and louisiana senator bill cassidy is quarantining after testing positive for covid-19. cassidy, who is a doctor, caught the virus after being probation exposed to an infected person. the first ever u.s. air force dogfight similarity competition between human and artificial intelligence goes to the ai. the ai virtually shooting down a u.s. air force top gun in five rounds of mock air combat. the human by lookout said he couldn't keep up with the robot's aggressive tactics raising questions of the future of air-to-air combat. look at your headlines. send it back to you, ainsley. ainsley: thank you so much, jillian. today lori loughlin and her husband will be sentenced in the college admission scandal.

joining us is louisiana senator bill cassidy he's a member of the joint finance companies. it's great to see you today. thank you for being here i know this is breaking news but your thoughts on smaller and mid-sized markets getting cut out after the funding that some of these airlines have received and are still looking for? >> well, obviously, their air traffic is low we have a public health crisis which is just turning into a ball of wax. the education and the business cycle, if you will we've got to take care of that public health crisis and everything else opens up lake charles can have a booming economy. 20 billion in announced construction projects being announced there. if folks are worried about travel, they're not going to travel >> yeah. your state is one of the ones that's been hit hard by covid. i think every state has. i think moody's has said louisiana is facing a 46% decline in revenue for fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2021. how do you handle that what needs to happen

>> reporter: well, republican senator, bill cassidy has tested positive.s came to be, at least according to his offices, is he was notified last night he had been with an individual who tested positive. he got tested today and got the results back today finding out that he is also positive. and he urged individuals in his statement to strictly fall though cdc guidelines up to this point. law makers are out of town for the congressional recess, for the summer recess and it gives him more opportunities to come in contact with more people. and another senator, rand paul, has already tested positive. several house members have tested positive. >> and tomorrow we're set to hear from the post master, lewis dejoy. what do we know about the hear sng. >> reporter: it's going to be all virtual. this came about in large part because houses democrats are having their own hearing monday. i'm told senate republicaned decided to hold this hearing to get in front of the democrat's hearing and give the post master an opportunity to lay out his side of what's been going on

joining me right now is bill cassidy from louisiana. a member of the finance committee we should note he's a physician. senator, we appreciate you taking the time this morning. >> thank you, jim. >> so i want to show how the u.s. has performed in bringing the outbreak under control compared to other industrialized nations. that's the u.s. in green. you're at -- i don't think you can see this, but it's rising sharply. and europe rising and south korea who had the same case on the same day as the u.s., flat lining on this. who do you hold responsible for failing to get this under control and do you think the president shares responsibility? >> it's hard to say that the president is responsible when the young people go to the bar and don't wear a mask or socially distance. >> it took the president months to say that wearing a mask makes a difference. >> i suppose so, but i don't take my lead from the president, but from medical science. i think there's enough voices saying just that. wear your mask. so i guess from my perspective, we can -

a second round of stimulus checks is high on senator bill cassidy is priority list we know a young family with 3 kids is going to spend that money cassidy's legislation would send more money to families including adult dependents like college students and individuals with disabilities the extra expense of children in covid is has not been fully appreciated under the bill a qualifying family of 4 could potentially receive $4,000 600 more than they received in the cares act single and married taxpayers with no children would receive less compared to the first $1200 stimulus checks if you're somebody is 50 years old you paid your bills, you're the may not be quite as if you are is just starting off in life you're 29, you have 3 kids this plan differs from the proposals in both the house democrats and senate republican packages that have already been introduced they keep the checks at $1200 but handle dependence differently, i'm totally president trump says he remains active in the negotiations on the next coronavirus relief package. but treasury secretary steven the new shun says the preside

here is the senator from louisiana bill cassidy, mr.he tell you about sending resources to help out? >> the president said he would send whatever is necessary that he was committed that the all government response would be there and nothing more can be committed that has not been already. by the way it is not just that we have the hurricane, it was not a moving story that you just had, is the issue of coronavirus and how we keep people safe, i think it's an overlay of public health upon assistance upon which would be long-term rebuilding and the president committed to it all. stuart: as i believe, you have the virus and you are now in quarantine, how is your state of health, can i ask? >> i'm doing better, i'm nine days into a going stir crazy. and so my family meets me at the door. i'm lucky, wonderful support system and my health is improving, it's the folks in lake charles and cameron brady your heart goes out to, 7000 dresses, my gosh, how many wedding dresses, anyway thanks for getting our megaphone. stuart: i want to point out wha

>>then we're losing fighting men and women in the field louisiana senator bill cassidy is fighting to connect veterans with thousands of organizations available to them they answered the call to serve our nation. >>now congress must answer the call to better serve them. the senate quietly passed legislation this month funding via grants for suicide prevention in emergency care, they're nonprofits and community programs, arkansas senator john boozman said the idea is patterned after successful programs in his home state this connection is save lives in reverse the suicide right in northern arkansas over the past decade, congress has increased funding for mental health and suicide prevention at the va but the department said most veteran suicide victims are not receiving any via treatment cassidy explained it takes about 6 months after departing military service before veterans can first access via services. >>but most suicides are occurring in that same time period so we've got to have this kind of transition point tightened, and one is to make sure they all know they have va benefits

senator bill cassidy joined us on this program, republican from louisiana defending the president's moveses. he is trying to get aid to the american people that ms. pelosi wants to deny. >> sandra: even though republicans were critical of such moves by president obama, many like bill cassidy are supporting the president on this. >> yeah, it's fascinating. a real role reversal. i'm used to decades of politics in washington where the democrats positioned themselves as the only people who cared because they were willing to spend money, the definition of caring in washington republicans came across as a group of accountants and bookkeepers who constantly said no. what has happened here? president trump has flipped the tables trying to get help to those who are unemployed and the democrats are coming across like a group of accountants and lawyers who saying we can't do it. so politically i give credit to president trump here. on the substance of it really the anology is when there were obamacare subsidies to insurance companies not appropriated by congress, president obama did the exact same t

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coming up next, senator bill cassidy, republican from louisiana. good morning. this is bloomberg. ritika: with the first word news, i'm rick. -- i'm ritika gupta. an explosion at a warehouse in beirut was felt miles away. reports are at least 100 were killed and some 4000 injured. lebanon's government says on was 3000 tons of flammable ammonium nitrate has been stored in the building since 2014, but they are not saying whether the blast was caused by an accident or attack. it will be the highest level visit to taiwan by aqs covenant u.s.ial and's 1979 -- by a cabinet official since 1979. health and human services secretary alex azar will arrive in taipei to discuss the response to the coronavirus. taiwan's response has largely been recognized as one of the most effective in the world. in the u.k., a panel of lawmakers has issued a report that is scathing about the way prime minister boris johnson's government handled the coronavirus. it urges johnson to be more open with the british public on travel risks, and said the march lifting of restrictions on all people traveling to the u

republican senator bill cassidy of louisiana also a physician has tested positive for coronavirus, hisnnounced. cassidy tested notified last night he was exposed to an infected individual. the senator is quarantining, his office says and notifying people with whom he has come in contact and dr. anthony fauci recovering after surgery to remove a polyp from his vocal cord. the white house coronavirus task member explained his hoarse voice began after having the flu. we wish both the senator and dr. fauci a speedy recovery. >>> and expecting a coronavirus vaccine to be widely available sometime next year possibly between april and june. slowey told "business insider" he feels confident demonstrating efficacy. and from texas children's hospital, doctor, good to see you, as always. someone also working on a vaccine what do you make of this prediction, this timeline? >> yeah. it's about what we've been saying. i've been saying pretty consistently including on your show, quarter three, q3 of 2021. dr. fauci says q1, q2. split the difference. by then we'll know which vaccines are working how w

rch senator bill cassidy has tested positive for the coronavirus, becoming the second senator do it.erienced some symptoms and is quarantining in louisiana. the louisiana physician saying he got tested yesterday after being exposed to someone with covid the night before. the senator said he will strictly follow the direction of the medical experts and strongly encourage others to do the same. kentucky representative rand paul was the first to test positive back in march but was asymptomatic. paul, who is also a doctor, refuses to wear a mask on capitol hill because he said he's already had the virus. >>> "the wall street journal" reports that dr. deborah birx told hospital officials in arkansas this week that the current system in which the hospital reports new cases is solely an interim system and the reporting would soon go solely back to the cdc. the new system has been plagued by delays and inkconsistencies n data since being implemented back in july. houvg michael caputo, hhs, assistant secretary for public affairs telling nbc news in a statement this. the process for reporting

and i just want to recognize bill cassidy and congressman really abraham, two great -- ralph abraham.rough a problem, and i hope ralph fine, right in ralph is fine. and bill is going through a problem, but i spoke the him the other day, and it sounds like he's doing well. he's been, along with john, a terrific senator. so hurricane laura was a category four storm, and it was actually for a little while a five. it was up to 175, almost 180 miles an hour. few people are ever even heard of that with winds currently, when it came in, it was at 150 mile-per-hour at a landfall damaging thousands of homes and causing hundreds of road blockages and major power outages. and i heard, i think this is correct, it was the most powerful storm coming in and hitting your land in 150 years. coming in. >> [inaudible] >> they put their finger up, right? i just visited the cajun navy in the relief center, they're fantastic. i want to thank the pastors, and we had a great pastor just gave us a little prayer, and he didn't choke. he gave a great prayer, i'll tell you. he got up there and did a fantastic jo

louisiana senator bill cassidy is the latest elected official to announce that they have tested positivein a statement, he said he was tested after being exposed to someone with the virus. he will quarantine for 14 days but did not say if he's experiencing any symptoms. >> former secretary of state jim baker and his wife also have the virus. a spokesperson for the former secretary says the couple hasn't been hospitalized but they, quote, feel crummy. baker is 90 years old. >> the new york mets have postponed two games after two positive tests in their organization. the team says they're conducting testing and contact tracing to see how widespread this is. >> in college sports, georgia state's quarterback says he will now sit out the season after being diagnosed with a coronavirus related heart condition. in a statement on twitter, he thanked the team's coach and trainer for, quote, providing a safe environment for us to train and practice. >>> and the university of notre dame has canceled football practice for the time being after at least five players tested positive, six more are in qu

. >> reporter: senator bill cassidy of louisiana has tested positive. been in contact with somebody. he got a test. that's the responsible thing to do. he said he's in kwaquarantine following the guidelines an urging everybody to do the same. louisiana, right now leading the nation in the number of covid-19 cases per capita. back to you. >> all right. thank you so much. o our thoughts are with the senator. we have dr. sanjay gupta. do you think it's realistic that most of our country vulnerable population will have severed vaccine or will have received one by next summer? >> i think it's possible. this is time line that we have been hearing. we have been talking to the manufacturers. two of them that we talked about a lot, moderna and pfizer that are in phrase three. moderna says october. as you know, they have been treating this differently in the sense they are making big investments trying to manufacturing some of these vaccines before the data comes back. the thing we don't know which is the critical point is the vaccine going to work in these large

just today another member of congress testing positive, bill cassidy. he is a doctor, and his office says he will now quarantine for 14 days. erica hill is live "outfront" to begin our coverage tonight. erica, trump making another push to get teachers back. >> reporter: that's right. the white house, erin, is now designating teachers as essential workers. it is the latest push by the administration to have schools reopen for in person learning. what this means is they're the same category as doctors and law enforcement officers. if they have been exposed to someone with who has tested positive for the virus, they can continue to work as long as they're asymptomatic. the president of one of the largest teacher's unions slamming the move saying it's an effort by the administration for the president to threaten, coerce, and bully teachers back into classrooms, all of this as reports of infections and exposure at schools around the country, those reports are growing. >> the good news, hospitalizations and new cases continue to decline in most states. the ba

. >> we got news that your colleague louisiana senator bill cassidy has tested positive for coronavirusn at the senate in i guess about a week now. how do you feel about the safety protocols over there? do you feel comfortable going back to work? it's unclear if he obviously, if he got it while he was on the capitol. >> sorry to hear about that for bill. i know bill. he's a doctor, as you know. my sense is at least in the senate, the mask rule is mostly observed. there's a couple who don't wear it, i won't identify them, but i know who they are. bill is very observant of that. it shows you, it can affect any community. i had a bad fever months ago, and then when i waited about two months later to get an antibody test, i had the virus. >> you did? >> at some stage, and then had the antibodies. >> i certainly hope you're not contagious because i'm just going to step back. just kidding. senator, thank you so much, senator casey, for joining us here in person today. we appreciate all your time. >> katy, thank you. >> have a good day. >> thanks. >>> coming up, not one to alienate any support

republican senator bill cassidy from louisiana has tested positive for the virus.periencing mild symptoms. more than 5.5 million people have the virus, and more than 174,000 have died. now health officials say a vaccine is still far off. here's abc's andrea fujii. >> reporter: this morning, a new prediction from government health officials that a coronavirus vaccine may not be available to most people until as late as next june. it comes as positive signs start to emerge amid the pandemic. new data from johns hopkins university showing cases in the u.s. are on the decline for a fourth straight week. overnight, philadelphia announcing that restaurants can open for indoor dining with restrictions starting september 8th. the macy's thanksgiving day parade will go on this year. new york city's mayor saying it will look different, but traditions will stay the same. as the president continues to urge all schools to open, new guidelines from policy lab at children's hospital of philadelphia that schools should only reopen in areas where positive test results are less than

>> well, you know, i'll tell you, bill cassidy from louisiana, joe manchin, hernandez, they have a billmpanion pill bill in the house, i'm a co-sponsor of it called the smart act, a formula for state, cities, based on population. michigan will get more than delaware. it's based on covid cases. michigan sadly we've had nearly 100,000 now. it's based on loss of revenue. it's a fair formula, a lot like revenue sharing in the '80s when president reagan was office. it will trickle down to impact the cities as well as the counties as well as the states. we have to do more for our educator. there's nothing more precious than our kid. no parent will send their son or daughter on to school if they don't think -- so they need additional resources for the teachers as well as for the students and the homes where they come back. we've got additional resources that we're going to need, too, called broadband. jim clyburn and i have introduced a bill that is going to bring broadband to underserved areas in a major way. you know, some of my schools, believe it or not, 70% of the kids that are being told

let's get the read from senator bill cassidy of louisiana. senator, where are you, first of all, on the jobless benefit issue? curtail it? wipe it out? what. >> i think there needs to be a continuation of the benefit. i think it needs to be a little more tailored. some people are making 400% or thereabouts of what they would earn if they were working. now, clearly that is an incentive for people to not work. that may be good in the short term. long term, long term unemployment leads to longer term unemployment and severe problems for a family, for an individual. so i think we need something but it needs more tailoring to kind of where people's needs are. neil: i'm wondering where that middle ground might come. is it your thinking, senator, that republicans are willing to accept an extension of that federal benefit, albeit at a lower level? i know mitt romney kicked around a plan where it's reduced by $200 a week. and rechecked at every 30 days. others have said extend it at the present level another couple weeks. where do you think that middl

he is just the second this week after louisiana senator bill cassidy announced he too has tested positiven washington or on the house floor for today's vote on the postal service bill. you see the house speaker there live, expressing her support for that postal bill. we will have the vote momentarily, bring that to you live. congressman muser, who we presume is at home, says he would have voted no. the house is taking extra precautions for the vote that you see including mandatory masks and they're limiting the number of lawmakers in the chamber so it's not packed because of social distancing so that's why it's taking longer and we will show you that vote as it happens and i want to add that we send our best wishes for the good health of both congressman muser and senator cassidy. arthel: yes, we do. russia's on of significance leader this a coma after a suspected poisoning. alexei navalny arriving in berlin today, getting special treatment from german doctors. kitty logan is live in london with details, hi, kitty. >> reporter: hi, arthel. we haven't heard too much more sincsince navalny

hours after appearing on "squawk box" this morning, bill cassidy's office announced he tested positive-19 the test was done after he was told last night he had been exposed to someone with that virus. the louisiana senator who is himself a medical doctor says he is following the advice of medical experts and quarantining for 14 days. >>> and yet another big school is moving to online instruction for the fall semester. north carolina state is blaming covid-19 cases resulting from large off campus parties you are up to date i'll send it back to you >> as always, thanks so much we got 25 minutes left of the session. here is where we stand set for another record close first up is this exquisite bowl of french onion dip. i'm going to start the bidding at $5. thank you, sir. looking for $6. $6 over there! do i hear 7? $7 in the front! $7 going once. going twice. sold to the onion lover in the front row! next up is lot number 17, a spinach and artichoke dip, beautifully set in a hollowed-out loaf of sourdough bread. don't get mad get e*trade and get more than just trading investing. banking.

so you do are republican senators like susan collins and bill cassidy of louisiana, who have said hey, we should get these state and local governments $500 billion. and that would tide them over. a lot of the republicans say look, that's not our job. let's give them some aid for the virus. but let's not replace their lost revenue. this is like a big ideological fight. one of a whole bunch of them that are complicating these negotiations. on the republican side for sweeping liability protections for businesses and others, that the democrats say they don't want, that go too far and make it so that business owners would be able to force their workers to come back to work in an unsafe environment. so you have these ideological fights and asks that are really complicating what is already potentially one of the biggest, most complicated bills in the history of congress. host: we'll remind our viewers and listeners, you can read steven dennis' reporting at bloomberg.com. the president called for a payroll tax cut is that off the table? guest: that's been taken they've table almost from the b

you do have republican senator -- senators like susan collins and bill cassidy of louisiana who haveaid we should give these a state and local governments $5 billion and that would tie them over. say look,epublicans that is not our job. let's give them some aid for the virus, but let's not replace their lost revenue. ideological a big fight and one of a whole bunch that are complicating these negotiations. there are sweeping things that make it so that business owners would be able to force their workers to come back to work and then -- in an unsafe environment. asksave these fights and that are really complement -- complicating what is already potentially one of the biggest, most complicated bills in the history of congress. we will remind our is that taken off the table? steven: that was taken off the table by republicans in congress. republicans have not been eager -- senators like chuck grassley who chairs the finance embraced, has never this idea of a payroll tax cut. you have senators like ted cruz or josh hawley that proposed various versions of a payroll tax cut. payroll tax

urging lawmakers to work together to pass another virus relief package, let's bring in senator bill cassidyor congress is not going to be back until september but you have these executive orders of the president to get these extra rounds of stimulus checks out, do you think the president one on this one? if they don't follow executive orders, the unemployed, i was told the good policy is good politics. in the sense american people are hurting, it is clear that pelosi and schumer want to leverage their pain to get a lot of things covered that are unrelated on appointment, the president has put forward something that helps out pain, good policy in this case is good politics. david: so he one? >> in a sense yes, but more and partly the american people want, i'm not focus on the president and focused on the american people, but because we did something for them is good for the president, he's the one that made it happen. david: i want to put a fine point on it, the unemployed will get the federal bonus check of $300 from the feds and hundred dollars from the states in the employed will get that

and louisiana senator bill cassidy is quarantining after testing positive for covid-19. virus after being probation exposed to an infected person. the first ever u.s. air force dogfight similarity competition between human and artificial intelligence goes to the ai. the ai virtually shooting down a u.s. air force top gun in five rounds of mock air combat. the human by lookout said he couldn't keep up with the robot's aggressive tactics raising questions of the future of air-to-air combat. look at your headlines. send it back to you, ainsley. ainsley: thank you so much, jillian. today lori loughlin and her husband will be sentenced in the college admission scandal. federal prosecutors are calling for the actress to serve two months behind bars and her husband to serve five months. the couple pleaded guilty in may to paying half a million dollars in bribes to get their daughters into usc. here to react is fox nation host indianapolis nancy grace. good morning few, nancy. >> good morning. ainsley: so what can we expect today? >> well, they have them staggered first of all l

bill was tracked down and killed in 1896. then there is kid curry, known as the wildest in butch cassidy's outlaw gang known as the wild bunch. that also included the sundance kid, bill carver and many others. some of them posed for a photo in 1901, which i have put on the screen for you. funnily enough, the pinkertons learned about the photo, got a copy of it, and put it across america. so probably a bad idea. the kid was wanted for 50 murders and was generally believed that murdered at least twice that number. william pinkerton called him the most vicious outlaw in america and said quote he has no single redeeming features. he is the only outlaw for which there is no good point. -- which one is he? >> that is a good question. i have not spent enough time looking into it to truly answer that question. and then there was cherokee bill, crawford colby. he and his gang terrorized the indian territories for two years. he was only 18 when he began his life of outline -- outlawing. he and his gang were willing to shoot just about anybody. he was caught in 1895. he was taken to arkansas and put on trial for three days. the result w

we will take care of cassidy and congressman ralph abraham, two great people, and bill's going through a problem and i hope -- ralph is fine, right? ralph is fine. bill is going through a problem but i spoke to him the other day and it sounds like he's doing well and along with john has been a terrific senator. so hurricane laura was a category 4 storm and was actually for a little while a 5, up to 175, almost 180 miles an hour. few people have ever even heard of that, with winds currently when it came in at 150 miles per hour at landhall damaging thousands of homes and causing hundreds of road blockages and major power outages and i heard and i think this is correct that it was the most powerful storm coming in and hitting your land in 150 years coming in. >> yes, sir. >> they put their finger up, right? i just visited the cajun navy and the relief center. they're fantastic. i want to thank the pastors. we just had a great pastor, just gave us a little prayer. he didn't choke. he gave a great prayer. i tell you, i've seen some didn't quite get it out as nicely but he did a fantastic j

bill was tracked down and killed in 1896. then there is kid curry, whose real name was harvey alexander logan. he was known as the wildest in butch cassidy'soutlaw gang known as the wild bunch. that gang also included the sundance kid, will carver, and many others. some of them included kid curry posed for a photo in 1901, which i have put on the screen for you. funnily enough, the pinkertons learned about the photo, got a copy of it, and put it on wanted posters all across america. probably a bad idea to havepo s posed for this photo. kid curry was wanted on warrants for 15 murders but it was generally believed he murdered twice as many. and pinkerton called him the most vicious outlaw in america and said, quote, he has not one single redeeming feature. he is the only criminal i know of who doesn't have one good point. >> which one is he? >> i'm not sure. good question. i tried to find the identities, but i just kept running into lists that all gave me different information, so i'm not positive, and are did not spend enough time looking into it to truly be able to answer that question. then there was cherokee bill. whose real name was cra

cassidy and senator rounds, senator kramer, the presiding officer this evening, senator loeffler and senator mcsally and senator kaine for their substantive contributions to primary sections of this bill. these contributions by our colleagues range from studies on overmedication, the effect of hyperbaric testing on ptsd, and many provisions that will provide more direct oversight of the v.a. to ensure the department is equipped to better serve veterans. as a result of this bipartisan legislation, it has 51 cosponsors and it received a unanimous 17-0 vote in the senate committee on veterans' affairs earlier this year. and today is the time we pass this measure out of the senate. i'm calling on my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to do our part to make certain that every veteran has access to lifesaving care and support, the support they need. we need to ensure that every v.a. medical center is equipped with the proper personnel, evidence-based treatment options and the best research-informed care to fit the needs of each veteran that walks through its doors. for veterans and service members like commander jon scott hannon, we in congress is have the opportunity to help them know t

we need to get those two bills passed, move on to ensure fairness in the marketplace. with that, i yield the floor. mr. cassidy: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from from louisiana. mr. cassidy: madam president, i rise to address the issues regarding the covid crisis. as we know, the covid crisis is a public health crisis which has led to an economic crisis and, in turn, an educational crisis. today i'm going to speak about an aspect of the economic crisis. specifically, state and local governments, which have had to shut down their economy and in turn have lost all the tax revenue that they otherwise would receive, and because they have lost that tax revenue, put the jobs of firefighters, police officers, teachers, sanitation workers, other essential frontline workers at risk. so let me proceed. senate republicans have unveiled a proposal for a second line of support for american families and small businesses as our nation continues to combat the covid-19 pandemic. the virus is an unprecedented challenge, but we shall overcome. and the heals act attempts to do that. the introduction of thi