[inaudible conversations] well reconvene, and i now recognize the senator from alaska. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Mr. Secretary, welcome. Thank you for all that you do. I want to give a special thanks for the shoreline mapping that we are seeing coming out of the department. Your support for this mapping on the shoreline and near shore is appreciated. We recognize the value of the president s memorandum on mapping. I also want to thank you for the departments recent work on the disaster funds for the two fisheries disasters that we have seen. It is important to us, and as you know, there is more in that pipeline. When we first met some years back, i promised you that you were going to think of fishing when you visited with me, and im not going i to disappoint yu today [laughter] as i look through my seven priorities here for the department of commerce, six of those relate to fisheries or to our ocean. So let me, let me begin with funding for fisheries surveys. You know the significance o
I would like to speak about what the department of defense is doing in response to the coronavirus. I want to remind everyone that the United States military is is remains ready and capable of meeting our requirements. I just returned from a visit to fort detrick seeing how theyre advancing treatments for the coronavirus. I was tpwhreevend Army Medical Research cutting edge covid19 response and then visited the Army Medical Research institute of Infectious Diseases to learn about its ongoing experimentation and testing. The armys work on a vaccine is one of the many ways the department of defense is supporting president trumps whole of government approach to fight the virus and substantially slow its spread. Many of the policies and guidelines we have released go hand in hand with the president s 15day plan. We have issued international and Domestic Travel restrictions to all d. O. D. Personnel and families that should dramatically reduce exposure to the virus. Inside the pentagon we a
Business is off by 75 to 80 percent because of fears over the coronavirus. Weve been hearing that before the visit. Thats why i thought it was urgent to make the visit. Reporter the owner of the Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Company kevin chan says the effect on the bottom line of his business is real. 500 a day, 600 a day. Reporter even tourists noticed the unusual quiet in the neighborhood. This place is dead right now. Every restaurant is empty, every shop is empty. Theres no tourists Walking Around here. Reporter the speaker is urging people to come out again and not be afraid. Also to say to everyone, you should come to china town. Precautions have been taken by our city. We know that theres a concern about tourism throughout the world, but we think its very safe to be in china town and hope that others will come. Reporter while there are 21 active cases of coronavirus in the state of california right now, those are in hospital isolation or in quarantine. At this point there are no a
Eppsaddison, president and executive director of the center for popular democracy. Good sunday morning. Thank you for being with us. Guest thank you for having me. Host tell us about your organization. Guest it is a National Network of grassroots political organizations. We are in 34 states. There are a lot of things our Community Works on. Fast food workers going on strike for better wages and the right to form a union, immigrants not just working to transform our broken immigration system but who are building the culture and fabric of their communities, black workers and black folks who have been struggling economically in this country who are seeking the opportunity to thrive and not just survive. Withe a network of people great imagination who believe that america can be a place where all of us have what we need, not just a select few. Guest we will talk call it host we will talk politics in a moment. This is from the Washington Post with regards to the dominant store in our countr
This is a matter, this whole coronavirus issue as a matter of president ial leadership, and later this week ill be speaking to you on what i believe the nation should be doing to address this virus. But tonight, i want to speak to you from philadelphia, where we announced our campaign at the front end, where we did our final announcement. To all those who have been knocked down, to all those have been counted out, left behind, this is your campaign. Just over a week ago, many of the pundits declared that this candidacy was dead. Now were very much alive. [applause] and although, theres a way to go, it looks like were going to have another good night. [applause] with victories in mississippi, missouri, michigan, and were waiting to hear from north dakota, idaho, and washington state. As i said from the beginning, this election is the one that has character on the ballot. The character of the candidates, the character of the nation is on the ballot. Its more than a comeback in my view, o