Hi everybody, this is Cole in beautiful Anchorage, Alaska. I'm a brewer so I have been spending my time throughout the pandemic managing yeast

hopping IPAs and making sure everyone has a tasty beverage throughout these hard times

This podcast was recorded at it is

240 pm on Friday, June 26th things may have changed by the time you hear this, but I will still be here

Making beer and listening to the NPR politics podcast. Bye

Time to break out a cold one from Alaska. That's a great time stamp for Friday

Hey there is the NPR politics podcast. I'm Aisha Roscoe. I cover the White House. I'm Franco Ardonia

As I also cover the White House. I'm Mara Laias and National Political Correspondent

So today was the first day in weeks that the Trump administration held a public coronavirus

Task Force briefing vice president Pence led this briefing and so we stand here today

We believe we've made progress

But as we are reminded as we see cases rising across the south

That we still have work to do and he was joined by you know the now very familiar faces of Dr. Deborah Birx and

Anthony Fauci

You have an individual responsibility to yourself

But you have a societal

Responsibility because if we want to end this outbreak

Really ended and then hopefully when a vaccine comes and puts the nail in the coffin

We've got to realize that we are part of the process

Uh Franco you were there

What was Pence's message?

Are they saying that we are in a crisis?

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