Bill providing an additional 3 trillion in coronavirus economic stimulus. We expect to see that bill on the floor tomorrow. Also to discuss promoting voting and Committee Work. And now back to the start of todays hearing, this is cspan3. [inaudible conversations] the rules committee will come to order. Before i give my Opening Statement i just want to read a guidance from the attending physician, doctor monahan. We asked him specifically about the use of face coverings during proceedings like these and while he has not mandated their use he did share that and i quote, my preferences that members retain their face coverings when speaking as an activity which can release virus particles. Especially if the speaking is of a highspirited nature. S ive never had a meeting in the rules committee that hasnt been of a highspirited nature so we will leave it up to individual members to decide but i think to be cautious here i will keep mine on and i hope that everybody else will be mindful of th
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Okay, the rules committee will come to order. Before i give my opening statement, i just want to read a guidance from the attending physician. And we asked him specifically about the use of face coverings during proceedings like these. And while he is not mandated their use, he did share that, and i quote, my preference is that members retain their face covers when speaking as speaking is an activity which can release virus particles, especially if the speaking is of high spirited nature. And ive never had a meeting in the rules committee that hasnt been of a high spirited nature. So were going to leave it up to individual members to decide. But i think i will to be cautious here, im going to keep mine on. Others will be mindful of the reason why there is guidance on this issue. It has been roughly three months since the First Community transmission of covid19 was discovered in the United States. Since that time, our world has changed dramatically. There are now more than 1. 3 million
Weeks. And he was exposed to the virus as a passenger on the grand princess cruise ship. More information on this developing story as soon as we get it you can always get the latest on our website kron 4 dot com. Now the United States is now leading the world in the number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus and new hot spots are now emerging. The us Surgeon General says chicago detroit and new orleans are likely to see a surge in cases. Next week. And one of the hardest hit areas is new york. Governor andrew cuomo announced today that 519 people have now died in new is up from just 385 deaths hat that reported yestday. The governor says that that number will continue to rise and the peak is expected 3 weeks from now. What is the packs of the curve. It changes a little bit depending on the day to day to day day to day to day. But now were looking at about 21 days for a possible. Apaso we want to do everything we can to be ready for that increased capacity. That could hit us in 21 day
Sports world coming to a halt while the happiest place on earth closes its gate. 2020 race impacted by coronavirus as well, Campaign Events canceled. Debates with no inhouse audiences, mornings with maria live right now. Maria we want to check overseas marks right now, take a look, mixed story over in europe. Ftse 100 now turned negative, down 421 points, 7 lower on financial times. Cac request rant is up 150 and dax index in germany up 307 points. 3 apiece. We are looking at those losses extend this morning in the uk. In asia overnight it was red across the board certainly in the heels of wall street but markets in asia actually closed off the lows of the session, worst performer was japan, down better than 6 followed by korea. South korea banning short selling for now 6 months, lets check Interest Rates, the yield on the 10year treasury moving up. The yield is up now 10 basis points at level of. 896 on the 10year, Oil Prices Rising this morning after 2 days of decline as the price wa