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Dr. Howard zuker. Cuomo onediate right, special volunteer assignment for the state. Working for her father. Very pleasant boss. A little said today. Because the boyfriend has left the premises. Returned to his home state. That is ok. The old expression, you love something let it go. And it will return to you. If it does not return, then it was never meant to be. Words to that effect. Numbers are headed in the right direction today. Hospitalizations are down. That change in hospitalizations is down. Are down again. Number of new cases down. Road down. A long decline, fast pike fast spike, slow decline. What has happened across the country. The number of deaths still painfully high. Not down. Up little bit. The overall direction is right but this is a painful, painful, tragic number of lives lost. And they are all in our thoughts and prayers. You look at the entire experience. Stabilizedare basically with where we were before we had this dramatic increase. Things we have learned through
Wheeler interested committee today. Todays hearing is the opportunity to hear about their good work and a chance for Committee Members to ask questions. The Environmental Protection agency is test with detecting the air we breathe, the water reaching and the communities where our family live. During the covid19 pandemic the agency has worked hard to provide the public with updated information on which disincentive disinfectants can be safely used to kill the virus. In addition, the epa has made Grant Funding available to the states and the tribes to help low income and minority communities address coronavirus. A has provided thousands of pieces of personal protective equipment to aid Health Professionals during the pandemic. A issued guidance to states and businesses on how it will enforce environmental laws when social distancing affects activities. Looking forward to hearing more about the agencys work during todays hearing. In addition to its work on the virus the agency has pursued
Journal we speak with the hills reid wilson author on the coronavirus pandemic. Afterwards we discussed key campaign 2020 with cook political reports Jessica Taylor. Journal is next. Host good morning on this monday, may 18. States across the country are reopening economies and lifting restrictions on activities like going to parks, golfing, dining out, shopping, and going to the gym. This is happening while the u. S. Has seen over 1. 4 million cases and nearly 90,000 deaths. We want to talk to all of you about reopening where you live. Do you support or oppose the idea . If you support it . , 2027488000, if you are 2027488001. Ning, at can also text us 2027488003. New york times put together an interactive map that shows states that are reopening in blue on your screen. Those with regional openings are in yellow. Light blue means they are reopening soon. , solid yellow, i should say, are still shutdown. Regional openings have these lines through them a little difficult to see on your
Need both democrats and republicans to come together to get this legislation the legislation completed and it looks like its on its way but we need both and it should be for people that are working for the workers and if you look and you see we have a lot of people that are affected by that and its a very positive development so we have to get a bipartisan approval of that and hopefully that will happen today the department of education is also announcing the availability of more than 6000000000 dollars in emergency Grant Funding to assist College Students impacted by the cancellation of classes and the suspension of housing. A lot of people had. A lot of things suspended housing is one of them previously we waive student loan payments for 6 months of student loan payments have been waived for 6 months and will discuss it after that may go further although this medical war separated our citizens for a period of time its also united our entire nation i think i can say like almost never