Representative Debbie Dingell discusses the latest on the u. S. Response to the coronavirus pandemic. At 8 30, more on the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic with indiana congressman larry bushong. Shon. Rry buc morning. D it is wednesday, july 1, 2020. The senate is set to return at 9 30 a. M. Eastern and the house at 9 00 a. M. , joins we will be with you for the next two hours on washington journal. We begin with the question on what schools will look like this fall. With some universities and k12 districts beginning to roll out reopening plans, we want to hear what you think. How should schools reopen . Full lines are different this morning. Parents can call 202 7488000. Teachers, 202 7488001. A line for school administrators, 202 7488002. All others can call in at 202 7488003. You can also send a text to that number also, 202 7488003. Social media, you can catch us on twitter at cspanwj and on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Morning. Od wednesday you can go ahead and st
Experiment with offflabel use of ent drugs in hope of combating covid19. We havent had a situation like this. People are used to saying ive got this disease, where is the drug . Evyone is starting to learn a little bit more about what Drug Discovery is like. Judy l that and more tonight. Major funding forws the pbs nehour has been provided by Consumer Cellular. Johnson johnson. Financial Services Firm raymond james. Supporting social tentrepreneurs andir solutions to the worlds most pressing problems. Committed to improving lives through invention in the u. S. And developing countries. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. More information at macfoun d. Org. And with t ongoing support of these institutions. Mthis program we possible by the corporation for public abroadcasti by contributions from viewers like you. Thank you. Judy the u. S. Death from th covid19 pandemic has now topped 127,000 people the epicenter has shifted to the west and the south, where cas
We are going to go through a very tough two weeks and then hopefully as the experts are predicting, as i think a lot of us are predicting after having studied it so hard, we will start seeing real light at the end of the tunnel but this will be a very painful, very very painful two weeks. Stuart the president s top medical advisers project a death toll in america of up to 240,000. Everyone is now paying attention. Now weve got to focus what will likely be the worst Economic News coming at us in generations. Millions of people will not be paying their rent this month. How will that ripple through . Millions of people have just been laid off. New unemployment claims coming out tomorrow will again show millions added to the jobless list. The airlines, they are reporting passenger traffic levels down 88 in two weeks. And Mortgage Applications down 24 from last year. The market, of course, reflects these new uncertainties. The dow dropped over 400 yesterday and this morning, its likely to o
The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. God our father, we give you thanks for giving us another day. Bless the members of this peoples house as they gather at the end of another week in the capitol. Endow each with the graces needed to attend to the issues of the day with wisdom. That the results of their efforts might benefit the citizens of our nation and the world. We also ask your blessing leading into this weekend upon fathers throughout our country. May they be their best selves and may their children appreciate fully the blessing they have been to them. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory, amen. The speaker the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house her approval thereof. New england journal of medicine pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman
appear to turn a blind eye to a president s obstruction. it was indeed another day of heated debate and for more we are joined by greg lee. reporter: this is the last few hours right now for the democrats, before the defense team takes over to our. seven impeachment managers are trying to sway the mind of the senate, this as the president s approval numbers are up. and two thirds of americans say the senate should call new witnesses. president trump tried to cheat. he got caught. and then he worked hard to cover it up. reporter: democratic house managers are now in their final push arguing for president trump s removal from office. on the last day of opening arguments the managers focused on the second charge, obstruction of congress. no president ever used the official power of his office to prevent witnesses from giving testimony to congress in such a blanket and indiscriminate manner. reporter: i have a very easy i ve said this before, exercising constitution