If so, call in at 202 7488000. It, 202 7488001. If you supported oppose it, 202 7488002. You can send us a text at 202 7488003. If you send us a text, let us know your name and where you are from. We are on cspan wj at facebook and on twitter. Very good tuesday morning, you can start calling and now as we take you through the categories facing new visa restrictions through the end of the year and perhaps longer as a result of the president s actions yesterday. Actions would impact foreign forers seeking h1 visas skilled hightech workers, h two visas for seasonal workers, age four visas for spouses. L1 are executives transferring from positions abroad with the same employer. And the action would impact visas including interns, trainers, teachers, au summer work travel participants. This includes some exceptions for those in health care or supporting the Coronavirus Response and for those who work in the country upon food service and Food Supply Chain sectors. As julia of the Migration P
Serve as cochair of one of the groups vote safe. How did you get involved . Vote safe is a political or bipartisan effort. Im cochairing this initiative with the former governor of michigan. The object is to see on november safe and secure options for the voting public. Be it inperson balloting or absentee ballots. Initially we sent out letters to the 50 secretaries of state, encouraging them to make sure those options were open. And securesafe opportunities. Likewise for absentee ballots. We also encouraged them that if they need additional resources, though we share the belief that the federal government had response billions well, if they needed extra dollars to sustain both of those options, not to be too timid to make sure congress provides assistance to achieve those tools. We want options, safe and secure. November 3, president ial elections, senate elections, congressional elections, local elections, maximum participation is our goal. Ilin lets talk about ma voting the day afte
All of the chaos coming just hours after the minneapolis officer who put his knee on the neck of george floyd was arrested and charged with murder and manslaughter. Were live across the country as america begins to fracture. Mixed messages. President trump trying to calm nerves nationwide saying he spoke to the floyd family. I understand the hurt, i understand the pain. That after a rose garden event where he didnt say a word about america in chaos and which controversy raging over his tweet saying when the looting starts, the shooting starts. What hes now saying about that tweet. Big news for the big apple. New york citys mayor making a major announcement. The epicenter of the coronavirus will begin the process of getting back to normal in less than two weeks. What life will look like now in the nations biggest city. Those stories, plus take two. Nasa and spacex hoping the weather cooperates for a historic manned launch at Kennedy Space center after the previous attempt was scrubbed a
Coming up on our program at this hour, the olympic flame lands in japan. This as bouts over the summer games grow doubts over the summer games grow. A number of athletes a and officials have called on the event to be postponed because of the pandemic. Those are our top stories this hour at france 24. Thank you for watching. We start here in france where its the fourth day of a National Lockdown and this morning Emmanuel Macron isis holding a meeting to discuss further measures to combat the spread of covid19. The country, which has reported 11,000 cases of the disease, is poised to follow itataly in extetending its confinement perd from t two to four weeks. Lets listen to macron speaking earlierr from the interior inistry. Werere at very start of thi crisis. Weve taken exceptional measures to counter this first wave. Its a race against time to fight the virus. And even though its still the start, we must remain ready to make any necessary changes. We must be ready to react to any new i
Golden retriever heard something in the woods. We heard voices. We thought it was another team. He started yelling help. We looked at each other and said that is down. He said he got you found us. Reporter the couple got lost during a hike on valentines day. Less than a halfmile from their vacation cottage. No jackets drank from a puddle nearby to survive with temperatures dipping to the 30s. They thought this was the end. I think i dont think they would have made it. Based on how they were found and how dense the vegetation was they were in. I do not think they would have made it without this group of people you see behind me. The poll at one point carol tried to get help at the ian injured his ankle. Even using her scarf to mark a trail. But didnt get far because of the vegetation. Speaking with a search manager that has been doing this for 40 years and was also involved in the fire service. Also speaking with the family. This is a miracle. Reporter both hikers are suffering from hyp