Which Political Party youre coming from the grade that you would give and its hard for me to be an objective ject of observer of this president ial administration when for years now they have continuously tried to deal a jet in my eyes and marginalize News Reporters for doing their constitutionally protected job and so i would say that in any environment when youre up against you know someone whos continuously trying to batter you i give the press corps in a. And i have to say there was a little part of me that chuckled when the white house new press secretary started her her briefings and said to the press corps i wont lie to you which was almost a signal that gets one im about to give you unleash ill turn it in facts you know for her tenure however short that may be. Yeah arguably she did fave about 15 minutes after making that statement but you know as we channel surf domestic cable news there is a kindness to the commercials we see often with solo piano music in the background some
A Masters Program in journalism and digital storytelling at American University in washington and as most guest you see on most cable news talk shows are these days she is joining us remotely margo welcome back thanks for having me how and you bet its good to see and if theres a slight delay its because were operating in remote mode here but 1st things 1st professor i want you to grade both parties the president and the press in those Daily White House briefings that are on again off again and generally during this crisis. Well i think you know i guess it depends on which Political Party youre coming from the grade that you would give and its hard for me to be an objective of objective observer of this president ial administration when for years now they have continuously tried to deal a jet in my eyes and marginalize News Reporters for doing their constitutionally protected job and so i would say that in any environment when youre up against you know someone whos continuously trying t
American university in washington dc who served as the secretary of health and Human Services during the obama administration. And later, we introduced one of the very first doctors to use breakthrough education remdesivir. Our phone lines are open. Is the area code in washington dc, host 202 7488000 four western time zones, and for you in the east, and if you are a medical professional, 202 7488002. Would begin with the latest on johns latest from Johns Hopkins university. Good evening. According to Johns Hopkins, 3. 7 million cases around the world. The overall death toll, 263,000 globally. Isning us in washington dc asretary burwell, who served hhs secretary during the obama administration. Let me begin with the learning curve you had as president of a you. And what have you learned about a you and Higher Education in general over the last two months . Secretary burwell like everyone dealing with the uncertainty of the covid19 crisis, we have been on a steep learning curve, doing th
Asretary burwell, who served hhs secretary during the obama administration. Let me begin with the learning curve you had as president of a you. And what have you learned about a you and Higher Education in general over the last two months . Secretary burwell like everyone dealing with the uncertainty of the covid19 crisis, we have been on a steep learning curve, doing things we have never done at the university. The main thing is our move to Online Learning, and moving off our campuses. Thingsre the two largest , as well as, we are like everyone else, and our staff and faculty are also working from home. Those of the main areas where, like everyone else, we have been asrning and acting nimble, we never expected we could. A lot of learning in terms of how our community can act together, and that was across all parts of our community. And that has been one of the and the samenings, time we have learned things that are challenging, things like online commencement, trying to do more commen
Next, a forum on the federal governments response on the coronavirus. Former lawmakers and federal officials talk about the need for bipartisan leadership and the role of past crises in determining future actions. Welcome to a unique event to discuss the critical need for a healthy, bipartisan leadership at this time of covid19. And Christine Todd whitman im delighted to be cochair of the National Institute for civil discourse. The am tom daschle, one of cochairs as well. Along with christine im delighted to join her and keith to discuss the critical nature of bipartisanship as we look to our response to the covid19 crisis we are all facing. Ofad the responsibility being majority later during one of our last crises after 911. We learned the value, the importance, the critical nature of bipartisanship then. We hope we can apply those lessons and many more as we look to the challenges at we face in our country today. Already, and icd executive director. Capacityon is to build to engage d