At a News Conference in tallahassee, florida, Governor Ron Desantis gave an update on the coronavirus and his states phased approach to reopening. This is just under an hour. Gov. Desantis good afternoon. Im here to give an update on covid19 and specifically an update on where we are with the Reemployment Program and the compensation we have been paying out and what we are going to continue to do going forward. Doing what have we been with the plan . From the beginning, protect the vulnerable, increase testing, promote social distancing, tight Health Workers and prevent introduction from outside the state. We are going to continue to be doing that. Nothing changes. The contours of that will shift a little bit. Those are still key priorities as we go forward. We are now in phase one in the state of florida. Other than our three southeastern photo counties that have had to deal with a little bit more significant epidemic. This is something where we received input from a wide crosssection
We welcome you to this primetime edition of the washington journal. With the senate back in session today, we will talk to a leading vaccine expert from newton, massachusetts. Later, we will examine some of the new side effects from this virus. We hope you join in on the conversation. Our phone lines are open. If you live in the eastern or central time zone. For those of you out west if you are a medical professional, we would love to hear from you. Good monday evening. Thank you for being with us. Lookgin as we always do, at the numbers from Johns Hopkins university. Now around the world, the number of coronavirus cases approaching 3. 6 million in 187 countries and regions. The death toll has exceeded 251,000 around the globe. Joining us from massachusetts is dr. Mark poznansky, director of the vaccine and Immunotherapy Center at mass general hospital. I want to begin with the headline today from the new york times. As states moved to reopen, at least one model predicting the u. S. De
Gov. Desantis good afternoon. Im here to give an update on covid19 and specifically an update on where we are with the Reemployment Program and the compensation we have been paying out and what we are going to continue to do going forward. Doing what have we been with the plan . From the beginning, protect the vulnerable, increase testing, promote social distancing, tight Health Workers and prevent introduction from outside the state. We are going to continue to be doing that. Nothing changes. The contours of that will shift a little bit. Those are still key priorities as we go forward. We are now in phase one in the state of florida. Other than our three southeastern photo counties that have had to deal with a little bit more significant epidemic. This is something where we received input from a wide crosssection of people across the state including many of our great physicians. We did have a reopen for the task force that crated a number of great recommendations. Considered that repo
Ricketts called for property and income tax reformat his state of the state address in lincoln. The governor outlined his Budget Priorities for the state. This is 30 minutes. Thank you. President , speaker, member of the 105th legislature, tribal chairmen, distinguished guests, friends, fellow nebraskans, and of course our first lady my lovely wife, suzanne. Good morning. [ applause ] now, before we get started here today, i understand that we have somebody who has a birthday. Kitty, its your 70th birthday . Is that right . Woo woo give her a round of applause. [ applause ] i will spare you my rendition of happy birthday. Everybody is happy about that, too. Well, congratulations on the commencement of the 105th Nebraska Legislature. I want to thank each and every one of you for your willingness to serve our fellow citizens. I also want to highlight that you are beginning a historic year. The 150th of our statehood, which we will celebrate on march 1st. I am honored to be with you here
Folks, we live in the best place in the world. And i know youve heard me say that a lot. And ill continue to say it. But because it continues to be true. And the reason we live in the best place in the world is because of our people. Nebraskans give to their communities. We share a common set of principles. We treat each other with dignity and respect. And we care about each other. Im proud of the fact that nebraska is one of the top states in the nation for volunteerism. The kids of cub scout pack 190 picked up trash on highway 7 last year. When floods slammed into dewitt, i saw firsthand the community pull together, neighbors helping neighbors. I met volunteers like john law from omaha helping clean houses whose basements filled to the ceiling with mud and water. I want to thank john. John is here today. For joining us and setting such a great example for volunteer work. John, can we recognize him . [ applause ] and of course, there is no better example of service than the heroes of