Live now to discussion with main senator angus king who joins Healthcare Providers and Bipartisan Policy Center experts on the use of telehealth during the covid pandemic. Health team led by, Catherine Hayes and others. For those of you who may be unfamiliar with the Bipartisan Policy Center we were established a a little over a decade ago by four former majority leaders, senator bob dole, late senator howard baker on the republican side. Senator tom daschle and senator George Mitchell on the democratic side. Senator mitchell from the great state of maine which youll hear shortly his estate, very well represented here this morning. The country is indeed, indeed the world quite frankly is experiencing a once in a lifetime pandemic caused untold suffering and death. Doctors, nurses, hospitals, Healthcare Providers are struggling to provide Critical Care under some very difficult conditions. But if there is any good, and theres that much, but if theres any good to come out of this virus,
Addition of washington journal, on cspan. Senate is expected to vote tomorrow on additional coronavirus funding totaling 500 billion dollars. As states looked to gradually reopen, we talk to a leading Infectious Disease doctor about how to get there with treatment methods of covid19. And later, Public Policy antivirus, with former Senate Republican leader and a trained frist. , dr. Bill numbers, 202 7488000 for the eastern half of the country, for the western half, 202 7488001, and if you are a medical professional, 202 7488002. Johns Hopkins University says worldwide coronavirus cases have cap in the u. S. Totaling the u. S. About 840 5000, just over 47,000 confirmed deaths in confirmed the u. S. Across all 50 states. Is ang us from tennessee Infectious Disease expert from Vanderbilt University. Dr. , thank you. Good to be with you. Steve let me begin with therapeutics and other medicines that will allow us to get to know normalcy in this country. . Hat will it take things. One is bet
fortune 500 made profit and paid zero in federal taxes? zero. todd: boos, yelling and outburst during unprecedented state of the union address focused on bashing republicans. i m todd piro. ashley: i m ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. new york post isul caing the president joe lie-den, he told so many fibs last night we can t keep track. we have guests on deck to give reaction, tom homan, pete hegseth, joe concha and kellyanne conway will be here live. todd: lucas has the latest. and sarah huckabee sanders scathing response. brooke: president biden pushing the idea of unity during his second state of the yoonion address while taking digs at republicans blaming them for the country s top issues. several comments sparking resounding boos including the moment he claimed republicans want to end social security and medicare. listen. president biden: some of my republican frnds want to take the economy hostage, i get it. you should know what plans are. instead of
now, santos was completely denying the allegations. he also was making a reference to the fact that this prospective staffer who is a former reporter made some audiotapes, recorded conversations with santos and then leaked them. but this is just the latest serious allegation in a long string of allegations against the embattled congressman. a long string that keeps on getting longer. melanie, thank you. it is the top of the hour. just a short time ago the pentagon defended the president s choice to delay shooting town a suspected spy balloon from china. a fight jet brought it down saturday. after the balloon crossed the continental united states, multiple republicans have criticized it calling it a weak response. but commander at norad says the intelligence gathered will be of value. there was a potential opportunity for us to collect intel where we had gaps on prior balloons. this gave us the opportunity to assess what they were actually doing, what kind of capabilit
very good monday morning to you, i m jim sciutto. i m erica hill. this morning lawmakers back on capitol hill facing growing pressure after the deadly beating of tyre nichols by memphis police ignites renewed calls for federal police reform. nichols family attorney benjamin crump telling cnn tyre s tragic death should force congress to act. shame on us if we don t use his tragic death to finally get the george floyd justice in policing act passed. so will things change this time around? the congressional black caucus is calling for a meeting with president biden this week to push for negotiations on police reform. remember there was a push, bipartisan push in the wake of george floyd it didn t make it through two years ago following that death, those discussions broke down in the senate, congress failed to pass the federal reforms. now the president of tennessee s naacp chapter is pleading with congress to try again. we come to call to action for congress. by faili