We welcome your comments by text , 202 7488003. Tell us your name and where you are from. Wj. Twitter we are cspan maryland was one of the first states to impose tight restrictions. The latest from the Washington Times, saying they will ease restrictions and prepare to reopen maryland. The governor eased coronavirus restrictions wednesday to allow residents to participate in some outdoor act to videos and resume elective medical procedures. They closed Public Schools for the rest of the academic year. Residents may participate in golfing, fishing, boating, tennis, camping, and other outdoor activities. He added that local governments can exercise flexibility in reopening playgrounds and parks. That is from the Washington Times. An Washington Post published oped, an opinion piece by five republican governors who kept their states open. Five republican governors, our states stayed open during the coronavirus, here is why our approach worked. That is the headline of the piece. The governo
Work thats going on . The promise, apaper, of therapeutics like remdesivir . Guest im excited that the Global Scientific Community has focused in on this problem in a tremendous way. There are at least 60 candidates or more than that by now that have been eached that much therapeutic potential for covid19. One of the most exciting things is that the use of Super Computers to literally recreate the virus in cyberspace, do the same thing with existing drugs and ask whether or not nose drugs can bind to and therefore inhibit the virus. For a lot of exciting approaches being taken so i do think within the coming months, theres going to be a therapeutic thats going to be found that works. Im less convinced that well have a having zone in a year because having studied viruses for 40 years, i know not to expect that to happen. Its a possibilities but not very likely that well have a having zone in a year. Host in addition to hearing about your work this morning, talk about the Racial Disparit
I think that powerful to have watch all of our programs on our website, cspan. Org. We are going to leave this here to take you live now to the u. S. House of representatives. Where members will be working on a Senate Approved version of a fiveyear reauthorization of funding for the federal Aviation Administration. The house is also expected to take up a bill to provide transparency on pricing for tickets for events and lodging purchases. And one in support of Law Enforcement during National Police week. Live coverage of the house here on cspan. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by chaplain kibben. Chaplain kibben would you pray with me . Holy god, we seek you first this day. Graced with power and privilege, we humble ourselves to be subjects of your kingdom and agents of your righteousness. God be in our heads and in our understanding that our knowledge and fear of you would be the beginning of all wisdom. God, be in our eyes and in our see
Percent. Then nasdaq fairing the least worst of the bunch. Almost flat. This is commodities take investors on a wild ride today. Dominik chu has all the details on what has been a volatile ride for crude, copper, and commodities. Its playing out elsewhere in the markets as well. The stock market will focus there to get things going. You can see health care, the only sector thats positive so far. The intraday chart, you can see ups and downs. Were off the lows, the worst levels today. Focus on these two sectors. Materials and energy. Two of the laggards so far. If you take a look at some of the Bigger Picture commodity items we talked about, right, first of all, if you look at the s p 500 intraday and then take a look at copper, right . Copper actually positive on the day here. Up, again, so were seeing some strength here in copper futures at least on this particular side. If you look at some of the other parts of the market as well, copper yeartodate. Remember, on a big slide. Then, of