Blake burman at the white house. We have Lauren Simonetti watching the market action. Edward lawrence reporting from washington at the but on this up and down day, lauren, we start with you. Lauren lauren its with up and down day. I had to look over to see if stocks finished the green. It is changing constantly. This is the new normal. Investors are totally unsure how to price in politics. Not just the expected turbulence around the election, but the future of stimulus. Stocks got a major stimulus from comments on treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin he and House Speaker nancy pelosi theyre going to keep talking about a new relief bill as House Democrats reportedly are ready to scale down a package of their own. Doesnt mean it is going to happen up investors like they are talking. We call it the mnuchin maybe, maybe. The s p 500 avoiding falling into correction territory, up, after the closing bell by just nine points. Yes, it is positive on the year by a whole 16 points, guys. Take a look
News writer thomas frank discusses how clean and the army corps of engineers are responding. At 9 50, representative danny davis of illinois on the pandemic in the state. Host good morning, this is washington journal for april 3. We are showing you footage from d. C. Terryton , Cherry Blossom festival last year. We want to know how you are responding to the covid19 outbreak, particularly in positive ways. Maybe there is a search of volunteerism in your community, or assisting others who are desperate and needy during this time. Tell us your story on two lines this morning. 202 7488000 for the eastern and central time zones, and 202 7488001 for the mountain and pacific time zones. If you want to tweet us, it is 202 7488003. Make sure you put your name, city, and state if you text on that line. You can tweet us at cspanwj and post on our Facebook Page at facebook. Com cspan. Even in these dire times, there are several positive stories in the papers across the United States. Just a couple
Efforts to combat the Opioid Epidemic. Public Health Officials from five states testified on prescription take backs, needle exchanges, and access to opioid overdose drugs. Subcommittee of oversight investigations is holding a hearing entitled a Public Health emergency, state efforts to curb the Opioid Crisis. The purpose of todays hearing is to examine state efforts and successes addressing the Opioid Epidemic as well as opportunities for future support. Just to let everyone know, the reason were getting a little late, the plane was delayed but now dr. Scott is on her way. So, we will swear in the witnesses when we get to that point. If we have to do that one later, we will. The chairman will now recognize herself for an Opening Statement. As i said, today, the committee continues this bipartisan efforts to combat the Opioid Crisis. As we know, the countrys in the midst of an epidemic unlike any in recent history. According to the centers for Disease Control and prevention, from 1999
The report exonerated President Trump and he has said time or Counsel Robert Mueller said no. Things for democrats and republicans to light for a number of reasons, but in terms of moving the needle on impeachment, questionable if the first hearing would do anything to do as much. David we have a second hearing shortly after theyre done with this one. If they are not moving the needle, might this be good news for Speaker Pelosi . She has made no secret of the fact that she would not fight the 2020 election on impeachment. Kevin from her perspective, yes. Respective,akers impeachment would impose a significant political risk. In terms of also the Agenda Setting for the democratic party. From the progressive bases perspective, they feel that this is something it is time to come to fruition. They feel the base once this and they feel their voters and constituents, particularly in altra progressive district, have been calling on this for several years in ultra progressive districts, have b
Associations, and health care experts. The committee chaired by vermont independent senator bernie sanders. Not only is this unfair to working class and lower income americans, who cannot access a medical home when they need it, and we are losing over 60,000 people a year because they do not get to on time. But in addition to that, from a financial and costeffective perspective, what we have now is basically insane. We have a situation where people get sick, they do not go to the doctor, you know what happens when you dont go to the doctor and you are sick . You get sick or. Maybe you end up in an emergency room where the cost of primary care is ten times, or eight times more than it is if you walked into a Community Health center. If you cant afford prescription drugs, you get sticker, and you may end up in the hospital, and that will cost 100,000. So what we are talking about today is to, things my own personal view, and health care is a human right, and that we should emulate what g