host: we have seen three emergency response packages pass on capitol hill.he first two really did not touch on the central infrastructure projects you and i think about and stakeholders think about. the first one did address some specific infrastructure sectors, , air cargo and got grants ands some assistance of $10 billion. the airlines also had access to $46 billion in loans. this was not for airlines and airports. or make up enhance for loss of business. transit received $25 billion. this was not for the but for transport .gencies to build new programs this was to make up for loss of ridership. billion.bout $1 about $1 billion. truckers, fright rail, they are expected to be somewhat of the focus in this next, down the road in these economic recovery packages. host: eugene mulero will tonsport topics, if you want -- with transport topics, if you want to check out his work. you can call in on phone lines, split regionally. (202) 748-8000 if you are in the eastern or central time zones. (202) 748-8001 if you are in the mountain or pacific time zones. let us

it has been interesting, like the way we had been on capitol hill is -- on capitol hill and the way we have covered it is to minimize risk we put a reporters and ourselves in. we have started these informal pools. it is not so institutionalized in congress. so are cooperating in a way that they really do. -- in no way they really do on capitol hill -- people are cooperating in a way that they rarely do on capitol hill. you know that, john. people are competing and they have a different piece of the puzzle. in this case, people are sharing information with their colleagues. one of my colleagues you mentioned earlier, linda mcpherson, she and another colleague were in the house chamber when the house was debating that their stimulus package. what they did was they came up with a spreadsheet of members who were present and in the chamber, or around, and they shared that with their colleagues. that is normally -- that would be something -- align host: cannot just roll call colleague? guest: not just roll call colleagues. they were sharing them with all of our colleagues. you know, this was

. >> yes, we had intended to come back next week that had been previously scheduled but once the capitol physician told us it wasn't proper for us to do that, not only in interests of the members, the staff of the actual legislative chamber, there was no choice for us but to say we'll put this off and the senate -- the president can characterize it any way he wants. any of our members can tell you the last thing that she a break, it's intense communication and listening to our members, the koconstituent constituents. healthcare providers, workers in every field, as to what the impact is so that their intelligence can have an impact on the legislation that we write, that's current with information in realtime. something that perhaps the administration is not used to doing. >> so, as i understand, you're listening to advice from the physicians you consulted theoretically the senate received the same advice, do you think they're defying that advice? >> i don't know what the physician told them. we're a much larger body. we're presently 430 members. they're a hundred. they do things by unani

a result of this >>reporting at the state capitol ashley zavala kron 4 news.>today governor newsom announced the state will be sending more than 70,000 laptops chromebooks and tablets to students across the state to help with distance learning.first partner jennifer newsome says those devices will be delivered to mmunities in nd by the end of this week callinit a the state's digital divide. i have been so moved by the generosity and the willingness to step up and help lose. >>the state's digital divide. when some of them ha already maxed they're giving across the country and around the worldthat means hundreds of thousands of cifornia students can continue to learn online and become e leaders, we know they are meant to be and the california nds some to be. those donations are coming from companies, including t mobile amazon apple and verizon have all partnered with the state to make this governor's office e in 5 students in the state do not have high speeinternet or computer at home. up to this point many low income families venot had the necessary devices to

the capitol dome, originally once thes not adequate capitol building had been extended to the north and south, the dome looked too low. designedd new dome was , and it was under construction during the civil war. the mall itself was a mess. it had those white buildings in cemeteries military associated and barracks .ssociated with civil war tiger creek had turned into a fetid sewer. the only building you see is the one in the back, the smithsonian castle with its towers rising up. the mall was a mess. in 1900 it was still filled with trees. this is a view from the top of the washington monument. you are looking to the capital and can see the smithsonian on the right. you can see the national gallery of art was occupied by the railroad station. the railroad tracks crossed the mall at sixth street. so how are we depicting the civil war on the mall in the area immediately after? we weren't. there were not opportunities to do so. it was not until 1900 that things started to change. memorialt the lincoln in 1922 and the grant memorial. to understand this we need to go back to the plan again.

access to capitol and the ability of capitol for banks. >> i think it was a week ago, the focus seems to be, there were a lot of talk of focusing on infrastructure. that was not what you see this next package being. >> yes. and thank you for mentioning that because we do believe there is some infrastructure needs whether we are talking about clean water or community health centers or transportation to take our essential worker to work or whether we are talking about broad band so that we can have children learning from home and tele-medicine and so many aspects of life are people communicating with each other after they are shelter at home. that seems to be along the path to that eventhough it is related to coronavirus. that's not off the table. i hope you can still hear me. >> we can still see you. >> the three things american people sort of really concerned about. one is our workers have protective equipment they need to help save lives and not risk their lives to save a life. also ventilators and the rest help meet the need of those who are ill. secondly, they want their checks. th

that was enforced by the sergeant at arms and the capitol physician's office. so it showed on both occasions, when the republicans insist is on a quorum being present and wanted a recorded vote, we said no, we have a quorum or yesterday, according to what i heard from the other side, there were maybe 22 members who wanted a recorded volt vote. so the senate can do in unanimous consent, four, five members on the floor. only need one but they probably had others who wanted to speak and we have to have the physical presence, as you said, because we know how this is going to turn out, because we were in agreement it was bipartisan. because of that so yes, it was an example that we can get it done. as you know, we had some discussion about where we go next with in this terms of proxy voting. >> clarification on a statement about leader mcconnell's comments. he also said kinds of pumping the brakes on cares two that congress has to start considering dealt. what is your response to this? peaker pelosi: this is a mitch mcconnell who let most of the benefits go to the t

chad program is usually over all inches of capitol hill is in a different locations.what is supposed to happen in the senate tomorrow? >> mitch mcconnell is going to try to advance a bill before an empty chamber, the senate request the administration for $251 billion to help out small businesses, this is an interim bill, here's what mitch mcconnell said earlier today, quote, i will ask unanimous consent to pass standalone emergency funding for the hugely popular paycheck protection act. it is saving small businesses as we speak in the key part is low on funds. what mitch mcconnell is trying to do is dare democrats to object. if they get it through the senate it would go through the house. house democrats have their own plan and nancy pelosi is skeptical. >> the bill they put forth doesn't have unanimous support in the house. it just won't. >> reporter: pelosi and chuck schumer have a wish list for half of the money. democrats are demanding more for hospitals and emergency food aid for the poor. house democrats will try to move their own plan with a skeleton crew but t

do you want to follow up with that debate on capitol hill? guest: some of the emigration aspects, and i am not familiar with that specific piece of legislation the caller referred to, but for seasonal workers, who tend to agriculture and the food we are eating, farmers and agricultural aspects, they really do the, seasonal workers, and there is some pressure, particularly from big agriculture big messes and the chamber of commerce, to make sure that farms have the kind of workers to put food on the table. host: the caller is in luck. according to congress.gov, hr 5383 is sponsored by a congressman who will be joining us by phone and about 45 minutes this morning. i will certainly follow up with the caller and ask the congressman about his new way forward act. jason dick of roll call newspaper, thank you so much for your time. stay safe. thank you for what you and your reporters do. live at the white house for the update from the white house coronavirus task force. we are just hearing that the briefing has been pushed back a bit until 5:45 p.m

so this is obviously the capitol end of pennsylvania avenue. pennsylvania avenue is a really, really broad street. was then, is now. and so they were able to plan this really grand procession, all of these floats, marching bands, working women marched by profession and matching outfits. this is the harold of the parade and the idea was she would get up on her horse at the beginning way down on the capitol end of pennsylvania avenue and a bugler would sound that the parade had begun. and a few blocks later that bugle willer would be picked by another bugler to the treasury department on 15th street which has that big marble plaza out front. we get to the tablot in a mo. but you can see how this is all, you know, the horses are all spaced perfectly. they all have fabulous hats on. this is all very, very, very thoroughly planned. just behind jane pearlson was mullholland on her horse. you saw that at the state of the union when the women members of congress chose to wear white this image showed up a lot. i also love this image because this shows y

from the household swaps the house is where most members of congress lived into the halls of the capitol itself smelled of wet clothing, cigars and charcoal that formed the chambers of congress. slavery predated and everywhere it was in the streets. although they are now in the capital being invested in human fleshre and had went across the potomac river to alexandria to shop. the 3100 enslaved men, women and children who were still inextricably woven into the fabric of washington life holding doors, driving carriages, cleaning up the mudin from boots and tending tables, waiting on tables reminded them at every turn the institution was alive and thriving in its capital. there was a tentative too much of the city at the western end of the mall whereas be aborted washington monument abandoned for the lack of financing. little had changed since 49 when charles dickens described its nondescript dwellings into the streets as a city of magnificent distances. nothing epitomized the city more than the capitol itself surrounded by the blocks for the ndw dome strewn around the building like the sy

funds,bailout for hedge not very popular on capitol hill.nks to michael mckee for the great interview and for joining us today. coming up today, we will talk to senator sherrod brown about the proposal for new spending in the new spending bill coming out just before he has a call with mike prince, the vice president. this is "balance of power" -- mike pence, the vice president. ons is "balance of power" bloomberg television and radio. ♪ nowadays you do more from home than ever before. the xfinity my account app puts you in control with digital tools to give you the help you need when you need it. get fast and easy answers with personalized help 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. change your wifi password to a phrase that's easy to remember. even troubleshoot your services on your own. we're working to make things a little easier for everyone. download the xfinity my account app today. david: this is "balance of power" on bloomberg television and radio. there is something of a stalemate on capitol hill over trying to three of the amount of money

capitol hill scrambling to funnel billions more to small businesses as topper republicans accuse house democrats of playing politics with america's economy. wait until you hear what senator john kennedy has to say, he joins us in minutes. hello and welcome to "fox news @ night," i'm shannon bream in washington. white house correspondent kevin corke kicks us off with talk of nationwide surveillance plan. it could track covid cases in order to help the federal government plan for recovery it's also raising privacy concerns tonight. >> it's hitting the top and it's starting to come down. in one person said easter is looking like a good time. a good time for that, for heading down. >> on a day when the daily coronavirus task force briefing cover just about every imaginable topic from expanded testing to a flattening curve of new cases to easter services, and yes, even joe exotic. a new controversy arose. possible government surveillance of virus-positive americans. >> i have not heard about that. i don't know if it be okay, i would have to see it. it sounds very scientific. >> the presiden

as they gathered outside of the state capitol building in boise many of them waved signs that read there is no justification for taking individual freedom in the guise of public safety and poverty kills the state's republican governor has promised to begin lifting some restrictions on businesses while the stay at home order remains in effect until the end of the month the same message was heard in indiana where dozens gathered outside of the governor's mansion with signs that read no more nanny state all jobs are essential and we want work not welfare hundreds of protesters were also seen outside of the texas state capitol building in austin despite the republican governor's promise to begin lifting restrictions as early as this week their signs reflected opposition to the restrictions on businesses mandatory vaccines and the current lockdown which they feel is infringing upon their constitutional rights but. you can't write a letter for every 40 responsibility for. telling them the easiest. ways. demonstrations in denver colorado saw protesters both for and against the ongoing lockdown

workers protesters opted to keep their distance from one another in arizona where cars circled the capitol building in phoenix to form a gridlock their criticism was aimed at the state's republican governor with signs that said let businesses and consumers decide what's essential not politicians hundreds of protesters took part in demonstrations across the state of nevada and many were seen holding signs in support of president trump residents accuse their democratic governor of fueling the current unemployment epidemic in the state. governor says he is responsible for the shutdown of the economy in the. area where tourism based economy effectively shut it down it least one out of 10 the veterans out of work it's unacceptable. was from took to twitter to express his support for what he called the liberation of michigan minnesota and virginia all states with democratic governors not all of the protestors were in support of the president and his policies activist delivered faith bodybags complete with certificates that displayed signature to the same francisco federal building in california

. >> in virginia hundreds of protesters causing grid lock at the capitol urging the governor to lift the stay at home order so they can get to work. >> they warn the virus could return with a vengeance. >> some of the important voices in the debate over reopening are doctors and nurses sounding the alarm with some ers pushed to the limits we should warn you some of the images you're about to see is disturbing gabe gutierrez has our report on the front lines. >> reporter: at st. joseph's hospital in yonkers, new york. >> we do this all day every day. >> reporter: the war has not let up the associated press was granted access to the overwhelmed er >> it's been a nightmare we have a volume of sick people like you can't believe in one shift i pronounced six people dead. >> everybody prove >> reporter: this is the frantic ongoing battle to keep patients alive as parts of the country push to reopen >> we can't be overconfident until we have some measure of being able to say it's -- it's in the past. >> reporter: despite the gratitude pouring in the toll is exhausting and it's not just phys

i'm here at the state capitol with our chief medical executive. i want to begin by wishing everyone who celebrate as happy easter as well as happy passover to our jewish resident who are celebrating as well. i know that there are a lot of michiganders who usually come together to celebrate

capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala explains. >>governor gavin newsome wednesday will give the first update on how far california is getting on its road map to lifting stay at home orders when a when you see a little bit of release in the so we can lay out some little is pressure that we i know we're all feeling around the stay at home order and the like governor, newsome is using 6 factors to determine how soon the state can ease its restrictions he says wednesday's update will be specific to one of the key pieces of evidence his administration wants to see which requires expanded

i'm here at the state capitol with our chief medical executive. i want to begin by wishing everyone who celebrate as happy easter as well as happy passover to our jewish resident who are celebrating as well. i know that there are a lot of michiganders who usually come together to celebrate holidays or weekends for that matter with family and friends. this is a unique and challenging time. i hope that you are finding other ways to reach out to loved ones during -- during this time

. >>> now, we're going to see some social distancing at work under the capitol dome today. many lawmakers are back here in washington, but they'll be working under some new rules. keeping the virus out of this building could be a challenge today as lawmakers prepare to enter the house floor to get the final go ahead to a new relief package. they'll have to do so in small groups arranged in alphabetical order. >> just as we are going to vote tomorrow. we'll do it in a different manner. you would only have so many members on the floor to vote during that time period. >>> the bill to replenish on one program for small businesses and help fund hospitals is expected to easily pass. >> we want to go back to work and liver as we chose. >> there have been protests meantime, in a number of states and we are expecting more today. with many fed up with stay-at- home orders and a growing number of states are preparing to relax those rules. chief among them, georgia but putting the republican governor at odds with the president. >> i told the governor of georgia that i disagree strongly

what was the point of bringing weapons to the state capitol? what does that have to do with covid-19? what does that have to do with the economy? >> i think it just has to do with a show of constitutional rights. our message was also consistently stay in your cars, stay safe. i'm not going to claim any responsibility for the people on the lawn because we didn't encourage that. >> reporter: michigan is the third hardest-hit state in the country. to date over 30,000 have tested positive. more than 2,300 have died. but sheridan says some attention must now be turned to getting michigan's economy back up and running. >> if the state economically is destroyed, we're going to ruin an awful lot of lives. >> reporter: dr. fauci has said that unless we get the virus under control economic recovery isn't going to happen. >> well, i agree with him. and you know, i do see in michigan it's starting to become under control. so why are we under these same stringent guidelines put out by the governor? >> reporter: less than 600 miles away diana shaffer is wond

. >> i want to thank all of the maintenance of the capitol, the support staff on the floor, the capitol physicians' office and the sergeant-at-arms hole told us how to come to the floor in a way that had close to zero interaction and enabling to take the vote which the republicans insisted upon and we were there. e had 210 -- 211 democrats who voted for it and people made the effort to come even though it was pretty clire it was going to be a big sote. in any event, we had four bills, all bipartisan that the cares act two will be bipartisan as well. i especially were pleased that we were able to pass legislation to establish the select committee to address the coronavirus crisis, which will be chaired by mr. clyburn. yes, ma'am. >> the senate majority commented about bankruptcy. other republicans have been making arguments and have little appetite for increased spending, how do you plan to violence to t going to answer for fiscal irresponsibility of the past? ms. pelosi: this is all coronavirus. thank you for your question. everything we have done in these four bills and what we will do

capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala explains. >>governor gavin newsome says expanding thabilit to test and track covid-19 is one of the key pieces needed befo ca

capitol historical society and the u.s. supreme court historical society, and we have all our wonderful colleagues tonight and my great friend the new president of the capitol historical society. on june 4, 1919, the 19th amendment was passed and sent to the states for ratification. the suffragists used the white house as a backdrop to challenge inequity and bring attention to their cause. and tonight we look forward to hearing more about their successful efforts to secure womens right to vote. but before i introduce our speaker i have a couple of other introductions and things i'd like to share. first of all we have guests from smith college here tonight, the washington club of smith college. stand up the washington smith college crowd. they're our special guests tonight and we're honored to have them. i'd also like to tell you a little bit about the white house historical association. and for those of you who have been with us before know i love to talk about our wonderful mission begun in 1961 by first lady jacqueline ke

capitol at the time. so it took some time to see what was happening. we wanted to get her away from the capitol. we had known that there were three planes down. the pentagon had just -- the plane had just hit the pentagon and i decided to go and connect with mrs. bush as we relocated her from the capitol and at that time as we mentioned earlier in the green room there were about six planes thatter with still unidentified at the time after the plane hitting the pentagon. it was a challenging day because united states hadn't been attacked, you know, since pearl harbor and you look at the oklahoma bombing but in this case here we had the president in florida who wanted to come back. you had the first lady who wanted to be teamed up with her husband. so communication, we restricted communication because of the nature of what was happening and then the president was relocated to louisiana as everyone got to see. and it took some time. the president wanted to come back. we weren't sure what was happening yet, the airspace was controlled and it wasn't until l

the capitol police has a presence here as well. people really looking to get back to work.ked to some protestors who talked about working at restaurants or other businesses like that, and they're not getting paid right now. and so they're really concerned about their local economy. the governor last week laid out a rough plan, he's looking at a data-driven approach to reopening but didn't set any specific timelines. organizers say they're looking for transparency from their governor. they say it's not political. although obviously we're seeing some trump 2020 hats behind me as well. we're looking for -- they're looking for more details from the governor. we're expected to get those details later this week from him, but he focused on the fact that testing is going to be needed as well as adequate protective equipment for everybody in their businesses as well as health care workers both of which we're seeing a national shortage of right now. and, again, the secretary of health is laying out that these measures can't take place until we start to see a plateau in cases and here

. >> reporter: but that bill sits stalled on capitol hill. >> literally changing the number 350 to 600 >> don't just announce it. take it or leave it. vote on the floor in the senate. let's address the priorities. >> reporter: while the federal reserve pledges more than $2 trillion to help businesses and cities president trump says he's putting a final touch on a rescue package for the airline industry >> we are going to be in a position to do a lot to help them so that they keep their employees and they save their businesses >> reporter: the president once again showing an eagerness to get the country open again >> we can call it opening very, very, very, very soon i hope >> reporter: some in the administration hope that could happen iy but many medical comen phases >> we have a very large country with really different patterns of disease and outbreaks in different parts of the country so it's not going to be one size fits all. >> reporter: a battle plan for getting america working again even while the fight against coronavirus rages on nbc news, washington >>> there is particular wor

yes, lawmekers on capitol hill are working to put money into bank accounts of workers who need it most. >>the bill they're working on to get it done ahead, plus celebrating the career of the niners great we'll take a look back at the career of right tackle joe staley after his retirement announcement and what's coming for him after the quarantine and a recent increase in air travel is causing the airline industry has been hit hard by the covid-19 pandemic as many. >>people are choosing not to fly almost everybody but now air travel is said to be starting to show some signs of picking up in this kron 4 says he could you reports tonight. >>the president of the union that represents flight attendants as that's cause for concern. >>according to the transportation security administration on sunday close to 129,000 travelers came through tsa checkpoints nationwide it is the most people screened by tsa agents is the beginning of april that number is just a fraction of the 2 and a half million travelers on the same day last year but has several states begin to ease shelter in place restriction

lawmakers aren't expected to return to the capitol until may 4th. kenneth and mona. >> thank you, alex. >>> and president trump says the u.s. is looking into claims that n,hid ronavirus may have come not a market. the virus is believed to have originated naturally, but the president did not deny a report that a worker at a chinese lab was infected because of weak safety protocols, and the virus then spread to a wet market. abc news has not verified that report. >>> u.s. forces in the persian gulf have reported a close encounter with iran's military. the navy released videos showing several small iranian boats harassing u.s. warships in the persian gulf. one iranian vessel reportedly came within ten yards of a u.s. ship. after about one hour and several warnings, the iranians pulled away. >>> time now to check your thursday morning weather forecast. >>> expect snow from the central rockies to kansas and nebraska today. a mix of sun and clouds in the northeast and isolated thunderstorms in florida. the sun will shine in the west and across most of the

. >>> capitol hill. house will take up a nearly half trillion dollar deal to give additional funding to business relief programs. it provides money for hospitals and testing efforts. the bill is expected to hit the president's desk by the end of the week. >>> the federal government is working to protect millions of workers but some are being left behind. and documented workers. i spoke with maria elena's and to be in communication with the resources they have locally. that is the best way to do it. their churches and community centers and a lot of organizations that are going out of their way to help. call your friends, look online. be more aware of the services that areour own community which would be the fastest way to access the help. >> the state of california is helping undocumented workers. as many as 150,000 adults will receive $500 each. households will get a maximum of $1000. the money will come from taxpayer dollars and donations. and documented immigrants are not eligible for benefits. >>> pre

nbc's kasie hunt covers capitol hill for us.ate majority leader mitch mcconnell making news this morning telling politico this is it, there will be no more long distance votes for relief, and the next round would potentially help workers, not businesses. what's next here? >> reporter: that's right, craig. this interim relief bill on its way to being passed in the house tomorrow morning. the house is going to have to come back into session to pass it. this was not something they could do unanimously. if congress wants to do something while they're not all here in washington, they have to agree. it has to be unanimous. that's not the case in the house. that said, what mcconnell was essentially saying is that to negotiate this next package, they want to bring the entire congress back to washington, and we're already starting to have discussions about phase four. that was actually a critical piece of the last-minute negotiations yesterday. democrats wanted a commitment from the administration that, if they left state and loek ld fun

manu raju on capitol hill for us right now.nu, so the first plan, obviously, criticized for letting big corporations get most of the money. a lot of small businesses got left out, couldn't get loans. are there any guarantees they'll get priority this time? >> reporter: this package sets aside $60 billion for the smaller facilities in the attempt to deal with the exact concern you're referring to, but larger companies could presumably still come in and get the pot of money that's still going to be authorized for this money. now the treasury department did come out today and try to disincentivize some of the companies from taking advantage of the popular program. we'll see if that has any fact but already, we're expecting both sides that this is probably not going to be enough money. the question is how quickly will it run out and how quickly to move on to another package and already, anderson, we see the fault lines form over another round of funding, after this package, $484 billion that will include not just the small business

same story for hillary vaughn on capitol hill today for us. lauren, let's begin with you on the markets? lauren: i can't hear but i can tell you what happened in the markets today. a lot of whiplash. the market was fixing positive news with negative news. the big news today was the fed stimulus, right? also the numbers from the coronavirus seem to be improving. so at the end of the did i we cannot say that the dow is up the best since 1938 but it was higher by 281 points. check out the s&p 500. it squeaks out its best weekly performance since 1974. what a week for the stock market. despite the negative news, one in 10 american workers has lost their job. we got those jobless claims this morning. take a look at the airlines, guys, it has been a spectacular week for them. names like american airlines, united up. some of them double digits. up all week. i have do have to tell you as you know the numbers for people flying, so low, under 100,000 a day this is one of the sectors beaten up so it is coming back a big way today. the fed, announced they

hundreds rallying there at the state capitol. governor newsom says he supports their right to protest but asks that they practice social distancing. next here on "today in the bay," the top stories we're following including -- >> so people should take this as a very good sign, a positive sign. >>> encouraging news from a hospital in the bay area's hot zone. the surge tents that are gone just as governor newsom plans to prepare to outline the new plan. >> working to help renters in the bay. a live report on the city's voting on relief solutions. >>> first, something good for you that morning to share in a show of support. levi's stadium lit up in purple to support hospitality workers affected by the pandemic. a round of applause to all those working hard to jus normalcy in every day lives. we thank you all we're all in this fight, all the way. from the 7,000 cigna clinicians, supporting front line doctors and nurses, to everyone staying home to protect others. find answers to your most pressing questions: at cigna.com/covid19 >>>

. >> let's talk capitol hill for a moment here. have house leaders now saying they're no longer going to be returning to session next week, as previously scheduled, because of the pandemic, understandable. should there be concern, though, if the house remains in recess while the senate aims to return next week? >> i think house members, they want to get back to capitol hill. but they want to do it in a safe way. remember, they have families, too. and you know, until may 15th, we have a stay-at-home order in d.c. which prohibits, you know, gatherings of large numbers of people, and the house about 400 people. and staff members coming back as well, that would violate the rules. people were surprised on capitol hill that steny hoyer announced that the house would be coming back and then reversed that. they're trying to renegotiate bipartisan reopening package for the house so that no one is caught blind sided. >> daniel lippman for us, as always, my friend, we'll talk to you in a little bit. >>> let's talk 2020. hillary clinton endors

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you used to be a cnn capitol hill correspondent. welcome back. >> spent eight great years at cnn, including some time at the white house. >> now you're there at abc, at the briefings. what do you think about the president's comment now he's saying they're not worth the time or effort. is he really going to cut back on these almost daily briefings? >> i'll believe it when i see it he's cut back because he hasn't done one here this weekend yet, but i think he has found this to be an outlet. he can't go out, he can't travel, he may begin to travel a little bit, but he's not going back to his rallies. he has that briefing room. it's really just 25 paces from the oval office. he can be before all of the cameras, he can fight with reporters, he can dominate the story. you know, he may scale back for a little while, but i would not be surprised to see him back in that briefing room soon. >> do you think that all this reporting about his aides and allies saying he should be holding fewer briefings, have they forgotten the purpose of the bri

good morning i'm afraid the weather mirrors the mood on capitol hill. here is where things stand. not a lot of optimism we're going to get a deal this week, right? you have this small business loan program which is essentially the ppp as everyone calls it that runs out of money in days if not weeks and now senate republicans tried to do a narrow bill that would target 250 billion just to add to that, 350 billion that's going to run out but democrats block it, and democrats in turn prefer to have a larger face forward bill encompassing healthcare worker, hospitals, along with regular workers, and additional resources for states and local government, but over the weekend we had majority leader mcconnell and minority leader mccarthy issuing this statement lasting the democrats saying reporters reject the wreckless threat to continue blocking job saving funding unless we renegotiate unrelated programs, this will not be congress' last word on covid-19 but this crucial program needs funding now, american workers cannot be used as political hostages but just in the last hour, speaker pel

the army corps of engineers is building make shift hospital in the nation's capitol. the d.c.onvention center had will soon be packed with between 500 and 15 00 beds lucas tomlinson with more on that. >> army corps of engineers says he's ready to start buildinged a d.c. convention center as soon as next week and house anywhere between 500 and 1500 hospital beds. but across the u.s., many of these make shift military hospitals remain nearly empty. we thought this would be a much steeper spike and straight down so we didn't think we have as much time where we see we have more time to build out. we're having this dialogue and there are some mayors and governors who might have thought i needed about a thousand but maybe only build 500 and we're bringing some of numbers down. in denver general corps. of engineers are building two large make shift hospitals including one in a horse arena. all dirt removed concrete was poured. but these convention centers and arena are big money make earn they have to cough up 25% of the cost. fema takes care of the rest according to general. >> the

things tend to move rather quickly on capitol hill. it is rare. a lot of times it's 20 of bickering. they have come together. you had the republicans saying they just wanted to extend that small business program known as the paycheck protection program that had run out of cash. democrats at their other priorities that they wanted to include. so they are going to get $25 billion. that is something we know that andrew cuomo the governor of new york is speaking with the president of the united states this afternoon and just wrapped up a short time ago. a lot of concerns about testing. how do you reopening their economy? all indications is the senate should act in a few minutes and pass this measure. a lot of house lawmakers are in the process of traveling from their respective districts back to capitol hill to have at least a quorum for a vote on thursday morning. it is expected to pass their with the sunup of the relevant leaders in the house, but they have to have at least a quorum of 216 or so members around to pass it and send it on t

technology and innovation program and is responsible for the schools we have on fridays to teach capitol hill staff about cyber and artificial intelligence and today's genius, that would be ben buchanan, is there go to guy when we teach them both schools and he's been trying to teach me for while. i think i've been the repeater of all time at some of those schools. i'm kind of getting it that i haven't analog rain and i thank him for his patients. ben is a global fellow and he will discuss his latest book right now called sub -- "the hacker and the state." spoiler alert hackers to change the world. how? been maxis cyber operations are an fellow glee part of international relations in the gap between united states and other countries has narrowed considerably. get that folks, narrowed considerably pared from north korea's efforts to hack for cash million dollars worth against the bank of thank england -- to russia's maligned activity for misinformation to electric lockouts in ukraine there is plenty to talk about. understanding how cyber tools are used and abused is his specialty and also

often read him more often and followed him and vigorously insisted the power to shift resided on capitolill are not in the white house. so toward the conclusion, i have a strong suspicion that one or several of you may wonder does this book have anything to say about today's congress or politics? just a wild guess. [laughter] the answer is yes and no. this is a book of history and the civil war, the time span is primarily 1861 through 65. is not about the present day united states although it often says history is about the time in which it is written. i do think truth, i have written this elsewhere it is distorted by our desire to relive the past based on present concern by changing moral values and to figure out what they meant even when we hear the little words. so we have to be very cautious about trying to draw conclusions to the present from the past but that said, nonetheless after all they may have something to tell us how the government consumption at its best in challenging times has opportunities to make it stronger which it did. the arguments made by men of the wartime congre

often read him more often and followed him and vigorously insisted the power to shift resided on capitoll are not in the white house. so toward the conclusion, i have a strong suspicion that one or several of you may wonder does this book have anything to say about today's congress or politics? just a wild guess. [laughter] the answer is yes and no. this is a book of history and the civil war, the time span is primarily 1861 through 65. is not about the present day united states although it often says history is about the time in which it is written. i do think truth, i have written this elsewhere it is distorted by our desire to relive the past based on present concern by changing moral values and to figure out what they meant even when we hear the little words. so we have to be very cautious about trying to draw conclusions to the present from the past but that said, nonetheless after all they may have something to tell us how the government consumption at its best in challenging times has opportunities to make it stronger which it did. the arguments made by men of the wartime congress

off of capitol hill? >> i've tried to deal with a disaster but anytime you throw $2.7 trillion out over a short period of time, and there were mistakes made. that's the impact on the count country, all of this country needs to be considered in a more

in lansing, michigan, ththousans of protesters flooded the streets around the state capitol building in their cars wednesday and defied a state ban on public gatherings to demand an end to michigan's quarantine measures. the protest was organized by the michigan conservative coalition under the hashtag #operation gridlock. one large group of men armed with assault rifles posed for a picture on the steps of the capitol, holding signs reading "trump/pence" and "remove the whitmer regime." inside the capitol, governor gretchen whitmer said the protesters risked spreading disease and blasted them for blocking access to a hospital, where an ambulance was unable to discharge a patitient. >> i support your right to free speech and i respect your opinions, i just urge you, don't put yourself at risk and don'tt puput others at risk, either. amy: in frankfort, kentucky, dozens of protesters shouted through a window of the state capitol building wednesday, interrupting governor andy beshear as he held a coronavirus press briefing. in mexico, a massive campaign to recruit momore medical stataff

technology, and innovation program and is responsible for the schools we have on fridays to teach capitol hill staff about cyber and artificial intelligence. and today's genius, that would be ben buchanan, is our go to guy when we teach some of those schools and has been trying to teach me for a while. i think i've been the repeater of all time at some of those schools. i'm kind of getting get but i have an analog brain and i think him for his patients. he is a global fellow and he will discuss his latest book right now called "the hacker and the state."le spoiler alert, hackers have changed the world. how? ben says quote cyber operations are now indelibly part of international relations and the gap between the united statesf and other countries has narrowed considerably. get that folks? narrowed considerably. from north korea's efforts to hacks for cash, $1 million worth, against the bank of bangladesh to russia's maligned activity from disinformation to electric blackouts in ukraine, there is plenty to talk about. understanding how cyber tools are used and abused is ben's specialty. als

in sacramento today, demonstrators blocked traffic on streets around the capitol. dozens of law enforcement officers were monitoring the event. they did not give citations for not social distancing, but governor newsom told cbs this morning that now is not the time to relax the rules. >> can you say from where you're sitting at this moment that the worst is over in california? >> no, because if we all pull back, we could see a second wave that makes this pale in comparison. >> you can see that full interview tomorrow on cbs this morning starting at 7:00 a.m. right here on kpix 5. >>> san francisco is out with a new map that shows the rate of infection in each of the city's zip codes. the mayor says the data highlights the city's disparities with health and income. the mission district, which has a large latino population, is one of the hardest hit. more than 100 people tested positive for the virus at the city's largest shelter in soma, and tonight supervisor matt haney is calling for everyone living and working in homeless shelters to have access to coronavirus te