Lets go outfront. Good evening, i am erin burnett. Outfront. Breaking news. House republicans meeting Behind Closed Doors to debate the fate of liz cheney after she voted to impeach trump. That meeting lasted more than two hours. As her fate is up in the air, one thing the minority leader Kevin Mccarthy made clear already tonight is that he is picking a side. Marjorie Taylor Greenes side, a side of Conspiracy Theories, too fringe for fringe. A woman who days ago said she still truly believes that the election was stolen and fraudulent. A qanon supporter. Mccarthys words tonight, past comments by Marjorie Taylor greene on school shootings, Political Violence, antisemitic Conspiracy Theories do not represent the values or beliefs of the republican conference. Well, that is clearly not true because mccarthys actions speak much louder than words, he is siding with greene. Nowhere in his statement does he mention pulling her from both committees. By the way, theyre plum committees, educatio
The u. S. Senate is about to gavel in. They are going to work on a judicial nomination with a confirmation vote scheduled for 5 30 for 5 30 p. M. Eastern. Republicans leader Mitch Mcconnell may introduce the republican covid19 recovery plan. Live now to the senate floor. 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. Eternal lord god, we again thank you for the life and legacy of representative john robert lewis. Lord, accept our gratitude for his ethical congruence that motivated him to find a moral way to get in the way. Were grateful that his passion for freedom summoned our nation to embrace our best hopes and not our worst fears. Inspired by his exemplary pilgrimage, may our lawmakers strive to live with such integrity that they will stand on the right side of history. Lord, help our senators to strive to see you more clearly, to love you more dearly, and to follow you more nearly day by d
This is a boom bust the one business show you cant afford to miss friendship or in washington coming up a group of scientists are now pushing the w. H. O. To take more seriously the idea of hope at 19 airports spread we break down the calls and how markets are faring amid the ongoing economic turmoil plus chinese tensions with the west are on the rise as the United Kingdom is charting wild ways equipment in the Nations Development of 5 g. Straight ahead we welcome a panel to analyze the situation we have a packed show today so lets dive right in. And we lead the program with the scientific communities concerns over the World Health Organizations messaging regarding the crow virus pandemic more than 200 scientists from over 30 nations worldwide are calling on the un back group and other Health Agencies to update guidance regarding the viruses spread by airborne transmission now the paper titled its time it is time to address airborne transmission of coping 19 will be pub. This week in t
Has ordered china to close one of its most important consulates in the United States you see it there in the video the fires burning are apparently the folks there in the embassy burning some of their personal papers the chinese consulate in Houston Texas is shut down and china is responding with an apparent ultimatum already wow this shutdown of the consulate is only the latest sign in a growing trend of countries being punished by the u. S. State department in fact its not just china. As of this writing the United States has a whopping 7967. 00 sanctions in place 7967. 00 sanctions its a somewhat bizarre and almost astonishing list that includes not just countries but even individuals People Stores Small Companies and tire corporations governments types of governments even branches of governments the usual suspects of course on the sanctions list are countries like iran and north korea russia venezuela turkey on and off and now the biggest target of all china but then there are the s
Equipment in the Nations Development of straight ahead we welcome a panel to analyze the situation we have a packed show today so lets dive right in. And we lead the program with the scientific communities concerns over the World Health Organizations messaging regarding the coronavirus pandemic more than 200 scientists from over 30 nations worldwide are calling on the un back group and other Health Agencies to update guidance regarding the viruses spread by airborne transmission now the paper titled its time it is time to address airborne transmission of cope with 19 will be published this week in the medical journal clinical Infectious Diseases in the paper scientists point to growing evidence that the virus can spread indoors to aerosols that flow in the air and can be spread by smaller quantities than previously believed while guidance has been ever changing throughout the pandemic most experts have focused on social distancing handwashing and. Reading droplets that come from a coug