Dr. Schaffner we will have to end it now. We will take it to the floor now. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers room, ashington, d. C. , march 27, 2020. I hereby appoint the honorable anthony g. Brown to act as day. Ker pro tempore on this signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the will be offered by the guest chaplain, reverend dr. Dan capitol worship, washington, d. C. Me. Chaplain come pray with heavenly father, this morning, humblee to remember your servant, 91yearold holocaust rabbi kahn who lost his this week and just two dais ago at
The crypt will be used as a staging agent. Its dean says cathedrals were often used this way during the plagues in the middle ages. For the third sunday in a row so many americas churches have been closed and its particularly hard this week, holy week leading up to easter. Not for one church in baton rouge, louisiana, where more than 1,200 people turned out for palm sunday services. The churchs pastor, tony spell, spoke business abcs linsey davis, telling her why he believes his congregants are safe. We screen everyone who comes through the door. We check their temperatures. We ask them a series of questions that has been given to us from the center of disease and control, i believe. So we disinfect our building on a daytoday basis because we operate seven days a week. So we would have to prove that people who have only left their homes and come to our church got the sickness here. We practice better social distancing in our sanctuary than is being practiced in the hundreds of stores t
An outbreak in a nursing home in Contra Costa County. Whats being done to try to stop it. Also we were sent on the cruise ship, and we were on land. Finally heading home but theyre not necessarily relieved. The uncertainty and fear facing these Cruise Ship Passengers who landed at sfo tonight. Plus [ cheers and applause ] the navy might have fired this bay area native for sounding the alarm about the virus. But his fellow sailors say hes a hero. We have a lot to get to tonight. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. Im janelle wang. And im jessica aguirre. It has been a long, arduous week and things continue to get worse with the coronavirus pandemic. Tonight a grim revelation from the state of new york. Within the past day, 562 people died there. Thats more than almost the entire month of march. Health care workers are now calling Emergency Rooms battle zones. We are afraid for our patients. We are afraid for our families. Were afraid for our lives. Tonight new York Governor Andrew Cuom
The members of the Coronavirus Task force hold a briefing with reporters at the white house. That will be live starting at 5 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. Until then, we will show you more debate on the house floor and the to trillion dollar coronavirus economic package. Prevail. Thank you and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from Texas Reserves. The gentleman from maryland is recognized. Speaker, at this time i yield to the gentlelady suburbs, ms. Hia susan wild from pennsylvania. One minute. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from pennsylvania is for one minute. Ms. Wild thank you, mr. Speaker. S the representative of pennsylvanias seventh district, just an hour and a half from new ork city, i have a unique perspective on this crisis. The two worldclass hospital community, the Lehigh Valley network and st. Ukes university network, are also the biggest employers in my district. Hey anxiously await the spread of this disease to our frontlines. Community, our nurses
America this morning. Good friday morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us. We begin with a new statement this morning from dr. Anthony fauci. He says he doesnt understand why every state in the country hasnt issued a stay at home order yet. He made that statement overnight as the coronavirus spreads across the country. More than 6,000 people have now died in the u. S. New york is reporting more than 2,400 of those deaths. New jersey, michigan and louisiana are each reporting between 300 and 600 deaths. Meanwhile, as americans across the country wonder when things can return to normal, the state of washington is now extending its stay at home order through may 4th. Back in new york, 250 ambulances from across the country have been lining up at the bronx zoo ready to provide relief for First Responders. The city is now setting up 45 of these makeshift morgues to help hospitals store more bodies. This morning, an urgent new appeal for help in new york city. If a person comes in and ne