john dicken? guest: yeah, appreciate the caller sharing their experience from working in a nursing home. the important point, some of the issues that are occurring are basic things that need to make sure that there are basic techniques, such as cleaning supplies, areas that are common to residents and staff, also highlights the important role of staff here that the staff themselves have often faced infections, and so both the protection and the prevention controls efforts are both to protect residents as well as the staff. host: some of it seems so solvable. the problem she points out are just sort of fundamental collegeness and hygiene issues. guest: yeah, and i certainly don't want to underestimate the challenge of the covid-19 pandemic. we realize this is this has really been devastating in many nursing homes. but it is a number of fairly basic steps that all of us have been doing now our everyday life of washing hands, of wearing protective masks. certainly in a nursing home setting, the need

we are about the let john dicken go, but any thoughts on that call? guest: it raises the issue of many families having loved ones where the families are not proximate, where they have to go a great distance to the nursing home. that is a concern. some nursing homes are closing. and why there has been a move also to other types of long-term care settings. people may not needed for nursing home, or may need different types of assistance. a new reportcken, just issued on infection control and prevention in nursing homes ac >> we are waiting for a briefing with the governor of california, gavin newsom. he's expected to talk about the protests in his state following the death of george floyd and california's response to the coronavirus pandemic. while we wait for the governor, we have the segment from this morning's "washington journal." 's leadership in this time of unrest and civil disturbance. (202) 748-8001 for republicans. (202) 748-8000 for democrats. (202) 748-8002 for independents. th

about the gao's new report on confection -- infection control problems in nursing homes, with john dickens. watch c-span's washington journal, live, at 7:00 eastern monday morning. join the discussion. governor polis of colorado, and asa hutchinson of arkansas testified before house subcommittee on how their states are responding to the coronavirus pandemic. watch live tuesday at 11:30 a.m. eastern on c-span. online at c-span.org, or listen live on the free c-span radio app. sunday morning, the spacex dragon crew arrived at the international space station. here's a look at the capsule docking with the iss. two crews greeting each other, and taking questions from officials at the kennedy space center.

gao's new report on confection -- infection control problems in nursing homes, with john dickens. watch c-span's washington journal, live, at 7:00 eastern monday morning. join the discussion. governor polis of colorado, and asa hutchinson of arkansas testified before house subcommittee on how their states are responding to the coronavirus pandemic. watch live tuesday at 11:30 a.m. eastern on c-span. online at c-span.org, or listen live on the free c-span radio app. sunday morning, the spacex dragon crew arrived at the international space station. here's a look at the capsule docking with the iss. two crews greeting each other, and taking questions from officials at the kennedy space center. >> well, we're just 60 meters away. we should get there in just over two minutes. meanwhile, teams in hawthorne and in houston doing their internal go and no fold. once it's go, we'll get the dragon autonomously fly in, doc with the international spay station. just about one minute and 45 seconds. at this point it will be 20 meters away at the international dock. number two attached, meeting ad

host: we are joined by john dickens here to talk about the gao report on infections and infection control in nursing homes across the states. what prompted the report? was it driven by the covid response? guest: the covid issues have highlighted infection prevention an

problemsction control in nursing homes with john dicken. watch "washington journal," live at seven: 00 this morning. join the discussion. ♪ susan: malcolm gladwell, book number six out this week, "talking to strangers." what is the premise of this book, your latest book? malcolm: the premise of this latest book is that we're not very good at talking to strangers. i was struck by how many of the kind of contemporary high-profile controversies that we find ourselves in come down to the same problem, that two people who didn't know each other very well attempt to communicate and fail or attempt to understand each other and fail. bernie madoff, people had conversations with bernie madoff and never understood who he was. the jerry sandusky case at penn state. brock turner sexual assault case at stanford a few years back, these are failed communications. and the one that really, the book starts and ends with, the signature case i'm concerned with is the sandra bland case, which is one of those high profile encounters between african americans and

problemsction control in nursing homes with john dicken. watch "washington journal," live at seven: 00 this morning. join the discussion. ♪ susan: malcolm gladwell, book number six out this week, "talking to strangers." what is the premise of this book, your latest book?

and john dicken talked about infections in nursing homes. "washington journal" is next. join the discussion. host: one week ago today, african-american 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. we'll 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 202-748-8001. democrats, 202-748-8000. and independents, all others, 202-748-8002. you can also send us a text, that line is 202-748-8003. and make sure that you leave us your name, tell us where you're texting from. @cspanwj., we're, your comments welcome on our facebook page as well. we'll start with a column in "the washington post," posted last night, printed this morning in "the was

john dicken, what prompted the report? was it driven by the covid response? guest: certainly the covid issues h