We take you live to the u. S. Senate where to date lawmakers who will be on a defense programs and policy bill. You are watching live coverage of the senate on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will ohm the senate with prayer. The chaplain let us pray. God of grace and mercy, in these divisive and polarized times, remind us that words have consequences. Help us to remember that we are accountable to you for every idle and careless word we speak. Lord, teach our senators to be obedient to your commands, doing your will as your presence fills them with joy. Today, surround our lawmakers with the shield of your favor, as they labor to deep our nation to keep our nation strong. May they be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger. Manifest your power through their labors so that this nation will be exalted by righteousness. We pray in your mighty name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of alle
Weve gone from 18,000 on the dow to well above 24,000. Look at this. The dow is going to be up over 700 points this morning, firmly above 24,000. Thats a gain of over 3 . Weve got a 2. 5 gain on the s p and the nasdaq, 1. 7 . Now, that is a friday morning rally. Boeing sure helps. It is reopening plane production at a plant in Washington State. There are major gains all across the board, especially for big tech. We will have details on that in just a moment. But look at this. The price of oil, sinking. We were all the way down to 18 a barrel at one stage this morning and right now, we are back to 17. 77. Just as plans are being made to help the flat on its back energy industry. Gas prices, look at this, down again. 1. 82 is your nationwide average and its still coming down in wisconsin. Can you believe an average price in that state of 1. 25. I will say it again. 1. 25 in wisconsin. All right. Can you believe this. Speaker pelosi says no to more help for Small Business. The money has r
After a day of wild weather impacting millions from the south to the northeast. A new decision on whether Car Insurance companies should be forced to give you a refund during this crisis with no one or fewer vehicles on the road. Later a surprise for the 93yearold Woman Holding that sign up requesting beer. More evidence of americans separated but coming together. Good tuesday morning, everyone. Officials from new york to california are discussing possible ways to reopen their states. Thats setting up a showdown with President Trump over who gets to make that decision. But first lets look at the map. In new york, more than 10,000 people have now died from coronavirus even though the governor says the worst is over. Hospitals in new york are still seeing 2,000 new patients a day. Elsewhere theres growing concern in massachusetts about the rising number of deaths there. President trump is now defending dr. Anthony fauci just hours after retweeting a post that called for him to be fired.
Use varies from one region to another and some places with lower infection rates some vaden later is may not be in use while other areas are potentially stretched beyond their capacity that database of available ventilators that we are creating wall laois to flex so that we can make sure that available quitman can be shared with those in need we appreciate the leadership of the Health Systems that are here today that has stepped forward and had a mention to a few i dont know if he quite dr Fritz Francoise from n. Y. U. That groan and david dill the c. E. O. Of life point as well we appreciate the work of the administration in helping us find Innovative Solutions to ensure the best care for our patients well continue to work with hospitals and Health Systems across the country to add to this reserve further your teammates provided us with important leadership and we look forward to working with you and mechanism to success thank you president thank you. Thank you mr president mr Vice Pr
Getting from the National Guard and the federal government now uh yeah, i mean so we can expect more supplies within the next 48 hours justine and todays announcement also means that the president is covering the cost. The federal government will pay for the National Guard troops that are being sent here President Trump didnt go into specifics much saying that they will be carrying out approved mission so well just have to see what those are exactly because hes going to be leaving each states governor in charge weve seen some troops interstate already helping out food banks for example, and they may also be used to distribute the medical supplies that are being sent our way. California will also see makeshift Medical Centers to treat future covid 19 patients, weve seen 2 naval hospitals that will be anchored on both us coasts one is a ship called mercy that ones going to be sent down to los angeles. And were also going to see 8 Field Hospitals pop up. In order to assist and those appro