Future direction of the Republican Party. He talks about how hes governing the heavily democratic state. Now republicans can reach out to moderate with americans. This is at the Ronald Reagan institute. Host good morning and welcome to the Reagan Institute. My name is roger and i am the director of the Reagan Institute the dc office of the Ronald Reagan essential foundation and institute. In 1980, the 20something son of a former congressman an executive was named the chair of youth for reagan and youre looking quite youthful today. My dad. Supported then governor reagan during 1976 president ial primary and it now, young larry hogan, will serve as a delegate. In 1980 republican conventions. We have a lot of reagan devotees joining us here at the institute. I think Governor Hogan, may rank above them all. You see, he didnt just support Ronald Reagan in 1976. In 1980 and 1984. He managed to support himn 2020 as well. Now i know you consider present toeagan your political hero governor. B
Limiting indoor gatherings where covid can spread went into effect. I want to remind everyone these actions are both targeted and intended to be temporary. These steps are what the Public Health experts tell us we need to take to avoid overwhelmed hospitals and death counts like we sought in the spring. It will also protect our medical workers, first responders, and other workers who have put their lives on the line to protect the rest of us. People we usually call front liners. I hesitate to use that phrase because it implies there is a second line. The peoplerespect who have been on the front line they are what has been keeping us safe. We must all Work Together. We had our weekly get a call tuesday evening where we got a call from health experts. This is the fourth call we have legislatorshigan including six democrats and six republicans from the house and senate. I am hopeful when the Legislature Returns from their hunting break, republicans will share their plans for addressing th
Irs commissioner charles reg. Vice president pence and members of the White House Coronavirus task force held a briefing about the development and distribution of a Coronavirus Vaccine and measures americans could take to protect themselves before a vaccine was available. This is one hour. Good afternoon. We just completed our second eeting this week with members of the White House Coronavirus continued. And weve weve continued to be on the sail mission weve been on hroughout the course of this year and that is to save american lives. To work every day toward that put the coronavirus in the past. m joined today, and you will hear in a few moments, from members of the White House Coronavirus task force including those leading the effort of vaccinations, under operation warp speed, and i think you will be as impressed as i was, at fema earlier today, heard the detailed plans for the virtual Immediate Distribution of vaccines when and become approved available to the American People. From
This is a decrease from the seven days prior when new cases totaled 36,000. And the average Positivity Rate was 28 . At a county level, were seeing that Positivity Rates are beginning to stabilize in maybe areas and these many areas and these are welcome signs and while we may be cautiously optimistic, we have a whole lot of work to do to bring the numbers down to a level where we can safely manage the virus while getting life back to normal. Hospitalizations remain high across the state. But yesterday was the first day and weeks where we saw a slight decrease in the overall number of iowans hospitalized. So this gives us hope as well. But one day is far, far, far from a downward trend. Over the next week, it will be critical that we see hospitalization rates begin to stabilize. Every day we are monitoring it closely and working directly with hospitals and Health Care Systems, to understand their situations and assist as needed. The vast majority of those hospitals continue to be of th
President elect biden and Vice President elect harris spoke with governors concerning the coronavirus pandemic and economy. The former Vice President said takingnot ruled out legal action against the General Services not recognizing the election win, and giving his team access to information for the transition of power. Sen. Harris good afternoon. President elect biden and i met with democratic and republican governors. We talked about what we need to do to make free Testing Available to everyone, to make a free vaccine available for everyone and to get this pandemic under control. Governors are elected by their states to take action in moments of crisis. They are the ones who talk to the people who are the hardest hit and during this pandemic to have been called on to make very difficult decisions about the health and safety of the people they represent and about opening schools and opening our economy responsibly. I have served in state and local government so i understand the Critic