System is as secure as its ever before. The Registration System as secure as its ever before. Four years ago the obama administration, a little later than this, said there is a big problem and were going to declare the election structure a structure of National Significance and were going 0 it play a different role than we ever played before. No anticipation this was going to happen. Not much discussion. Election officials all over the country immediately said, oh, no youre not. Youre not going to just decide in october of Election Year that youre going to take over the election system and declare it a national a system of National Significance, a system of critical significance to the future of the nation. Of course it is. But it didnt become that in october of 2016. But the message was clear that we needed to build those stronger ties with local and state election authorities. We needed to do everything we could as we saw the efforts by some foreign actors and some people in their ba
My colleagues the status of where we are in regards to the professions in the cares act that relate to Small Businesses. First i want to make it clear that our top priority for americas businesses, whether they be Small Businesses or large businesses, is to get this covid19 behind us, to stop the spread of this deadly disease, to give confidence back to the American People that its safe to pursue their economic desires and, therefore, to have businesses be able to go back to a situation where they have customers and they can be open for business. We have appropriated significant resources in order to make sure we do whats right financially to deal with this deadly disease. And we have provided the tools to to protect our economy. So let me talk a little bit about the attention to Small Business. Im pleased and proud to be the ranking democrat in the Small Business and entrepreneurship committee. I serve with senator rubio, who is the chairman of the committee. And we have worked togeth
Our lines are open. Host in the eastern or central time zone. In the mountain and pacific time zone, 202 7488001. Thank you for being with us. Numbers with the courtesy of Johns Hopkins university. More than 3. 1 million confirmed cases. Regions, the and death toll around the world in of 227,000. More than one million cases in the u. S. Joining us from boston is the president of of the anxiety and Depression Association of america and Program Director for the Community Psychology at Community Psychology at harvard medical center. Thank you for being with us. Guest thank you for having me. Host let me begin with information courtesy of the Kaiser Family foundation that puts this into perspective. Nearly 40 of americans have either lost a job or income as a result of covid19. 45 said the stress is affecting their Mental Health. One in five says it has a major negative impact. On the psyche of the average american, the mental healt of the average american, what does this mean . Guest we a
In biology with a minor in chemistry. In college he worked as a medical scribe for doctors in the emergency room in a small hospital in chattanooga and after decided he wanted to become an emergency room physician. He continued his education at loyola university, the school of medicine. Allow me a few seconds to praise this wonderful school. He was one of dozens of Daca Recipients, which was the First Medical School to admit daca students. They do not receive any special treatment in the Selection Process and they are not eligible for a penny in federal financial assistance. Many of them borrowed money from the state of illinois to complete their medical education in the hopes that once they are licensed they can come back and practice in our state which they promise to do. Heres what manuel says about what daca means to him. And i quote. Daca has opened up many doors for me. It allows me to serve people through emergency medicine. If daca ended, i would have to stop not only what i lo
We with the for you to follow events andxios follow on twitter axios. Our first guest, sophia dickens, started a Small Business. She will be joining us from orange county, california. She created eQ Entertainment. And the brand q wonder, a curriculum that helps people learn at home, which suddenly is in a lot more demand. Thank you for joining axios. Thank you for having me, mike. Mike how is california . I wish i was there. It is stunning, but it is outside the window, so not quite enjoying it like i used to. Mike sophia, you got the idea goteQ Entertainment, you this idea from a college class, which i think Small Businesses start with, just a germ of an idea. Tell us about it. I remember being blown away as a student at harvard by 40 ands of data, that social emotional learning, not academics, was at the core of success. There wasnt anything out there that made it fun and easy for parent teachers and kids, so i took that 40 years of data and translated it and built the q wonder show