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Discusses the 25th amendment and continuity of government plans. We also take your calls. You can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Host good morning. It is monday, october 5. This is a live shot to walter reed in bethesda, maryland, where President Trump is receiving treatment for covid19. While his medical team indicated he could be released to the white house as early as today, mixed messaging over the weekend from his staff and attending physician, and new information yesterday about his treatment regime. So this morning, we will take your calls about your level of confidence in the information the American Public has received since the president tested positive for the coronavirus. Do you trust what we are being told about his health . If you do, 2027488000 is the number. If you do not, 2027488001. F you are unsure, 2027488002 you can send us a text, 3. 2748800 include your name and where you are from. Or catch up with us on facebook or twi
Listen live on the cspan radio viewnd visit cspan. Org to a playlist of Amy Coney Barretts legal views. Host a discussion on the continuity of government. Our guest is a lot professor at Michigan State. You wrote in the Washington Post friday morning that the law is clear about handling president ial illness, but it can get murky fast. Start with what is clear. Amendmentl, the 25th gives us clear procedures for transferring power to the president from the to the Vice President when he is unable to dispense duties or he is unconscious. The Vice President and the majority of the cabinet can make that transfer of power. Things get murky if the president challenges the declaration and get really problematic if the president and Vice President are both incapacitated because then we have a lot of gaps in our law. Host as you have watched this unfold since friday what concerns you the most right now . Well, i think, again, there is a murky area where the president might think that he is able
Gives us very clear procedures for transferring power from the president to the Vice President , when the president declares himself unable to discharge his unconscious,he is unable to declare himself unable , then the Vice President and the majority of the cabinet can make that declaration and transfer power. Things get murkier if the president contests the declaration by the vice thingsnt and cabinet and get really problematic if the president and the Vice President are both incapacitated. Because they are, we have a lot of gaps in our law. Host as you have watched this unfold since friday, what concerns you the most right now . Think, again, there is a murky area where the president might think that he is able and he is not. It is hard to know. We dont know exactly how the president is doing and what the side effects of his medication might be. He could be fine. The problem is that the president can be in pretty bad shape and still not incapacitated enough that the 25th amendment wo
Into a frenzy. We want to show confidence. We want to show strength. We want to show strength as a nation and that is what i have done. And we have done very well. Mark the president also told woodward the virus is more deadly than the flu. In february and march, mr. Trump said publicly that the u. S. Had the virus under control. He repeatedly compared it to the flu and said it could they do way. Meantime, democratic president ial nominee joe biden says the president is responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of americans from coronavirus. Campaigning in michigan, mr. Biden said the president failed to do his job on purpose. It is another sign of life returning to normal in new york city, Governor Andrew Cuomo says restaurants in manhattan can reopen for Indoor Dining september 30, capacity limited to 25 . Governor cuomo says the city will dispatch hundreds of inspectors to make sure guidelines are followed. He is calling on citizens to speak up about violations. Hurricane mari