The committee will come to order. Good morning, everyone. I want to thank all of you who are attending this important hearing, and today we are going to discuss the International Response to the covid19 pandemic and the future pandemic preparedness, prevention and response. The hearing will focus on senate bill 3829, which senator murphy and i have introduced, the Global Health security and diplomacy act. Its written on paper, not on stone, which well talk about a little bit in the future here. This is an important endeavor that this committee is going to take up, indeed probably one of the weightiest matters that well deal with as they attempt to create a new shield to prevent a covid virus type attack from happening again. The covid19 Global Pandemic has reaffirmed what weve long known, and that is Infectious Diseases, particularly those of viral nature, do not respecta tt threat everywhere. Weve been right here to focus on our domestic response to the pandemic, but we ignore the spr
Of your calls on state of the union, 8 00 is when our coverage starts, you can watch the speech at 9 00, you can watch it on cspan, at cspan. Org, and the app. We now take you to the house of re the chair lays befor the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk , d. C. March 7024. I hereby appoint the honorable Michael Guest to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, mike johnson, speaker of the spear proemre sentatives. Pursuanto thehe housef january 9, 2024, t chair will now recognize members from lists submitt by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour will alternate cognition between the parties with time equally allocated betwn the parties and each member other than the majorit and minority lears and the minority whip limited to five minutes. But in no event shall debate continue past 11 50 mr. Thompson thank you, mr. Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speer, rise today to recognize andonatulate muel hundz burge huurger. He recently accepted a fully quified appointment to
A team at Harper Adams University In Shropshire Attempt A World First by using solely robots and drones to grow and harvest a field of barley. Good morning. Its thursday 4th of may. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The past hour Buckingham Palace has announced that the Duke Of Edinburgh has decided to stop carrying out public engagements from the autumn. Prince philip who is 95, is said to have the full support of the queen in taking his decision, she will continue with all her duties. The duke is the longest Serving Consort in British History. Our royal correspondent Sarah Campbell is at Buckingham Palace. Sarah, he is 95,96 sarah, he is 95, 96 next month. Nonetheless it seems strange that the Duke Of Edinburgh would be pulling back from these sort of duty, we are so used to seeing him out and about. That is right. And i have to say that the worlds media, i have Australian Television next to me, there is new zealand, american networks, the crowds outside Buckingham Pal
The financial crisis hit. Wages fell sharply and inflation rose as things like the cost of petrol went up. That led to this long period of pay squeeze and that didnt come to an end until september 20 14. And until today wages have stayed above the cost of living but the gap has been closing and today those lines crossed. Individual incomes on average are going down again. Donna spicer is a Teaching Assistant from south east london. She has faced a pay freeze for four years. South east london. She has faced a pay freeze for four yearsli struggle pay freeze for four years. struggle to eat sometimes. I have no social life. There is no money to go out. And it is a choice of heating and eating. So, one winter we were sitting with blankets, hot water bottles, jackets, jumpers. Low unemployment used to mean higher wages as firms chased good workers. I inflation meant workers demanded increased pay rises but people are still concerned about asking for a pay rise while the Public Sector pay fre
Which clearly is not looking fit for purpose. The government itself is clearly acknowledging that by announcing more and more changes to it. And you can get in touch with me about any and you can get in touch with me aboutany up and you can get in touch with me about any up to lack of stories using my handle or using the hashtag. Senator Kamala Harris makes history after shes named asjoe bidens president ial running mate the first black woman to be a candidate for Vice President. As new zealands largest city is put back into lockdown experts investigate whether coronavirus could have re entered the country through freight shipments. And many parts of the uk experienced dramatic thunderstorms overnight with some comparing it to being in the tropics. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Im annita mcveigh. The coronavirus pandemic has now officially pushed the uk into recession for the first time in more than a decade. Figures published by the office for National Statistics this morning