We are live on capitol hill waiting for a house markup to get underway. The Appropriations Committee is working on 2021 spending for state Department Foreign operations, agriculture and military construction. This is live coverage on cspan2. Please be seated. We are ready to begin. My friends, ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. I call the meeting of the Appropriations Committee to order. I would first like to welcome all members to the first full Committee Markup of fiscal year 2021. This will be a markup season unlike any other. Not only are we going to complete our work in record time, but we will be joined by a handful of our colleagues who were unable to be here due to the pandemic. Before we begin i have a number of housekeeping announcements. First, we should all be mindful of our health, and take appropriate actions. Following doctor monahans guidance, everyone, everyone must wear a mask and provide social distancing. Also, this information was previously conveyed to your s
Demanded the director of the centers for Disease Control walk back his warning about a 2nd wave of coronavirus uncomfortably robert read thiel did not do so disputing the headline about the initial interview but confirming he had been accurately quoted i didnt say that this was going to be worse i said it was going to be more complicate our more difficult and potentially complicated because well have flu in coronavirus circulated same time. The president sought support from another of his medical experts dr Deborah Burkes and been very original this is years ago they will know. We dont know if its a small confined here or there we put it but 8 i think the great thing is will be able to find it earlier this time and i think thats what were talking about well find those cases earlier so what dr redfield said we would be able to stay in containment face president continue to push back against potential future threat and an answer to a reporters question argued the virus may not come back
It would be wrong and unjust for americans laid off by the virus to be replaced with new immigrant labor flown in from abroad we must 1st take care of the American Worker take care of the American Worker the u. N. Is warning that both a quarter of a 1000000000 people could be pushed to the brink of starvation by the pandemic the World Food Program says countries need to take immediate action or risk multiple famines. As some European Countries gradually down restrictions the picture is quite different in the u. K. But the death toll is still rising if our reports. An intensive care unit in scotland. Where the youngest to test positive has only just been born. The medics here are traumatised by what theyre dealing with. 2 or 4. The. Amount of research by the office of National Statistics suggesting the actual death toll in england and wales in early april was 40 percent higher than the number reported by downing street those daily government figures dont include deaths outside hospital
A pathway back to normal life. But in other parts of the u. S. The scenes a very different across the country a small but growing protest movement is calling for restrictions to be eased from utah to wisconsin in both republican and democratic led states people are taking to the streets urging a return to normal life we are still a free country at least for now and people have to make a decision and thats their personal decision if they dont want to be 6 feet apart or 7 peter peter parker i cant i cant dictate to that to them despite declaring that individual governors are in charge President Donald Trump seemed to encourage the protests in a series of tweets on friday all 3 states have democratic governor has his tacit support is seen as deeply political in a time of crisis i know is there a lot of protests out there and i just think that some of the governors have gotten carried away you know you have a lot of people that dont have to be told to do what theyre doing theyve been reall
So weve seen a year on year 6. 8 percent drop in chinas g. D. P. Which is really significant and quite in line with peoples expectations analysts expectations because the current virus control measures that the government put in place for a few weeks in february and march really saw the economy come to a standstill factories were closed businesses were closed hundreds of millions of people were stuck in doors and just to unpack that figure a bit more also manufacturing vestment in the 1st quarter was down 25 percent year on year Infrastructure Investment also down 20 percent retail sales down 19 percent so really at the more when the government is doing all it can to get the economy restarted the National Bureau of statistics has said that the economy faces new difficulties and new challenges but the long term growth of the economy shouldnt be affected well at the moment there are questions as to whether that can be possible because this is really taking chinas economy is really taking