Been in session in earnest distance they passed the third coronavirus bill on the 25th of march. Theyre not going to do anything quite that big today, but theres a lot of apprehension from senators as they back to the capital because the cases of coronavirus continue to rise in the washington, d. C. , region. Here is democratic maryland chris van hollen. I am very worried about all the capital staff and putting their health and lives at risk. A lot of them are my constituents. One vote on the docket today, the confirmation of robert vital to serve as the Inspector General for the Nuclear Regulatory commission, thats at 5 30 p. M. A lot of senators will hitandrun, only coming to the capital for that vote and then immediately leaving. Work on actual legislation is weeks away. Republicans like John Barrasso of wyoming are worried about whos responsible in the coronavirus aftermath. What republicans arent talking about however, his Liability Reform to try to give some protection to our health care workers, or Small Businesses that are trying to open to get the economy going again so they dont have to live in fear of lawsuits. Now the first big hearing since early march will happen tomorrow. This is the confirmation hearing for john ratcliffe, republican representative from texas to be the director of national intelligence. There were also be a hearing later in the week on how coronavirus has hit the airline industry. The house of representatives is not in session this week. But there will be some activity, im told in the past half hour so that democrats in the house think theyre getting closer to putting together their bill. Care is his thats called to respond to coronavirus. Theyve burned through about 56 of that 310 billion which was approved a couple of weeks ago. And tomorrow, House Speaker nancy pelosi will swear in yc and food bank, the representative from all tomorrow. He won a special election last week to succeed at Elijah Cummings who died. There also is concerned here about coronavirus kind of seeping through capitol hill. Nancy pelosi and the Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell put out a rare joint statement over the weekend rejecting quick testing here on capitol hill. For members and staff. That something that kevin mccarthy, the minority leader, he would like to see that rapid testing, he says we need to maintain continuity of government. Bill, back to you. Bill amazing how quickly the money goes. Thank you so much, chad, chad pergram on the hill. President trump sitting down for a virtual town hall with fox news last night. He says some states are not opening fast enough. But also warned the virus could kill as many as 100,000 americans. Our Team Coverage continues. John roberts on the north lawn again, today, john beginning a new week. Good afternoon. Good afternoon to you, bill. Theres a reporting that the white house is pushing back fairly hard on a new interagency assessment from fema that projects that within the next month, the deaths per day in the United States from coronavirus will rise to 3,000 and the number of new infections could be as high as 200,000 per day, currently, where it about 25,000 per day, and the first reporting of this new assessment, it was said that these productions had come from the centers for Disease Control. Fox news is told that those numbers are not official cdc numbers. They actually came from johns hopkins. Fox news also told that the data does not take into account continued mitigation during a reopening. In a statement the white house saying this is not a white house document, nor has it been presented to the Coronavirus Task force were gone through interagency vetting. This data is not reflective of any of the modeling done by the task force or data that the task force has analyzed. The president s face guidelines to open up america, again, or a scientific driven approach, and the top health and Infectious Disease experts in the federal government agreed with. The latest forecast from the centers for Disease Control protects that the total of number of death will rise to 100,000 or above. They take various models, what you see on the left, and average them out to get an ensemble forecast, kind of like the National Hurricane center does with the storm track, this one with disease. Thats why the president is now saying that as many as 100,000 people could succumb to the coronavirus before we finally get a break here. A lot of talk in congress from capitol hill is the senate comes back about a face for a stimulus package, and what that could look like. Democrats want a lot of money for the states to deal with First Responders and other things. Senator Mitch Mcconnell and the president are saying that they dont want to give a whole lot of money to states to bail them out of problems that have been decades in the making. What the president wants is a Huge Investment in infrastructure and some tax breaks as well. Including for employees, a payroll tax cut. Heres what he said in our town hall last night. President trump i want to see a payroll tax cut on both sides, a very strong one, because thats going to really put people to work. And i told steve, just today, were not doing anything unless were getting payroll tax cut, that is so important to Business Class asked of our country. Not a lot of appetite for a payroll tax cut in congress, particularly among democrats. Dana thank you, john roberts from the north lawn. We promise Mitch Mcconnell now on the floor of the senate, lets drop in. Health care workers, Grocery Store workers, truck drivers, and many other americans continue to carefully show up for work, and it is essential that their u. S. Senators carefully show up ourselves. And support them. I want to thank the dedicated men and women whove worked hard to develop solutions so the senate can take these careful steps back toward emperors and operations. Dr. Brian monahan, and the entire office for the attending physician. While done. Everyone in the offices of the architect of the capital started at arms, secretary of the senate, and our colleagues on the rules committee, and their staff. Of course, the teams that support our networks and telecommunications, we are working hard day and night during these weeks of remote work. Even more broadly, mr. President , i want to recognize and thank all, all the essential senate staff who are here with, in person so the senate can function. Whether they be Staff Members in our own offices, and committee offices, all the nonpartisan professionals who serve the institution itself. Bill nice moment there, wanted to share that with you, not easy stuff is the senate goes back to work, we will take you throughout the hour with headlines. In the meantime, from florida, that state starting the process of reopening that states economy. Phil Keating Reports live outside of harriets restaurant in key largo. Phil. Delicious breakfast and lunch are, incidentally, bill. Floridians upanddown the state prove vividly all weekend long, they are more than ready to get the state back open and back to normal, but realistically, we are still a ways away from fully reopening. But, phase one began in the state today, this morning, and that means a lot of things, including most restaurants can now start having inperson dining, but with limits. Hearing harriets in key largo, its only been takeout for six weeks. But today, customers are again allowed to eat inside, sit down, and enjoy breakfast and lunch. You get kind of tired of takeout food every day. And they do have the best breakfast in town, so its a nobrainer, coming here. Most estate parks also back open today, as well as most beaches, this is a live look at clearwater beach. Swimming, suntanning, and exercise, as well as a serve is allowed again, but with social distancing being enforced. Florida phase one restaurants and retail can both resume inperson business, but only a 25 of capacity. Elective surgeries can resume. Social distancing restrictions remain in effect. And masks continued to be encouraged. Still closed in florida are schools, bars, gyms, spas, and salons. Still no visitors at Nursing Homes and assisted living facilities. The governor says reopening will be slow, steady, and smart. Its not going to happen overnight, but im confident that we can get there. Everyone, just hang in there and do your part. One major exception for floridas phase one are the three most populous counties in the state, with half of the States Coronavirus cases and deaths. Thats miamidade, broward, and palm beach counties. Everything, the shutdown stays the same, meaning beaches, retail, and restaurants still not back open. And since south Florida Marine is reopened on wednesday, this weekend was jampacked with boaters, so many that by 10 00 a. M. On saturday, some marinas, people that had been sitting in line for hours were turned away. And Palm Beach County yesterday, a big flotilla of protesters cruised from jupiter down to President Trump maralago. Some called it a trump taylor. All a clear indication that after six weeks of this lock up and shut down, upanddown estate, people are really starting to itch to get things back open and back to normal. As for when florida with then began a phase two, well, no timetable set on that. But the governor has indicated its not going to happen days from now. It will be weeks likely. Enjoy the food, fell, like going on imported. Nice to see you. Phil keating in key largo. President trump says hes confident we will have a vaccine by the end of this year. We will talk to a doctor about that possibility next. Plus, another hurdle as joe biden tries to clear his name. What were hearing today from the senate about a potential complaint from his accuser. And, Homeland Security is now accusing china of a coverup. So then, what next with beijing . There is this bigger issue that chinas pond the virus, and they had the virus for about six weeks, which allow that virus to escape wuhan and in fact the world. Ive got some terrific news for veteran homeowners from newday usa. Interest rates have dropped to record lows. Newday usa makes it so easy to refinance that one call can save you 2000 a year. 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The republican leader has called the senate back into session, despite the fact that the district of columbia appears to be reaching the peak phase of this Public Health emergency. Despite the risks to be fazed by gathering in the capital, despite the risks faced by security guards, cafeteria workers, janitors, and the staff, who operate the floor of the senate. Bill this debate continues now. Chuck schumer with his turn at the microphone. Wanted to share that with you as well. Watching for headlines. In the meantime, from last night there was this on fox. President trump i think were going to have a vaccine by the end of the year. The doctors will say you shouldnt say that. I will say what i think. Ive met with the heads of these big companies, great companies. I think were going to have a vaccine much sooner rather than later. B to one of the headlines from last night, President Trump predicting a vaccine by the end of the year. Meanwhile sco behind the company of a possible treatment, remdesivir, told cbs news that drugs are thriving in hospitals this week. Once a bring in a director of the Harvard Global health institute, doc, nice to see you again. Good afternoon to you. Vaccine by the end of the year, is it possible . Bill, thanks for having me back on. That would be great, and i think were all going to help. I think its going to be a long shot to get it by the end of this year. By 2021, sometime, hopefully earlier on would be great. Its really optimistic to think we can get it by january. Speech im looking at the science, its better than it was during the hiv fight. Better than it is during even ebola three years ago. When youve got all hands on deck from all these countries around the world, why not consider the possibility of it being fasttrack . Absolutely, remember it takes years to make vaccines in general. So anything thats like nine, 12, 18 months is super fast track. The only thing i would say is weve never built a Coronavirus Vaccine before. This is our first time as humanity. Joy think we can do it . I do. All hands on deck. But we just have to plan for the possibility that it may take a little while, because weve never done this before. Bill Oxford University is on this, as you know, pfizer, jonathan and john the thin. Oxford set over the weekend they will know if there vaccine is effective in early june. A month away, pretty fast. It is. Theyre getting into phase two trials. Look, i dont mean to be the downer on this, i am the enthusiast. I just dont want to overpromise and under deliver. It would be much better if we hope for january, but planned for june or september of 2021, and if we get surprised, it would be awesome. Bill will take that, it would be awesome. Strong language you have about the cdc, how come, what you think is going on there . I feel terrible, because as a Public Health person, ive always loved and admired the cdc, they have just been awol in this, the entire time, their advice has not been on time, and evidencebased. Theyre not giving us the data we need. I think we really need to take a hard look at whats happening at the cdc, and why are they not performing as we expect them to . Bill i saw some of your comments, you dont like the leadership in atlanta, thats what i take away from what youre saying. Look, i dont know whats going on, to be perfectly honest. What i can tell as they are not performing. Bill the first test failed. Yes, the first test failed, they put out recommendations that have been slow. They have not been keeping up on the data for four weeks, they took the weekend off on updating what was happening with the pandemic. You dont take weekends off in the middle of a pandemic. There been a lot of issues, and i dont understand whats going on, but weve got to get to the bottom of it. Bill we will see that, theres a report from south korea says you cannot get it for a second time. Youve seen that study, what you think . Look, this is heading in the right direction. We have wanted to be sure that once youre infected and get better, we would love to make sure that you are immune and you can get reinfected. Weve had a few instances of people testing positive again, more and more, the evidence is coming back, those people are not reinfected, may be picking up a fragment of the virus. Hopefully, you really do get immunity after youve been infected. Bill let me try and tweeze one more question back here in the u. S. , what is your feeling about the reopening of the economies in these governors trying . You know, we all want to reopen. I get the feeling, i totally am sympathetic. I think the president s guidelines for opening up america again are evidencebased and sciencebased. I want governors to use those guidelines, and if they meet the guidelines, i think they should open. But, not all the governors, not all the states do. Some of them are going against the president s guidelines, and that makes me really nervous. Bill doctor, good luck, i hope you come back in a matter of days. We, maybe even sooner. Nice to see you again. One of the world hardest hit countries finally starting to reopen. Back here at home, i will check in with a restaurant tenant injects us to see how the new rules are affecting business there well, see this handsome man, his name was william. And william fell in love with rose and they had a kid. His name was charles and charles met martha. Isnt she pretty . Yeah. Introducing oreida potato pay. Where oreida golden crinkles are your crispy currency to pay for bites of this. With this. When kids wont eat dinner, potato pay them to. Oreida. Win at mealtime. Home values are up, and Mortgage Rates are at record lows. Potato pay them to. 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