Together. I do want to Say Something real washington journal live every day at 7 00 a. M. Eastern. At h the entire program cspan. Org. Well fulfill our 40yearplus commitment to cover the u. S. Congress. You live to the floor, next. One bill on the house agenda today. Apprenticeship opportunities. And now live coverage of the u. S. House on cspan. Heaven ane you thanks for giving us another day. Bless the members of the peoples house with focus and purpose as they gather these few days before thanksgiving. May their efforts give true cause for americans to gather to give thanks. As infections continue to spread in hospitals nationwide and hospitals nationwide are pressed to their limits, look with with mercy upon your people. May we all, together, be mindful of the part we can play in addressing the spread of coronavirus. May all that is done be for your greater honor and glory. Amen. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to section 4a of House Resolution 967, the journal of the last days pr
Francisco and went on to be elected statewide is California Attorney general and won her senate seat in 2016. She announced her candidacy for president back in january 2019 in oakland, california. She withdrew from the race in december of last year. Joining us from los angeles is seema mehta, l. A. Times political reporter, and in philadelphia, covering politics for politico, holly otterbein. And i want to begin with you, holly otterbein. It seems the Biting Campaign and did it search where it began. Can you tell us what led to her selection . Holly sure. When the primary was going on, in the debate between joe biden and Bernie Sanders. Biden broke the news that he was going to choose a woman as his Vice President ial nominee. That kind of kicked everything off, and then, a little while later, in april, he announced his Vice President ial search committee, which included four people, including former senator chris dodd, who has been a longtime friend and ally to biden. He took an impor
American history tv, the National History center hosts a conversation on u. S. Gun rights and regulations. Watch American History tv tonight and over the weekend on cspan3. U. S. Schools are looking at how to safely reopen during the coronavirus pandemic. Educators spoke to members of the Senate Health committee about plans to decrease class size, continue Home Learning and schoolwide coronavirus tests to make sure students and staff are safe when they return to the classroom. Widespread testing not only helps contain the virus, it builds confidence that the schools are safe. U. S. Assistant secretary for health told our committee that there will be 40 to 50 million diagnostic tests available per month by september. Thats four to five times the number of todays tests and todays number in the United States is twice as many as any other country. And dr. Francis collins who led the human genome project and leads the National Institutes of health, leads a shark tank enterprise at the nih t
Schoolwide coronavirus tests to make sure students and staff are safe when they return to the classroom. Widespread testing not only helps contain the virus, it builds confidence that the schools are safe. U. S. Assistant secretary for health told our committee that there will be 40 to 50 million diagnostic tests available per month by september. Thats four to five times the number of todays tests and todays number in the United States is twice as many as any other country. And dr. Francis collins who led the human genome project and leads the National Institutes of health, leads a shark tank enterprise at the nih to discover new ways to create tens of millions of quick and accurate and inexpensive diagnostic tests. School covid plans should let the plans last for at least a year. The government is pursuing vaccines at what it calls warp speed, faster than weve ever done that before, but no one expects a vaccine this august. And the second half of the school year, schools should be bet
Somewhere in the world, this is the daily distancing show with trevor noah. Trevor you know, when im feeling down, nothing makes me happier than hearing some good news. Also prozac works, but since the state says im no longer allowed to write prescriptions because im not qualified, heres our good news for you in our ongoing segment, a ray of sunshine. Lets kick it off with weed, aka marijuana, jazz, spinach, nelson manedibles. For many people, it has been an important way to get through the coronavirus lockdowns, but, now, it turns out it might also be a cure for coronavirus itself. A study in canada has prompted the idea that marijuana can help cure covid 19. Researchers at the university in canada applied multiple strains of cbcs to cells to see if it changed the ability to be affected by the covid 19. They found might concentrations lowered the number of cells the virus could attach itself tosm the study is a preprint publication, meaning it hasnt havent been repeated yet. Trevor ca