Discusses the Coronavirus Response. House5 am, daniel ober discusses how the u. S. Power grid is responding to the pandemic. Host good morning, it is wednesday, april 1, 2020. President trump in the task force released new estimates projecting the deadly virus 100,000240,000 americans even under the current efforts. He warns those numbers could be much higher if they dont follow the guidelines aimed at keeping the virus from spreading. This morning onwashington journal we get reaction to the projections. Also, you could send us a text this morning. You do, please include your name and where you are from. On social media and twitter it is cspanwj. Very good wednesday morning to you. You could start calling in now. Some of the front pages coming off of president Trumps Coronavirus Task force briefing yesterday. This is Washington Post. Dire, thetoll is front page of the new york and this from the front page of the Washington Times. I want everymp american to be prepared for the hard days
Tool when it comes to predicting travel tie ups and potential wildfires and potential opportunities in the space economy industry. It is estimated to reach 1 trillion. First our top story. The eu antitrust chief has made a name for herself as a tough regulator who is not afraid to go after big tack. Wednesdaywednesday big tech. She said eu will still push a digital tax even if a big push at oecd fails. She was asked how europes revelatory posture on technology is different than the u. S. And china. First and foremost to promote what we have going for ourselves already because in the businesstobusiness environment you find a lot of impressive tack. You find engineers and research and an impressive start up environment and the willingness to balance all the possibilities. Talk about innovation but we hear from u. S. Companies the reason youre focused on taxation is because we have not seen real invasion europe. You agree with that and is that fair . We have not seen real innovation in eu
Space economy industry. It is estimated to reach 1 trillion. First our top story. The e. U. s antitrust chief has made a name for herself as a tough regulator who is not afraid to go after big tech. Wednesday, she told bloomberg that the e. U. Will still pursue a digital tax even if a big push at oecd fails. Maria tadeo talked to her in france, where she was asked how europes revelatory posture on regulatory posture on technology is different than the u. S. And china. Maria first and foremost, to promote what we have going for ourselves already because in the businesstobusiness environment you find a lot of impressive tech. You find engineers and research and an impressive start up environment and the willingness to balance all the possibilities. You are talking about innovation, but we do here many times from u. S. Companies the reason youre focused on taxation is because we have not seen real invasion europe. Innovation in europe. Do you agree and is that fair . That is not fair, not
And fibers of the security and National Threat concerns. This subcommittee hearing is an hour and 20 minutes. This hearing will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time, welcome to todays hearing, the future of electricity delivery modernizing and securing our nations electricity grid. I want to thank our witnesses for joining us here today. This is such an important topic. Im a young guy as you can tell but ive read some history, what was like to build the electric grid a century ago. We couldnt of imagine the technologies we use to power our homes and businesses today. The real challenge was extending power itself in every form of our society and there was a challenge that those providing power make money in the cities in well Populated Areas with business and commercial opportunities, with electric the government made a basic deal, we would provide an a monopoly over providing power and a lot of these areas, firms would make a lot of m
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