Off i think were the most Transparent Society in the world so i think were giving Accurate Information all the time it dont you can say that about the chinese the north koreans the russians and i know they were getting Accurate Information from them and i cant imagine that the chinese dont have more coronavirus cases that us but the other thing too is larry we were a little bit slow to react here theres no question about that that you know i was advocating in early march to shut down it really didnt happen for another 2 weeks after that you look at your state where you are right now california they shut down sooner than anybody else and i think as a result im theyve gone through this a little bit better than anybody else especially relative to their population so they were a little slow at the beginning and also the other places are being nearly as honest as we are back. In a Washington Post op ed last month you wrote the grim reality is that additional lives will be lost as we reopen
Sooner than anybody else and i think as a result theyve gone through this a little bit better than anybody else especially relative to their population so they were a little slow at the beginning and also they got to places are being nearly as honest as we are about it in a Washington Post op ed last month you wrote the grim reality is that additional lives will be lost as we reopen our country how many it thats easy that isnt easy cause were alive but thats tough to face as a government. It is tough to face our bill let me tell you what else is going to happen if we dont open up were going to lose a lot of lives as well which is already seeing the statistics across the country larry increasing depression increasing Domestic Violence increasing drug addiction increase in suicide you know working people in this country larry they need to go back to work not just because financially what it does but what it does for their selfesteem every day and we are going to lose a lot of people a lo
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Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 65, the nays are 28. The motion is agreed to. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i move to proceed to legislative session. The presiding officer question is on the motion. All those in favor, say aye. Those opposed, say no. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes do have it. The motion is agreed to. Mr. Mcconnell i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 655. The presiding officer question is on the motion. All those in favor, say aye. Those opposed, say no. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes do have it. The motion is agreed to. The clerk will report the nomination. The clerk nomination, department of defense, victor g. Mercado of california to be an assistant secretary. Mr. Mcconnell i send a cloture motion to the desk. The presiding officer the clerk will report the cloture motion.
And welcome to cross talk where all things are considered im Peter Lavelle as we have said from the very beginning russia gate is a hoax and a fraud there is now ample evidence to prove this and what explains trumps flip flop on the Iran Nuclear Deal. Across stopping this and more im joined by my guest alexander mackerras from london hes a writer on Legal Affairs as well as editor in chief of the grand dot com and in nicosia we cross to our special for news they director of the duran dot com regiment crossed up rules and i think that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it lets go to negotiate a 1st over the last few days weve had blockbuster revelations about things that you and i know and we care so talked about for years that Michael Flynn when he was National Security adviser the early days of the Trump Administration he was set up by the f. B. I. Now we believe this from the very beginning because logic using logic we deduce this now we have evidence that