today. paul, on thursday congressman elijah cummings tweeted in maryland contractors are without pay, unable to stand in their communities. he s concerned about the ripple effect in ourie commun talk about the role that federal workers and contractors pave play in the dmv. it s a huge impact in the region with a very strong resilient economy, but you can t begin to overstate the impact of the federal government. 400,000contractors, $75 billion in federal contracting for all sorts of goods and services. ju a huge, huge, economic impact to the region. the ministration s top economist has warned that the u.s. economy s first quarter growth rate could fl to zero. if this continues, what about theashington area s economy? we traditionally had one of thet strongest i country, one of the most resilient in the nation. we do have one of theost resilient, but this is hard. this is hitting small businesses and individ pls. sople are feeling it more than others. we think 40% of t
where you are. reporter: any moment we are expecting the president of the united states to board marine one where he will come here, walter reed hospital where he will be admitted as a coronavirus patient. this comes after he tested positive for coronavirus. in the early morning hours he released that information, that he and the first lady tested positive for the virus. the white house press secretary in the last 45 minutes or so put out this statement announcing that the president would be admitted to the hospital not just for a few hours, but rather that he will be staying here and living here for several days. this statement from the white house press secretary. she says president trump remains in good spirits and has been working throughout the day. out of an abundance of caution, the president will be working from the presidential offices at walter reed for the next few days. president trump appreciates the outpouring of support for both he and the first lady. this co
tell us about that. an actual sign of bipartis bipartisanship for the two fallen police officers that really shook the capitol. just moments from now, the house will have a moment of silence for the two police officers, including one who was killed in the result of what happened after wednesday s deadly riot, another one who died over the weekend as officers brian sicknick, was the one who sustained injuries from wednesday s riot. and an officer was pronounced dead from over the weekend. so a sign of bipartisanship here. expect members from both sides to be on the floor recognizing these two fallen officers, wolf, as they prepare for these big momentous debate in the day ahead. do we have a sense, manu, of how many house republicans, do you think, might actually break with the president tomorrow and join the democrats in voting in favor of impeachment? it remains to be seen, wolf. there is expectation that it could be ten, it could be more than ten, potentially up to 20
in the coming weeks. hopefully soon. we our view on the pardons, jennifer, is that it s not the way it s not a model for how a biden justice department would work. it s not a model, i should say, for how president biden would use his own power, he would use his own power far more judiciously. but we are looking forward and most important for us and for him, the justice department as we look ahead is independent, makes decisions of their own accord including their review of any investigations or judicial steps that have been taken. thank you, jen. can i do a follow up? jen i think we re about to conclude it here, but because it s my second day, let s take two more questions. go ahead in the back. about the yes. is the president going to listen to the pardon attorney? president bush told president obama that he should use the pardon power early on. but we know that the pardon power has been in disrepute in the last week because of president trump s pardo
good morning to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer in washington. we are watching that at any moment now the president of the united states, joe biden, and the vice president, kamala harris, they are about to arrive here at the u.s. capitol on this, the one-year anniversary of one of america democracy s darkest days, january 6th, 2021, when thousands of violent pro-trump rioters attacked the u.s. capitol, in an attempt to overturn the 2020 election results and stop the certification of president biden s victory. tragically five people died in the chaos. 140 police officers were hurt. all fueled by then president trump s speech in front of the white house, just moments before the attack, where trump urged his supporters and i m quoting him now to fight like hell. i remember that day well. i was live here, anchoring our coverage on cnn. couldn t believe what i was seeing. look at this. these protesters are inside statuary hall right