Agencies as well. This is our first hearing on the president s fiscal year 2021 budget request. However, i want to start with a matter of urgency. The coronavirus, covert 19, cases are growing as is alarm, this is both domestically and internationally. The u. S. Government has responded to the covert 19 outbreak with aggressive measures, significant travel restrictions, mandatory 14day quarantine for individuals returning to the u. S. From province. Mr. Secretary, i support your declaration of a Public Health emergency, we are dealing with the likelihood of a global pandemic, interesting to note yesterday from the cdc that commented that with regard to the United States its not a question of if but a question of when we will face the issue seriously here. That said, i have serious concerns about the administrations responsiveness with respect to funding, i understand senators of both parties expressed a similar concern to you at their hearing yesterday. I have repeatedly asked for info
About technology at the time and he said by coming together, we can go to the moon, bring a man there and bring him back safely by the end of the decade. John kennedy didnt live to see it we did do that. Keep in mind, that first capsule that went up had less power than your viewers iphones or smartphones do today. So we can with big ideas come together and solve big problems but only going to work if we all put our effort into it. Host final question how is the library, the foundation reflect og this day on the john f. Kennedy centennial . Guest weve had a multi day celebration. Where saturday we honesored peace corp and president kennedys legacy, yesterday nasa with an astronaut and space suit engineer. Today were doing navy flyover, new exhibit and 3 p. M. , again, navy flag within a cape for a thousand people fyour viewers are in boston, we encourage you to come by today or any time in the next year to see the new exhibit. Host steven rothstein, on this what would have been the 100t
They have quite a story to tell. She joins us live from old city. Pamela . Reporter they certainly do, tracy. Investigators are still trying to determine a cause for that fire. But take a look, you can see where it started, on the upper level right by that roof, we talked to the woman who lives just below the roof. The says fire was stripping from her ceiling. David moran says he was sound asleep at 4 30 this morning when all of a sudden i heard a young lady out in the hallway yelling fire, banging on doors. Reporter as soon as he got up, he started knocking on his neighbors doors on the fourth floor. Everyone was trying to help. A gentleman on my floor was trying to pull the pull station, but no alarm ever went off. Reporter the fire was burning on the roof where just below jung park and her boyfriend who had been up early this morning became very aware of the danger. I saw the smoke coming under the door, and i saw this orange flashing, and the smoke turns into fireballs into our liv
Final preseason game which will happen later on this week. And a short time ago we did hear from 49ers offensive coordinator curtis modkins. He was asked about whether he agrees with kaepernicks decision to remain seated during the National Anthem to protest racial inequality. I support our facts, personally. I support someones trite feel how they feel. Reporter how do you make sure this controversy doesnt become a distraction to the players . I dont see that happening. Our teams, our guys, our leaders have handled that. Colins addressed it. So were moving on to football. Reporter yesterday during a lengthy conversation with reporters Colin Kaepernick explained why he is sitting out the National Anthem. He describes it as a fight for social justice. The 49ers quarterback says his goal is to shed light on how people of color are oppressed in this country. He says he has been racially profiled by police in the past. Some critics believe that kaepernick showed disrespect to the American F
Im annie yu thank you for waking up with us. Im tom fitzgerald, happy mothers day to you. Thank you. And to your wife. If she was awake i would say that to you. Im pretty sure she is sleeping in. Mike is with us this morning with caityln roth. Everybody has been talking about the rain and the rain and the rain and the rain. What are we at twelve days here. Twelve days in a row, youre right. Ive been counting. And yesterday the clouds. Im not sure what its called. It was coming and going. Today will be more consistent. Good news more mom. Later this afternoon just absolutely gorgeous, good news, mothers day sunshine i can guarantee today bad news i can not guarantee for the rest of the week. Well talk more about that as we get into the 55 your current number in washington. 54 gaithersburg and 54 frederick as well and mannasas 52 and 56 quantico and 54 leonardtown. Lets go to the radar were tracking shower activity this morning in d. C. We had the bulk of our rain go through two hours ag