About congressional operations during the coronavirus outbreak. Also, cq roll calls jennifer the coronavirus. Host President Trump signed the second of likely to be three coronavirus aid packages passed by congress, the third topping 1 trillion will get initial consideration in the u. S. Senate. Good morning and welcome to washington journal for this thursday. We continue our conversation hearing from you about the governments response to the. Oronavirus pandemic your lines are the same they have been the last couple days. Mountain and pacific, 2027488001. And medical professionals, 2027488002. You can send us a text. That is 2027488003. Make sure you tell us your name and where you are texting from. On twitter we are cspanwj and it is facebook. Com cspan for your posts. Legislation passing in the senate 908 yesterday afternoon and quickly down to the white house. This is the reporting of usa today with the headline in the papers. A measure to ensure paid sick leave to ensure testing f
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A new poll shows the majority of americans believe that special Counsel Robert Mueller has a conflict of interest because of his past ties with former fbi director james comey. We are asking you, do you have confidence in the Robert Mueller russian probe . Republicans call 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. Independents, 2027488002. Reach us on twitter cspanwj, and on facebook at. Com cspan. Facebook. Com cspan. Lets look at what the president said on the white house lawn yesterday. It is a shamep what happened with the fbi but we will rebuild the fbi and it will be bigger and better than ever. It is sad, when you look at the documents and how they have done that is really, really disgraceful. You have a lot of angry people seen yet. It is a sad thing to watch. I am going today on behalf of the fbi, their new building, when everybody, not me, the level of anger at what they have been witnessing with respect to the fbi is very sad. Host more on that from the Washington Post today. It sa
A very special pleasure to macron,mr. Emanuel president of the french republic. Mr. President , your presence with a very full hall has a very special importance. First, the theme of the annual meeting is to build a common in a fractured world. If the world is fractured today, it is certainly because of the ,onsequences of political economic, climate, and also technological and social change which confronts us today. And the battle between the right and the left which upset ideological thoughts. But rather, the confrontation between those that embrace and those who proactively world things for this new by using in taking advantage of all the opportunities offered by revolution 4. 0. And on the other hand, those who are resistant to change and look for salvation in the past and illusion is an. Illusionism. You are welcome here because you are the symbol of this policy which we so badly need. Us we are waiting to guide in this new world. Reason for the importance of your presence here li
Preparing a News Conference connected to the indict of lloyd welch, jr. Charged in the disappearance of sheila and Katherine Lyon from a mall back in 1975. Police believe the girls were reporter we got shocking new details wednesday. In just a few Minutes Police and prosecutors are going to use posters and graphics to go point by point through their case so far against Lloyd Lee Welch. Despite the passage of four decades, relentless investigators have built a circumstantial case against one time drifter and carnival worker lloyd welch. Police believe welch abducted, raped and murdered sheila and Katherine Lyon who were just 12 and 10. In a newly unsealed warrant, investigators say when they talked to welch two years ago, he knew why they were there and told them he thought the girls were, quote, abducted, raped and burned up. A relative of welch allegedly told police that in the spring of 1975 he came by to her house unexpectedly with a big duffel bag of bloody clothes that he wanted h