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Schoolwide coronavirus tests to make sure students and staff are safe when they return to the classroom. Widespread testing not only helps contain the virus, it builds confidence that the schools are safe. U. S. Assistant secretary for health told our committee that there will be 40 to 50 million diagnostic tests available per month by september. Thats four to five times the number of todays tests and todays number in the United States is twice as many as any other country. And dr. Francis colli...

The use of broadband. One estimate shows average Broadband Usage is up by 47 since the pandemic began. Good news is that theres been some progress in connecting all americans. The fcc has recently released broadband deployment report shows us the number of households without Broadband Service continues to decline. Yet despite these advances, there is still significant work that needs to be done to get every american connected. The Current Public Health crisis has made these efforts all the more ...

Books and ebooks are sold. And now todays Senate Commerce committee hearing, lawmakers examine the effect the pandemic is having on keeping rural is having on keeping Rural Communities connected via broadband. From this morning, this is about 2 1 2. Come to order. Welcome, welcome. Today, the committee convenes to discuss the state of broadband and thank them for appears. Today, we will hear from mr. Steven berry, and miss shirley bloomfield. Chief executive officer of mtca, the Rural Broadband ...

[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] this hearing will come to water. Welcome, welcome. Today the committee convenes to broadband during the covid19 pandemic. I extend my appreciation for my colleagues attentions attendance and participation. I welcome our distinguished panel of witnesses. Mr. Y we will hear from stephen barry, president and chief executive officer of the competitive cares organi...

If it had not been for the information suppression by china and the first place we would not be in the position we are now. Austria, italy with 50,000 people under lockdown. In the Spanish Island we have people locked down in a hotel. Deaths. 15 a big cluster of deaths outside china. Also getting reports of an infection in switzerland and do not forget south korea. This is what is going on. It is about containment. People are trying their best. United arab emirates and turkey banning flights to ...

That should be the basic ingredients of tax reform. First it should be fair to taxpayers of this country. The tax bill enacted two years ago was certainly not fair. It failed in that test. As i pointed out, who benefited . Well, large corporations benefited dramatically by this bill, but they said look, well pass it on to the workers. But did they pass it on to the workers . In 2018, 1. 1 trillion were used to repurchase stock to make the wealthiest even wealthier and did not go to the benefit o...

The indonesian president speaks exclusively to bloomberg saying no one wins in a trade war, and he is refusing to take sides. Later, tesla says delivery records still fall short of elon musks target. For now, lets get you a quick check of the markets. We are seeing u. S. Futures higher by. 1 , but this after major indices lost more than one point 5 . The s p 500 fell the most since august 23. Remember, august 23rd was when President Trump announced those two sets of tariffs on chinese goods. Eve...

Salvini says he wouldnt change a thing. I would do everything that i did again. Everything im a freeman. I dont fear italians judgment. European stocks bounce back while u. S. Futures point higher as investors await minutes from the july meeting the u. K. Prime minister prepares for a European Tour with stops to meet Angela Merkel and emanuel macron near mateo, you take a great responsibility toward the country. You announce this crisis asking powers to rule the country and again recently i urge...

Knocked down. Theres no more forward progress. More than 25 units are staying on the scene. A live picture here. This is Contra Costa County fire. They have some firefighters it out there the at this point. Theyve been putting foam on that pile of smoking debris. Theres a lot of smoldering debris out here, and as you can imagine, that is the big concern because i think you can probably see it is still quite windy out here. At this point, only twoesh outbuildings burned. No homes burned although ...

This is just under two and half hours. This meeting of the Senate Judiciary committee will come to order. A hearing on gun violence epidemic Public Health crisis is todays topic. Well hear from Public Health experts who have been on the front lines of gun violence epidemic. We understand the pain of a lump on his fellow member has been taken away too soon by the pull of a trigger was in the aftermath tearing through bone like it is tissue paper. In cities like chicago to a constant drumbeat of a...