well we can speak now to lga chairman cllrjames jamieson.t was something you were pressing for. we are very pleased with this announcement, both the 1.6 billion and the announcement to continue looking at funding requirements of local government to ensure we can do all the things we are doing to support residents. as my colleagues said earlier, we have incurred much higher costs, whether that is in social care or protecting the vulnerable, and so on. and also the issue of loss of income is, corporate revenue is a classic example. the protective equipment obviously very much impacts the people who provide care, whether it is to adults or elderly people. what has been the experience for local councils in england? it is very important that we get protective equipment for our staff, whether they are in care homes or whether they are in care homes or whether they are in care homes or whether they are with the public in other arenas. clearly, ppe is an issue and there is a certain amount of hand to mouth. we arejust there is a certain amount of ha

lincoln from a very difficult poverty-stricken life, and lga

lincoln from a very difficult poverty-stricken life, and lga -- lbj from intermittent poverty. you have different qualities they bring to the presidency. some are born as lincoln was with a gift or language. others had a photographic memory and incredible curiosity. lbj had this unbounded energy. somehow there are kinds of qualities that they resemble one another. i think humility is one and empathy and resilience and the ability to create a team around them. the ability to communicate with the technology of their time. resemblance family which i think are important not just for presidents, not just for governors, but for people in everyday life. it has to do with emotional intelligence. the ability to learn from errors, to listen to other people. these are human qualities leaders in many -- any field or people in a family would want to exhibit. that is what was fun for me working on the book. it was not just the top guys i was studying, even though they were the guys i was living with, but there qualities radiate throughout society as a whole. the book is "leadership in turbul

most needed and finding out where people are actively referred and are setting out a process with the lgacoc how actual work. at the moment we have spare capacity in their thousands and the capacity is ramping up to 100,000 a day by the end of the month. the vast majority of that increase will be for the nhs and social care as a whole, as the testing capacity ramps up. martin from the daily mirror? good afternoon. the action plan refers to everyone in social care getting a test who needs one, can you expand on this criteria? does it mean any social care home resident or staff memberwho social care home resident or staff member who wants one? and can you announce the time frame? white markets immediately, the policy change comes in today with the publication of the document. the staff, the process of getting staff their tests and social care started when we changed that policy on friday. as i say, there is over 4000 who have already been referred to a test. the definition of who needs it is, in the first instance, those who are symptomatic or a member of their household, if they are under

gio benitez has more on that at lga in new york.rlines say they're trying to maintain social distancing but this morning, one woman says she was shocked when she boarded a flight that was nearly full. this morning, six seconds of video getting a lot of attention online. an american airlines flight nearly full going from new york to charlotte saturday. people sitting side by side. erin strine recorded the video. >> what was this experience like? you get on this plane and you were surprised to see so many people. >> it was shocking to say the least. it was the first time i felt truly unsafe. i recognized the risk i was taking by agreeing to be on an airplane in the first place and while i wanted to believe all of the precautions would be taken that i had read on the airline's website, you know, there are lots of asterisks there. >> reporter: the plane was about 85% full. the airline says it's leaving about half of its middle seats in standard economy empty. >> this flight in particular was not a leisure flight for you. >> no. my grand

lincoln from a very difficult poverty-stricken life, and lga >> we leave this program to suspend c-span's coverage of live gavel-to-gavel coverage of the u.s. house. ouse a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the smooms, washington, d.c. -- the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. april 24, 2020. i hereby appoint the honorable g.k. butterfield to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. compassionate god, thank you for giving us another day. the house is again silent and all the nation awaits the influx of assistance on the local level to address the ongoing pandemic. please empower and inspire all people of good will who are now responsible to enassistance is distributed most effectively and equitably. continue to bless those whose life's work is in service to public safety. be it police, medical professionals, or those produced -- producing and delivering our daily necessities. may everything done this day be