The number in the United States is twice as many as any other country. And doctor Francis Collins who once led the human genome project and now leaves the National Institutes of health needs a competitive shark tank enterprise at the nih to discover new ways to create tens of millions of quick and extensive diagnostictests. Covid19 plans should last for at least a year. The government is pursuing vaccines at what it calls s work speed a, faster than weve ever done that before but no one expects a vaccine this august. The second half of the school year schools should be able to provide more tests, more treatments, better Contact Tracing and hopefully we should begin to have vaccines. It will likely be the fall of 2021 though before we begin toapproach normal. There are several reasons schools have an advantage in weproviding a safe environment for students and for faculty. One younger people have been less hurt by covid19 and older people. Although doctor county told our committee we sh
Weekend. We starteddown early. We come all the way back as we look forward to a nation that is rebuilding and an economy reopening. Plus the next hot tech stocks, folks that are absolutely rocking. Well tell you what they are and how much more potential they have. All that and so much more on making money. Charles while we await the White House Press briefing protests are happening in new york city where businesses are trying to clean up from overnight riots, bracing against further looting. Fox businesss Kristina Partsinevelos is at union square where the protests are underway. Kristina. Reporter charles, im on the west side of union square and this is the sixth day where you have businesses awakening to just destroyed property. Im standing in front of a reebok store. Theyre putting wooden planks all around on plywood. The planks need to be 10 feet. What happened yesterday on several storefronts, i dont think we can call them protesters, they literally yanked down the plywood and brok
Lord, were grateful that though wrong seems strong, you continue to rule. Fill our lawmakers with reverence and trust in your prevailing providence. May that reverential awe keep them on the path of courage, integrity, and wisdom. Lord, remind them that you have invited them to seek and discover your might. You declared in psalm 50 15 call me in the day of trouble, and i will deliver you. We praise your holy name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president. The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley one minute for morning business. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Grassley the house of representatives has passed a bill thats kind of like a onesizefitsall for elections. That everything ought to be run out o
You can also send us a text this morning, 202 7488003. If you do, please include your name and where you are from, and otherwise catch up with us on social media. That is facebook. Com cspan and cspanwj. A very good saturday morning to you. You can start calling in now if you are an essential worker in this country. As you are calling in, we show you this map from abc news of the 46 states and washington, d. C. That have enacted policies to close nonessential businesses in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus. The exact number of essential by. Oyees, hard to come there is an estimate from the Brookings Institution that relied on department of Homeland Security designations of essential. Atut 7 million employees Grocery Stores, pharmacies, and bigbox stores. When it comes to the state of california, the Public Policy institute of california estimates that in a typical year, roughly one third to one half of californias labor force is employed in essential operations. The standard
And medical officers at Rikers Island have also tested positive. We are seeing this disease spread very quickly behind bars. Jails and prisons, as many know, our petri dishes for the transmission of covid19. Host social distancing being described as the best way to combat coronavirus. Can one social distance behind bars . Guest it is virtually impossible to do all of those we are doing in the community. Trying to reduce the contagion of this disease. Many of us are washing our hands for 20 seconds or 30 seconds. We are keeping six feet apart from our neighbors on the street. We are, if we are lucky enough to have masks, Walking Around with masks. But soap, Hand Sanitizer, behind bars individuals are nked, dormitory style rooms, sharing toilets, sinks that have 20 or 30 beds. Impossible and in some jails and prisons, specifically alabama and mississippi, the hygiene conditions are very lacking. In fact, and Mississippi Health Department Report from this past summer found dozens of broke