You cant get through. The regular Customer Service line 8 00 to noon, forget it. Reporter Michael Hurley has been waiting since june. No faith in the system, none at all. Reporter the e. D. D. Blocked benefits saying they needed to prove they are who they say they are, like thousands of others they mailed in paper documents verifying their identity and then heard nothing back. I think im now in another reporter kim was told to wait eight weeks. I was upset. Because how would it be eight weeks to find my identity . I sent why eight weeks . Reporter the e. D. D. Required thousands of workers to verify their identities as it tries to weed out rampant fraud. But the Governors Task force found scammers still got paid while honest workers were blocked from benefits. During a twoweek reset, the e. D. D. Will install new technology that automatically verifies an k57pplicaapplicant identity and speed up new claims even as it doesnt address the old ones. Good afternoon, governor. Are you confide
Inland. It already has. The hit series daniel tiger will soon be teaching toddlers and preschoolers about the covid19 pandemic. They kick off with a special on the coronavirus outbreak on august 17. During the special, daniel learns that the neighborhood carnival has been canceled and he has to cope with missing the people he loves and how to keep himself and others healthy. As we go to mike, good morning. We do not watch daniel tiger in our house anymore. I do remember them being riveted by that show so it will probably be pretty good for those kids. I watched the original daniel tiger, the puppet mr. Rogers had. That does not surprise me at all because i know that mr. Rogers had a beautiful way of addressing really heavy issues in a perfect, child appropriate way. Many of us grew up with mr. Rogers addressing racial equality, and civil rights. In and then a that families can understand and digest. It was an important thing to plant. That led to many important conversations. Covid19 i
[ laughter ] and from what i know of waffle houses, if theyre closed, run [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause a former Trump Campaign aide has announced shes dropping her lawsuit accusing President Trump of kissing her without her consent. Shes also asked that we stop referring to her as a Campaign Aide [ laughter and applause iowa representative steve king yesterday defended the conditions inside Migrant Detention Centers and said he is not worried about reports that people have resorted to drinking from toilets because he himself drank the toilet water and said it was quote, actually pretty good. [ laughter ] added king, definitely top five toilets ive ever drank from. [ laughter and applause today, today was national be late for something day in case any white people want to tell their friends about lizzo [ laughter ] thats as good as i thought i want to clarify. [ applause ] i didnt think that joke would go better than that. [ laughter ] but its still an excellent joke [ laughter ]
Reporters on the Coronavirus Response in his state. He presented an update on cases and announced two new debts on from the outbreak. From bratton bruce, this is 40 minutes. Gov. Edwards i thank you all for coming out this afternoon. I appreciate those of you who are here and those of you who are watching online. I am joined by secretary walters from the department of family also buyren services and following my remarks, they will deliver some prepared remarks as well. I am also joined today by dr. Here to answerbe questions if that becomes necessary. I justi came out, learned about to know deaths that we have had in louisiana because of the coronavirus. The total death count is now 10 in the state of louisiana. One of those, most recent, is the 44yearold Orleans Parish with underlying medical conditions, and the other was a lamba house resident. These individuals are in the most at risk category of our citizens because of age and Underlying Health conditions. The fifth total case hous
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