because you re right, we feel like we know this story, we have heard from some of those police officers, not all of them. we ve seen so much of the painful and agonizing video and we ve had six months of coverage of it and so what could what new could today bring and it was all new. it was an experience like we d never had watching any congressional hearing in history. agree. you covered a lot of them. one of the americans that best captured the emotion of what it would have been like to be at the united states capitol that would be on the show. they will be on that hearing. have a good evening, lawrence. in today s historic house hearing, we heard things we have never heard before in the history of congressional hearings. we heard words that have never been on this network before. the words are going into print tonight the new york times where those words have never appeared before. those words are vivid descriptions of a president of the united states sending a
america about the efforts to improve the safety of airports and planes and what the federal government can do. security wille now come to order. thank you, ranking member and the panel of witnesses for joining us today. we are here to discuss proposals for how to restore our nation s been so system that has devastated by covid-19. we have seen passenger volume in the last few months go as low as 5% of normal. today it is close to 15% to 20% of normal, but that is not good enough to keep the aviation industry in business. it is not good enough to help this nation. know, this pandemic is unprecedented. the lack of federal leadership and interaction, coordination is very concerning to all of us. we ask the question, how can we project our frontline aviation workers and our passengers if consultation and coordination is not there. that is why sherman thompson and i recently sent a letter with the leadership of the transportation committee to the heads of dhs and tot calling for p
coronavirus without objection. the chair is authorized to declare the committee in recess at any point. good morning. today, the committee is meeting to hear from medical experts about how our country can best confront the coronavirus. americans are justifiably concerned about the virus which has spread around the world and claimed the lives of thousands. understandably, they have questions about how it may affect them, their loved ones and their communities. how concerned do we need to be about the virus? who is most at risk? what can communities do to compare prepare? what can americans do to protect themselves and their families? what is the federal government doing? what more should it be doing? my constituents are looking to the federal government for leadership, guidance and expertise. i shea i am sure my colleagues constituents are as well. i am concerned that the trump administration has downplayed the threat and overstated how close scientists are to developing a
the last couple of nights. it s only fair. yeah, she s either on a show or we are talking about her. this is even more important tonight especially important at this hour, our first guest tonight is going to be congressman james clyburn, this is very important because just over an hour ago, he released a statement in a tweet saying that he tested positive for covid. it s been a tough situation for him because he had to miss his granddaughter s wedding, but he did say he is asymptomatic and the great news as of us sitting here right now, his feeling well right now to join us right now at 10:00. and, i m always happy to see him, i ve never been happier to see him then when i am going to see him tonight on the show. that is fantastic, i saw that notice from congressman clyburn, i was happy to see that he said that he was asymptomatic, but of course my heart leapt into my throat when i saw that notice. please give him my love, and i m glad that he s okay. he is a healthy 81
states we are going to show you them shaded in purple on a map that the pro-choice gutmacher institute says are certain or likely to ban abortion based on currently in books or transient states but that is just the effect today of the supreme court s 5-4 decision. what happens tomorrow and months and years from this moment? that, we don t know. in fact, many democrats tonight are expressing concern that the decision could provide legal justification to overturn other rights, secured by supreme court precedent. including those covering contraception and same-sex marriage. and they have reason to be concerned after justice clarence thomas suggesting doing just that today as well. this is what justice thomas wrote in a concurring opinion, quote, for that reason? future case, we should reconsider all of this court s substantive due process precedence, including griswold lawrence, and obergefell. he continues because any due process decision is demonstrably erroneous. we have a