Transportation and infrastructure. Transportation industry representatives testify about their role about shipping personal protective equipment and other essential goods during the pandemic. Today we will hear from these speakers. Thank you all for being here. One of our participants is testifying remotely. Welcome to each and every one of you. We have conducted a series of hearings on covid19. We are hearing those discussions. We are continuing that by hearing about the Transportation Industry. Theave underscored importance of our Transportation Network and moving goods and people safely and efficiently as well as ensuring supply chain fluidity in response to the unexpected events. Manye grateful for the frontline workers who have shown resilience and resourcefulness to help deliver Critical Care supplies to those in need. The transportation sector has countless numbers of these unsung heroes. Introduced a Critical Infrastructure employee protection act. For arcde support frontline C
Good afternoon. The committee will come to order. The today the committee convenes for a hearing on the state of transportation and Critical Infrastructure examining the impact of the covid19 pandemic. I welcome our panel of witnesses and thank them for participating. Today we will hear from mr. John bazella, president and ceo, alliance for automotive innovation. Mr. Randy gill yot, chairman of the board, American Trucking associations. Mr. Ian jeffries, president and ceo association of american railroads. Mr. Alex oler, interim president and ceo interstate Natural Gas Association of america. And mr. Larry willis, president Transportation Trades Department aflcio. Thank you all for being here. I understand, mr. Gilliot is testifying remotely. Welcome to each and every one of you. The committee has conducted several oversight hearings on quid pro quo 19 including a comprehensive look at the aviation industry. We are considering the impact of the covid19 virus on surface transportation a
the u.s. will hit 100 million shots in arms and another date, may 1st, listen to this. all adult americans will be eligible to get a vaccine to later than may 1. let me be clear. that doesn t mean everyone is going to have that shot immediately. but it means you ll be able to get in line beginning may 1. and then there is july 4th when the president said he aims for the country to be able to gather safely once again with loved ones. how does the administration meet and exceed these markers. that is one major question. also when every adult is eligible for a ashot how do they make sure everyone gets that shot quickly and president biden wants families to be able to gathered with loved ones on july 4th. does he mean be able to travel to get together with loved ones? he may have some answers. we ll bring you when the briefing begins, we ll bring it to you when they start speaking. and a few hours from now, another big event at the white house. a ceremonial bill signing of th
Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and Charles Schwab report before the bell. And well hear from netflix after the close on the day. We should tell you that squawk has an extension today, because we have interviews with jamie dimon who will be with us later on sidewalk on the street, and loyal blankfein will be with us later as well. Dont miss that. When nbc has a saturday game, its thursday night football a lot of times on saturday. It may be in the 9 00 or 10 00 hour back on the east coast, but its still squawk box. Were just extending this. Yeah. Extending the programming. Lets not confuse anyone at home. Normally we have the futures in the red. Rarely do we get the thermometer in the red. Its actually minus below zero. Is it right now . Minus 3 celsius or fahrenheit . No, minus 3 fahrenheit. But sunny and beautiful. Tobey cosgrove in the sun. Look. Hes glowing. Lets turn now you cant see him. Youll see him in a moment. Turning now to the agenda, which is on capitol hill. Just two days away f
Price has jumped 200 for the seats. I bleed maroon and gold. Are Carl Crawford and selah raymond, longtime season Ticket Holder also opt out because theyve been priced out. Im not going to pay for tickets that, first of all, are three times as much. Are we got a look at Sun Devil Stadium renovations earlier the 256 million three year construction is revamped end zone, new seats and restrooms and more. Carl said the donation would make his feet 221 more than last year sheilas seat 35 impacted them. Make sure those wheelchair seats that they have shade and oscillateing fans at the least. Are personal fans andesite, which the old stadium provides, are medical necessities for carl who is quadraplegic and sheila who has ms. When i go to a place that doesnt accommodate me, it says youre not welcome and youre not important here reporter carl and sheila want to stress this is not about getting cheap ticket. Theyve been working with asu on ada seating for the last year. They hope its not too la