Live now with a discussion with Public Health officials unsafely on safelythe u. S. Reopening the u. S. Good morning and welcome to Washington Post live. Im eugene scott, political reporter of the Washington Post, and id like to welcome our first guest this morning, assistant Health Secretary at hhs and a member of president Trumps Coronavirus Task force. Thank you so much for joining me. Good morning, is great to be here with you, thanks for the invitation. Host and i got the correct, right . You know, im from deep down in the country louisiana and that is pretty darn close. Thats a great first try at that. Host ok, great, great. Admiral, you are the white house testing czar and lead developer of the hhs Public Health policy recommendations, so i was hoping you could give us a bit of an overview on the Current Situation on the ground today. So, the situation on the ground with the pandemic, i think everyone understands that similar to where we were postmemorial day, we have had a sign
Gyms theaters, for about a month. Were following all of that. We have fox twist Business Team coverage. Grady trimble, in chicago. New restriction being imposed. Edward lawrence on the tech hearing in washington. We have to first hear from Ashley Webster with the market selloff. What a day. Ashley all proving to be a toxic formula for the markets as Investors Cash in and the vix fear gauge hitting the highest level since midjuly. As you just said, connell, the dow, the s p, the nasdaq all down 3 1 2 on the day. We saw a little extra selling heading into the bell. Maybe that news out of france, adding to germany on a national lockdown. May be a lockdown light. Never the less, businesses will be closed, that having impact. Shares of hotels, airlines and cruise lines all hit hard as covid fears grow for the economy. Check out the airlines. American down 2 1 2. Delta 3 1 2 . Southwest four 1 2. So on and so on. Jetblue down 6 1 2 . As for the cruise lines who just cant buy a break like the
Today in the broader house regarding Marjorie Taylor greene . Democrats have the majority. We have at least one republican saying theyre vote to remove. So it seems Fait Accompli for her. Reporter this is something hardly ever done. The house taking action to strip a member of an opposing partys Committee Assignments. That is something that could create a precedent that future majorities could certainly replicate. But the democrats say they have to move forward now because of the dangerous views that Marjorie Taylor greene has expressed over her last couple of years, whether it is about the massacres at the Parkland High School in florida, or if it is about the promoting the qanon conspiracy theory. They say there is no room on congressional committees for her and it is time for the house to act. And that is exactly what they will do this afternoon. A simple majority will vote to remove her from the House Budget Committee and the house education committee. Now this came after the repub
Row. Weve got fox Business Team coverage. Blake burman at the white house. Hillary vaughn and Edward Lawrence in washington. Well start with blake. The latest on reaching a deal for covid19 relief. Blake. Reporter hi, jackie. Every afternoon around this time we say there is another big meeting up on capitol hill. Let me start by saying there is another big meeting up on capitol hill. Treasury secretary steve mnuchin, white house chief of staff mark meadows are negotiating with the top two democrats Chuck Schumer and nancy pelosi. Walking into the meeting mnuchin and meadows were quote, unquote, hopeful. According to sources im told during yesterdays meeting, those two, mnuchin and meadows impressed upon schumer and pelosi if there is not significant progress in the upcoming days, that could increase the possibility that President Trump would go ahead and use executive action. That is why one source described the meeting that is taking place up on the hill right now as quote, unquote, b
Distinguished democratic and republican colleagues for your participation in this rather unique forum. Over 80,000 citizens have lost. Heir lives due to covid19 more than in any other country on earth. Many families have lost loved ones, including my own. Our fellow Committee Member Maxine Waters has recently experienced a loss in her family due to this pandemic. This select committee was not established to cast blame on or cast disparities on foreign or domestic or to search for the viruses origin, but to pursue future success. We have been tasked with the urgent and important work to ensure that our countrys response to the seminal crisis is effective, efficient, and equitable. I agree with ranking Members Police that one of the most important components of our response is answering the region that is being discussed at every Kitchen Table in america right now. How do we know when we are ready to safely reopen our country . To answer that question, we should be informed by history an