of disease about the federal response. our nation's most pressing issues are solvable if we are tasking them together. and the beauty of the national league of cities is we walk around these hall ways talking about the challenges and successes of cities, but we don't ask what party affiliation. that is the beauty. we don't care if you are a republican or democrat, we just want to solve problems because we know how to do it. we are on the ground and we are the closest to the overnment. it is my honor to talk and introduce our second vice resident who is going to discuss some of the issues of the coronavirus facing our cities, towns and villages and mayor of union city, georgia, mayor vince williams. [applause] mayor williams: good afternoon. certainly it's great to see all of the leaders on the front lines. we are in the midst of what many would call a crisis. one of the things we got to remember is we were not given he spirit of fear. we must remember we got to take away the fear factor. this evening, again, good afternoon as my colleagues have said gatherings like the congressional city conference is so important to the cities we lead. as represen

talk about the importance of 2020 and what local leaders are doing to get our residents needs involved in the national conversation. i am proud that the national league of cities has put forth the leading together 2020 cities agenda. it was an honor to serve on the national league of cities 2020 presidential election task force. as a fourth generation oregonian, conservative woman in a solidly blue state, i am considered a bit of unicorn. but having served in local government and to make distinct regions in oregon, i can tell you that i agree with redmond mayor george endicott the wife heard say there's a republican way to fill a pothole. local government is there to provide public safety, public health, infrastructure and economic development, leading together is exactly as it sounds. founded on the partnership between the federal and local governments, moving forward to address the needs of all residents. as local elected officials it's important we stay engaged with our national congressmen and women to ensure they acknowledge our priorities and work to achieve our goals. our national elected officials know that more than 70% of commercial activities are ge

growing rate of coronavirus infections are less now speak to joe who's the president of the national league of cities is joins us live from los angeles via skype thank you very much for being with us a number of u.s. cities imposing some strict measures not china's coronavirus lockdown strategy has been described as brutal but effective and in the u.s. you have a partial lockdown in many cities to counter the pandemic will it work rather than a full lockdown. we're hopeful we've seen governors and mayors across this country demand and forward towards a lockdown while we need to do is turn to our brothers and sisters around the world in china. and japan and even my family in in italy if we don't abide by these orders we're going to lose lives so in a city like los angeles way you are right now what do what do the rest look like and people obeying them. we're not taking it seriously here in our country people still are not taking this this can demick seriously we have still seen groups of people at parks and beaches convening our young people feel that they're out still on spring break and that's not a

also today, a briefing on the coronavirus from the national league of cities at 2:45 p.m. eastern. thetor sanders is back on campaign trail today, holding a get out the vote rally in st. louis. we will have that at noon eastern time on c-span2. you can stream the rally live online at c-span.org or listen with the free radio app. after winning delegates from 10 states on super tuesday, the former vice president spoke in st. louis ahead of the state's primary. missouri is one of six states holding primaries tomorrow. ♪ >> please welcome president of the st. louis board of alderman, lewis read. -- reed. [applause] ♪ mr. reed: i do not know about you, by am excited -- but i am excited. are you excited? [cheers] do not know if you know it, but fighting joe biden is in town today. trumpow what, donald wants to make america great again. but i truly believe he wants to make america great again. so here is what we will do. --will help joe budden make we will help him make america great again by sending joe biden to the white house. we will help them make america great again because we will

thank >> the national league of cities will hold a news conference on the response to the coronavirus outbreak and other issues as part of their annual conference. we will have that live as soon as it starts. today on "washington journal," we spoke with a passenger on the grand princess cruise ship.

the national league of cities has also sent us a letter talking about similar kinds of needs. and we need to address those needs in this bill, round three, and not do, as some are suggesting, postpone that to some future date. we don't know when that would be, because the emergency is now and the need is now. finally, mr. president, this health care crisis has exposed some huge fissures in our society and the kind of safety net that we provide, and i'm not going to go into the entire list because it's too exhaustive to go through, but i want to highlight a couple things. we had in the first instance the question of whether people are going to have to pay for the coronavirus tests, and we all recognize that as a public health imperative, it would be a mistake to have people have to pay for tests because, if you can't afford it and therefore don't get it, then it only -- not only hurts you, but it hurts other people. but there's been a lot of discussion about the vaccine, and when we develop a vaccine -- and we hope we will -- that that also needs to be available to all american

in fact, i just looked at a poll from the national league of cities, our citizens are looking to localernment to respond in this pandemic. and we are doing that with the limited resources that we have. >> but when do those resources run out? if this thing really hits baton rouge, besides what you've done as a community, from a federal response perspentive, you have written a letter to the president and said we need more. are you getting what you need? >> well, as of today, we are not, but i am very optimistic with the things that are happening with the senate, u.s. senate passing the stimulus plan and my two senators supporting that, and i expect the same from congress, but i am in constant collaboration and communication with our governor. yes, i did write a letter to the president because we do need medical supplies. we do need ppes. we do need resources to help those most vulnerable among us like our homeless population. but stephanie, as you know, this is a theme that you are hearing across america. all cities and all states are in need of resources. and we are just going to have t

. >> the national league of cities held a briefing at the annual congressional city conference in washington they spoke about local government leadership priorities and coordination between cities and the federal government in response

the national league of cities has also sent us a letter talking about similar kinds of needs. and we need to address those needs in this bill, round three, and not do, as some are suggesting, postpone that to some future date. we don't know when that would be, because the emergency is now and the need is now. finally, mr. president, this health care crisis has exposed some huge fissures in our society and the kind of safety net that we provide, and i'm not going to go into the entire list because it's too exhaustive to go through, but i want to highlight a couple things. we had in the first instance the question of whether people are going to have to pay for the coronavirus tests, and we all recognize that as a public health imperative, it would be a mistake to have people have to pay for tests because, if you can't afford it and therefore don't get it, then it only -- not only hurts you, but it hurts other people. but there's been a lot of discussion about the vaccine, and when we develop a vaccine -- and we hope we will -- that that also needs to be available to all american

we heard from the national league of cities. don't you think it's worth spending a couple hours so that we can hash all that out before you call a vote where you know the outcome in advance? fmap, these are republican and democratic governors pointed out they need more federal help on the healthcare and medical front as more and more people are coming in the doors. don't you think we could work that out in the next couple of hours? why hold a vote that you know is going to fail that means you can't hold the next one until wednesday without unanimous consent? i hope my republican colleagues ask the majority leader that question. so we've made a lot of progress on some very poor parts of this bill. but we also have a fair distance to go. but a fair distance in terms of getting to an agreement doesn't have to take all day. we should be able to close agreement on any of these things. you know, the administration took an appropriate action saying that they don't want, they don't want landlords to be able to foreclose on certain mortg

we heard it from the national league of cities. don't you think it's worth spending a couple hours so that we can hash all that out before you call a vote where you know the outcome in advance? these are republican and democratic governors pointing out they need more federal help on the health care and medical front as more and more people are coming in the doors. don't you think we can work that out in the next couple hours? why hold a vote that you know is going to fail and means you can't hold the next one until wednesday without unanimous consent? i hope my republican colleagues will ask the majority leader that question. so we have made a lot of progress on some very important parts of this bill. but we also have a fair distance to go, but a fair distance in terms of getting to an agreement doesn't mean it has to take all day. we should be able to close agreement on many of these things. you know, the administration took an appropriate action, saying that they don't want -- they don't want landlords to be able to foreclose on

have worked organization and other organizations like ours, the national governors association, the association of counties, league of cities have been working very closely with officials within the departments that will be distributing this money. in terms of that funding for equipment, offsetting the extreme costs of running the public health system well past , that won't beed affected by any kind of politics. i want to talk about what you are seeing when it comes to this concern of states competing for resources. how jimbo from bakersfield, california puts it in his question. getting ppe and ventilators to areas in need and to stop states from bidding against each other, should the states formed their own consortium to complete this task since the federal government is unwilling or unable to do that?" i am nothn, i confess, qualified to answer that question. i am not familiar with how the ppe is literally being transferred. it is an interesting idea. majority ofe vast officials both at the federal, state and local level are at. -- are operating in good faith to make sure supplies are getting out as fast as they can to ev

conference of mayors, the national association of counties and league of cities and on and on with others, teachers, police and others. the president said recently that he's open to the idea of talking about reinstating the salt deduction. you have discussed that with the president? secretary mnuchin: not recently but i'm happy to bring it up to him. mr. souzzi: i would appreciate that. thank you. mr. neal: i recognize the gentleman from california. mr. panetta: thank you very much for this opportunity for having this hearing. mr. secretary, welcome. good morning and thank you for being here. just to follow up on a couple questions that were asked earlier by my colleagues. starting off with representative thompson. from california. he asked you about the administration's proposed 15% cuts to h.u.d. despite a national housing and homelessness crisis that is affecting california and, as we heard from representative walorski of indiana, indiana as well. why, mr. secretary, why would this administration propose such deep cuts to h.u.d. and its programs while we're experiencing such a national

nations fixture of the weekend, with scotland v france and ireland v italy both called off because of the coronavirus. there's a big derby in the premier league today — it's manchester united hosting rivals manchester cityoints behind leaders liverpool after they came from behind to beat bournemouth 2—1 at anfield — mohammed salah with liverpool's equaliser on his 100th premier league appearance. before sadio mane sealed victory with his 17th goal of the season. liverpool nowjust need three more wins to secure their first league title in 30 years. in the scottish premiership second placed rangers are away to ross county. yesterday leigh griffiths scored a hat—trick as celtic extended their lead at the top to 16 points. that's after a 5—0 thrashing of st mirren. there were also wins for aberdeen, hamilton and saintjohnstone. hearts drew 1—1 with motherwell and remain bottom. england have the chance to get their tournament back on track later today when they play japan in the she believes cup. phil neville's side lost their opening game to the usa. our sports correspondent katie gornall reports. games between the usa and england were close in the past but, three days ago, phil neville's side were no match

nations and on site aid groups. this is special and of england's premier league due to the coronavirus pandemic has won a fanbase more worried than others liverpool are a 25 points ahead of 2nd place manchester city the title is within touching distance. yes but supporters fear that if the season is abandoned their club could be denied to spined winning last season's champions league liverpool have been waiting 30 years for a league title and their fans are growing increasingly anxious i just think this dog forbes is around because of the full title with a few to give us but the way you have sometimes think about it for the whole thing just drives me insane it sounds like the kind of thing that would happen to liverpool every year this is the year every year this is the year this is the year . and now that's. ok so corona virus is also causing people like those fans to feel frustrated in addition to all the fear and uncertainty surrounding this outbreak for more on how people's behavior is being at impacted by coronavirus let's bring in sissy ologist alexander yandell from life sick university hello to you dr yandell so are there typical ways in which people respond to health crises like the one

joining us now, president and ceo of the national urban league and the former mayor to have the great city new orleans. mayor, great to see you. let's talk about the impact of where you live and also focus first on the census. we know the communities are underrepresented. this could go to further under representing them, if door knockers can't get to the doors to count all these people in those communities. >> this coronavirus has complicated the execution of this census in a number of ways. i think it is fairly certain that the census, the time period for the census, is going to have to be extended. i think we need to get, and i hope the census bureau will get in front of that. here are the problems. number one, the counting of students has now been in peril. they're no longer going to be in their dorms. the counting of anyone in group quarters, nursing homes, assistant living centers, halfway houses, those that live in correctional facilities is also in peril because of the coronavirus. secondly, the entire enumeration effort, which is the last step in the census, where the enumerators,

have worked organization and other organizations like ours, the national governors association, the association of counties, league of citiesave been working very closely with officials within the departments that will be distributing this money. in terms of that funding for equipment, offsetting the extreme costs of running the public health system well past , that won't beed affected by any kind of politics. i want to talk about what you are seeing when it comes to this concern of states competing for resources. how jimbo from bakersfield, california puts it in his question. getting ppe and ventilators to areas in need and to stop states from bidding against each other, should the states formed their own consortium to complete this task since the federal government is unwilling or unable to do that?" i am nothn, i confess, qualified to answer that question. i am not familiar with how the ppe is literally being transferred. it is an interesting idea. majority ofe vast officials both at the federal, state and local level are at. -- are operating in good faith to make sure supplies are getting out as fast as they can to ever

nations fixture of the weekend, with scotland vs france and ireland vs italy both called off because of the virus. there's a big derby in the premier league today. it's manchester united hosting rivals manchester city salah with liverpool's equaliser on his 100th premier league appearance, before sadio mane sealed victory with his 17th goal of the season. liverpool nowjust need three more wins to secure their first league title in 30 years. we are humans, the boys are human, so losing three of the last four and being confronted with that is just something that, how i said, human beings from time to time think and not always the right thing, but still they do it, and you could see that. we never thought we have to be today brilliant. we wanted to really fight. sheffield united are closing in on the european places after beating relegation threatened norwich 1—0. billy sharp scored in his third goal in four games to help move united up to sixth, level on points with wolves, while norwich stay bottom of the table. dean henderson was brilliant in goal again, prompting more calls for an england call—up. he actually got man of the match, although his manager didn't agree with that one. how has he got man

nation, aggressive action to take on the coronavirus. new york city declares a state of emergency, banning large gatherings. broadway closes its curtains. all the major sports leagues world, disneyland and universal theme parks close their gates. at least three major cruise lines suspending their operations. five states close all their schools. almost 5 million kids nationwide to stay home. >>> and the new concerns this morning about access to testing. california's governor among many raising the alarm as the government's leading expert on infectious diseases offers a blunt assessment. >> the system is not really geared to what we need right now.

league such a part of our culture. sports are a bellwether for our nation and our community. as sports go, we have that feeling. so goes the civic feeling in an area, in a state or a cityy, whatever. what's next? the nba suspended, they didn't cancel. there's certainly speculation. could they pick up games again. could they go to the playoffs or in fact is the season over? i think we'll get more clarity on that. and then, as the dominos fall, all these other leagues, people that are still playing, spectatorless or not, be it the ncaa tournaments or anything moving forward, they're looking at what the nba did and say how in world can we keep playing. we'll see major baseball, the masters, and ultimately -- >> they're waking up this morning and beginning to see some statements and they're going to play without fans and they're reassessing. the ncaa march madness. andy, i ask you this. you were a ball player. you hung around a stadium as an employee as well. there are going to be hundreds if not thousands of people who lose their paychecks. >> yeah. >> this is going to impact not just for those of us who like to watch but for those who it's their livelihood. >> it certain

nation, aggressive action to take on the coronavirus. new york city declares a state of emergency, banning large gatherings. broadway closes its curtains. all the major sports leagues now suspended. disney world, disneyland and universal theme parks close their gates. at least three major cruise lines suspending their operations. five states close all their schools. almost 5 million kids nationwide to stay home. >>> and the new concerns this morning about access to testing. california's governor among many raising the alarm as the government's leading expert on infectious diseases offers a blunt assessment. >> the system is not really geared to what we need right now. >> now anthony fauci joins us this morning. >>> overseas, the race to escape. long lines fill international airports. americans scrambling to fly out before president trump's travel ban goes into effect tonight, worried about being stranded overseas. >>> stocks in a free fall. the dow tumbling 10%, the worst day since black monday more than three decades ago. lawmakers in the trump administration now racing to reach a deal for a massive aid package to bolster the economy and help working families. >>>

national hockey league chief medical officer is warning against resuming the season too soon. fishes have said they hope to start up back in may but the top doctor says the very number of coronavirus cases in citiesll make that difficult to predict. really best case scenario may be games played with no fans in may or played with fans in june. two players with the ottawa senators tested positive for the coronavirus. >>> company that owns the san jose sharks says no matter when the season starts, staff doesn't have to worry about their jobs. sharks, sports, and entertainment does not plan to cut any full-time workers or ask them to take a pay cut. sharks told part-time workers scheduled for games this month will be paid and other teams including montreal canadians and hurricanes and boston bruins are temporarily laying off some of their employees. >> bring in steve again and late march, steve, and a lot of folks have heaters cranked at home. >> i don't see much change in the weekend and cold pattern and february, record highs, no rain. here we are going into end of march. still an active pattern and record lows and some signs they may county this out to april 5 or 10. it's very bullish and tieing r

thank >> the national league of cities will hold a news conference on the response to the coronavirus outbreak and other issues as part of their annual conference. we will have that live as soon as it starts. today on "washington journal," we spoke with a passenger on the grand princess cruise ship. es. covid-19 has been kept offshore for days, but it is scheduled to dock in california today. people will have to stay aboard one more day before they have to disembark. positive,being tested mostly crew members. as you are looking at that ship, want to bring on one of the passengers from that ship joining us by phone. gina, good morning to you. what has life been like for you and your husband aboard the cruise ship? caller: it has been extremely frustrating. excited.e very we have been on this ship for 18 days.

. >> earlier today, the national league of cities held a briefing at their annual congressional city conference in washington. they spoke about local government leadership priorities and coordination between cities and the federal government in response to the coronavirus outbreak. this is 25 minutes. >> welcome to our cities coen