Washington today, we are holding this hearing virtually in compliance with the regulations for Remote Committee proceedings pursuant to House Resolution 965. Remote hearings certainly are not the same as sitting together in our Committee Room and you should know. The new authority has allowed us to continue to do our work a behalf of the American People, while keeping our staff, families and broader communities this is the First Official Virtual Committee hearing in the United States house of representatives. As we begin this historic proceeding, i want to underscore that i plan to continue this committees long tradition of collegia collegiality and substantive debate even as we conduct our business from afar. I will continue to work with Ranking Member and his staff to make sure that all Ranking Members are respected in the knew virtual format. Before we turn to todays important topic, i want to remind members of a few procedures to help us all navigate this new platform. First, consi
Significance, that infection rates fall after lockdown orders are lifted. Repeat, thats jpmorgan saying that. Big deal. All right. Now listen to this. Scuffles between probeijing and prodemocracy hong kong legislators. Why are hethey doing that . Thats the wrong tape. Show me the legislators scuffling, please. China just moved to take control. Those freedoms promised to hong kong when the british left are being wiped out. U. S. china relations turning very sour. Initially, that didnt go down well on the market. Futures turned south but then substantially recovered. Right now, were up about 20 points for the dow, modest gain for the s p, tiny, actually, fractional loss for the subpo p. This is a very important day. You will see the president at the white house saluting veterans. You will hear from officials and businesses across the nation about the great opening up. And we will tell you what you are allowed to do this weekend, and where you are allowed to do it. Varney company is about
Back into our community, and making sure that all of the businesses that have supported us over the years are here to support us in the future. Reporter time is of the essence, and the time is now. It is essentially critical, were talking about businesses that for many, work on a month tomonth misses. Reporter economic develop Alliance Just released a survey of 2000 east bay businesses, predominantly sole proprietorship. Overwhelmingly, they say this is the biggest challenge for now. To make the most critical piece of that is reestablishing the connection with customers, hitting orders going, and starting to get back into the flow of things. Reporter overdue rents, bills, hiring people paled by comparison, their Small Matters but any could end the business. Trying to get out of that hole is a daunting proposition for many. Reporter this is really about survival, we will see how it gets in the future, but nobody knows so far. No one knows how may businesses and Contra Costa County and e
Recognize several individuals who have responded to the invisible enemy with courage, determination and grace. Extraordinaryd hardship and loss and we mourn with one heart for every life that has been taken from us. The heroes we are today. True source of inspiration for us all, a great inspiration. The whole country is watching. With us today is kyle west from cincinnati. He is proud to be a mailman in his hometown. Cincinnatiworked in and it was great. The queen city. Are Older Americans in a low income area. As kyle says, we are not just mailman, we are many other things, we are part of the neighborhood. Kyle talks to roughly 500 customers each day, bring a cheerful smile and listening ear to every parcel of mail. Hen the pandemic hit delivered a note to hundreds of americans, saying that if you are at risk adding essential items, that me know, and i will help. That means you get it done. Sincerely, mailman kyle. Has receivedyle more than 400 responses and delivered vital groceries
Of staff came ahead of a government meeting to review the countrys coronavirus lockdown at the moment the chancellor of the country 16 regional leaders discussing proposals for the reopening of institutions including museums and places of worship as well as public areas such as playgrounds schools are already shut you will to reopen from next week were expecting a statement from chancellor merkel shortly meanwhile the head of germanys Public Health institute is urging people to remain cautious and warning that the pandemic is far from over. You unappointed me compendium it like this can only end when 60 to 70 percent of the population has been infected then we have a chance to stop the violence there according to our data the percentage of germans inflicted is still in the Single Digits so its clear this is a marathon but its not clear how long it will be until this marathon is. Well chancellor merkel is due to hold a News Conference to outline the results of todays deliberations very