Continue off the floor and the republicans 1 trillion economic aid plan in response to the covid19 pandemic. Senators have been staking out their positions with floor speeches. Now, live to the floor of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. O god, our refuge and strength, give us reverence for your greatness. Guide our senators around the pitfalls of their work, enabling them to have hearts sustained by your peace. May they surrender their will to you, as they trust you to direct their path. Remind them that leadership can work miracles with cooperation, but rarely accomplishes much with conflict. Inspire our lawmakers to be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. Help them to strive to live with such integrity that they give you the honor do your name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I
Started hearing from these dignitaries as weve been saying very different responses from joe biden and President Trump biden and his video message saying that he shares the familys pain and that its time now for that pain to turn into purpose what are we hearing from the white house. Yeah well to be clear the u. S. President did call the family of george floyd and he did speak at length about how george floyd would not have died in vain that was a speech that he spent about 15 minutes talking about but its was many days ago since then it has really been joe biden who has capitalized on this in an effort to propel what he says is a jenna genda to try and bring about change not just at the president ial level but also weve seen this from members of congress specifically the democrats in the house of representatives who have introduced legislation looking to bring about a number of police for forms at the federal level for federal policing ending things like racial profiling creating a Po
Secretary mark esper. Analysis from dr. Jen ashton, tom bossert, Chris Christie and rahm emanuel and a look inside the vulnerable prisons. And a mass grave site. We need help. This week, here now chief anchor george stephanopoulos. Good morning, and welcome to this week. As we come on the air this morning, the country now braced for what could be the toughest week yet in this crisis. Covid19 cases continue to climb here, now more than 300,000. More than 8500 americans have died. The hottest spots now in the northeast new york, the epicenter, more than 63,000 cases in new york city, almost double that across the state. Governor cuomo warns the peak is coming in the next seven days and, quote, were not yet ready for the apex. In new jersey, the death toll has climbed past 800, well past the number of its citizens killed in the 9 11 attacks. Administration officials are now warning of new hotspots pennsylvania, colorado, washington, d. C. , along with detroit and louisiana. Quote, there w
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