joining us now to discuss it is democratic congressman jamie raskin of maryland, a member of the newly-formed house select committee on the coronavirus crisis. congressman, good evening. >> joshua, delighted to be with you and happy mother's day to everybody out there. >> how is your district doing right now? your district runs north from the dc border up to the pennsylvania state line. how is it going there? >> it's montgomery county, frederick county, carol county, and well, people have been hanging tough. we have thousands of people who have the disease. we've lost a lot of people. we had an outbreak at a nursing home in my district. so it's fairly reflective of what's going to on around the country, and the numbers are not declining yet. so the idea of reopening i think is anath ma to everybody around here. when the white house found out they had two stop staffers to coronavirus, what they said is everything is going to be okay because we are doing daily tests

i hereby appoint the honorable jamie raskin to act as speaker pro tempore on this day.igned, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. compassionate and merciful god, thank you for giving us another day. lord, bless the world. give health to our bodies and comfort to our hearts of -- hearts. you ask us to not be afraid. when our faith is weak and we are fearful, this is difficult for us, but you, o lord, will not leave us at the mercy of the storm. bless those who continue to serve, even though threatened in doing so. health care professionals, food service workers, and those whose work demands they engage outside zones of distance protection. if the struggle against covid-19 is a war, then we are all truly an invisible army fighting in the most dangerous trenches. an army for whom solidarity is perhaps our most powerful weapon. may we all be willing to make personal sacrifices for the benefit of the entire community. especially when societal ru

might interfere with us getting that to our folks that needed it. >> joining us now, congressman jamie raskineer nancy pelosi appointed him to the house select committee on the coronavirus crisis. congressman raskin, the president technically does have the power to seize those masks that your governor managed to maintain, apparently through the powers he has as commander in chief of the defense production act. is that your understanding of the law? >> first of all, he would have to exercise it and secondly, i'm not sure he would. in any event, you know, the real point here, lawrence is it is a complete inversion how federalism is supposed to work. the federal government is supposed to be coordinating with the state to assist the state to help the people. that's the whole idea of having a federal state partnership built in to our ounce constitutional structure. look what happened, the national government of the united states is raiding the supplies of the state. these are republican governors, governor in massachusetts that charlie baker, our governor of maryland larry hogan is republican and

and congressman jamie raskin will also join us. he's just been named by speaker pelosi to the new coronavirus oversight committee in the house. and we willsi also be joined tonight by emergency room physician rob davidson from michigan, where tonight the governor, gretchen whitmer, as rachel just said, has been against the will of the republican legislature, has ordered an extension of the state of emergency there that she issued after a few hundred protesters, just a few hundred protesters, showed up at the capitolow today. but they made their point about their willingness to risk their lives while carrying their guns. dr. davidson will get the last word at the end of this hour. april is the cruelest month. that is the opening line of t.s. elliott's 98-year-old poem entitled, perhaps appropriately for tonight's discussion, "the wasteland." elizabeth drew reminds us of that line in her latest column entitled "trump's cruelest month." how cruel has april been? on april 1st the united states had 211,149 reported cases of coronavirus.

we need a real plan. >> democratic congressman jamie raskin of maryland, thank you very much. >> thanks for having me. >>> coming up, now there are now more than four million confirmed cases of coronavirus worldwide. some cases are making real progress. others are seeing a spike in cases. we'll get a global view of the pandemic next. se moves look fam? then you might have a condition called dry mouth. biotène is clinically proven to soothe and moisturize a dry mouth. plus, it freshens breath. biotène. immediate and long lasting dry mouth symptom relief. right now, there are over a million walmart associates doing their best to keep our nation going. because despite everything that's changed, one thing hasn't and that's our devotion to you and our communities. our priority will always be to keep you and our associates safe, while making sure you can still get the essentials you need. ♪ and the clock could be ticking towards bad breath, receding gums and possibly tooth loss. help turn back the clock on gingivitis with parodontax. leave bleeding gums behind. parodontax. i got this mountain

jamie raskin called for the president's impeachment just two days before his inauguration. he was also the individual selected by the democrats to go before the rules committee to bring the articles of impeachment forward to the house. whenot sure what they have it comes to holding accountability on the cares act. i know what they do politically. that is what has always had me concerned about this committee. while democrats might use this to take another stab at impeachment 2.0, republicans will remain committed to truth and transparency. that's why i'm going to ask our whip, steve scalise, to leave this panel for us. in addition, the panel will include jim jordan, jack gorski, and mark green. not sure if you're familiar with him. he will be the only doctor who is on this committee. he is a west point graduate. he is an emergency room doctor. who think this committee or this virus is designed to restructure government, the individuals we appointed have one goal in mind -- truth and transparency. c-span has unfiltered coverage of the federal response to the coronavirus pande

i hereby appoint the honorable jamie raskin to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. compassionate god, thank you for giving us another day. with each passing day, o lord, we hear discouraging news of suffering and death during this pandemic. but hopeful news of possible treatments. in it, all we are understandably impatient to be past this current crisis and returned to lives which we will never again experience. such is the profile of human history. through our own history, americans have relied upon your faithfulness in their personal lives and at times in our nation experience. today we stand before you imploring your presence and assistance in our time of need. give us the patience to trust in the work of medical researchers and professionals as they labor to conquer the coronavirus. give them the wisdom and insight they need to bring to fruition their efforts to find a treatment and vacci

waters, chair of the oversight committee, carolyn maloney, congressman bill foster, congressman jamie raskin, and congressman andy kim. i am proud of that and i want to put their names out there. but today, we are here to talk about the issue of fairness again and how our sense of , community and our sense of humanity in america is served by what policies we present, what legislation is included, and what action we take to make that possible. i want to commend mr. clyburn for being in the lead for such a long time, on the expansion of broadband in america. i'm going to have him speak more specifically to it, but just to commend him for the champion he has been, the understanding that he has about it. i also to commend chairman frank pallone of the energy and commerce committee. he couldn't be with us this morning, he has been working on this issue, made a proposal for infrastructure bill based on the task force that mr. clyburn has chaired. and i also want to acknowledge the leadership role of councilwoman anna eshoo for the specific piece that is in the proposal. but we do believe that the

among them, maxine waters, jamie raskin, carolyn maloney. house minority leader kevin mccarthy calls those appointments of the panel purely political, and he doubts republicans will even participate. well, joining us tonight is a member of the leadership, house minority whip steve scalise. congressman, it is great to have you with us. and let's start with that panel. the idea that republicans would not participate. your thoughts. >> well, lou, i think when you list those names that you just mentioned, i mean, those were all people who have been very rapid people that have just been focused on the impeachment of donald trump regardless of fact. they all voted for the hoax impeachment. you seeing this whole thing blowing up with the latest papers that showed they were targeting flynn, they tried to set him up. the dirty cops other at the fbi, i i wish they were focusing on that so that the vast majority of our fbi agents who do such a great job defending our country can be exonerated. frankly, i think some need to go to jail. that's where the

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in charge of making sure the trillions in relief go to the right place, democratic congressman jamie raskinaryland. he's helping lead the oversight of the relief aid. what yoare you actively doing about oversight now given that the house isn't even in session? >> we sent out a bunch of letters to publicly held corp raigss worth more than $25 million which were able to obtain financing under the ppp program. and we're asking for them to return that money. it was designed for real small businesses. and if not, to answer a whole set of questions and interogatories about how they got the money. this money is geared toward the neediest businesses and neediest people in the country, not the greediest. we know at other points in american history, people have taken advantage of war, depression, what have you to exploit the system. and we're going to do whatever we can to curb all of the excesses and rip-offs bound to be taking place. >> but it's not just the neediest businesses hurt. lots of businesses have. what makes you believe that the c.a.r.e.s. act is actually designed in a way that it's goin

jamie raskin. two partisans said all kinds you have terrible things about the president.he president. we will have to present the truth. get to the facts and underscore the unfair process that this whole thing was created supposed to be bipartisan it's not 7 to 5 in favor of democrats. went after certain businesses with the letter they sent yesterday. whip scalise responded to that letter with something that we sent out i think last night as well. so, this is partisan but we are going to have to focus on the truth and the american people, i think, will see it for what it is. brian: never stops. steve: let's hope. so jim jordan, thank you very much for joining us today. thank you, sir. >> you bit. thank you, guys. steve: good luck. stay safe. it's 11 minutes before the top of the hour. new york's governor has unveiled a four phase plan to reopen the states at least three regions. education is at the bottom of the list. next guest says the governor needs a plan for schools and needs the plan now. we'll be right back. brian: here we go parts of new york will slowly reopen fo