Reopen the schools by mid mid may calling it premature and dangerous. The latest developments and look back at the last 7 days to you watching the weekly here on r. T. International well lets start this hour them with the latest numbers that we have on the pandemic more than 2300000 cases have been confirmed across the globe and at least 164000 people have died with the highest death toll in the United States and so far more than 615000 people have recovered from the fires. Well today Orthodox Christians around the world were celebrating Easter Sunday but for most going to church wasnt an option juta the pandemic so in russia Many Services were streamed on the internet and he drove the Russian Orthodox church Patrick Carroll as a people to stay at home and pray he led an overnight the jail at the cathedral of christ the savior in moscow attended by a small group of clergy traditionally thousands gather there to light candles from the holy fire flown in from jerusalem meanwhile the Russ
I can very much, steve, are coming. [applause] thank you. Appreciate it. Thanks everyone and good day here delighted that you could come this afternoon. Im delighted to be in San Francisco, one of the most beautiful cities in the world. And particularly to talk about jessie and john fremont who it so much to do with the creation of california as we know it. And so much to do with the creation of San Francisco as we know it. I got into summer cisco about 2 30 a. M. On a delayed flight from los angeles. Got a couple of hours of sleep in an Airport Hotel and then woke up again because i was to be picked up by a car and driven up the highway into San Francisco to do a live radio thing on kqed. The thing about live radio is it begins at a very exact time. The thing about going through San Francisco traffic is that youre you are really not going to make your exact time. I was supposed to be 8 a. M. That i would be there for the National Radio and at 80 m im still the road in the back of this
Thanks, everyone. Good day. Im delighted to be here in San Francisco, one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Particularly to talk about jesse and John Freemont who had so much to do with the creation of california as we know it and so much to do with the creation of San Francisco as we know it. I got in to San Francisco about 2 30 a. M. On a delayed flight from los angeles, got a couple of hours of sleep at an Airport Hotel and then woke up again because i was to be picked up by a car and driven up the highway into San Francisco to do alive radio thing on to do a live radio thing on kqed. The thing about live radio is it begins at an exact time. The thing about going through San Francisco traffic is that youre really not going to make your exact time. And so i was supposed to be 8 00 a. M. Pacific time that i would be there for this National Radio hit, and at 8 00 a. M. , im still on the road, in the back of this car, creeping up the freeway at, i dont know, 7, 9 milesanhour, w
America is facing head on as it should. This morning as we opened the senate there were 18 people gathered on the floor of the senate and staff people. And our staffers come to work as expected to, but come under circumstances more challenging than weeks ago. I want to thank each one of them on the floor as well as many you dont see behind the scenes who are necessary for the opening of this capitol and for the protection of everyone who works here. There are policemen, there are people engaged in basic activities here to keep this magnificent structure functioning, and they come here now in the midst of a Public Health challenge where most every american has been told stay home. If you can possibly stay home, do it. Social distancing, make certain that you stay a certain distance between yourself and some other person. And yet, they come here and we thank them for it. The obvious question is why are we here under these circumstances. We were called back into a week of legislative acti
It is easy to follow the federal response to the coronavirus outbreak at cspan. Org coronavirus. Check the spread throughout the u. S. And the world with interactive maps and charts. Watch briefings and hearings with Public Health specialists. Watch anytime unfiltered cspan. Org coronavirus. The senate is expect it to gavel back in 2 15 today when we could see debate and vote on the house coronavirus academic a good package but while we wait for them to return will tell show you senator durbins comments from today. Yesterday the president of the United States and the senator for Disease Control has contacted us individually and through the media to advise us to avoid gatherings more than e ten people. As her affliction of the National Emergency we face in the Public Health crisis. This morning as we open the senate there were 18 people gathered on the floor of the senate, three senators and 15 staff people. As those who follow us the staffers come to work as they are expected to but co