U. S. Naval Institute News reporter sam lagrone talks about the role of u. S. Navy hospital ships in the coronavirus response. Washington journal is next. The men and women of the greatest country on earth are going to defeat this coronavirus and reclaim our future. After sleep deprived nights and marathon negotiating sessions, we have a bipartisan rescuent on the largest package in American History. Host republican and Democratic Leaders in the u. S. Senate announcing a deal at 1 30 a. M. This morning on a 2 trillion coronavirus aid package. Good morning. We will get your thoughts on that this morning. Democrats 202 7488000. Republicans 202 7488001. Independents 202 7488002. Youcan join us as well if text us with your first name, city and state that 202 or8003 at 202 7488003 go to twitter at cspan wj. We have learned about what is in the deal the lawmakers have reached. Theres 500 billion for major corporations. 360 7 billion for Small Business loans. 130 billion for hospitals across
And taking every step necessary in order to provide prevent this from spreading. So you can all do your part. But well get through this together. Thank you again. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2020] computer the meeting has been unlocked. Hang up. Computer welcome to the audio conferencing here on cspan were live at the Brady Press Briefing room at the white house. For an update from the White House Coronavirus Response Task force, it should get under way shortly. Were likely to hear the reaction from President Trump on the agreement last night between senate democrats, republicans and the white house on whats expected to be a nearly 2 trillion coronavirus economic stimulus package, which has yet to be released. The legislative language still yet to be released. Elements of that bill include direct Cash Payments to individuals, f
Busy day here dc. The report is that the white house is now looking into how soon it can release the whistleblower complaint, but they say it will be done as soon as legally possible. No exact date on that. For what happened today, House Speaker nancy pelosi has been slow rolling the impeachment efforts for years, but today she threw her weight behind her fellow democrats, who are in favor of the impeachment efforts, as more and more members of the caucus joined those efforts. The president must be held accountable, no one is above the law. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announcing a formal impeachment inquiry after meeting with fellow democrats this afternoon. To make the actions taken to date by thpresident have seriously violated the constitution, especially when the president says article 2 says i can do whatever i want. Calls for impeachment have been growing in recent days. Following a government whistleblower complaint detailing a questionable phone call between President Trump and
Clara, cupertino, saratoga and san jose. Higher clouds looks like were on the tail end of it. Some will drag across. Look at that. Rain. Moving into the desert. And also east of l. A. And san diego. If youre going down there, keep an eye on things for us. Well get the higher clouds. Still be there. Not as intense as what we saw yesterday afternoon. Warm to hot. Kind of muggy. But by tomorrow, that low starts to make its move. And pretty significant. Highs today, 60s, 70s, 80s. To near 90 degrees. Sal is here at 7 01. And he tells us, the traffic is mostly moderate. Our friends in Livermore Valley are having a tough morning. Ill explain in just a second. If youre driving over to marin from richmond this is your commuter. It looks normal. When you get over to marin, you wont find it especially hard to drive in marin county. This is 880. Its recovered after an earlier crash northbound near 23rd that was gone. And traffic is recovering nicely. Westbound bay bridge. Backed up full strength.
It is 11 00 a. M. Eastern, 8 00 a. M. Pacific. Im jose diazbalart. Right now a federal judge in florida is holding a hearing on several key issues related to former President Trumps classified documents case, including when to start the trial. The former president is attending the hearing in fort pierce about 130 miles north of miami. Hes his remaining rival nikki haley said she thinks all his legal problems should be dealt with before the election. I think all of the cases should be dealt with before november. We need to know whats going to happen before it happen before the presidency happens, because after that, should he become president , i dont think any of it will get. Over 500 miles away, a judge will hear Closing Arguments this afternoon in a motion to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney fani willis from prosecuting the case 6r789. With us to talk more about all of this, msnbc National Correspondent Yasmin Vossoughian outside the federal courthouse in fort pierce, flori