That once had the crisis under control and now under pressure. Americas top Infectious Disease expert dr anthony prepares to testify before congress on the countrys coronavirus response. Muslims around the world celebrate. With many under strict coronavirus restrictions. Over the sports including. Was. Returns with social justice high on its teams and officials meal in an anti racism protest. From the bron james later this hour. Welcome to the news hour we begin in hong kong where an ongoing political crisis is deepening the citys leader has invoked emergency laws to postpone septembers a legislative election by a full year terry cited coronavirus as the reason for the delay she also said it will be up to beijing to decide how to fill a vacuum in the citys legislature lets show caused by the delay it comes after beijing impose a Controversial National security law on hong kong a major blow to the citys pro democracy movement. The announcement i have to make today is the most difficult
It took nearly 3 months for the United States to go from one infection to 1 million. Now, we have more than 12 million at least 1 million americans infected in the last two weeks. Hospitalizations and deaths are unacceptably high. Hospitals in some states are at risk of running out of beds. Some hospitals have reported they may be forced to choose which patients to treat and which to send home to die. On our recent current cross, experts predict another 150,000 americans could lose their lives on the coronavirus by the end of this year. My goal today is simple. To hear from our nations Top Public Health experts on what steps we need to take to stop the unnecessary deaths of more americans. To improve our response, we need to identify and correct past failures, especially those that are ongoing. Regrettably, nearly 6 months after this virus claimed its First American life the federal government has still not yet developed and implemented a National Strategy to protect the American Peopl
Scalia talks about the trump administrations economic Recovery Efforts in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. This event hosted by the Heritage Foundation was held by videoconference. I would like to introduce a great friend of the Heritage Foundation and wonderful member of the administration to work with. It is fitting that we have with us today secretary of labor eugene scalia. A secretary he plays a Critical Role in the american recovery from covid19. The Labor Department has a central role in overseeing the new federal programs created to help workers and their families respond to the coronavirus. Secretary scalia has been an outstanding advocate for protecting American Workers during the crisis and removing unnecessary regulatory burdens that will hinder our recovery. Donald trump has called them one of the most qualified people ever confirmed as secretary and we are truly honored to have him with us today. Secretary scalia, thank you for joining us today for the release of thi
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Good morning everybody. Welcome. I am president here at csis, and the reason we are kind of rushing is because we only have an hour. We have a wonderful opportunity to listen to these three secretaries. I will be very short. We always start with a safety announcement. I am responsible for your safety today. They have some guys backstage with guns that will take care of that. If we hear anything, followed by instructions, we will take the exits right behind us, go down to the street Near National geographic, and i will take everyone to see the great new show on the evolution of jane goodall. We have never had anything happen, but i want you to be ready. You all know who these people are, so i do not need to introduce them, but you know the absolutely Critical Role that they play. They are running giant organizations and they have to manage today, tomorrow, and 20 years in the future. It is constantly in their calculus about how they posture in shape these remarkable institutions not jus