Statistics. The United States now leads the world in the number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus with more than 1. 5 million. Another 2. 4 million workers filed jobless claims this week, joining the more than 38 million americans have applied for unemployment assistance since the crisis began. Veryl soon our country will reah another grim milestone. We are fast approaching the day when more than 100,000 american lives will have been lost to covid19, the size of a small city erased from the map. Speaker pelosi and i have sent a letter to President Trump this morning requesting that the American Flag be flown at half mast on all public buildings on the day the total reaches 100,000. As families all across the great country mourned the loss of friend, colleagues and loved ones, flying the flag at half mast would be a national expression of grief. And of course this weekend is also memorial day, where we commemorate so Many Americans who through the centuries have lost their lives for
People to roam and be generalist and go wherever they find interesting stories and something i found interesting at the time was what the internet was doing there was as a society in terms of our information streams. It wasnt political in my mind at that time but it was what happens when the trusted systems of information breakdown and people no longer know its true or important versus irrelevant and out to spend her time so i was looking at this as a tech story and business story and i was looking at quick bait forms and how they get you to click on things and wister died and money from that and then in the middle of 2015 they was a big bronze conference at trump tower and tromping down the escalator and suddenly these forces have been looking at about how informational architecture online is treated as is a political story as well. From then it was off to the races. Host you generally grouped your book into two groups of people, if i understand it correctly. You have a group called t
Impacted by the pandemic. The bill is estimated to be a 3 trillion relief package. He was joined by michigan senator debbie stabenow. Sen. Schumer hello, everybody. Ok, so, good afternoon. Thank you all for coming. Today, the house revealed its plan, the covid 4 bill. It is big and bold. Just what america needs. Our problems are large. Theyre enormous. They are on the health front, the economic front. It will take big, bold action to help the American People. Plan am supportive of the that Speaker Pelosi has put together. And the bottom line is very simple what is it going to take for Mitch Mcconnell to wake up and see that the American People need help and need it now . What is it going to take for him to understand that there are miles and miles of cars on lines tried to geying to get food. For the first time, people who their families are trying to get food. For the first time people are not worried about paying the rent, or worried theyre getting kicked out of their homes. For the
Assistant hhs secretary admiral brancheau walk and stephen hahn. Good morning. The committee will please come to order. Administrative matters based on the attending physician, after we consulted with the department of health and Human Services and the centers for Disease Control and prevention, individuals in the hearing room are at least six feet apart. As a result theres no room for the public to attend in person. Representatives of the press are working as a pool to relay their observations to colleagues. The hearing may be watched online. Unedited recording will be available on the committees website. Witnesses are participating in Video Conference in a onetime exception. Some senators including the chairman are participating via Video Conference. Senators, weve been advised may remove their masks to talk into the microphone when theyre in the hearing room as theyre six feet apart. Im grateful to the rules committee, sergeant at arms, the press gallery, the capitol police, Committ
Have done has truly made a difference. We must figure out a path forward, but we must always be aware that this virus is still with us. Good morning and welcome to Washington Post live. I am bob costa, National Political reporter at the post. This morning, we continue our leadership during crises series with two governors who have been dealing with the pandemic for days and weeks on end. We begin with virginias democratic governor ralph northam, then we will hear from arkansas republican governor, asa hutchinson. First, Governor Northam is a medical doctor and has recently announced plans to reopen virginias economy. Governor, welcome. Governor northam good morning to you and all your viewers, thank you so much for doing this. So important that americans, and in my case, virginians, have access to up did it information so i appreciate the opportunity to be with you today. Mr. Costa thank you. Many of our readers live in virginia and they heard your News Conference where you are not par