Three days. Oll doubles in just nearly 3000 hav lost their hospitals are overwhelmed. Police are containingeoples movements as the number of cases keeps rising. Plus, why a nurse in new york felt she had to go back toork soon after giving birth. I would have cut my maternity short if there wasnt wouldnt have cut my maternity short if there wasnt a pandemic, i m i didnt heary coworkers crying, telling me whry life is like eay. Laura for all of you watching on pbs and around the globe, welcome to bbc america. The coronavirus has intensified here. More than 11 people 1100 people died in america in the last 24 h total so far. T daily here in new york city, ventilators could run out after sunday. The longest streak of job creation in u. S. History has come to a grinding halt. Dry, finally allowed to dock dryland at last, finally allowed to dock after beingse stranded a this was supposed to be an waforgettable holiday, and it , but not the way passengers expected. They were quarantined in th
More cheers for hospital workers, new york city firefighters joined residents in saluting staffers during shift change at a facility in manhattan in what has become a nightly ritual. Turning to the new hope on the front lines in the race for a vaccine. Only a few Human Vaccine studies are under way in the world but one of them at university of philadelphia is showing new promise. Brian taft has that story. Reporter the race to develop a covid19 vaccine in philadelphia is kicking into high gear. Dr. Pablo tevas is leading the second u. S. Vaccine study in people at university of pennsylvania, one of only five Human Vaccine studies around the world. This is the most important study that i have done in my life. Reporter he is testing a skindeep shot on 40 volunteers and says phase one should be wrapped up by july. You have a vaccine that can be distributed in the general population, vaccinating largest amount of people. It would probably take a year to 18 months from now. Reporter more th
Good morning this hearing will come to order. Today is the day that we are going to do the interior environment subcommittee and examine the president s fiscaleat year 2021 budget request for the admire Environmental Protection agency. Officer welc administrator andrew wheeler, with him is david bloom. Welcome to both of you. The fiscal year 2021, the president s request of 6. 66 billion dollars for the epa isy a 27 cut below f why 2020 and active level of 9. 06 billion dollars. This request from the president seeks to undo all the progress we were able to achieve on a broad we bipartisan basis in te fy 2020. For example, request eliminates the pro 39 million in new fundg we provided to the epa to address requests regarding climate and Energy Funding grants by 47 , that is a 409 Million Dollar cut below fy 2020. The request also slashes 100 17 million from the 3 billion we invested in fy 2020 to rebuild our nations crumbling Water Infrastructure. I recently held a listening section ses
Wheeler testify before House Appropriations subcommittee on the agencies 21 2021 budget request. Several asked the epas effort to police and regulate what our call forever chemicals. A subcommittee chair opened the hearing. Wi good morning this hearing will come to order. Today is the day that we are going to do the interior environment subcommittee and examine the president s fiscaleat year 2021 budget request for the admire Environmental Protection agency. Officer welc administrator andrew wheeler, with him is david bloom. Welcome to both of you. The fiscal year 2021, the president s request of 6. 66 billion dollars for the epa isy a 27 cut below f why 2020 and active level of 9. 06 billion dollars. This request from the president seeks to undo all the progress we were able to achieve on a broad we bipartisan basis in te fy 2020. For example, request eliminates the pro 39 million in new fundg we provided to the epa to address requests regarding climate and Energy Funding grants by 47
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