Nominees to serve on the u. S. Postal Service Board of governors. The hearing follows postmaster general patrick donahoes announcement that they will [inaudible] 3 p. M. Eastern on cspan3. We are at the henry a. Wallace Country Life Center which is 50 miles south and west of des moines. And this is the birthplace home of henry a. Wallace. The wallaces of iowa consist of three generations of wallaces. The patriarch was known as, fondly, as uncle henry, and he was the founder of wallaces farmer magazine. His son, henry c. Wallace, was u. S. Secretary of agriculture under woodrow wilson, and henry c. s son was born on this farm this 1888. He went on to become editor of wallaces farmer magazine. He was then asked by Franklin Roosevelt to serve as u. S. Secretary of agriculture which he did for eight years from 19331941. And 19411945 he was roosevelts Vice President. As u. S. Secretary of agriculture, hes known for the agricultural adjustment act which was the first time that farmers were a
Capacity yet. Thank you, panelists. Youve done what ive asked you in terms of throwing things out about what we need to be focused on here is the next six months cover two years, mediumterm. Youve given us a lot to think about. I am going to knit up now to the audience for brief questions and comments. I went to get first an opportunity to ambassador about where south sudan needs to go. Make sure when you speak that your microphone is on. There is a button and when you write that, turn it off so they dont mix up the audio here. Thank you. Thank you very much, joe. And i would like to turn to the african factor for organizing these wonderful discussion about south sudan. I have a few comments to make. One on the causes of the conflict is ended number of courses have been put forward. I dont disagree with all, but i disagree with one. The political estate was limited to some of the leaders. I think of the access following the comprehensive Peace Agreement have had very high access. The g
Rely on in. Im happy it look at this. Something i was trying to say in the beginning of questions about the scheme no cornish members are oncerned they have a Unitary Authority and we are sorting that out. It is the transport links an urgent requirement to get it right. Order. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] question time airs live every and sunday night 9 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. Online attch any time cspan. Org. Tomorrow we will have live of the Heritage Foundation conservative pills summit in washington, d. C. Republican lawmakers are expected to take part that will focus on a number of issues digital privacy, healthcare and education. Ou can watch the summit on cspan 3 beginning at 9 30 a. M. Eastern and comment on the event by facebook and twitter. Just use the hash tag cspan chat. Next David Cameron speaks about separation otential from the United Kingdom. A referendum is scheduled in eptember for
Tonight from inside the Briefing Room. In just a few minutes President Trump will be revealing his opening up in america guidelines, he hopes to turn the corner of what we have been experiencing during this Coronavirus Crisis and we have received a copy of the guidelines from chad pergram, he got them from our sources and here is what they say. For states that satisfy the socalled gating criteria of a downward trajectory for 14 days, the first guidelines call for all vulnerable individuals to remain sheltering in place, continue social distancing in public, avoid groups of ten or more people, returned to work in phases, keep schools closed, restaurants, movie theaters, sporting venues can operate under strict physical distancing. Elective surgeries can be resumed, gyms can open but bars must stay closed. As cases continue to decline, states will be enter phase two when restrictions can be pulled back further including reopening schools and reopening bars. If the situation continues to
Power point presentation theyll be sharing with the public here in a few minutes. Though governors and local officials will ultimately make the final decisions, this is the guidelines they want all states to use to make the decisions. Reporting indicates that members repeatedly told him that the thing that was missing in here was more testing. None of this works without more testing. Context for all of this, the number of unemployed americans surged to 22 million. Another 5 million first time unemployment claims. It technically wipes out every single job gain that has been made since the last recession. With me now, as we await the start of this briefing, ive got White House Correspondent kristen welker. Ive got nbc Business Correspondent stephanie ruhle, adviserologist joseph fair, and dr. Naheed bedahlia, director of the special pathogens unit at Boston University school of medicine and White House Correspondent for the Washington Post anne gearan. Weve got a lot going on. Ive got a