Many people think we are approaching the highest percentage of unemployed its the great depression. Needore than ever, people to know that americans are working for them. In a world where is no longer safe to be within six feet of each other, Congress Needs to learn how to adapt. It is not the first time we have had to ensure the continuity of congress. With the Nuclear Threat during the cold war, the u. S. Government constructed a large bunker for congress. We would be required to meet outside of washington. This may either first time in the modern area where there is not a physical meeting location at risk, but rather elected officials themselves and others we would be in contact with. We are a subcommittee of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee, which has jurisdiction over congressional organizations. Its important we look at this issue on how to govern during these sorts of times. From that perspective, while we wait for guidance on how to conduct more formal h
Those numbers to the people of ohio. We do a press conference virtually every day. We try to give them the data we are looking at. If we are starting to see those numbers, the people in the state are going to see those numbers. We will have to take action. Virushave said this was a that originated in wuhan, china, and we took great from that from the outside. But i think the whole world can see that from the outside now. Infectinga history of the world and running substandard laboratories. This is not the first time we have the world exposed from to a virus that resulted in failures from a chinese lab. They should continue to verify so we are certain. There is a significant amount of evidence that this came from wuhan. Do you believe it was manmade or genetically modified . Experts so far seem to think it was manmade and i have no reason to disbelieve that. Your office of d says the Scientific Consensus was not manmade or genetically modified. The office of the director of National Int
Pet groomers you can now drop off your fur babies Janitorial Services whether its commercial or residential, you could have that available to you. Open museums open air museum is you can go there and walk around get some fresh air and open air galleries some of the places now enjoying face to an another big one james and darya i can tell you that you can drop off your children at child care centers, up until yesterday. You could not do that unless you are an essential worker but now nonessential workers as places like pet groomers and car washes they have to get back to work right. Now you can drop off your children at those locations as well and if you cannot telecommute from home you can go into your office. You can now get back into the business mode. So long as you practice, social distance, i did see somebody walk into the car wash about 20 minutes ago, look around im sure theyre getting ready to reopen business a lot of people are happy about that obviously were a long ways to go
Welcome, ambassador. Thank you very much. Host host it is such a pleasure to have you here. We have 30 minutes for the chat and we will get to your questions during the conversation. If you have not sent them already, post them on twitter using politico. We have great ones rolling in. Ambassador, i want us to spend our time talking about policy. Time, in such a strange thought we could ask a couple questions about how your job is actually unfolding before we get into the meaty stuff. Maybe lets start with the border context. You have decades of experience at the u. N. , you have worked in the u. S. Previously in conflict zones. Thinking over all of those errors, what has changed from when you started out in diplomacy . Wow. That is a big question. Not much has changed actually. That sounds dull. And it sounds like diplomats are stuck in the last century. But fundamentally, diplomacy is about human relations. It is about implementing people and explaining your point of view. Skill hasou
Dr. Mcclellan, good morning. Clubs thank you for setting this up and all the reporters who are joining us today. Thank you for being with us. We will get started. You coauthored a Coronavirus Response plan. Right now were in phase one, the containment phase and reopening states is based 2. What elements of state got to have in place to begin that safely . We are moving from phase 1 to face 2 and i think now people are saying that phase two bank is not just one big step toward reopening. In some sense that is probably the long time. Youre not back opening for the way things were before. Instead, we are saying maybe a c, d, and e as we gradually turn on the faucet. Enable some additional businesses to reopen under modified conditions, get in place some of the additional steps that are needed for successfully. Ork that includes several key dimensions. One is a Health Care System that is not under duress. So adequate capacity for potential further resurgence in the virus and also adequate