Long as they are present in the hearings to be counted and members are responsible for your own microphone so please keep your microphones muted unless you are speaking. Finally, if they wish to submit documents for the record, please email them to the Committee Clerk whose email address was circulated prior to the hearing and thank you all for joining us. So good morning everyone and welcome to todays remote hearing on our support healthy air travel, to support healthy air travel in the covid19 era and beyond. I like to welcome our witnesses and thank you all for being here. Marshall air travel is an essential part of the fabric of our society and economy. It employs a Critical Role in business, commerce, education, travel and tourism. We take for granted that we can now easily travel vast distances by air and reach destinations that were once reserved for imagination. And just over a century, air travel moved from our imagination to a reality that has changed the way we interact with
And the list goes on, good evening everyone, im julie haener. And im frank sommerville, working from home today. Or than half 1 Million People around the world now have the coronavirus, the United States has surpassed china and leads the world in the number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus according to the latest tally from Johns Hopkins university. The United States, china and italy, all have more than 80,000 cases. Unemployment claims hit a record of 3. 28 million last week, thats more than quadruple the previous weekly high setback in 1982. Many states are overwhelmed and economists expect it will get worse. On wall street stocks surged despite the appointment numbers, traders are anticipating passage of the massive coronavirus ada bill. The dow gained more than 1300 points today, nasdaq rose 413 and the s p was up 154. The relief bill is the president desk as soon as tomorrow. Jana katsuyama joins us live and she spoke with a labor economist. Is there a sense this bill will be
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Classroom at a University Hospital campus. A 32 year old man has been arrested at the erasmus medical centre. The erasmus medical centre. The other attack, we understand, took place at a nearby flat. Took place at a nearby flat. Its unclear if the two incidents are linked. Dutch incidents are linked. Dutch police are saying the suspect was a student at the university where the shooting took place. Where the shooting took place. There were fires as the incident progressed. Also in the news progressed. Also in the news today, tributes are pouring for in liliane andam after she was stabbed to death in south london. The 15 year old was attacked while she was on her way to school in croydon yesterday morning. Her family say their hearts are broken by the senseless death of their daughter. She was the light of daughter. She was the light of their lives. They say. A 17 year old boy who police say knew the victim remains in custody after being arrested yesterday. Roads being arrested yesterday