[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] if you miss any of our live coverage of the governments response to the coronavirus outbreak, watch it anytime at cspan. Org coronavirus, for daily briefings by the white house and the task force, and hardest hit states. Use the charts and map to track the global spread and confirmed cases in the u. S. County by county. Our coronavirus web page is your fast and easy way to watch cspans unfiltered coverage of this pandemic. Up next, a Senate Hearing on Bipartisan Legislation aimed at eliminating Child Sexual Exploitation on the internet. Good morning. Thank you all for attending this, what i think is going to be a very important hearing and senator blumenthal, i want to thank you for the hard work youve put into drafting this piece of legislation. Senator feinstein is on the way. She said it would be okay if we got started. I normally dont say a whole lot in opening statements, but i might take a bit of time today. I want to introduce
I will have to be strict with the gavel. The witnesses have a tight timeframe, i know you will all cooperate with that. Let us begin. Welcome, mr. Secretary. We are glad that you are here. We have a lot to take up and every bit of it is obviously serious. The chair now recognizes herself for an Opening Statement let me begin with this, mr. Secretary. I think that confusion is the enemy of preparedness. Confusion is the enemy of preparedness. I believe that the administrations lack of fairness the Coronavirus Response is on full display. Markets are reacting, in some part, to the lack of trusted information amongst many other factors. Our government has to speak with credibility and authority. Instead, it is like a greek chorus chanting through the state. That adds to the confusion. There are key questions that need to be addressed for the American People. What is the full plan should this virusinfected american in high numbers what is the plan for increasing diagnostic capacity . Limit
The minimum wage. Tech entrepreneur Richard Wayne on the skills gap, the future of work, and rethinking traditional Fouryear College degree or rims. College degree programs. Host good morning. T is friday, january 3 u. S. Airstrike near the bank that airport killed the top corps. Er of the guard could stoke a cycle of retaliation with the islamic republic. We are tracking reaction and we want to hear from you. Let us know what you think. Democrats, 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. Ndependents, 2027488002 you can send us a text message this morning. That number, 2027488003. If you do, please include your name and where you are from cspanwj cspanwj. On twitter, it is. On facebook it is, facebook. Com cspan. A very good friday morning, you can start calling now as we show you the Statement Released last night from the department of defense. This is how it read at direction of the president. The u. S. Military has taken action to protect u. S. Military abroad by killing the head of gua
Get into congress the venezuelan Opposition Leader one was sworn in as head of the Opposition Controlled National Assembly. And a state of emergency was declared on the island of puerto rico after a powerful earthquake. We begin with the escalating tensions between the u. S. And iran on the day of the barely of the top iranian commander the u. S. Has been defending its actions to kill him and the u. S. Defense secretary says he expects iran to retaliate over the assassination of custom mark esposa says it could come directly through Iranian Forces or iran backed groups outside the country despite the u. S. Military bracing for attacks President Trump says the killing of cinnamon he quotes saved a lot of lives and many countries have thanked him he said he also says it was planning imminent attacks but hasnt offered any evidence mr trump has walked back his threat to bomb iranian cultural sites he says the u. S. Will Pay International law regarding those strikes if it strikes iran early
Each week, american artifacts takes view ers around the country. Herbert block, known as her block. The cartoons are featured in the White House Historical association. Herblocks career stood years. Sarah duke talked about his influence and legacy and showed us many of his cartoons and many on exhibit in the gallery. Herb block was a midwestern cartoonist and began his career in 1929, six months before the Great Depression. He was a moderate conservative and not left, left, and it pushed him more to the center by the Great Depression and the injustice of world war ii. In 1933 he joined the scripts Howard Company and the Enterprise Association which was situated in cleveland, ohio and then in 1946, right after the Second World War he joined the Washington Post where he spent the rest of his career and he died about six weeks after his last cartoon appeared in the Washington Post. His last cartoon appeared on august 26, 2001, and he died just a week shy of his 92nd birthday in october. T