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Taking anywhere up to eight days. Hospitals pushed to the brink again. That breaking point is close. Its very close. Schools and teachers caught in the middle. Im a teacher and i dont want to die. This morning, a bipartisan look at this crisis with Governors Jared Polis and asa hutchinson. Representative Donna Shalala from hardhit florida. Plus, trouble for trump. The latest from our brandnew poll and our analysis from our powerhouse roundtable. Announcer from abc news, its this week. Here now, coanchor martha raddatz. Good morning, and welcome to this week. The Coronavirus Crisis is growing even more dire. Cases increasing in more than 35 states. Well dive into all of that. But we begin by honoring john lewis, whos died at the age of 80 after battling pancreatic cancer. This is the scene this morning at the jo ....
Of the podcast, democracy in color. Thanks, steve, for joining us. Thanks for having me on. And david daley, the upcoming book, unrigged. Thanks for joining us, david. Pleasure to be here. Hi, everybody. My names rebecca nagel, im a journalist and host of a podcast, this land, and im really, really excited to be digging into this conversation over next hour the next hour because i think it is more important now than ever. I think, you know, in this moment of a Global Pandemic, we are seeing the systemic failures of our government right now. You know, sort of all of the cracks in the system that were already existing are more apparent than ever, and i think a lot of us have our eyes on this upcoming election and if that election going to be a solution or make the problem worse. So, steve, ill direct the first question to you, you know, with a lot of democrats [audio difficulty] singular focus on beating donald trump in november, t ....
Welcome to the they on the bay area i am rebecca and i am joined by a columnist at the nation. Thank you for joining us. And why your vote doesnt count. And his book on rigged. Its a pleasure to be here. As a journalist and host of the podcast and im really excited to get into a conversation over the next hour because its more important now than ever in the middle of the Global Pandemic we have seen failure of our government right now that is more apparent than ever and with this upcoming election and if that will be a solution or to make the problem worse. So a lot of democrats have a singular focus there is a lot of debate and if they should convert trump voters converting over to the democratic side or increasing turnout. What is the best strategy . All of the Empirical Data shows to the Obama Coalition with overwhe ....
The minority leader. Mr. Schumer thank you. Madam president , over the past few months, both parties have worked together to provide historic levels of funding to help Small Businesses retain employees, meet payroll, and stay afloat during the covid19 pandemic. The Paycheck Protection Program, the main instrument to help Small Business, received 349 billion under the cares act and another 310 billion in supplemental legislation. The public has know how this money is being spent. Oversight, transparency, and accountability are crucial because from the moment the administration began implementing these funds, it became clear much of it wasnt going to those who needed it most. So today we are not taking any other action on the floor dealing with covid, so we thought we would take this opportunity to ask unani ....