people's congress. beijing says it's aimimed att s guarding publicc order in hong kong. people in the territory have been h holding pro democracy rallies on and off since last june. protests against the proposed law plan are widely expected. more than 3,000 police officers have been deployed around the legislature. the plan is expected to be reapproved by the national people's congress on thursday. beijing says the u.s. is trying to meddle in it's internall affairs. >> residents of tokyo enjoyed sunny and june-like warmer weather on wednesday but those in other parts of the country saw midsummer-like hot conditions. our meteorologist joins us now with the details. >> it was a very hot weather across many places of central japan on wednesday. 31 degrees. we'll continue to see warmer conditions. it looks like we will continue to see unusually high temperatures, at least into late june according to the japan m t meteorlogical agency. parts of southern taiwan saw over 300 millimeters of rain in one day. the system will likely push down toward the south. rain is going to be e

enforcement community, mental health professional, congress and the american people better understand the extent of and the easons for this crisis. the f.b.i.'s findings so congress can support local agencies who are grappling with officers' suicide. i'm grateful to address this important issue. the presentative quigley companion to this bill. commend him and i commend the representatives on behalf of law enforcement officers. i support this bill. i urge my colleagues to do the same and i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. >> i yield myself such time as i may consume. this ise in support of s. bill. last year, congress passed and the president signed into law a bill that i introduced with my ood friend representative dean and improves treatment. to todd we are taking action address the suicide ate. he data collection act which government. the according to a blue help to help for those in the law enforcement community, a record number of current or former police officers died by suicide. suicide in died by 2019 compared with 2072. since they began collecting data. more have died by suicide. they z

required to have professional judgment record to congress annual just as in nh does for hiv, also i s in cancer. that way congress and the american peoplecan understand what's really needed for a public health defense, congress can appropriate the resources required to sustain the public health system we need to keep us safe. this investment can save millions of lives and potentially as we've seen trillions of dollars. good public health is good business. in my 30 years in global public health i never seen anything like this. scary. it's unprecedented. we are learning more each day. i have outlined some of the things that we can do at home, in business, government right now to slow the spread of covid and rebuild our economy. we must make sure this never happens again by investing in systems, find and stop the emerging health threats before the spread, whenever and wherever that's possible. thank you, and i look for to answering your questions. >> -- forward. >> thank you very much, dr. frieden, and appreciative. i think so personally about this issue. i never knew him but my grandfather died in the spanish influenza, 1918 at age 36, le

rogers, the famous humorist in the 1930's, used to say the country is never safe when congress is in session. peoplesilicon valley are always worried congress or the ministration will do something. as we have learned in the microsoft lawsuit, these things take a long time to get done. it is not that easy to break these companies up. on the other hand, at&t was broken up and stared gregorio was broken up -- and standard oil was broken up many years ago. i did not see these companies being broken up but they might change the way they operate, and they are certainly spending more time in washington. an open question on a friday as we stagger into june with this pandemic. we are seeing a massive economic contraction like the 1930's. the mellon family was hugely charitable in washington a lifetime ago. will we see the combinations and transactions that lead to combinations because of this economic depression like we saw in the 1930's? will we see one big roll up? david: i do not know that we will see that, but i do think we will find more and more pressure being put on the wealthiest people in the united

imagine that people in congress or at least some people in congress would say well, we have given a lot of money right now. look at the stock market, up 963 points. yes, that's people's 401(k)s what is the counter-argument there? at some point we do need to continue to think about people who are still on the unemployment rolls. 36.5 million people filed for unemployment benefits. does that worry you? >> i mean, it's a tragedy. the world is shut down because of the virus that america did not ask for but the stock market doesn't have to collapse the way the economy collapsed, because we are not necessarily in a normal business cycle. i think the stock market's message is really saying as long as credit's functioning, and as long as too much damage isn't being done during this shutdown period, the stock market's kind of telling us that there's a pretty vigorous recovery coming. i don't know when that starts but that's the message of hope that i think anyone who is currently not working should realize. the stock market is not about rich people getting richer. it's really telling us that the future isn't really that negative. liz: you have clients, as i understand it, in about 16

people have no idea what the inspector general is. they are a unique role that was established during the 1970's in andonse to financial issues perceptions of financial mismanagement in executive agencies by congress. a series of laws were passed that dealt with ways to reduce waste. established the first 12 inspector general's. of clearing fraud, waste, and abuse was one aspect. they were to look at the economy and efficiency of federal agencies. there are now 75 inspectors general. they look at three different functions they fulfill in agencies. one that has been getting all the press is investigation. that is not looking at wrongdoing. refer cases to the department of justice. the second is financial auditing. a big part of the actual motivations for the act in the beginning. finding better use of funds and ways to improve internal controls and improve financial management. the third is looking at program improvements for economy efficiency. there are separate units within each inspector general. the investigators are the ones that look for the potential and follow up on whistleblowers that come in two hotlines. hotlines bring up hundreds of issues. needs to be a vetting process to find out whi

minister s says there's an urge need to impose national security legislation o on hong kong as violence in the territory has been increasing. -- speaking on the sidelines of the national people's congressn beijing on sunday. >> translator: violence and terrorist activities are continuing to escalate and foreign elements are illegalall interfering in hong kong's affairs, this poses a serious threat to china's national security. >> but lee and his colleagues believe the law undermines the ci city's awe onmy on freedom of speech which they promised to uphold. why now? there have been attempts in the past. why the move now, d dyou thinkn? >>>> t ty t take advantatage of sickness. the covid-19 sickneness, a and they do nasty thingngs too hong kong, knowing the other governments will be too busy so they will take advantage of this calamity. to do the dirty work. and at the same time they are worried that in the f forthcomi lelegislative c council elelectn september they are afraid to lolose the majority to the democrats. >> reporter: how would you see the international businesses responding to thihis movement ts time around shsh. >> i think manany of them are pulling up. and they still want

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people's congress said the legislator is committed to passing the law. gen should. remain committed to upholding the law based governance in hong kong and the. constitution into special administrative region z s. i'm just sick lost 3 find the system for interpreting the basic laws by the n.p.c. to the north and establish a sound suspicion effective enforcement mechanisms why don't the national level for safeguarding national security as you do to regions. and the prospect of mass protests similar to what we witnessed in 2018 said hong kong's hang seng index into turmoil on friday alone the index lost 5.6 percent its worst performance since july of 2015 meanwhile officials in the united states have taken issue with the proposed law secretary of state mike mike pompei o said last week quote called the proposal disastrous and wood said it would quote be a death knell for hong kong's autonomy and during an interview with n.b.c. on sunday white house national security advisor robert o'brian said it's hard to see how hong kong could remain the asian financial center that it's become if china takes over adding the u.s. could impose sanctions on china if the law is passed under the hong kong human ri

congress has never refused to count any votes for people who are actually constitutionally qualified to be president. >> thanks for that. strongest --s the which justice was most sympathetic to the other side and why? >> that is a hard question to answer. there were some hard questions asked by some of the more conservative justices, but i do not think i could identify a single justice who i would say is firmly in the column of the electors. said in the format things are harder to read with all those questions on both sides. you with the ones that thought might find the originalist argument most appealing seemed concerned about practical consequences and about the unlimited amount of discretion being exercised by these electors and problems that could arise. then their ways concessions made by lessig that there is some role for the state to play after appointment before the vote. if an elector said, i am not going to show up. i would rather have no boat -- i --ld rather have novo, that no votes, they can see the state can replace that person -- they concede that the state can replace that person. he came pretty close to conceding tha

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as congress debates the next legislation to address the covid-19 pandemic, i'll continue pushing for this provision. it is not too much to ask if these people simply want to be working in e.r.'s and hospitalsific aring their lives for all of us that they at least have the peace of mind that they know they can stay until the end of the calendar year. that's all i'm asking for. is it too much to ask? some of them are suffering and some of them are dying and their families are suffering, too. all they want is the authority to stay here. last year the house of representatives passed the dream and promise act based on the dream act with a strong vote. senator mcconnell has refused to call it in the senate. i wish he would reconsider. i have come to the floor over 100 times and told the stories of dreamers. i don't think there is any better way to make the case. meet them, know them, realize what they've brought to america and what they bring each day. today i want to tell you the story of this man. his name is manual bernell. emergency department advocate for christ medical center. manuel grew up in memphis, tennessee. always wanted to become a doctor. he wrote me a letter and he

s&p 500 dropped 31, the nasdaq fell 50. getting our first look tonight at the effects of the first relief package passed by congress for people taking tremendous hits from the pandemic in the economy. congressional correspondent chad pergram tells us many of the first reviews not so good. >> it's the first report card to congress about the $3 trillion response to the pandemic. >> this is the biggest response ever, and the fastest and the biggest and this is the biggest shock we have seen, the question looms in the air of is it enough? >> there was worries about the consequences of reopening too fast. >> how many workers should give their lives to increase the gdp? >> no one should do that and i think your characterization is unfair. >> fed chairman powell has said another jolt from congress could bolster growth but many are skeptical of another expensive bill. >> i believe if we don't smartly reopen the economy, we can't do enough here to replace what we've shut down. >> a bipartisan coalition of senators say it handcuff small businesses. they have to direct three quarters of the federal dollars they receive to employee wages

we provide to the people that live in our cities, but to the economies of our regions in the region of america that build america. and have to use that any member of congress call if s in it foron what it i kentucky, alabama, michigan. what is in it is the ability to get through a time when the water is rough, when we need a helping hand to get over the next few years in order to be able to see our regions become a part of a growing new economy in this country. >> well, i appreciate your commentary as it relates to the role of health care spending. it is easy for people to forget that most of our hospitals across the country, particularly those in urban areas, half their revenue now likely comes from medicare. with medicaid, you are generally looking at another 10 to 15%. in some cases, higher. i think that revenue stream you are going to see after conversations we had with secretary a's are, -- secretary azar -- this is a great example because i am mindful with what you did in the transformation of health care. toare under such pressure get the money out rapidly. we use the first pipeline of medicare expenditure. the next launch of 30 billion is going to be medicai

people's conference end -- congress ends. joining us from beijing is tom mackenzie. tom, how has china reacted to the u.s. decision to does it --sspute this resolute decision to dispute this resolution? tom: the chinese response to what we heard from mike pompeo, his address to congress, as you say, the trump administration now saying hong kong no longer has a high degree of autonomy from china, the response has , essentially, chinese officials saying this is an internal matter. they say the security law is necessary. the security law prompted this action from mike pompeo to downgrade the status of hong kong in terms of its trading relationship with the u.s., at least in terms of his views on it. the chinese have said this is security law is not going to affect the people's freedoms or the freedoms of foreign investors in the city, but that is unlikely to persuade the u.s. administration. they have made a fundamental shift. from 1992, they carved off a special place for hong kong in terms of trading rights. hong kong does not have the tariffs imposed on it that mainland china has, for example, or the exemptions from technology e

now it's up to us as members of congress and the people from the private sector who have made such a a huge contribution to s project to work together to do something. i don't want to walk away and say well, we had a great commission, it was a good report. 81 recommendations, 57 legislative proposals but we really didn't accomplish much. i think the onus is on us now to make it happen. this committee has certainly been on this for a long time. i deeply appreciate the support you have already indicated for some of our major recommendations, and a really look for to working with you to get the details right, to work with house, of the committee's in the senate so that we can take action here to defend this country that we love. thank you, mr. chairman. we really appreciate the time you took with us today and attention you have given to this critical subject. >> again, thank you, senator king. i completely agree with you. we have to turn this report into real action. i want to thank the for a few, all the other commissioners, all the staff members who worked so hard on this for your hard work, your dedicated ef

people have no idea what the inspector general is. they are a unique role that was established during the 1970's in andonse to financial issues perceptions of financial mismanagement in executive agencies by congressa series of laws were passed that dealt with ways to reduce waste. established the first 12 inspector general's. of clearing fraud, waste, and abuse was one aspect. they were to look at the economy and efficiency of federal agencies. there are now 75 inspectors general. they look at three different functions they fulfill in agencies. one that has been getting all the press is investigation. that is not looking at wrongdoing. refer cases to the department of justice. the second is financial auditing. a big part of the actual motivations for the act in the beginning. finding better use of funds and ways to improve internal controls and improve financial management. the third is looking at program improvements for economy efficiency. there are separate units within each inspector general. the investigators are the ones that look for the potential and follow up on whistleblowers that come in two hotlines. hotlines bring up hundreds of issues. needs to be a vetting process to find out which

saw this in the 60's when the fbi was keeping lists and monitoring people they considered to be un-american, surveilling folks like martin luther king. when that was exposed, congressame together as republicans and democrats to protect american civil rights. i think what we're seeing here again under the obama administration is rivaling that you saw under j edgar hoover. it is sent for congress to come together again to say the police powers of the federal government are not going to be used for political purposes, we are going to protect the civil liberties of america. host: this is rocky from california, why did the president fire michael flynn? guest: the president fired michael flynn because of statements he had made to the vice president. as it related to internal communications. not necessarily involve the dealings we are seeing under the court proceedings and the abuse of power by the previous administration. those are separate issues. but those issues ultimately meant a loss in confidence by the president in michael flynn? guest: the president took the action he thought was necessary at the time but i don't think because one thing happened to be true that t

as congress debates the next legislation to address the covid-19 pandemic, i'll continue pushing for this provision. it is not too much to ask if these people simply want to be working in e.r.'s and hospitalsific aring their lives for all of us that they at least have the peace of mind that they know they can stay until the end of the calendar year. that's all i'm asking for. is it too much to ask? some of them are suffering and some of them are dying and their families are suffering, too. all they want is the authority to stay here. last year the house of representatives passed the dream and promise act based on the dream act with a strong vote. senator mcconnell has refused to call it in the senate. i wish he would reconsider. i have come to the floor over 100 times and told the stories of dreamers. i don't think there is any better way to make the case. meet them, know them, realize what they've brought to america and what they bring each day. today i want to tell you the story of this man. his name is manual bernell. emergency department advocate for christ medical center. manuel grew up in memphis, tennessee. always wanted to become a doctor. he wrote me a letter and he

s know illegal to lie to congress. in our subcommittee, unlike o and i, they are the only subcommittee -- i mean, it's a practice. a tradition. in.we don't swear people but witnesses know that it is to congress.e 1,003, i believe. mr. bucshon: thank you. hiseshoo: the gentleman for five minutes opening. mr. walden: thank you. i know we're operating under unique circumstances. is coping with an historic deadly pandemic that we always knew was possible but we prayed would not happen. in a bipartisan way we did everything the experts said we do to be prepared should a pandemic or other hazards strike. madam chair, the work you, dr. burgess, representative susan rooks and i did over two congresses when each party has controlled the house resulted in one product -- the pandemic all-hazards preparedness act. you are are know part of our efforts in writing that law.horizing we thank you for your work. in fact, given the role you once before going to barda, you had a big responsibility to make sure strategic ovided the national stockpile were needed, us shortcomings as we were doing the act. to over three earings we held in the subcommittee where you testifi