Members may consider another Coronavirus Relief package. The senates meeting every few days and pro forma sessions during their weeklong memorial day holiday recess. Senators return for work on monday, june 1. They will resume both on judicial nominations and the Inspector General for pandemic recovery. Watch live Health Coverage on cspan, and the senate on cspan 2. Vice president mike pence spoke of the annual National Space Council Meeting at nasa headquarters in washington, d. C. He was joined by nasa administrator who gave an update on nasas work in the upcoming Spacex Dragon mission. This is half an hour. And to be joined by the nasa administrator who was in houston as we speak doing important preparations. Jim is with us. Welcome to the launch america addition of the National Space council. We are one week and one day away from when america will return american astronauts on american space. To its an extraordinarily exciting time in the life of this program. I know speak on behal
The reality is that, yeah, this is where covid19 is taking its steepest toll. This is this is who is feeling the brunt of this disease. Woodruff all that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by Consumer Cellular offers nocontract wireless plans that are designed to help you do more of the things you enjoy. Whether youre a talker, texter, browser, photographer, or a bit of everything, our u. S. Based Customer Service team is here to find a plan that fits you. To learn more, go to consumercellular. Tv fidelity investments. Bnsf railway. The john s. And james l. Knight foundation. Fostering informed and engaged communities. More at kf. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporatn for public broadcasting. And by ctributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff two different pandemic plot lines are playing out in washington tonight. The president is defend
This morning based on nine separate institutions indicating that we could potentially see another 22 thousand deaths here in the United States by mid june 22 thousand deaths here in the United States by mid june. A reminder that the house is in recess this week. The senate is in session. 2. Ve coverage on cspan as we approach memorial day weekend, we want to hear from you, your top concern as your state begins to reopen. All 50 states reopening this week. If you recently returned to work, here is the number. Anyou are a Business Owner, essential worker, here is the number. , here is thes number. If it seems a little bit different today, we are coming to you from my home and also a satellite location where this program is being directed. We will get your phone calls in just a moment. I reminder that the Senate Government Homeland Affairs committee will be holding a hearing this morning looking into a couple of things, including joe biden and his son hunter and his connection to the Ukra
Future. And launch america. Meet the first astronaut set to blast off from american soil in nearly a decade. Wow. First, heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. This is serious, and it is time for people to take action to keep themselves safe and to evacuate. Reporter dramatic video of a dam breaking in michigan. This after days of heavy rain pounded the midwest, and theyre not out of the woods yet. I knew it would be bad but not this bad. Not this bad. This is real bad. Its important for things to start opening back up. We cant be shut down forever. All 50 states have started loosening restrictions two months after americans were told to stay home. President trump was invited to a potato farm in virginia. They want to take your Second Amendment away. You know, that right . Youll have nobody guarding your potatoes. These people are sick. Pelosi is a sick woman. Shes got a lot of problems. A lot of mental problems. Reporter the back and forth between President Trump and House
director of presidential studies at the miller center where i also co-chair with russell riley the presidential oral history program. it s great to have you with us today to join us for what i know will be a fascinating conversation with our guest jeffsell, and this is about his book called mercury rising, which is the story of john glenn john kennedy and the space race in the context of the cold war. jeff comes to us from the west wing riders group, which he founded as a speech writing business along with a strategic operation and this comes from his experience as a speechwriter for president clinton, and he did a number of landmark speeches for the 42nd president. he also has a background in history from brown university and was a rhodes scholar and so has a master s degree in history from oxford. his previous books are on fascinating. x in and of themselves one on franklin roosevelt and his tussle with the us supreme court. the other is speaking of tussles on the conflict