Of trying to oust him thousands take to the streets in support of he called machine ian and also against him. And Amnesty International says it has evidence of the worst atrocities yet against civilians in ethiopia has 2 great reach it says its the opium and eritrean troops are supplying. And lady gaga dog walker is short and 2 of her friends bulldogs stolen in a brazen attack in los angeles. Welcome to the program the European Union has agreed to develop a covert 19 vaccine passports that could ease border crossings and allow people more freedom to travel again elite is met for a Virtual Summit to discuss coordination theyre already under pressure over a lagging vaccine rollout germanys chancellor says it will least be 3 months before a vaccine possible system is up and running. With slovaks nations coronavirus variance border chaos and Summer Holidays at risk there was no shortage of talking points at this virtual e. U. Summit during a 4 hour video call leaders try to find a united w
U. S. Naval Institute News reporter sam lagrone talks about the role of u. S. Navy hospital ships in the coronavirus response. Washington journal is next. The men and women of the greatest country on earth are going to defeat this coronavirus and reclaim our future. After sleep deprived nights and marathon negotiating sessions, we have a bipartisan rescuent on the largest package in American History. Host republican and Democratic Leaders in the u. S. Senate announcing a deal at 1 30 a. M. This morning on a 2 trillion coronavirus aid package. Good morning. We will get your thoughts on that this morning. Democrats 202 7488000. Republicans 202 7488001. Independents 202 7488002. Youcan join us as well if text us with your first name, city and state that 202 or8003 at 202 7488003 go to twitter at cspan wj. We have learned about what is in the deal the lawmakers have reached. Theres 500 billion for major corporations. 360 7 billion for Small Business loans. 130 billion for hospitals across
Massachusetts, joining us on the phone about a new report put out examining the options for congress to vote during this covid19 pandemic. Thank you for your time this morning. Guest my pleasure. Host tell us why congress cannot vote remotely as it is right now. Guest we would have to change our rules to do that. If one person objected, we would be forced to have a vote, and everyone would have to come back and cast a vote. If we move forward on anything, any changes, it has to be in a bipartisan way where there is no objection. There is a growing consensus given what is happening in this country, that there are some members who just cant get here. We have to figure out a way to deal with that. One way to deal with that is to try to work and a bipartisan way on the nature of legislation that will need to be dealt with and pass it by unanimous consent where everyone is ok with it. We will see if that can happen with the bill today. Not we cantw, if do bipartisan consent, we will have to
Cspan. Org coronavirus. First, je this morning is congressman mcgovern, the chair of the rules committee, democrat from massachusetts, joining us on the phone about a new report put out examining the options for congress to vote during this covid19 pandemic. Thank you for your time this morning. Guest my pleasure. Host tell us why congress cannot vote remotely as it is right now. Guest we would have to change our rules to do that. If one person objected, we would be forced to have a vote, and everyone would have to come back and cast a vote. If we move forward on anything, any changes, it has to be in a bipartisan way where there is no objection. There is a growing consensus given what is happening in this country, that there are some members who just cant get here. We have to figure out a way to deal with that. One way to deal with that is to try to work and a bipartisan way on the nature of legislation that will need to be dealt with and pass it by unanimous consent where everyone is
And the worlds richest man, he la musk makes the hostile bed to take over. Twitter will tell you why or go to the program he was being seen as a major blow to russia. The biggest warship in its black sea fleet has sunk, after being severely damaged by a blast. The satellite images were captured on wednesday before the moscow was damaged. The Defense Ministry says the damage was caused by ammunition exploding on board, but the Ukrainian Military says it hit the vessel with cruise missiles. Now us national security, advisor drake sullivan, says wat ever the cause. Losing the ship is bad news for russia. So wed been in touch with the craniums overnight, who had said that they struck the ship with the anti ship missiles. We dont have the capacity at this point to independently verify that, but certainly the way that this unfolded, its a big blow to russia. They, this is their flagship, the moscow. And they have now been forced to admit that it has been badly damaged and theyve had to kind