Watch live at 7 00 eastern on cspan, online at cspan. Org, or listen on the free cspan radio app. Join us from his home in washington dc is political reporter dan balz. Good sunday morning. Thank you for being with us. Only october 4. What a year it has been it. Guest its been an unbelievable year. Nobody could have written the script for this year. As though not every week but every other day something dramatic happens that shakes the country. Weve had unrelenting bad news for most of the year. Pandemic, terrible economic collapse, a recovery that is uneven where the people were stuff are having it the worst at this point. Ande had racial protests violence in the streets. Violence from both sides in the street. We had the death of john lewis, ruth bader ginsburg, now we learned just a couple of days ago that the president of the United States has tested positive for the coronavirus. Get aoes the country ever break from any of this . We are 29 days from the election. Its an unbelievabl
Ahead on washington journal, your thoughts and reaction to the events of the last few days as President Trump continues his treatment for covid19. We are dividing our phone lines regionally. 202 7488000 if you live in the eastern or central time zones. Those of you out west, 202 7488001. Send us a text message at 202 7488003. You can join us on social media, on twitter, and on facebook. Good sunday morning. Thanks for being with us. A lot to get to in the next couple of hours, including this headline from the New York Times, confusion and concern as the president ails. This headline, trump saying he is doing much better. He is not out of danger. That is from white house chief of staff mark meadows, contrasting a rosy picture painted by the president s dr. On television. Saturday evening, the president said he was starting to feel good. The video meant to reassure the nation posted on his website at realdonaldtrump. Com. [video clip] i want to begin by thanking all the incredible medica
Masked men Authorities Say he was detained on wednesday morning this follows the similar disappearance of protest leader Mario Kolesnikov 2 days ago witnesses have now provided more details on her detention. And the culprit scars are healing but many children in beirut or at risk of long term problems if there are trauma from last months explosion goes on treat. Hello im terry march and get heavy with this fire has swept through greeces largest migrant camp on the island of les pauls thousands of refugees morea have been evacuated from the overcrowded facility there are no immediate reports of casualties local media reports suggest the fires may have been started deliberately to protest lockdown measures and. Posed on the camp earlier this week. Was. More on fire after several shots went off in flames almost the entire camp began to burn in the early hours of the morning flames were found by 70 kilometer per hour winds. Thousands of migrants were evacuated once more in their lives they
Now to the race for a vaccine for covid19. It comes amid new guidance about sending kids back to school. Earlier i spoke with dr. Imran ali. Thank you for joining us this morning. New jersey will now require kids to wear a mask in School Buildings even while social distancing. I want to know, what are your thoughts on that . Well, a lot of schools want to open, a lot of parents want their kids to get back to school. And some places are definitely hot spots. For example, mississippi. 1 out of every 5 covid tests are positive, and icu beds are filling up. Governor tate tomorrow is going to talk about schools reopening, and i think masks are going to be a big factor. We know cdc guidelines are people, kids over the age of 2, 2 and above, should wear a mask. And the mask should be wellfitting. I recommend parents not to get the ones that go around the ears because then kids fuss around with them. Theyre either too tight or too loose. Get a nice, colorful, comfortable mask, but it is now im
A place with their health is endangered. Mosques will soon become compulsory for shoppers in the u. K. As coronavirus cases top that 100000000 wild wired countries are not to give up the fight. And the money and man accused of torturing women and destroying ancient monuments is set to appear at the International Criminal court. China is accusing the United States of trying to stir up trouble in the South China Sea thats after secretary of state mike pompei is said beijings claims to the region are completely norful the Chinese Government called the comments unjustified and a distortion of the facts the region is rich in oil gas and fission resources and chinas been Building Military bases on several reefs but 5 Southeast Asian nations also claim parts of the sea where china claims about 90 percent of the South China Sea including ownership of the Spratly Islands which is disputed by the philippines vietnam and the Scarborough Reef is claimed by china in the philippines and that disagre