On tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour haseen provided by when the world gets complicated, a lot goes through your mind. With fid a dedicated advisor can tailor advice and recommendations to your life. Thats fidelity wealth manageme. The william and flora hewlett haundation. For more t50 years, advancing ideas and supporting institutions to woomote a better d. At www. Hewlett. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. Contributions to your pbs statn from viewers like you. Thank pandemic reached staggering new his today, as the u. S. Dea toll surpassed 130,000. 16 statehave now posted record daily spikes in new infections this month. All this as hospitals in the south and west strugglto keep up with the gent demand for care. William brangham has our report. Brangham in many places, it was a subdued holiday ekend; one overshadowed by a virus thats spading with ala
State Health Officials are responding, from austin this is 50 minutes. I cannot tell if youre ready or not. Its good to go. All right, very good i want to thank everybody for being here today, we are here today to let texas know about the abundant Hospital Capacity that exist to treat texans who may test positive for covid19. Now understand the context that were dealing with, we are in the middle of a short period of time where all of us have to coexist with covid19 and the reality is, covid19 still exist in texas, it exists in the United States as well as across the entire world. This is going to continue to be the case for at least a few more months until we have medicines that are able to treat people who test positive for covid19 and until we have medicines that can prevent people from getting covid19. Remember this, go back to march and april earlier this year when there was a nationwide effort to slow the spread of covid19 so we would be able to prevent hospitals fr being overrun
That wraps up todays white house briefing. We now return to last Thursdays Senate commerce meeting on fcc oversight. The serenity they necertaint build at scale. Capital, talent is scarce. Innovation doesnt have to visit. The more difficult it is, the less likely we hare to get it. And its consistent, i would add, with three years of reforms we have made oven with great heat taken. They have been a proven concept for a regulatory approach. I think the reforms, the ones you championed in the steam line act, would have us close the Digital Divide. The period is a marked contrast from the prior eight years. We wasted a tremendous amount of time chasing around partisan little agendas, rather than focusing on what matters. I think this pandemic has pult Telecom Policy in a crucible. That is what we have to focus on. On closing the Digital Divide. That is where we have been the last three years and its paying off results. We have not raised the mission divide yet. And the u. S. Infrastructur
Mo woodruff all that an on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by complicated, a lot goes through your mind. With fidelity wealth management, a dedicated advisor can tailor advice and recommendatio to ur life. Thats fidelity wealth management. The william and flora hewlett foundation. For more than 50 years, advancing ideas and supporting ttstitutions to promote a world. At www. Hewlett. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like u. Thank you. He woodruff ovid19 pandemic reached staggering new highs today,e u. S. Death toll surpassed 130,000. 16 states have now posted record dailes in new infections this month. All this aitals in the south and west struggle to keep up with the urgent demand for care. William branam has our report. Brangham in many places, id was a subdueliday weekend;
A recent Conference Call with House Republicans discussing the you know the latest 3 trillion 1. 19 relief package politico is now reporting that the corporate joel himself promised the beefed up Unemployment Benefits and acted earlier this spring will not be in the next bill and the mcconnell said that republicans are going to quote clean up the democrats crazy policy that is paying people more to remain unemployed than they would earn if they went back to work in other words promising but the Unemployment Benefits keeping millions upon millions upon millions of u. S. Citizens afloat during these times of crisis will be no more by the end of july essentially forcing you back into the low paying workforce to face the distinct possibility of death by coded for either you and your loved ones thank you mitch but fear not because mitch did reveal that he has some heart left in the. In that in that husky calls a body his heart is just not for you according to Common Dreams on that same phon