Been happening out there. We received word that officials are planning to close down a city jail in the middle of all of this. Well talk about the timing. Back here in the new york area, there are some in business who are now saying that new york city is among the worst places in this environment to do business. Well talk about why. Also talk about, when and how that might change. It is all coming up coast to coast on a wednesday. Edward lawrence starts us off on the aforementioned drug price wars and vaccine developments. Joining us live from washington. Hey, edward . Reporter connell, pfizer says they will have 100 million doses of Coronavirus Vaccine by the end of the year. Now the u. S. Government has a deal to buy all of those doses from pfizer and biontech which they partnered with for that. Federal government will pay 1. 95 billion for all 100 million doses by december. We have five vaccine candidates that prioritize the u. S. People where were going to manufacture vaccine and w
George floyd and of police brutality. This has built so many of us into the street to stand with our neighbors and communities of color. Entertainingly and systematically abused by the criminal justice system. The committee in the house as a whole, is committed to swiftly enacting profound reforms. To punish police misconduct. Holding Police Department accountable to oversight. In eliminating the financing of police militarization. We hope have more to say in the coming days. And as my friend set us we, my protest is my statement. Even as we prepare our legislative solution. The topic of todays is essential workers pretty since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, and the United States, we are all acutely aware of the threats posed to ours health and safety. But we do not all face of the risk of the crisis equally. Grocery store workers, Food Processing employee, Public Transportation operators. Nurses and doctors and hospital support staff, nursing home employees, First Responders,
This is live coverage of the hearing on cspan3. The country is returning to work here. Many of us here in washington having this hearing while the spearer pelosi and House Democrats continue to stay at home Holding Virtual hearings. We have got to get back to doing the real live work that the people sent us here to do and i would urge my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to come back to washington and do what we have been elected to do. And with that, madam chairwoman, i yield back. Thank you. Thank you so much. Now were introduce our witnesses. First we have rita bigot, an essential worker who died from coronavirus. Next is john costa, the International President of the transit union. Next we have anthony mark perone, who is the unit food and commercial Workers Union and with us Bonnie Castillo who is the executive director of National Nurses united and California Nurses Association and the National Nurses organizing committee. We also have clint odum from policy and advocacy
Brutality. This has built so many of us into the street to stand with our neighbors and communities of color. Entertainingly and systematically abused by the criminal justice system. The committee in the house as a whole, is committed to swiftly enacting profound reforms. To punish police misconduct. Holding Police Department accountable to oversight. In eliminating the financing of police militarization. We hope have more to say in the coming days. And as my friend set us we, my protest is my statement. Even as we prepare our legislative solution. The topic of todays is essential workers pretty since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, and the United States, we are all acutely aware of the threats posed to ours health and safety. But we do not all face of the risk of the crisis equally. Grocery store workers, Food Processing employee, Public Transportation operators. Nurses and doctors and hospital support staff, nursing home employees, First Responders, janitors, mail carriers, de
A video game the average us citizen is over 10 times more likely to be killed by a Police Officer than by a terrorist. After witnessing a wave of Police Brutality that he knows which should be on my news feed every day i decided to investigate the problem of Police Brutality in america. And United States police kill stupid people every day. And night. These are the official numbers according to unofficial numbers the police chose for people the day. The killing of people in this country has become a routine something normal it seems that human life is seizing to be the most valued human right one tomb. And just like that person is dead. Eliot were in minneapolis minnesota this is a quiet on a fairly small city in northern United States as of recent several Police Brutality cases have happened here were on our way to betty smiths house 7 years ago officer Timothy Devon took her sons life the officer is still free in service sometimes their patrol car drives by this very road right next