keep georgia citizens safe. we have done that now more than 2400 infectious control missions in the state of georgia most of which were in a long-term care facility. we continue to support the department of public health with respect to sample collection at the static collection sites in addition we provide mobile sample collection capability as needed. we continue to work at more than ten for mexico's estate will be supported the movement of more than 89.5 million pounds of food and 41.1 million prepared meals. in addition to all that we continue to do detailed contingency plan to make sure your national guard is never late to need. it is our honor to serve our governor, this great team and our citizens at this critical time and our fight to defeat covid-19. thank you very much. >> good morning, everyone. my name is richard woods, , stae school superintendent of georgia. before beginning i want to thank governor kemp and dr. toomey and their respective staff for the collaboration that has taken place since the

now yield to my distant wish cully from georgia, mr. graves. -- colic from georgia, mr. graves. >> thank you, mr. bishop. met john lewis a few feet from where we are now in the well of the house. i was special elect members to be and it was john who welcomed me down in the well. i will never forget that day, it was his thunderous voice that filled the chamber. as he welcomed me and introduced me to each of you. day.nored me that afterwards he embraced me and he stood by me as i put my hand up and took the oath of office it is truly a privilege now for me to stand before you and honor him. not far from where he honored me. as we were member the life and legacy who was known as a gentle, gentle giant. a man whose courage and strength in the face of injustice and violence will forever be remembered. a man whose kindness and he military was apparent to anyone who had -- amend his kindness and you militate was apparent to humilityo had -- and was apparent to anyone who had the honor to meet him heard it is times like these we must be run i did that we must be reminded of the

albany, georgia is a great example. that community embraced the guidance without mandates and flattened the curve. they did what i'm asking people to do now. we sent masks down there weeks ago for them to hand out to their citizens. we need our citizens to be the solution to the problem we are facing right now and they have my commitment that i will stand every single day to make sure that we have the resources we need in our state from hospitalizations, ppe, and other things to make that happen. >> good morning, governor. thank you for answering our questions today. you said you thought mayor bottoms was playing politics with her mandate. are you the one playing politics and what does the lawsuit say about your priorities given the rise in the covid numbers? beenkemp: my priority has clear for weeks now. if you look back at what happened and when, some are accusing us that we reopened too fast. we were open for two months before the latest rise. if you look at when it started, there are several reasons for that. number

that's where we are in the state of georgia. and i think that's what needs to happen as opposed to us looking for opportunities to find ourselves in a lawsuit with the state of georgia. we need to take care of the citizens of the state of georgia. >> yeah, you certainly do and you've got a tough, tough mission. these are life-and-death decisions that have to be made. mayor hardie davis, thanks for joining us. good luck. >> thanks, wolf. >>> we're following another big story tonight, a titan of the civil rights movement has lost his battle with pancreatic cancer. we're going to pay special tribute to the life of the georgia congressman, john lewis. that's next. ♪ this virus is testing all of us. and it's testing the people on the front lines of this fight most of all. so abbott is getting new tests into their hands, delivering the critical results they need. and until this fight is over, we...will...never...quit. because they never quit. ruth bader ginsburg revealed she is under going chemotherapy. in a statement on friday the

my mom lives in georgia, because she is older and was able to vote early. wanted to cast a ballot in person and was able to do that without having to be in line for very long. you tried to vote absentee but at the issue with envelope so had to vote in person. so me about your boating experience. >> i've had two interesting voting experiences and georgia. 2018 i attempted to vote for myself and i was told i already turned in a absentee ballot and almost denied the right to vote. i had cameras with me so we were able to resolve the issue. at this time when i tried to vote absentee my ballot was a delayed in arriving and when it did i filled it out and reached for the return envelope and it was sealed the shot. i have watched a lot of mystery shows in my life so i tried to steam and open and that did not work. i reached out to get another copy-- get another envelope and it never arrived, so i had to go and vote in person, but i was lucky. i live in a community where the lines are not that long. about 45 minutes from beginning to end, but in union city georgia

, georgia was the first state to reopen georgia with one of the most aggressive plans in the country. at the time president trump actually criticized governor kemp, his political ally, saying he believed it was all happening too soon. so it will certainly be interesting to watch both those dynamics and then of course the political undertones of the president's trip to georgia here today, andrea. >> and blayne, the last time he was there on march 6, the president at cdc also said that anybody who wanted a test could get a test. we've seen the backlogs in testing results which have created so many problems in terms of controlling the spread. >> reporter: you know, what, and i have to tell you kind of anecdotally, we've actually seen the delay in tests. i personally got a test maybe about 2 1/2 weeks ago and i waited just a few days or so for my test results, maybe two or three days. my producer got a test and he had to wait six days for his results to come in. we've seen anecdotally other people talking about the fact that they waited more than a week for those test results to come in.

let's go to georgia, 145,000 cases, 3177 does, 32,000 is much bigger than 3000, does georgia need help from governor cuomo? >> any number is too high. governor cuomo, he needs to stay in new york which he apparently got lost ending up in savanna. how can he tell us to do things in georgia when the blood is on his hands for the amount of seniors who died in those long-term care facilities where he did not have the proper protocol, they were forced to take patients who did not have the covid-19 virus, got infected

georgia is a battleground state. the numbers say it's so, and the math works. >> when you talk about efforts to mitigate voter suppression efforts in georgia, what do you make about the current status of the controversy in georgia over sending out absentee ballot applications? we saw that was very successful in the primary earlier this year. we then saw republicans in the legislature try to block, try to pass legislation that would block the secretary of state from being able to mail out proactively absentee ballot applications. that legislation did not get signed into law, but the secretary of state, the republican secretary of state appears to have received that message, and now he's decided on his own he's not going to send out those ballot applications. what do you make of those implications, and if this part of the fight settled this. >> of course it's not settled because until we have the election, we know the shenanigans, and incompetence will continue. what we do know during that legislation post june 9th, fa

the governor of georgia is not allowing mask wearing to be mandated at the busiest airport in georgia and one of the busiest airports in the world, atlanta's airport, which is a hub for delta airlines. most of the delta flights you get on in this country has at some point within the last 12 hours probably been in georgia. and this governor is saying that there is no mandate for wearing a mask in that busy airport. >> no mandate in the airport. no mandate near the ports of savannah, which is the area that is one of the fastest growing ports in the world. no mandate in any of the tourist areas. no mandate when you have to go into a nursing home. no mandate when you go into a grocery store. no mandate for those forced to work in poutry processing plants. no mandate where people's lives are at stake because he is too afraid of the consequences of leadership to actually demonstrate any. >> just for a warning for travelers who must travel for whatever reason that they must at this time, if they are routed through atlanta they will be protected on the plane by the airlines that requires mask

georgia's governor brian kemp

the speaker: for what purpose oes the gentleman from georgia seek -- the speaker: for what purpose georgia gentleman from seek further recognition? mr. bishop: madam speaker, i ask or a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. house resolution 1054, resolved that the house as heard with profound of the death of the lewis, a john representative from the state of eorgia, resolved, that the committee of such members of the house as the speaker may designate together with such senate as may be joined be appointed to attend the funeral. that the sergeant of arms of the house be authorized steps ected to take such as may be necessary for carrying out the provisions of these resolutions. that the necessary expenses in connection therewith be paid of of applicable accounts the house. resolved, that the clerk communicate these resolutions to transmit a copy hereof to the family of the deceased. resolved, that when the house adjourns today it adjourn as a urther mark of respect to the memory of the deceased. he spea

georgia's a different story. the governor there is suing atlanta's mayor to stop her city from mandating masks. this as new cases soar in that city, in that state. well, brian kemp he's about to speak at a news conference. we'll speak with the atlanta mayor in minutes to discussion this ongoing debate. >> joining us right now is cnn chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta. great to have you back. we started in bad shape as a country in terms of cases and hospitalizations and deaths and ending it worse. we're ending it worse. every day the numbers have gone up and sanjay, we talk about it all the time. i know you don't like to be the voice of desperation or doom or anything. but today feels desperate. i mean, what's happening in florida and georgia and elsewhere and texas is bad. >> yeah. it is bad. you know, i like to be the voice of some sort of solution, you know, because i think that's what we still ultimately need. but you're right. i mean, there's no way to sugarcoat what's going on right now. we see th

in georgia. >> from the beginning of this catastrophe, brian kemp demonstrated he has no competency in this process. this is the same man that didn't understand that asymptomatic people could spread the disease. he has forwarded the attempt of the mayor saying that if you are going to come to savannah, you have got to wear a mask. the mayor of atlanta followed saying if you are going to be at the airport, you have to wear a mask. what he continues to do is down play not only the challenge to georgians but the deaths of georgians. more than 3,000 georgians have perished and he continues to fiddle while rome burns. he is following the lead of the incompetency and the immorality of the president of the united states. >> so let me be clear about this. the governor of georgia is not allowing mask wearing to be mandated as the busiest airport in georgia and one of the busiest airports in the world, atlanta's airport, which is a hub for delta airlines. most of the delta flights you get on in this countr

the speaker: for what purpose oes the gentleman from georgia seek -- the speaker: for what purpose georgia gentleman from seek further recognition? mr. bishop: madam speaker, i ask or a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. house resolution 1054, resolved that the house as heard with profound of the death of the lewis, a john representative from the state of eorgia, resolved, that the committee of such members of the house as the speaker may designate together with such senate as may be joined be appointed to attend the funeral. that the sergeant of arms of the house be authorized steps ected to take such as may be necessary for carrying out the provisions of these resolutions. that the necessary expenses in connection therewith be paid of of applicable accounts the house. resolved, that the clerk communicate these resolutions to transmit a copy hereof to the family of the deceased. resolved, that when the house adjourns today it adjourn as a urther mark of respect to the memory of the deceased. he spea

georgia, you see, does not. its governor brian kemp does wear a mask and repeated urges residents to do so, but he refused to mandate masks and is forbidding georgia's cities to do so to the point of filing suit to stop atlanta's mask policy. the governor says a mandate is not enforceable and in his view not necessary. >> i'm confident that georgians don't need a mandate to do the right thing. instead of issuing mandates that are confusing and unenforceable i'm asking all local leaders to enforce the current executive order. >> cnn's diane gallagher live for us in atlanta. diane, georgia's case count is going up. in the middle of that you have a fight over government power and masks between the governor and the mayor of the largest city. >> reporter: that's what this is, jop. it's a fight over government power and language and just how far the local smaller governments can go to, in their eyes, to protect their own citizens. now, according to the governor this is sort of a two-pronged lawsuit that is against ind

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and that is what didn't happen yesterday in georgia. >> yeah. i think you make so many good points there because you saw what was coming. you are not surprised by so much of what we saw yesterday. although i i think and it did and should alarm the rest of the country. right? but a thing to your point, you are somebody that pushes back. you are somebody that says it is not normal for voters to be in line for hours waiting to cast a ballot. but what we saw and what i was struck by were the number of black voters in particular in georgia who showed up with what i basically have is a bottled water, extra phone charger, stadium chair, snacks. they were ready to be a night and expected to be in line for a long time. they did not expect casting the ballot to be an in and out process. what does that tell you about how much those hours long waits have been normalized? particularly in black communities. >> absolutely. the brennan center just did a fantastic study if anybody wants to go to their website, it's a really good analysis of the poll tax that's a

this as new cases spike, including here in georgia. the state set a new record for single-day case counts on saturday. and as the pandemic surges, brian kemp, the governor of georgia, has started a legal battle against keisha lance bottoms, atlanta's mayor. it's because lance bottoms issued a mask mandate in the city and governor kemp doesn't want her to do that. natasha chen talks about how the battle is affecting businesses for the worst. >> reporter: the politics of how to fight covid-19 have played out on all levels of government. from the white house to statehouses to county commissions and city halls. but now in georgia, a high-stakes battle between the statehouse and atlanta's city hall has turned into something of a food fight. at least for some atlanta restaurants. >> mayor bottoms' mask mandate cannot be enforced. but her decision to shutter businesses and undermine economic growth is devastating. >> reporter: georgia governor brian kemp has sued atlanta's mayor and city council over its rollback to phase one, which he says i

cases there in georgia. how are they holding up? >> reporter: right, well, governor kemp has made it clear that he's working to improve, to enhance the capacity for hospital beds and to expand testing. that's been something that they're keeping an eye on, given the numbers increasing. he actually reactivated the makeshift hospital at the georgia world congress center about a week or two ago, just to make sure that there is enough capacity for that, wolf. >> all right, natasha, thanks very much, natasha chen reporting. let's get more on the georgia crisis. the mayor of augustsa is joinin us. more than 3,000 new cases, almost 2,000 of those in your city, augusta hospitalizations? deaths i taking they're really soaring. what's your reaction to what you're hearing from the governor as he's trying to impose his will on your city? >> well, wolf, one, it's no secret that cases are rising at an extraordinarily high rate in georgia. in the last 24 hours we've had almost 4,000 new cases with an additional 60 in my cit

>> it's why i was so eager to be the governor of georgia. state power, the leadership of the states is what directing so much of our lives. it's why while it's critical that we elect joe biden as the next president and we take the senate from democrats, we cannot forget the governors and state legislatures battles. we know the reason that the state legislature of mississippi finally bowed to a century of public pressure is that the ncaa threatened to pull football out. we know brian kemp said that he will try to enforce his masks not by suggestion, but by saying he maybe will not let football happen in georgia, college football happen if they don't wear masks. we are watching the bowing of not those that live in the public. the public they care about. the public of money or the public of donald trump. but when it comes to the communities that need them the most, and those that are disproportionately poor or people of color, they have a disposition of murderous. >> we will have more with stacey and fit in a quick break, when we come back, we

welcome to the 2020 georgia legislative policy forum. i am the president and ceo of the georgia public policy foundation. on behalf of our entire staff in the board of trustees, we are very glad you joined us. if you have attended this event in the past, you are well aware this year's edition is quite different. we've had to adapt to different circumstances. to this yearseme event, wisdom, justice, adaptation. is theeve adaptation right focus for this year's session. .oday is only the opening event over the next several weeks, we will be back here on tuesdays at 11:00 a.m. to explore the ways georgia's businesses, families, and environment are adapting to a changing world. we will cover education, the budget, land use and transportation, the economy, housing, and health care. panels ofciting experts lined up for each of them. we hope you will be able to join us for as many of those as you can. we are grateful to be joined on this journey by some key sponsors, without which our work with not -- would not be possible. --y are presenting sp

we increase white participation for the first time since bill clinton ran in georgia. those metrics and numbers are democratic voters, those numbers prove that people still have hope, they still want more and those who stand for office or who care about democracy, we have the affirmative obligation to go to those voters and say if you try, it will work, what we should not do is say it's a lie. that's the important message that people took from the election which is why in 2010 we were sent back by a decade. our responsibility is to say it's going to work but it's going to take time, it's going to be tedious, there will be setbacks and it's going to require our relentless and affirmative engagement every single time because we are pushing against people who want to hold onto power desperately they will break the machine to do so. those who are in elected office or those of us who believe in america, our affirmative obligation is to acknowledge those who feel depressed and feel suppressed and legitimately being pushed out of the system, it's our job to tell them why it's

>> well, habitat, as you may know, that was founded in americus, georgia, and americus, georgia, is only seven miles from plains. so the people that founded habitat were well-known to the carters, were friends with the carters and the carters really liked the idea. so what they agreed to in the early years was that their name could be used for the organization for fundraising and things like that. and then they spend one week a year working on habitat projects. many of these days are abroad, and these are not just photo ops, they actually go out and they're both quite good with tools. so they go back to their first days of habitat and they're still active. they spend 51 weeks a year working on the carter center, but they do have -- have made a major contribution to habitat. >> well, before we get into the white house years, we have to add one more person to the story and that's the birth of amy carter. she was born in 1967. so the carters arrived at the white house with a young daughter and their sons off doing other things and with their lives. but the inauguration was cast as the peopl

and what is happening in georgia? >> reporter: yeah, so we've seen over the past week or so, brooke, things continue to get worse in terms of new cases, new deaths and hospitalizations. just got the numbers for today from the georgia department of public health. and these are the lowest numbers that i've seen in about ten days or so. about 2452 confirmed cases and three deaths and 37 hospitalizations. now i want to put in perspective. those numbers would have seemed insane back in april when the state became reopening, something we've been dealing with now for months here. the governor of georgia, of course, is -- has filed a lawsuit against the mayor of atlanta over her recommendations to roll back the reopening to phase one in the city as well as the mask mandate. the mayor maintains that there is no enforceable issue with it as far as anything to do with enforcement so she's not going outside of his executive injunction that would limit mayor keisha lance bottoms from speaking to the press or issuing press releases

former leader in the georgia house. big national profile in the democratic party, in contention for running mate for joe biden. we will talking to stacy abrams because she is fired up over something the president has just done that the courts are likely to stop, but he is trying to get away with it anyway. stacy abrams runs a couple of different organizations involved in trying to secure fair access to the vote, and fair access to our small d democracy, she will join us live in a few moments to talk about it as well. so, like i said, big day, big show tonight. this, this is just one of the news days that has been kind of full of surprises though. i mean in the news business, full of surprises surprises -- is generally not a good thing. there was the odd spectacle earlier tonight when the president announced that the republican party actually won't be holding the convention next month in jacksonville, florida. after all. remember, initially the republican convention was going to be in north carolina, then, when north car

to run for governor of georgia. now, there is a selfish interest i can't solve the issue in new york until we solve it across this country that to the extent it is a pragmatic issue. >> reporter: and the governor again saying he's worried that this virus could return to new york the state of new york has also given supplies and testing kits to other states, for example, texas, medication, they sent remdesivir down to florida, and also supplies to the city of atlanta and now the city of savannah here in georgia the breaking news here in the state of georgia, we were expecting to hear the first stage in this legal battle between governor brian kemp and atlanta mayor keisha lance bottoms over that mask mandate in atlanta, we were expecting to hear the first of that within the next hour. but, ayman, as you just reported, that hearing has now been postponed, we don't know until when, but the judge in that case has just recused herself, we're trying to find out more details >> gabe gutierrez live in georgia, thank you so

the state of georgia, but also to the nation voters first elected louis to represent his atlanta georgia district in 1986 georgia republican congressman doug collins was just an intern, we ended a run same elevator, almost every morning together. he leaves a legacy of caring for others, a black drape was placed over congressman lewis's office store here on capitol hill. >>members have been passing by all day leaving notes and snapping photos. lawmakers tell me they hope to honor his memory by passing voting rights legislation. alabama democratic congresswoman terri sewell says her bill restores provisions of the voting rights act of 1965 a bill lewis shed blood for on the edmund pettus bridge in selma, south carolina congressman jim clyburn says if republicans want to honor lewis's legacy. >>they'll help get schools bill signed into law i e. >>really need it. it's just light. >>reporting in washington, i'm kelly meyer him. >>georgia state senator nick a mo williams will run to replace civil rights icon john lewis the state's democratic party has chosen her to replace lewis on the novembe

florida, georgia, texas, and others. it is a -- anybody in epidemiology, anybody who understands these viruses, this is an uncontrolled and very upsetting situation. >> and they were -- >> we find ourselves in. >> and they were bragging about it. we figured out how to do it. florida -- and look at florida now, ron. i mean, what can be done when the president's focus is elsewhere? he was talking about home appliances and showerheads today. yeah. and he's promoting goya beans. what does the country do when the president preppetends that there no crisis or that the crisis is over? what are we to do? >> sadly, what we are to do, don, is get sick in record numbers and go thopt and die in record numbers. that's the situation we're in in the country. frankly, even if it stays at 70,000 a day, one of the worst epidemics in the world right now. you know, it's -- wherever it winds up it's because of a lack of leadership from the president. we still don't have testing, widespread, available, accessible. we don't have contact tracin

that is what i did in georgia, developed a good program in georgia, by the way. but they did not come. one day i was walking in the white house and met this woman who was one of the press people. and i said, nobody ever covers my meetings. she said, ms. carter, mental health is not a sexy issue. that i did not like. but it never did get very much coverage for it. but we toured the country and find out what was needed, developed legislation and passed the mental health systems act of 1980. it passed through congress one month before jimmy, as he says, was involuntarily retired from the white house and the incoming president put it on the shelf and never implemented it. one of the greatest disappointments of my life. and now we had a mental health symposium at the carter center. i have a great mental health program here. last week and one of the people who work with me in the white house -- the subject was the affordable care act. and he did a comparison of what we did in 1980 with what the affordable care act, and it is almost identical. we just passed parity. it

a good program in georgia, by the way. but they just didn't come. and so, one day, i was walking in the down floor -- down floor in the white house and met this woman who was one of the press people. and i said, "you don't ever cover my -- nobody ever covers my meetings in the -- she said, "ms. carter, mental health is just not a sexy issue." and that would -- and that i didn't like. but i never did get very much coverage for it. but we toured the country, found out what was needed to develop the legislation, and passed the mental health assistance act of 1980. it passed through congress one month before jimmy, as he says, was involuntarily retired from the white house, and the incoming president put it on a shelf, never implemented it. it was one of the greatest disappointments in my life. >> that's rosalynn carter talking about her frustration with the implementation of the signature legislation of one of her major issues. you mentioned women's rights issues. she was also a big champion for the equal rights amendment to

georgia backdated the covid cases to onset of symptoms. the georgia department of health defended the practice to cnn calling it the traditional way to look at data during an outbreak adding that georgia has been reporting the data at same way since the beginning of the pandemic. while it says less about when infections are occurring, presenting data by date of report is important to have the most current understanding of the case burden we're facing each day. harvard researchers say backdating the cases created unforced errors and painted a rozier picture than reality. >> essentially results potentially in a decline of cases in every single week because positive cases keep getting backdating to the symptoms first begin. >> reporter: kemp has declined an interview but as things stand now kemp's office admits current graphs don't like plaza towers elementary. they asked for any other questions we had to be directed to the state health department. tuesday night governor kemp launched a new campaign encouraging georgians to wear masks. the pu

in 1990 he ran for and won his first term as georgia state senator for the fourth district of georgia. throughout jack's 30 years of steadfast service in representing the fourth district, he served on many prestigious committees, including the senate rules committee where he was vice chairman, and chairman of the powerful senate appropriations committee. both jack and i liked to write columns. we write weekly columns. jack always chatted me and said mine were very chatty. i always chatted him and said his were very nerdy. he was a numbers cruncher. he knew the budget like no one in the state of georgia knew t he was always the also to leave this capitol each day because of how dedicated he was to serve the people of our state. because of jack's leadership, my colleagues and i were always driven to be good stewards of taxpayer dollars and uphold our mission in all we did to serve georgian was the best of our abilities. jack was a man of overwhelming integrity, compassion, and humility. he was a true statesman. while he certainly worked hard to be selected for this role, never used his

georgia a 1976. as you heard the news report, it was a complicated case with the complicated outcome. the laws in the three states, georgia, florida and texas were upheld, while the laws in louisiana and north carolina had to be rewritten. it did not settle the death penalty debate, which has been going on ever since. tonight, we'll talk with to people who spend a lot of time thinking about this part of american justice system and will help us understand these cases, what the mood in american society was like, and the legacy of the decisions, let's introduce carol steiker, a professor at harvard law school, she clark wants for justice thurgood marshall in the 86 to 87 term. and she's the coauthor, with her brother, of a book called "courting death: the supreme court and capital punishment". >> kent kent scheidegger is faced in sacramento, an organization that advocates in favor of the death penalty and for more swift acting criminal justice system. they found more than 100 trade briefs and supreme co

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this event was hosted by the georgia public policy foundation. ... i'm the president and ceo of the jordan policy foundation and on the behalf of our entire staff, we are america and joined us you've attended this event in the past, your will weather this year it's different. we have had to adapt to so much in our society. in fact the theme for this year's event, wisdom, justice and adaptation. as you probably know, that's the state's motto and adaptation is the right focus for this your session . and speaking of the sessions, today is the opening event. over the next several weeks, we will be back here on tuesdays at 11:00 a.m. to explore the ways of georgia, families, businesses and the government are adapting to a changed world. it will cover the following areas. education, budget, land use and transportation, the economy, housing and healthcare. in exciting panels of experts lined up for each of them and we hope you'll be able to join us for as of those as you can. more grateful to be joined by some key sponsors without which homework cannot be p

also a democratic kennedy for georgia's u.s. senate seat. everton let me start with you, there's been a number of reports from various organizations, including children's hospital of philadelphia that note either the very manimental -- developmental risk of keeping kids away from school or guidelines to minimize health risk. it sounds like there are ways this might be done. why not do it. >> absolutely. and we should do those things. our reality is that we've known school reopening would be something with which we needed to contend for months. since march, we knew in the fall we needed a clear plan for what we'd need to do and provisions to set forth in order to safely reopen in person. what we've done is sequester that opportunity. where we see spikes in the county every other large metro district choosing the hard decision to resort to only digital instruction, we need to do the same thing, because we've not already done what needs to be done to keep staff, students and their families safe. >> is there anything the district could have done

with georgia law as the person who will be on the ballot for congressman lewis in november. given the district's -- she is likely to be, for all intents and purposes, the person who will be replacing him again after 17 terms in congress. but john lewis is irreplaceable. she can only be pt next congressperson from the fifth district. >> big shoes to fill. errin, erica, thanks for being here. actress kerry washington will be here along with director of aclu voting rights project. they are going to weigh in on

the governor of georgia taking legal action? >> reporter: david, this is setting up to be a legal showdown in georgia. governor brian kemp filing a lawsuit seeking to block atlanta from rolling back parts of its re-opening, including closing down dining rooms and that all important mask mandate. he says he's doing this on behalf of struggling businesses, david. >> all right. victor, thank you. so while the governor there tries to block any mayor from mandating masks in georgia, the heated debate only growing across this country. it was just this week the head of the cdc said, if we all wear masks, we could have it under control in weeks. but tonight we take you inside the community meetings where there is real push-back. here is marcus moore. >> reporter: tonight, emotions running high at this meeting over masks in schools. >> this is the exact opposite of what we need to be doing. we are supposed to be physically distancing, wearing masks. >> reporter: anti-mask protesters erupting in boos. the utah county commission suspending

welcome to the 2020 georgia legislative policy forum. i am the president and ceo of the georgia public policy foundation. on behalf of our entire staff in the board of trustees, we are very glad you joined us. if you have attended this event in the past, you are well aware this year's edition is quite different. we've had to adapt to different circumstances. that is the theme to this year's event, wisdom, justice, adaptation. we believe adaptation is the right focus for this year's session. circumstance. in fact that is the theme for this year's event, wisdom, justice, adaptation. as you probably know the playoff motto that we believe adaptation is the right focus for this year's session. speaking of the session today is only the opening events over the next several weeks we'll be back here on tuesdays at 11:00 a.m. to explore the way the families their businesses and their government are adapting to a changed world. we will covering the following areas, education, the budget, land use and transportation, the economy, housing, and health

georgia has treated me so well and given so mauch to me. i hate to be in a position where we can't give back appropriately as we need to, especially amidst this pandemic. >> i guess that's the question of what you're describing. if you didn't have a mandate, if the governor succeeds here and you're not able to have the mandate in place, do you think that life on the ground in your community is going to change, that you're going to have a lot of people walking around without them. >> certainly. as soon as we put a mandate in place we immediately saw better behavior in pharmacies, in grocery stores and other places. we have a very young community, as host of the flagship university of georgia, and what i don't want are 40,000 young people who we've heard all throughout the region are the new immigrants into the covid crisis to have themselves at risk and of course put their neighbors and their parents and their grandparents at risk. the governor has allowed the university system of georgia to require masks on campus at every state institution

the state of georgia added 3,871 new covid cases and 37 deaths. not only are those case numbers going up, but the number of hospitalizations are going up as well, and an official with the state health department tells me because of the number of tests, they're seeing delays, backlogs when it comes to getting people their results. that's the scene that we're looking at. when it comes to the order from the governor overnight, when i spoke with you yesterday, we talked about the fact that georgia governors or georgia's restrictions around covid-19, those guidelines were set to expire at midnight. governor kemp signed a new executive order that extended those to the end of the month but in so doing, there's a provision in that latest executive order that says that local leaders, local municipalities cannot mandate masks to be worn in public. eamon, this is along the lines what have he's been saying all along, saying that cities, counties cannot enforce something that essentially is stronger, stronger restrictions than what he's imposing statewide. thi

the gentleman from georgia -- the gentlewoman from georgia reserves. the gentleman from north dakota is recognized. mr. armstrong: we reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from georgia is recognized. mrs. mcbath: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield one minute to the gentleman from illinois, my original home state, representative davis. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois is recognized for one minute. mr. davis: thank you, mr. chairman. and i also want to thank the gentlelady from georgia for giving me the opportunity to speak on this important bill. as a matter of fact, representative frederica wilson has made this her life's work. as a matter of fact, i am male role 5,000 model tie. where for many years she established one of the most effective programs in public education, period, with the dade miami school board. where 5,000 young males are taught and trained. we've had many efforts, eleanor mahomes norton and i created -- holmes norton and i created a caucus on black men and b

representing not only the great state of georgia and the people of the state of georgia, but all of the men and women of the united states. mr. walker: thank you, representative scott. we would like to recognize the gentlelady from california, susan davis. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california, congresswoman susan davis, is recognized. mrs. davis: thank you, thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, with john robert lewis' passing, we lose and deeply mourn a great friend and mentor. and the world loses the most respected, good troublemaker of our time. john standing will only grow as his legacy endures. mr. speaker, every year since i've been in congress, i asked john to speak to entering high school seniors from san diego who visited our capitol as part of an in depth civics and leadership program. and for 20 years, with each new group of 45 very diverse students, he gave his time, his energy and wisdom, graciously answering theiren -- their many spirited questions. and they too will never forget him. and how he changed them. and here's just a brief example. alejandra from

i'm delighted to be back in atlanta, georgia, special place. [applause] the hometown of one of the most amazing companies on earth, ups. they never fail. the dedicated men and women of ups are an inspiration to us all , in the face of every challenge, you always come through for your fellow citizens. would you say that's correct? i say it is correct. [applause] let me start by expressing my gratitude to every driver, worker, and employee who has contributed to this great success and continues to deliver for america throughout our battle against the china virus, goes by many different names, about 21 that i can figure. maybe we will use a different one every time we hit it whatever it is, it was a terrible thing and it could have been stopped and it should have been stopped where it started, and china. andill defeat this virus emerge stronger than ever before. we are here today -- [applause] -- to celebrate a historic breakthrough that will transform the lives of workers and .amilies all across our nation for decades, the biggest obstacle to bui

we are stillll fighting voter suppression in georgia, but not only in georgia. all across this country. in 2013, the supreme court gutted the voting rights act, dipped in the blood of john lewis and hosea whoiams and so many others fought the good fight. him, it haselebrate not been reauthorized. the last time this bill was reauthorized, george w. bush was president. it passed the united states but, in recent years, voting has become a partisan issue. those are the -- there are those who are not embarrassed by making it difficult for people to vote. fought to the very last of his strength. the reauthorization of the voting's right -- voting rights act passeded the u.s. congress. i am running against someone now in the u.s. senate who voted against it, congressman doug collins here and it passed the house cannot meet it to mitch mcconnell's desk, and that is where it is's sitting, on mitch mcconnell's -- is sitting, on mitch mcconnell's desk. the billll that t carries john lewis's blood is sitting on his desk. if he really wants to honor john lewis, he ought to p

it started out from georgia, but just being people from georgia, but it grew and grew and grew, who would campaign all over the country for us. and it was really wonderful. they paid their own way. in fact, we had no money. everybody who worked in our campaign had to find a house to stay at, somebody that was a supporter that would have them -- let them spend the night with them. either they had to pay for a hotel, but that couldn't happen now. but it was really close, not with money. not with the money that you have to have, even to win the nomination. >> rosalynn carter, january 20th, 1977, what do you remember about that day? >> it was inauguration day. we walked down pennsylvania avenue in the cold, cold weather. it was exciting. >> whose idea was it to walk? >> it was jimmy's idea. he didn't tell me until the night before. >> why not? >> he didn't tell anybody else except the secret service agents. because we didn't -- well, the secret service didn't want to worry security. in fact, they didn't want to walk at all. walking down pennsylvania avenue, i think he thought that everything