We take you live to the u. S. Senate where to date lawmakers who will be on a defense programs and policy bill. You are watching live coverage of the senate on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will ohm the senate with prayer. The chaplain let us pray. God of grace and mercy, in these divisive and polarized times, remind us that words have consequences. Help us to remember that we are accountable to you for every idle and careless word we speak. Lord, teach our senators to be obedient to your commands, doing your will as your presence fills them with joy. Today, surround our lawmakers with the shield of your favor, as they labor to deep our nation to keep our nation strong. May they be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger. Manifest your power through their labors so that this nation will be exalted by righteousness. We pray in your mighty name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of alle
We are working on things that are very interesting and very positive. I thank them for being on the call. Yesterday we unveiled detailed guidelines for governors to initiate a safe, gradual reopening of america. The guidelines provide governors with the factdriven and sciencebased metrics they need to make decisions that are right for their own particular state. To view the guidelines you can go to the website at whitehouse. Gov openingamerica. The treasury sent out Economic Relief payments to more than 80 million americans who have direct deposit information on file with the irs. An incredible success it has been. If you have not received your check please visit irs. Gov, get my payment. That way the irs can get you your payment within days. They have done a fantastic job. You will not have to wait for a check in the mail. I have good news. We sent out 80 million deposits. Less than 1 had even little problems. A couple had minor glitches, but substantially less than 1 . Out of 80 mill
Many of us in the bay area are staying safe, adjusting to the new reality of wearing face coverings are not everyone has the access or tools they need to fight the coronavirus. Coming to you live from my home. San francisco, san mateo, and sonoma counties requiring face masks for most activities outside of the home. Efforts in San Francisco launched, making sure those who need a mask get one. We are trying to to to to the people who need it. Reporter face masks and hand sachbitizer, two vital tools against covid19 were handed out for i have to go grocery shopping, i can rewash it. Reporter neighbors are getting info. The supervisor was surprised so many showed up. Check out the line. It was long. Thisthes i a mask to everyone who needs one. Reporter collecting donations to pay for masks and sanitizer, more than 7,000 so far. Teaming up with united players to hand them out. Did you have a mask before today . No. Deborah is feeling safer. People cough and gag in front of your face. Peopl
People showed up. Check out the line. It was long. This shouldnt be something that people dont have access to. Everybody should have one of these. So im committed to getting a mask to everybody in this community who needs one. Heaney is collecting donations to pay for the masks and sanitizer on this gofundme page, more than 7 grand so far. He is teaming up with organizations to help pass them out. Its only right that we take care of our people. Theyre not forgotten. Did you have a mask before today . No. Deborah cooly is feeling safely. Cough and gag in front of your face. Homeless living on the streets cant always protect themselves. For people who are housed, they can go inside and tak dend be wearing them. But for folks who do not have that option are going to have to be using them a lot more. The citys new mask ordinance requires them to wear a mask in public, but not when youre exercising or going for a run. When youre in line to go to a store, if youre in a store, if youre on pub
Seeing this as a sign that they do see sort of a light on the horizon here. With all the states beginning reopening, expanding the reopening, it will continue to be good for the economy, even in a staggered fashion. There is that. Were following markets across the board. Even issues with disappointing numbers and earnings, most seem to have factored that in. So well get detail by detail, casebycase, sector by sector. This is a remarkable comeback here. A lot of this buoyed by this news out of Gilead Sciences that its drug just might be the panacea some hoped it would be for treatment of the coronavirus. Way too early to tell that here but certainly a different reaction as that stock soars close to 6 on the day. Blake burman, monitoring developments at the white house right now including the president having a sitdown with the louisiana governor. Also meeting with more ceos and those in the agriculture, meat industry. The president you might recall has said that the Meat Processing plan