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host: tell us what the national rural health association is and what you do. rural healthtional association started in the early 1980's as a way of bringing rural providers and people interested together. we have over 21,000 members. it is a not-for-profit organization comprised of people from universities, rural health clinics, people in long-term care health centers, and anybody who would like to expand the voice for rural health. we are concerned about education, research, munication. anything that can advance and support our rural communities and activate and increase access for rural health care in our communities. up theou also head illinois critical access hospital network. tell us what that is. ofst: yes, it is a network 57 critical access and small rural hospitals across illinois. there are 51 critical access, and that is a small hospital, about 25 beds or less, and we have six hospitals of what we 25-50 beds,s, located in our rural communities. they are similar to other states, but in 2003, a group of small hospitals came together and said, we want to

coming up this morning, national rural health association president that discusses challenges facing rural health care facilities during the coronavirus pandemic. then national league of cities howence anthony talks about the pandemic response affects the budgets and operations of u.s. cities. also, charlie, the saxophone and gosaryer -- and kevin looks at the effect of the pandemic on the u.s. postal service. watch c-span's "washington live at 7:00 eastern this morning and be sure to watch washington journal sunday morning as we look back on the oklahoma city bombing 25 years later with the events from that morning. the investigation. the rest of the perpetrators. and how the attack has been remembered over the years. c-span has round-the-clock coverage of the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic. and it is all available on demand at c-span.org/coronavirus. watch white house briefings, of these from governors and state officials, track the spread throughout the u.s. in the world with interactive maps. watch on-demand anytime unfiltered at c-span.org/coronavirus. this is a hea

host: tell us what the national rural health association is and what you do. ral healthtional association started in the early 1980's as a way of bringing rural providers and people interested together. we have over 21,000 members. it is a not-for-profit organization comprised of people from universities, rural health clinics, people in long-term care health centers, and anybody who would like to expand the voice for rural health. we are concerned about education, research, munication. anything that can advance and support our rural communities and activate and increase access for rural health care in our communities. up theou also head illinois critical access hospital network. tell us what that is. ofst: yes, it is a network 57 critical access and small rural hospitals across illinois. there are 51 critical access, and that is a small hospital, about 25 beds or less, and we have six hospitals of what we 25-50 beds,s, located in our rural communities. they are similar to other states, but in 2003, a group of small hospitals came together and said, we want to h

but many also fearful about losing pay and possibly their jobs, we are joined by the national rural health associationeo who says overtaxed hospitals are being forced to make tough decisions. we are back with a fox news alert, new york lightning the curve, the epicenter seeing the rate of new cases dropping. rob: demonstrators plan to take to the streets to protest stay-at-home orders. todd pyro joins us with what to expect. >> reporter: positive take away in the new york numbers, the distal decreasing from the day before us officials say the spread to the suburbs appears to be under control. a graph showing hospitalizations slowing from earlier in the month with sunday seeing the fewest admissions in two weeks. a decrease from the day before as the state cautiously looks to the future. >> the worst is over. if we continue to be smart going forward. we have the hand on that valve, you turn that down too fast you will see it go right back. but yes, i think you can say the worst is over. >> amid the positivity, unrest, a group called reopen and see calling for protest, state officials to reopen the nort

coming up saturday morning, national world health association president pat scow discusses challenges facing rural health care facilities during the coronavirus pandemic. national league of cities clarence anthony talks about how the pandemic response affects the budgets and operations of u.s. cities. charlie deshannon, saxophone and keyboard player for holland orts on the importance of online music education during the crisis. and kevin gosar looks at the effective the pandemic on the u.s. postal service. watch c-span's "washington journal," live at 7:00 eastern saturday morning. watch "washington journal" sunday morning as we look back on the oklahoma city bombing 25 years later with the events from that morning, the investigation, arrest of the perpetrators, and how the attack has been remembered over the years. new york governor andrew cuomo holds a briefing with reporters on his estate -- his estate's response to the coronavirus. establishing a large-scale testing system and responding to recent criticism by president

coming up saturday morning, national world health association president pat scow discusses challenges facing rurallth care facilities during the coronavirus pandemic. then, national league of cities clarence anthony talks about how the pandemic responds affects the budgets and operations of u.s. cities. also, a saxophone and keyboard player for holland oates on the importance of online using education during the crisis. and kevin gosar looks at the effect of the pandemic on the u.s. postal service. watch c-span's "washington journal," at 7:00 eastern saturday morning. watch "washington journal" sunday morning as we look back on the oklahoma city bombing 25 years later with events from that morning, the investigation, arrest of the perpetrators, and how the attack has been remembered over the years. coming up tonight on c-span, today's white house coronavirus briefing. after that, it is "the communicators," with national association of broadcasters ceo gordon smith. then we hear from new jersey governor phil murphy, and new york evan or andrew cuomo on the coronavirus response in their state. now,