Those who are joining this morning, doctor bianchi of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Institute for child health and develop, almost as long as the subcommittee on health, education, Human Services and related agencies. Doctor Anthony Fauci of the National Institute of allergy and infectious diseases. Doctor gary gibbons, director of the National Heart, lung and Blood Institute. Doctor sharpless of the National Cancer institute. And doctor dora volkow, welcome to all of you. Leader hoyer asked me to you have the nih coming . And he said this is one of the most remarkable hearings we have, thank you for the work you do and the differences you make in saving lives. At the start, let me touch on the matter of the coronavirus. I want to say thank you to the director, all the institutes. I want to say thank you to doctor fauci and say for Public Health experts, what, what you are doing on what is clearly a matter of National Importance and national urgency. We will be discussing the 2021 budget
We can pick up on some of the return on the drizzle that is going through but it will probably decrease. Winds continues to pick up out of the southeast. 55 oakland, berkeley is in there. San jose 56. Cloudy to mostly cloudy. Very mild to warm for the peninsula. Tomorrow we will bring in wind and rain. We have had a couple of crashes early this morning. We have new crash reported in concord. This is actually concord south on 680. You will see traffic that is going to be slow already because of a crash reported near monument. Traffic be busy as you drive out of concord. It does not quite make it to walnut creek. You can see traffic is going to be busy headed south. Looking at highway 4 you can see traffic has been busy. Traffic is slow from hercules in fact it is slow pretty much just after the perkiness a bridge all the way into richmond cartoonist bridge all the way into richmond. You can see the bridge backup we have here. It is a 30 35 minute delay because the metering light is on s
Path you have created, inspiring them with the potency of your powerful presence. May they trust you in times of adversity and prosperity, knowing that they will reap a productive harvest if they persevere. Lord, keep them from underestimating the power of your great name, inspiring them never to forget that nothing is impossible with you. Give them the wisdom to solve the hard problems of our times and grace to live in harmony with one another. We pray in your strong name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge f allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the clerk will read a communication to the senate. The clerk washington, d. C. , may 10, 2016. To the senate under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable rob portman
I never rested my campaign on wednesday, but i will tell you we will win the state of florida. If we win florida, believe me, it is over. Summer it is an all out battle to win florida. The candidates know the pressure is on. Senator marco rubio devoting a complete week to the state, just after republican front runner made a we can stop in florida. We are live in sanford where rubio will be making a stop later today. Reporter marco rubio is supposed to be here in four hours to give a stump speech to 1000 or 1200 of his supporters at orlandosanford international. They are still preparing the stage and doing security checks. They expect a lot of supporters here and he is coming off a big win in the puerto rico primary and his Central Florida i urge all hispanics and Puerto Ricans, marco rubio is for you. Reporter a resounding message about why they believe the florida senator deserves their vote. We have a Big Community here in florida with Puerto Ricans who are potential voters for marco
You know excuse me. Reporter after a hard hitting debate. He was against the auto bailout. Reporter Bernie Sanders accuses Hillary Clinton of distorting his record to win michigan tomorrow night. The only problem with her assertion is that its categorically untrue. Reporter clinton leads sanders in delegates after splitting wins over the weekend. Clinton says shes hoping her rival will get behind her if she wins the nomination. Work with him the way that i supported president obama when i dropped out back in 2008. Reporter on the republican side, donald trump has a healthy but not yet insurmountable lead. John kasich says the fight isnt over until the delegate count reaches 1,237. Go out and earn it. Reporter thats exactly what trump hopes to do demanding allegiance from supporters. Raise your hand, i swear im going to vote for donald trump illness, ted cruz battled for votes in mississippi. Marco rubio is in survival mode with virtually no hopes of winning if he cant win his home stat