If you do think there should be, the number is 202 7488000. If you dont, 202 7488001. A special line this morning to hear specifically from those who have recently lost their jobs, 202 7488002. You can send us a text, 202 7488003 is that number. If you do, please include your name and where you are from. Otherwise catch up with us on , andl media, cspanwj facebook,. Facebook. You can start calling in now on those phone lines as we show you a chart about what congress and the president have approved so far from it comes to coronavirus relief. Thattrillion, including inst spending bill from back march, followed by the Families First Coronavirus Response act, the bulk of it coming from the , 2. 7 trillion, and the additional money approved in the paycheck protection program, additional money needed to heat that going last month. Of course, the unemployment numbers we learned on friday, stand like this as of april. 14. 7 jobless rate, 27 million in the month of april. Economic projections
He serves as president of the National Medical association. Good morning to you. Remind folks what the National Medical association is and who your members are. Guest the National Medical association is the group that represents the 50,000 African American physicians in the country. We are the oldest incorporated since 1895. This is our 125th year. Our role is to ensure there is proper health, equity, and inclusion for African American physicians who were denied access to residency programs and being on staff at hospitals for many years. And also to ensure the African American community is well represented so the health has proper care and you are not excluded. Host some of the data makes it clear there is a disproportionate impact of covid19 diagnoses and deaths in the African American community. What is the latest data saying now about how wide that gap is . Guest it is variable from new york, chicago, milwaukee, new orleans, los angeles. In general, i like to look at it on a Nationa
Much of puerto ricos medicaid funding expires at the end of september. Puerto rico and other u. S. Territories are on a separate medicaid system than the rest of the United States. Congress funds the him to block grants which can be depleted early if theres a hurricane or other Natural Disaster. A hearing on why states get continues medicaid coverage while the territories do not. The committee is meeting today to hear testimony on the impact of the end of medicaid funding for the areas under the Affordable Care act, also known as the use learning areas medicaid cliff. Under Committee Rules, any oral Opening Statements at parents are limited to the chairman and the ranking minority member. Therefore, i ask unanimous consent all of the members statements be made part of the hearing record if they are submitted to the clerk by 5 p. M. Today. I ask anatomist consent the gentlewoman from the u. S. Virgin islands be allowed to sit on the dice and question the witnesses. Hearing no objections
The day he will take questions from the house intelligence committee. Both open sessions. Mr. Muellers report into russian interference in the 2016 election will air live on cspan3 online at cspan. Org or listen with the free cspan radio app. Much of puerto ricos medicaid funding conspires at the end of september. Puerto rico and other u. S. Territories are on a separate medicaid system nan the rest of the u. S. Congress funds them through block grants. So when the territories are hit by hurricane they go through funds faster and deplete the grants early. The House Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on why states get continuous medicaid coverage while the territories do not. The committees meeting today today to hear testimony on the impact of the end of medicaid funding for the insular areas under the Affordable Care act also known as the insular areas medicaid cliff. And the Committee Rule 4 f any oral Opening Statements at hearings are limited to the chairman and the ranking
A former south bay youth pastor are now being charged with sexually assaulting a child. Abc seven is now hearing directly from the pastors own children about the allegations against their father, trying to save a place that saves lives, to push in the south bay to keep a crucial Trauma Center open. Good morning. This tuesday april 16th, its good to start the check of our forecast with drew. Yeah, we have a nice warming trend coming our way the next couple of days. This morning well take you to sutro tower. We have a little bit of patchy cloud cover along the coast, but away from the coast. All of our weather stations are reporting clear skies. You can clearly see good visibility from our camera looking towards the east bay temperatures. Right now were starting out in the mid 40s to the low 50s, 45 right now in livermore. Its 50. In the city, were at 48 in oakland, a little bit cooler as we head into parts of the north bay. Were down to 43. In santa rosa and sonoma. Good morning, mill v