Books and ebooks are sold. And now todays Senate Commerce committee hearing, lawmakers examine the effect the pandemic is having on keeping rural is having on keeping Rural Communities connected via broadband. From this morning, this is about 2 1 2. Come to order. Welcome, welcome. Today, the committee convenes to discuss the state of broadband and thank them for appears. Today, we will hear from mr. Steven berry, and miss shirley bloomfield. Chief executive officer of mtca, the Rural Broadband association. Mr. Gene kimmerman who will be appearing and testifying remotely and mr. Jonathan spolter. As the administration and centers for Disease Control and prevention encourage social distancing to prevent the further spread of the virus, normal activities like school and Health Care Services are kreinsingly taking place online. This has caused a huge uptick in the use of broadband. One estimate shows average Broadband Usage is up by 47 since the pandemic began. Good news is that theres be
Colleagues attentions attendance and participation. I welcome our distinguished panel of witnesses. Mr. Y we will hear from stephen barry, president and chief executive officer of the competitive cares organization and the chief executive officer of the Rural Broadband association. Mr. Gene kimmelman, Senior Advisor on public knowledge, who will be appearing, testifying remotely. Jonathan spalter, of u. S. T and ceo broad,. Covid19 crisis has changed life dramatically for almost every american. As the administration and the centers for Disease Control and prevention encourage social distancing to prevent spread of the virus, normal activities like work, school, Healthcare Services are increasingly taking place online. This has caused a huge uptick in the use of broadband. One estimate shows average Broadband Usage is up by 47 since the pandemic began. Good news is that theres been some progress in connecting all americans. The fcc has recently released broadband deployment report shows
Clinics desperate for supplies after years of blockade. Also ahead after 9 years of war in syria the 1st trial linked to alleged state sponsored torture kicks off today in germany. Install the n. F. L. Draft gets ready to go virtual the games best Young Players will be selected remotely with millions of fans watching on. Lets get going beginning this news in the United States where figures just paint a devastating picture of the state of the economy in just 5 weeks all of the jobs created since the end of the 2009 recession have been wiped out here are the numbers last week another 4400000 americans filed for Unemployment Benefits. Thats fewer than the week before when more than 5300000 registered for jobless support but the speed of the rise in those figures is unprecedented in all more than 26000000 americans have now applied for Unemployment Benefits since the end of march that was when President Donald Trump made the 1st of his covert 19 outbreak declarations lets talk now to our W
Economies the truth is many experts dont believe that will fully happen until there is a working vaccine but there is some promising news out of Oxford University in the United Kingdom according to a report in the New York Times scientists at the University Jenner Institute are ready to move forward with trials of an inoculation tested against previous versions of the crown of virus which were harmless to humans researchers at the National Institutes for health Rocky Mountain laboratory in montana tested the oxford vaccine on 6 monkeys now the animals were given a single dose and exposed to the current corona virus and after 4 weeks the monkeys are all healthy while other monkeys which were not inoculated and exposed to the corona virus did get sick speaking with the Economic Club of washington d. C. The United States top Infectious Disease specialist dr anthony said he was cautiously optimistic about these tests and spoke about the broader process of developing vaccines. There are goi
The generation x. We look at the middle millennial as we see the attraction of socialism in the polls so my question is very broad and its a very deep question at the same time as it is capitalism working if it is for whom go ahead. Its a great question. Kind of response question is whether capitalism who is capitalism i mean its 201920 years ago we had the strongest economy known to man with you know Everything Technology and the promises of the internet and efficiency the lowest real rate of unemployment back then versus real unemployment right now being a multiple of what the government states that it is so why was capitalism working so splendidly back then versus the over indebted over leveraged version of it right now it really begs the question over if its classical kind of adam smith and david ricardo. Joseph schumpeter capitalism as taught in college and grad school or if its more of an i and randy and survival of the fittest at any and all costs by any means necessary vulture