that's the mayor of topeka, kansas. he's been going online to read to city kids while the schools are closed. her state was expected to move into phase two of the gradual reopening plan, opening bars and night clubs at maybe 50% capacity. this coming monday coming up after this weekend. but the governor has decided to pull back, move slower while the virus continues to spread. for more, we are so happy to welcome to the broadcast michelle de la isla, mayor of topeka, kansas. mayor, thank you for coming on. how hard hit was topeka? how did folks take to shutting down? and how are they reacting to gradual reopening? >> well, as you can imagine, nobody in the community was excited to hear that we were going to just pause our economy and have people stay at home. it was -- but i think that when we made the decision initially, people were expecting that it was going to happen. we didn't have any cases, but one of my mentors, mayor garcetti, was telling me if it feels good, it's too late. they all agreed it was time for us to

eastern as c-span radio looks at the 1954 supreme brown versus board of education of topeka, kansas. ruling segregation of public schools was unconstitutional. listen with the free c-span radio app, online at c-span.org, or on 90.1 fm in the washington, d.c. area. let's see what you think about the $3 trillion coronavirus aid package. let's start with ralph calling from washington, d.c. on the independent line. from washington, d.c. on the independent line. good morning. caller: good morning. these guys are spending money left and right. the long-term burden on our economy is going to be enormous. i noticed the republicans when it comes to bailing out the banks, and the fact that you can see it from the stock market -- every time bad news comes out they pump the stock market. has historicet highs yet the stock market is crumbling. horrible.ing to be we are heading for 25% on. we are talking about companies going bankrupt left and right. we need to make sure, at a minimum, the average working man has a paycheck. a stable society difference is about three meals. host: mark calling from

the winds were also very strong. 200 miles away in topeka, thousands lost power.ed in the region after a tree fell on a home. that storm system is slowly moving east, bringing more showers and more cooler weather. >>> legendary football coach don shula is being remembered this morning. shula holds the nfl record for wins with 347. he won two super bowls with the miami dolphins and coached them to the league's only undefeated season in 1972. during 33 seasons as a head coach, shula's teams had a winning record 31 times. don shula passed away monday at his home near miami, he was 90 years old. >>> so a 5-year-old in utah appears to have gone a bit too far in hopes of getting his dream car. a trooper pulled him over yesterday in ogden after the car was seen weaving in and out of lanes. the trooper says he thought it was someone having a medical emergency situation. the boy was crying but he was talking to the officer who quote got the story, take a listen. >> he told me initially that he was going to his sister's house. i asked him if he knew where his sister lived.

they had an argument with the topeka incentive faye railroads.they were jewish immigrants from eastern europe. they owned a company that sold secondhand scrap iron and metal. they were not titans of industry. they sued the railroad over what they thought was an unfair rate for used beer bottles. holy cow. they went to the icc and said this railroad is charging us too much for this truckload of beer bottles that we bought. they won the case. they got a refund of like 127 dollars from the railroad for their multiple carloads and used beer bottles. i actually did not even know that when i started talking to you about populism and railroad. i literally just found this out. what a perfect example of how the federal government is regulating -- used beer bottles for a junk dealer in el paso texas. that is the precedent for this anti-trust act. there is monopoly and oil, tobacco, steel, sugar industries. we've talked a lot about that. situations go arose with a series of supreme court an 1880s saying legally speaking a corporation is put -- is a person u

obama administration officials that were not within the intelligence field requests to unmask when topeka. the sheer volume and timing caused me to question whether it was politically motivated based on the facts we now know it was the top law enforcement agency engaged in a coordinated effort before they could even get their footing. the american people have had to suffer through false news reports are all designed to destroy the trump administration and why the where they should he closed shop early on. they didn't have the russian connections the fbi thought that they had invited me that evidence was heading from the court they must be kept independent of white house interference yet based on information at this point it appears there were aspects of the russian investigation than they like to have us believe. ultimately they have to answer for what they knew and when they knew it. that shouldn't be a problem for the most transparent administration in history as they used to tell us allse the time. simply said the department of justice and federal bureau of investigation may never get

protesters rallied near the statehouse in topeka, saturday. >> every job is essential. governor laura kelly's phase reopening plan took effect on monday. parts of western pennsylvania, retail businesses opened their doors on friday, giving shoppers a chance to support local businesses. >> they know you by name, they know your style, it is important having that interaction. >>reporter: in tennessee, residents took advantage of this weekend is for partial reopen of the great smoky mountains national park. and in ocean city, maryland, chilly temperatures did not deter dozens from lining up for boardwalk treats at the reopened beaches. >>> president trump blasted governor newsom's executive order allowing registered voters in california to vote by mail in the november election. the president tweeted governor gavin newsom won't let restaurants, beaches and stores open but he installs a voting booth system in a highly democrat area, supposed to be mail in ballots only, because our great candidate, mike garcia, is winning by a lot. rigged election. is referring to california's

they had an argument with the topeka, atkinson railroad. they owned a company that sold secondhand scrap iron and metal. these are not titans of industry. they sued the railroad over what they thought was an unfair rate for used beer bottles. they went to the icc and they said this railroad is charging us too much for these truckloads of used beer bottles that we bought, and they won the case. and they got a refund of like $127 from the railroad for their multiple carloads of used beer bottles. i actually didn't know that when i started talking to you guys about populism in the railroad. i literally just found this out. but it's a perfect example of, whoa, the federal government is regulating this guy's used beer bottle purchase for a junkyard. that's the precedent for the sherman anti-trust act. there's monopoly, oil, tobacco, steal, sugar industries. we've talked about a lot of those. the situation grows worse with the series saying legally speaking, a corporation is a person under the 14th amendment. it means that corporations cannot be

eastern as c-span radio looks at the 1954 supreme brown versus board of education of topeka, kansas.uling segregation of public schools was unconstitutional. listen with the free c-span radio app, online at c-span.org, or on 90.1 fm in the washington, d.c. area. let's see what you think about the $3 trillion coronavirus aid package. let's start with ralph calling from washington, d.c. on the independent line. from washington, d.c. on the independent line. good morning. caller: good morning. these guys are spending money left and right.

he would have said, you know what, the southern pacific and the topeka atchison they fix things. i don't have a place. you could call that a cartel or a secret agreement. it's supposed to outlaw that. it's not effective against holding companies. they're not able to prosecute these companies that are sort of shell companies that own a bunch of different companies. but it's in this context, right, how many of you have heard of theodore roosevelt as the trust buster? yes, kind of famous, right? he comes down in history as the trust buster during this presidency beginning in 1902. you probably also heard -- because this is an old, you know, old saw in u.s. history classes -- that he wasn't really all that antitrust. there were plenty of corporations and corporate bearance that he liked, but he supported the sherman trust act as a good tool to attack what he called bad trusts. roosevelt had his idea of good trusts and bad trusts and he used this tool -- and this is indicative, right, of sort of the power and danger of these new executive power tools if you will -- used the sherman an

harold callingto from toby cook, kansas on the haroldcan line -- , kansas.rom topeka caller: good morningpeople are taking advantage of this free money. when theywork with started talking about the $600 his back caved. he has drawn that money so fast plus unemployment. his girlfriend is pregnant and getting ready to have a baby and she cannot hold down a good job. another coworker has two daughters who are pregnant and babies that are already here, no quality jobs, so that means you doctorsave to put the on the babies, pay for the birth. that is what i am tired of. i've no problem with them ey but theyt mon have to do something to get it. host: eric on the independent line from washington. caller: every time a republican president is in office they crush the economy. from $998 billion to over one trillion. the same thing happened under bush. under trump, the whole economy crashed. it was already going down with the tax cuts before the virus. it is always corporate socialism. they talk about socialism. reagan granted amnesty to 10 million or 50 million people. ,he talk about the democrats

radio app looks back to the 1954 supreme court land cart -- versus these brown board of education of topeka kansas, ruling that state sanctioned of public schools was unconstitutional. listen with the free c-span radio app, online at c-span.org in the washington, d.c. area. ralphginia governor northam and arkansas governor asa hutchinson discussed the coronavirus pandemic at a virtual event hosted by the washington post. this is about 45 minutes. everyone in virginia made sacrifices. everything you have done has truly made a difference. ♪ we must figure out a path forward. but we must always be array -- aware that the virus is still with us. >> good morning and welcome to washington post live. i am bob costa, a national political reporter at the post. we continue our leadership in twong crisis series with governors who have been dealing with the coronavirus pandemic for days and weeks on end. we will begin with ralph northam and then we will hear from arkansas's republican avenue, asa hutchinson. first, governor northam, we welcome him to washington post live. he is a medical doctor and he

. >> new york, the nation's hardest hit not merections ey wrally nearthe state house in topeka saturdayery job is essential. >> governor laura kelly's phased opening plan took affect on monday. retail businesses opened on friday giving shoppers a chance to support local business. >> they know you by name, they know your style so it is important just having that interaction. >>> in tennessee, residents took advantage of the reopening of the great smoky mountains national park. >> it didn't deter people to line up for boardwalk treats at the beaches. >>> president trump blasted governor newsom's executive order allowing voters to vote by mail in the november election. the president tweeted governor newsom won't let restaurants, beaches and stores open, but he installs a voting boost system in a highly democratic area, supposed to be mail-in ballots only. >>> he is referring to california's 25th congressional district where it at hill's seat. it covers part of los angeles. he would be the first republican in 20 years to pick up a house seat in california. he is locked in a tight race with

we go to steve in topeka, kansas. steve, are you there? go ahead. caller: i'm sorry. the thing is, i called a little over a month ago about -- very root -- i wasa originally a resident of northwest ohio. again, this is between you and me in a sense, because i had a good friend that was maybe my age now, the go to place for him was cleveland clinic for heart problems in the mid 60's. to the a shout out, clinic itself, because -- i don't know if it is still that way or not. it was. host: stephen, get a let you go there. thanks for calling in this morning. dr. kristen england. how may patients typically does the cleveland clinic treat each year? guest: overall treating? host: yeah. guest: oh my gosh, i don't actually know how many. insee patients located here northeastern ohio. we are located in florida, abu dhabi, canada, nevada. we've got a bit of a scope. we do see people from all over ohio and welcome people from any state to come here. thankfully we have a tremendous heart hospital here. they are working very hard to get those services backup and online. we are bein

we go to steve in topeka, kansas. are you there? sorry about that. steve in topeka, go ahead. caller: the thing is i called a little over a month ago about basically, very quickly, doctor, i'm originally a resident of northwest ohio, 60 miles west of toledo, and my -- again, just between you and me in a sense because i had a good friend that was older than my age now that the go-to place for him was the cleveland clinic with heart problems back in the mid 1960's. i don't know you're still that way but just as a shoutout if i'm right to the clinic itself. guest: thank you. caller: i don't know if it's still that way or not. -- t but anyway host: i'm going to let you go there. how many patients typically does the cleveland clinic treat each year? guest: overall treating, i don't know how many? we see patients -- we're located here in northeastern ohio. we're located in florida, abu dhabi, canada, nevada. we've got a bit after scope. we do see people all over ohio and welcome people from any state to come here. thankfully we have a tremendous heart hospital here and we're working

today at 6:00 as c-span radio looks back to the 1954 supreme brown versusk case board of education of topeka, kansas ruling that the segregation of public schools was unconstitutional. listen with the free c-span radio app, online at c-span.org and on talkscer: frederick hess about how schools can prepare for a return in the fall. garciahat, lily eskelsen looks at the future of u.s. education and the union's recent poll.

trees going into homes and this video in topeka, kansas, shows the power of that wind, 60 to 70-mile-per-houramaging gusts and we could see it again today. let me bring you into what's going to happen here. severe storms in the southern appalachian, northern georgia, western south carolina. let's get to the tuesday trivia sponsored by macy's. >>> good morning. welcome to tuesday. it will be two for tuesday. today's weather will be like yesterday's. a few more clouds at the coast. it's cinco de mayo. be careful out there celebrating. building heat tomorrow. out by mom's day. mid to upper 60s along the coast. low to mid 70s around the bay. upper 70s inland. tonight, down into the mid 40s to low 50s. my seven-day forecast, it's warmest friday. >>> and we'll be right back. stay with us. >>> and we'll be right back. stay with us. because i can still make my own insulin. and trulicity activates my body to release it like it's supposed to. once weekly trulicity is for type 2 diabetes. it's not insulin. it starts acting from the first dose. and it lowers risk of heart attack, stroke, or death in peop

little prom picture here you have to celebrate things our producer, jacob gernen, he's graduating from topekachool this spring the ceremony was supposed to be this weekend and our producer ann blake was set to celebrate her first communion this week. it was a big deal. she was very excited and we want to say, ann, we're very proud of you. ann's other daughter meredith was to be celebrating her kindergarten graduation. meredith, congratulations to you. thumbs up, honey toby taylor's daughter, mave proud kindergarten graduate. oh, my gosh, that's adorable we want all of these kids to know how proud we are of them and give our own shoutout celebration of some of life's little joyce. >> really good really good, becky thanks for doing that. luckily my kids aren't in that last year, but even missing a whole half of a sophomore year in what is the best, you know, in college or my son's tennis season totally canceled. just a lot of stuff. i remember -- >> lacrosse is gone, track. >> i remember how nervous i was for first communion. maybe that's good. i remember it like it was yesterday. that's a big

we will go to brian in topeka, kansas. what do you think about the senate?ler: good morning c-span. i believe every republican up,tor and house is especially in the midwest. i just watched the adrian smith talking about not bailing out the states that are in need, new york, new jersey. what he needs to remember is in new york and new jersey pays the farmers, too. farmers had their hands out for years. so it goes around. down south you've got hurricanes coming. it's just ridiculous. and i would like to know about the update about the poultry plants were legal immigrants were arrested. are talking about campaign 2020. the political fallout of funding or the economic relief packages that we are seeing coming out of washington. how is this playing out for each party's base? >> they are each trying to use it to their advantage. you are seeing republicans tout the initial bill they passed that gave a lot of americans [indiscernible] and mcconnell's ads really focused on that, painting him as an architect of this. democrats have tried to use comments that he's made

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