Lord, give our law lawmakers aing this upper for your words and a desire to apply your knowledge in their daily work. We pray in your merciful name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the 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. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell the eyes of the nation are on the senate. For days now weve been engaged in intense, bipartisan talks to build emergency relief legislation on an historic scale to push resources to our Health Care Heroes and American Workers and families. Democrats and republicans sat down together. We crafted this version of the proposal together. This compromise package would push tens of billions of dollars to hospitals and Health Care Providers. It would send direct checks to
And finally, another element and im just describing some of the elements, mr. President , but i wanted to highlight some of these things is getting more resources to the men and women on the front lines of this pandemic who are every day out there in the Health Care Industry trying to keep americans, alaskans healthy and alive. How much . Theres a lot in it, but the number is 100 billion. For hospitals. For health care providers. Let me say that again. 100 billion. Now, the minority leader was on the floor the other day. I was kind of stunned when he said something along the lines of this partisan bill by the way, its not partisan, okay. This was written by republicans, democrats. A lot of these ideas are from both sides. It doesnt do anything to help hospitals. We need a Marshall Plan to help them. I think 100 billion is a constituent good start. Thats in the bill. So, mr. President , as i mentioned, i was proud i have been proud of the work of this body. I have been proud of my colle
The Vice President is the governments point person. Plus, is jack dorseys job on the line . An activist investor with a sizable stake in twitter is pushing for changes. First, some ominous news in the u. S. More deaths here stateside. Despite that, the market is going green. Cindy . Es it look like it in sydney. Paul it going pretty well. Markets reacting on promises of support from Central Banks. A strong rally, higher by 3. 5 . Futures pointing higher, better than 1 as well. Alsoi futures and kospi stronger. The yen has weakened. The boj will do what it can to support markets. The aussie dollar still has a 65 handle. It is reserve bank of australia decision day and the consensus now is that the rba is likely to cut the cash rate to half of 1 . Lets take a closer look at what happened here. Stocks surging. Ending up over 4 with investors hoping that Central Banks will be coming to the rescue. For more, we are joined by Abigail Doolittle in new york. What is driving the optimism . Abig
Of medicaid and medicare services, as well as Robert Wilkey with the va. First a few basic facts and reports and then well hear from other members of the task force about ongoing efforts. At the present moment we have 43 domestic cases of the coronavirus. 48 cases of individuals who have returned to the United States. Of the domestic cases, 29 of the 43 are either in california or Washington State. And we have communities that are facing facing what the experts tell us could potenti potentially be a cluster in those communities. Sadly today there were four additional fatalities, raising the number that six americans have lost their life to the coronavirus. And on behalf of the president and all of the American People we extend our deepest condolences and sympathies to the families of those that were lost. Despite todays sad news, lets be clear. The risk to the American People of the coronavirus remains low, according to all of the experts that were working with across the government. T
Meeting, the White House Coronavirus task force. The president established task force. He has met daily it has met daily. We continue that effort today. Medicaidthis ended for and medicaid services. First, a few basic facts and then we will hear from other members of the task force. At the present moment, we have 43 domestic cases of the coronavirus. 48 cases of individuals who returned to the united stated. And id states. Of the domestic cases, 29 of the 43 in california are Washington State could we have communities that are facing what the experts tell us could be a cluster in those communities. Sadly today, there were four additional fatalities. To six the number americans who have lost their life from the coronavirus. We extend our deepest condolences and sympathies to the families of those that were lost. Despite todays sad news, lets be clear. Peoplek to the american of the coronavirus remains low according to all of the expert we are working with across the government. The pres