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The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. He clerk the speakers room, washington, d. C. , april 22, 2020. Hereby appoint the honorable g. K. Butterfield to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Pray. In conroy let us merciful god, thank you for day. G us another today is a travel day...

Dobbs and his team. And all that has gone into mississippi being one of the states that is testing at a higher rate than virtually any other state. That has not received significant federal help. When you look at the hot spots in new york and new jersey and even to our neighbor to the west, louisiana, city of new orleans, the federal government put significant resources in there to help them testing. Understandably so. Whereas they had a significant peak that went up very, very quickly, mississi...

We go live now to a response briefing with governor andrew cuomo. Stressful, emotional times as we know. Today is a day in the state of new york with very mixed two verybased on different pieces of information we have. I am trying to work through the mixed emotions for myself. I will present the facts. There is good news and what we are seeing. Wet we have done, and what are doing is actually working and making a difference. Actions. Ramatic new York Pause Program closed down schools and busines...

I am doing ok. I am retired. I have a daughter that is disabled, and we have been in the house since christmas. In december. In january, it stayed in the house. I said no way. Demanded that my motherinlaw not go out. Work,y had to go to gloves and masks. I knew then. What was trump doing . Golfing. I do not celebrate valentines day. Garrotte, stayed in the house, nature everybody was safe. Trump was golfing. Another thing, the caller that said that black people need to take that drug that trump ...

Impossible. While we were winning the idea lodge call battle, while were winning support of so many young people and working people throughout the country, i have concluded that this battle for the democratic nomination will not be successful and so today i am announcing the suspension of my campaign. Please know that i do not make this decision lightly. In fact it has been a very difficult and painful decision. Over the past few weeks jane and i in consultation with top staff and many of our pr...

Covid19. There are 265 coronavirus deaths in the state. And 11th staff member tested positive at San Franciscos laguna honda hospital and increases the total to 14. The governor said california delivered more than 41 million n95 masks to Health Care Providers statewide. Now, Governor Newsom announced today that labs across the state are beginning to catch up with the enormous backlog of unprocessed covid19 tests. The state among the worst in the nation with 59,000 people waiting for their test r...

Announced it was going to close the northern and southern border to nonessential travel. They invoked a statutory law the gave the government ability to turn away essentially not who does not have permission to go through. The ability to turn away asylumseekers, turn away anyone who tries to enter the u. S. Unlawfully, and also turn away unaccompanied minors who had come to the border to seek protection or reunite with family members. Host what are the numbers telling us right now . Illegalwe kn...

Lauren hey, guys a twoday sell i dont have was reversed. Major averages closing near the highs of the session. Nasdaq leading the major averages gaining almost 3 today. The nasdaq was led by big cap tech which was down for this week. Three reasons for rally. First more rescue funding from the government is likely on the way after the Senate Approved yet another relief package. Second oil prices recovering. Take a look where crude closed the session today, above 13 a barrel. That is much better t...

So americans can get back to work. With social distancing guidelines set to expire at the end of this month, what will the country look like in may . Virtual prayer. This easter, tens of millions of americans are now planning to stay home and pray as most houses of worship stay closed this weekend while floridas governor comes under fire for refusing to ban large religious gatherings. Staying mindful. With so much unease and uncertainty, its almost impossible to find time for ourselves. Dr. Deep...

Today is a day in the state of new york with very mixed emotions based on two very different pieces of information we have. I am trying to work through the mixed emotions for myself. I will present the facts and we will go from there. There is good news and what we are seeing. What we have done, and what we are doing is actually working and making a difference. We took dramatic actions in this state. New York Pause Program closed down schools and businesses, social distancing. And it is working....