Statements, i want to acknowledge the loss over the weekend of congressman john lewis, a civil rights icon who changed history at great personal sacrifice. In 2015 i was honored to be among those who joined him in selma to commemorate the Fiftieth Anniversary of the blood sunday march which he led. I send my deepest condolences to his family and loved ones. Todays hearing comes at a time when our nation is experiencing the confluence of a health crisis, economic depression and a series of killing is that laid bare the Racial Injustice that still paints the country. Our focus is on covid19s disproportionate impact on black and latino seniors. As well as seniors from other racial and ethnic minority communities, black and latino residents are infected with a virus, nearly twice as likely to die from covid19. The state of maine has the worst Racial Disparity in covid19 cases in the country, also comprise less then 2 of maines population, they account for approximately 23 of all cases, lik
The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will open the senate with prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, give our lawmakers the wisdom to remember and be grateful for all the things you have already done. Lord, you have sustained our nation during seasons of war and peace. You have helped us to find creative ways to strive for a more perfect union. You have provided us with solutions to difficult problems, just when we needed you most. Let this day be a time when senators find time to thank you for your bountiful blessings and faithfulness. As our lawmakers strive to live one day at a time, may they keep their focus on your power and love. We pray in your merciful name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding
That means we want to hear from Small Business owners and Small Business employees, and we will open up a special line for you. If you own a Small Business, your number is going to be 202 7488000. If you work for a Small Business, we want to hear from you as well. Your number is going to be 202 7488001. European counts as well, so we want to know what you think about the Small Business loan program being out of money, so your line is 202 7488002. Keep in mind, you can always text us your opinion at 202 we are always reading on social media. On twitter at cspanwj, and facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Once again, Small Businesses are the life lot of america lifeblood of america, and the coronavirus pandemic has hit them hard. We want to know from you how you are surviving if you are a small smallss owner and a business employee. Lets get some information about the program first. Lets go to politicos caitlin who is on the line and here to talk to us about what is going on with the small f
Health Care Community in new york eats the ball to help front line workers in a crisis and im sorry how much now have all the support including you have the president dana white says hes close to securing a private island to make sure he can keep staging events during the current of us spent. We begin this news all in the u. K. Where Prime Minister johnson already one of the most high profile coronavirus patients yet is in intensive care and on that he was transferred to his symptoms got worse on monday night johnson was admitted to hospital on sunday and was moved as a precaution in case he needs a ventilator with a Prime Minister out of action foreign secretary dominic robb stepping in to lead the government. Rory talents is our correspondent and london at this hour so rory weve had quite a few leaders come out trying to calm the public since this announcement do actually know any more about our stance and condition. Or michael gove who is the cabinet secretary and incidentally it se
As reports come in from norway and sweden. That youre a 2020 has been and were awaiting confirmation from you way. So there are restrictions being imposed in many countries around the world and they are getting a whole lot more extreme this tuesday as the world tries to curb the spread of coronavirus malaysia 1st of all rolling out some of the most drastic rules at midnight tuesday malaysians will not be allowed to leave for 2 weeks the borders being sealed and of course it is led to this sort of panic buying and not just in malaysia as well in singapore next door in iran will have closed off access to keep religious shrines and also releasing temporarily least about 85000. 00 prisoners much of europe is going into lockdown in the past few hours from sealed its borders. Now reporting around 2000 new cases which bring its total number of infections to more than 11000. 00 so developments across the board weve got Natasha Butler in france to catch up with developments there but were start