Every year book tv asked member of congress about the books they are reading. Joining us now book tv is tom cole, republican from oklahoma. Congressman paul, we have asked you this question before. Youve always had a large reading lists. What is under current reading list. Tom i have just finished the splendid in the file by erik larson. Its a wonderful account of churchill and his family. Literally during the worst years of the war. When after the Prime Minister of 1940, really the date of the low countries and france. And then basically, what was like to standalone against nancy germany. Until june of 41, the russians are in a war and obviously, by december 41, the United States entered the war. Its an excellent book. It is a wonderful read about a guy that i consider the greatest person in the century. In the supreme ordeal of the career. And then i also been reading, i just picked up the great historian by the name of jean edward smith. Its a great biographer never read his biograp
Education and the jobs. Thank you all very much. I hope you have a nice weekend. March 13th live to the effect the coronavirus is having on Nursing Homes. Live coverage here on cspan3. We join it in progress. Said, under no circumstances should a hospital discharge a patient to a nursing home that is not prepared to take care of those patients needs pap clear directive. Unfortunately on march 24th Governor Cuomos Health Department issued this directive in contradiction to the cms dai take covid19 patients. New jersey essentially copied the same directive from norcal order with similar deadly results. Two weeks earlier Governor Desantis in florida prohibited transfers kv s covid19 patient were positive to Nursing Homes. Very different orders resulting in very different results. And pennsylvania, continued to accept new admissions and readmissions including patients covid19 positive. While defending this decision even Pennsylvanias Health secretary moved her mother out of a nursing home.
This is just over two hours. Let me begin by thanking our panelists and members of at todays briefing. 40,000, the latest estimate of how Many Americans in Nursing Homes and other longterm care facilities have lost their lives as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The men and women who died at these Nursing Homes were parents and grandparents, who sacrificed to provide for their families. Some were veterans who fought to protect our country. Many were essential workers who kept showing up to care for the elderly and the sick, even when it meant risking their own lives as our nation faced more deaths from coronavirus than any other country. Lets be clear. These 40,000 americans deserve better. Their deaths in our nation to protect our people. There were warnings. In february the coronavirus attacked the Life Care Center in kirkland, washington. Three quarters of the residents at that facility became infected, along with dozens of staff. 37 people died. Four months later nursing home
Announce the launch of the app called my shake during an event in oakland tomorrow. Good evening, im julie hane nor. And im frank somerville. Amber is in oakland. Reporter frank, the governor and others will gather here tomorrow morning the bay bridge as the back drop. They say the first of this kind Warning System could present vent peep from getting hurt. The earthquake from 1989 is an event few people in the bay area will forget, en now, 30 years later. I lived in San Francisco and it wouldve been helpful to know how to check in with other people. Reporter if you feel a quake reporter the nations first statewide quake Warning System will be officially launched by Governor Newsom and others on thursday. Itll be the same system that issues amber alerts and an app called my shake. Download the my shake app to get a warning when the earthquake shaking is headed your way. Reporter if a quake is at least a magnitude 47. 5, people in the area will get a warning. Drop, cover and hold on. Re
Hardworking. Reporter the Three Friends were killed halloween night when the vehicle plunged off skyline boulevard near baer golf road. I have video of the vehicles, and there is one that matches the description. Reporter selva skyline resident, eric carson, shot this video of a sideshow that occurred at the clouds rest vista. , halloween night, 8 miles south of where the crash occurred. He says at one point, several cars sped off to the north at a high rate of speed. I had a really bad feeling with that, i dont usually see them take off in a big group like that. I even tried to find out where they had gone. And then sadly the next morning i learned that somebody had gone off the road. Reporter carson and his never say they have filed numerous complaints about the ongoing sideshows here. They say the sideshows often include drinking, dragracing, burnouts and cars spinning donuts. The pavement is covered with a tire marks for hundreds of feet. Chp says it is looking into these reports.