i don t mean to cut you off there, i m sorry emily. let me just ask you one last quite procedural question on this, as i mentioned, the anchorage assembly did we pass this mass ordinance, by the 9 to 1 vote, and the mayor came in and voted vetoed it. as far as i understand it, the assemblies meeting tonight is trying to overturn that veto, override that veto, which effectively really would put the ordinance back in place. do you expect that they will do that? i do expect that they will do that, that meeting is actually happening tomorrow at 5 pm, and because the only need eight votes to override his veto, with a supermajority it s clear that it will likely pass. currently the ordinances not in effect, but it will go back into effect as soon as that veto override passes. emily judy cohen s, reporter at the anchorage daily news, in
was an ordinance at the assembly took up, on i believe it was, gay rights ordinance, within a city. and so that, became very contentious as well, however we did see a lot of arrests. this has been going on for six meetings over two weeks, and just ended this week. and, during that meeting, first meeting, we saw several arrest. those arrests stopped, however, there is a lot of outburst and behavior within the chamber that assembly members have said was very problematic. emily, i have to tell you, we ve been following the situation in alaska ever since the crisis standards of care were implemented and seeing this sort of raucous, display in, the anchorage assembly. and, we ve been in the last
passed the mask requirement for indoor spaces in anchorage. their fight with their vote was 9 to 1. that said, as we got on the air, anchorage republican mayor, who has repeatedly downplayed the virus, he issued a veto against the mask requirement. republicans from the governor s mansion in alaska, to the state legislator have echoed the sentiments. and, we re used to seeing the politics and the fighting over this, but in some ways it s a scary situation. the threats of violence in alaska aren t an isolated or strange thing, this is in some strange phenomenon that s just occurring in alaska. we re seeing elements of this all across the country. americans are threatening the men and women across the country, who are tests with trying to come up with public health strategies to fight this epidemic. but they re also fighting the people, and threatening the people, and assaulting the people who are literally providing health care. joining us now, is emily could uche, she is a reported at t