Meetings later today. Thank you very much. At three weeks ago today, the immunity in my constituency think the entire country was rocked by the events from the railway line which three men, tragically lost their lives. Railway line which three men, lost their lives. I am sure my honorable friend will join me in sending deepest condolences as well as thanks and heartfelt gratitude to the men and women of American Services working in difficult conditions from that incident. And the full report will take that. What assurances can my right honorable friend give serious questions. And keep this from ever happening again. To join with me in sending condolences to family and friends of donald golic and christopher salisbury and i pay tribute to the work of the Emergency Services for the work they showed britains railways are among the safest in europe because you take actions like this, and we make sure we learn the lessons of this tragedy to make sure this doesnt occur in the future. Thank y
Chairman shelby and his staff for letting us try this and see how this kind of information gathering works for appropriators. Its not a markup. There will be no voting today, but were going to get some really important information. Yesterday, the new coronavirus cases passed 50,000 for the first time, making it a single day record. This morning, 128,000 americans have died and nearly 2. 7 million have tested positive for covid19. Of course, the thoughts of myself and everyone on this committee are with those individuals and those families whove been affected. I called this hearing really to look at an update on the efforts that the administrations put together and, frankly members of this committee were very involved in to see if we couldnt establish a new way to look at responding to pandemics. I think we have the chance to actually write a new important chapter in what that response looks like. Developing the right vaccine, the right therapeutics, the right testing is important. And
Boston. But, we talk first to nancy pelosi. Good friday evening. And you are for being with us. We begin with the numbers courtesy of Johns Hopkins university. Worldwide, 3. 9 million confirmed cases of covid19. Globally, 270 4000. Here in the u. S. , the death toll 1. 2surpassed 77,000 with million confirmed cases. Up next, our conversation with House Speaker nancy pelosi. Seen theaker, we have shortterm changes to congress during the pandemic but im wondering if you think this will result in any fundamental, longterm changes to the house of representatives . Speaker pelosi thank you for focusing on how we do our congressional work to represent the people of our country and to bring their views to washington, d. C. We have had quite a challenge. Of ourthe great guidance capitol physician and the sergeant at arms. On two occasions, one with the voice votes and one with the recorded votes when we had a large number of members here to make the decisions necessary to pass legislation. In
Federal agencies. Order your copy online today at cspanstore. Org. Journal. Your questions and comments about the pandemic start now. The economicent of impact this pandemic has had on our country including a record job loss. Unemployment at its highest rate since the great depression. A decade of Economic Growth wiped away in a single month. Friday, may 8, we welcome the you to this addition of washington journal primetime edition of washington journal primetime. Michaele will talk to boston. But, we talk first to nancy pelosi. Good friday evening. And you are for being with us. We begin with the numbers courtesy of Johns Hopkins university. Worldwide, 3. 9 million confirmed cases of covid19. Globally, 270 4000. Here in the u. S. , the death toll 1. 2surpassed 77,000 with million confirmed cases. Up next, our conversation with House Speaker nancy pelosi. Seen theaker, we have shortterm changes to congress during the pandemic but im wondering if you think this will result in any fundam
Would be the worst single month of job loss and the pace of the academic has shown signs of easing that it could be many more months before the labor market returns to a point where employers add jobs and will take years for the economy to fully replace the jobs lost in the month of april. This is marking a sharp civet from a few months ago when the economy was putting out hundreds of thousands of new jobs. The labor and Economic Policy for the wall street journal, he is joining us live on the phone. Thank you for being with us. Not only 20. 5 million jobs lost in april but overall, 33 million jobs. How does the economy begin to recover and at what pace . Eric i think it will be a slow process. At this point, we are talking about layoffs slowing. This wiped out a record of job gains in a single month. We wont see that type of shock again but we will see another month or so of layoffs before we even kind of start hitting the bottom. Host so Many Industries hit hard, but the hospitality,