Redfield, director of the center for Disease Control and prevention and we thank you for being here this morning. Doctor redfield, to discuss the cdc and ongoing response to covid19. I also want to welcome the subcommittee members, Ranking Member congressman thomas paul andour full Committee Chair. I want to thank you to subcommittee members who are here in person as well as subcommittee members who are participating by secure video teleconference. Before i moved to my Opening Statements and because this is our first labor hhs and Education Appropriations Committee hearing with some members participating remotely, i would like to begin by offering a brief explanation of how it will work and in order to benefit those members and the public. This hearing room has been configured to maintain the recommended sixfoot social distancing between members, witnesses and other individuals in the room necessary to operate the hearing. Which we have kept to a minimum. Some members have opted to use
Race matters america in crisis,a pbs newshour special. Woodruff good evening, im judy woodruff. Welcome this pbs newshour special, race matters america e crisis. The death of geooyd at the hands of police in minnesota has ignited outrage across t world and once again exposed the deep wounds of racism here in the u. S. Protesters have filled the s in cities large and small, demanding justice and change. The vast majority have bn peaceful, but there has been violence and looting, anag thereve beeessive tactics from Law Enforcement. How americans see all this is filtered in part through the new poll, one we d n. P. R. O our and marist. 62 of americans say they believe the demonstrations areat legitiprotests. 77 of black americansthat way, but among White Americans, its 58 . 28 of all americans say they lieve the demonstrations are people acting unlawfully. We want to examine how we got to this moment and where we go from here. That is a long conversation, and we think itsmportant to start
Or through our social media feeds. The cspan, created by americas Cable Television companies as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. For six days in early october 1918, more than 500 u. S. Soldiers were surrounded by germans in the argon forest in northeastern france. At the time, the story of the lost battalion became front page news back home and it continues to be remembered as one of world war is most dramatic stories. Up next, on american artifacts, we travel to france with a battlefield guide and a historian who explain what happened and show us century old trenches and a memorial to the lost battalion in the argon forest. Where are we standing . We are int the middle of the forest. Were standing close by to a mine crater. A big mine exploding here. You look at the size of the crater, its probably nowadays one century after world still around 25 feet deep and Something Like 80 feet wide. So such a big mine exploding here. We have to imagine cloud
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Styles. Visit our website. Cspan. Org thepresident s. To learn more about each president and his historian feature and order your copy today wherever books and ebooks are sold. For six days in early october, 1918, more than 500 u. S. Soldiers were surrounded by germans in the argon forest in northeastern france. At the time, the story of the lost battalion became frontpage news back home. And it continues to be remembered as one of world war i is most dramatic stories. Up next on american artifacts we travel to france with a battlefield guy and a historian who explained what happened and show us centuryold trenches and a memorial to the lost battalion in the argon forest. So here, where we are standing. We are in the middle of the forest, in fact. We are standing close by a mine crater. Such big mine exploding here. If you look at the size of the crater, its probably nowadays one century, still around 25 feet deep and Something Like 80 feet wide. A mine exploding here. We have up in th