Governor cuomo the budget director. Back of the room my daughter who is doing a great job. Lets talk to you about whats oing on today. First what i try to communicate in these briefings is are the facts of the situation. And facts can be uplifting, they can be depressing at times, they can be confusing at times, but i think facts are empowering. In a situation like this, not knowing the facts is worse because thats when you feel out of control or when you feel that you are getting collective facts or you are being deceived by the information you are getting. That is actually the worst situation. I say to my people in every situation, just give me the facts first. And then let me understand what the situation and reality is. And then well go from there. Thats what i tried to do. The facts on this situation are increasingly important on two levels. Public health, but also the economic facts. We have been focusing on the Public Health facts. And the response of the Public Health system to
Yesterday as well as the new york governor andrew cuomo. The headline in forbes, new york to begin Clinical Trials for coronavirus treatment. Doctor, what do you know about this treatment . And what are we hopeful for . Greta, thank you for having me on. There are potential treatments that are being talked about. Medications like chloroquine, to treat and prevent malaria. Hydroxychloroquine used to a medication treat diseases like lupus. Its thought that these medications do have antiviral and antiinflammatory properties. There have been some very, very small studies out of france and china demonstrating potentially these medications reducing the duration of symptoms as well as illness. And so what we really need now are Clinical Trials that make sure these medications are safe and effective to treat covid19. We also need basic answers to questions, such as who should get them, at what dose, for how long. So the Clinical Trials of these types of medications are absolutely critical. And
And taking every step necessary in order to provide prevent this from spreading. So you can all do your part. But well get through this together. Thank you again. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2020] computer the meeting has been unlocked. Hang up. Computer welcome to the audio conferencing here on cspan were live at the Brady Press Briefing room at the white house. For an update from the White House Coronavirus Response Task force, it should get under way shortly. Were likely to hear the reaction from President Trump on the agreement last night between senate democrats, republicans and the white house on whats expected to be a nearly 2 trillion coronavirus economic stimulus package, which has yet to be released. The legislative language still yet to be released. Elements of that bill include direct Cash Payments to individuals, f
All right. What a country and what a day. Today we are one step closer to better jobs and more opportunity for every american. Mr. Curbelo and today is a big day for so many in this country, especially for those who have been struggling to get by, who havent been able to get ahead, who have read about the economic recovery for years but have never experienced it. Today is a great day for them. [speaking spanish] mr. Curbelo now, i want to introduce [applause] you know how to say ways and means in spanish . [speaking spanish] ways and means, kevin brady. Mr. Brady thank you, buddy. [applause] this is an incredibly exciting day for the American People. It would not be here for them without incredible leadership from speaker ryan and our leadership team, our members in the house and especially i want to thank the 24 members of the house ways and Means Committee, republicans, amazing job. [applause] mr. Brady think about it, for the first time in three decades, the house just voted to pass
Meet the press Moderator Chuck Todd is up next interviewed by guest host dan balz. Host host chuck todd, welcome to cspan. We have been on opposite sides of the table where you asked the question. Mr. Todd looking forward to it. Host the first obvious question why the title . Mr. Todd i was trying to get at something that got the idea it was an out sider and part of him is a political loaner outsider and i think he would where that with a badge in his political career. It answers the question of why has he struggled running washington . He wasnt a creature of washington which is why people gravitated toward him. Year six, going to year seven, and i think this is to try to figure out, i hope, i am trying to help people figure why he struggled to run washington and it is because he is a stranger. Host do you think he as much a stranger today as when he first came . Mr. Todd in some ways, yes. I think it came through when you saw him struggle to get a small slice of minority to sign off o