Inspector generals hearing on the administrations response to the coronavirus. You are watching live coverage on cspan. Who has served under four president ial administrations, both democratic and republican. It issued a the hhs ofort covering the gravity challenges hospitals have faced during the Coronavirus Crisis from caring for patients to obtaining protective gear for staff and stocking basic medical supplies. This report was intended to help policymakers understand these challenges and to help hospitals overcome them, which benefits us all. Unfortunately, President Trump personally attacked this grant for no valid reason. Andcriticisms were baseless it seems clear that he just wanted everyone to pretend that there were no challenges in our Health Care System. Of course, we all know that was wrong. Grimmm should not have had to endure these personal, senseless attacks. Nevertheless, we thank her for tolerating them with dignity washing continued serving the American People. Hsit o
For all they have done in partnering with the administration and helping to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Also, Skilled Nursing facilities, i want to underscore in additionalion relief funds were distributed to Nursing Homes and other facilities, and these funds are provided under the cares act. And we will go ahead and now start with questions. Sending making more over chewers that it will crack hong kong. Overtures that it will crackdown on hong kong . Ms. Mcenany you also emailed a question about this this morning, so i went directly to the president to get an answer. He said to me he is displeased with chinas efforts and it is hard to see how hong kong can remain a Financial Hub if china takes over. Reporter which means what . With the u. S. Change its relationship with hong kong . Ms. Mcenany i have no further action as to the precise action the president will be taking what he wanted to share that. No problem. A lot of images over the memorial day weekend of people gatherin
Epidemiology at university of Michigan School of public health, Beverly Alvin that beverly allen, a subsidiary beverly allen. The coronavirus has devastated families across the world. People everywhere have grieved the loss of parents, siblings, children and friends. Nearly one hundred thousand people in the United States have died from the coronavirus. The New York Times reported that more americans have died of the coronavirus in the last 12 weeks die in vietnaman and the korean wars combined and more than twice as many as died from battle wounds in world war i. In terms of american deaths, the virus is equivalent of 22 iraq attacks,september 11 41 afghanistan wars, 42 pearl benghazis. Nd 25,000 it has been devastating our country. More than 5000 deaths have happened here in michigan. It is important to never stop recognizing the human toll that this is taking. I want to highlight a couple of people from our state who lost the battle with covid19. Whitehall died at the age of 64 on m
Next, the story of Christa Mcauliffe, one of the crewmembers on board of the illfated Space Shuttle challenger. 15 seconds. 10. We were in the grandstands and we were located directly behind christas parents. Lift off. After the launch, everyone was yelling and very thrilled that we were seeing our colleague fly in space. The sequencing of it was such that after a proximally two minutes we are supposed to see , the separation of the solid rocket boosters, two minutes and 10 seconds. And i knew the sequencing and after about a minute and 30 seconds, we started to see some plumes that were not correct. And the vast majority of the people in the grandstand there, who were not familiar with the sequencing, they were cheering. And i said no, thats not right. Something is wrong. At that point, the announcer at the Kennedy Space center said over the intercom, there appears to have been a major malfunction. In fact, ill never in my life forget those words that first came over. I am saying to p