Morning news at 9. And happy monday to you im darya folsom and were going to check the headlines in a minute, but first want to take a peek at the weather and the late risers have a lot more sun in the early risers had this morning a backup yeah, thats right sorry were seeing nothing but sunshine everywhere across the b a a bay area. We had a real quick clearing this morning and in fact as the camera just here downtown san jose looking on the sunshine behind me, lots of blue skies were going to see a Beautiful Day in store for you no matter where youre going to be a temperatures out the door right now already mild to warm in some spots antioch youre currently at 78 69 in downtown oakland 70 degrees in downtown san jose 62 right here in San Francisco. But warmer temperatures are on the way ill have all the details coming up in that area. Thanks a lot of back and now to the latest with the pandemic california has become the first state in the country to exceed half a million covid cases.
Coronavirus relief negotiations. Well also take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. As the United States approaches 5 million confirmed covid19 cases, White House Coronavirus response coordinator dr. Deborah birx says that we have now entered a new phase of the pandemic. Good morning, its monday, august 3, 2020. We will start the program talking about that new phase. We will hear comments from dr. Birx on the state of the Union Yesterday and we will look at other headlines as well. Thes how to be a part of conversation. For those of you in the eastern and central time. 202 7488000 mountain and pacific, 202 7488001. Send us a text if you like, 202 7488003. Make sure you tell us your name and where you are texting from. Your tweets are welcome as well, cspanwj, and we will look for your posts on facebook. One view from abroad, bdc and the reporting on her comments yesterday, headline from the new phase oftering coronavirus out
The house Newt Gingrich offers his thoughts on why donald trump should be reelected with his book trump and the american future, solving the great problems of our time. Watch booktv on cspan2 this weekend. Welcome to the Manhattan Institute webcast on race, riots and the police. Thank you for joining us for this important and timely conversation. Im jason riley, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. Throughout the program please enter your question on any of the platforms you are watching us on and we will either wrap them into the discussion or save them for the q and a at the end of this event. I want to let you know that before we get started but more important for timely conversation, since the death of george floyd in Police Custody last month we see nationwide unrest, protests not only here in america but internationally in a certain narrative take hold that starts with the assumption the only way to view George Floyds death is through a racial lens lose all the accounts be
Discussion or save them for the q a at the end of the event, so i just want everyone to know that before we get started. So as i said, this, of course, could not be a more important or more timely conversation that we are going to have today since the death of george floyd in Police Custody last night. We have seen nationwide unrests, we have seen protests not only here in america but internationally. Weve also seen a certain narrative take hold. It start with the assumption that the only way to properly view George Floyds death is through racial lens. In fact, all of encounters between police and black suspects are increasingly view this way. Its a narrative of Derek Chauvin and that george floyd is every black man in america. That blacks essentially leave the house each day worried about having a violent encounter with police. The media has run with this narrative which faces very little pushback, very little skepticism and it leaves with us with the impression that the biggest probl
Central, 202 7488000. Mountain and pacific, 202 7488001. You can text us. That line is 202 7488003. Are cspanwj. Post, as caseson near 5 million, trump digs in on schools reopening. They write the administration is sticking by its view that schools must reopen on time and , as mississippis conservative governor reversed course to delay school and make students all wear masks. The yuan chief warned that the world faces a generational catastrophe because of School Closures. Urgedideo message, he countries to suppress the virus sufficiently to allow schools to reopen, calling the pandemic the largest disruption to education ever. A policy brief alongside this containing the virus the most significant step governments can take toward grouping schools. We are learning a lot from governors about state plans and what localities in those states might do. The governor of texas, greg abbott, held a news conference. The Texas Tribune reports that local School Officials know best whether they shou