Mcconnell says lawmakers will be given 24 hours notice to return to capitol hill to vote if a deal is reached. Will open the senate with prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, we trust you for protection and peace, for you have promised to guide us by your grace. May we place our hope in you and never forget how you have sustained us in the past. Lord, give our senators the wisdom to do what is best for america in good and bad times. Continue to rule from heaven, so that your purposes will prevail on earth. Hear the cries of the helpless and do for them through our lawmakers what they cant do for themselves. Bring justice and righteousness to our nation and world. As you transform dark yesterdays into bright tomorrows. We pray in your sacred name, amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge. 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 al
As well as the early human data we feel cautiously optimistic that we will have a vaccine by the end of this year and as we go into 2021. Well she is being questioned by congress of the u. S. Response to the pandemic mike hanna in washington has more on his testimony. There were confirmation on some very important factors one is that there is a lag and testing this was confirmed by the assistant secretary of Health Services that test results are taking between 3 to 5 days on average to come back and sometimes as many as 15 Health Experts have been adamant that in order to come to grips with this pandemic of the United States more than 2000000. 00 tests per day need to be conducted at the moment that figure is way below 1000000 so certainly theres a shortfall in the testing and in the results of the testing despite the repeated comments from the white house to this particular another point of major difference what was the president trying treated in well try and during the hearing objec
No trust in really a coming together to work on behalf of our constituents. And i think its time we focus on what needs to be done in the best interest of our country then focusing on political gain or gamesmanship. The reason i i say that is i dont know about you mr. President but i know every single senator comes from they state and the care about their constituents. They get emails from the constituents and letters from the constituents, when we go home we claim to be in a recess, its a recess. We are t working talking to our constituents the businesses and individuals that are there and if were really listening to our constituents particularly at a time now when this pandemic has created the worst Health Crisis weve seen not just in this country but around the world and have contributed to an economic crisis then we are hearing from our constituents that they are struggling right now. And the reason why their struggle is because we have asked them to stay at home and shelter in pla
A danger to democracy. But 1st we go to the keeper a district of nairobi where the Coronavirus Crisis is causing many to go hungry. Leiria tuberculosis hiv these often fatal diseases are still widespread in africa. And now theyve been joined by coded 19 the worst is yet to come on the continent that is home to 1300000000 people warns the world health organization. Africa has the Worst Health Care in the world with one doctor for 3300 people on average. By comparison o. E. C. D. Countries have one doctor per 300 people. The coronavirus is exacerbating poverty and hunger even in countries like kenya long considered east africas economic powerhouse more than. 2 thirds of kenyans work in the Informal Sector as artisans vendors cleaners most of these jobs have been wiped out by the pandemic now many people can only afford one meal a day and residents of nairobis biggest slum are desperately worried about their livelihoods and their childrens future. Its a tense evening in nairobis keep it a
Leiria tuberculosis hiv these often fatal diseases are still widespread in africa. And now theyve been joined by coded 19 the worst is yet to come on the continent that is home to 1300000000 people mourns the world health organization. Africa has the Worst Health Care in the world with one doctor for 3300 people on average. By comparison o. E. C. D. Countries have one doctor per 300 people. The coronavirus is exacerbating poverty and hunger even in countries like kenya long considered east africas economic powerhouse more than 2 thirds of kenyans work in the Informal Sector as artisans vendors cleaners most of these jobs have been wiped out by the pandemic. Now many people can only afford one meal a day and residents of nairobis biggest slum are desperately worried about their livelihoods and their childrens future. Its a tense evening in nairobis keep it district and ambulances brought a weak elderly man back to the village who are supposedly tested negative for the corona virus. But