Teleworking from home defense contractors have been by and large required to stay open meaning most of the industrys 2500000 employees have continued to work. Why well according to the United States undersecretary depends ellen lord those businesses are considered Critical Infrastructure because while we may be in desperate need for face masks ventilators another life saving medical supplies and equipment we cant stop working on the f. 35 fighter jets or the predator drones or all the other wildly expensive implements of death that our wonderful merchants of death provide merchants of war provide for us this comes despite the United Nations secretary general antonio good therapists calling on all governments of the world to put down their guns stating the theory of the virus illustrates the folly of war that is why today im calling for an immediate global cease fire in all corners of the world. Somehow tragically i dont believe we are going to heed that message because here in the Unit
Citizens and thousands of industries are facing massive economic turmoil and hardship there is of course one industry that appears to be immune to the economic followed to the covert 19 pandemic i am talking of course about our good friends in the military Industrial Complex yes the Washington Post is reporting that while stores and factories around the country are shutting down and millions are teleworking from home defense contractors have been by and large required to stay open meaning most of the industrys 2500000 employees have continued to work. Why well according to the United States undersecretary depends elen lord those businesses are considered Critical Infrastructure because while we may be in desperate need for face masks ventilators another life saving medical supplies and equipment we cant stop working on the f. 35 fighter jets or the predator drones or all the other wildly expensive implements of death that our wonderful merchants of death provide merchants of war provid
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome president nixons grandson, Christopher Nixon cox. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the nixon library, and welcome to this beautiful replica of the east room. I am Christopher Nixon cox, a board member of the Nixon Foundation as was the grandson of the 37th president , Richard Nixon i am so happy to welcome you to the library. I see a lot of new faces makes me really excited and i see a lot of young faces so we have a lot of young conservatives. [applause] its great to see and i would encourage all of you after the event today to walk around the library. Of course it is one of my Favorite Places for obvious reasons but one of my favorite in the world i think it is the birthplace, its beautiful, we have redone a lot of the exhibits so theres a lot of new stuff to see and if you come back you can visit the archives and do a Little Research into my grandfathers presidency is so much to do so i am so happy to have you here today but of course
Here at the foundation of the grandson of the 37th president richard nixon. It is my honor and pleasure to have you here at the library today so happy to welcome you see a lot of faces in the crowd which gets me excited and not of young faces which means we have young conservatives. [applause] so it is great to see and i encourage all of you after the event today to walk around the library. It is one of my Favorite Places for obvious reasons but in the world the birthplaces beautiful we have redone the exhibits and of course if you come back you can visit the archives and do research into my grandfathers presidency. There is so much to do here im so happy to have you here today. Today we will begin our program by honoring our nation as we always do but first please welcome our special guest charlie kirk. [applause] ladies and gentlemen please remain standing for the presentation of colors and the singing of our national anthem. Ladies and gentlemen please give another round of applause
Chinatown. That is a very bad sign. This 7000 squarefoot Chinese Restaurant has gone dark for two weeks. The owner decided to temporarily shut down for the month of march after business fell off the cliff. 70 . Reporter 70 . 70 at lunch. Dinnertime i think almost 90 . Reporter he says customers stopped coming fearing they could pick up the virus by being too close to others. He says the biggest victims of their employees. No work and no paychecks. They still have to pay the rent, pay their food. They are hurt. Reporter many stores have either cut back on hours or temporarily suspended operations, including this seafood restaurant. It is one of the biggest restaurants in oakland. A few doors down, they decided to close early and 2 00. Not a single customer today. Just one customer yesterday at her drycleaning business. Know people. Very quiet. Reporter heres a look at the pacific Renaissance Plaza in the heart of chinatown. Here is what it is like on the streets. Same problem. In San Fr