If you do think there should be, the number is 202 7488000. If you dont, 202 7488001. A special line this morning to hear specifically from those who have recently lost their jobs, 202 7488002. You can send us a text, 202 7488003 is that number. If you do, please include your name and where you are from. Otherwise catch up with us on , andl media, cspanwj facebook,. Facebook. You can start calling in now on those phone lines as we show you a chart about what congress and the president have approved so far from it comes to coronavirus relief. Thattrillion, including inst spending bill from back march, followed by the Families First Coronavirus Response act, the bulk of it coming from the , 2. 7 trillion, and the additional money approved in the paycheck protection program, additional money needed to heat that going last month. Of course, the unemployment numbers we learned on friday, stand like this as of april. 14. 7 jobless rate, 27 million in the month of april. Economic projections
The outbreak. It would provide workers with 2000 a month for the next four months this is half an hour. Just look at the numbers. Last week, almost a Million People applied for employment insurance. The hard truth is that people are out of work because of this crisis and worried about what comes next. So i want you to know that well be there to help you. Our government is doing everything we can to be there for you. [speaking french] [speaking french] [speaking french] the canada Emergency Response benefit will provide 2,000 a month for the next four months for workers who lose their income as a result of covid19. This will replace the two benefits we announced last week, the Emergency Care benefit and the Emergency Support benefit, in order to streamline the process. Like i said from the start, we will adapt our approach wherever needed. If youve lost your job because of covid19, whether youre full time, contract, or selfemployed, this new benefit will be there for you. If youre sick
The defenseliams on act and its use in the government. On this boat, the yaeah the bill is passed. Host good morning the Senate Approved a third economic aid package with a price tag of 2. 2 trillion dollars and it goes to the house for a vote scheduled on friday. And then, to the president s desk. We will get your thoughts on action to respond. 202737,000 you can text us with your first name, 2027488003e at or join the conversation on twitter and facebook. Let us begin with the action in the house. , democrat ofleader maryland sent a letter out to the rank and file members saying that the house will convene at 9 00 a. M. On friday to consider the bill in order to protect the safety of members and staff and prevent further threat, the republican leader and i expect the houseboat will be done by voice house vote will be done by voice vote. Members who want to come to the floor will be able to do so. We are working to ensure that those who are not able to return to washington may express
Its a 2 trillion score. Or something. Its a 2 trillion bill. And so the bottom line is, its expensive, but it would have been more expensive to do nothing or do very little crisis is so all enveloping so much of america. Make is, weoint id laid out what we wanted in this bill on monday. There was a great deal of public debate. That public n debate. People didnt want a Lending Facility with no accountability. Wanted much more money for our hospitals and our nurses and our equipment. Workers nted to put first. So there was a great deal of the issues, and i that o my caucus the day we voted not to proceed, this to its very important move quickly but its also important to move well. Will be with us not bill will not be with us ot just tore days or weeks but for years so we better make it right. Theres a lot in the bill that i ont like, but its a muchimproved product, and i hink everyone was proud of the bill our Democratic Caucus was proud of the bill produced nd proud of the unity that we
This commission is so good. They produce 120 questions for me to interrogate this panel with. laughs so this is actually a ten hour session, not a one hour session. I am thrilled to be here with this panel, some old friends and new friends are with me on stage. To my immediate left his Andrea Thompson known to many of you. She was the former under secretary of state for arms control. She was the National Security adviser to the Vice President , and most importantly, 25 years of service, time in combat zones and certainly served her country nobly. So andrea, welcome. I have the great pleasure of having mr. Rasmussen with us, the former danish prime minister, chairman of the Danish Liberal Party and formerly the country generally of nato. Most recently though he is the ceo of rasmussen global as well is the founder of the alliance for democracies, or of democracies can which we will get you a little bit later. Thrilled to see my old friend Gabrielle Haines here, as many of you know she w