It, which they did quite swiftly, they said it was a terrible idea. And they were reluctant about women leaving the house. They grew up pretty much in an allmale environment during the war, but once they got that, they also encouraged not just tear lives, but especially their daughters to take their place in the world. And they never whited, and they never whimpered. Third on the Publishers Weekly bestsellers of 1998 is sugar bust withers by h. Layton stuart. Dan balz, chief correspondent at the Washington Post recounts the 2012 president ial elections on booktv. The other profiles nominees for its own perspective campaign for the republican primary to election day. This is just over an hour. [inaudible conversations] good evening. I am bradley graham, coowner along with my wife, Lissa Muscatine of politics prose. On behalf of the entire staff, i would like to welcome you here. Its with exquisite timing, we have to do have a Senior Member of the Washington Post with us. Dan balz though
Within. It is impossible to imagine the congress of the United States ignoring the first of these imperatives. An act of omission that would leave us open to foreign attack and invasion. Tragically, we cant say the same about attacks on the countrys domestic tranquility. What has the Congress Done to protect the country . Nothing. And heres the question. When will we refuse as citizens to settle for, accept, live with a congress that fails to act in the face of such a demonstrated vulnerability . If not now, after this, when . Next week . Next month . Next year . Next what . And if not us, who in this world is going to demand action to protect americans . Joining me now is u. S. Senator dick durbin of illinois. I want to read something from you which is very impressive, and its in the oped pages of the chicago tribune. Quote, what holds us back are political organizations that are wellfunded, wellorganized, and determined to resist even reasonable limitations. Theres a close political
Countrys domestic tranquility. And multipolicy. What has the Congress Done to so call me today. Youll be glad you did. Protect the country . Cannonbox nothing. [splash ] and heres the question. When will we refuse as citizens to settle for, accept, live with a congress that fails to act in the face of such a demonstrated vulnerability . If not now, after this, when . Next week . Next month . Next year . Next what . And if not us, who in this world is going to demand action to protect americans . Joining me now is u. S. Senator dick durbin of illinois. I want to read something from you which is very impressive, and its in the oped pages of the chicago tribune. Quote, what holds us back are political organizations that are wellfunded, wellorganized, and determined to resist even reasonable limitations. Were thrilled to report theres a close political right now some very good news from the middle east. Parallel between the gridlock in our nbc colleague, the Great Washington on dealing wit
We may have more still to endure. We have to open our country up. We have to get going. We have to open our country up. Using the great advances of science. What do i know . Im not a doctor. Im not a doctor, but i have common sense. And our instinctive compassion to heal. If it does help, great. If it doesnt help, we gave it a shot. What a contrast from leadership. There you have Queen Elizabeth talking about a common cause, and then you have donald trump, who had an unscheduled press conference yesterday evening. For what reason, few people really know. Because if you break down what the president said, and a lot of people have been analyzing it over the night pretty much nothing of news. Nothing new. Nothing noteworthy. The president attacked a governor in personal terms, for no reason at all, actually. Its the last thing you want to do at a time of crisis. He continued to push an unproven drug, whose efficacy on this pandemic is still unknown. He has his hack, Peter Navarro, running
Closes in on 15,000. The nations epicenter, new york state, also recorded its highest number of deaths in a single day, 779. At 151,000 confirmed cases, new york state alone now has more cases than any other country, except, of course, the United States. There is, however, a glimmer of hope. The number of hospitalizations in the state continues to decline. Governor andrew cuomo says it is a sign that the social distancing measures are working. We are flattening the curve by what we are doing. If we stop what we are doing, you will see that curve change. That curve is purely a function of what we do day in and day out. Its not a time to get complacent. Its not a time to do anything different than we have been doing. We know now, for sure, that the mitigation that we have been doing is having a positive effect. But you dont see it until weeks later. Remember, this past weekend, all of us got up in front of this podium and mentioned that this was going to be a really bad week. At the same