First actions of the committee is we are going to take over the roles and Means Committee to make this a rules committee but first let me say that i appreciate, wanted to say this from the beginning i appreciate the flexibility of our Ranking Member mr. Cole. Im incredibly proud of how we have worked together here in this congress. We have examined a lot of things in the committee and no matter how politically alike we are doing things in the constructive when and i look forward to working with you mr. Cole in a bipartisan effort that was announced today and we will examine how congress can better adapt to the emergencies of the coronavirus pandemic pandemic. I know we both care deeply about this institution in one way or another congress is going to have to adapt to whatever the future may bring. The cdc said this fall could be worse than what we are going to right now. And we need to be prepared and that may mean working remotely. Changes when we operate should be done whenever possi
Epidemiology, complex systems, and math in the school of Public Health of michigan. Professor andiate epidemiologist at the university of michigan. I want to start by thanking those of you who have attended these press conferences to get the facts and stay tuned what happening in our state and what we are thinking and sharing information with you. It is crucial to stay informed during this time. Im so proud we live in a state where so many people are choosing to do that and taking the precautions that are contributing to the flattening of the curve and saving lives. I want to thank the members of the press who have been reporting on this pandemic for over six weeks. It is a relentless job. Absolutely critical to keeping people informed. Ive held more than a dozen press conferences on this issue alone. Issued more than 50 executive orders to protect people from the virus. This is truly for an unprecedented time. Are dedicated reporters in michigan to make sure they get the information t
Name, city and state, or you can orto twitter, cspanwj, facebook. Com cspan. I want to begin with governor governoromo, them of new york yesterday, he talked about working with other states to help find and confine those with the virus. [video clip] 25 , 30 of the workforce that comes into new york city comes from outside new york city to work. Who is supposed to trace me, westchester or new york . If i turn up positive, yeah, my residence in his is in Westchester County but i worked in new york city and i would have contacted many more people in new york city than i did in westchester. City,ork in new york thats when contacting people. I workedn suffolk, but in new york city. Im a Police Officer who has a work in rockland, but i new york city. Im a firefighter that lives in rockland but i work in new york city. I live in new jersey but i work new york city. I live in the city, but i work in connecticut. Right . These interconnections, if you are going to do these tracing operations, y
Out a Young Readers book called the fierce 44 . Guest look, for the undefeated, our platform, which focuses on race, sports and culture, we have done a digital project in 2017 that was kind of an ode to the first africanamerican president , hence the title of the fierce 44. So we had this idea lets do kind of an all my to an argument i think is the greatest achievement for africanamericans to become president. And youll should be on that list next we did a a list. It was a Interactive Digital process and it was well received, highly debated. And then mr. Flynn hardcourt publisher, said could you turn this into a Childrens Book . Because there are not a lot of africanamerican biography that that shone with that was popular, childrens biography collections and so they loved robert ball had his beautiful illustration and so we edited our digital project entered into a book. Host was the format of this book . Guest its basically a short bio sketches with a couplp with illustrations. It jus
Information trade how big tech conquers countries, challenges our rights, and transforms our world. Can you hear me without the mic . No, okay. Can you hear me with the mic . Also know. Heads up in the back. Alexis is the deputy ceo of new york city where she runs basically a policy Experiment Lab trying to get vendors to compete for who cana devise the best programs to improve social welfare of the citizens ofpr new york. She is an adjunct professor of media and communications and she spent a couple of decades studying these issues extremely intensively as doctoral student and then as a member of the staff of the u. N. Mission, of the state department, and also just thinking her guilty about the witches so clear from this book which i really admire. A quick round of applause for alexis. [applause] just jump right in. This book is about what you call take a minute and tell us what those arent what you felt we needed a new category for them. Sure. Thankdo you all for coming. So wonderfu