Especial good morning on sirius xm channel 119, and the path of hurricane laura. That will be a long pass of rain over the next number of days. It is a natural disaster, and every expert says, not that it will affect national gdp, but nevertheless a profound storm. Lisa it really raises the question of what resources the United States has to do with a storm of this magnitude, the biggest storm hitting the u. S. In records going back to the 1800s. How much we have to combat this at a time of such economic distress. Tom galveston here, i believe, and the sunrise over to lake charles and onto new orleans. The path really centered right on the louisiana western border and texas eastern border. Landfall with 150 miles per hour, a scope back to 1856. We fall back to the jobless claims in 28 minutes. We are numbed by one million a week. Lisa i dont understand the relationship right now between the economic at and markets. We are at record highs for the s p and nasdaq, a little off that, and y
That we are looking at, much like we did yesterday where we were talking a great deal about the possibility of a new record even intraday or all time on the s p. Yesterday it was that bizarre russian vaccine news and i think we can all term it bizarre, but today its moderna signing a deal with the u. S. Government which is signing a lot of deals to make sure that there is manufacturing capacity in place to deliver a lot of doses of a vaccine if and when it does get through phase three trials into i was listening to meg tirrell this morning and i was looking at an email how much is regeneron getting. 500 million in july i would say, david, is there any amount that you wouldnt spend on these companies to get this thing beaten because if were spending 2 trillion to just try to stay in place we have got to flood the market with money. Make it so its worth wise for everybody. I have emerging bio tonight, they would be helping making a lot of these giant doses and i dont think i think that y
Several of whom will participate remotely. I will come artisticpa wish panl of witnesses. I thank them for a period. Today we will hear from mr. Steven berry, president and chief exec of Competitive Carriers Association paid ms. Shirley bloomfield, chief executive officer of the ruralhe broadband association. Mr. Dean kimmelman, Senior Advisor of Public Knowledge who will be appearing at testified remotely and mr. Jonathans vulture, president and chief executive officer of u. S. Telecom broadband association. The crisis has changed lead dramatically for every american. As the administration and the center for Disease Control and prevention encourages social a distancing to prevent further spread of the virus normalia activities like work, school and Health Care Services are now increasingly taking place online. This has caused a huge uptick for the use of broadband in one estimate shows that every Broadband Usage is up by 47 since the pandemic began. The good news is theres been progre
A half hours. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] this hearing will come to water. Welcome, welcome. Today the committee convenes to broadband during the covid19 pandemic. I extend my appreciation for my colleagues attentions attendance and participation. I welcome our distinguished panel of witnesses. Mr. Y we will hear from stephen barry, president and chief executive officer of the competitive cares organization and the chief executive officer of the Rural Broadband association. Mr. Gene kimmelman, Senior Advisor on public knowledge, who will be appearing, testifying remotely. Jonathan spalter, of u. S. T and ceo broad,. Covid19 crisis has changed life dramatically for almost every american. As the administration and the centers for Disease Control and prevention encourage social distancing to prevent spread of the virus, norm
Colleagues attentions attendance and participation. I welcome our distinguished panel of witnesses. Mr. Y we will hear from stephen barry, president and chief executive officer of the competitive cares organization and the chief executive officer of the Rural Broadband association. Mr. Gene kimmelman, Senior Advisor on public knowledge, who will be appearing, testifying remotely. Jonathan spalter, of u. S. T and ceo broad,. Covid19 crisis has changed life dramatically for almost every american. As the administration and the centers for Disease Control and prevention encourage social distancing to prevent spread of the virus, normal activities like work, school, Healthcare Services are increasingly taking place online. This has caused a huge uptick in the use of broadband. One estimate shows average Broadband Usage is up by 47 since the pandemic began. Good news is that theres been some progress in connecting all americans. The fcc has recently released broadband deployment report shows