Never forget that you can also sustain us in the future. Today, give our senators the wisdom to trust you in the small things, realizing that faithfulness with the least perhaps them for fidelity with the much. As they seek to be stewards of your justice, mercy, and grace, use them to fulfill your purposes. Lord, give them a love for your wisdom and a passion to be guided by your precepts. We pray in your holy name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our 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 presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley i ask so speak in morning business for one minute. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Grassley thank you. Now that the United Kingdom has separated from the European Union, its our opportunity to sit down with the United Kingdom and do some
Resurgence of coronaviruses. And protecting the harvest kurdish women in syria take up guns against i self i says targeting their farms. North korea has belonged to jointly as office with the south it was opened on the border and cuss song 2 years ago the north has issued several warnings in the past few days and described people in the south as human scum you dont you look some one to the north south joint Liaison Office was completely ruined on tuesday in the wake of cutting off all the communication lines corresponding to the mindset of the enraged people to surely force human scum and those who have sheltered the scum to pay dearly for big crimes. Lets go straight now to a mcbride who is in south Koreas Capital seoul rob what more can you tell us. Well that is a very Serious Development but it is a think a development that many people here in south korea had been half expecting weve had of course worsening relations in recent weeks even months set a course against the background of
Primarily focus on the coronavirus and what another round of stimulation such could look like. This is about one hour. All right. Good afternoon. Thank you for joining us. My name is cliff johnson, the general manager here at bloomberg government. I am actually delighted to welcome you to a 2020 springhill watch event. Hopefully by now youve all the chance to take a look at the newest addition of rock biannual hell watch report that explores what to watch on capitol hill across more than 20 different policy areas and, of course, this report also examines the effect of covid19, the need for related relief legislation as was both parties agendas and plans for 2020. Today were incredibly excited to build upon of a reporting ts expert analysis through conversation with a key lawmaker that is senator john thune of south dakota who was shared with us today discuss the current state of affairs. You can participate in todays discussion on social media by using the hashtag bgov want to be sure
Welcome, everybody, to our hearing. Both those in the room and those that arent in the room. Before we start, i think its important, again, to note whats going on all around us, and that is the acknowledgement of Racial Injustice that has gone on for far too long in our country. I certainly support those who are speaking out and making their voices heard in a peaceful manner to bring about change. While change does not always come easily, i want to remind those watching this hearing today that change is possible. In december 2018, the first step that i first introduced became law. And i worked in partnership with several republican and democrat senators. Senator durbin was the lead person for the democrats. This law is the most significant criminal Justice Reform in a generation. A lot of people didnt think it was possible but we did it by working together, in a bipartisan way. But also working together in other ways to address racial disparities. Such as in health care, the c. A. R. E
, and that is senator john thune of south dakota, who is here with us today to discuss the current state of affairs. You can participate in todays discussion on social media by using the hashtag bgovwatch to be sure to follow bgov on twitter. I do have a couple of housekeeping announcements just to get us to todays presentation. This is broadcast live and although we dont anticipate any technical issues, should you experience any streaming delays with audio, may be video quality, go ahead and refresh your browser. That should resolve the issue. This is also an interactive event. We want you to be a part of this conversation. Well have live calls going on and we look forward to you , submitting questions he would like to ask. Now, to ask a question, you will see a q a box to the lower righthand corner of your screen. Go ahead and type in your request and it will pop up in front of us. At the top right of your screen , you will see another box that says slides and polish. Polling. This i