Come back here to try to make a difference. I want to congratulate you on the difference you have made. Now one of the questions i would ask you is why youre willing to leave a place with so much responsibility and background and capability to be willing to be the secretary of health and Human Services. Thank you, senator. When i think about the mission of the department of health and Human Services, which is to improve the health, safety, and wellbeing of the American People, its what ive literally spent my life trying to do. And so to have the opportunity to participate if confirmed, to be to serve as the secretary of health and Human Services and to try to guide that organization in a direction that would further fulfill that mission, i cant think of anything more exciting for fulfilling. I think you have the background for doing that too,
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International correspondent sam kiley following these events as well with us. Sam, tell us more about where the president is at this particular moment and whats left on the schedule as we continue to follow this. Reporter they are on their way here to the stadium which is effectively going to be inaugurated by his visit. There have been a lot of celebrations, hindu nationalist ballads being sung. Some 100,000 people. Both the president and the first lady and the indian Prime Minister will first stop on the way to pay their respects at the ashram, which was the home of mahat mahatma gandhi. Mr. Gandhi was assassinated by a hindu nationalist. Theres lot about it over the last six months for overplaying the hindu nationalism card that got him elected with a majority in the Indian Parliament last summer. Particularly this year with the new legislation which many people say discriminates against muslims who are part of the refugee populations here from bangladesh, pakistan and afghanistan.
California. Governor of the state saying that peak is not going to be as high as feared, then we heard from l. A. County, they extended the socalled safer at home order through may 15th, another five weeks from now. And they were at pains to say that may 15th is not a magic date, not promising to lift all restrictions when that rolls around. Of course meanwhile so many people are fighting a daily life and death battle with this virus. There are triumphs, cheers for the recovered. Numbers in new yorks icus are actually down for the first time. Some encouraging signs. Were starting to level on the logarithmic phase like italy did about a week ago. Because of the impact of what the citizens of new york and new jersey and across connecticut and now rhode island are doing to really change the course of this pandemic. Reporter but still so much pain. Tara gabriels mom, now gone, more than just a statistic. My mother was a real person, she was loving and selfless and kind. Reporter in new yor
This is bbc news with the latest headlines. The government says its confident its target of 100,000 daily coronavirus tests by the end of april has been met. Setting a challenging target was the right thing to do because it galvanised government and got thejob done but theres a lot more to be done. The Prime Minister promises to set out a plan next week for gradually easing the lockdown, rya nair announces it plans to cut 3000 jobs, as part of restructuring because of the virus. President trump says hes seen evidence coronavirus orginated in a Chinese Laboratory and south africa starts easing its coronavirus restrictions after five weeks of lockdown good morning to you all. Welcome to bbc news. The government has said it is confident that they have hit their own target for the number of daily coronavirus tests to be carried out by yesterdays deadline as the Prime Minister told the nation that the uk was now past the peak of the outbreak. The target of 100,000 daily coronavirus tests to
I did not because it was clear that i wasnt getting online. And hardly surprising given that right now breaking news. There it is live. The healthcare. Gov website is down again. What an absolute fiasco. When its up, will it be the cure they are hoping for . Ill talk to rice about how his party handled obama care and whether they are doing too much to avoid the country. When he tells glen beck about college education. To start your life 150 grand in the hole, 80 grand in the hole with your art history major or polly or mideast earn studies and not find work thats why you got a trillion dollars in debt. And for that, apparently, hes supposed to be the mad one. Anyway, thats just for starters. Mike sets the record straight live on this very show and also, the return of the great arsen yol hall. The great man is back wearing one of the coolest hats i think ive ever seen in my entire life. They are eating my grapes. Wait, wait, those are my grapes. The big story, the im sorry tour for the