. >> this is an organization, sort of an association of the 50 state legislatures as again -- legislatures. we were founded in 1970's. we provide an opportunity for legislators and legislative staff to share best practices about policies they are looking at, policies they turn into law as well as best practices. 7, 33 legislators in the states as well as puerto rico, guam, the district of columbia. about 25,000 legislative staff we count as members. we provide them with information and opportunities to get together and share ideas. the federal government both the congress and the administration to go after public policy problems and challenges together. that is what we are doing now. this has been an opportunity to work across the various lines of federalism. the american system has local government, state government and the federal government. all with different roles, but much of their work crosses over. partnered in an extraordinary way with the federal government as well as local governments. do then opportunity to best that government can to do with the pandemic and the crisis. host:

the next governor persuades the legislature -- pushes through the legislature a statute that acts on this idea that says, cherokees, you guys stay as long as you want, but from now on we are going to divide your lines up and you're going to be parts tillur georgia counties june of next year -- you can keep your own boss until june of next year. he will be subject to the law of georgia and all of your laws will be null and void. but you are welcome to stay. unsurprisingly i'm a the cherokee nation says no. what made georgia confident he could get away with this now, after so many years, was the election the previous month of this guy, andrew jackson, to the white house. they thought, jackson will get sworn in and actually take some federal action to support us. of course, it turned out that they were correct. march 1829 jackson this morning. by the way, for this happens, alabama steps up and says, look what georges is doing -- georgia is doing. they impose their laws over the creek nation. as we will see, within a year this is to be is going to do the same thing. than just georgia by

as territorial legislatures.e were founded in the 1970's. we provide an opportunity for legislators and legislative staff to share best practices about policies they are looking at, policies they turn into law as well as best practices. 7, 33 legislators in the states as well as puerto rico, guam, the district of columbia. about 25,000 legislative staff we count as members. we provide them with information and opportunities to get together and share ideas. the federal government both the congress and the administration to go after public policy problems and challenges together. that is what we are doing now. this has been an opportunity to work across the various lines of federalism. the american system has local government, state government and the federal government. all with different roles, but much of their work crosses over. partnered in an extraordinary way with the federal government as well as local governments. do then opportunity to best that government can to do with the pandemic and the crisis. host:

in massive quantities sold by the georgia legislature to new englanders. this is the final sale, called the new england mississippi land company. and they were all scoundrels, but well respected scoundrels. and the georgia legislature, we learn, was almost to a man, bribed by these guys to agree to the terms of sale. the only legislator who wasn't bribed was absent. he was homesick. he showed up to get his check. so he wasn't bribed. but the rest of them were. charles hudson, by the way, has another wonderful book about the yazoo claims and the decision that came out of them. well, this legislature, having sold off much of george's patrimony, was ousted by the good voters of georgia in the succeeding election. new gang came in. first official act was to tear from the statute book the act that was to authorize the sale of much of george's western georgia's western domain. the capital was milledgeville at the time. and they took this sheet of paper to the main square and they dragged out of retirement this old revolutionary war veteran and had him put on his

well as territorial legislatures. we were founded in the 1970's. we provide an opportunity for legislators and legislative staff to share best practices about policies they are looking at, policies they turn into law as well as best practices. there are 7 33 legislators in the states as well as puerto rico guam, the district of columbia. >> we'll take you live to baton rouge on the coronavirus outbreak. >> we take a look at and take photographs and video inside the convention center. there's ongoing construction now. we

those people within the legislature, for instance, would vote for electors who were pledged. they were the ticket. they were the ticket for clay. or they were the ticket for adams. same thing in the popular vote. jeanne: if i can interject. in the book, one of the illustrations is one of the tickets. what they would do is they would distribute these, whether they were popularly elected or if it was for the legislature choosing, they would distribute these tickets so that the voters, if it was popularly elected, would know which man were pledged to a certain candidate. now, they didn't have to vote the way they were pledged and they still don't. but that would be a recipe for a ruined career, if you pledged you were going to vote for jackson in the electoral college and then you voted for adams, then the voters who voted for you would want to exact some revenge on you, whether it was political or business or whatever. so generally speaking, electors have always voted, most of the time, for those people they were pledged to. david: there are defections. it's not unheard of, ver

this will propose a bicameral legislature. madison here is not inventing something out of thin air. most of the states already had bicameral legislature's, so this is something he's looked around the political landscape and said, this is a great idea, we should apply this at a national level. but this is the first time it is proposed. so, he's going to request that these two houses are based on population of the states, and also suggest a judiciary and executive branch as well. most importantly, this system is going to be amendable, by not the full 13 states involved. while this sounds a great idea to many of the states, particularly the large ones, a lot of the smaller states are going to consider this as a major threat to their sovereignty. so the smaller states actually were not opposed to how things were working in the articles of confederation, with everyone having equal footing, everyone having equal vote. so the proposition of a population-based legislature is really pretty terrifying to the smaller states. so june 15, a couple weeks later, william patterson of new jersey wil

the virginia legislature obviously rejected that gradual emancipation plan and no southern state ever again considered emancipation before the civil war. there is a dramatic shift that happens in the south between the 1820s and the 1830s. and essentially what happens is that instead of thinking about the future of slavery, leading white southerners instead came to the conclusion that without slavery they had no future. the reason there's a rapid about face is an urban and localized abolitionism movement in the north. be a ol i abolitionism doesn't have as many as followers but abolitionism is most significant reform movement from this era. it has the biggist isgest impa american history, with the same impulses that underlay other reform groups. many were evangelical christians, they believed slavery was sinful, they believed it was an unjust restraint that prevented african-americans from reaching their full potential as human beings, and by doing that, by keeping them from living up to that potential, the united states perpetuated a social evil, and it was one that did not only hurt

[laughter] and they were very effective the legislature dropped the plan altogether. and one more texas story because this is very powerful. there is an organization called pastors for texas childre children, baptist ministers who believe strongly in the separation of church and state and this organization led by baptist ministers advocated session after session against vouchers. the most powerful people in texas, the most right wing governor and lieutenant governor want vouchers passionately but they could create a coalition between urban democrats and rural republicans who understand the public school is a heart of their community. that coalition for three consecutive sessions has blocked vouchers. the other thing is they have formed a chapter in oklahoma call pastors for oklahoma children and reached out to create similar groups in other states and the goal above all is to stop vouchers because they believe in the separation of church and state. no billionaire money just people who have passionate belief that public education is the foundational stone of democracy

republican side, state legislatures, congress. elizabeth warren, i always thought she would be a ferocious president. i thought this performance with mike bloomberg, i thought trump would come out, use big scary i'm an orange bear sort of guy, she would look at him and would be the smaller person, the woman, blonde, short hair, would lean forward and punch him in the kidney. double over in pain. she's a tough competitive. she's a great political athlete. she proved that with her focus. one of the great stories of the 2020 campaign will be what worked there and what didn't. i still feel like there's a bit of mystery around it or at least for me, there's a bit of mystery, i don't fully understand the elizabeth warren story.

and the question is then why did he show up on monday, just a few days go, to the georgia state legislature for a special session? in fact, one of his colleagues, a house representative scott turner angrily vented on facebook and this is what he said last night. i'm shaking with rage. we were told if we had symptoms to refrain from going to the capitol monday. i have an elderly hospice patient at home. he irresponsibly stayed all day at the capitol monday after being tested on saturday and exposed all of us. cnn has also reached out to the governor of georgia, brian kemp, to find out whether or not he is self-quarantining as well. john, alisyn, back to you. >> thank you very much for that breaking news. we're having a lot of developing stories throughout the program. there are more than 42 million

legislature yesterday. my dear friend isaac robinson, who was a phenomenal human being and i think people are starting to understand the seriousness of this, but we are just imploring everyone to pitch in, do your part, stay home. if you have masks, donate them. if you're a company that can make them, please do, and that's why the federal partnership is so incredibly important and that's why i've been spending so much energy trying to get more help here in michigan. >> you talked about ppe, personal protective equipment. i understand fema provided 112,000 n-95 masks, the serious hard shell masks. how far will that get you? >> well, we were worried on friday about getting through the weekend and so that shipment coming in saturday morning was a big help. it is, you know, a fraction of what we're ultimately going to end up needing, got us through the weekend but we are working incredibly hard trying to build partnerships, trying to build a consortium with other states, anything we do to pull more supplies in

people ask me about calling a special session of the legislature. i have been talking to leaders way, whoarties, by the have all been very helpful in this. i am appreciative of the bipartisan leadership going on in our state legislature. [indiscernible] the point is, when we need to call a special session, we have no fear calling a special session, to make sure the job gets done. >> [indiscernible] governor, i had a couple of questions. we have a lot of questions and confusion over construction and -- when it comes to housing projects. you give us more detail on those type of projects that is,ify, and the second building up the other question about the federal stimulus when the people in washington state see the immediate impact? most important is the distribution of funds to families. the unemployment insurance is maybe one of the most important we nickels, that would expand unemployment insurance or more people know they have hours, it would expand some gig workers. and it will increase the amount, i believe the amount is six hundred dollars that

the virginia legislature obviously rejected that gradual emancipation plan and no southern state ever again considered emancipation before the civil war. there is a dramatic shift that happens in the south between the 18 20's and the 1830's. and essentially what happens is that instead of thinking about the future of slavery, leading white southerners instead came to the conclusion that without slavery, they had no future. and the reason this happens, why there's this sort of rapid about face is largely due to the emergence of an organized and vocal abolitionist movement in the north. now, abolition anymore as a reform movement, like the ones we talked about last time, abolitionism is the crew said to end slavery. and as a movement, it does not have nearly as many followers as some of the movements we talked about last week. not nearly as many as, for example. but abolitionism is the most significant reform movement from this era. it has the biggest impact on american history and underlying abolition anymore a -- are a lot of the same kinds of ideas and impulses that underlay some of

people ask me about calling a special session of the legislature. i have been talking to leaders of both parties, by the way, who have all been very helpful in this. i am very appreciative of the bipartisan leadership going on in our state legislature. i hope it is going to bear fruit. but the point is when we need to call a special session, we have no fear calling a special session and making sure whatever job is necessary gets done. >> [indiscernible] >> governor, i had a couple of questions. one, we have a lot of questions and confusion over construction and your mandates on construction. i know you issued some exemptions yesterday when it comes to housing and critical civic projects. thing is can you give us more detail on those type of projects that qualify for the exemption? in the second is building up the other question about the federal stimulus package, when the -- when will the people in washington state see the immediate impact? gov. inslee: to me, the most important is the distribution of funds to families. the unemployment insurance is

those are the things we got commitment from the legislature to act on. we would like to see that happen. it creates uncertainty and confusion. we get that. i think they have the ability to sort of provide some cushion on this. law is in effect and school district said to us things were sort of business as usual. district said to us, we need 10 days. they would say fine. i think the game plan here is hope that some time in the future the legislature can get us a bill without putting the district and the administration in a bad place with respect to something everybody aagrees that's important. especially for the districts that are required to file those district improvement plans. [indiscernible] >> this is source of constant conversation between lieutenant governor, local officials myself, the secretary, the folks at the command center. what's the right amount of effort and the right amount of guidance that's associated with some of these issues. what i would say to you, we believe, based on the conversations we have and what we see ourselves that most p

i work in the state legislature legislature here.i got my npr and facebook about how voters in redding are not focused on voting because they have other social issues, they do have housing or education or a lot of other things. if there's anything we can do now to build up ways to engage the voters and also more social justice structures to help them in the future and also if there's a way to inspire them also if the candidates can inspire them and also if you believe in term limits and you think that will inspire the as well because it will inspire them to have kindreds entrenched in the process and also that voting. >> inspiring people in the first part of the question. >> this one of the, i didn't meet the white house, did i? oh, you did. i was less notable. >> obama did these middle of the night meetings off the record, before the state of the union the speechwriters. i was at a 7:00 p.m. meeting, words that obama wanted to use of the state of the unit. >> the first was, he called the professors dogs. i remember something like wh

the legislature focuses on passing the bill. i focus on passing a bill that is the best and smartest bill you can pass and that you are not going to have to come back and redo the next year because you didn't think it through. the gig economy is a complicated issue, and i don't believe we are going to get the gig economy done in time for the budget. if they do come back and they do stay for weeks and we have time to talk it through, fine. but if you are asking me are we going to be ready by next tuesday? i don't think so. >> public health officials have said that it should not be encouraged, promoted, or advertised. we should be testing as much as possible. how do we square the two conflicting messages [buzzer] >> governor cuomo: well, you tested -- if the city doesn't have the capacity -- it's a capacity issue, right? if you have the capacity to te test, test. because flatten the curve. how do you fly on the curb? there's two ways. density control, keep people away from each other, and test. how to try to do it? how did south k

you are not watching the rework of the legislature. i think congress has to be much more self-conscious about the way that it structures its work, and that could be done. members are very dissatisfied. their quality of life is pretty low, and they could do something about it. they don't behave like he could but he could. younger members in particular in both parties now don't even know what they are not doing, right? they didn't see congress function. the last real bipartisan big bipartisan bills, i mean, i would say to happen in the early bush years, which is a long time ago now. congress hasn't really sort of felt itself functioning in quite a while. i use that as an example because that's an institution that makes its own rules i could change them, and if it understood the problem in these terms it would have some incentives to do that. part of the reason to write a book like this is to try to surface these problems in these terms because it's not how we can to see them. it points in the opposite direction from how we can to see the

[applause] >> for real. >> basically shamed the legislature in doing the right thing.eal change began to take place. that was six weeks after my son bo biden had just died. after a long, long illness. and my wife and my son and daughter and i, we stayed down another two days because we wanted to go back to the sunday service at mother emmanuel. after the funerals had already taken place and the memorial service had ended. because we needed to heal. we needed to be in a situation where, where we, the family, could find the kind of peace. god knows how they found it. folks, we went back to that church and with every day that's passed, every season that's passed, they have gotten up and we've been able to get up, because we learned, and i'm not proselytizing, i'm not trying to continue any particular faith, but it was faith that got us back up. i know you're not supposed to talk about this. [applause] but every day, every season that's passed, you know, what i learned, and a lot of you have been through as much or worse than i have been through in your family life, losing

in fact the legislature drop that plan altogether. one more texas door because this is very powerful. there is an organization in texas called pastors for texas children. they are baptist ministers who believe strongly in the separation of church and state. this organization, led by baptist minister who is become a very dear friend of mine, is advocated session after session against vouchers. the most powerful people in texas the most right wing powerful governor and lieutenant governor want vouchers passionately. but the pastors for texas children have been able to create a coalition between urban democrats in rural republicans who understand that public schools the heart of their community. and that coalition, for three consecutive sessions has blocked vouchers. now the other thing the pastors for texas children have done is they have formed a chapter in oklahoma called pastors for oklahoma children and they have reached out and created similar groups in other states. and their goal is to stop vouchers because they believe in the se

the legislature focuses on passing a bill. i focus on passing a bill that is the best and smartest bill you can pass and that you're not going to have to come back and redo the next year because you didn't think it through. the gig economy is a complicated issue. and i don't believe we're going to get the gig economy done in time for the budget. if they do come back and they do stay for weeks and we have time to talk it through, fine. but if you are asking me, are we going to be ready by next tuesday, i don't think so. reporter: health officials have said outpatients should not be promoted, it should not be encouraged, promoted or advertised. you're saying the opposite. we should be testing as much as possible. how do we scare the two if we're seeing -- square the two if we're seeing conflicting messages? governor cuomo: you test -- if the city doesn't have the capacity -- it's a capacity issue. right? if you have the capacity to test, test. because flatten the curve. how do you flatten the curve? there's only two ways. densit

association of the 50 state legislatures as well as territorial legislatures. we were founded in the 1970's. we provide an opportunity for legislators and legislative staff to share best practices about policies they are looking at, policies they turn into law as well as best practices. there are 7 33 legislators in the states as well as puerto rico guam, the district of columbia. >> we'll take you live to baton rouge on the coronavirus outbreak. >> we take a look at and take photographs and video inside the convention center. there's ongoing construction now. we anticipate it will be ready for one of the wings late they are week. we'll be announcing to you all when you all can go down and do that. we've talked a lot about the convention center in new orleans, which is very important. obviously in region one. which is the state's largest hot spot at present with respect to cases. we're increasing our medical capacity across the state of louisiana including here in the baton rouge area. baton rouge general has announced they will be reopening the mid-city campus

the states can change how they elect the legislatures and if we'll have another national level. i thin think they'd reform is nr easy but we are at a moment in which americans are really frustrated with how the political system works and two thirds of americans say they would like more than two parties. more americans than ever are choosing not to affiliate with democratic or the republican party. inequality is incredibly high and we are also seeing the breakdown of a lot of things we thought of the need to movement and black lives matter changed a lot of things and they are changing the social hierarchy. although the presidency has done a lot of damage, if also i think cleared away a lot of assumptions that work pretty well and i think it's woken up a lot of people to the idea that maybe there is a crisis in the democracy that we ought to reform. there is a pattern of crisis and a renewal. the progressive era and the civil rights era we have these moments in which it seems like something is broken and then we make the democracy more inclusive and responsive and more functional

the legislature focuses on passing a bill. i focus on passing a bill that the best and smartest bill you can pass and that you're not going to have to come back and redo the next year because you didn't think it through. the gig economy is a complicated issue. and i don't believe we're going to get the gig economy done in time for the budget. if they do come back and they do stay for weeks and we have time to talk it through, fine. but if you are asking me, are we going to be ready by next tuesday, i don't think so. >> health officials have said that outpatients beds should not be promoted, encouraged, promoted or advertised. you're saying something opposite, this is possible. how do we square these two we are seeing conflicting messages from the state and city. >> you test -- if the city doesn't have the capacity -- it's a capacity issue, right? if you have the capacity to test, test. flatten the curve, how do you flatten the curve? only two days. density control, keep people away from each other, and tests. how did china do

and now i'd like to present you with a petition to the members of the remark legislature please retire vermont yankee on schedule no later than march of 2012 and a copy to you thank you peter. thank you to the marchers thanks to all of you in this room for coming to the people's house the greatest democracy in america and letting us hear your voices on this important issue i have concluded that it is in the best interests of the moderates not to renew the license separ my yankee and that's how i will vote. but there was an intense. level of organizing and behalf of the citizen activists there or we held public forums are these your senators match. our key that we made phone calls would you be able to call them and talk to them about this we wrote an enormous amount of letters to the editor and we engage people from all across the state and all across the political spectrum to call for our legislature to vote no on continued operation of vermont yankee beyond march of 2012. commissioner for. spurs and i just want to wrap up the debate. is in vermont special interest to operate vermont y

and the legislature just does it anyway because a lot of people and legislature seem to be connected in some immediate way to a charter corporation. there are some religious group getting money from this free-flowing public funding. it's b1 it's so hard to hear about these hundreds and billions of dollars not going to our schools. there's so much we could do with that money. i find myself often, now quoting jonathan causal when he said how people say you can't throw money at the problem, of course you can. rich people do it all the time. you just have to know how and where to throw it, right? >> guest: and you have been the right space to get it. >> host: and you have to be to catch it i guess. with that, are there questions ready for diane? are there cards -- does anybody have cards? all right,. >> guest: while we are waiting for questions i just want to point out something, the funding in california, a couple of years ago may be less shy wrote article for capital in maine, and i started doing research into the federal data about how much money california spends compared to other st

we will continue to work closely with the legislature, the financial forecasting board when they feel they have information to be able to make any forecast, they may want to come back in meets with regard to that. but we are going to be looking at our own forecast as well. i've already sent the message to all of my cabinet members that they are going to have to start looking and controlling spending because this is most certainly going to have an impact on our revenues and we're going to take steps to make sure we are controlling those expenses, in light of the fact that we expect there to be revenue downturn. reporter: doctor antonia if you are going to be able to put on your magic number of testing for every day but with that number be? >> here in nebraska, i would say maybe 100,000 people, maybe 50000, maybe 25003 have to ask yourself, the test itself is not going to protect you from getting any less ill. you are still going to have to go through that 14 day plus 72 hour quarantine. set a certain point you have to ask yourself, why do even tested and more? if you have the symptoms

it is absolutely essential and american national legislature decidedly not the european government.ntended to force people with differences to come to some agreement. congress has become very bad at this because implicitly, both parties now wanted to function like european parliament. when they have the majority, they want to say we should do everything we want to do, yet whatever we can't push there, thank you visit. the other party takes away everything and tries to do everything. we've lived now since the 90s through a period where we haven't really had a stable majority party, which itself is pretty unusual. both parties always think next time, we are going to win everything. don't compromise now, just wait until our people get in and will be able to get everything we want. it never works that way. congress basically sits around waiting for the next election when they'll really be able to finally do their work. i think accepting the fact that ultimately, the people you don't like aren't going away. the beginning of civil democratic politics. politics now premised on the idea tha

in 1921, boston railroad through the massachusetts legislature the only statewide daylight saving law school in the nation. it lasted for ten years as the only statewide daylight saving law. this laugh that state farmers blamed for millions of losses and the complaint became the basis for the appeal which made today the u.s. supreme court. for severallese the national grange rad been angling for this fight, and at it convention in pittsburgh in 1923 the grange elected masters from ten northeastern states to agitate against existing daylight laws. in 1926, the test case made it to the u.s. supreme court. the court ruled against the grange. smithing the proposition that massachusetts farmers were owed compensation, the court articulated the principle that put daylight saving will within the purview of any state. the supreme court's majorityman was delivered by he justice ol' her ven del holmes. a native of boston. at the spring of 1928 more than 25 million americans and 16 states were observing daylight saving. most of the participating cities adopted a five month schedule but no end to

the legislature focuses on passing the bill. i focus on passing the bill that's the smartest and the best that you can pass and not going to have to come back and redo the next year because you did not think it through. i don't believe we'll get the gig economy done in time for the budget. if they do come back and stay for weeks and we talk it through, fine. but if you are asking me if we are going to be ready by next tuesday? i don't think so. >> they're saying that we should be testing as much as possible. how do we square the two if we are seeing con flilflicting mes? >> if the city does not have the capacity, it is a capacity issue, right? if you test, how do you flatten the curve? density control, keep people away from each other and tests. how does china and south korea do it or anybody do it? density control and testing. if you don't have the capacity to test and you only test people coming to your hospitals then you don't have the ability to do it. if you have the ability to do it then do it, it is a way to flatten the c

. >> we have spent a lot of time with the legislature on the municipal bill. unless it has changed a lot since last friday, i think we are good with it, right? what is the second part? >> tax date? >> we are having a conversation about tax day as well. the first message which most people reported on is we made clear that you cannot just evict or foreclose on somebody in massachusetts. you can't. for evictions, you have to go to court and the court is not open until april 21 and you still need 60 days process and opportunity before you do that. foreclosures and mortgages, same thing, 30 days and we will enforce those rules big time and we are asked to talk to the legislature about what else we can do but that's a very high priority for us. >> what is it look like in terms of unemployment claims? >> this is kind of a nerdy thing. we made a decision about a year ago to move the ui platform off a state operated box and put it into the cloud. we have been doing that with a bunch of different areas and government where there is high processing capacity and a big up

the legislature didn't like it. paraphrasing a little bit, but the legislature said that's our job. we don't believe in direct democracy. we want to go in there and change this plan. >> let us handle democracy, people. >> yeah. the republican party is not shy about saying this. they don't believe that government should be involved in providing health care to anyone. >> republican lawmakers ignored the ballot proposition and instead passed their own, more limited version of medicaid expansion. under the republican law, about 60,000 fewer people would qualify for medicaid. and there's a catch. utah still wants the federal government to pay for 90% of its expansion, even though that's only provided to states that expand medicaid fully. so utah needs to ask the trump administration for special permission to get full funding. it's incredible to see this is what happens when citizens take action. that they're struck down and then bludgeoned with bureaucracy that ultimately is going to hurt their cause. i'm meeting up with

i work in the state legislature here. i am from pennsylvania, originally. there was a study and they spoke about how voters in vetting or not focused on not focused on voting. they havee a lot of other things to voting. they are not inspired. anything we can do now to build up ways to engage joe's voters but also more social justice structures to help them in the future? if there's a way to inspire them, but also if candidates can inspire them. also asking the question about term limits. if you believe in term limits in all that inspire as well? it will inspire them to trust candidates who they sometimes view as just entrenched in the process. >> do you have thoughts on the first part of that question? inspiring people? >> i did not meet you in the white house,et did i? >> you did. i was less noticeable. >> they did these middle of the night meetings off the record before the state of the union with the speechwriters. i was out like a 7:00 p.m. meeting on words we wanted obama to use. either way,. >> you are very famous. the first was he called the professo

these legislatures wrote the law based on the types of ids that african-americans disproportionately not have. what we're seeing now is massive voter suppression. in the 2016 election, the first presidential election in 50 years without the protection of the voting rights act, black voter turnout went down by 7%. >> that 7%, doctor anderson believes, didn't just stay home because they didn't like the candidates but as a clear result of voter suppression and misinformation targeted black voters. in the last decade, 25 states used the specter of voter fraud to enact laws that make it harder for people to vote. but voter fraud is almost non-existent in america. the problem isn't fraud. it's that there are more barriers between voters and the ballot box. >> when the majority of mesh americans have the right to vote, then we're going to get the democracy we deserve and not the one people are trying to hoist upon us. >> critics of yours have said you're running elections on behalf of democrats. >> i say those folks are just full of it. full of it now with 25% more concentrated power. nothi

it's kind of funny to be sitting here in a community room of the louisiana legislature talking about this subject largely because although you might not think it, politics is very involved in the story of the pandemic i can't think of a better place to talk about politics in the legislature. when you read about the 1918 pandemic in the newspapers these days you say the death toll was over 20 million. that estimate comes from the first of the disease that's fairly accurate for the western world but wildly inaccurate for the rest of the world. in a nobel prize winner that spent most of his life studying influenza concluded that the death toll was a minimum of 50 million people and possibly as many as 100 million. all this was in a world with the population 28% the size of today. so, if you adjust the population, the death toll on 1918 was between 175 to 350 million people in today's world. but even without adjusting for population, the death toll back then influenza killed more people than 24 weeks then aids killed in 24 years. and sometimes sometimes could be gruesome. he would be fam

so based upon what the legislature did in creating the covid-19 rainy day fund, i am announcing the approval of $45 million in additional funds to go towards purchase of the personal protective equipment. in addition, the purchase of ventilators as they become available in the marketplace. we have to allocate those funds in advance in order to be able to get in the supply chain and we're looking not just what we need tomorrow and 30 days, but we're having to look at what we need 60 days down the road. and i want to thank the general assembly, particularly speaker shepherd and senate pro tem for setting up this fund and for their quick response in approving this emergency measure. and so that's $45 million in additional funds to go to those the protective equipment that is so much needed by those on the front line. secondly, let me give you a little bit of a background on the challenge here. i was on a call with the president earlier today as well as other governors and the vice president. clearly, their focus is on the hot spots from new york city to california to new orleans. and so as they

i assure you from the standpoint of the state of west virginia and our legislatures, we will do the same. isaddition to that, there the health concern. feel thehere i really most pain. chance i lift a stone unturned and at the end of the to trying to do something cure any convenience or economic asue, i exposed others to situation where you lost a loved one. how do we overcome that? how do we replace that? 't be done. be i tell you without any question, the last weeks have been tough. they have been lonely, tough for us, and all of you who have been good enough to send many prayers. like i said, this is a serious problem. tonight, i'm going to give you a pathway to solving this problem. i'm telling you just this, and i am tonight mandating that we close restaurants, bars, and our casinos. with that, we will be able to bars,arry out at our restaurants, but we have to close casinos and restaurants from the standpoint of people gathering in those and transmitting this terrible disease. or potentially transmitting. i said i was going to give you a pathway, and i will ask you something specia

>>and i don't care whether it's the governor or the legislature or the president of the united states. we have people who represent the people's life to save and we're going to we're going go about doing that as responsibly as we possibly know what the legislature is also set to consider taking a multi weeklong recess that could start as soon as next week a criminal ashley zavala kron 4 news. >>well to national headlines now a measure promising financial relief during the coronavirus pandemic. >>is on hold in the us senate. the bill includes free coronavirus testing for anyone who needs it 14 paid sick days for employees and 3 months of paid emergency leave throughout the coronavirus crisis. the legislation would also expand money for medicaid and other initiatives to help free lunch programs for kids and food banks for seniors. but some republicans they have issues with the paid sick leave provision. they claim that it will hurt small businesses senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says that he has been talking to committee members about the next steps to take in that additional le

the east bay tonight to support bay area gop candidates vying for seats in congress and the state legislature as well. >> jodi hernandez is in walnut creek for us. jodi? >> reporter: raj, things have pretty much wound down here in walnut creek but just a short time ago, several dozen local republicans gathered here to watch the returns. you can see there are just a few people left out here. local republicans have been very anxious to get a better idea of who president trump will be running against, but insist the president will handily beat whoever gets the democratic nomination. they also came out tonight to support their local candidates vying for seats in congress and the state legislature. >> republicans are very optimistic. we have a lot of local candidates we're feeling very confident about, and i think that donald trump is going to win the california primary handily and give him a lot of momentum moving into the general election. >> reporter: again, things have wound down here but i'll tell you there were several local republican candidates out here tonight, and it appears that all of