Thank you all. Thank you, thank you so much perrys. Went to welcome it to this session on behalf of humanitys tennessee. Tennessee Arts Commission and a built University Thoughts my honor to host the conversation today between two nonfiction authors who have created what reads as fiction. These are non fiction novels. And i can tell you that by the end of them youll either be rooting for the heroes, hating the villains or weeping with relief that justice is finally been done. So let me introduce you to our authors for today. We have an Investigative Reporter with an author writing arguably about the birth of investigative reporting. So let me bring to the stage the author of citizen reporters, ss mcclure, ida tarbell, and the magazine that re grows america, stephanie bolton. And also joining us today chris hanvey who won a Pulitzer Prize for his reports for the New York Times on how some lawyers and doctors rigged the system to deny benefits to coalminer stricken with black lung diseas
Live on capitol hill, the House Appropriations committee working on 2021 spending levels today. One of the measures they are working on his defense spending. 694. 6 billion, an increase of 1. 2 billion from 2020. Congressman a nita lowey chairs the committee. I will say good morning again. I call this meeting of the committee of appropriations to order. Before we begin, house rules require me to remind you that we have set up an email address to which members could send anything they wish to submit in writing. That email address has been provided to your staff. Our first order of business is consideration of the department of defense appropriations bill for fiscal. Ear 2021 thank you madam chairwoman. Remarks, igin my reluctantly have to acknowledge this will be my final Opening Statement before the House Appropriations committee. I have no new revelations to make but for those of you who will remain on this committee, there are a few things i would like to say. He saved the conditiona
Starting to take tentative steps toward reopening. Numbers released, adding nearly 16 million subscribers and crushing estimates. Taylor, we have to start with oil today. What is happening . Taylor when we spoke yesterday, it felt like the equity markets were not pricing in some of the panic in the oil markets. Today, that changed. Some of the nervousness started filtering through. They are off about 3 or so. Nasdaq off about 3. 5 . What that meant is that these oil markets are really starting to break down. Know that the may futures contracts expire today. Some of the june contracts are starting to roll over. We are getting the sense that if that continues to fall further, this is not a may contract technical glitch, this is more of a macro issue. Concerns remain on the demand side as well as the oversupply. Some nervousness was filtering in the oil markets today. Netflix,ts talk about crushing its own estimates, adding 16 million subscribers. I know i was watching tiger king. The que
People in africa but officially barely 50 coronavirus deaths across the continent ahead of the w. H. O. Says those numbers should be seen as a warning. But top u. S. Official facing the coronavirus says expect 200000 deaths and millions of infections. And from profit making to Community Building Time Restaurants night feeding our support locals. For the top u. K. Health official has offered a stark assessment of how long it may be before life here and elsewhere goes back to what we all took for granted just a few weeks ago the u. K. Steps the chief medical officer says social distancing rules will be refuse after 3 weeks but says that it may be 6 months before life can return to normal dr jenny harris says relaxing social distancing efforts sisu could risk a dangerous 2nd pick meanwhile in the u. S. The countrys foremost Infectious Disease expert says the virus may cause as many as 200000 deaths along with millions of infections dr anthony for she offered that prognosis as the federal