Segment 1: With Sanders out of the race, the Democratic Party's 2020 presidential nomination is all but secured.
Loyalty, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver said, is very important and it goes a long way in explaining why Missouri's 5th District congressman was an early endorser of former Vice President Joe Biden's 2020 presidential bid. Now that Biden's main challenger has dropped out, does he have a chance of winning majorities in Missouri?
Segment 2, beginning at 15:45: How Missouri is caring for its incarcerated population during pandemic
Missouri's Department of Corrections lost its first inmate to COVID-19 this week. Officials said the deceased is the only known case in the prison system, but many adjustments are being made to ensure state facilities aren't a source of community spread of the novel coronavirus.
Segment 3, beginning at 25:55: Loneliness, social interaction and staying in place
Hiding from the novel coronavirus has forced massive change on our ability to interact with others on a daily basis, but it could be an opportunity to learn new methods of communication. We explored the value of replacing face-to-face interactions with digital ones and the dangers inherent in doing so.
- Jeff Hall, associate professor of communications and director of the Relationships and Technology Lab at the University of Kansas
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