Times listen to this 5 times out of the last 9 days in fact its safe to say that when it comes to coronavirus cases we here in the United States we are clearly in a league of our own take a look at this chart see that chart right there what it does is it compares the caseload thats the red line in the United States to the blue line in europe and i want to show you a couple of things theres the peak for europe you see that right there thats when they started to take some measures to try and create lockdowns for example ours came here in the United States just a little bit after word whats fascinating is as theyre measures went down you can see that they pretty much broke the curve right they even the curve and it continues all the way to this day because theyre at 4000 a day in europe and its just now right here that theyre starting to finally make decisions to open things up again we here in the United States did things differently for exe. Sample right there toward the end of april th
Including Broadband Access during coronavirus expanding broadband to rural areas telehealth funding and president trumps executive order on social Media Companies. Three hours 25 minutes. Good morning this hearing will come to order todays hearing on the oversight of the fcc. And they are here today and a special welcome to our a distinguished panel for appearing today we will hear from sec chairman pai commissioners. The sec is the nations primary regulator interstate and International Communications networks a core part of the agencys mission is to ensure all People United states have access to rapid and efficient nationwide Communications Services at reasonable prices never before has the responsibility to achieve this mission have been more important covid19 spotlight on the Communications Networks in the American Peoples access to Broadband Service since march there has been a dramatic and sustained a surge in Internet Usage us networks have performed well and we are much better t
Based to test its are needed to monitor discrimination. And chaotic scenes in kenya police fired tear gas at mourners trying to prevent the speedy burial of a popular singer. Now nearly 3 weeks after George Floyds death sparked massive demonstrations across america the Police Killing of another black man has triggered demonstrations anger and condemnation in the past couple of hours atlantas police chief has resigned after video of the fatal incident emerged police say racial brooks who had fallen asleep in his car at a Fast Food Restaurant dreiser failed a breath test and resisted arrest the officers tried using a taser on him but then a fight broke out brooks is seen taking the taser before hes fatally shot. While there may be debate as to whether this was an appropriate use of deadly force i firmly believe that there is a clear distinction between what you can do and what you should do i do not believe that this was a justified use of deadly force and have called for the immediate t
Scandal involving the brand name in chief u. S. President donald trump and of course. The russians as we discussed earlier this week the New York Times reported recently that american intelligence officials have concluded that a Russian Military Intelligence Unit secretly offered bonnies to taliban linked militants for killing callers and forces in afghanistan including targeting american troops and that the Trump White House has done nothing nothing to combat or punish russians russia or russia for these alleged bribes naturally the u. S. Mainstream Corporate News media ate all this up including our good buddy Rachel Maddow who much like alex jones talking about gay illuminati progs went into full fear monger mode what on earth are we supposed to do with. This dire. With news that has these worst Case Scenario and locations about the president. So dire its so so dire i mean with all the dire we are facing today this is clearly to Rachel Maddow the most dire except that like most of th
That wraps up todays white house briefing. We now return to last Thursdays Senate commerce meeting on fcc oversight. The serenity they necertaint build at scale. Capital, talent is scarce. Innovation doesnt have to visit. The more difficult it is, the less likely we hare to get it. And its consistent, i would add, with three years of reforms we have made oven with great heat taken. They have been a proven concept for a regulatory approach. I think the reforms, the ones you championed in the steam line act, would have us close the Digital Divide. The period is a marked contrast from the prior eight years. We wasted a tremendous amount of time chasing around partisan little agendas, rather than focusing on what matters. I think this pandemic has pult Telecom Policy in a crucible. That is what we have to focus on. On closing the Digital Divide. That is where we have been the last three years and its paying off results. We have not raised the mission divide yet. And the u. S. Infrastructur