Association. This is 2. 5 hours. The subcommittee on Early Childhood elementary and secondary education will come to order. Welcome, everyone. Del. Sablan the subcommittee on Early Childhood elementary and secondary education will come to order. Welcome, everyone. I note that a quorum is present, and i note for the subcommittee that mr. Courtney from connecticut, ms. Mcbath of georgia, ms. Underwood of illinois ms. Lee of nevada, ms. , trahan of massachusetts, mr. Michigan, mr. Banks of indiana, mr. Johnson of south dakota, and dr. Murphy of North Carolina are permitted to participate in todays hearing with the understanding that their questions will come after all members of the Early Childhood, elementary and secondary education subcommittee on both sides of the aisle who are present, have had an opportunity to question the witnesses. The committee is meeting today for a hearing to hear testimony on underfunded and unprepared , examining how to overcome obstacles to safely reopen Pub
Discusses the Coronavirus Response. House5 am, daniel ober discusses how the u. S. Power grid is responding to the pandemic. Host good morning, it is wednesday, april 1, 2020. President trump in the task force released new estimates projecting the deadly virus 100,000240,000 americans even under the current efforts. He warns those numbers could be much higher if they dont follow the guidelines aimed at keeping the virus from spreading. This morning onwashington journal we get reaction to the projections. Also, you could send us a text this morning. You do, please include your name and where you are from. On social media and twitter it is cspanwj. Very good wednesday morning to you. You could start calling in now. Some of the front pages coming off of president Trumps Coronavirus Task force briefing yesterday. This is Washington Post. Dire, thetoll is front page of the new york and this from the front page of the Washington Times. I want everymp american to be prepared for the hard days
Impact of coronavirus . What are people seeing behind those aisles . Guest that is the question of the day. A lot is going on. I cannot tell you what an incredible disruption the last couple of weeks have been. Primarily, you have a lot of people hoarding and buying lots of food. A lot of other things. The supply chain is not set up for a surge like that so it takes a little while to get caught up. We have lots of hens and cattle and pigs in this country, but they are set to move through the system at a certain pace. The other really big thing thats happening is you have a massive shift from restaurants, food service, universities, schools to retail. In some cases thats different products, different types of products, different types of produce, but all of that has to be shifted to retail. Unfortunately some of this may go to waste, particularly in the case of fresh produce. It has to be eaten fairly quickly. Has created all sorts of logistical challenges and otherwise, this whole shif
Twitter and see what is going on. It looks like the rain is about done. Not much left and the system is falling apart. The wind is front and center and gusting up to 50. Mount diablo, 35 plus. 3545 from novato through sfo and the system will be here thursday morning and 50s on the temps today, cool and breezy. 5 01 and sal is here. Things are getting crowded at the bay bridge with traffic getting slower as you come up. A little bit of slowing and its just after 5 00 and we have traffic and it is a little damp at interstate 880. Lets go back to the desk. The final democratic president ial debate is tonight. There will be candidates on stage and we have more from Alyssa Harrington with what to expect and a candidate calling it quits. Reporter yesterday, cory booker announced he is dropping out but will fully support whoever wins. Im suspending my campaign for president. Reporter booker said he did not have enough money to continue and this thins out the field was six candidates taking th
Who are very active in looking at technology and product 50 and the implications for the labor force. It will depend over time on workers having the skills and aptitudes to benefit from technology. Hashistory for 250 years been that Technology Enables higher productivity and those who have the skills and aptitude to operate and benefit from that technology, their wages go up. Their stated of living goes up. Youre at a place where there may be a period and there have been periods where there could be several decades that is not the case. Where the evolution of ofhnology leads to periods bad distributional effects. Over time, it has always led to lifting all boats. This particular period is one of concern. Ought to beress, we thinking about the potential impact at whether there are any policy moves we ought to make to anticipate or to try to accommodate Artificial Intelligence and other technologies. Chair powell i think it is hard to imagine you can stop the march of technology. It will