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Journal. If you missed any of our live coverage, watch any time on demand at cspan. Org coronavirus. Washington journal primetime. For the next hour, a special evening addition of cspans washington journal. Your questions and comments about the coronavirus epidemic start now. Host the u. S. Death toll as a result of coronavirus continues to increase at a rate of 2000 per day. Tonight, it is approaching 86,000 with nearly a million and a half cases in all 50 states and the district of columbia. For this thursday, may 14, a primetime addition of washington journal. We turn our attention to arkansas appeared Governor Asa Hutchinson will be joining us live from little rock. Later, the chinese response to this pandemic. Well talk to the beijing bureau chief for the Washington Post and the senator from West Virginia. ....
There could be patchy fog in the north bay valleys and along the coast. Mid to low 60s this afternoon through this evening at the coast. Then weve got mid to upper 70s bay and inland at noon. 79 to 88. A little warmer this afternoon. 72 to 81 with dry air as we head through the evening hours. Here is frances. A live shot of the bay bridge toll plaza. You can see traffic is super light right now. No metering lights. There was even a hitandrun at the tolls, no delays at all still. There are a few problem spots out there, one in concord, although the countercommute direction. A big rig crash northbound 242 blocking the grant street offramp. You can see traffic flowing very well through the area. Clayton is an alternate for you. Also, as we head farther south, theres an injury crash southbound 85 at blossom hill. I put in a little speed sensor there. Traffic moving at 76 Miles Per Hour past the accident. New this morning, a person has ....
Health plans though there were some exceptions to this general cost shift onto workers, whether it was through valuebased insurance design, Wellness Programs or telemedicine. Lots of changes going on with the benefits being offered to workers. The next set of slides, some of this was already covered but the next set of slides just goes through the timeline of all the Different Things that affect employmentbased coverage. You have the slides. Im not going to go through them individually, but you saw 2010 was a big year for provisions affecting employmentbased coverage. 2014 was a big year for provisions affecting employmentbased coverage, and even to 2018 you have the excise tax on Health Care Plans on horizon also known as cal tax, which well talk about in a few minutes, and a few provisions that didnt have effec ....
And if they really protect you. Plus to the rescue. One of the remarkable efforts to save the earths most endangered species. Theres no mistake tonight that iraq is in the throes of a civil war. The violence brutal and bar ba barbaric, the world is watching. The white house is watching and tonight, president obama is taking steps to safeguard americans at the u. S. Embassy in baghdad. Ordering 750 troops back ting baghdad. And talking with a foe, iran, on how to deal with this quickly unfolding crisis. Mike viqueria reports. The crisis has come to this secretary of state john kerry says the country is willing to work with iran to turn back rebel gains in iraq. I think we are open to any constructive process here that could minimize the violence, hold iraq together, the integrity of the country, and eliminate the presence of outside terrorist forces, that are ripping it apart. For now, that does not include military cooperation with iran. This as the pentagon sends more war ships to the ....