Announcer this is Washington Week. Funding is provided by for 25 years Consumer Cellular has been offering no contract wireless plans designed to help people do more of whaty like. Our u. S. Based Customer Service team can help find a plan that fits you. To learn more, visit consumercellular. Tv. Announcer additional funding is provided by the estate of arnold adams and koo and Patricia Yuen through then yue foundation, committed to bridging cultural diffeurnces inommunities, the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Once again, from washington, moderator robert costa. Robert good evening. And welcome to week. We hope you enjoyed thanksgiving. We also know it wasnt easy. The coronavirus pandemic remains a burden and a threat. Families cant gather. Millions are isolated and truggling. Haveied. So our question tonight, for this special reporis whats next . Joining us to provide answers and insights are three of the
Francisco is using the california app. San francisco has a team of 200 contact tracers tracking the coronavirus progress. Weve been proud to say at host times we reach 80 of those who test positive. Were working hard to keep that going, were seeing it slip. Were in a surge. Now the city is using the california connected system. Using phones to help in the tracking efforts. Today San Francisco is rolling out a tool that other counties are using. Rather than replacing the team of contact tracers they will stretch their reach. How to quarantine properly and who that patient may have come in contact with recently. This is porsche. Were asking important. Were asking people to share the nams and mobile number of the close contacts. This allows us to reach out to those people and support them. Just as with the center tracers this will be confident. The aim is making sure they get the information about who may have been exposed. This is someone that people need to opt in to . When you get your
You this question, should the Trump Campaign continue with its election lawsuits . The lines to use, if you are a supporter of joe biden at 2027488000. President Trump Supporters 2027488001. Independence and others for independents, the number 2027488002. You can always text us at 2027488003, and were always at cspanwj,itter and on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. The reporting this morning of the washington times, their headline, this thousands flock to rallies in d. C. Thousands of supporters for President Trump filled Freedom Plaza in washington, d. C. On saturday as several rallies took place speaking out against what they see as a widespread voting fraud throwing the election to presumptive president elect joe biden. That is from the washington times. Also from the Washington Post this morning, they are reporting on the rally and things that happened after the rally. The headline after thousands of Trump Supporters rally in d. C. , violence iraqs when night falls violence erupts w
Or so people who practice Public Health. All of dealing with covid today. The country is obviously in the midst of a ramping up pandemic across the country. The numbers are getting bigger, the daily case count numbers are getting bigger, 184,000 on friday. Affirming i think with many of you, many professionals including yourself have predicted back in the summer. What do you see as the path ahead, do you see these numbers going up . What is the biggest thing we have to tackle here . Know that viruses always get worse in the fall. Traditional, highly predictable readings. We did not know what would happen for sure, but we knew it would get worse. The word is contained. It is wellestablished. Is wearing a mask, good hygiene by keeping your hands clean. Keeping yourself physically distant from one another. And of course, when we get a vaccine that is safe and effective, we can add that. Areright now, what we have those principles that we have to practice. Each and every one of them. Host
Cut the spread. Ireland has become the 1st european country to go into a 2nd log down during the 2nd wave of the coronavirus central dublin has was deserted look at this during the morning rush hour today nonessential businesses have been forced to close with bars and Restaurants Limited to take away service and everyone has been told to stay within a 5 kilometer radius of their homes ireland has recorded nearly 10000 new cases in the past 2 weeks and the government says it has imposed these measures to save the Public Health system. Lets get you more on these measures im joined now by governor riley he is a Political Correspondent at virgin media news ireland a very good day to you again evan ive won im guessing the people of ireland are not happy about the 2nd lockdown. No i dont think anyone would ever very enthusiastically embrace a 2nd lockdown but i think there is a widespread recognition that something had to change because arnold has already gone through a lot of the other prec