[indiscernible chatter] the subcommittee on health will now come to order. Good morning, colleagues. The chair now recognizes herself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. Madam chair, would you yield for a parliamentary inquiry as we start this hearing . I want to do my Opening Statement pardon me . I already recognize myself, but i will recognize you afterward. Id be holding, or that we would be holding a hearing under these circumstances. But i think it is a necessary one. Our country is in pain. Americans are afraid, you they they are sick, hungry, and jobless, and over 80,000 souls have been lost. The government that was supposed to protect them has failed. They haveheroes, and risen, extraordinary, ordinary americans showing courage, compassion, and a sense of selfsacrifice and duty beyond what could have or should have of them. Been asked regular americans have risen when their leaders have not. We are the greatest country on , and we have the most deathsnd the most from co
[indiscernible chatter] ms. Eshoo the subcommittee on health will now come to order. Good morning, colleagues. The chair now recognizes herself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. Mr. Burgess will you yield for a parliamentary inquiry . Ms. Eshoo i want to do my Opening Statement. Pardon me. I already recognized myself but ill recognize you afterward. I never thought id be holding or that we would be holding a hearing under these sad circumstances, but i think its a necessary one. Our country is in pain. Americans are afraid. Theyre sick. Theyre hungry and jobless. And over 80,000 souls have been lost. And the government that was supposed to protect them has failed. There are heroes and they have risen, extraordinary, ordinary americans showing courage, compassion, and a sense of selfsacrifice and duty beyond what could have or should have been asked of them. Regular americans have risen when their leaders have not. We are the greatest country on earth, and, yet, we have the mos
Strain of the virus that is even more difficult to treat. There are now more than 20,000 new confirmed cases every day here in the united states, and while cases are declining in the new york city area, the epicenter of the crisis, elsewhere the rate of infection is rising. Still, 44 states are moving forward with lifting restrictions, and tonight, President Trump is acknowledging those moves to reopen could lead to even more deaths, telling reporters today that americans should think of themselves as warriors. While touring a factory in arizona, the president also confirmed his Coronavirus Task force is winding down, to be replaced by new advisers focused on the economy. What that task force was told earlier this year and how quickly it chose to act is parent of a scathing whistleblower complaint filed today by the administrations former point person on vaccines. Rick bright says he was demoted after trying to stop cronyism and Politics Around the response to covid19. Well, you can te
President tours a factory in arizona, recently retooled to make n95 masks, but hes not wearing one. Racing to a cure tonight, the First Americans receive an experimental vaccine amid word of a mutant strain more contagious than the original strain from china. Wheres the beef and the pork . Wendys cant keep burgers on the menu at all of its stores. The higher prices at the grocery store. Sniffing out covid can dogs detect coronavirus . The Ivy League School testing the power of a dogs nose. And tonight, our salute to mothers. Well meet a woman who is not only a hero at home but also on the covid front lines. This is the cbs evening news with norah odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. As we come on the air tonight, Coronavirus Infections are still growing in much of the country, just as were learning there are now a more powerful mutant strain of the virus that is even more difficult to treat. E are now more than 20,000 new co
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