That worked with charisma when hunter biden served on its board. Here is that meeting. On may 12 the Committee Meets to consider a subpoena. I note the presence of the corm. Again i want to think the members for coming here and providing a quorum, i do want to announce we will not vote on brian miller who is nominated to be the special Inspector General for the pandemic recovery. I appreciate the cooperation that we got from the Ranking Member and then one order he this is an important position and oversight of the cares act, massive spending bill and will fully support those oversight efforts. I worked with senator peters on a different version of oversight on this to pass the care act, and a appreciate that as well. We will just be able to discharge the nominee from our committee and hopefully get him confirmed for the Holiday Weekend would be nice to get the oversight efforts starting on the cares act as quickly as possible. The other business item will be conducted is a motion to s
Governor cuomo good morning. Another long night in this country. To my left im glad to be joined by dr. Howard zucker and to my right im glad to be joined by melissa derosa. Lets talk about where we are. Lets talk about the facts that we know in terms of handing the covid virus. Were doing better than weve ever done before. The number of hospitalizations is down, has continued to drop the reduction in the number of intubations is down, the threeday average of new hospitalizations is down to the lowest level ever, which is really good news. Were doing a significant amount of testing. As you know, were testing more than any state in the United States. Were testing more per capita than any state on the globe. And the tests are relevant because theyre a snapshot in time. They tell you where you are on that day. Yesterday, we did about 50,000 tests, which is a tremendous is a tremendous amount of tests. Less than 1,000 people tested positive. That is the lowest number we have had since this
More work from home. It is thursday, may 7. You are watching Worldwide Exchange here on cnbc good morning, good afternoon, good evening. Welcome. Im Brian Sullivan thank you for joining us on this 75th anniversary of ve day 1945, world war ii and europe ended. Looking at the market and your money. Setting up their thursday morning. We are seeing futures with potentially a rebound in gain. Getting to more on that in one second this would also regain like we said what we lost yesterday. Up nearly 3 this week alone weekly jobless claims are out. They are expected to show another 3 million americans have filed for unemployment. We are nearing 30 Million People out of work. Markets wont move on that it is widely expected. Obviously a difficult number to hear we have breaking news on United Health the health insurancer announcing it will provide 1. 5 billion premium rebates. Joining many Auto Insurance Companies Offering rebounds as people are simply not consuming their products right now we
Troubled by the tragic death of george floyd here in most. There were many deaths that took place in missouriened across the nation over the weekend. What happened to him was very wrong. And it is fill it has filled americans everywhere with sadness, grief, and anger. Were also saddened by the acts of violence that have transpired across our state and our nation in response to this event. Citizens have every right to peacefully assemble and protest. And we support those who are calling for justice and peace. However, an element that seized on these Peaceful Demonstrations to commit violence acts and endanger the lives of citizens and bring destruction to our communities. This violence not only threatens public safety, it drowns out the voices of the peaceful demonstrators calling for justice and working to improve our nation. On saturday, i signed an executive order activating the Missouri National guard to assist local authorities at their request. At this time we are taking a proacti
Focus today executive nominations, including brian miller for pandemic recovery. And the vote for mr. Miller setting for 4 30 p. M. Eastern. Take you live now to the senate floor on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Lord god, have mercy upon our nation for the winds of suffering buffett our land. We hear the cries of the voiceless and the anguish of the unheard. We see the criminal actions of those who threaten freedom. Lord, snatch this nation conceived in liberty from the precipice of its own destruction. Extricate us from traps we have set for ourselves. Remind us that you are a god of justice from whom we borrow our heartbeats. Arise, mighty god, and make those who defy your purposes tremble with reverential awe. Hear the prayers of our senators, and give them wisdom, courage, and integrity for these challenging times. We pray in your strong name. Amen. The presid