Right its time now to prove your use i use. The sparks are flying on capitol hill today as u. S. Attorney general bill barr is testifying before the House Judiciary Committee bar is being questioned on his handling of various legal issues including the federal response to these nationwide protests and his intervention in the mall or russia probe. Is live outside of congress and fair and things are still getting pretty heated there. All middle of heat it is an understatement when it comes to this hearing thats actually still going on right behind me in congress now it was the democrats on the House Judiciary Committee that called for this hearing a bill bar and it was originally to specifically asking questions on why the department of justice sent federal office. To the city of Portland Oregon where youre seeing a lot of riots and on rust but it quickly turned into questions about roger stone Michael Flynn Donald Trumps twitter why donald trump and it were a mask originally when corona
Coronavirus as both president s face more accusations of downplaying the crisis. The Afghan Government switches to an offensive strategy after attacks on a Maternity Hospital and a funeral the taliban calls it a declaration of war. And im somehow must not have all the sporting puting top level sport continues its return in north america with the ultimate fighting championship for the 2nd of 3 events in just 8 days. The European Union wants people to start planning their Summer Holidays and get economies moving again and the e. U. The reopening of borders closed by the coronavirus pandemic france austria and switzerland have already said theyre going to start relaxing control. As early as this weekend germany and some other e. U. Members and to completely end border restrictions by june the 15th others arent convinced spain or the worlds 4th highest number of infections is set to keep borders shut until at least july a 160000000000. 00 question for the e. U. Is how to reopen safely tour
Secretary Kaylee Mcinerney will hold a briefing as the house vote on a 3 trillion economic aid bill, a response for coronavirus pandemic. Missouri governor mike parson held a briefing on the response to the coronavirus pandemic, discussed the state legislative session and the work being done to pass bills that are and are not related to coronavirus. Thanks for being here today, Situational Awareness update. Missouri has 796 hospitalized covid19 patients, and 115 hospitalized and on ventilators. Missouri hospitals have 1947 ventilators available with 115 in use. This is good news, hospitals are not overwhelmed. Missouris Positivity Rate continues to decline. People are recovering and we are moving forward. Earlier today, i joined hundreds of citizens and Business Leaders from the good morning springfield townhall hosted by the end area chamber of commerce to talk about an update on the covid19 efforts in the economy, the reopened economy, how they moved together to move the state forwar
If you agree or disagree. Let us know. Democrats, 202 7488000. Republicans, 202 7488001. Independents, 202 7488002. If you want to talk about this idea of spending to help the economy and text us, it is 202 7488003. Ur twitter feed, cspanwj you can post on our Facebook Page at facebook. Com cspan. The Financial Times picked up the story in which chair powell talked about in washington. Additional fiscal stimulus may u. S. Orth it to shield the economy from longterm damage left by the pandemic. The oce secretarygeneral warned the rising debt level would come back to haunt us. Powell told the Peterson Institute in washington yesterday that although the economic response is timely and appropriate at large, it may not be a final chapter. That event is available on cspan. Org. Here is a bit of that event featuring jay powell. [video clip] we will continue to use our tools to their fullest until the crisis has passed and the economic recovery is well underway. Recall that the fed has lending
Face questions any moment now, we expect john kirby to join Karine Jeanpierre on the podium after a busy weekend on the international front. More on that in just a moment. Sandra the briefing comes amid renewed questions about President Bidens age and the 2024 election. Well see if The White House gets pressed on any of that. John welcome back as America Reports rolls into hour number two. Im john roberts in washington, off to a rolicking start this week. Sandra we will be monitoring that Press Briefing and will bring the news as it comes in, but first this fox news alert. John major powers testing the United States on The World State yet again, starting with saudi arabia after the oil rich kingdom announced more cuts and threatening another summer of high gas prices. Sandra China Making Waves in the taiwan strait, a Chinese Navy Ship cutting across the path of an american destroyer. John dont forget about russia, Vladimir Putin leaning on the back of the Chinese Communist party as he