About confederate statues and not wanting them to come down. We are in the middle of a pandemic. Is the president more focused on preserving or celebrating the confederacy than getting the pandemic under control . Sec. Mnuchin let me just say i think the president is focused on everything. I think this issue of statues is a complicated issue. There was an operating the wall street journal from the cardinal in new york about the bible and everybody other than mary and jesus christ. I think it is a complicated issue. We need to have a balanced view of history. Reporter what about the white power video . Sec. Mnuchin we are here to talk about economics. Secretary, where is the Treasury Department on sending stimulus checks to families . Are you guys going to be doing that anytime soon . Or are you going to leave it to the court to decide whether the Treasury Department has to do it . Sec. Mnuchin i did not understand the question. Was it on stimulus checks . Reporter mixed status families
In our communities of volunteer to do this. Experiencesd, their , a lot of them have appreciated the opportunity to help within their communities. It will help recruiting and retention. I think it will also help to retain them in our formations. We love them all. Let them know that. Senator reid. You, mr. Chairman, thank you for your excellent statements. Gen. Perna, we had a great discussion yesterday afternoon. Talked about typically the way the military we spent i spent some time, you spend your whole life. Planned for the worst, hope for the best. Here in d. C. , and this is a bipartisan model, it is usually planned for the best and ignore the worst. You will be put in the middle of that. It goes back to the point we reiterated. You have to base your activities on science, fact, on committing saypeak truth to power, to not only the good news but also to bring us the bad news. I hope that you will do that. Can you commit to that . I 100 will commit to that. Thank you. Ppe, that we w
Spreading to major cities from those who dont. If they refuse to wear a face coasttocoast. Social media showdown. Mask, they dont get in my car. Twitter flags another post from President Trump. For today, sam brock, nbc, miami. That brings us to the ceo of uber good morning this time for citing violence. Just ahead what the president thank you for being with us. Tweeted that set off alarm bells good morning. Thanks for having me. On the heels of his move to the numbers are just crack down on the company. Glimmers of hope. New york city, the epicenter of the nations coronavirus outbreak announces its first jawdropping ridership down 80 in april. Step toward reopening. Youve called it a shock to the system washington, d. C. , beginning to ease restrictions today. But new areas of concern emerge. Do yououl or uber and Ride Sharing Services . We certainly do where cases have spiked, lifting i think uber essentially goes with the city. We are very much a local stayathome orders. Making hist
It was just a year and a half ago that the president of the United States put in his state of the Union Address that we are going to launch american astronauts on american rockets from american soil. He looked at me and said you are going to make that happen. Here we are a year and a half later. And the help of elon musk the spacex team, we have delivered. But of course, the president s agenda is just beginning, there is so much more. He turned around and recreated a moon program. He said we are going to go to the moon for a purpose, because we as a nation are going to get to mars. Agency we call nasa is excited about it. I want to tell you a quick story. Im here to introduce the president , but i have to take a moment. It was about nine years ago. The Space Shuttle atlantis landed right here for the last Space Shuttle mission in the history of the u. S. The next day, 2000 pink slips went out. Over the course of the next two years, this area went from 15,000 jobs down to 7500 jobs. Dev
He was joined by the nasa administrator who gave an update on nasas work in the upcoming Spacex Dragon mission. This is half an hour. To all who are gathered here today, welcome to the launch america edition of the National Space council. We are one week and one day away from when america will return american astronauts on american rockets to space. Its an extraordinarily exciting time in the life of this program. I know speak on behalf of the the United States when i express my appreciation. To you and the nasa team, my profound and humble admiration for the astronauts that we will be speaking to in a few moments. Who will be carrying American Leadership back into space from american soil next week. And i know i speak for the president when i say how grateful we are for the work of so many critical agencies. It has put into practice President Trumps vision for renewed American Leadership in space. I have the great privilege to see general hayden with us, the vice chair of the joint ch