Hi im Steve Clements and i have a question has going back to school become the political football of this season lets get to the bottom line. The new Academic Year is off to a chaotic start for americas 50000000. 00 students and their families in many schools that are open for face to face learning some students or teachers have already tested positive for corona virus leading to quarantine temporary shutdowns within days with vague and conflicting guidance from Public Officials each of these School Districts has had to come up with its own guidelines think about that for a 2nd in a country with more than 13000. 00 separate School Districts each one is out there figuring this out all out on its own and thats on top of President Trump breathing down their necks with repeated tweets like this one well today were fortunate to be talking about these issues with someone who has worked with schools and teachers all her life and has been a High School Teacher herself Randi Weingarten is presi
Yeah, President Trump started promoting mask wearing on twitter. A major shift and the stocks have been fitted from a reopening economy are higher today and thats how the dow jones gained 160 out performing the s p 500 but trouhe nasdaq. the cramer covid19 index is out. The recovery stocks are in at least for today our country has the worst coronavirus outbreak because we turned wearing a mask into a cultural issue the president tweeted a stark black and white picture of himself wearing a maface mask wh the explanation saying many say its patriotic to wear a face mask when you cant social distance there is nobody more patriotic than me, your president. End quote. Well, kind of the only one why does it matter because President Trump is the de facto leader of the anti mask faction. Thats why he spent months refusing to wear a mask in public and framing this as an issue of personal freedom. That emboldened people to take ridiculous stands against mask mandates invoking the first amendment
Cspan2. Earlier today in the senate floor, lawmakers spoke about the coronavirus and the 3 trilliondollar economic aid package taking its way through the house. To start with remarks from minority leader Chuck Schumer pretty. Now first met a president , when i speak on the floor, i remove my t mask. But today. Is a special reason o keep this mask on. It is made by, and rochester, new york by american laborers, union labor, by a proud and Generous Company that is been in rochester, in the last three decades. Eighteen hundreds and 19 hundreds another 2000 pretty is a wonderful company, they have kept jobs, good paying jobs in america, they make fine clothing. I started making masks given to the local hospital at cost. So i salute to keith, salute the great trades men and women who work there. Many continue for hundreds more years. Providing jobs in rochester and helping when we need help. [silence]. Yesterday, House Democrats unveiled new legislationo to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
Other rocky women defy a tradition and raise the voices to demand change. Simmering here with set to give its 1st News Conference as tottenham head carriage in the next hour. Relishing the chance to develop the clubs younger players. In the next hour the impeachment inquiry into donald trump will wrap up this weeks hearings with 2 new witnesses expected to make public new details of white house contacts with ukraine fiona hill is the white houses top russia analyst she reported directly to former National Security advisor john bolton who has refused to testify she is expected to give details of a socalled shadow Foreign Policy run by trumps personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani and Gordon Salmond david holmes an official at the u. S. Embassy in ukraine hell testify alongside her he says that he overheard a call between trump. In song land in which the president asked the diplomats if ukraine would investigate the by bands will have more on thursday is expected to proceedings in just a few mome
Senate here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The senate will be opened by the senator from oklahoma, mr. Inhofe, and he will lead us in prayer. Mr. Inhofe let us pray. Almighty god, creator of all, as we gather here today, we are grateful for the Service Members who are deployed in the defense of our great nation under god. We ask for your comfort of the families who continue the duties at home with the courage to maintain the home front in the absence of their loved ones. Protect our service men and women with the shield of your strength as they discharge their Sacred Mission and keep them safe from all evil and harm. May the power of your love enable them to return home in safety, that with all who love them, they may ever praise you for your loving care. Assist with your spirit of counsel and fortitude for the president and other government leaders of these United States. May they always seek the ways of righteousness, justice and mercy. Grant that