Melissa francis. Hey, connell. Connell im connell mcshane. Hey, melissa, we start instead of focusing on markets and wall street and with blake burman as we come out of that announcement at the white house. He is there live and, you know, it was interesting, blake, because the president was asked right off the bat as we were joining it whether he misled the public and essentially he said yes, i did but it was, as melissa points out in his view to prevent panic. Take it from there. Reporter 18 different interviews President Trump gave on the record taped to bob woodward. Absolutely no dispute what was said on the tapes. President said it. Some have been published. Well get to see and hear potentially more of it in coming days as Bob Woodwards book is soon to be released. In one of those interviews on march 19th, is talking to bob woodward about the preeminent issue of that issue at that time, covid19 and everything going on then. The president in that interview acknowledged he was purpo
From washington. Gerri, with the declines we start with you. Reporter thats right, jobless claims rising for the first time in 16 weeks. Stocks certainly didnt like it. The number above expectations and also above last week numbers. Also now these total numbers of claims in 18 weeks since those lockdowns started total 52 million. That is a third of the American Labor force. So you see these numbers disappointing. One bright spot, continuing claims. Tracking total number of unemployed workers receiving benefits, came in 870,000 less than expected. That is a bright spot. Even so all three major averages trading down. Nasdaq down more than two. Tectum blink big time. Apple, amazon trading lower. Microsoft had a good report yesterday but out with disappointing guidance still headed down. They say people are going into cyclical and value names. I will believe it when i see it on an ongoing basis. Tesla, planning to join the s p 500. That is ironic that stock being traded there. Gold, tesla,
Let me take just a moment to talk about what we are attempting to do here in the senate. Exaggeration and hyperbole is the order of the day. Say always reluctant to this truly could be one of the most important things we as members of this committee do. What the world is experiencing today, what the United States is facing today, is one of the most significant challenges that a lot of us will face in our lifetime. The bad news, the really bad possibleit is entirely that it will happen again, and i say this because the experts virus thatt this made the leap from one species can very easily happen again. There are 2000 of these viruses out there. Dohave no idea what they can if they get into a human being. Us they haves tell identified within their ranks about 2000 different viruses. Having said that, we need to want toward, and i stress what i am trying to do with this and what all of us are trying to do, look forward. There are a lot of hearings going on. Theres a lot of hyperbole goin
This morning we have a hearing the preparedness and response capabilities we will hear from the assistant secretary for preparedness and response hhs and the director of the office of Public Health preparedness and response for health at cdc and dr. Gottlieb commissioner of the fda. This is the first of two hearings we plan to have on this topic. The second tuesday january 23. Senator murray and i each have been openingng statements or any opening remarks they may haverk after that we will introduce our panel and hear their testimony then each minute member has up to five minutes for any remarks or questions. First welcome to the chairman for giving me the opportunity to have this hearing that discusses the topic critical to National Security and has seen many years of bipartisan work in this committee and congress. We have developed strength in the name work with and other Nuclear Threats with the potential to jeopardize the health of all americans. This created a framework as we have
21st Century Public Health threats. The nations preparedness and response capabilities. We will hear from the assistant secretary preparedness and response at the department of human health and services. Chapter at the centers for Disease Control and prevention. And doctor Scott Gottlieb commissioner for the fda. This is the first of two hearings we plan to have on this topic. The second will be noticed for tuesday, january 23rd. Senator murray and i each have an opening statement. Then i will turn to senator alexander and casey for opening remarks they might have. After that will introduce the panel of witnesses and we will hear their testimonies and then each member will have up to five minutes for any remarks and questions. First i would like to welcome the chairman and thank him for giving me the opportunity to hold the devil today. This hearing discusses a topic that is critical to the National Security and has seen many years of bipartisan work in this committee and in this congr