08 00pm on kron 4 and on our kron on app which is free to download right if we do the kinds of things that were putting in place now identification isolation contact tracing. We can prevent this second wave that were talking about if we we correctly. We have passed a major more, but milestone in the coronavirus pandemic more than 350,000 people have now been killed by the virus worldwide this as the nations top Infectious Disease expert doctor Anthony Fauci sends out a warning and also deliver is a possible glimmer of hope about americas battle against covid19 nadia romero has the very latest. Were going to see upticks of cases even under the best of circumstances doctor fauci warning there will be a surge of coronavirus cases in the united states. Now that all 50 states are in their own phase of reopening despite this fall, she is striking an optimistic tone saying theres a good chance. The u. S. Will have a vaccine by the end of the year and believes we can stop a second wave to have
While we are facing the most serious Global Public Health Emergency since the end of the second world war, catching the world by surprise, covid19 has hit over 210 countries and regions. It has affected more than 7 Million People around the world and claimed over 300,000 precious lives. I mourn for every life lost, and express condolence to the bereaved families. The history of human civilization is one of fighting diseases, and triumphing over disasters. The virus does not respect borders, nor is race or nationality relevant in the face of the disease. Confronted by the ravages of covid19, the International Community has not flinched. People of all countries have tackled the virus headon. Around the world, people have looked out for each other and pulled together as one, with love and compassion, and extraordinary synergy in the fight against covid19. In china, after painstaking efforts and enormous sacrifice, we have turned the tide on the virus and protected the lives and health of
I am going to spend this memorial day thinking of all of those warriors who sacrificed everything for the nation they left. Im going to be thinking about my friends who never made it home from war. Im going to be thinking about the stories they told about their families and the hopes they shared about their futures. That doesnt mean just spending a 24 hours once every day with their memories, it means every day trying to meet the lives that honor sacrifices they made in the way they deserve. Right now, those of us in congress can begin to do that by ensuring our veterans along with all other americans have what they need to stay as safe as possible during this global pandemic. Even though Mitch Mcconnell is trying to slow walk the package claiming he has not yet felt the urgency of acting immediately but those im hearing from our not having trouble feeling that urgency. I dont know that kind of definition, including more than 1000 veterans have died in just three months. That qualifies
That worked with charisma when hunter biden served on its board. Here is that meeting. On may 12 the Committee Meets to consider a subpoena. I note the presence of the corm. Again i want to think the members for coming here and providing a quorum, i do want to announce we will not vote on brian miller who is nominated to be the special Inspector General for the pandemic recovery. I appreciate the cooperation that we got from the Ranking Member and then one order he this is an important position and oversight of the cares act, massive spending bill and will fully support those oversight efforts. I worked with senator peters on a different version of oversight on this to pass the care act, and a appreciate that as well. We will just be able to discharge the nominee from our committee and hopefully get him confirmed for the Holiday Weekend would be nice to get the oversight efforts starting on the cares act as quickly as possible. The other business item will be conducted is a motion to s
Hes ready to reveal the secret contracts for those mass that were made with a chinese company. Our Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala joins us now live from sacramento to explain ashley. Yeah justine governor newsome has kept those contracts secret for about a month since he announced on msnbc but the governor today promising to make them available. Governor Gavin Newsome says california is now in possession of nearly 20 million surgical masks which he says is allowing the state to move into its next phase sooner newsome said wednesday, the state is in the process of distributing the masks, theyre part of a billion deal newsoms Administration Made to secure personal protective equipment for california, but weve never been in this we were the beneficiary of these larger contracts and some security in our supply chain the governor first announced the contract last month saying it would bring in about 200,000 units of personal protective equipment monthly into the state we just make su