The presiding officer the senator from virginia. Mr. Warner mr. President , are we in a quorum call . The presiding officer we are. Mr. Warner i ask that the proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Warner mr. President , i rise today to celebrate the passage of the Great American outdoors act. The passage of this historic legislation marks a once in a generation step by this body to restore and conserve our National Parks as well as our countrys national heritage. It builds on an american tradition of conserving our natural wonders and shared public spaces. It reaffirms our commitment to preserve if for future generations. Its also important to note that this is a jobs bill. According to a recent study, the Great American outdoors act will help create or support 100,000 jobs all over the country, including 10,000 in my home state of virginia at a time when millions of americans are out of work. Currently the National Park servic
This point the nikkei ended flat. Hang seng was off just over 1 shanghai composite down as well. And in europe youre going to see at this point it looks like things are also in the red there. The ftse is the biggest decliner down by just over 1 you can see the dax down by 0. 75 if you want to check out crude oil prices, at this point youll see crude oil is up 36 cents 49. 92 facebook it is making a big bet on video. The social media site launching what its calling watch. Redesigned version of its video platform its going to be rolling out to facebook users over the next couple of weeks. It will include a mix of original content as well as live sports recommendations of what to watch will be personalized based on your interests and what your friends are talking about. This is facebooks latest push for tv ad dollars. Mark zuckerberg said video will be the largest driver over the next two to three years. A big push some people wont get it if youre on facebook now and go to look for it tod
Following breaking news on the road ways. State police are on the scene of a three car crash in chesapeake. It happened on interstate 64 east of great bridge boulevard just before three o clock. Officials say a van traveling westbound sideswiped a tractor trailer that was stopped on the shoulder of the road. This caused the van to strike another tractor trailer traveling in the same direction. One of the tractor trailers lost its load and has blocked the westbound lanes of 64. This is a picture of the crash. We are told the driver of the van was taken to the hospital. Right now the roadway is shutdown until debris can be cleared. Taking a look at the back ups is causing. Severe storms can bring flooding in Hampton Roads but we all know it doesn t take much for roads to become impassable. Today the city of norfolk and the army corps of engineers joined forces on a study to combat flooding. Todd corillo was there and joins us now live in norfolk. Ladies the hague here is notorious for Fl
Mark, what are we looking for today . Reporter good afternoon. We are expecting an update from the Vice President as well as members of the task force dealing with the coronavirus within the next few minutes, the Briefing Room still fairly empty. They may be waiting for reporters to come in. This was a lateminute scheduled briefing. Also meeting with the president this morning, but we something very interesting that ive never actually seen before. About half an hour ago, a member of the White House Medical Office came to each or us in the White House Press corps and asked to take our temperature. This, we were told, was out of an abundance of caution for anybody who could be coming into contact with the president or Vice President. It wasnt a panic of any sort, but it certainly was an indication they are taking things seriously. It appears one of our colleagues may have had a temperature that was of some concern and was not allowed into the briefing. However, we havent been able to fig
A musical tribute to the champions of the pandemic the classic rock band queen says the money raised will go to Global Health charities. Hello. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. Worldwide there have now been over 230,000 coronavirus deaths, and over 3. 2 million infections. The uk recorded another 674 deaths in the past 2a hours taking the total number in care homes and hospitals to 26,771 the third highest in europe. Borisjohnson wouldnt give a date for the countrys lockdown to end or be eased, but did say thered be a menu of options next week. The Us Intelligence community has advised the govenment that covid 19was not man made or genetically modified they say theyre still investigating the origins of the virus. And the reduced demands for energy caused by the pandemic will lead to a decline of almost 8 in co2 emissions the largest decrease ever recorded. Those are the the main developments. 0ur north america correspondent, david will