Coverage. Blake burman at the white house. Hillary vaughn in wilmington, delaware. Well start with blake, latest on stimulus negotiations picked up again but stuck in neutral, right . Reporter picked up again, jackie, going absolutely nowhere it seems. Top democrats here in washington, chuck schumer, nancy pelosi, they put out a statement in the last hour, that they spoke with the treasury secretary, top negotiator for the white house today, they say it was mnuchin that initiated the conversation. Afterwards pelosi took to twitter and said the following, democrats compromised. We repeatedly said were willing to come down a trillion if theyre willing to come up a trillion. Clear that the administration does not grasp the magnitude of the problems americans are facing. That is the democrat take. The response at the white house came from the communications director, elissa farah. Lets be clear, President Trump, not Speaker Pelosi who took action for hardworking americans and extended Unem
Unfortunately, theres still desperate for testing kits. Illinois has about 5000 more kits that were provided yesterday by private company at the urging of our governor, but weve never seen a number of test kits that we believe are necessary to measure the current state of this coronavirus in her home state of illinois. The official count, and i might add that word official, is that we have had 288 illinoisans affected, and one fatality. I believe the number of infections in the official report grossly understate the exposure and in my home state f illinois. And once more tests are administered and we received the results come unafraid we are going to see a dramatic increase in that number of reported infections in the state. These cases yesterday, 128 new cases were announced yesterday in our state. It is the largest single oneday increase since weve been reporting. We have two additional counties that have now been touched out of 100 you, we are not up to 17 counties with infections.
Guide our senators to live so honorably that they will bring glory to your name. Lord, inspire them to yield their allegiance to you, striving always to receive your approval. Thank you for hearing and answering their prayers, as they fervently seek your wisdom. Guide them through the challenges of these times. Lord, remind us all that we are mere sojourners in time, heading for the better land of eternity. We pray in your loving name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. Under the previous order, the senate will be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. Mr. Grassley madam president. The presiding officer the senat
Healthcare community including hospitals. This morning i spoke to the president , speaking on the almost daily basis, sometimes several times a day im a and asked him about the state of the situation in her home state of illinois. Unfortunately, there still desperate for testing kits. Illinois has about 5000 more kids that were provided yesterday by private company. In the printing of our government but weve never seen the number of test kits that we believe are necessary to measure the current state of this coronavirus in her home state of illinois. The official count, and i might add that word official, is that we have had88 288 billing audiee infected into one totality. I believe the number of infections in the official report closely understates the in my home state of illinois. And once more tests are administered and we received results im afraid we are going to see a dramatic increase in the number of reported state. These cases yesterday, one to eight new cases were announced h
German soldiers would be really reassuring. The initial response newsmakers said valenti, former governor of minnesota, will talk about key issues affecting the winking industries the banking industries. The amount of capital big banks should have on hand. Newsmakers, sunday at 10 00 a. M. And 6 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. On tuesday, president obama begins a trip to asia with stops in japan, south korea, malaysia, and the philippines. At the white house briefing, susan rice briefed reporters on the trip and took questions on ukraine. This is about 25 minutes. Thank you. Good afternoon. The president s trip to asia is an important opportunity to president e obama is rebalancing. Nearlye next five years, half of all growth outside of the United States is expected to come from asia. A region that includes several important u. S. Allies, developing democracies, and emerging powers. We increasingly see our Top Priorities tied to asia with access to new markets or promoting exports or protec