MONDAY, OCTOBER 5
PROGRAM #9028 12:00 PM PT
Trump Hospitalized with Covid.
President Trump was interned in a military hospital after testing positive for Covid. As others are found infected and some go into quarantine, the White House, now a coronavirus hotspot, goes into a crisis. What happens next? What’s the impact on the federal government? What does the president’s illness say about the managing of the pandemic? What does it mean for the presidential campaign? A reporter files the story. On other news, on the deadline to register to vote in Florida, a civic leader talks about how activists are helping former prisoners to pay off legal debts to be able to get their voting rights restored and the news that the leader of a pro-Trump Latino group in Florida is also the chair of the Proud Boys, an extremist righ-wing group. Finally, a political reporter explains selected propositions in California’s ballot, including a proposed tax to raise funds for schools; a measure to abolish a ban on affirmative action; an initiative to restore voting rights to those free on parole; and a proposition to allow some teens voting in primaries. This program also includes news about the devastating wildfires and evacuations in Sonoma and Napa, and the reactivation of operations by the Census Bureau after a federal judge threatened them with sanctions or contempt proceedings.
Guests: Jose Lopez Zamorano, Reporter, Washington, DC; Andrea Mercado, Executive Director, New Florida Majority, Miami, FL; Araceli Martínez, News Reporter, Los Angeles, CA.
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