We have useds in churches. We are getting closer. The numbers are getting much. Loser theyre being attacked as we speak but we will all win. At some point, we will all win. We will do it sooner than people think. Earlier today i spoke with 10,000 of americas faith leaders to thank them for raising this peers of our people. Maybe physically apart, we can use this time to pray and reflect on our relationship with god. With 3000 mayors, county officials to provide an to be the virus, to crush youre looking a little more quickly than people thought. Maybe a lot more quickly. It is something we are watching all over the world. People are watching and seeing what we are doing. We are very impressed. We are dealing with many countries. We are giving whatever information we are able to glean. I just spoke with the representatives of the u. K. I think theyre great Prime Minister is doing much better today. He certainly had a tough bout. He is still going through a tough time. He seems to be doi
It has now been four days since Paycheck Protection Program ran out of money. Republicans of been trying to secure more money for this Critical Program for a week and a half now. At this hour our democratic colleagues are still prolonging their discussion with the administration so the senate regretfully will not be able to pass more money for american paychecks today. However, since this is so urgent, ive asked that the senate meet again tomorrow and a new session that was not previously scheduled and the democratic leader has agreed to my requests. Colleagues, its past time, past time, to get this done for the country. [inaudible] so i ask unanimous consent. If i made this senator desires to speak for a few minutes. Yes. Mr. President , thank you i appreciate the opportunity. The senator from washington is recognized. Thank you, mr. President. I am here this afternoon to speak about the critical aspects of the paycheck act as it relates to businesses. Particularly in the newspaper an
This on top of slight gains yesterday at 4 00 oclock. Markets were up. As you see dow industrials up 33 points and nasdaq up 139. Getting america working once again. President trump announcing plans to reopen the economy in phases. The president went through it yesterday. The Small Business aid program has run dry on capitol hill. The battle is waging on how much money, how much to add to funds to help business and American Workers now. Coronavirus is taking a toll on the chinese economy. It has contracted 6. 8 in the First Quarter. First ever quarterly contraction and wuhans death toll revised up 50 adding fuel to questions of beijings actual reporting on the virus. Secretary of state mike pompeo live at 8 30 a. M. Eastern on the possible origins of the virus as more people focus on the lab in wuhan, something that ive been putting the spotlight for months. What actions can be taken to china for lack of transparency. Mornings with maria begins now. Positive news on gilead. You saw the
About 8, 9 days ago. In intensive care units for a couple of days and then he gave a press conference two days ago where he seemed more emotional than usual saying it could have gone either way and he really thanked nhs staff he said were by his bedside 24 hours a day. When you look at the response of the u. K. Compared to other countries, certainly in europe, it has been quite different. The Prime Minister many times has had to do a uturn on what he initially talked about, which was a herd immunity and then he said he would not close schools that they are closed. Theres a lot of speculation going around about what they will do next, whether they will extend the lockdown but also make the lockdown that much harder. Tom we will continue our discussion on this today. We will be speaking to nursing professionals at the Johns Hopkins university. Right now with our news in new york city, here is viviana. Viviana donald trump and how he feels about reopening the country. President says the g
We had three fatalities so far. Reporter there were calls on the World Health Organization for limb change there i wonder what your thoughts are on that . Senator martha mcsally, for example, called for dr. Tedros to resign. Look, this not the time to be doing that kind of change. There will be a lot of time to look back to see how the World Health Organization performed. Meantime what our task is to preserve and protect the american taxpayers, make sure our resources dont go to places that wont deliver on behalf of the American People and the world and President Trump and i are determined to do that. Okay. Follow up . Reporter quick follow up he is a busy man. Reporter china has responsibility to get correct figures. How would you broadly characterize cooperation with china right now. Lots of places weve been cooperating, right . Theyre providing us assistance where we need it. There are places on the ground where we do have access to the data we need. Were deeply appreciative of that