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Discussion with professor from Rice University welcome to houston. [applause] ladies and gentlemen thank you for the Houston Museum of Natural Science for inviting me to someone who sits on the board of several museums i have a deep appreciation for the role of institutions that play in the local community as a window of the past and a guide to the future the indispensable resources i go above and beyond what you read in books. Houston is fortunate enough to have this place its a great pleasure ...

Gov. Abbott do i press that to unmute it . Good afternoon. This is governor greg abbott. Im going to be joined today by the chief of the Texas Division of emergency management. You can come on in. I want to express my gratitude to all of the hospital ceos from across the entire state of texas who are on the line. I think we have ceos from either every or almost every Major Hospital system in the state of texas. Before we begin our discussion with the hospital leaders, let me just say a few thing...

Restaurants offering free meals to First Responders. And a houston legend known aaffectionately as mattress mack opening his Furniture Stores for those who needed shelter. One volunteer said ive met more of my neighbors in the last 24 hours than i have in the last 20 years. Well, these heart warming stories of texans lending a hand to one another are a source of comfort, even during the toughest times. Right now when extending a physical hand is one of the worst things you can do because it viol...

Governor abbott first, i want to thank everybody for being here today. As i provide you an update on where we are as of today, as well as some new additional information. First, i want to let you know hat as of today, the Texas State Health Department Says that the state of texas now has tested positive 715 texans, testing positive for covid19. Once again, the number that the state Health Department provides differs a little bit from the figures that are provided by Johns Hopkins. The reason for...

Thank you all for joining with us here today. Let me start out by expressing my gratitude to all of our fellow texans for your tremendous efforts that you made over the past few weeks to slow the spread of the coronavirus. By staying at home, by reducing personal interactions. You are saving lives and you are improving the health of people across our entire state. Let me give you some updated information and then go into more detail. One thing that we continue to do we continue to administer mor...

Absence of a quorum. Madam president , across our country were seeing cities, schools, businesses, and other organizations take the necessary and serious precautions to keep the American People safe from the spread of the coronavirus. School districts, colleges, universities are canceling inperson classes, churches are moving to services online, professional sports teams are hitting pause on their regular season, airlines are canceling flights and many main street businesses are closing their do...

Holy god, we love you. You are our strength, rock, and protection. Use our senators today to make our nation safer and better. May they often think of the positive legacy they can leave through faithful service to you and country. Lord, remind them that you have brought our nation through much greater difficulties than the ones we now face. As they strive to unite for the common good of this land we love, may they embrace your promise that you will never leave or forsake us. We pray in your merc...

And next week and theyll be a lot of death unfortunately. The u. S. President warns all of americas toughest week in the battle against coronavirus. And the army of robots helping to relieve the pressure on Health Workers treating coronavirus victims. And in sport kobe bryant receives one of the last couple of highest honors a former and the superstar who died in a Helicopter Crash earlier this year has been inducted into the leagues hall of fame. We begin in spain where there is calls for at le...

Meals to First Responders and a houston legend known affectionately as mattress opening his Furniture Stores for those that needed shelter. One volunteer said ive met more of my neighbors in the last 24 hours than i have in the last 20 years. Well, these heartwarming stories of texans lending a hand one another are a source of comfort, even during the toughest times. Right now, when extending a physical hand is one of the worst things you can do, because it violates social distancing rules, ther...

The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal father, answer us speedily. When we dont know which way to turn, guide us with your light. When we cannot see the way. Do not hide your face from our lawmakers, as they seek to do your will. For in the time of trouble, you continue to hide us in your pavilion. Lord, teach our senators how to live in a way that will honor you. We magnify your name for...