host: robert daly is joining us until 9:30 a.m. and hear are the numbers -- when it comes to political condemnation, the foreign ministry of china is sending out wheat -- a tweet. you are not surprised by this response? predictable,,is childish tit for tat with china taking american language and simply reversing it and china does this. they are issuing this on twitter which is banned in china. they are taking advantage of conditions of openness in the west that they don't allow within china. you can see weight just why they are feeding on this approach. ais has been mishandled at number of stages in the united states and we continue to learn that americans at the cdc were in close contact early on from who were and the transmitting information to the united states government. we know from a report yesterday that in early january and february, many of the presidents daily security briefings included warnings about the coronavirus. it's not the case that this came out of nowhere and nobody saw it coming. this is not to excuse china,

host: this is robert daly joining us. and) 748-8000 for eastern central time zones. (202) 748-8001 four mountain and pacific time zones. when it comes to political condemnation, the ministry of china sent out a tweet on its account saying this, growing doubts of the us government's handling of the covid-19. when did the first infection occur and are they hiding something? why are they out to blame others? the international community needs an answer from them. you are not surprised by this, i suppose? chinese -- childish tit for tat. to thena does this deaf irony that they are doing this via twitter, which is banned in china. they are taking and vantage -- they are taking advantage of openness in the west that they don't allow in china. you can see why they are seizing on this approach. the crisis has been mishandled at a number of stages in the united states and we continue to learn that americans at the cdc were in close contact early on americans atr and the who were transmitting information to the united states governm

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and then we will talk about china's role in the coronavirus pandemic with the wilson center is robert daly, a discussion of georgia reopening parts of its economy amid the coronavirus pandemic yard first with the 10th district republican congressman and later with george's second district, democratic congressman, sanford bishop. watch washington journal tuesday morning and be sure to watch washington journal on sunday at 9:00 a.m. eastern for a look back 50 years to the antiwar student protest at kent state which erupted into a deadly confrontation between students and the ohio national guard. join the discussion.