Why is it three or four times more so for the black community as opposed to other people . It doesnt make sense and i dont like it. Its very sad. Its nothing we can do about it right now except to try and give them the best possible care to avoid those complications. Thats President Trump and dr. Anthony fauci discussing the disproportionate number of deaths in africanamerican communities. Health officials expect it to continue as more states report their data. Officials are working with black communities to improve messaging on the risks of the virus. Before the nation can address the Racial Disparity in covid19 cases and deaths, we first have to answer the question at the center of it all, why . The reasons are often as diverse as the communities themselves. Heres abcs steve osunsami. Reporter there are few places in america that are keeping close track of how covid19 is impacting communities of color, and there are some familiar explanations for whats happening. Higher rates of diab
It is the washington journal the seven tonight President Biden delivers the state of the union. You can watch on cspan or cspan now. He pushes republicans to work on him with lowering cost, higher taxations on corporations and other measures but many measures are expected to nights. We want to hear about the top issues in the United States. For democrats 202 7488000 for republicans 202 7488001 for independents 202 7488002 if you want to text us 202 7488003 and post on social media at facebook. Com cspan or on x at cspanwj. Our coverage starts at 8 00 with your phone calls and analysis leading up to the speech. All of that is available to you as part of coverage of state of the you in. If you go to our website we posted a poll about those you in light of the state of the you and here is what you are responding. 34 said the top issue is immigration, reproductive rights 13 , bipartisanship a 10 Foreign Policy at nine, health carerime 3 . If you want to participate you can do that if you u
Doing better, then he increased the number on the fly to 29. That of course is well over half the states in our country. He said, were a country thats getting better, and he is going to clear some states to open, as he continues to call it, before may 1st. Where the states are concerned, he said, we have the right to do whatever we want. In other news, and well have more on this in a moment, he says he doesnt know anything about his name needing to appear on those irs checks that are going out, and he slipped a bit of news into todays briefing. The u. S. Is about to send ventilators to russia. As we let all of that settle in, lets check back in with the real world, shall we . This was the deadliest day thus far for this epidemic in the u. S. , with 2,492 new deaths. Tonight more than 32,000 americans have lost their lives. And despite the selfcongratulations at the white house, we have crossed an important milestone. Weve now tested 1 of our u. S. Population. Another way of putting thi
May 1st. Where the states are concerned, he said, we have the right to do whatever we want. In other news, and well have more on this in a moment, he says he doesnt know anything about his name needing to appear on those irs checks that are going out, and he slipped a bit of news into todays briefing. The u. S. Is about to send ventilators to russia. As we let all that settle in, lets check back in with the real world, shall we . This was the deadliest day thus far for this epidemic in the u. S. , with 2,492 new deaths. 2,492. Tonight more than 32,000 americans have lost their lives. And despite the selfcongratulations at the white house, we have crossed an important milestone. Weve now tested 1 of our u. S. Population. Another way of putting this is if we Start Testing a million americans a day for the next year we would then know with something closer to certainty how Many Americans have this virus. Worldwide cases now closing in on 2 million. Tonight we have breaking news of the gri
President ial election. At the white house today nothing but rosy scenarios in the rose garden. The president says, a lot of good things are happening. He is determined to start opening the country again. Today he said 20 states are doing better, then he increased the number on the fly to 29. That of course is well over half the states in our country. He said, were a country thats getting better, and he is going to clear some states to open, as he continues to call it, before may 1st. Where the states are concerned, he said, we have the right to do whatever we want. In other news, and well have more on this in a moment, he says he doesnt know anything about his name needing to appear on those irs checks that are going out, and he slipped a bit of news into todays briefing. The u. S. Is about to send ventilators to russia. As we let all that settle in, lets check back in with the real world, shall we . This was the deadliest day thus far for this epidemic in the u. S. , with 2,492 new d