The committee on health education, labor and pensions will please come to order. First, the usual administrative matters like the theater announcements we use to receive, we are getting used to those, we follow the advice of the attending physician and sergeantatarms consulted with all the right people, we are seated 6 feet apart, that means no room for public or the media here but the media is participating and we hope the public is as well. And the videoconference is a real change for the United States senate and a very welcome one because it makes it possible to attract witnesses who have busy schedules on the same day such as today, by video conference, you may remove your masks since were 6 feet apart. The sergeant at arms, press gallery, architect of the capital, capital police, committee staff, Evan Griffiths for their hard work to keep us safe. We will each have an Opening Statement and we turn to our witnesses we thank for being with us today, each witness we ask you summarize
Wash journal. And if you missed any of the live coverage, watch any time on demand at cspan. Org or listen on the go with the free cspan radio app. Now to the lecture part of our program. Our speaker tonight is dr. William hitchcock, author of the age of Eisenhower America and the world in the 1950s. Dr. Hitchcock with the William Corcoran professor from the university of virginia where he focuses on international, diplomatic and military history of the 20th century, in particular the era of the world wars an the cold war, and in addition to the age of eisenhower dr. Hitchcock is the author of the bitter road to freedom, a new history of the liberation of europe which was a Pulitzer Prize finalist and a winner of the george lewis spear prize and a Financial Times bestseller in the united kingdom. Following dr. Hitchcocks remarks, ann compton will join for a conversation on this great biography and the 34th president of the United States. Ann is a pioneer of journalism in america. The f
And england, from 43, i have seen a reduction in the number of covid19 positive cases, does the Prime Minister agree with me are uk wide approaches what works . To defeat the pandemic . Can i pay tribute to her for what she has put in practice and to thank all her colleagues, that is the way we beat the pandemic by working to gather. Yesterday, easing lockdown restrictions, if the plan is to work, we isolate this. The Prime Minister promised a system to be in place by the first of june. The latest figures from yesterdays press conference shows 33,000 people are estimated to have covid19 in england. Just 10,000 people with covid19 were breached and asked to provide Contact Details, the hard work that went into this but two thirds of those are not being reached and asked to provide Contact Details there is a big problem. The right honorable gentlemen has been stunned by the test and trace operation and contrary to his prognostications of gloom it has gone much faster than expected, they
Www. Health. Senate. Gov is our website. I think it makes it possible for us to be table to attract witnesses who have very busy schedules on the same day such as today. Some senators are participating by videoconference. Senators may remove their masks since were 6 feet apart. Im grateful to the rules committee, the sarge want at arms, the press gallery, the capitol police, our Committee Staff for all their hard work to help keep us safe. Senator murray and i will each have an opening statement, and then well turn to our witnesses who we thank very much for being with us today. Each witness we would ask that you summarize your remarks in five minutes, which will allow more time for the large number of senators who we expect to participate to present their testimony. Well have one round of questions for a five minute round. Less than four months ago on march 1st the coronavirus situation was about this. At the end of february there were 79,000 cases around the world, only 14 in the Uni
Of covid19 positive cases, does the Prime Minister agree with me are uk wide approaches what works . To defeat the pandemic . Can i pay tribute to her for what she has put in practice and to thank all her colleagues, that is the way we beat the pandemic by working to gather. Yesterday, easing lockdown restrictions, if the plan is to work, we isolate this. The Prime Minister promised a system to be in place by the first of june. The latest figures from yesterdays press conference shows 33,000 people are estimated to have covid19 in england. Just 10,000 people with covid19 were breached and asked to provide Contact Details, the hard work that went into this but two thirds of those are not being reached and asked to provide Contact Details there is a big problem. The right honorable gentlemen has been stunned by the test and trace operation and contrary to his prognostications of gloom it has gone much faster than expected, they are getting it hard, recruited 25,000, they identified and c