Take down some of Donald Trumps more controversial posts however a new undercover report says that the social media giant has censored the president s supporters for quite some time. Casting live direct from our studios in moscow this is R T International im sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us. Now the u. S. Has seen a record daily increase in coded 1000 cases reaching 40000 new infections on thursday those infections were revealed by Johns Hopkins university now the previous high was back in april with more than 36000. 00 cases the u. S. Still holds the record for the most global infections with almost 2 and a half 1000000 cases and this latest a surge has forced the several states including texas and florida to suspend plans to reopen despite that President Trump claims his country is coping well with the pandemic. We have the greatest Testing Program in the world weve developed it over a period of time and were up to almost 30000000. 00 tests that means we can have more c
A new undercover reporter says the social media giant has censored the president s supporters for some time. Hi there thanks for joining us this is r. T. A coronavirus tracing that was rolled out in france has alerted just 14 users about their potential exposure that over the course of the last 3 weeks this is despite the country recording many new cases of the virus every day. Takes a closer look. Stop code it. Was supposed to be a bright idea that could help prevent a 2nd wave of infections and on your smartphone that uses bluetooth signals to keep track of the devices and therefore the people that you come into contact with when it was a few weeks ago the french digital minister said it could offer to a flying start as of this morning 600000 people managed to download the app so its a very very good start. Well after a few hiccups perhaps including a delayed release that so many people in france accidentally downloading good tracing up one for catalonia. Ok after a full start some 2
Advance the measure both for 11 30 a. M. Eastern. Now live to the senate floor here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate with prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal father, our souls long for you, for we find strength and joy in your presence. Guide our lawmakers to put their trust in you, seeking in every undertakin to know and do your will. When they go through difficulties, may they remember that, with your help, they can accomplish the seemingly impossible. Give them a faith that will trust you even when the darkness is blacker than a thousand midnights. May they always find strength in your providential leading. We pray in your strong name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The
Several Democratic Senators came to the floor to push for more coronavirus Economic Relief to local and state governments designed Health Emergency workers. Here are the speeches leading up with senator ron wyden of oregon. Senator from oregon. The covid19 pandemic has thrown our country into a nightmare level crisis of joblessness. The congress has not done enough to stop it and has not done enough to save the jobs of our people. I have come to the floor this evening, the distinguished democratic leader, to call for the senate to pass legislation that is all about saving key jobs that form the backbone of our local communities, our firefighters, our First Responders, our teachers, our families, and so many others. They need our help. They need it now. Senate democrats have been warning since march, covid19 cases exploded and our economy went into lockdown, that our states, cities and towns are now facing budgetary disasters unlike anything gone through in recent memory. The shortfall
Address the rises in covid19 cases and reopenings in the starting of the economy, how do you balance those two . Guest those are important stories. People are correct to be concerned. The numbers that appear to be going up. People are also concerned about the continuation of having to the economy as contracts the way it has. You will have to balance both. Thise are smarter about disease than they were a few months ago. We have all seen the benefits and wisdom of social distancing. Certainly, i could to give times in the past where i didnt feel well but i went to work anyway. You cannot do that right now. If you are sick, stay home. If you suspect someone is sick, dont be around. Remember back in march, the purpose of Closing Everything down was to save the health care to be from what appeared a coming surge of patients who were very ill. Wouldnt overwhelm our system . Youe was no concern because kind of saw it happen in wuhan, china. You kind of side happen in italy. There was concerne