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That which says its contained the outbreak that. Hello pressure is growing on more and more governments over when their coronavirus knockdowns will be lifted or this despite numbers of deaths and infections continuing to rise spain has joined italy and the us in seeing more than 20000 People Killed by the virus but officials there say the peak has passed the u. K. Isnt far behind this number of deaths reaching 15000 a government minister has admitted that supplies of vital mosques and aprons are running short after warnings from hospitals we know of the indian state of carolina has added evidence to the mantra that testing is the way out of the pandemic its claiming success with just 3 deaths. When restrictions were lifted is still a big question in the u. S. Some governors are rolling out plans to start lifting measures in their states after pressure from the president and his supporters thats not going to happen in the worst hit ....
I know it looks a little bit different today. And that is because we are over at our Emergency ManagementOperations Center. This is the area where so much of the work that we do in response to battling covid19 and also the work we do responding to natural disasters and other challenges that we face. Some of it so much of it happens here. It gives us an opportunity to show you a little bit of the inside of our response. Inside of our response. And i want to start today by introducing the head of Emergency Management here in kentucky. Give him an opportunity to welcome you to the center. s name is Michael Dossett and he has been doing a great job. Michael . Michael thank you, governor. Welcome to the state eoc. We christened the building in 2013. We h ....
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 merciful name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting 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. Mr. Grassley madam president. The presiding officer the senator from iowa is recognized. Mr. Grassley i ask permission to speak in morning business for one minute. The presidi ....
In deniz kellog. Thank you for joining us. Joined live by governor pete ricketts, the labor commissioner, and our colleagues from the university of Nebraska Health center. We have made this available to cspan and other broadcasters across the state. This is a special edition of speaking in nebraska. You can join by calling us. You can also send us an email and you can contact us on twitter and facebook as well. We will begin, governor ricketts. Gov. Ricketts i always get to go first. Dennis exactly. As the one leaving this effort, how do you think that nebraska is doing in this flat in this fight . Gov. Ricketts we have 10person limit. This is a layered approach to how we slowed down the spread of the virus in the state. Its a lot of things that add up over time. Im going to steal dr. Lawlers metaphor with cheese. One sliced is not stop a lot. This is what all of these measures do. Last three at the , we, how many cases we have h ....
A senator mr. President. The presiding officer the senator for west virginia. Mr. Manchin are we in a quorum call . The presiding officer it is. Mr. Manchin wish to vitiate the quorum call. I will i am doing so because i believe he is well qualified for the job. He has been the commissions general counsel for the past two and a half years. He understands the complex legal issues that come before the commission. I voted to report mr. Danlys nomination both last november and last week on the strength of his qualifications, not on politics. I urge my colleagues to do the same. But the position to which mr. Danly has been nominated is one of five seats on the federal Energy Regulatory commission. By law, no more than two of the five seats can be held by one party. Only three of the seats are now filled. Two by republicans and one by a democrat. The other democratic seat has been vacant since last august. Traditionally when both a r ....