david gifford. appreciate your time this morning. >> thank you very much for having me. >> the house oversight and reform committee is set to hear again from the cdc's dr. robert redfield and dr. anthony fauci this afternoon. live picture here from the office building on capitol hill where they will continue their testimony shortly. they're expected to return this afternoon to continue talking about the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic. we will have it live when it resumes shortly here on c-span3. >> while we wait for the hearing to assume, c-span has a one on one with vice president mike pence. he talked about the coronavirus pandemic and how it is affecting the u.s. economy. >> mr. vice president, dr. anthony fauci saying the coronavirus is going to continue to spread. angela merkel saying 70% of the germans could be affected. we're seeing the lockdown in italy. what worries you personally the most? >> the american people can be confident that this president, our administration, leader

david gifford with us until the bottom of the hour.he eastern central time zones, (202) 748-8000. mountain or pacific time zones, (202) 748-8001. withcial line for those experience in assisted living, whether it is yourself or a family member, we want to hear about your experiences, what you are seeing now. is that number. i want to come back to the new york times story. a quote stood out from that story, this from one of those interviewed, her name is melissa west whose 95-year-old mother-in-law lives in the , sheng home in seattle said "i am concerned the loneliness and helplessness will kill her quickly -- quicker than the virus. i think about her by herself all day being trapped and waiting." having that reaction to visitors -- no visitors. guest: that is a concern. one thing we are recommending is making sure that family members have contact information. we are asking everyone to figure out alternative ways to communicate. there is a lot of videoconferencing that can be done. we recommend family members explore that option. host:

eastern hour we will be joined by david gifford senior vice president at the american health association, the largest trade association for nursing homes in the country so a lot more to talk about. but one more call before you go, congressman. richard has been waiting out of con da in montreal. richard describes himself as a republican. richard, go ahead. >> caller: good morning, congressman. in 2009-2010 we had the swine flu hin 1 blue where americans died. and i follow the news very closely, i didn't hear the news covering this story every day and obama did not assemble a task force or give us a briefing every day. 13,000 is a huge number and the corrupt media and the corrupt democratic party are trying to blame the president for the spreading of this virus when 13,000 americans were killed and they didn't even inform the public. i was traveling in the united states, i didn't know about this, they put my family at risk and they are blaming the president, i think it's outrageous. >> i have the numbers on the swine flu, the n 1 -- and it was, right, 12,500 fatalities just in the united s

in the american healthcare association doctor david gifford talking on nursing homes and other assisted-living facilities are dealing with coronavirus outbreaks. watch c-span's "washington journal" live at seven eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion. ♪ ♪ >> doctor robert redfield and doctor anthony found she along with other emergency response officials testifying the coronavirus outbreak before their house committee watch live wednesday morning look also online c-span.org or listen live at the free c-span radio app. acting deputy homeland heads to capitol hill wednesday to testify on the federal response to the coronavirus outbreak. watch that live at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span three. online at c-span.org, or listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> next president trump presents the medal of freedom to retired four-star army general jacket keane. he is a former army vice president chief of staff who retired in 2003 and is currently a fox news analyst. this is 15 minutes. ♪ ♪

david gifford discusses how nursing homes and other assisted living facilities are dealing with coronavirus outbreaks. watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. >>

david gifford discusses how nursing homes and other assisted living facilities are dealing with coronavirus outbreaks. watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. next, testimony from commerce secretary wilbur ross on budgetnt trump's 2021 request and he talks about the 2020 census, space commerce and trade relations. held by a subcommittee, this is two hours. sen. moran: good morning, everyone. the subcommittee will come to order. welcome to our first budget hearing on commerce, justice, and science and related agencies for this fiscal year 2021. today, we have the honor of hearing from secretary of commerce wilbur ross about the president's fy 21 funding priorities for the department of commerce. welcome, secretary ross. thank you for your appearance. we look forward to hearing from you this morning. the department of commerce executes a broad range of activities for our nation, things that are important to every american. range of critical activities for our issues that we care a lot about. research and development, cutting-edge technology, p

david gifford discusses how nursing homes and other assisted living facilities are dealing with coronavirus outbreaks. watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion. >>> dr. record redfield and dr. anthony fauci along with other emergency response officials testify on the coronavirus outbreak before the house oversight and reform committee. watch live wednesday morning at 9:30 eastern on c-span 3. also online at c-span.org and listen online with the c-span radio app. >>> acting deputy ken cuccinelli heads to capitol hill on wednesday to testify on the federal response to the coronavirus outbreak. watch that live 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3, c-span.org or the listen radio app. >>> john charles fremont brought the pacific coast into the united states. at the beginning of the story, the united states the haven't a pacific coast. there was territory in oregon disputed with britain and california which belonged to mexico. fremont encouraged the american settlement of oregon and took part in the american conquest of california just in time for the