You will call 202 7488000. If you are in the mountain and pacific time zones you will call 202 7488001. You can always text us your. Pinion at 202 7488003 we are always reading on social media on twitter and facebook. Again, theres a lot to talk about with the development of a covid19 vaccine. The president himself, President Trump talked about possible relief during a press conference earlier this week. Heres what he said. [video clip] will end the pandemic under operation warp speed, we have pioneered Ground Breaking therapies, reducing fatality rates from 85 this april. The press does not like to talk about that. Sincetality rate, 85 april. The United States has experienced among the lowest mortality rates cates cases in it than any country. We are a leader in every way. Under my leadership we will produce a vaccine in record time. Biden and his very liberal running mate, the most liberal person in congress, is not a confident person in my opinion, would destroy this country and eco
Johns Hopkins University data shows california has about 1200 more cases now the new york. However, new yorks 72,000 deaths are by far the highest total in the country. And 9 times more than people who have died in california. Today theres a new covid testing site opened in alameda and you get the results in 15 minutes kron fours reyna harvey is live at the testing site with the details good morning lena. Good morning. Daryn other lot of things i can think of that you can do in 15 minutes and now you can get a coronavirus tests. Right behind me this line that you see this is for people who are arriving at the location who do not have an appointment and its not as are like let me correct myself this is the line of people who have an appointment so you can see the line is not that long right next to that line is the line for people who do not have an appointment and it is significantly longer now they just started doing the testing. A few minutes ago actually at 9 oclock that is when the
Statements, i want to acknowledge the loss over the weekend of congressman john lewis, a civil rights icon who changed history at great personal sacrifice. In 2015 i was honored to be among those who joined him in selma to commemorate the Fiftieth Anniversary of the blood sunday march which he led. I send my deepest condolences to his family and loved ones. Todays hearing comes at a time when our nation is experiencing the confluence of a health crisis, economic depression and a series of killing is that laid bare the Racial Injustice that still paints the country. Our focus is on covid19s disproportionate impact on black and latino seniors. As well as seniors from other racial and ethnic minority communities, black and latino residents are infected with a virus, nearly twice as likely to die from covid19. The state of maine has the worst Racial Disparity in covid19 cases in the country, also comprise less then 2 of maines population, they account for approximately 23 of all cases, lik
Today wherever books are sold. Today Vice President pence went to dallas where he met with Texas Governor greg abbott whose state is currently seeing an increase in coronavirus cases. They held a News Conference with members of the White House Coronavirus task force at the ut southwestern Medical Center. I want to welcome everybody , and i here today especially want to welcome the Vice President of the United States mike pence. Thank you for being here today. I went like to just start by peeling back the curtain and explaining the way that mike pence has been working with the governors across the United States. We have this week we phone call that will include the Vice President as well as dr. Birx but in addition to that, probably at least once a week i will have the opportunity to visit with the Vice President about challenges are issues that may be occurring in the state of texas. Calling him. Is me sometimes late at night or on the weekend talking about i need that we have or somet
That causes more deaths in our country because we have ignored science. We havent acted in an evidencebased way. In this p but say that election in november, science, science, science, and science are going to be on the ballot. That is what is at stake here. And its a matter of life and death. With that, im pleased to take any questions. Es, sir. Reporter last time we saw compromise last time we rought states in to compromise [inaudible] is this part of the inherent problem with bringing in d. C. , the challenge of the political balance so they proceed, d. C. Is automatically a Democratic State. Speaker pelosi that shouldnt be how we have enfranchisement in our country. Whats the nature of the vote. Actually, mr. Hoyer said here from the podium yesterday, not here, we were in a different room, but that at the time of that late 1950s, people thought that alaska would be a Democratic State and hawaii would be a republican state. And of course theyre not. Repud of course they are not. Whi