The presiding officer the senator from new jersey. Mr. Menendez i ask the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer we are not in a quorum call. Mr. Menendez thank you. First of all, madam president , i want to thank the staff here in the senate. Even in these difficult times, they answer the call of doing the work of the American People, and i want to appreciate their being here so that the senate can conduct its work. They are essential to being able to do that, so i want to acknowledge that. I come to the floor today as our country grapples with a Global Pandemic that has tragically claimed the lives of thousands of people around the world, including dozens throughout the United States and three in my home state of new jersey. And i come to the floor because i hope that people understand the fierce urgency of now, the fierce urgency of now. This is a Public Health crisis, and we cant wait to act. The rapid spread of covid19, also known as the coronavirus, has disrupted our dail
Innovation panel. Weber honored to have dr. Anne schuchat, the center for Disease Control and prevention, and our second panelist is dr. Daniel salmon, Bloomberg School of public school. We are very honored to have the help and security interface from the World Health Organization joint joined us and he is going above and beyond the call of duty as he is alone in from australia through los angeles and took the redeye to be here this afternoon. He has come really above and beyond the call of duty. And then a final panelist is doctor irene koek, acting assistant administered for Global Health United States agency for international development. We will have a similar format of our last panel, and i would also maybe encourage the panelists if they feel the urge to ask one of their copanelist a question that just interrupt me and do it. Ask a wrong question, they just restate the question you would rather answer and go for it. What we are way behind so well probably go to audience q a much
Driverless cars. Welcome to your world, im stephanie sy im del walters. Calm on the streets of baltimore. Small groups demanded justice after a judge declared a mistrial in the case against a Police Officer. William porter was the first of six officers to go on trial. Jurors were deadlocked and could not reach a verdict. John terrett is live in baltimore, it appeared protesters heeded the calls for calm, didnt they . Seemed to have done. It looked as if the city got off lightly. There was a serious but small scuffle outside the courthouse when news of a mistrial came through yesterday. The protest continued around the city hall area, and then the protesters moved up to west baltimore, and there was a large rally close to the c. B. S. Which was burnt out. Driving around the city, walking here, we have been up early, and there are police men everywhere. Thats the difference, the Police Service got a jump on this, rather than being caught on the hop which happened since last april. They w
Again, we are live down in dallas, texas, while Congress Continues its break for the elections, members of the House Homeland Security committee are convening this field hearing today on the u. S. Response to ebola. This is taking place in the dallasfort worth area. Committee now in a little bit of a break. We expect it to resume in just a moment. Jones magazine said this. House legislatures have legislators have approved the 7 million toward the fight to contain ebola. The figure is still below the the department of defense and the budget battle is not over. Back to the hearing, live. Laky. St, dr. David is leads one of the states largest agencies with a staff of 11,500. He oversees programs such as andase presence bioterrorism preparedness, many others. We have brett jerar, of the texas a m Health Science center. Just there a couple days ago. Center is a premiere assembly of colleges devoted to educating Health Professionals and investigators through teaching and research. On. The li
Davis, a former chief prosecutor of terrorism trials at guantanamo bay. Both carolinas have very tight and very Influential Senate races. In the north, democratic challenger Cal Cunningham was polling well ahead of senator thom tillis for much of the summer, but as election day draws near, the race is essentially deadlocked. In the south, senator Lindsey Graham has experienced a major change of foreigtunes in recent months, mainly because of his decision to associate so closely with the Trump Administrations covid19 response. Prior to the pandemic, graham was ahead of his challenger, Jamie Harrison, by double digits and now the race is a dead heat. The carolinas are extremely important to joe biden. They played a pivotal role in securing the democratic nomination for him and he has a large and loyal following among black voters here. While joe biden is polling ahead of trump by a handful of points in North Carolina, its the exact opposite story in South Carolina. Perhaps trying to chan