U. S. Senate while the chamber continues debate on an economic a package, negotiations are ongoing but it is possible senators could vote as early as monday on the deal. Live to the senate here on cspan2. The presiding officer the senate will come to order. The chaplain dr. Barry black will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal lord, you are worthy of our praise. Save us from the forces that threaten our nation and world. Lord, inspire our lawmakers even though the earth seems to tremble and the mountains seem to shake. May our senators always embrace your divine principles and live blameless lives. Give them the wisdom to labor with integrity and to seek your divine approval. Illuminate the darkness that inevitably comes and lead them to your desired destination. Empower us all almighty god, with a faith that will keep us surefooted even in slippery places. We pray in your great name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegianc
Bless each and every one of us. It. It been so interesting talking to our tennesseans and as they have faced the issues that we have with coronavirus. What is happening, and the mother response to it in how we are going to fight, were going to win this war. We are going to defeat this. We have to look at it as hard health and food and Financial Assistance and a couple of my tennesseans last night, as we were talking and discussing this, whether thoughts of their questions to me went to is the relationship that we have with china. And how can we trust that we know what china new, that we know when they knew it and their lack of transparency around what is happened with covid19. As weve gotten a couple of months past the start of this, really these questions are unanswered. And how do we tell our tennesseans on the phone last night, even as this virus it came out of wuhan china, they had in december and it has now touched Six Continents and we know that people dealing with containment, t
A couple of my tennesseans last night as we were talking and discussing this, what their thoughts and their questions to me went to is the relationship that we have with china, and how can we trust that we know what china knew, that we know when they knew it, and their lack of transparency around what happened with covid19. Now as weve gotten a couple of months past the start of this, really these questions are unanswered. And as i was telling our tennesseans on the phone last night, even as this virus that came out of wuhan, china, they had it in december, it has now touched six continents, and we know that people are dealing with containment, theyre dealing with mitigation, theyre dealing with having, going through the process of getting the antivirals, getting the vaccines that are necessary to deal with covid19. And the questions that people have around this are compounded by the growing realization of how china has chosen not to be honest and not to be transparent in their dealing
Congssmanon gonzales ws biden adstns stem expected border surge and what his party is proposing as those pandemic border restrictions known as title 42 will soon be lifted. And as the state by state march to solidify abortion laws continue, South Carolina republican congresswoman nancy shes warning her party to find a middle ground on abortion access. Finally, the annual white house Correspondents Dinner honors americans wrongfully detained overseas. The power of the press in a democracy. Free press is a pillar, maybe the pillar, of free e y,etci notenemy. And of course, some selfdeprecating humor, washington style. After all, believe in theten. Not just because my good friend Jimmy Madison wrote it its all just ahead on face the nation. Good morning. And welcome to face the nation. As we look to a new month, were keeping a close eye on the economy, which continues to be the number one issue of concern for americans. Last weeks news that Economic Growth slowed more than expected in the
you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in new york. much of california is under a state of emergency this afternoon, and mandatory evacuations are under way in parts of monterrey county on the central coast. a short time ago we received drone video of a levee that failed this morning. as you can see, the waters rushed through the breach and into a nearby neighborhood. the floodwaters have washed away roads and bridges and cut off some communities in the area. this is new video. we also have coming in from springville, where many have lost their homes and belongings in that area. california s reeling from its tenth atmospheric river of the winter in the central and northern parts of the state. it s dumping huge amounts of rain and snow on the ground that is already saturated. cnn s mike valerio joins us. you spoke to a county supervisor a short time ago there. what have you learned? reporter: well, he told us, jim, that there are hundreds of people now in shelters