[indistinct conversations] [indistinct conversations] [indistinct conversations] [indistinct conversations] [indistinct conversations] today, the committee is holding a hearing entitled oversight of the Trump Administrations response to the covid19 endemic pandemic. Due to the Public Health emergency, members can participate in todays hearing either in person or remotely via video, and. Theart of this hearing, microphones will be set on mute, for the purpose of eliminating inadvertent background noise. Remotelyarticipating will need to unmute your microphone speak. Participating in person, please wear your mask when not speaking. Dr. Monahan extract expressed in the updated guidelines that the use of face coverings is meant to protect other people in case the wearer is unknowingly infected. When we are not speaking, each of us is playing a vital role in tech and all members and staff in attendance, as well as leaders of the covid19 response will be testifying before the committee. Due
Members participating remotely must continue to use Software Platforms while attending the proceedings unless they experience connectivity issues or other technical problems that render the member unable to participate on camera. If a member who is participating remotely experiences technical difficulties please contact the Committee Staff for assistance and theyll help you get reconnected. When recognized video of remontanaly attending members, participation will be via the Television Internet feeds. They are asking to mute their microphone when not speaking. Doing so will ensure that rowe moat Technology Works properly. Members will be recognized normally for asking questions but if they want to speak at another time they must seek that by unmuting phones. There is a slight lag of a few seconds between the time you start speaking and the camera shot switching to you. To account for this please do a quote, preamable, whatever that means, unquote, before you get to your actual question
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 us the number of households without Broadband Service continues to decline. Yet despite these advances, there is still significant work that needs to be done to get every american connected. The Current Public Health crisis has made these efforts all the more urgent. I appreciate the initiatives led by the fcc to sustain and accelerate the availability of broadband connections. This includes the keep americans connected pledge, where providers have committed not to terminate Broadband Services to any residential or Small Business customers because of an inability to pay their bills, among other commitments. Along with temporary mod ifbss to existing universal fund usf programs to support the surge in demand for an internet service. These commitments
A wider al break after recording its 1st official case of the virus with infrastructure and health care decimated by nearly a decade of conflict well speak with a volunteer trying to help the most vulnerable. Im burnt off its good to have you with us it is one of the biggest disruptions so far from the coronavirus pandemic today japanese Prime Minister shinzo abi announced that the summer Olympic Games in tokyo are being postponed into 2021 japan of the International Olympic committee reached the decision after weeks and weeks of pressure from athletes across the globe. The tokyo lympics are off the decision came suddenly but was not unexpected after weeks of debate and speculation. I suggested to the i. O. C. President thomas spock that the games be perspiring for a year and he was 100 percent in favor of that for that matter its a decision that was not taken lightly or willingly but pressure had been mounting from athletes and sports federations canada had already announced it would
Home 3 oclock from midnight on april 8th. To lift control measures for travel from the city of la and to bay province they didnt come out being a bomb im trained in the thousands more thats latest here in your city to stay ahead of the curve just as easy and to save lives the chance to see. A reported one new confirmed case which was. We havent run the curve and the curve is actually increasing. Also coming up it is one of the biggest disruptions from the coronavirus pandemic so far the summer Olympic Games in tokyo have been postponed into 2021 what do you think about its disappointing fishel but when you think about the health of the athlete as well as that of the spectators i understand. To our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin the day with the 2 dramatically different faces of a pandemic in the u. S. A new disturbing figures coming from the state of new york the governor today said that the number of new cases is skyrocketing new inf