones, 202 7488001 for mountain and pacific time zones. Appearses as a new poll on the pages of usa today this morning. A story about americans pulled and asked if they wear a face mask. Have worn a mask in order to limit the spread of the coronavirus according to a survey from the democracy fund. Were conducted in this poll. There is a small disparity among age groups. People are slightly less mask, 70 have worn a percent of those 18 from 29. Americans 65 and older say they have worn a mask. To the cdc, here is what they say about face coverings. Individuals with cannavirus symptoms transmit the virus before showing symptoms. This means the virus can spread between people interacting in close proximity. Evidence,f this new the cdc recommends wearing cloth faith cover cloth face coverings. Especially in areas of significant communitybased transmission. Those of the cdc recommendations. A couple days ago, it was dr. Deborah birx. She was asked about the importance of we