Look, any way you take it, employment in april was a disaster. We are looking at an Unemployment Rate that is likely approaching 20 . We get those numbers, the unemployment numbers for the whole country, next friday. However, got to tell you the backtowork movement is really gathering steam. States across the nation are modifying their stayathome rules. Businesses are reopening. Oklahoma reopens some businesses tomorrow. California will allow some elective surgery. This, however, is receiving mixed messages. President trump says georgia is reopening too soon. He says he strongly disagrees with georgias decision. However, he will still leave it up to the states. Heres a positive. The Field Hospital built specially for virus patients in houston, texas, may be dismantled, not needed, underused. Lets get to the markets. First im dealing with oil. Look at this. Moving back up again in price. 16. 71 is the production price right now, but production is being scaled back very very sharply. Sup
Yesterday there was no Task Force Briefing and none is scheduled for today. Now thursdays briefing. Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement act. Im grateful the congress is delivering these additional 320 billion dollars in relay for the American Worker and for Small Businesses. Time Many Americans are enduring significant canonic talent is. This bill will help Small Businesses keep millions of workers on the payroll. You see states starting to open up now and it is very exciting to see, aweinspiring. The are coming out of it and we are coming out of it well. And we are really, im very happy, the governors really have been doing a really good job, working with us, and it is pretty impressive to see. I have spoken to numerous leaders of countries over the last 48 hours. They are saying we are leading the way. Harvard andeased stanford and princeton and numerous other universities and businesses, large have sent funds back to us and in some cases i stopped funds that i lo
Not only for america but for all state as we learn from each other. Ive had the privilege of coming here and gaining some longlasting friendships in a bipartisan way. I hope the you governors will take advantage of the opportunity to associate one with another. All of us tout the successs they have had, but i have done the same thing about utah but theres always room for improvement and the opportunity to come and learn from unc best practices and what is taking place in this country has helped me become a better governor. I heard the song God Bless America and i hope god does bless america and i think he does but the best hopes for our success, you governors are providing solutions for the nations problems, laboratories of democracy as these little pilot programs we all learn from and as opposed to the dysfunction we see in washington dc i see tremendous success and function taking place and appreciate the organization. Let me conclude by saying i hope you have enjoyed utah, the rodeo
Colleagues. Colleagues about the key issues of the day. Including outcomes for disconnected youth. Safer and smarter was. Investing in resilience. Cyber Security Workforce development. They all arrive at early learning. Innovative strategies. We will discuss how together, we can develop bipartisan approaches to improve the lives of all americans. Also want to acknowledge our International Best who have traveled from so far away to be here with us today. Please feel free to stand up as you are recognized. From japan we are honored to be joined. He serves a special advisor to the japanese Prime Minister abe. Complimentary vice minister of foreign affairs. Apanese ambassador to the u. S. From mexico, we are joined by governor dominguez. Where are you governor . He is the the chair which is mexicos equivalent of mga. From canada we are joined by a delegation of senators. Members of parliament from a canadian federal government and officials from ontario and quebec. [applause] were also exc
Important humanitarian decision. And he deserves every bit of the credit that weve heard here today. That said, we have to be realistic and say that doesnt solve all the problems and the fact it create some. Then on the civil war,. Whatever i did in academe should also have some dimension that reached out to people who are just interested in the era the way i have been when i was growing up and seemed there should be more bridges between academia and the public than are. Are. One of the key places where that can happen i knew also from experience was at battlefields where you can make a connection to the past in the way that you cant. Sunday at 4 p. M. Eastern on reel america the 1967 film testament of truth details civilian injuries and deaths caused by u. S. Bombing in north vietnam. I used to come home from school for happy with all my close father, grandmother and grandfather. There were 15 of them including an unborn baby had been killed. Only i am left. Even little babies, innoce