Loong. His nation has got many kudos for its handling of the coronavirus crisis. What lessons might america learn from what that city state did . Also, should the healthy and young among us go back to work, even if it means more infections . Thats what some have suggested, from politicians to businessmen. Well talk about what it would mean. But first, heres my take. When a crisis hits the United States, the countrys general instinct is to rally around the flag, wish the best for its leaders. Thats probably why President Trump has seen his Approval Ratings rise even though hes had a delayed and fitful approach to the pandemic. But at some point we americans must look at the facts and recognize an uncomfortable reality. The United States is on track to have the worst outbreak of coronavirus among wealthy countries. Largely because of the ineffectiveness of its government. This is the new face of american exceptionalism. The United States now has the most cases of covid19 anywhere in the
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, washington, d. C. , march 4, 2013. I hereby appoint the honorable luke messer to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2013, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes each, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 1 50 p. M. The chair recognizes the gentlewoman from North Carolina, ms. Foxx, for five minutes. Ms. Foxx thank you, mr. Speaker. Every year washington imposes thousands of pages of rules and regulations on Small Bus
It could send us an email or tweet. The question we are asking this morning is in a word how would you describe sequestration . 202 is the area code. You can also join us at email, journal cspan. Org. In the but some of the headlines from outside the beltway, beginning with to the boston sunday globe. A focus on afghanistan. In arizona, the arizona republic, the gallup poll has been asking many of you what you think of sequestration and we found this. In a word, how would you describe sequestration and the larger the word the more often it is used. From disappointed and good to scary. The Washington Post focusing on the politics of sequestration, obama sees 2014 as the key to his legacy. Theyre right they write she is a republican from washington state, here is what she had to say from sequestration. These devastating acrossthe board cuts imposed by the president will affect the lives of so many hardworking americans. Yet this week the president traveled 180 miles to virginia instead o
If you are pessimistic you can also send us a tweak a tweet cspanwj. Let me begin with the los angeles times, courtesy of the museum, los angeles times, courtesy of the newseum that is the los angeles times. How about the New York Times . What are your thoughts this morning . Your financial future, are you optimistic or pessimistic . Optimistic pessimistic we posted this on our Facebook Page, a little poll. Let me show you the results so far. It says here that 27 people so far on our Facebook Page are optimistic, and about 20 are pessimistic. What are your thoughts on this morning . We want to get your take on your financial future. Washington is talking about sequester, whether or not it will have a negative impact on our economy. Ohio,go to start in pessimistic. Caller good morning. I am not very optimistic. I am on medicare, Social Security, disability. I was an rn, and i made quite a bit of money each month. Now make 854 a month. They have cut my food stamps. I am disabled from wor
Thanks for joining us for 11 news today. Time for traffic and weather together on the 1s. We start with the weather. It is cold. We lost the wind from yesterday. 23 at the airport. Upper teens and low 20 posner the pennsylvania line. Generally it will be a sunny day with a High Temperature of 39. Well come back and check the forecast going into the weekend. Not a lot happening. There was an overnight accident on 95 south in Harford County but that has been cleared. 54 on the north side over towards the harrisburg expressway. 55 traveling down the west side. 62 on 70 in the eastbound direction. Traffic is light in terms of volume. Traveling near 83 in the parkton region, traffic is very light southbound down towards the beltway. That is the latest on traffic pulse 11. Officials are trying to determine what caused a Train Derailment in cecil county. This happened in elkton north of 95. Part of the road was closed down because of the possibility of a chemical leak. No injuries were report