this week they will turn their attention to the nomination of one house senior associate counsel, brian miller, to be the first special inspector general for pandemic recovery. senators may also work on legislation providing greater flex ability to small businesses who receive paycheck protection program loans and possibly more debate on the pfizer reauthorization bill. watch the senate live on c-span2. >> we are joined by armstrong williams longtime radio, tv talk show host, author, thank you for being with us here on washington journal this morning. >> good morning and thank you so much for having me. >> host: we started our segment last hour with michael hopkins saying we asked both of you on today to talk about the reaction last week to the death of george floyd at the hands of the minneapolis police. but as the protests have grown and the civil rest has grown and writing, we want to get your reaction overall to what we've seen particularly in the last three days over the weekend across the country. >> guest: you know, the beauty of america is our right to protest in a very peaceful way. t

expected to consider the nomination white house lawyer brian miller special inspector general for pandemic recovery. a new position overseeing related spending that would create but the passage of the cares act. also possible legislation providing greater flexibility to small businesses. the receipt paycheck protection loans. we could see from the work on reauthorizing that form intelligence surveillance act. it is the start of today's session. he's followed by iowa republican grassley. a majority leader mitch mcconnell. eternal god, who has placed our tears in a bottle. today we weep. we weep because every death diminishes us. we weep because of the grief of george floyd's family. we weep because of the ends explosive impact of different dreams. we weep because of the potentially catastrophic consequences of peaceful protesting during a pandemic. we weep because justice delayed and is justice denied. we weep because the paralysis of analysis that often impedes your prevailing providence. we weep because of our personal ability during these tragic times. we weep because of our sins of coal

this week they will turn their attention to the nomination of one house senior associate counsel, brian miller, to be the first special inspector general for pandemic recovery. senators may also work on legislation providing greater flex ability to small businesses who receive paycheck protection program loans and possibly more debate on the pfizer reauthorization bill. watch the senate live on c-span2.

nomination of senior associate counsel brian miller to be the first special inspector general for a pandemic recovery. a new position created by the cares act to oversee spending of government funds in response to the pandemic. senators may also learn about legislation providing flexibility to small businesses. it is possible that further work on the reauthorization bill could take place. watch the senate live on c-span2. host: we are joined by john dickens here to talk about the gao report on infections and infection control in nursing homes across the states. what prompted the report? was it driven by the covid response? guest: the covid issues have highlighted infection prevention and control. the gao oversight of the federal response as well as a request from the ranking minority member of the finance committee gao conducted a review of looking at what the issues were in nursing homes in terms of finding deficiencies, prevention, and control prior to the pandemic. what the history has been in terms of what has been reported to hhs. host: here are some of the top line data out of that rep

judicial nominations before turning their attention to the nomination of senior associate counsel brian miller to be the first special inspector general for a pandemic recovery. a new position created by the cares act to oversee spending of government funds in response to the pandemic. senators may also learn about legislation providing flexibility to small businesses. it is possible that further work on the reauthorization bill could take place. watch the senate live on c-span2. host: we are joined by john dickens here to talk about the gao report on infections and infection control in nursing homes across the states. what prompted the report? was it driven by the covid response? guest: the covid issues have highlighted infection prevention an

later this afternoon a final confirmation vote on brian miller to serve as the first inspector generalfor pandemic recovery. a position created in the cares act. the vote set for 4:30 p.m. eastern. more like senate coverage when the gavel comes down at 2:15 p.m. here on c-span2. a senate subcommittee holds a hearing on the efficacy of the 1998 digital millennium copyright act. also known as dmca which outlines notice and takedown procedures for website hosts. watch live today 2:30 p.m. eastern on c-span3, online at c-span.org or listen live on the free c-span radio app. on wednesday former deputy attorney general rod rosenstein testifies before the senate judiciary committee on the rise application process used to the fbi investigation into possible ties between the trump campaign and russian officials. the fbi's investigation was eventually taken over by special counsel robert mueller will rosen sent a point in 2017. watch live coverage of the hearing beginning at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span, on-demand at c-span.org, or listen live wherever you are on the free c-span radio app. >> three

white house senior associate counsel brian miller to be the first inspector general for pandemic recovery, a position created by the cares act. work on may also legislation providing greater flexibility to small businesses who received paycheck protection program loans. it is possible that further work --the pfizer reappropriated pfizer reappropriated and bill could take place. >> tonight, three democrats vying for the party nomination to take on mitch mcconnell join a special edition of kentucky educational television's kentucky tonight program. the candidates will discuss their campaign platforms and why they are running. live coverage begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. by michael starr hopkins to talk about the events in the country, race relations in the country following the death of george floyd in minneapolis and the protests that have followed. his podcast available on spotify. --n we first book do you when we first booked you, the idea was to get your reaction to the george floyd killing. broadly, your reaction to what you have seen in the country? >> it is heartbreaking. i g

this week, will turn our attention to white house senior associate counsel brian miller to be the first inspect general for pandemic recovery. inmate work on legislation providing greater flexibility for small businesses receive paycheck protection program funds and possibly more debate on the isa reauthorization. watch senate live on c-span2. >> tonight on the communicators, former sec commissioner, susan talks about ways to reduce hate speech and extremism online. >> companies, when they find terrorist contact, they will address the others don't copy it. there's not much greater cooperation and we had even to his ago. tremendous amount needs to be done, the pressure needs to be there. >> watched the communicators tonight at eight eastern on c-span2. on wednesday, the deputy attorney general ron rosenstein testifies before the senate judiciary committee on the pfizer application process used during the fbi investigation into possible ties between the trump campaign and russian officials. the fbi's investigation was taken over by special counsel robert roller who rosenstein appointed in

also expected, debate on the nomination of brian miller to be the first special inspector general for pandemic recovery. the new position is to oversee government spending in response to the coronavirus. we could see legislation providing greater flexibility to small businesses who receive paycheck protection program loans and further work on fisa reauthorization. watch the senate live on c-span2. democrats, three vying for the party nomination to take on senate majority leader mitch mcconnell join a special edition of the "kentucky tonight" program. the candidates will discuss their platforms and why they are running. like coverage begins at 8:00 eastern on c-span. watch c-span's daily unfiltered coverage of the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic with briefings from the white house, congress, and governors from across the country. plus, join in on the conversation on "washington journal." if you missed any like coverage watch anytime on-demand at c-span.org/coronavirus. the of colorado, michigan, and arkansas testified before a house subcommittee about how their states

in session this week as members consider judicial and executive nominations, including that of brian miller to be the first special inspector general for pandemic recovery, a new position created by the cares act to oversee government spending. could see debate on a bill that provides greater flexibility to small businesses that received paycheck protection program loans. watch the senate live on c-span2. >> the senate homeland security & governmental affairs committee holds a confirmation hearing for u.s. postal service governors and other nominations. watch live wednesday morning at 9:00 eastern on c-span3, online at c-span.org, or listen live on the free c-span radio app. on wednesday, former deputy attorney general rod rosenstein testifies before the senate judiciary committee on the fisa application process used during the fbi investigation into possible ties between the the trump campaign and russian officials. the fbi's investigation was eventually taken over by special -- robert mueller. c-span, c-span.org, or the free c-span radio app. the senate budget committee holds a confirmati

. >> tuesday the senate takes up the nomination of white house senior associate counsel brian miller to be the first special inspector general for pandemic recovery. it's a new position created by the cares act to oversee spending of government funds in response to the coronavirus outbreak. i've coverage of the u.s. senate when members return at 10:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span2. >> u.s. space commands major general john shaw joined by two air force space commanders spoke about the creation and mission of the u.s. space wars and u.s. space command at an event hosted by the publication space news. >> good afternoon, everyone paid thanks for joining us. we are happy to have you. we would like to welcome our panelists. good afternoon, general shaw, major general john shaw joining us from vandenberg air force base. welcome. can you hear us? >>an

in c-span2 the senate is back at 10 am eastern to consider executive nominations including brian miller to be special inspector general for pandemic recovery, a new position created by the cares act to oversee covid-19 really funding. at 10 am on c-span 3 the senate judiciary committee holds a hearing on efforts to keep prison inmate safe during the coronavirus. in the afternoon a senate judiciary subcommittee examines the efficacy of the 1998 digital millennium copyright act which outlines notice and takedown procedures for website hosts. federal reserve chair jerome powell talked about the us economy and his agency's response to the coronavirus pandemic at a virtual pandemic hosted by the university, and the federal reserve was days away from making the first loans to small and medium-sized businesses for the lending program. this is 40 minutes. >> i have the signal that technology is working. no one would have put that in my domain so to quote somebody i don't take any responsibility for that. alan reiner, director of public affairs at princeton university. thank you for joining us o

week they will turn their attention to the nomination of white house senior associate counsel brian miller to be the first special inspector general for pandemic recovery. senators may work on legislation providing greater flexibility to small businesses that we see paycheck protection program loans and possibly more debate on the fisa reauthorization bill. watch the senate live on c-span2. >> tonight on "the communicators," former fcc commissioner susan ness talks at ways to reduce hate speech and extremism online. >> companies may find terrorist content, they will tag so that others don't copy it. and there's now much better cooperation that we had even two years ago, but they're still instrument is amount that that needs to be done. >> watch "the communicators" tonight at eight eastern on c-span2. >> on wednesday former deputy attorney general rod rosenstein testifies before the senate judiciary committee on the fisa application process use during the fbi investigation into possible ties between the trump campaign and russian officials. the fbi's investigation was eventually taken over

eastern to consider executive nominations, including brian miller to be special inspector general for pandemic recovery, the new position created by the cares act. at 10:00 a.m. on c-span3, the senate judiciary committee holds a hearing on efforts to keep prison inmates safe during the coronavirus. in the afternoon, the senate judiciary subcommittee examines the efficacy of the 1998 digital millennium copyright act. >> c-span has unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events from presidential primaries through the impeachment process. now the federal response to the coronavirus. you can watch all of c-span's public affairs programming on television, online, and through app.ree c-span radio america'seated by cable television companies as a public service and brought to you today by your television provider. >> president trump held a conference call with governors to discuss the protest and riots that are happening around the u.s. and what they should be doing in response. here's a brief exchange during the call between the president and i

eastern to consider executive nominations including brian miller to be pandemic eral for and overseeing covid-19 relief funding. at 10:00 a.m. on c-span three the senate judiciary committee holds a hearing on keeping the country safe during the pandemic and a subcommittee examines the 1998 digital illennium copyright act. earlier today president trump spoke about actions he was taking in response to several dyes protests over the death of george floyd. immediately after the president departed the white house by st. to visit john'sepiscopal church that had been partly damaged by demonstrators. president trump: thank you very much. ladies and gentlemen, my highest duty is to

nominations before turning their attention to the nomination of white house senior associate counsel brian miller to be the first inspector general for pandemic recovery, a position created by the cares act. work on may also legislation providing greater flexibility to small businesses who received paycheck protection program loans. it is possible that further work --the pfizer reappropriated pfizer reappropriated and bill could take place. >> tonight, three democrats vying for the party nomination to take on mitch mcconnell join a special edition of kentucky educational television's kentucky tonight program. the candidates will discuss their campaign platforms and why they are running. live coverage begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. by michael starr hopkins to talk about the events in the country, race relations in thent

later this week that will turn their attention to the nomination widest range of associate counsel brian miller to be the first special inspector general for pandemic recovery. senators may work in legislation providing greater flexibility to small businesses that we see paycheck protection program loans and possibly more debate on the fisa reauthorization bill. watch the senate live on c-span2. >> tonight on "the communicators," former fcc commissioner susan ness talks but ways to reduce hate speech and extremism online. >> companies, when defined terrorist content, they will tag so that others don't copy it. and there is now much greater cooperation that we had even two years ago but there still instruments about needs to be done. the pressure needs to be there. >> watch "the communicators" tonight at eight eastern on c-span2. >> on wednesday former deputy attorney general rod rosenstein testifies before the senate judiciary committee on the fisa application process used during the fbi investigation into possible ties between the trump campaign and russian officials. the fbi's investigation w

week they will turn their attention to the nomination of white house senior associate counsel brian miller to be the first special inspector general for the pandemic recovery. they may work on legislation providing greater flexibility to small businesses to receive paycheck protection program loans. and possibly more debate on the pfizer reauthorization bill. watch the senate live on c-span2. >> tonight on "the communicators". former sec commissioner susan asked talks about ways to reduce hate speech and extremism online. >> companies when they find content they will attack so that others don't copy us and there is now is much greater cooperation that we had even two years ago but there is still a systematic things that needs to done. >> watched the committee caters tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> on wednesday former deputy attorney general rod rosenstein testifies before the senate judiciary committee on the pfizer application process used during the fbi investigation into possible ties between the trump campaign and russian officials. the fbi's investigation was eventually ta

later they returned her attention to the nomination of white a senior associate counsel brian miller to be the first special inspector general for pandemic recovery. senators may work in legislation providing greater flexibility to small businesses who receive paycheck protection program loans here and possibly more debate on the fisa reauthorization bill. watch the senate live on c-span2. >> tonight on "the communicators" former fcc commissioner susan ness talks about ways to reduce hate speech and extremism online. >> companies when they find terrorist content, able tag so that others don't copy it. and there's no much better cooperation amid even two years ago but there still estimates about needs to be done. >> watch "the communicators" tonight at eight eastern on c-span2. >> on wednesday former deputy attorney general rod rosenstein testifies before the senate judiciary committee on the fisa application process used to drink fbi investigation into possible ties between the trump campaign and russian officials. the fbi's investigation was eventually taken over by special counsel

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in c-span2 the senate is back at 10 am eastern to consider executive nominations including brian miller to be special inspector general for pandemic recovery, a new position created by the cares act to oversee covid-19 really funding. at 10 am on c-span 3 the senate judiciary committee holds a hearing on efforts to keep prison inmate safe during the coronavirus. in the afternoon a senate judiciary subcommittee examines the efficacy of the 1998 digital millennium copyright act which outlines notice and takedown procedures for website hosts. federal reserve chair jerome powell

miller from suspension. braman brian looked to carve open their opponent's from the start but only walked in their attacks like a finishing touch. and ending from brain and straight the league leader it looks as though by and we're in for a long night the rain began lashing down. until just before half time. does. the power. of the league season trying to within. your perfect past allowing 11. the 2nd half was uneventful and. second booking leading by a man down brain and then had a penalty. for sergeant crap that includes your own. about the referee the way that. with time running out manuel neuer came to the rescue to secure the win front by then and with it. many of the players it was just the right of many championships so. it was. and while the rest of the league maybe tired of watching it by and are celebrating once again. a change of pace now italy a group of giant tortoises credited with saving their species from extinction have been released back into the wild in the galapagos islands among them the 100 year old

brian miller to be the first special inspector general for recovery, a new position created by the in care act to oversee government pending in response to the coronavirus. we could see debate on a bill that provides greater that ility to small bases receive paycheck protection loans. watch the senate live on c-span 2. security andmeland -- rnmental committee holds watch live wednesday morning at onlinestern on c-span 3, at c-span.org or listen live on c-span radio app. wednesday, former deputy attorney general rod rosenstein testifying before the senate on the fisa mittee application process used during the f.b.i. investigation into ties between the trump campaign and russian officials. he f.b.i.'s investigation was very manically taken over by special counsel robert mueller who rosenstein appointed in 2017. watch live coverage of the hearing beginning at 10:00 a.m. on c-span, on demand at or listen live to wherever you are on the c-span radio app. the senate budget committee confirmation hearing for russell vote to serve as director of the office of budget.ent and watch live wednesd

back to the senate is consider nominations, including brian miller to be inspector general for pandemic recovery. :00 a.m. on c-span3, the senate judiciary committee holds to keepg on efforts inmates safe during the coronavirus. a subcommittee examines the 1990 millennium copyright act. journal, maryland carton.ben a look at the public health response of covid-19 with dr. dara kass. discusses his book. and the federal response to the coronavirus with democratic congressman jamie raskin. video from yesterday of president trump announcing further federal and military intervention in the aftermath of the killing of george floyd. after those comments, the president strode through ofayette park cleared protesters to briefly visit a historic church, st. john's church, which had been partially burned the night before. welcome to "washington journal." getting your thoughts on what you heard it from the president to end the continued unrest in cities. for those of you in the eastern and central time zones, (202) 748-8000. (202)in and pacific, 748-8001. you can send us a text at (202) 748-8003. w

in a speech written by stephen miller? >> brian, don't do that to me. don't do that to me, brian. >> okay. i'm sorry. >> we have seen the way he's tweeted about this. no, no. i'm obviously giving you a hard time. that is all to say that we have seen the way the president talks about these things when he's left to his own devices. to ashley's point, and to my colleague jonathan swan's reporting this week, a small group of who they think are highly influential political advisers for the president's re-election campaign meant to have a private meeting not long ago to discuss a more hopeful and optimistic message to try to balance out the harsh law and order rhetoric we're hearing from the president. they wanted to focus, again to ashley's point, on this economic comeback about this great american comeback, using words like rebuilding and restoring. we're not seeing that message from the president. we're not seeing any type of hopeful or optimistic messages from the president other than nods to the economy or unemployment numbers, which didn't paint a whole

title the reigning champions were by the return of robert levin and thomas miller from suspension for the visit braman. brian look to carve open their opponents from the. who are in their attack like a finishing touch. and defending from brain. straight the league leaders it looks as though by and we're in for a long night as the rain began lashing down. until just before half time when he popped up so often does. the polar goal of the late season put the trying to within touching distance. perfect allowing 11 p. to do what he does best. the 2nd half was uneventful and daley picked up a 2nd booking leaving pi and man down frame and then felt they should have had a penalty shot from just. about the referee white the way their program. with time running out manuel neuer came to the rescue to secure the win front by him and with it. for many of the players it was just the latest of many championships so. it was. and while the rest of the league may be tired of watching it by and are celebrating once again but so by in our champions again with me here in the studio. moody only here we are again it sounds like th

as i mentioned, last week, we confirmed the nomination of brian d. miller to be special inspector general for the pandemic recovery at the treasury department, a key position with responsibility for ensuring that coronavirus funding is spent properly. we also passed last week legislation to update the paycheck protection program to give additional flexibility to small businesses. madam president, clearly, clearly the senate has been making coronavirus a priority, and i would argue that much of what we have already done has -- is having the desired result. the jobs numbers that came out last week are encouraging, obviously. we have got a lot of work to do. we have to keep it in perspective. it's no time to be spiking the football, but those job numbers were encouraging. i think one of the reasons we had those strong numbers, madam president, is because we have a very resilient economy, number one, but number two, because of policies that we have put in place. tax and regulatory policies that encourage businesses to invest, consumers to spend, and the p.p.p.

. >> thanks to tim miller and tim o'brien. and to you, brian, obvious ly, the point is, you can get a lot of medical care on the white house complex and i was just a staffer, there's a more -- there are more robust services available to the president himself but as a staffer there was counseling available, there was immunizations available, obviously people who can do temperature checks, the president has this unexplained trip to the hospital in the midst of conduct that justifies two print stories in both the washington post and "the new york times" about whether or not he's healthy is just a stunning state of how opaque his health is to the american people. >> you can do at least minor surgery on air force one and if that's true on a flying 747 the general public can just imagine the medical facilities at the disposal of the white house physician, including testing, die mostics machines and what have you. i'll watch the rest of your broadcast and do a quick fact check on what knocked us off the air earlier. >> good luck with your i.t. needs.

i'm casey miller, and these are the morning announcements. i have a letter from second grade student briancasey, "why is our school president such a fat, stupid dickhead? "my desk is broken, "and so far, eric cartman has done nothing about it. "will you please let that walking bowl of anus pus know that we are not happy?" well, brian, i couldn't agree more. our asshole president is a fat, smelly, douche bag milkshake. - i'm doing the best i can! [crying] captioning by captionmax www.captionmax.com >> trevor: hey, everybody, i'm trevor noah and welcome to another episode of the daily social distancing show. we're back but we're still filming from my apartment because it's saver for everyone that way and i'm still only halfway through my hoodie collection. now today's not going to be a normal show and that's because nothing is normal right now. for one thing there's still a global pandemic and as of this weekend 400,000 people around the world have died from coronavirus, with more than 110,000 of those people here in the u.s. so please remember, if you are out there, wear a mask and keep you

back to the senate is consider nominations, including brian miller to be inspector general for pandemic recovery. :00 a.m. on c-span3, the senate judiciary committee holds to keepg on efforts inmates safe during the coronavirus. a subcommittee examines the 1990 millennium copyright act. journal, maryland carton.ben a look at the public health response of covid-19 with dr. dara

the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of brian d. miller of virginia to be special inspector general for pandemic recovery shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: the yeas are 51. the nays are 40. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, brian d. miller to be special inspector general for pandemic recovery. mr. blunt: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from missouri. mr. blunt: madam president, today we are on the senate floor at a time when once again we're attempting as a country to reconcile things that should have been reconciled long ago. the deaths of george floyd, brie an ?a taylor, ahmaud arbery shocked the country, outraged the country. three of them in a very short period of time, brought again this division we have in our country where we look at the country and particularly we look at law enforcement in two different ways. the discussion i had and ha

nomination of white house lawyer brian miller to be the first special inspector general for pandemic recovery. it is a new position overseen spending on programs dealing with the pandemic. senators may work on legislation providing greater flex ability to small businesses who have received paycheck protection program loans. we take you live now to the senate floor on c-span2. the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. eternal god, who has placed our tears in a bottle, today we weep we weep because every death diminishes us. we weep because of the grief of george floyd's family. we weep because of the explosive impact of deferred dreams. we weep because of the potentially catastrophic consequences of peaceful proking during a pandemic. we weep because justice delayed is justice denied. we weep because of the paralysis of analysis that often impedes your prevailing providence. we weep because of our personal culpability during these tragic times. we weep because of our sins of commi

senate, the focus today executive nominations, including brian miller for pandemic recovery. and the vote for mr. miller setting for 4:30 p.m. eastern. take you live now to the senate floor on c-span2. the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. lord god, have mercy upon our nation for the winds of suffering buffett our land. we hear the cries of the voiceless and the anguish of the unheard. we see the criminal actions of those who threaten freedom. lord, snatch this nation conceived in liberty from the precipice of its own destruction. extricate us from traps we have set for ourselves. remind us that you are a god of justice from whom we borrow our heartbeats. arise, mighty god, and make those who defy your purposes tremble with reverential awe. hear the prayers of our senators, and give them wisdom, courage, and integrity for these challenging times. we pray in your strong name. amen. the president pro tempore: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our fl