Good afternoon. Welcome back to Washington Post live. I am bob costa, National Political reporter at the Washington Post. Joining me is Governor Gretchen Whitmer of michigan. She was elected in 2018 and her long career in state politics including serving in the state legislature. A few months ago, it feels like a long time ago, but she did deliver the democratic response to President Trump state of the union address. Welcome to Washington Post live. Gov. Whitmer good to be with you. Based on the data and what is happening in your state, are you thinking about extending the stayathome order beyond may 1 . Gov. Whitmer there is no question we have to be slow and methodical. We have to Pay Attention to the data, listen to the medical experts and our Public Health experts to know that we are ready. What does it look like when we do begin to reengage . Be mindful there are different sectors of our economy, different sectors and regions of our state. We need we are going to be really data dr
Trends and perfect pictures. We have four copies of the originals of the portraits in the white house collection and hang in the east room. If you will note, these are completely brandnew reproductions that were done with the assistance of the White House Historical association beginning with the most famous of them all, the father of the country, George Washington. [applause] it is now a complete renovation down to complete historical detail. Really i cannot even begin to tell you how much better looking that is than just a month ago. It would not be complete without at the same time his partner in the white house as he was father father of theas country, the mother of the country, Martha Washington on my immediate right. [applause] to her left is the one and only, from ohio i might add, William Mckinley. Im going to leave it to our guest speaker bill allman, curator of the white house for so many years, to tell us why William Mckinley is in the east room. But he is in the east room a
Controlling this area meant access to charleston, South Carolina, an important confederate port city. This was part of the emerging civil war blog symposium. Its 50 minutes. Its my honor to present our next speaker who currently serves as a primary and secondary educator with the Public School district in northeast ohio. Previously dan was the Education Programs coordinator for the Gettysburg Foundation and also continues to serve as a seasonal park ranger at Gettysburg National military park. Dan received his bachelor of arts from Youngstown State University where he studied instrumental music education, particularly in the french horn, which i understand is pretty much means learning how to play on the upbeat for anything that souza has composed. Dan provides a valuable service here for emergence civil war, something you receive every month. He solicits all the news and notes for the merging civil war newsletter. And its certainly a tasking, thankless job. For as much as we love to w
That professor aaron mason recently informed me that he will not be here and making a presentation, and, therefore, you should expect to hear three presentations instead of four. I trust that this may make sure that we have enough time for audience questions and participation at the end, which is a minor benefit from not getting to hear professor masons presentation. So well still try to use our 90 minutes effectively. All of the presenters have had to cut their presentations in order to fit our session. All of the presentations represent work in progress, which is exciting. Our speakers will present in the order in which they appear on your program, beginning with Michael Gunther. Professor Michael Gunther hails from historic lake george, new york. He earned his ph. D. In history in 2010. He is current professor of history at georgia gwinnett college, a fouryear institution in the suburbs of atlanta. Dr. Gunther recently published a journal article on the bordering of quebec in the 17
Commute really the commute has not started much at all. A good time to get on the road there. Highway 24 in lafayette getting busier but no specific problems that will delay you. The bay bridge is just starting to get slow. I believe the metering lights just turned on. That will add a little time to get onto the span. Give yourself an extra ten minutes if you have to get through this. One you get onto the span things clear up into the city. Happening today striking east bay teachers in the new raven Unified School District will be back on the picket lines. What do we expect to happen today . Reporter there was progress over the at one point yesterday both sides felt hopeful, but by the end of the day they could not write a deal. A marathon bargaining session broke down last night when the Teachers Association met with management for a total of 30 hours over the Holiday Weekend to negotiate about 12 hours yesterday. Both sides made some adjustments. The Teachers Association initially wa