To ease restrictions after a coronavirus lockdown there. And then other news from hong kong the Police Complaints was dont want to the terrorists being dragged into an era of terrorism. The u. S. House of representatives right now debating a 3 trillion dollar aid package to tackle before lout from the global coronavirus pandemic it is a huge figure to take on an Enormous Economic challenge these pictures coming to us live from washington more than 36000000 people are out your work and they are claiming benefits that figure expected to climb towards 45000000 over the coming weeks sales are down by a record 16. 4 percent for the month of april will stay with these live pictures will also talk to our White House Correspondent kimberly healthcare so bad data the dow jones opening done kimberly must be focusing minds there on the floor of the house. Just like. Yeah watching very carefully what is debated in this legislation its pretty certain that this is going to pass the house of represen
The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Loving god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. As the members of the peoples house begin the day, grant them an abundance of your grace. May they be filled with the spirit of wisdom, patience, and good will toward one another and the issues to be addressed this day. Bless them, o god, and be with them and with us all this day and every day to come. An may all that is done be for your greater honor and glory. Amen. The speaker thank you. The chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to he house her approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentlewoman from illinois, ms. Kelly. Ms. Kelly i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty an
Ah, the first rule of public speaking, always start with a threat [ laughter ] after former White House Counsel Don Mcgahn followed a request by the Trump Administration to defy a congressional subpoena, the House Judiciary Committee today held an empty chair hearing. And trump was so impressed he made the chair secretary of commerce [ laughter ] you did great up there. You didnt give them anything. I like that. Keep up the good work chair. [ laughter ] cocacola announced that they will be rereleasing their failed 1980s flavor, new coke. Because if theres one thing america loves, its a failure from the 80s. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause today is the 87th anniversary of Amelia Earharts first solo nonstop transatlantic flight and to celebrate, trump invited her to the white house [ light laughter ] shes not answering im going to leave should i leave a message . [ light laughter ] chevrolet has announced its introducing a new safety feature that will send parents report cards trackin
Releases of this week in the film review. Star in journeys end. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are the author and journalist Yasmin Alibhai brown and the political strategist jo tanner. Lets have a look at tomorrows front pages. The metro uses a musketeer analogy to describe amber rudds comments on cabinet relations. Theresa may is appeasing tory brexiteers by scrapping plans to remain in the Customs Union, according to the i. Meanwhile the times says a cabinet compromise on the Customs Union, is on the cards. A top bank of england official warns against post brexit, banking deregulation in the financial times. The guardian has an exclusive on a secret fraternity of freemasons which is continuing to operate in westminster. Lloyds becoming the first bank to ban customers from using credit cards to buy bitcoin, is the telegraphs top story. The express says its time to wrap up warm, describing the forthcoming cold spell as a sc
Hello, the u. N. Security council has unanimously voted to set up a panel to investigate chemical weapon attacks in syria. The west has repeatedly blamed gas attacks on the government. Fridays resolution establishes a team of experts tasked with identifying who is responsible and paves the way for possible sanctions. Translator syria has upheld its commitments and adherence to the Chemical Weapons Convention as well as resolution 2118 of 2013. [ inaudible ] cooperated in all ways and dealt with this issue. All of this in spite of the terrible challenges of an treejsly challenging and complex security situation, even a provocative one. This is a result of the positions of enemy of certain regional and international parties. Lets go to gabriel at the United Nations. There are some strong work work words there. Reporter absolutely but this was a unanimous vote by all 15 membersover the Security Council on the resolution. It is a significant resolution because it is going to be the first t