Be a comber affair, sometimes when youre sitting down her brother standing, makes a difference, itll be a little bit for their part 12 feet than the customary virus world which we live in 6 feet plexiglass and all of that. It could be interesting, Hillary Vaughn and Salt Lake City, where this goes down later tonight with the very latest. The Biden Campaign says senator Kamala Harris tested negative for covid yesterday, she is in the clear for the debate tonight, so is Vice President mike pence who the cdc cleared yesterday saint several negative test it is safer than bp to participate in tonights debate even though hes had a few close calls coming into contact with the virus after the president tested positive, white house advisor Stephen Miller did to who is married to mike pence spokesperson katie miller, both candidates will have masks during the debate but as you can see alive look inside the debate, there are two plexiglass partitions set up for the guest on the candidates Kamala
Changes the ministration would like to make to the 1973 law, we have to first time guest on washington journal to talk about it, Jonathan Wood have senior attorney. Good morning thank you for joining us and we also say hi to Jason Rylander at the defenders. Good morning to you as well. Remind us in the audience with the endangered species act is and how successful you think its been in the last 40 years. It is one of the worlds most successful wildlife conservations. It is been responsible for bringing back iconic species like the bald eagle, grizzly bear the manatee, humpback wha whale, her remarkable record of 1600 species on the list only 11 have been declared extinct since the listed track record we can be proud of. Host with that being said, do agree with the ministration its time for changes . How come . Guest the truth is, is partially successful, it is been good for preventing extension. 99 are actually understated because most of the species that are gone extinct will probably
The hearing will come to order. Good morning. Protecting american seniors from scammers who seek to defraud them is a central goal of this committee. In the past six years, we have hearings on frauds and scams we must find ways to combat those who steal billions from our seniors and block moving and robo calls. Callers generated more than 26 billion unwanted calls that reached mobile phones. When land lines are included, the number source to 48 billion. Alone, residents received 93 million robo calls last year. Of 73 callsverage to each person in our state. So far, scammers are on pace to generate more than 58 billion billion unwanted calls. Scammers are initiated by offshore robo callers using new theirlogies to perpetuate schemes. We will focus on a practice called spoofing. Scammers to mask their identity by replacing their caller id with one that fits their story. See the internal sheriffservice or department pop up, they understandably understand answer the phone. They are worried
This is a serious question we have to address. Panelists today that will talk about this specific issue. The question of what do we do for folks that need longterm care . What do we do about our seniors that want to live at home but they need a little bit of help making sure they are in a row . These are the things we are trying to talk about today when we talk about things like longterm care. The other point. When someone in your family get worryou shouldnt have to about will i get paid today . We need serious paid family medical leave that if your child gets sick, you can take some time off to make sure they are ok emotionally, physically, and mentally. You shouldnt have to lose your pay or your job to do these simple acts. Areof these things encompassed in what we like to call the caring economy. Guaranteeseconomy every Single Person in this country is respect no matter what. We dont talk about the folks that are getting those services. That arebout the folks providing those service
The trade war and tariffs are having on farmers across the u. S. You can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Host good morning. It is saturday, august 17. We read that nearly one quarter of the electorate this time around will be 65 or older and seniors vote at a much higher percentage than others. We ask seniors only to call in this morning. What are your top issues for campaign 2020 . If you live in the eastern or central time zones, call 202 7488000. West, 202 out 7488001. You can send a tweet c spanwj. Commentalso post a on facebook. Key to the 2020 democratic president ial nomination. As they talk about iowa, in 2020, 23 of the electorate will be 65 and older. That is the highest share since 1970. In iowa specifically, the numbers are more dramatic those 50 and older accounted for 58 of democratic caucusgoers in 2016. 28 were 65 and older. Clear thateeds to be 60 of caucusgoers are going to be over the age of 50 said brad anderson, who is a f