You can find more information about both of those verifications on our website and you tube channel but one irony our guest identifies in his new book is that britain was once the envy of the world when it came to handling epidemics Contact Tracing was pioneered against cholera in londons soho area and so what can we learn from past pandemics how they transform the world professor Frank Snowdon author of epidemics and society from the black death to the present joins me now via skype from rome in this early frank welcome to going underground before we get to the book which i think is being read by more and more people than maybe you even expected tell me about how you contract it coded in rome and why youve dedicated your life way before coronavirus to the study of pandemics and epidemics yes one devoted so many years to pandemic diseases because it seems to me there were. Or for way for understanding how societies function are put together their values the relationships between people
The crime scene unit pulled up here about half an hour ago. Once again an officer involved shooting in hayward. The Hayward Police chief has called a 6 30 News Coverage conference. We are going to bring you the latest as it develops. Joe vazquez, kpix5. The other big story this evening, the department of justice has fired off a letter to gov. Newsom. The agency says california churches are facing unfair restrictions in the lockdown. Not divine, but federal intervention. Ondrea . Reporter the letter says that a pandemic does not supersede the u. S. Constiand th Bishop Bob Jackson is able to see eager to see his flock and is working on a plane with Alameda County to turn his parking lot into a place of worship. 2000 years ago the church was birthed on the day of pentecost which we celebrate may 31. We are excited about being able to reopen even if it is a parking lot church. It is a new paradigm but we will get used to it. The department of justice says Bishop Jackson and others should n
Information. Getting results that are accurate is not easy, but its the kind of thing we need to know and the kind of thing we need to track. We appreciate it very much. Superintendent spearman is here with me today to make an announcement about the public schools, k12. As you know, by executive order, we closed those schools for a , a decision we made after much consultation with a comprehensive group of people including parents, teachers, health experts, and otherwise. We decided not to reopen the schools for the rest of the school year. Schools will remain closed for the rest of the school year. When i issue that order, which will be next week, it will provide a number of things. One of them is flexibility for the districts and the superintendent, and others involved to allow teachers for special needs classes for children to do some teaching of some kind, and other flexibilities that will allow things they need to do. The also dont present threat that opening schools backup would d
U. S. Naval Institute News reporter sam lagrone talks about the role of u. S. Navy hospital ships in the coronavirus response. Washington journal is next. The men and women of the greatest country on earth are going to defeat this coronavirus and reclaim our future. After sleep deprived nights and marathon negotiating sessions, we have a bipartisan rescuent on the largest package in American History. Host republican and Democratic Leaders in the u. S. Senate announcing a deal at 1 30 a. M. This morning on a 2 trillion coronavirus aid package. Good morning. We will get your thoughts on that this morning. Democrats 202 7488000. Republicans 202 7488001. Independents 202 7488002. Youcan join us as well if text us with your first name, city and state that 202 or8003 at 202 7488003 go to twitter at cspan wj. We have learned about what is in the deal the lawmakers have reached. Theres 500 billion for major corporations. 360 7 billion for Small Business loans. 130 billion for hospitals across
For theon dollars Airline Industry and 4 billion to aid Cargo Carriers as well. Chuck schumer also added a provision to ban businesses owned by the president , Vice President , members of congress and the heads of federal executive departments from receiving loans or investments through the corporate liquidity program. The prohibition also applies to their children, spouses and inlaws. That is from the hill newspaper. There is also a ban on stock buybacks as well. On thetson is joining us phone, hes a bloomberg congressional reporter. They reached this deal in the middle of the night. What happens today in the senate . The processstill in of putting together the legislative language. We are expecting votes to move forward and the house adopted. Ith unanimous consent thats the goal. Its very hard to achieve. He would have the ability to come back and lock unanimous consent. Thes extraordinary that house would approve a 2 trillion package. Stimulus bill ever contemplated in the United St