Covid19 and other biological threats facing the u. S. Good morning. Welcome to the hearing [inaudible] emerging threats and capabilities. In a moment in accordance with house rules and relations the host will mute all participants other than german [inaudible] and all participants are asked to keep themselves muted when not actively engaging in the discussion which should help limit echoes and other asruptions. When the yield back i do not renumber to retweet themselves others will doo so to limitit efforts and background audio background audio. Members and witnesses are responsible for unwitting himself anytime they wish to w e heard. It may take a few seconds for your microphone to be t unmated. If you are on the computer you can view the timer by reaching your personal view in the upper right corner of your screen for the active speaker and you can also pin the timer by right clicking or hovering your cursor over the timer and pressing that contact icon. With that, we are ready to b
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To do here. I have always been reluctant to say this truly could be one of the most important things we as members of this committee do. The world is experiencing today and what the american and as is americas face is one of the most significant challenges that a lot of us will face in our lifetime. The bad news, the really bad news is that its entirely possible that it will happen again. I say this of course because the experts tell us that this virus that made the leap from one species to another can very easily happen again and if there are 2000 of these viruses out there you have no idea what they can do when they get into a human being. Thats what experts and scientists tell us have identified within their branch about 2000 different viruses. Having said that we need to look forward and i want to stress what im trying to do with this and what about all of us are trying to do, to look forward. There are a lot of hearings going on and a lot of hyperbowl going on and a lot of blame a
Currently affected. And james corden returns with a starstudded special. Hell telluous social distancing should not keep us apart. First, heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. The peak. The highest point of death rates. Remember this is likely to hit in two weeks. No state, no metro area will be spared. President trump extending social distancing guidelines through april. His denial at the beginning was deadly. His delay in getting equipment to where its needed is deadly. The virus has just torn through new york city and its suburbs with frightening speed. Most of the deaths have happened in the span of just a few days. April will be worse than march. May will likely be worse than april. Prime minister Boris Johnson who is quarantined with the coronavirus released a video message on his twitter page. Thank you to all of you and remember, stay at home. People in several states are cleaning up from tornadoes. Severe weather through the central u. S. From texas into the midwe
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