Across the globe ease coronavirus restrictions plus. Im wayne hay in all clints new zealand where well tell you why coronavirus may change the way our cities are designed. Protests to have defied curfews and at least 21. 00 u. S. States to continue that demonstrations against Police Brutality its been nearly a week now protests which occasionally turned violent it began with the death of a black man george floyd while in Police Custody in the city of minneapolis minnesota now 2 officers have been sex in the city of atlanta after they were filmed using Excessive Force against protests as well as it was rob reynolds reports. Police misconduct amid nationwide protests Police Misconduct here police in riot gear surround a car with 2 young black people inside one slashes a tire. Another smashes the drivers window. And the young woman is taste and violently dragged out although she is not resisting. 7 the male driver is manhandled and also shocked with a taser even though each 2 doesnt appea
Welcome you to this primetime edition of washington journal. House Speaker Pelosi outlining a new stimulus plan. The price tag, 3 trillion. Votes this friday. Live on cspan. We will get the details later this hour with a wall street journal congressional reporter. A leading Public Health expert on what is next as some areas of the country begin to slowly reopen. The impact this virus is having on native American Communities with representative deb haaland of new mexico. Our phone lines are open. We want to hear from you. If you are a medical professional, please dial in. We would love to hear from you. Good tuesday evening. We begin with the official numbers courtesy of john hopkins university. Worldwide, the number of cases, 4. 25 million. The death toll in excess of 291,000. Joining us from baltimore is dr. Leana wen. She is the visiting professor at George Washington university. Today it was announced the Washington Post new opinion contributor and Baltimore City Health Commissioner
He is telling the truth in terms of this is a very difficult situation at best. It will take a long time for the economy to recover and it is tragic for many. He keyed out the 40 of people making less than 40,000 per year losing their jobs in march. A difficult message but a truthful message. Right now the markets appear to be coming to terms with it. In the near term, support is holding. We are still stuck in a range even though it does feel risk off. It is risk off. David tech has given us a break thus far. His tech holding up again . Abigail tech was holding up, you had the faang Index Holding up. Do your point, out of the march lows, tech is up in a big way. The faang index up 20 . To the downside, the financials continue to lag. This year there down 30 . That is 10 of the market. The s p 500, to continue the rally out of the march lows, you will need to see all the sectors get on board, the banks, the industrials, and some of the cyclical sectors are lagging. One reason the banks
Temporary rules changed change to allow members to vote remotely and lawmakers continue so aan social distancing, link the is expected. Watch coverage friday at 9 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan, online at cspan. Org, or listen with the free cspan radio app. From baltimore is dr. Lee to win. She is a visiting professor at George Washington university. Today it was announced that the washington post, and served as the City Health Commissioner in baltimore. Ask for joining us here on cspan. We appreciate it. Happy to be with you. New want to begin with some projections from the university of washington. By august 4 u. S. Death toll could exceed 100 and 47,000. When you see that number and see that projection, what is your reaction . That it is an is underestimate. I hate to say this, because that is so many people. It is unimaginable for where we are right now. If two months ago you had said that we have 80,000, more than 80,000 americans who had died from covid19, im not sure how many people
Author wrote about the last major pandemic a century ago, he will be joining us from new orleans. Also ahead, the Senate Holding a virtual hearing tomorrow, with key held officials including dr. Anthony fauci. Our phone lines are open. 202 7488000 202 7488001 202 7488002 thanks very much for joining us. We begin with the numbers, courtesy of don hopkins university. Around the world, more than 4. 1 lane cases of covid19. The death toll has exceeded more than 285,000. The book is called the great influenza, the story of the deadliest pandemic in history. Author john is joining us from new orleans. He is also a professor of tulane university. Thanks so much for joining us. Say its ah i could pleasure, but obviously the reason that brings us together is not fun. Thank for inviting me. Is one overriding apply from your book, to to 20 20, what would it be . A pretty easy question to answer. Tell the truth. People in authority need to be transparent and tell the truth. The countries that have