Questions in realtime on Facebook Live and youtube live, so extend us your questions right now and well get chatting. Good afternoon, doctor. Thanks for joining us. My pleasure, liz. Thanks for having me on. So doctor, for people who are just joining us right now, as theyre starting to put their questions in, tell us a little bit about what the fda has announced today regarding hydroxychloroquine. For many of us in the field, its kind of about time, i think we were all surprised that it got an eua designation in the first place. Eua emergency authorization, theres enough evidence the drug actually works. We never really had enough evidence. It was only in the test tube in a petri dish that killed virus but never in a human and i think more than three studies now that havent been rerbuked shows this doesnt work. How much of a change to revoke this emergency use . Are we surprised by it . I think were not surprised by it. A lot of people in the scientific community, actually happy becaus
Those questions this morning for House Speaker nancy pelosi, dr. Deborah birx and washington governor jay inslee. Plus, analysis from Chris Christie, rahm emanuel and our team of experts. Announcer from abc news, its this week. Here now chief anchor George Stephanopoulos. Good morning and welcome to this week. As we come on the air this morning, the coronavirus continues to spread, now more than 730,000 cases across america. And as the fight to contain the virus goes on, the white house, congress and governors also now focused on containing the economic devastation caused by the pandemic. Struggling with how to reopen Society Without risking a second wave of the virus. At the white house last night, the president stepped up his attacks on House Speaker nancy pelosi claiming shes blocking new funding for the Paycheck Protection Program for Small Businesses. Nancy pelosi is blocking it. She sits in her house in san francisco, overlooking the ocean, and she doesnt want to come back. She d
The back to work argument has its own set of jawdropping statistics. 13 of the labor force is out of work. Lines at food banks are getting longer. And as for Small Businesses looking for loan assistance, that money has run out. That struggle is dividing america even further. How does this situation get worse . And get worse quickly . If you politicize all that emotion. We cannot go there. Brennan last week President Trump said he has full authority when it came to reopening the country. President trump the president of the United States calls the shots. Brennan three days later, he told governors it is every state for itself. President trump youre going to call your own shots. Brennan then on friday, he urged residents in three states, all with democratic governors, to take matters into their own hands. As for governors, theyre desperate for Financial Aid and a National Testing plan from the federal government. Will they get the help they need . Well talk with republican Governor Charl
Amended. Yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk h. R. 4547 a bill to amend titles 2, 8 and 16 to improve and strengthen the representative payment program. The speaker pro tempore the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a 15minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore on this vote, the yeas are 396, the nays are zero, zero recorded as present. 2 3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. The speaker pro tempore the ouse will come to order. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20 the Unfinished Business is agreein
Official, he will have direct access to highly secret intelligence information but can he be trusted . Lieutenant colonel ralph peters. Liz claman at the salt session. She wrapped up a talk with mark mobius. We will have her exclusive interview with him. And about all the turmoil in brazil. Liz chatting with the former president of mexico, Felipe Calderon, the drug trade and were less less than an hour from the closing bell. Im Ashley Webster in for liz claman. Lets start the countdown. We just told you the markets are selling off into the close. The dow hit a onemonth low. All the major averages on track to end the week in the red. This will be the third week in a roy for the dow and s p 500 i with nasdaq on track for its fourth straight losing week. A lot of red out there. Apple taking a shot at uber, falling to twoyear low yesterday, still above the 19 mark. The tech giant investing in one billion in chinese ridehailing service. Other ininvestors alibaba and 10cent. The reason behin