mr. booker: what she said. [laughter] reporter: a tradeoff with your staff and yourselves, with the -- [indiscernible] -- ms. harris: we were elected to serve the public. and this is a crisis facing our country. and so we need to be here and get the job done. and however long it takes, we will be here and get the job done. but to leave when we're also talking about a virus that is spreading rapidly each day on this matters. this will not be the same issue a week from now. it will be much worse. so we need to be here in our seats addressing the issue and solving the problems that we know we can solve. mrs. gillibrand: last question. go ahead. reporter: do you believe that the european travel ban was a step in the right direction? mrs. gillibrand: i wish the president had focused much more on the health care crisis than on pointing blame and labeling this a foreign virus. he's obviously using rhetoric to create more fear and more panic and unfortunately what he should be focused on is getting testing readily avai

mr. booker: i would like to vitiate the quorum call, sir. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. booker: i'm grateful, mr. president. this past week we've seen the spread of covid-19 has become a crisis not just for our nation but a crisis for every american. today millions of americans are asking themselves how will they endure this crisis? how long will the crisis last? how w

mr. booker: i would like to vitiate the quorum call, sir. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. booker: i'm grateful, mr. president. this past week we've seen the spread of covid-19 has become a crisis not just for our nation but a crisis for every american. today millions of americans are asking themselves how will they endure this crisis? how long will the crisis last? how will it affect their families, their communities, their nation as a whole? we have many people that are now trying to do the dollars and cents of this crisis, literally sitting down to try to calculate how many weeks they can stretch the last two weeks of pay. we see people who have been furloughed, had their hours reduced, been laid off. we have seen small businesses from the mom and pop pizza joint to small interior design shops to barber shops, are all trying to determine how they can keep themselves afloat when their doors are closed, how they can deal with their fixed costs. i've been on the phone with so many employers in my own state who have spoken to me about the challenges they have trying to contin

mr. chairman. booker.or senator booker: mr. chairman, thank you very much. i have three areas i want to get in a short five minutes. dr. anderson, maybe i can get you. 'm uncomfortable right now -- senate is about to go on recess. curb increasing level of infections will continue to go up. will say that. our control actions to try to bend that curve is -- having a director during firsttorm sandy, it's the order of keeping people safe but it's the second order of consequences when that happens. to face nationwide second order consequences what have close -- what it means to go home and stay home. an you tell me in 30 seconds, sound the alarm, going out tonight to your store, what does if we have large-scale rders for social -- for social isolation as well as basically people sheltering in place in economies e local that depend upon small businesses, can paint this icture for me, because i think we need to be taking a lot more dramatic action to try to a lot of the small businesses and help people who crisis.g through this oi dr. anderson: i just walked i ough

mr. wash he recently spoke with newshour riekend's christopher booker about what "shel in" means to someone who has already spent more than two decades doinit. >> reporter: we were planning on telling you the story of mr. wash and his extraordinary paintings under fferent circumstances. sentenced to serve life on a non-violent drug conviction-- a crime he says he didn't commit-- mr. wash was one of hundreds of thousands of black men sent away during america's war on drugs. it's a 1990's three-strikes-u're-out story, one that's uniquely american. but this mr. wash story isn't about his sentencing, it's about what he did during his 21 years in prison. >> i spent my time doing exactly what i'm doing right now, painting. >> reporter: mr. wash painted a lot, and he painted very, very well. so well, that when he applied for clemency and somehow it was granted, he wondered if his artwork had anything to do with it, but that is a story rme another >> let me close this window. there's light coming in making this glaor. >> rr: like so many americans, mr. wash is now stuck at home, living under fornia

mr. blumenthal if he would go first. >> yes. absolutely. thank you, senator portland and senator booker, when he comes back for holding this very important hearing. as you've heard, the disinformation censorship and propaganda threat is one of the greatest challenges we face. i think when you are talking about china and the chinese communist party, you have to put it under the rubrik of china is committing and engaged in political warfare against us and information, disinformation and censorship are one key pillar of that political warfare. they have been doing so for many, many years. and we have just started to engage that fight. political warfare meaning trying to undermine our position in the world, our alliances. our own democratic system through all means other than actual military warfare. as i outlined in my written testimony, there are an unbelievable number of organizations in china that are involved in propaganda censorship, harassment of the media, western and internal. at least ten that i mentioned, and even more than that. that's all to say that it's a feature of the chine

mr. biden: in just the past week, so many of my incredible competitors have endorsed me. mayor pete buttigieg, amy klobuchar, beto o'rourke michael , bloomberg, cory booker and kamala harris. together we are bringing this party together. that is what we have to do. tonight we are one step closer to restoring decency, dignity and honor to the white house. that is our ultimate goal. [applause] mr. biden: and at this moment, with so much fear in the country and across the world, we need american leadership. we need presidential leadership. that is honest, trusted, truthful and steady. reassuring leadership. if i am given the honor of becoming your president, i promise you i will strive to give the nation that very leadership every day. every day. that is the reason why are you -- that is the reason why i am running for president. i believe we are in an incredible moment in american history, a phenomenal opportunity to deliver a bold progressive vision to the american people, guaranteeing that every american has health care, affordable health care, total health care. not a privilege, but a right. [applause] mr. biden: building on obamacare, providing every c

in the past 24 hours, mr biden has received the backing of senators kamala harris and cory booker, influentialy when he endorsed mr biden. i knowjoe. we know joe. but most importantly, joe knows us. now this endorsement started a domino effect for mr biden. he won south carolina by a landslide, forcing other moderates to drop out of the race, and propelling him to his super tuesday sweep. this is the latest polling data for michigan. as you can see mr biden is ahead of mr sanders with african american voters, but still lower than the share of votes hillary clinton received in 2016. so is the african american community voting for biden because he's what's best for the community, or is he the best bet to beat donald trump? we're joined now by cliff albright, co founder of the black voters matter fund. those are pretty crucial endorsements he has had this week, kamala harris and cory booker. are those the sort of people that are going to cement his position among african—american voters? going to cement his position among african-american voters? well, i don't really think so. i have to push back

detroit joined by a michigan governor gretchen whitmer and cory booker and kamala harris, both former 2020 presidential candidates who endorsed mr. biden's campaign after ending their own bids. from yesterday, this is just under an hour. >> all right. thank you. i'm going to try not to start dancing. but i'm happy. how are you feeling? great. well, detroit, i'm thrilled to be here with you because i felt better in the last ten mays than i have in months. do you feel me? and here is why. i decided to jump on and endorse joe biden and you know why? because joe knows michigan. joe cares about michigan. he caress about people like michigan all across the country. we know health care is personal. right? well, got to tell you, as a 29-year-old i became a member of what is known at the sandwich generation. that means i was sandwiched between two generations of my own family for whom i was the primary caregiver. my mom, she was dying of brain cancer, my daughter who was a newborn. that doesn't make me unique because there is a lot of people that are doing that. but i was also fighting an insurance company that was wrongfully denying my

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by two campaign veterans, former campaign manager for cory booker and the press secretary for kamala harris's campaign. we just heard from mr. biden via twitter, this is the tweet, michael bloomberg, i can't thank you enough for your support and for your tireless work on everything from gun safety reform to climate change. this race is bigger than candidates, bigger than politics, it's about defeating donald trump and with your help we are going to do it. what else have you learned about mr. bloomberg's thinking and his support now for joe biden and what that might look like? >> well, we know, craig, this decision was not made for a final way until just this morning. bloomberg obviously saw some of what was coming last night but decided that he wanted to wait until more information came in, until he was able to really take a solid look at all of the math that was coming in and see if there was a viable path forward. he flew late last night from florida where he held a campaign event back to new york so he could meet at his headquarters with his top aides to plot a way forward, decided he did not see a win for him to become

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mr. blumenthal if he will go first. >> yes, absolutely. thank you, senator portman in booker when he comes back for alholding this important hearin. as you heard, the disinformation censorship and propaganda threat is one of the greatest challenges we face, i think when you talk about chinese ominous party, you have to put it under the rubric of china committed and engaged political warfare against us in information and disinformation and censorship are one key pillar of the political warfare, they have been doing so for many years and we just started to engage that fight. the political worker meaning trying to undermine our position in the world, our alliances, our own democratic system through all means other than actual military warfare. as i allied in my written testimony there is an unbelievable number of organizations that are involved in propaganda censorship, harassment of media, western and internal, at least ten that i mentioned, and even more than that, let's not to say that it's a feature of the chinese communist party system, it's not above, it's built on lies an

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mr. secretary, i was one of the co-authors on the opportunity zones in the house. we worked with senators cook, scott and bookern the senate side to get it passed initially. there were key provisions that were left out. mr. kelly and i and along with others on the committee introduced bipartisan legislation called the opportunity zone accountability and transparency act to enhance the accountability, the transparency, the reporting requirements, to make sure the opportunity zones are being implemented the right way according to congressional intent. i ask your and the administration's support for the follow up legislation right now and work with us to make sure the opportunity zone which i think holds a lot of promise out there including in my large rural district as being done the right way, according to the congressional intent and also helping us pass this followup legislation. secretary mnuchin: we're happy to work with you on that and whatever else you have on that that we can implement, we'll consider. mr. kind: thank you. finally, mr. secretary, there are warning clouds on the economic horizon. one of th

mr. biden's decline is completely off limits despite the fact that cory booker and brought it up in televisedf? >> spontaneity? >> yeah and how sharp is he. >> sometimes the lack of clarity. that he was what i'm hearing on the ground u i think that's what a lot of people are thinking. we can't afford that at this point. >> you just said that two minutes ago. are you forgetting what you said a few minutes ago? >> are you forgetting what you said two minutes ago? >> i think castro has some really legitimate concerns about can he be someone in a long grueling campaign that can get the ball over the line. he was the height to call that out. there are definitely moments when you listen to joe biden and you just wonder. brian: wow. steve: forget about republicans bad mouthing joe biden those are democrats. >> exactly right. i went back and watched the 2012 vice presidential debate between joe biden and paul ryan. go back and watch it if you can. he is sharp, i'm talking about biden. he has a grasp of the facts and his arguments. he is quick. he is a different person. he was in his late 60's then th

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coauthorst, we worked with senator scott and booker on the senate side to get it passed the initial there are key provisions that pass the taxmit was left out, we have mrkellyanne aisle alongat with other ones have bipartisano legislation, called the opportunity accountability and i transparency act recording requirements -- according to congressional intense, we'd like the administration support for thiso and to work with us to make my large sure that opportunity zones hold a lot of promise including myo th large rule district thats beingping done the right way including congressional intent and helping n: wus pass follow-p legislation. >> i'd be happy to work with you on that and in the interim whatever ideas you have we will consider. said >> edgar scott has. finally >> mister secretary there are some warning clouds horizon, one ofc the key data points that have been keeping a close eye on and whether the economy of ours is debt fueled. the reason i say that corporate debt has gone up by 1.5 trillion dollars. just in the last two years alone, household debt has got up by 1.5 trillion dollars, consumer credit card that has gone by 130 billion from se

mr. booker: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from new jersey. mr. booker: are we in a roll cal, a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are, sir. mr. booker: i would like to vitiate the quorum call, sir. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. booker: i'm grateful, mr. president. this past week we've seen the spread of covid-19 has become a crisis not just for our nation but a crisis for every american. today millions of americans are asking themselves how will they endure this crisis? how long will the crisis last? how will it affect their families, their communities, their nation as a whole? we have many people that are now trying to do the dollars and cents of this crisis, literally sitting down to try to calculate how many weeks they can stretch the last two weeks of pay. we see people who have been furloughed, had their hours reduced, been laid off. we have seen small businesses from the mom and pop pizza joint to small interior design shops to barber shops, are all trying to determine how they can keep themselves afloat when their doors

mr. booker: request to get rid of the quorum. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. booker: i want to thank the pages in this class right now. they are hard at work and i want it to be written into the record in the united states senate that on this day in march, the junior senator from new jersey recognizes them even though they do not tell jokes that are very good. now if my may start my prepared remarks. madam president, i rise today with other colleagues that are speaking today, and particularly my colleague from connecticut, senator murphy to speak on a bill that actually passed out of the house which was something that was extraordinary. it passed out of the house of representatives just over a full year ago that we're still waiting here in the senate to come down to the floor. now, i'm one of those folks that really believes that we have too much unnecessary are partisanship around issues when there is so much common cause in our country, when there is so much common ground in our country. yes, indeed, debate is important, disagreement is important. it underger

mr. booker: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from new jersey. mr. booker: before i give my remarks --. the presiding officer: the senate is in a quorum call. mr. booker: oh we're in a quorum call. i request that the quorum be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. booker: thank you, mr. president. this page class, i don't know if you've noticed, mr. president, but they are better than adequate. they are doing a good job for the united states of america and i appreciate them and the job they're doing for the senate. mr. president, as of today, there are over 1,000 confirmed covid-19 cases in 35 states and washington, d.c. the world health organization has now declared covid-19 a pandemic. 31 people have died in the united states already. and because of this virus, already one person, this includes one person in the state of new jersey. communities across the country most recently new jersey, are confronting the possibility of seeing a spread of this virus. we also know that it's possible due to delays and lack of availability of testi