Coming up, more on the coronavirus outbreak on the u. S. Response with dr. William schaffner from Vanderbilt University Medical Center and we will get your reaction by phone, facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Guest republicans 2027488001 independents 2027488002. The conversation on twitter cspan wj or facebook. Com cspan. Here speak House Speaker nancy yesterday sounding confident that the house would vote. I dont think well get consent. Theres some other people who that. Bject to were not worried about that. Our members want to come back in debate and wethe expect to have a voice vote on it. Preparedt, well be for whatever it is. One way or another, with losing no time, we will be passing the bill tomorrow. Thank you. Host speaker of the house yesterday. David when they gaveling in at next . M. , what happens guest they will pass this as quickly as they can. The question is whether or not, is going to have force rollvoice and call voice. Theres parameters in place to r
We havent completely defined how widespread this virus is in the United States and how intensely it is distributed in different parts of the country. We need to do more testing. The next several weeks are going to see a surge of cases coming into hospitals. It may not get as bad as new york everywhere but we are already seeing patients coming in a rather steady way in nashville and we expect more over the next several weeks. Describe what it is like an hospitals when you see these patients. How are they suffering . Obviously people are very very ill. In a respiratory infection, that involves the lungs. You have difficulty breathing. That is an extraordinarily uncomfortable illness because it makes you extremely anxious and makes everyone around you, your family members, anxious. If it gets bad enough you have to be sedated, you get intubated and put on a ventilator to help you breathe and recover hopefully while your body fight off this virus. Why are we seeing people die of cardiac ar
The Pacific Research institute who makes the argument against medicare for all. Watch tv tonight starting at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan2. Joining us from nashville, tennessee is doctor william shatner, a professor of Preventive Medicine and Infectious Diseases and at Vanderbilt University medical center. Doctor, thank you for your time this morning. Sure, good to be with you. Doctor, the United States has surpassed china in a number of cases at 82000. What do you make of that and what are your concerns with that number . Guest my concern, of course, is that it will grow. You know, we have not yet completely define how widespread this virus is in the united instates and how intensely it is just a beaded in different parts of the country. We need to do more testing but the next several weeks, i think, will see a surge of cases coming into hospitals. It may not get as bad as new yorkd everywhere but we are already seeing patients coming ain in a rather steady weight here in nashville and
[background noises] [background noises] [background noises] [background noises] [background noises] [background noises] good morning. The Senate Education and labor and pensions given it come to order. Today we are having a hearing on the federal response to the monkeypox outbreak as we work to stop the spread of thisr virus. I will have an Opening Statement followed by senator and then we will introduce our witnesses. For restart, i want to take a moment to congratulate one of our witnesses, dr. Fauci on announcing its upcoming retirement. Dr. Fauci, you have served through multiple decades and president s. And Public Health threats and work to save countless lives. I hope you know you have the thanks of a grateful nation for your Incredible Service to this country, so thank you and thank you for being here today. So, after the witnesses give their testimony centers which have five minutes for round of questions. While we are able to have this hearing fully open to the public and medi