Officials, discusses the rising number of cases in several states. Nicole clowers discusses her ys reports of how relief funds from congress are being spent. The u. S. Supreme court is wrapping up its term this week, issuing decisions in cases heard earlier in the term. One of those decisions upholds the Electoral College, by saying electorsfaithless defy the will of the voters. Welcome to the washington journal. It is four months until election day. We will start asking you about the Electoral College. Should the Electoral College be abolished . Isyou think so, that line 202 7488000. If that answer is no, the line is 202 7488001. We welcome your comments on text. The line 202 7488003. We are on twitter. Facebook. Com cspan. Is expected to issue more decisions this week, wrapping up its term. A little Electoral College oneonone from the national archives. A little Electoral College 101 from the national archives. The number of electors is equal to the number of members in the congressi
Government, specifically it requires us to provide oversight of the specifically, it requires us to of the ongoing oversight governments efforts to recover covid19. The act requires us to report every 60 days, starting 90 days after an announcement, so our june report was our first report, and we will be issuing additional reports on the other months. Host basically s s this is signed, the gao is monitoring its spending . Guest absolutely. We are providing realtime oversight of the fund and we have experienced during this, going back over a decade, for example, under the troubled Asset Relief Program that provided assistance to the financial sectors after the financial crisis. We were required to provide ongoing oversight and issue a report every 60 days. We have experience and build on that experience to hit the ground running to provide immediate oversight and help ensure accountability and transparency of how the funds are being used. St lets take a look at the numbers. 2. 57 host l
It is a new era in this crisis. And as we come on the air tonight, there is still a divide in this country about whether we are moving too quickly or not fast enough to reopen. Tonight, as some restaurants are beginning to serve customers again, in other states, including new jersey and california, there are increases in Coronavirus Infections and deaths. Nationwide, there are more than 1,067,000 cases of the virus, and nearly 63,000 people have died. Today, we learned nearly four million more americans filed for unemployment in the lft week alone, pushing the total number out of work past 30 million. There is some new hope tonight about getting the pandemic under control. The president says he is launching an Ambitious Program to fast track a vaccine by january, something top experts say could be possible. Our team of correspondents have all of this covered, and carter evans is going to lead us off tonight in newport beach, california. Carter. Reporter for most of the day, norah, cali
I am. Odonnell but is the plan realistic . And is it safe . Plus, what u. S. Intelligence is saying tonight about where the virus came from. Meat plants hit hard as poultry farmers now get sick from the virus. The impact on workers and your grocery bill. Biden to address allegations pressure grows on the former Vice President to break his silence on a Sexual Assault claim. Museum from home americans in quarantine get creative to recreate the masterpieces. And tonight, this sweet story of a nineyearold girl who gave her money from the tooth fairy to first responders. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Capital. Odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. Hours from now, federal stayat home guidelines will expire, just as 35 states begin distancing restrictions. It is a new era in this crisis. And as we come on the air tonight, there is still a divide in this country about whether we are moving too quickly or not fast enough to r
Participants raised their hands and said yes. Thats an arguable position. There are arguments for and against that. But the first question you need to answer in this as in any other policy proposal is what is this going to cost. And there simply hasnt been very much interest or exploration in this question x. So thats why were releasing the two papers were releasing today and having this panel discussion, is precisely to get a sense of what it could cost us. Not definitive, these are estimates. Maybe theyll be different. Other people have other estimates. Wed love to see them, but nobody really has offered some concrete examination of what the consequences for taxpayers would be of these proposals. And so today were going to be, were releasing two papers to look at that. The first is a look at what the current cost to taxpayers are of, under current policy. The second is what the likely under a couple different scenarios costs would be. And this is a topic that needs to be injected int