the text between warner and the oligarch's lobbyists date back to february of 2017, when warner askedm waldman to connect him with steel. waldman told warner steel was skittish about connecting and warner got a little careful himself, he replied this, quote, we want to do this right, private, in london, don't want to send letter yet. if we can't get agreement would rather not have paper trail. october, the text messages to warner and waldman were provided by republicans and democrats on the senate intel committee, intel committee chair richard burr knew of warner's back channel efforts but chose not to investigate further. i wonder why. contrast warner's connection with russia to that of jeff sessions who recused himself from any russian investigations on march 2nd, 2017, just a month after the president took office. we are back with general michael flynn's attorney, sidney, i want to go back to that moment. it has been about three years and a few days since general flynn re-signed. he has been put through hell by any definition in the prosecution by these justice department attorneys

time warner became a big development -- time warner became a big development. lived there as well. ultimately though you decided to build something even bigger, which became the biggest real estate development in the history of our country, hudson yards. are people who do not live in new york or visit, what is the big deal about hudson yards? over 60% of the buildings in new york were over 60 years old in new york. they were obsolete. new york was growing into the hottest area of new york was a place called chelsea. i saw the idea when hudson yards came about to create a live-work place environment. people were looking for sustainable environments. live-work-play environment in the middle of new york, there was a real need for it. we were able to attract corporations because they are looking for talent and it chelsea was the hottest part of the country where the young people are. build this into thousand eight at the time the recession was going on -- in 2008 at the time the recession was going on. was that scary? stephen: we made a contract before the crisis s

had this gone on, senate intel committee vice-chairman mike warner and adam mauled one might have been highly scrutinized. we will never know. further questions would have been asked about warner's links to stealing the credibility of steel's work. it wasn't in the left wing national media's best interest to look into case. they were busy making claims like these about the steel dossier. >> the dossier has been corroborated by the community. >> the dossier is far from bogus. >> increasingly it is the accurate dossier. >> nothing in the dossier has been disproved. >> the steel dossier just rings true to me. >> christopher still, the mi 6 guy, who did the famous dossier which is getting more credibility now than it did. lou:how did this work and how has it been allowed to go on for so long and in one claim gaining credibility? not so anymore but looking back on those fateful days it is amazing how gullible the left wing national media pretended at least to be. proposing the crash the two people, the fight against the radical dems and deep state efforts to overthrow this president joining

we are also joined by erika warner. make you for joining us. julia manchester, pete buttigieg leaving the race as of yesterday. what does that do to the coming field? guest: on the moderate side, for a while, it was sanders getting that progressive support, but on themoderate side, you have three competing for the moderate vote. can makes it easier on the moderates going forward. pressure on others to drop out because unlike pete buttigieg, they have not been showing the best support. amy klobuchar has performed worse in pete buttigieg, so she is feeling quite a bit of pressure now. polling, at internal money issue? , they after new hampshire were not able to broaden their coalition. iowa and new hampshire majority white, suburban, rural states. that was the boca pete buttigieg's support, and once he had gotten into the more progressive areas, he fell behind in the support. they did not see a path forward going into super tuesday, which like nevada and south carolina, is full of very diverse states. host: now we have a former vice president in

time warner had its offices there and you lived there. stephen: correct.ultimately you decided to build something bigger which became the biggest real estate development in the history of our country called hudson yards. what is the big deal about hudson yards? stephen: in new york, over 60% of the buildings were over 60 years old. they were obsolete. new york was growing. the hottest aria of new york was called chelsea. it's down there. i saw the idea when hudson yards came about of creating a little live workplace environment. people are looking for sustainable developments. hudson yards by building a live, work, play environment in the middle of new york, there was a need for it. we were able to attract the corporations because they are looking for talent. chelsea was the hottest part of the city where the young people are. david: you got the right from new york city to build this around 2008. stephen: yes. david: that's when the recession was going on. was it scary? stephen: we had just went under contract in 2008 before the crisis really started. befo

that's the time warner development. stephen: i was motivated. like most people, you want to do something impactful in life. david: you decided to build something bigger which became the biggest real estate development in the history of our country. hudson yards. by building a live, work, play environment, right in the middle of new york. david: how come your team isn't in the super bowl? stephen: that's a good question. >> would you fix your time please? david: people wouldn't recognize me if my tie was fixed but ok. let's leave it this way. ♪ david: i don't consider myself a journalist. nobody else would consider myself a journalist. i began to take on the life of being an interviewer even though i have a day job running a private equity firm. how do you define leadership? what is it that make somebody tick? many people in the investment world have bought sports teams. i'm not one of them. i do admire others who have to -- have fulfilled their ambitions to get involved in sports. one of them is steve ross. he bought that miami dolphins a number

behind the scenes at the warner brothers studio tour.where we are, this is the hog —— the hogwarts great hall, and in the uk we have james bond, paddington, dunkirk, the trajectory for creative industries is massive. there is a potential shortfall in manpower, a projection of 10,000 overfive shortfall in manpower, a projection of 10,000 over five years. shortfall in manpower, a projection of 10,000 overfive years. let's talk to sarah from the creative industries federation. how serious is this, what are the potential ramifications if we cannot fill those gaps? our skills shortages in the creative sector are very serious, a million newjobs are going to be created by 2030, the industry has grown 60% since 2010. a lack of young people coming into the industry is a very big threat to the growth and future prosperity. behind that, one in three young people surveyed by warner said theyjust didn't know what the creative industries are. absolutely, so awareness of industries are. absolutely, so awareness of our industries are. absolutely, so awa

senator mark warner joining our program.om new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ the house votes tomorrow on the bill that the senate just past, that $2 trillion stimulus bill that is so needed for our economy. we might be getting ahead of ourselves, that this could pave the way for a fourth stimulus bill as well. we want to turn to chief washington correspondent kevin cirilli, who is standing by with a key senator. kevin: thank you, scarlet. we are joined by senator mark warner, democrat from virginia. you look instrumental in working with the small business aspect of the stimulus bill. if you are a small- or medium-sized is this on her composure do call to access these grants and loans? sen. warner: if you are a business below 500, which provides loan forgiveness up to $10 million pending the payroll amount, and for payroll and overhead, you have to go through it for -- either an authorized lender in your community or you should encourage your existing relationship to clear bureaucracy and allow any later to become sba-certified.

service members and edited by warner bros. studios, the academy-award nominated documentary "to the shores of iwo jima." it tells the story of the brutal 36-day battle in which nearly 7000 marines were killed. this film contains graphic scenes of war and death that may disturb some viewers. ♪ [orchestral music] narrator: this is the pacific as you know it, wide stretches of water, but this is the pacific as the joint chief of staffs view it, a battlefield, a vast fortress-studded plane on which the japanese defend the heart of the homeland. it is the most heavily fortified island in the world. this was the most heavily -- heavily fortified island in the world. buried deep underground, the jap preparations for murder. 20,000 fighting men waited for us to make the first move. >> and they don't have to wait long. [explosions] the navy begins to soften up the island so we can land. [explosions] planes from our carrier force take off to strafe and bomb. [machine gun fire] [explosions] gunboats move in close to work over enemy beach

. >>> and 49ers linebacker fred warner shares a serious message about social distancing. >>> as we head to break, another sheltering in place, so we want to show you snapshots sent to abc 7 of what it looks like around the bay area. >> definitely shapes their world view. while i was on a combat patrol my c in baqubah, iraq,nned out. a rocket-propelled grenade took my arm off at the shoulder. when i came home, i felt alone. my family was around me, but i couldn't talk to them about what i'd seen and what i'd done. i remember just thinking, man, the way i am right now, i don't want to live. i was discharged from the army, and i've been working with the wounded warrior project since 2007. warriors don't have to be severely wounded to be with the wounded warrior project. we do have a lot of guys that have post-traumatic stress disorder. being able to share your story, i guess it kind of helps you wrap your mind around what did happen over there. just because you've left the military doesn't mean your life is over, because when these guys are coming home, i'm kind of leading and training the

warner brothers want to get people to work with them.ch. we will be back with you later on. fantastic place to visit. as we've been hearing, a new public health campaign begins today, talking about the importance of hand washing, to try and limit the spread of coronavirus. in a moment we'll talk to the government's top medical adviser, but before we do that, let's take a look at the latest situation across the united kingdom. the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the uk currently stands at 51, a dozen have since recovered. england has seen the most cases, with 48 to date, and one each in wales, scotland and northern ireland. eight cases had travelled from italy, with others from germany, singapore, japan and iran. and across the world, about 90,000 people have been infected, with cases in more than 50 countries, and more than 3,000 deaths. let's talk to the chief medical 0fficerfor england, professor chris whitty. thank you very much forjoining us at what is a difficult time for you. the prime minister has described this as a n

well i think as has been said earlier in reference to i think senator warner candidates say what they need to say in the moment in which they're asked i think. mayor bloomberg is has invested an incredible amount of resources to become a player in the democratic party convention and after the results tonight you really have to question whether 'd the numbers in the data are really going to play out in his favor in terms of making that possible every i don't know the mayor personally but everyone that i've spoken to who do know him really are convinced that he is numbers driven data driven guy i was going to make decisions based on based on the data but look at this point after tonight's performance and i know that we still don't have the results yet from either texas or california where things could look a little bit better for for mayor bloomberg but but i don't think that there's going to be enough energy or in terms of desire to keep the mayor in in the contest i think that hopefully it will be an opportunity where the mayor will be able to take a look at the data that is that he s

mark warner: this is clearly a problem area. stephen: senator mark warner of virginia is ranking member on the select committee on intelligence. he believes we've exposed a loophole that is a risk to national security. mark: many of these shell companies, we don't have any ability to pierce that veil. we need that information not just in terms of the f-1 visa program, but candidly against potential terrorist financing, crime, other national security threats as well. stephen: which brings us back to john fong yang's home in mountain view. remember he promised to talk to us while we were standing in a parking lot at his other workplace. stephen: why did you have f-1 visa workers? where do you want to meet? stephen: yong would not answer or even give us a time or place to meet. stephen: did you employ f-1 visa workers? did they pay you? john: no, no, no; sorry, i think you're too aggressive. stephen: instead, he got in his car and drove away, and we never heard from him again. stephen: we also reached out to the people listed as co

>>gets a virginia senators, tim kaine and mark warner are pushing legislation, providing emergency paidick leave we don't know how long it will actually last. but we have to get resources out into the community. the legislation requires all employers to allow workers 7 days of paid sick leave in an additional 14 days in the event of a public health emergency like the coronavirus crisis coming into a workplace. if you have been exposed or if you possibly. >>have coronavirus could wreak such attic as people lose that job or miss that rent payment. one of the duration of the financial dress will be much much longer the extra sick days could also be used if an employer temporarily closes a child's school closes or a family member is quarantined during a public health emergency. >>advocate outspent he's with the national partnership for women and families says a sick leave is vitally important to families. >>especially those living paycheck to paycheck pace that days or so incredibly important because we're not just they're not available just for the worker to take care of themselves, but al

i got on the phone with senator warner to talk to hospitals. virginia is a state that is pretty well-off, per capita income, significant metropolitan areas but stories from my hospitals were shocking. they can't get tests, to test patients with symptoms of covid-19. if they have tests they don't have swabs to administer the tests or some of the chemical components needed so that once a swab is taken they can run the test to determine if somebody has the virus or not. they don't have masks which they would normally buy for about one dollar apiece are now being charged at $9 apiece was severely limited quantities. major hospitals in a major metropolitan area like virginia on the testing front said they have enough tests from their main supplier to test 40 people. that lasted two days. when they said we need more tests the supplier said we only have so much we can distribute around, that is all you get. when i heard this story, one after the next, i live in a nation with not only the best healthcare providers but the best healthcare institutions i

scarlet: that was mark warner speaking with kevin cirilli. u.s. the trump administration won't meet its promise deadline of having one million test available by the end of this week. the lack of testing kits creating vulnerability in the effort to diagnose and contain the virus. becker.us now is scott those that build effective lab systems that monitor and detect public health threats such as the coronavirus, what is your biggest concern when it comes to the testing kits and the lack of availability? >> sure. thank you for having me on. i think obviously the problems we had with the initial test kit rollout from cdc was a big problem. that put us on pause for a week and a half. am pleased to report 69 laboratories are offering testing. we have more coming to the weekend and early next week. thecdc has remanufactured test and procured additional testing kits, and those are .oving through the system i feel like we have turned the corner. the problem appears to be solved and we are moving on. joe: i am still confused. this has been a serious thing si

senator mark warner of virginia joining us next.s on "andrea mitchell reports," only on msnbc. "andreal reports," only on msnbc. do you have concerns about mild memory loss related to aging? prevagen is the number one pharmacist-recommended memory support brand. you can find it in the vitamin aisle in stores everywhere. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. mcconnell says discussions are already under way about the next steps on coronavirus legislation. presumably bail out money for the travel industry, but he's not said when the senate will vote on the house bill sent up. joining me now is senator mark warner of virginia. thank you very much senator. have you heard anything more about the schedule? i know the fisa legislation was up for a vote and final passage supposedly today. does that have to precede any senate action on this coronavirus emergency act? >> andrea, first of all, it's easier for me to say because i live so close, i don't think we should have gone out of session on friday. this is a national emergency. the congre

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we are also joined by erika warner. make you for joining us. julia manchester, pete buttigieg leaving the race as of yesterday. what does that do to the coming field? guest: on the moderate side, for a while, it was sanders getting that progressive support, but on themoderate side, you have three competing for the moderate vote. can makes it easier on the moderates going forward. pressure on others to drop out because unlike pete buttigieg, they have not been showing the best support. amy klobuchar has performed worse in pete buttigieg, so she is feeling quite a bit of pressure now. polling, at internal money issue? , they after new hampshire were not able to broaden their coalition. iowa and new hampshire majority white, suburban, rural states. that was the boca pete buttigieg's support, and once he had gotten into the more progressive areas, he fell behind in the support. they did not see a path forward going into super tuesday, which like nevada and south carolina, is full of very diverse states. host: now we have a former vice president in

back and if we can't come back for a long time, i think we should explore as senator klobuchar and warner are doing, a way to vote remotely, only in emergency situations. quicklyou tell us how we will see that new inspector general? >> we want it to move very quickly but obviously the senate confirms it so it will be -- it will take about a month. cuomo --or over $100 billion easily but it does not all go to the state government. he wanted more to the state government and i told everybody he should take his case to mitch mcconnell. as of last night there was no state or local aid in the bill. i thought for it and we got $150 billion. there should be more, we will come back and give more but $5 billion to new york state. that is a lot of local aid, more than they have seen in a long time. she had a question and then you. >> my question is on remote voting. has there been any formal progress? >> we are just starting to look at it and we have to look at the legal constitutional, technical and senate ramifications. the senate is a body where we are supposed to debate and hear one another and

senior government fellow james warner will be with us to discuss congressional operations jane be sure to -- congressional operations. sure to watch washington journal thursday morning. earlier today, president trump invoked the defense production act in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

now a deal thought is at warners it's hard it's hard to tell now if this is a sign that the spread is slowing or if we're just what if it's just one day we'll get good data. thank you very much for talking to is that was journalist alessio padrona in milan thanks for having me. yes government is redoubling its hafitz to halt the spread of the corona virus the country has more than $33000.00 confirmed cases that's the 3rd highest number of to china and italy several states have already ordered citizens to stay at home new york is a hot spot and it's the latest state to tighten social distancing rules. even the buzzing heart of manhattan has now gone quiet all nonessential businesses must stay closed and their workers must remain at home it's part of a stringent a set of rules coming into force as new york scrambles to contain its surge of current virus infections and their pressure from state governors president donald trump has now pledged to send help to the states worst affected by the outbreak including new york. in addition to large quantities of supplies i've also directed fema t

we can't come back for a long time, i should explore, as senator klobuchar and durbin and doing, a warner are way to vote remotely only in situations. yes. reporter: totally different question. us how t, can you tell quickly will we see that new inspector general? confirmed. senator schumer: we want it to move very quickly. if the senate confirms, it will about a month. reporter: and then separately, can you address the concerns -- apologize from the beginning -- governor cuomo -- indiscernible] senator schumer: new york has gotten over $100 billion easily. but it doesn't all go to the state government. more to the state government. and i told -- i told everybody, to mitch take his case mcconnell. as of last night, there was no state and local aid in the bill. it and we got $150 billion. and so there is -- there should more. we'll come back and give more, ut even $5 billion to new york state, $1.5 billion to new york and another $1 billion to the it's more local aid than they have seen in a long time. wait. she had a question and then you then we'll go. reporter: can you explain a little

host: you just heard from erica warner of "the washington post." >> we are going to leave this "washington journal" piece. andnder, you can watch this any program on c-span.org. be back at set to 5:00 eastern. four financial services bills calendar. more from campaign 2020 with democratic presidential candidate michael bloomberg. the annual aipac conference in washington, d.c. from earlier today, this is about 20 minutes. mr. bloomberg: thank you. good morning. i can't hear you. morning. i can't tell you how glad i am to be here at aipac. [cheers and applause] and i don't think i've ever to as big a crowd. certainly not one that i respected as much as this one. all, for doing this. [cheers and applause] now, israel is small, we know, ut resilient and surrounded by adversaries. and if you caught the last couple of presidential debates, can empathize. [laughter] [cheers and applause] me thank president friedman i wantiting me today and to congratulate the new president betsy, and wish her of the she begins one easiest jobs in washington. don't know whether congratulations or condolences luck

a much more effective political leader than he was an actor because as a political -- the famous warner brothers story when he nounced he was going to run for governor of california one of the warner brothers said about reagan, no, no, no jimmy stewart for governor, ronald reagan for best friend. but reagan had the last laugh because jimmy stewart was a much better movie actor, but ronald reagan had something to say. ronald reagan didn't need the script writers. he had something to say. >> after barack obama appears on the national stage when did you start hearing echoes of reagan? when did the wheels start turning and you thought there might be some comparisons to be made? >> it's probably obama's first inaugural is the time i first thought that. but in a way i should have thought of it after the convention speech because he's an an unknown state senator. he's written this, and this speech is so important in his life that when he was elected president 51 months later -- think about that, 51 months. he's unknown, you think rettic sometimes doesn't matter. well, it mattered then and reme

>>just more of the health care side, not the economics virginia's mark warner is one of more than a dozen senators calling on businesses to protect. >>in not punish employees impacted by the virus. this is the right thing to do what is the fair thing to do i believe that most businesses will support this. >>but they need to send that message now the 4 people were sent home in an open letter to industry groups the senators asked employers to allow workers to stay home from work to care for themselves or a loved one using 6 time. >>they also ask employers to ensure their insurance plans. cover virus-related treatments senator tim kaine says sick employees shouldn't feel pressured to come to work employer should be telling employees and we certainly told our staff us. if you are sick stay home and tell your better both summer warner and senator kaine see low income employees is the group most likely to be sick on the job because they can't afford to stop working. and if that low income worker works taking care of your your grandma nursing home. >>the maintenance at a hospital that puts not o

he famous warner bros. story that when he announced he was going to run for governor of california, one of the warner bros. said, no, no, no, jimmy stewart for governor. ronald reagan for best riend. [laughter] dr. rowland: reagan had the last augh because jimmy stewart was a much better movie actor, a much better movie actor. but ronald reagan has something to say. ronald reagan did not need the script writers. he had something to say. >> after barack obama appears on the national stage, when did you start hearing echoes of reagan? when did the wheels start turning and you felt there might be something? dr. rowland: it is probably obama's first inaugural is the time i thought that. i should have thought of it after the convention speech because he is -- he has an unknown state senator. no one knows -- he has written his. the speech is so important in his life that when he was elected president 51 months later, think about that. 51 months. he is unknown. we thing rhetoric sometimes does not matter. t matter

i can tell you that i spoke with senator mark warner, lindsey, just two days ago. he is the top dement democrdemo intelligence committee and he was critical but he also noted the u.s. is firmly -- they want to get accurate data coming out of china and that really is something the american government has not been able to get from china as the coronavirus has spread. and the last point i would make is this has been quite crippling not just to the american economy but also wordwood. and senator warner told me there might actually be a need for democrats and republicans to come together to try to provide for financial institutions from the regulators. that they might have to be a little bit more easing in terms of the stimulus they're providing for financial institutions, who need to help americans who are going to be caught up in this, the negative impacts not just from a health standpoint, lindsey, but from an economic standpoint. and that's something democrats and republicans on capitol hill have been a lit slow to whack up to. >> and we have seen that dominating ne

>>gets a virginia senators tim kaine and mark warner are pushing legislation, providing emergency paid si leave we don't know howlong it will actually last. but we have to get resources out into the community. the leglation requires all employers to allow worrs 7 days of paid sick leave in an additional 14 days in the event of a public health emergency like the coronairus crisis coming into a rkplace. if you have been exposed oifyou possibly. >>have coronavirus can wreak such havoc as people lose tt job or miss that rent paent. the re the ration of the financial dress will much much longer the extra sick days could also be used if an employer temporarily closes a child's hool closes or a during a public health ned emergency. >>advocate outspent he's with t natial partnership for women and families says the sick leave is vitally important to families. >>especially those living payeck to paycheck pace that days or so incredibly iortant because we're not just they're t available just for the worker to take care themsels, but so take carof their family both warner and kaine are confident e

taylor: that was senator mark warner.s is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ -- mark: i am mark crumpton with first nerve -- word news. senator elizabeth warren is not ready to put her support behind any of the 2020 presidential democratic candidate. she told campaign staff, i refuse to let disappointment blind me are you to what we have accomplished. she never placed higher than third in any primary contest. federal prosecutors have charged former head of the united auto workers with embezzling more than $1 million. the government says gary jones conspired with fellow union readers to steal from uaw assets over a nine-year time span that began in 2010. prosecutors said they used the money for luxury vacations, as well as high-end liquor and cigars. afterresigned last year being implicated in the corruption scandal. federal agents raided his home in august. president trump says he will deny federal funding to so-called sanctuary cities. on twitter, he called last month's court ruling which said his administration could block law enforcement

8.14 the super-hero and sequel is the latest 10 poll picked to be pushed back due to the coronavirus warnerthers change that schedule june 5th debut to august 14th, studio also postponed indefinitely its releases of the animated adventure scuba which had been due out may 15th and in the heights, the adaptation of lin-manuel miranda stage musical which was set for june 26. lady gaga is postponing her next album release amid the coronavirus. >>from attica her 6th studio album is set to come out april 10th, the singer posted on twitter while i believe art is one of the strongest things we have to provide joy and healing to each other during times like this. it just doesn't feel right to me to release this album with all that is going on she said she'll announce a new 2020 release date actor turned director olivia wilde one independent spirit awards for books mart, her first feature behind the camera. now her follow-up he said to me forward at searchlight pictures which won a bidding war for the scriptures wild will direct perfect about gymnast kerri strug whose final vote on an injured ankle h

just more of the health care side, not the economics virginia's mark warner is one of more than a dozenors calling on businesses to protect in not punish employees impacted by the virus. this is the right thing to do the fair thing to do i believe that most businesses will support this. >>but they need to send that message now the 4 people were sent home in an open letter to industry groups the senators asked employers to allow workers to stay home from work to care for themselves or a loved one using 6 time. >>they also ask employers to ensure their insurance plans cover virus-related treatments, senator tim kaine says sick employees shouldn't feel pressured to come to work employers should be telling employees and we certainly told our staff this. if you are sick stay home and tell your better both summer warner and senator kaine see low income employees is the group most likely to be sick on the job because they can't afford to stop working and if that low income worker works taking care of your your grandma nursing home the maintenance at a hospital that puts not only that that indi

>>gets a virginia senators, tim kaine and mark warner are pushing legislation, providing emergency paid leave we don't know how long it wi actually last. but we have to get resources out into the community. the legislation requir all employers to allow workers 7 dayof paid sick leave in an additional 14 days in the event of a public health emergency like the coronavirus crisis ming into a workplace. if you have been exposed or if you possibly. >>have coronavirus could wreak such attic as people lose that job or miss that rent payment. one of the duration of the financial dress will be much much longer the extra sick days could also be used if an employer temporarily closes a child's school closes or a family member is quarantined during a public health emergency. >>advocate alex, but he's with the national partnership for women and families says a sick leave is vitally important to families. >>especially those living paycheck to paycheck pace that days or so incredibly important because we're not just they'renot available just for the worker to take care of themselves, but al take care

virginia senator mark warner led the effort on this letter. he's joining me now. senator, thanks so much for joining me on this. what is your confidence that companies, employers will respond positively to your letter? >> let's take it step-by-step. first, it was good news that we got the 8 billion dollars plus to support our state and local health care operations. obviously, a lot of the attention has been on testing. getting people the treatment we need. my feeling has been, i look at what's happening in korea, japan, korea, japan and italy would have got a better social safety net. what happens in our country when people are self-quarantined where schools, maybe, are shutting down. i wanted to make sure that businesses would do the right thing and lean in. so, we went at the chamber. we went at the business round table, the national association of manufacturers on a separate effort. i'm leading annest efnes effor back on credit card bills i'm leaning on freddie and fannie. the economic downturn could be more significant than the health care costs. i'd like to s

>>it feels more the health care side, not the economics virginia's mark warner is one of more than a dozen senators calling on businesses to protect. >>in not punish employees impacted by the virus this is the right thing to do with it is that fair thing to do i believe that most businesses will support this. >>but they need to send that message now the 4 people were sent home in an open letter to industry groups the senators asked employers to allow workers to stay home from work to care for themselves or a loved one using 6 time. >>they also ask employers to ensure their insurance plans. cover virus-related treatments senator tim kaine says sick employees shouldn't feel pressured to come to work employers should be telling employees and we certainly told our staff us. if you are sick stay home and tell your better both summer warner and senator kaine see low income employees is the group most likely to be sick on the job because they can't afford to stop working and if that low income worker works taking care of your your grandma nursing home. >>the maintenance at a hospital that p

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chairman. >> thank you, senator warner. senator brown has another question, and it looks like we may actually finish just in time for the votes on the floor. so senator brown? >> thank you again for the good answers from all five of you and the discussions. starting mr. willis, right to left, if that's okay, there appears to be consensus within transit to significantly expand both the bus and bus facilities program and the low or no emission vehicle program, the low no programs funding for mass transit accounts less of 1/5 of the size of the larger competitive bus program. i supported the doubling the size of the low no program and the fast act. the program supported fuel cell buses in places like canton ohio and battery electric buses in columbus, largest county and lake county and urban suburban counties. as fleets are converted to zero emission technologies, should the share of low no funding increase in the next reauthorization? either yes or no or something briefly, if you can. >> yes, with the caveat that again we hav

>>it feels more the health care side, not the economics virginia's mark warner is one of more than a senators calling on businesses to protect. >>in not punish employees impacted by the virus this is the right thing to do what the fair thing to do i believe that most businesses will support this. >>but they need to send that message now. >>the 4 people are sent home in an open letter to industry groups the senators asked employers to allow workers to stay home from work to care for themselves or a loved one using 6 time. they also ask employers to ensure their insurance plans. cover virus-related treatments senator tim kaine says sick employees shouldn't feel pressured to come to work employer should be telling employees and we certainly told our staff us. if you are sick stay home and tell your better both summer warner and senator kaine see low income employees is the group most likely to be sick on the job because they can't afford to stop working and if that low income worker works taking care of your your grandma nursing home the maintenance at a hospital that puts not only that

help lead the introduction of this bill along with my colleagues senators gardner, manchin, daines, warner and king. i also want to thank president trump and his administration first for president trump's support of the restore our parks act which is part of this legislation over the past few years, but also for their support of this broader legislation, the great american outdoors act. in the spirit of president teddy roosevelt over 100 years ago, federal land management agencies like the national park service, u.s. forest service, the bureau of land management and others worked to designate and preserve some of the most beautiful and historic parks of our country. those lands, of course, include what we all know about our national parks, yosemite, yellowstone, some of the great ones, glacier; but also modest sites like the boyhood home of president taft in my home state of ohio. in all, the national park service and its systems includes more than 84 million acres of parks and historical sites that now attract 330 million visitors annually. that's a record, more people are going to the pa