jason dick, what would you like to say? guest: the way the debate is taking place, with the last stimulus package, there were enough negotiations going on behind the scenes that that is where the debate was really happening, which is frequently done, but it also produced, you know, overwhelming margins of approval. 96% in the senate and in the house, they were able to use a voice vote to pass a, so it seems like -- vote to pass it, so it seems like times are top are these are difficult times we are going through -- so see like times are tough. these are difficult times we are going through. congress is moving quickly. this is an institution that has difficulty passing spending bill sometimes, and has for decades. so, to appropriate more than $2 trillion in a matter of weeks is a really big deal. yet i -- yet there are things they will need to fix with the stimulus packages, but the fact they are full steam ahead in working on this, something that i have not seen in a long time, certainly, if you go back to 9/11, and some ot

, before jason dick jump sampodria wanted to let you know, what you're talking about dicktopic -- before jason jumps on my wanted to let you know that we will be tub about a topic about those zones. we will be joined by scott burris from temple university specifically on that topic, but jason dick, if there is anything you want to jump in on or congressional angle? version think the first they see with people saying, why can't they do more for these quarantined zone? i don't know emergency power things. one of the issues we are dealing with with hospitals is they are being overwhelmed by covid-19, but people are still having to come to the hospitals for other reasons. if you create these biohazard hospitals, it might prevent people who have gotten into a car accident, or got a heart attack or something likeated to coronavirus, you may impede their ability to get there. ships,y these two naval one to new york, from los angeles have opened up because those hospital ships are designed to deal with people who are not infected with coronavirus. but it is difficult to stillness up as quickly a

jason dick, what would you like to say?: the way the debate is taking place, with the last stimulus package, there were enough negotiations going on behind the scenes that that is where the debate was really happening, which is frequently done, but it also produced, you know, overwhelming margins of approval. and in thesenate house, they were able to use a voice vote to pass a, so it seems like -- vote to pass it, so it seems like times are top are these are difficult times we are going through -- so see like times are tough. these are difficult times we are going through. this is an institution that has difficulty passing spending bill sometimes, and has for decades. so, to appropriate more than $2 trillion in a matter of weeks is a really big deal. yet i -- yet there are things they will need to fix with the stimulus packages, but the fact they are full steam ahead in working on this, something that i have not seen in a long time, certainly, if you go back to 9/11, and some other responses, and even then, we're talking ab

jason dick of roll call newspaper, thank you so much for your time. stay safe. thank you for what you and your reporters do. live at the white house for the update from the white house coronavirus task force. we are just hearing that the briefing has been pushed back a bit until 5:45 p.m. eastern. we will have that live once a get underway here on c-span -- once it gets underway here on c-span. with the news that the briefing has been pushed back another 15 minutes, we will have it live here on c-span when it starts. we will show you some more from today's washington journal. host: he serves as president of the international association of chiefs of police. when it comes to law enforcement in the age of coronavirus, how much has policing had to change? guest: thank you for having me. we have completely changed the way we do business on a daily basis. we have civilian personnel working remotely from home. we conduct our daily briefings either outside or we conduct a briefings electronically. we are taking more police reports over the phone. stopped all of our cla

. >> coming up on "washington journal cominco roll call's editor jason dick will discuss what is next on capitol hill. law temple university professor scott burris directs the center for public health law research. we will discuss the possibility of federal and state officials for keeping residents at home during the outbreak. after that, international association of chiefs of police president steve casstevens will discuss policing during the coronavirus pandemic. as always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. "washington journal" is next. ♪ host: good morning, it is monday , april 6, 2020. the u.s. president warned americans to prepare for a pivotal week, with the surgeon general drawing comparisons to the 1941 pearl harbor attack in the 9/11 terror attacks to describe the dark days likely ahead. this morning we are doing what we always do, opening up our phone lines and letting you talk about it. if you are in the eastern or central time zones, text messagesand this