Some kind of lockdown as indias government tries to curb the virus infections. And security patrols in the philippines as the country rolls out tough measures to enforce coronavirus restrictions. The United States is struggling to contain a rising wave of coronavirus with cases of infections and deaths soaring more than 77000 infections are reported in the latest daily tally another bleak record high when resources in many areas are stretched to the limit and hospitals are in danger of being overrun with patients top Infectious Diseases expert anthony found is urging state officials to do everything they can to convince people to wear masks the White House Coronavirus task force has identified 18 states as socalled red zones where urgent task. Is needed. I can say as a Public Health official that i would urge the leaders the local political and other leaders in states and cities and towns to be as forceful as possible in getting your citizen tree so wear masks masks are important as pa
The nomination of the white house budget director. A vote on that is exacted at 5 30 p. M. Eastern today. This week Senate Lawmakers are expected to continue work on the Defense Authorization for 2021. This is live coverage of the senate here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. O lord, as our lips are open in prayer, so may our hearts be open to receive your holy spirit. Help us to bow to your will and live lives devoted to your providential leading. Lord, we thank you for your providence that brought us the gift of representative john lewis. Were grateful he was a drum major for justice, truth, and righteousness. May his exemplary life and legacy remind us of the Transformative Impact one dedicated person can make on our nation and world. Today, please our senators in their work. Let faith, hope, and love abound in their lives. May they seek to heal the hurt in our world
President. County terry, administer. South, the doctor here at the Medical Center. We will have interesting talks. Thank you for being here. We will go over some things we are doing in terms of covid response. Our mission focuses on protecting vulnerable, expanding testing. We are doing that. Yesterday, 95,000 tests. Today, over 80,000 tests. Taiwan has done 78,000 tests the entire pandemic, 23 million people. We are doing a lot of testing. Practicing social distancing. Supporting hospital and health care workers. Today,updates on things hospitals throughout florida will be getting additional shipments of therapeutic remdesivir, something a lot of physicians have been using. We got positive responses. Developed andtic given in emergency use authorization by fda. We are scheduled to get more later in the month. There was a need to expedite that. President ith the vice and secretary a czar to get that expedited secretary azar to get that expedited. Today and be obtained hopefully we will
Good morning. So this meeting will now come to order. Today the subcommittee is holding a hearing entitled oversight of doe, during covid19 pandemic. Members will be participating in todays hearing finally in person or remotely via video conferences. And just as a reminder weve had some technical difficulties in making sure that our remote video was operating up to standard. As part of this hearing, the microphones of members participating remotely will be set on mute for the purpose of eliminating inadvertent background noise. Members participating remotely will need to unmute their microphones each time you wish to speak. For members and witnesses participating in person, i encourage you to wear your mask whenever you are not speaking. Dr. Monahan, our physician, stressed in attending physician covid19 guidelines that use of face coverings is meant to protect other people in case someone was unknowingly infected and does not have symptoms. But wearing our mask when we are not speakin
Its fullness in eternity, we bring our petitions to you using some of his final words. Bless the members of this peoples house and those in authority on all levels of society with wisdom and courage to address the unholy oppression that awaits so many of our brothers and sisters of color. May there be a new creative way of establishing Something Like Community Policing that peace and security might be enjoyed where we live. O lord, do we dare to consider the power of nonviolence in our homes, our communities, our nation, and perhaps in leadership for our world. Might we truly be called, if not challenged, to beat our swords into plowshares and spears into pruning hooks so that nations shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall we learn war anymore. And as we are reminded, the greatest expression of nonviolent challenge to injustice is the vote. Bless all efforts to secure access to the ballot for all american citizens. Help us, o lord, to answer the highest calling of our he