We have a few updates for you all at the top this morning. First today the president is signing three executive orders to rebuild and strengthen our immigration system. These actions are centered on the basic premise that our country is safer, stronger and more prosperous with a fair, safe and orderly immigration system. Todays actions do a number of things. The First Executive order creates a task force chaired by the secretary of Homeland Security to reunify families which will work across government to find parents and children separated by the Prior Administration. The second executive order develops a strategy to address the root causes of migration across our borders and creates a humane asylum system, including directing dhs to take steps to end the Migrant Protection Protocol Program which led to a humanitarian crisis in northern mexico. It ensures that our system operates fairly and efficiently by instructing agencies to review the related policies. Ma been on the Briefing Cal
Provider. President trump held a Conference Call with governors andiscuss the protests riots happening around the u. S. And what states should be doing in response. It shouldnt be hard to take care of it. Were going to take care of it. And weve got a number of people here that youll be seeing. General millie is here, whos head of joint chief of staff, a fighter, a warrior, had a lot of victories and no losses. And he hates to see the way its being handled in the various states. And i just put him in charge. States and i just put him in charge. The attorney general is here, bill barr, and we will activate bill barr and activate him very strongly. Were strongly the secretary of defense is here. Were strongly looking for arrests. You have to get much tougher. Youre gonna get overridden. I know gov. Walz is on the phone and we spoke and i fully agree with the way he handled it the last couple of days, i asked him to do that. You know, a lot of men we have all the men and women that you nee
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A few weeks, about a month ago. Wall street is passing unemployment news, we are going to get in more depth with that. There obviously seen an improvement in cases, hospitalizations and that. They are also looking at a tiny settling and some friction when it comes to this trade deal. A lot of people have said they dont trust them, how can we trust them on the promises they made on the trade front. Hey, blake. We gotta notice last night that robert, treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin had a discussion with their counterparts including the chinese vice premier, i came as a bit of a surprise because weve been pointed to conversation expected to happen next week but clearly, u. S. And china are talking as it relates to the phase one trade deal with conversations expected to happen going forward. If youre of the belief talking is a good thing, he would view that i was a positive signal. Its interesting to hear from resident trump himself this morning when the president appeared on fox and fri
Networks, cspan. Org and with the free cspan radio app. West Virginia Governor jim justice holds everything with reporters on his states response to the coronavirus. He says states his states cases have been lower than average. From charleston, this is about 50 minutes. Hello, everyone. It is friday, may 8. We have got one really good thing to report. I hope several things, but the first thing that is the most important to me, we have not lost anyone since the last time i was here, yesterday. If you will follow the other states, the other states are losing hundreds a day. Every time we lose one, it is not good. Total. Lost 51 people please keep those people in your thoughts and prayers. Yesterday was a really important day, a national day of prayer. I am sure those families and those people, the great West Virginians we lost appreciate you. I am not going to read you through what has happened in week two and three of the reopening plan, which will begin this coming monday. Guidelines f