Director of intelligence and and votes throughout the day. Live coverage of the u. S. Senate now here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Lord of our lives, make these moments of prayer more than mere words, but may this reverent pause fill our hearts with gratitude and love for you. May our lawmakers appreciate the fact that through prayer, they have the privilege of talking to you, the superintendent of the universe. Lord, inspire them to use this intercessory opportunity to seek your wisdom and guidance, knowing that you are eager to help them. Give us all the wisdom to remember that you continue to be our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble. And lord, as we approach memoriamemorial day, thank you e men and women who gave their lives for this nation while serving in the United States military. Were grateful also for the great sacrifices made by
House has been suspiciously empty of people. I understand a. Have convened for legislative session a grand total of two days, two in the last eight weeks. At this point im wondering if we should send senators over their to collect their newspapers and water the plants. Its not just their physical absence madam president its House Democrats absent from any serious discussion at all. About the only product in their link is a battle has been in 1800 page, 3 trilliondollar bill that couldnt even unite their own conference. Yesterday the speaker announced it will continue for another 45 days at least. There is a new wrinkle. House democrats held the president breaking proposed propose voting scheme that will let one member cast 10 event additional votes. One member cast 10 additional votes. Actually one person. Remember these are the people who want to remake every state election laws. There are several problems of this and what happens to be article section 1 of the u. S. Constitution whic
Happy saturday. I know it is saturday. I dont wear a tie on saturday. That is how i can tell it is saturday. Often, what do you think about our situation . And i say, i think about what i know. What does that mean . Good question. York, what weew have been doing is we follow the facts, we follow the data, we follow the science. We focus on what we know and the fact that we know, and we make our decisions based on the facts. Every morning, we look at the facts. The facts of the day are that the hospitalization rate dropped once again, which is very good news. The total hospitalization rate has dropped. The intubation rate has dropped. The number of new cases per day has dropped down to 572. Those are new cases, people who walk in the door of a hospital or people who are in the hospital and test positive. That is down to 572. It has not been that level since we started back march 21. That is welcome news. News, andt welcome this has been heartbreaking every day. Deaths, 226 families. And
Gov. Cuomo good morning. Happy saturday. I know it is saturday. I dont wear a tie on saturday. That is how i can tell it is saturday. People ask me often, what do you think about our situation . And i say, i think about what i know. What does that mean . Good question. It means, in new york, what we have been doing is we follow the facts, we follow the data, we follow the science. We focus on what we know and the fact that we know, and we make our decisions based on the facts. Every morning, we look at the facts. The facts of the day are that the hospitalization rate dropped once again, which is very good news. The total hospitalization rate has dropped. The intubation rate has dropped. The number of new cases per day has dropped down to 572. Those are new cases, people who walk in the door of a hospital or people who are in the hospital and test positive. That is down to 572. It has not been that level since we started back march 21. That is welcome news. This is not welcome news, and
Treasury, the efforts to stimulate an economy in free fall jim, you got off a call or an interview it was a call as well with secretary mnuchin what stood out to you . That you shouldnt lay people off. I want to point out i got a correction, he said on Small Business payroll, two weeks, he meant two months two months means you do not lay people off without, i think im not saying its irresponsible but everything is being done to keep businesses open Small Businesses open. David, with the fed, i think theyve taken off to me anything involving credit the secretary talked about anything involving liquidity we cant produce demand. You keep people around for two months, but they wont be able to produce demand. There will still be a burden on Small Business not sure how that will be resolved thats an interesting point jim, we did we were watching the futures, which appeared to be limited down at different points in it the evening last night after japan opened as well then we got a fed announc