and robin kelly on the impact of the virus on her district.oin the conversation tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. ♪ announcer: we take you live now to new jersey, where governor phil murphy is briefing reporters. host: with the heritage foundation. here with us next to talk about tosident trump's decision withhold funding from the world health organization, fred schaefer. thanks for being here. can you hear me ok? guest: i can. surprised by president trump's announcement? >> i was surprised about the timing. consideration of cutting funding to the world health organization. decision to cut funding right now in the midst of the covid-19 outbreak in so many countries around the world, it did take me by surprise. it does not mean the president does not have legitimate criticism of the world health organization, particularly its chineseess to take claims at face value, which cost enormous damage economically around the world and enormous in many countries around the world. decision to cut funding at this moment when so many countries rely on

joining me now, democratic congress woman robin kelly of illinois. she chairs the congressional black caucus's health brain trust. thank you, congresswoman, for being with us tonight. >> you're welcome. thanks for having me. >> as you tackle this and we look at the data in a that is s coming out, we can look for major cities. for example, in new york we are 23% of the population, 22 is black, 28% of the deaths are black, hispanics 29%, 34% of the deaths black. we look at your city of los angeles where 70% of the deaths are black and you're only 29% of the population. los angeles and other cities, the same imbalance. i'm not saying the krpss created this, but it has illuminated it, it has brought it to light for some health disparities that has gone on long before this pandemic, long before the trump administration. now that we are dealing with it, seeing it, how do we confront it and try and flatten that curve as we flatten the curve of this vicious pandemic. >> this is just highlighting what has been going on for a long, long time forever. we've don

also, illinois democratic congresswoman rahman -- robin kelly on the impact of the virus on her district. join the conversation tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span. announcer: new york governor andrew cuomo extended the new york state coronavirus shut down to may 15. during today's briefing he said hospitalizations are leveling off, but deaths still topped 600 overnight. morning.o: good in case anyone who does not know anyone here today, on my far-right -- to my left, melissa derosa, secretary to the governor. today.ive you some facts friday, just the facts, ma'am. my daughters say nobody understands who joe friday is. that is their mistake. "dragnet" was an underappreciated cinematic treasure, in my opinion. just the facts. just the facts. here are just the facts. hospitalization rate is down. to 17,000. that is good news. total hospitalizations down. talk about flattening of the curve, the apex, how long is it flat, when does it start to curve. we do not know, but this is a good sign today. change ink at the net hospitalizations, it is down more significantly than it has been, so that is

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also robin kelly on the impact of the virus on her district. join the conversation tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span. south dakota governor kristi noem held a town hall taking questions on the state's response to the coronavirus pandemic. the state is one of few without a stay at home order. 518 meatpacking plant workers tested positive for covid-19. south dakota public broadcasting posted the town hall. ♪ >> hello and welcome to a covid 19 special. south dakota's have a lot of questions about the coronavirus. they also have questions about the decisions being made in an effort to slow down the spread. joining me to help answer some of those questions live, we have governor kristi noem, secretary with the south dakota department commissionerd the of the governor's office of economic development. welcome to all of you. >> thank you. >> we are going to continue to take questions tonight. you can send those via text or email. our phone number to send a text 6-7372. we are going to get started. we have been receiving questions for the last day and

robin kelly on the impact of the virus on her district.oin the conversation, tonight, 8:00 eastern on c-span. numbersan behind the joining us from seattle, washington. officerhief strategy for the health initiative and a professor of global health at the institute for health metrics and evaluation. dr. ali mokdad. thank you for being with us. >> it is a pleasure. host: as you look at the trends tonight, what do they tell you? dr. mokdad: we peaked on april 10 and they are coming down for the whole country but there are states that are still going up and others are going down. host: how do you do your study? what is the methodology? dr. mokdad: we decided to model mortality on a daily basis and death rate and we used experience we have seen in wuhan, italy, and spain. we reversed the mortality how many beds we will need in the hospital and how many ventilators. we know in the united states for every death how many patients were admitted. host: at one point there was an expectation we could have 230,000 deaths and that number has come down,

also robin kelly on the impact of the virus on her district. join the conversation tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >> from chicago we are joined by the editor chief of journal of american medical association. howard, glad to have you with us this morning. invitation.r the >> money talk to you about journal of american medical association. who are your typical readers and what are the typical monthly articles, and regular articles that your journal publishes online? jama is the official publication of the american medical association. , for many important reasons has editorial independence from the ama. it has been around for 175 years. it, along with a few other journals are part of the grand weeklies. i would say up to 10 or 15 years ago we published weekly. currently we are publishing daily. in print we were public thing -- publishing weekly for well over 150 years. now our reach is different because of the digital age. now we reach a million and a half people a day or week through social media, electronic, podcasts, on the majority are ph

also robin kelly on the impact of the virus on her district. join the conversation tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >> from chicago we are joined by the editor chief of journal of american medical association.

represented of robin kelly from illinois second district, joining us on the phone from her home. we thank you for being with us. rep. kelly: thank you, steve: steve: have a good night. every day we cover the president's daily briefings and the white house task force on coronavirus. also we bring you news from governors around the country, all of this available on our website at c-span.org/ coronavirus and what it means for the country in the health of our country. thanks for joining us for this thursday edition of the washington journal. we are back tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern time and tomorrow night at 80 got eastern time. for the rest of the evening, stay safe, and stay healthy. ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up friday morning, south dakota republican congressman dusty johnson will join us to talk about how th

testing and the availability of data, we have joined the congressional black caucus and congresswoman robin kellyn demanding this information from the cdc. myself personally, i sent an email to the cdc and got the response that, well, there are some missing data, so that we are not able to release those reports yet. so, yes, this is important. and i'd like to bring up another point, if i could, reverend. so, we're using technology and questioning to even tdecide on who gets the test. so there is the screen before the screen, and there is some evidence showing that african-americans, when they take that test, that test is not leading to them getting the actual nasal swab to be sent in for evaluation for covid-19. so there is even -- so there is a disparity in the screens. so that's another barrier to us having the opportunity to appropriately be evaluating. >> reverend jackson, you have brought this issue of health disparities and the imbalance in health services based on race for decades. i can remember as a far back as when i was a teenager, a student of you, you were talking about it then. you

there were probably seven passengers on this flight, including my colleague robin kelly from chicago. out on my feet, put on my mask and went to sleep promptly. we are taking a lot of precautions like hand sanitizer and disinfecting wipes and keeping social distance. i have seen just a handful of colleagues around the hallways as i came to do this interview today. i will be going to the floor of the house in a few minutes and then we will be voting in phases. no more than 20 members, i believe, allowed on the floor of the house at the time. as you said at the start, it will take a while for all of us to cast our vote today. >> well, lauren underwood, thank you for your service. thanks to all of the nurses, of course, who are such heroes to all of us who benefit from the work of the people on the frontlines. thanks to you. lots of luck. >> thank you, andrea. >>> now to a deeply personal announcement from senator elizabeth warren this morning. so sadly the senator announcing she's lost one of her three brothers to covid-19. tweeting, my oldest brother don reid, died from coronavirus on

also, democratic congresswoman robin kelly on the impact of the virus on her district. join the conversation on c-span. >> while the coronavirus pandemic is impacting the congressional schedule, steny hoyer announced members will not be back until monday may 4, and mitch mcconnell has announced after thewo weeks chamber was originally scheduled to return. thatrs have been advised they must give sufficient notice they are returning if legislation was to be considered. watch live coverage on c-span see the senate he spent two. cspan-2. next, remarks on the coronavirus. they spoke about scientific data on the spread of the virus and when the u.s. could expect to reopen. .ere is a look >> we are delighted to be joined by steve ulmer, the former

also, congresswoman robin kelly on the impact of the virus on her district. the coronavirus pandemic is having an impact on the congressional schedule. steny hoyer announced there will not be congressional business until may 4. mitch mcconnell has announced the same. that is two weeks after the chamber was originally scheduled to return. watch live coverage of the house on c-span. see the senate on c-span two. south dakota governor kristi noem held a town hall taking questions on the state's response to the coronavirus pandemic. the state is one of few without a stay at home order. 518 meatpacking plant workers tested positive for covid-19. south dakota public broadcasting posted the town hall.

also, congresswoman robin kelly on the impact on her district.n the conversation tonight at 8:00 eastern. >> a live look this afternoon at the white house briefing room, where in about 15 minutes, trump will be briefing reporters on the coronavirus response and a possible plan to reopen the u.s. economy. we expect vice president pence and members of the task force to join the president. until then, a video news conference with house minority leader kevin mccarthy. he spoke to reporters from his office in washington, d.c.. efforts toout support small businesses. mccarthy: thank you for joining us. we are doing it two different ways on this press conference. we have it by phone. c-span is also covering it. as we all know, we are navigating one of the most troubling challenges this nation has ever seen in the last century. i just recently got off the phone this morning on a bipartisan conference call with the president from the republican and democrat numbers in the house. and talked about ways to provide the resources needed, there were a lot of co

also, illinois democratic congresswoman rahman -- robin kelly on the impact of the virus on her district. join the conve

kelly sent it to me and, wow, that was quite a surprise. >> a good one. a good surprise. >>> now we go to our "gma" cover story which, robin on vapers and smokers. now, according to the cdc 78% of patients who have been in the icu have had an underlying condition, which includes smokers. the author of a brand-new book called "quit vaping" says that knowing that could push vapors and smokers to finally kick the habit. deborah roberts spoke with him and joins us from her beautiful home. good morning, deb. >> reporter: hey, robin. so good to see you. by some estimates as many as 7 million americans are regular vapers and many have damaged their lungs which leaves them vulnerable to the coronavirus. well, one former cigarette smoker is offering them a lifeline saying there is no better time for them to quit. >> i know that's bad because i know i'm supposed to be quitting. >> reporter: this 25-year-old is struggling with his vaping habit. >> i probably hit this thing about, like, 250 times in this hour break. >> reporter: he's also got sickle cell anemia and knows vaping can cause additional complications so chris is trying har