Desk its good to be back here today. Lieutenant governor want to thank you, sender shots, statewide elected officials and the state legislators that are here today. It is an honor to stand before you today as they 57th governor of the great state of missouri. Some point in our lives many of us have probably been reminded of the importance of considering the past when making decisions for the future. It also seems fitting that such a historic milestone, missouris bicentennial celebration, coincides with these challenges. Missouri is seen difficult days in the past 200 years from the civil war and the Great Depression womens suffrage, civil rights, through it all missouri has prevailed . [applause] we had just experienced a chaotic and on precedented series most of ministrations heavily 60 days to prepare the First Six Months of the administration were hectic to say the least we are faced with quick decisions on a 30 billion state budget and nearly 150 of legislation that same summer, an
Highlight a new tool to help assess symptoms, and find a place to get tested. Lets look at a couple of slides about our testing data. Yesterday, we got results of 1438new pcr tests, and serology tests. As you can see from this slide, the present positivity from testing continues to trend downward. Statewide it is at about 15 . On this slide you will see the number of tests continues to trend upward. Both of these are good things. We know there are simple steps that all of us can take and should to help stop the spread of this virus. Work, and we know these guidelines will be part of our new normal as we continue to move forward. You have heard me say this hands, please wash your stay six feet away from other people, and where a Face Covering in public. Wear a Face Covering in public. When people wear masks, it goes a long ways to reduce the spread of the disease. Wearing a mask could literally save someone elses life. That is becoming clearer every day as we move further into managing
Intervenesly for intiitalized patients. Launn d manufacture a vaccine for covid19. But are we flattening the curve . Some experts say with the books closed on april, we havent seen the effective results from the stayathome orders, at one point in place for 90 of the country. With new predictions of the virus lasting for some time, perhaps as two years, are we moving too fast too soon . Well talk to the governor of illinois, j. B. Head ofr. Gilead science will join us. And well look at the fallout as the number of jobless americans jumped to more than 30 million. Well talk with rafs raphael bostic, and the c. E. O. Of american airlines. All that and more is just ahead on face the nation. Brennan welcome to face the nation. As we turn the page to a new month, americans continue to struggle emotionally, financially, and with just trying to plan ahead. In most cases, there are few clear answers to our many questions. We will continue to seek them for you. Our coverage begins today with cbs
Of tests that were positive was 5. 3 , which is encouraging. Have 61 newy, we do deaths to report today. You have been hearing me report similar numbers for a long time now. I do not want anybody to think that these are really numbers. These are people. This is very tragic. Forwardy much looking to the day when the number of deaths is zero. It is true as we reported last week that the number of deaths is higher than we would expect it to be, given the number of cases that we have and the rate of transmission. We are continuing to look at. Hat and figure out why that is currently, we have 1006 hundred 1056tients hospitalized patients hospitalized. Interestingly, today we look back to number five in the nation. We had slid down to six yesterday. We traded spots with rhode island today. Speaking of testing, the best ins that we had yesterday the White House Coronavirus task force telephone conference with the nations governors was the commitment that the federal. Overnment made native. Lo
Guide our senators to live so honorably that they will bring glory to your name. Lord, inspire them to yield their allegiance to you, striving always to receive your approval. Thank you for hearing and answering their prayers, as they fervently seek your wisdom. Guide them through the challenges of these times. Lord, remind us all that we are mere sojourners in time, heading for the better land of eternity. We pray in your loving 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. The presiding officer under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. Under the previous order, the senate will be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. Mr. Grassley madam president. The presiding officer the senat