Protected paths. The though we move to valley of the shadow of death, we shall fear no evil. Us. Are with you protect and comfort us. The shepherds among us, especially for health for workers, whose care others puts them at risk. And them wisdom, clarity, rest. When our anxiety about disease fear of our neighbors, forgive us. Constricts our hearts up, renew ion drives us. When scarcity clouds our judgment, lead us. Protect those most vulnerable, especially those who are sick, isolated, unemployed, or without shelter. House of he representatives. Uide the members along right pathways. Always alert to the reality of us. Threats facing give our leaders calm assurance you. Biding trust in amen. The speaker pro tempore to section 7a of house the journal of the last days proceedings is approved. Lead the will now house in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Of rule 1, clause 4 the following enrolled bill was pro d by the speaker empore brown on friday, march 2020. The clerk senate 3503, a bill to authorize the secretary of to treat ffairs certain programs of education converted to Distance Learning emergencies and healthrelated situations in the same manner as programs of pursued at educational institutions and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to clause 12a of rule chair declares the house in recess subject to the call of the chair. The Upper Chamber will try again today when they gaveling at noon eastern with the remote schedule for just after majority mcconnells opening remarks. Watch the senate live on our Company Network cspan 2. Companion network cspan tubing. We will take you back to the final minutes of the Coronavirus Briefing with andrew cuomo. The food delivery workers, the pharmacy workers, all of those people who have to go out and do their job, right . So the legislature will do their job for the executives will do their job. We will pass a budget. And not just a budget. We will pass a budget and address the policy items that we laid out and we discussed because it is not just about passing a budget and the numbers. There are many policy initiatives that i laid out back in january and we are going to pursue all of them. The only caveat was if you have a really complex issue that ofmally would require weeks nuanced detailed negotiation to do it right, that we wont do it. Because i dont want to pass any bills that are not really intelligent that i did not that i didnt have to come back in deal with next year. Issue,s a highly complex i get it. Lets put it up because we dont want to do something sloppy stop otherwise i know. Bill reform has to be done. [indiscernible] i want to do legalizing marijuana. [indiscernible] what does bail reform look like . Have different positions. You have the assembly, the senate, you have my proposal that i did last year, you have people that are very concerned out there, strong opinions on both sides. I just want to see a resolution in progress and i want to see it in the budget. [indiscernible] cuts. Illion worth of it is a structural thing for the budget, but we are also in the Health Care System now. Do you agree with those cuts . Are you thinking about any other way to get through this medicaid issue . There are Different Things in there. Costs and medicaid that have absolutely nothing to do with anything we are doing now. And yet many parts of medicaid that have grown exponentially. Frankly, there is gross waste, gross waste. And almost periodically, you have to go to any of these Government Programs and you have to question every premise. Why are we doing this . Why are we doing this . Why are we doing this . You will find there are ways to save money. And that is what were doing here. Youave i want to show videos that the state is running to help communicate to new yorkers the need to stay home, the need to isolate because we are trying to get out the message. I have been saying it and everyone has been saying it, but we have to do a better job communicating so we are trying a number of other vehicles. So just show them oh, i have to do it. I have to do everything myself. Hello, this is robert deniro. We all need to stay home. We need to stop the spread of this virus and we can only do it together. Not just protect ourselves, but to protect others and all of the older people you love. Please. Im watching you. [laughter] this is dated to veto. Im asking you from the bottom of my heart, all over the state of new york, stay home. I mean everybody. We have this virus, this pandemic, and young people can get it. They can transmitted to old people. Cuomo asked me to ask you to please do us a favor, all of us, and stay home and not spread this virus around. Thank you. Watch a little tv, why dont you . One more question. Can you talk a little bit about how the infrastructure of new york city, People Living on top of each other, china apartment buildings, subways, how that might be contributing to the spread of coronavirus . Densityty controls contributes to the spread of the virus. Andorne sneezing, coughing, i touched this table. Virus could live here for two days. You come tomorrow, im gone, you touch that spot. In new york city, all that density. A lot of people are touching a lot of spots, right . Counter bench, grocery camino, just picture the city and daily life and that is why in denser areas, you will have a higher rate of spread then in more suburban and more rural communities. It is just a function of interaction and proximity. I have to go to the java center. Thank you so much, guys. Promoting legislators . We are not at that point. Thank you. [indiscernible] the hospitalization numbers from the beginning. Where the current number of people im sorry, 30 . The 13 . Hospitalization, that is today. That is compared to like 20 yesterday. [indiscernible] i dont know. I will have to call you. Thank you. Thank you. U. S. Senate gavels in today at noon eastern with more work on the coronavirus Economic Relief bill expected. Yesterday, Senate Democrats blocked the advancement of the latest Economic Relief measure known as phase three. That was a 47 to 47 vote. 68 votes were needed to move the bill forward. The Upper Chamber will try again today when they gavel and at noon eastern about 20 minutes from now with revo scheduled for just after majority leader mcconnells opening remarks. You can watch it live on our companion network cspan 2. The senate will be briefing today about the military response to the global pandemic. Defense secretary mark esper expected to address reporters. You can see that live scheduled for 1245 time eastern right here on cspan. A little bit later, the Daily White HouseCoronavirus Response task force meeting. President trump has been leading these recently. That is currently expected to start at 530 eastern and we will have it live for you as well. This quick programming, beginning tonight we will open the phone lines between 8 00 and 9 00 p. M. Eastern. We want to hear from you about how youre dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. How it is affecting you. As transit 8 00 eastern. That begins at 8 00 eastern. The Associated Press reporting as signature jerry brought some trees go through pete bloom in the nations capital, officials and the district of columbia are resorting to mask massive street closures to keep crowds away. The metropolitan Police Department closed down a dozen different streets, bridges, and traffic circles sunday morning trying to them traditional crowds who packed the area around the Jefferson Memorial and the trailing title basin. The iconic Cherry Blossom reached peak bloom on friday and should stay that way for about 10 days. You can read more at ap news. Com. It is easy to follow the federal response to the coronavirus outbreak at cspan. Org coronavirus. Track the spread throughout the u. S. And the world with interactive maps and charts, watch briefings and hearings with Public Health specialists anytime, unfiltered come at cspan. Org coronavirus. Sinceevision has changed cspan began 41 years ago but our Mission Continues to provide an unfiltered view of government. We have already brought you primary election coverage. The president ial impeachment process, and now the federal response to the coronavirus. You can watch all of cspans Public Affairs programming on television, online, or listen on our free radio app and be part of the National Conversation through cspans daily Washington Journal Program or through our social media feeds. Cspan, created by private industry. Americas Cable Television company is a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. Host joining us from the headquarters of the aflcio is the president of that organization, richard trumka. Here in studio is nathan bony Business Reporter for usa today. Mr. Trumka, i want to ask you about this moment in our countrys history. Lives have been upended. The stock market has seen a whipsaw. Workers are uncertain. Where would you put this moment right now . I would say it is a very serious moment for everybody in the country and it is probably a new chapter in our history that is going to be rewritten. Or written this time. We have things that have never happened before on a scale that have never happened before to this country. And we are going to have to get back the way we did during the world wars where we all started pulling together to try to solve a common problem. That new chapter would begin with what