House. And later, advancing Health Equity founder and ceo dr. Uche blackstock joins us to discuss covid19s impact on minority communities. Another ruling on the Affordable Care act, the Supreme Court ruled 72 yesterday in favor of a 2017 Trump Administration rule extending the exemption to the Affordable Care acts birthcontrol mandate. It is thursday, july 9, 2020. Good morning, and welcome to washington journal. We open the show and ask whether support employers decided denying contraceptive health care to employees. Here is how to join the conversation. If you support the exemptions, two of 274s 88000. Two748pose, it is to 80001. Commentsost additional at facebook. Com cspan. , specificallyting on that case, the New York Times this morning with a graphic on how justices voted and how people for it feel about where the public stands on this issue. They write the Affordable Care act requires Health Insurance plans for women include coverage for contraceptives, Birth Control, but the Tr
Significance, that infection rates fall after lockdown orders are lifted. Repeat, thats jpmorgan saying that. Big deal. All right. Now listen to this. Scuffles between probeijing and prodemocracy hong kong legislators. Why are hethey doing that . Thats the wrong tape. Show me the legislators scuffling, please. China just moved to take control. Those freedoms promised to hong kong when the british left are being wiped out. U. S. china relations turning very sour. Initially, that didnt go down well on the market. Futures turned south but then substantially recovered. Right now, were up about 20 points for the dow, modest gain for the s p, tiny, actually, fractional loss for the subpo p. This is a very important day. You will see the president at the white house saluting veterans. You will hear from officials and businesses across the nation about the great opening up. And we will tell you what you are allowed to do this weekend, and where you are allowed to do it. Varney company is about
Murphy gave an update on his states response to the coronavirus, saying the death toll and the number of cases continue to rise. He talks about the backlog in testing and criminal charges for violating social distancing rules. Gov. Murphy good afternoon. Table byd at the head the woman to my right who needs no introduction, the commissioner of the department of health, Judith Persichilli. To her right, the state epidemiologist. Honored to have you both with us. Farleft, the state Police Superintendent patrick callahan, as usual. The director of Homeland Security protected nest. Also joining us today is the department of children and families commissioner. Great to have you. Thanks for being here. Ive asked her to provide an update on the order for of childcare facilities to provide services only to the kids of our frontline responders and essential workers and i should note and i know she will note this, april is also National Child abuse awareness month. In times like these, when ther
Security preparedness is what this also joining us today is. The department of children and families commissioner. Great to have you. Thanks for being here. I have asked christine to provide an update on the order for of childcare facilities to provide services only to the kids of our frontline responders and essential workers and i should note and i know she will note this, april is also National Child abuse awareness month. In times like these, when there is tremendous uncertainty and stress and anxiety, children can be at risk of abuse. It is a horrible reality, but it exists. The department of children and families has a host of Resources Available to survivors of abuse. I hope christine can provide the guidance for anyone who needs help and does not know where to turn. As ive done in the past week or so, i will turn early to the we are reporting another 3489 positive test results, bringing our statewide total to 23,590. Again, that is 3489 positive test results, bringing our state
Its a vigils in the u. S. In support of a black man on death row for killing a white woman 20 years ago and the struggle to close the gender pay gap were looking at how womens wages be brought to par with men. So ceasefire in gaza between israel and the Group Islamic jihad has broken down less than 24 hours after it began just a few hours ago in fact Israeli Forces bombed numerous targets in response to rocket Fire Fighting between the 2 sides began on tuesday after Israeli Forces assassinated a Senior Leader of Islamic Jihad in gaza since then 34 palestinians have been killed well start with this powerful sit in gaza. In the early hours of friday morning another round of airstrikes from israel targeting it said Islamic Jihad sites in the gaza strip were hearing they were largely empty training grounds and the like but some of them were close to residential areas so some damage done to people injured after what had been a day in which it was proved it was already a tenuous cease fire.