Zimbabwes military and police enforce a ban on government protests. Dozens have been detained. News, yet another Major League Baseball team is hit by coronavirus. And nba basketball returns with social justice high on its agenda. We will hear from lebron james. Anchor coronavirus has already had a profound impact on the global economy, changing the way we live, work, and travel. The World Health Organization says this will reverberate for generations. In a meeting, the director general said the pandemic was a once in a Century Health crisis, the effects of which will be felt for decades to come. More optimistic news from americas top Infectious Disease expert. Dr. Anthony fauci believes a vaccine could be available within months. We are also starting to learn more about the impact on the economy. The pandemic has plunged the eurozone economy into a recession. Elsewhere, about 4 Million People in the north of england are returning to coronavirus restrictions because of a surge of infect
The reopening of america. Take a look. Dow futures turning negative down 19 points but the nasdaq is up 9 and s p 500 is also negative down about 1 point, mixed story this morning, dow and s p 500 snapped 3day winning street yesterday turning negative by the close, dow down 170 points, nasdaq was up 14 but s p down 11 and a quarter. Secretary mike pompeo meeting with chinese top diplomats as issue on trade, human rights and coronavirus heat up, john boltons new bookmaking claims about President Trumps relationship and xi jinping. Protests in atlanta to report. Meanwhile an Capitol Hill Senate republicans unveiled Police Reform bill as House Democrats call for more action. Coming up at 7 00 a. M. Eastern this morning new york city mayor Rudy Giuliani will join me with his valuable insight on policing in america, the former mayor today telling us his reaction to all of this. Then cracking down on big tech, Justice Department looks to limit protections enjoyed by Technology Companies as c
I want to take a few brief opening remarks and then ill turn it over. Then ill turn it over to Ranking Member sanders. We are here today to consider, to serve as the nest director of budget. To serve as the director since there were 20. Teen President Trump nominated him in march as the nations facing a unprecedented crisis, both health and economic from the covid crisis. The office of management and budget paint played a key part, in addition to building the president s annual budget we also to do financial, management grants management, information technology, program assessment, and Property Management just to name a few. Given the vast responsibility over the organization its important to have a senate director in place. Before we hear from the Deputy Director of want to discuss our response to the coronavirus pandemic. Congress working with the president to provide needed relief for individuals and businesses and state and local government on a series of bills resulting in spendin
Public health among other initiatives. The u. S. Chamber foundation has a deep relationship with the Gates Foundation. For more than a decade, weve worked together op both k through 12 and post secondary education reform and we value their partnership and were very pleased to have bill and Melinda Gates with us here today. As youve likely seen a few years ago, bill brought attention to the risk of a Global Pandemic. Sadly, his warning is a reality. The good news is he and melinda have committed themselves and their organization to finding a solution and that gives us all a sense of hope. The bill and Melinda Gates foundation have committed more than 300 million to the global covid19 response. Were so grateful to their leadership during this trying moment and are excited to talk to them today. This episode was prerecorded to fit their busy schedule toe there wont be audience questions at the end of the time, but theres a lot that we get to talk about, so lets get to it. Well, thank you
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