The committee on health education, labor and pensions will please come to order. First, the usual administrative matters like the theater announcements we use to receive, we are getting used to those, we follow the advice of the attending physician and sergeantatarms consulted with all the right people, we are seated 6 feet apart, that means no room for public or the media here but the media is participating and we hope the public is as well. And the videoconference is a real change for the United States senate and a very welcome one because it makes it possible to attract witnesses who have busy schedules on the same day such as today, by video conference, you may remove your masks since were 6 feet apart. The sergeant at arms, press gallery, architect of the capital, capital police, committee staff, Evan Griffiths for their hard work to keep us safe. We will each have an Opening Statement and we turn to our witnesses we thank for being with us today, each witness we ask you summarize
Www. Health. Senate. Gov is our website. I think it makes it possible for us to be table to attract witnesses who have very busy schedules on the same day such as today. Some senators are participating by videoconference. Senators may remove their masks since were 6 feet apart. Im grateful to the rules committee, the sarge want at arms, the press gallery, the capitol police, our Committee Staff for all their hard work to help keep us safe. Senator murray and i will each have an opening statement, and then well turn to our witnesses who we thank very much for being with us today. Each witness we would ask that you summarize your remarks in five minutes, which will allow more time for the large number of senators who we expect to participate to present their testimony. Well have one round of questions for a five minute round. Less than four months ago on march 1st the coronavirus situation was about this. At the end of february there were 79,000 cases around the world, only 14 in the Uni
Now on bbc news, Monday In Parliament. Hello again and welcome to Monday In Parliament, as mps call for more help for those living in flats with Inflammable Cladding. Theyre locked into an absolute nightmare, in unsafe homes, unable to sell, unable to remortgage and facing mounting bills. The Housing Minister says the government is on the case. It is vital that dangerous cladding is removed as fast as possible, and the government will not tolerate unnecessary delays. Also in this programme, a message for those unsure about the covid jab. This is a safe vaccine. Everyone who qualifies should take it and you should trust i the government and the nhs in order to supply it. But first, ministers have come under pressure from mps including many on their own side to do more to help People Living in homes with dangerous cladding. Three and a half years after the Grenfell Tower disaster, in which 72 people died, thousands of leaseholders are facing large bills to remove Inflammable Cladding and
This coronavirus what is it about me that might allow me to survive it if i did get sick what will allow me to avoid the hospital what will allow me to not be put on a ventilator what is it about me is it my age is it about whether i smoke or not or whether i may be smoked in the past. These are important question does it have to do with how long hard your concentration of the virus that i was exposed to when i became infected small exposure minor sickness large exposure major sickness is that how it works. Then there is the question of genetics is it possible that because of my particular d. N. A. Because of the chemistry that i was born with i will be more apt to beat this thing. Or less upped. Will i be among the 25 to 50 percent who gets this disease but never even knew they had the disease all right i got a couple of things i want to show you lets talk about age real quick. Look at age is a factor not the only factor but it is a consistent determinant so i want to take you through
My board is taking action to make sure america has the equipment needed to fight the Global Pandemic. Beijing hits back after President Trump questions the accuracy of chinas coronavirus data their numbers seem to be a little on the light side im being nice when i say that, relative to what we witnesses and what is being reported Cruise Companies forced to issue stock at 8 a share and raise debt with a staggeringly high coupon. Very warm welcome to street signs. Lets get you a check on Market Action it has been a choppy session for market equities. All four of the Major Regions are seeing gains we saw the dax lower and the ftse 100 before rebounding now we have seen an uptick we have seen on both sides of the atlantic, a plunge in equity prices today, a little more optimistic. Clearly overall, investors still lack conviction of where we go from here. More to look at the severity of the impact even more americans filing unemployment we saw a record of 3 million americans filing for bene