Starr hopkins. Followed by commentator Armstrong Williams. And john dicken talked about infections in Nursing Homes. Washington journal is next. Join the discussion. Host one week ago today, africanamerican george floyd died at the hands of the Minneapolis Police. Protests, civil unrest, and violence and reaction to that expanded to some 75 u. S. Cities, building to a crescendo over the weekend. Good morning, and welcome to washington journal for this monday, june 1, 2020. Well start the hour asking you this hour about the president s leadership in response to the unrest, the president largely communicating, commenting on the issue saturday, some at nasa, and largely leaving his response to twitter. What are your thoughts . Republicans, use 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. And independents, all others, 2027488002. You can also send us a text, that line is 2027488003. And make sure that you leave us your name, tell us where youre texting from. cspanwj. , were, your comments welcome on
Concerns about Infection Prevention and control in Nursing Homes. Both as part of the g. A. O. s broader overseist federal response to the covid pandemic, as well as a request from the ranking minority member of senator widen of the finance committee in the senate. G. A. O. Conducted a review of looking at what the issues were in Nursing Homes in terms of finding deficiencies and Infection Prevention and control prior to the pandemic, what the history has been in terms of whats been reported to h. H. S. Host and heres some of the topline data out of that report from the g. A. O. Over 13,000 homes from 2013 to 2017 were cited with Infection Prevention issues in one or more years. 6,300 over 6,300 homes had multiple consecutive years of citations for deficiencies, and the g. A. O. Report says nearly all deficiencies were classified by state surveyers as not severe. Medicaid and medicare Enforcement Actions against Nursing Homes were only taken for 1 of these deficiencies. Tell us about w
They are not statements. These are crimes that her innocent american citizens. The First Amendment guarantees the right of the people to peaceably assemble. What we saw last night in washington and across the country was not that. To that end, President Trump is demanding action to protect american citizens, to protect american businesses. Nationalcan guard are deployed in 24 states, but according to general millie only two states have deployed more than 1000. For the lawlessness we are seeing, far more needs to be done. Governors across the country must act, deploy the National Guard as is fit, and protect communities. As trump has said repeatedly, it is very important we have Peaceful Protesters and support the rights of Peaceful Protesters, but we cannot allow a situation like what happened in minneapolis to descend further into lawlessness and chaos. With that, i will take questions. Reporter the country is in crisis. There is a Global Pandemic that has claimed more than 100,000 li
White house. Protestors shoot off fireworks. News that President Trump was moved to an underground bunker by secret service on friday. The president calling for overwhelming force to stop the protests. And new video this morning of what appears to show the moments before george floyd was pinned to the ground and died. An officer leaning into the police car, scuffling with floyd. Exofficer Derek Chauvin now behind bars on suicide watch. But will the other officers face charges . George floyds brother joins us live this morning as the family calls for more serious charges. An alert this morning about the danger of protests in the middle of a pandemic. New fears that covid19 could spread in those crowds among demonstrators as the number of cases tops 6 million worldwide. And signs of hope and humanity. Police standing side by side with protestors. We are with you. We are not against you. Officers in florida taking a knee. In louisville, a human chain protecting an officer separated from h
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