A quarter of iranians may have been infected with corona virus we look at whether the worlds facing a far Bigger Health crisis than 1st thought. We cannot. Weak. And the tributes keep pouring in for the civil rights icon john lewis whos passed away the white house says it will fire the American Flag at half staff in his own. So its starting in libya where a team from the International Criminal court is now on the ground tasked with investigating a warlord of a possible war crimes investigators from the i. C. C. Of arrived in the capital to look into acts committed by forces loyal to kind of a half that is expected to include a visit to the mass graves found in tarahumara last month the 3 person team will also investigate booby traps left behind during a retreat by have to fighters in residential areas south of tripoli the i. C. C. Says its received credible information regarding 11 mass graves containing men women and even children without the wads following the details of this investi
Outbreak. Fishermen rescue nearly 100 refugees now indonesia says it plans to push them back out to sea. Lets begin with some new developments in the global Aviation Industrys effort to survive during the coronavirus pandemic more than 40 Major Airlines have been forced to ground their entire fleet many have suspended over 90 percent of their flights strayers Largest Airline quantas has Just Announced 6000 job cuts so ordered a bid to lower those costs as it fights to stay in operation germanys love tanser the 2nd largest in europe has signed a deal to secure a 10000000000. 00 government rescue package but in the us where travel demand has picked up a little since april the number of people passing through airports is still down more than 92 percent compared to last year. So now dominic amy joins us from berlin so its all its all about looking very good for the Aviation Industry very guess relatively speaking left hand has been lucky right. Well if it is lucky then certainly from the t
The time we are meeting right now. And more than 22 million initial unemployment claims filed in the past month. Some regions of our country have lost as many jobs over the last month as they did during the worst year of the great recession. These statistics are not just numbers on a page, madam speaker. These are our neighbors. They are our family, they are our friends, their health is at risk and their economic reality has changed overnight. Since the start of this pandemic, congress has provided more than 2 trillion in emergency relief. To get Small Businesses the financial help they need to survive. To help hospitals and Health Care Workers on the frontlines. To expand testing. To provide every american access to an affordable vaccine when it is developed. I could go on and on and on. We need to make sure that these resources are going where congress intended. That they are helping struggling americans, Small Businesses without any rampant fraud or accuse and companies arent taking
The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. April 23, 2020. I hereby appoint the honorable kathy castor to act as splote on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. 7 the speaker pro tempore the a prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Merciful god, thank you for giving us another day. Send your spirit of peace and comity among the members of the peoples house. These are days of great political, social, and economic stress in our nation, and those whose work is to legislate through this pandemic are naturally under considerable pressure. Give us all patience, especially with one another. May all our citizens in the midst of great turmoil be filled with gratitude for those in our nation whose work must go on when it would be so easy not to assume their responsibility to do so. Continue to bl
Hoarders of medical supplies for those in desperate need in the nation, republicans doing their part, bringing a 2 trillion stimulus package to senate floor to provide aid for american working families. But democrats are blocking relief, playing politics with the well being of the american worker, Mitch Mcconnell today railing against democrat partys effort to use this stimulus package for their partys pet projects. Here are some items on the democratic wish list over which they choose over which they choose to block this legislation. Last night. Tax credits for solar energy and wind energy. Provisions to force employers to give special new treatment. Too big labor. And listen to this, new admission standards for the airline. Are you kidding me . David democrat resistance to a stim less stimulus bill felt on wall street. You can see. Congress attempts to pass a major relief package for the coronavirus, u. S. Surgeon general, jerome adams reiterating a call for americans to follow recom