Were behaving peacefully thank you very much. The committee on Natural Resources will come to order. The committee is meeting to hear testimony on the questions of the u. S. Park police june 1 attack on the Peaceful Protesters at Lafayette Square. Under Committee Rules, oral Opening Statements and the ranking minority member or his designee. This will allow us to hear from the witnesses sooner and helps members ge keep to the schedule. Therefore i ask unanimous consent of the members o memberg statements be made a part of this hearing records submitted by 5 p. M. Today. Hearing no objection, so ordered. Without objection the chair will also declare a recess subject to the call of the chair. As described in the notice of documents and motions will be submitted to the electronic. Additionally please note members are responsible for their own microphones and as with the in person meetings members can be muted only to avoid inadvertent background noise. Anyone present in the hearing room t
Decision about Education University of california campuses. Will no longer require High School Students to submit an a c t e r s a t score for admission. Thanks for being with us tonight at 8 oclock everybody im grant lodes and Vicki Liviakis to use the regents voted unanimously to eliminate the exams today. Its the latest attempt to address fairness when it comes to getting into college. The s a t and a c t exams have long been criticized for favoring wealthy white High School Students. The new policy calls for those tests to be suspended through the year 2024. As the University System works to develop its own testing standard. The exams will be completely eliminated by 2025 even if the new you see specific standard test isnt approved yet and tonight californias top educator says that longawaited guidance on how to reopen schools in the fall. Could be coming in a matter of days today, educators from across the state weighed in on what they believe the process should look like our firs
International coordination in distributing medical supplies. The risk remains high, and we have a long road to travel. The United States has accused the w. H. O. Of being too close to china. Washington is demanding a detailed investigation into the organizations initial response to the outbreak. Chinese president xi jinping gave a speech at the opening ceremony. He defended his countrys handling of the crisis. Translator all along, we have acted with h openness, trransparency, and responsibilityty. Wwe have provivided informrmati the w. W. H. O. And relevant countries in a most timely mmanner. Xi pledged 2 billion over two years to help developing countries combat the coronavirus. A hot button issue ahead of the meeting was whether to let taiwan take part as an observer. But the assemblbly chair person did not allow it adding the matter will be discussed at anotother meeting laater this y. Translator the Foreign Ministry expresses deep regret andnd strong g dissaatisfaction World Healt
With Second Quarter volumes that may fall as much as 25 . Ap mollermaersk, the shipping company, said Second Quarter volumes will take a huge hit. You see a top german judge, one top german judge says the ecb is not the master of the universe and must be held accountable. This is Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron agreed to open the france germany border. U. S. Medical advisor Anthony Fauci ways in on the Market Sentiment, warning against reopening too soon. Stanley druckenmiller adds to the downbeat tone, saying the equity risk reward is the worst hes ever seen. Finally, a loss in the First Quarter. Putting aside one third of one billion euros for virus provisions. We speak with the chief Financial Officer between or lot in the next three minutes view minutes on the effect of the coronavirus. Ap mollermaersk, First Quarter revenue beating the estimate. 10 billion. 9. 57 billion in the First Quarter at maersk. The estimate was 9. 36 billion. The ceos who we are going to speak with momen
Koike said she wants abe to use tokyo asas a reference for deciciding whehether to declcla state of emergency. Translator tokyo is on the brink of an explosive e increas of infections. We are trying to prevent a a situation like thahat and tryin to prevent further spread on various levels. This is done by the state. Its needed now. There are more than 2,200 confirmed cases across japan, not including 712 cases from the diamond princess cruise ship. A total of 77 people have died, including 11 from the cruise ship. One of the main concerns among officials is the coronavirus spreading through cluster infections. One such case is three University Students who returned to japan from europe on march 14th and have tested positive for the virus. They likely spread the virus to more than 30 people across at least ten prefectures by attending gatherings and traveling to their hometowns for spring break. The rising concerns are compelling Large Companies to encourage their employees to work remo