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Middle east and into europe. Bernie sanders will be the target of the democratic debate just hours away. We have all angles covered for you. Deirdre bolton on the floor of the new york stock exchange. Edward lawrence on capitol hill. Lets start with edward. A lost action, edward. Reporter centers for Disease Control warning americans be prepared for possible sustained spread of coronavirus. President donald trump has been briefed on this. Today on capitol hill the administration trying to get in front of this, asking for 2 1 2 billion dollars for them to contain the coronavirus. Health and Human Services secretary alex azar says they need the money to remain more aggressive but we will see more case. We cannot hermetically seal the United States off the virus. We need life goes on in some forms. Well have more cases in t ....
We have passed federal bills and more than 100 bills across the country so we are really grateful for all of the support from the people. Certainly the support from our , generous people who really just want to make the world a better place. Today is the oneyear anniversary of the First Step Act being signed into law. Tell us what the First Step Act did and how effective has it been. Washe First Step Act actually a negotiated bill. It wasnt even the build we really hoped to pass, which was the sentencing reform and corrections act. It was a groundbreaking reform at safelywas aimed reducing incarceration at the federal level and also reducing recidivism. But also it ensured that we do not have these egregiously long oneences for people like woman who received a life sentence for a first time lowlevel nonviolent drug crime ....
We are going to open up regional lines for this conversation this morning. That means if you are in the eastern or central time zones, we want to hear from you at 202 7488000. If you are in the mountain or pacific time zones, we want to hear from you at 202 7488001. In mind, you can always text us your opinion at 202 always3, and we are reading on social media. You can reach us on twitter at cspanwj and facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Again, the idea and concerns about government surveillance has been on peoples minds recently. Infact, there was a story nbc today that i wanted to read to you that talks about some of the concerns about government surveillance. The unsupported claims that President Donald Trump has made for two years about the fbis russia investigation, calling it a witch hunt cooked up by his political opponents, the conclusion by the Justice Departme ....
The adjustment capital in Jefferson City is just over 30 minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the governor of missouri , eric greitens. [applause] gov. Greitens thank you. Thank you all. Thank you. [applause] thank youens Lieutenant Governor person, speaker richardson, and members of the missouri house, president richard, and members of the missouri senate, chief Justice Fisher and justices of the Supreme Court thomas state officials, members of the cabinet, our first lady and my wife. [applause] we have many honored guests here tonight. One who is particularly special to me, my Kindergarten Teacher here tonight. [applause] gov. Greitens thank you. I was in mrs. Richardsons kindergarten class ....