thanks to the tireless work of our colleague, senator pat roberts, tomorrow is meant to be the dedication of the new eisenhower memorial. it's been postponed due to the virus. it almost seems fitting that 75 years after world war ii, a celebration of president eisenhower would be delayed by a global crisis that will take american strength and american leadership to resolve. he certainly knew something about that kind of a situation. now, as then, the american people do not want to retreat from the world, and they do not want to see us slide into second place. they want us to be smart and strong and safe, and they want the united states of america to lead. consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: now, madam president, tomorrow the bureau of labor statistics will publish its monthly jobs report for april. some experts are projecting that it could show well over 20 million job losses in the past four weeks. the preliminary report today suggests that will be over 30 million newly unemployed americans over the past seven weeks. that's a tenth

more of your calls and comments coming up momentarily, we are joined next by senator pat roberts of kansas who was chair of the eisenhower memorial commission, senator from kansas, we saw you yesterday on the floor with your eye like mike button on the senate floor. you were a youngster when v-e day happened. tell us your memories of that. >> i was nine. the button says i still like ike. we handed them out at the congressional launch as of yesterday and they were a hot item. i think most of my memories came when i was about 16 and got to go to the republican convention in 1952, or eisenhower one on the first ballot. as opposed to robert taft. again, during the inaugural. those are the only times that i personally met the man. obviously, at nine, i was back in kansas. i remember that day because i was swinging on the porch and my mom came in with tears in her eyes and she said that we have defeated hitler. ike defeated hitler and i asked her, does that mean that dad can come home? not at that particular time, he was in the pacific. he was a marine on okinawa, he was jima and all of that eff

right now in southern california expected to be reaching california and east weeks and people with pat roberts can reach out to their veterinarians to inquire about the vaccine. the vaccines have to be special orders from europe and that have to jump through permitting hoops and to get those vaccines here so much and it's important that around it and you know people that have grounded to homes and the guardian's reach out to their opinions is there a way for the virus to spread like. let's say i have a rabbit i go out i come into contact with the virus what i bring that virus home. >>it's entirely possible we have a list of things that you can do at home to protect your rabbit, the most important thing you can do to protect a rabbit is keep them inside edge with no after the times you may also want to take your shoes off and you come in the house because like you said you got hiking and inadvertently bringing the virus when your shoes back to wrap it. that was kron 4 sanaz tahernia and you can find the full interview on our website kron 4 dot com. >>will help us on the way for small businesses

. >> i want to give a shout out to senator pat roberts, who i think was -- >> he was tremendous. >> he was instrumental in elevating our cry for help. >> that is true. thank you very much. good job. asa, go ahead. >> thank you. thanks for this opportunity to be here. i enjoyed visiting with dr. birx before and larry kudlow about the economy and the health side of this, and i want to tell you, thank you for your leadership in the food production, for our country, arkansas has 60 meet the state ofre in arkansas. all of them are acting, none are shut down, they are producing because we know the country depends upon that production. your support of that industry has been critical. i want to thank you for your leadership on the economy. the message you have that we need to get back to work and get back to business is critical in terms of shaping the direction of our country. in arkansas, we are back to work . today, all of our retail stores are open. all of our retail establishments are totally open, our gyms and barbara's and restaurants are open. i'm sure they have some one thirdns, occup

hitting home at the kitchen table in a recent virtual senate committee meeting kansas republican pat roberts said people are finally realizing that food doesn't come from a store and if you have masked up and browse the one way street aisles at the supermarket lately it is a creepy experience and you have seen some.

hitting home at the kitchen table in a recent virtual senate committee meeting kansas republican pat roberts said people are finally realizing that food doesn't come from a store and if you have masked up and browse the one way street aisles at the supermarket lately it is a creepy experience and you have seen some bare shelves is this the new normal let's ask the host of the american family farmer radio show himself a working farmer doug stephan welcome back. and prevent a mass crime just for you and i think they're going to have. whatever you know no thank you it was nearly 3 years ago one of the very 1st shows i did when i came to r.t. america you said something that was a mouthful you said in 50 years we will not be able to feed ourselves and lately i'm thinking about that mythical doomsday clock that shows us how many minutes and seconds we are away from nuclear annihilation has the countdown clock to starvation ad fantz even during this pandemic. well you make it dramatic because you're so good at that but you have also a great memory as they did to you and i've been saying that to my

hitting home at the kitchen table in a recent virtual senate committee meeting kansas republican pat roberts said people are finally realizing that food doesn't come from a store and if you will.

we also heard from kansas senator pat roberts, who used his time to confuse us. >> thanks to all of thees. you all are like the fab four. i guess it was a fab five back in the day, but you are shining the light of truth in the darkness with individual flash lights, for sure. >> stephen: okay, so what? does he mean the beatles, who are the fab four? unless you count yoko, or billy preston, or george martin, or billy shears? , my god! that's how paul died: the walrus was coronavirus. listening to the health experts testify today, you might feel like we've got a long battle ahead of us, but according to the president, we've already won. >> in every generation, through every challenge and hardship and danger, america has risen to the task. we have met the moment. and we have prevailed. >> stephen: look, i think our country's going to pull through this, but that seems a little premature. it's like passing out cigars on your first date, yelling, "it's a boy!" so, naturally, reporters asked him to clarify. >> you said in your comments earlier, "we have met the moment, and we have prevailed." t

senator pat roberts is a republican. he's the senior u.s. senator from the great state of kansas.ate hearing yesterday, here's senator roberts expressing his concerns about how the operation of meat processing plants is being affected by all these covid-19 outbreaks that are happening at all of those plants for some reason. here's what he thinks the problem is. >> the problem is our workers, and just this morning they showed up at the plant not in numbers that we had hoped for, but we at least keep the meatpacking plant open. and what's happening is is that they're not catching the virus at the meatpacking plant. it's afterwards. >> it's afterwards. the problem is the workers. they're not getting infected at the plant. nothing's happening at the plant. it's these people after they go home. it's just a coincidence that all the meatpacking plants all over the country are having huge outbreaks among the workers. the problem is nothing that's happening at the plants. it's just coincidentally that they all have these terrible worker people who are getting infected elsewhere, victimizin

senator pat roberts is a republican. he's the senior u.s. senator from the great state of kansas., here's senator roberts expressing his concerns about how the operation of meat processing plants is being affected by all these covid-19 outbreaks that are happening at all of those plants for some reason. here's what he thinks the problem is. >> the problem is our workers, and just this morning they showed up at the plant not in numbers that we had hoped for, but we at least keep the meatpacking plant open. and what's happening is is that they're not catching the virus at the meatpacking plant. it's afterwards. >> it's afterwards. so the problem is the workers. they're not getting infected at the plant. nothing's happening at the plant. it's these people after they go home. it's just a coincidence that all the meatpacking plants all over the country are having huge outbreaks among their workers. the problem is nothing that's happening at the plants. it's just coincidentally they all have these terrible worker people. who are getting infected elsewhere, victimizing the plants. health

provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3 of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable pat roberts, a senator from the state of kansas, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: chuck grassley, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until 3:00 p.m. on monday, june 1, 2020.

the open seat in kansas left by pat roberts and north carolina's thom tillis and georgia's kelly loughlin end of april, there were four in each category with steve daines of montana and iowa's joni ernst in the leaning column and north carolina shifting to the toss-up column. let's look at a few of them for which we do have polling data. in arizona, mcsally has faced a touch race from the nd husband gabby giffords. it's still a toss-up, but the real clear politics polling average shows mcsally down eight points. been a while since we have seen any poll showing mcsally ahead. then thom tillis in north carolina who was in the lean gop category. by the end of april, it became a toss-up race and polling shows why, because tillis essentially tied -- is tied with the democratic nominee, cal cunningham. then montana, where steve daines was in the solid gop category. that is until steve bullock, the current governor, decided to run. and now cook has placed the race to lean gop. in fact, bullock was up seven points in a recent poll, indicating the race is likely a toss-up already as well. remember

provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3 of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable pat roberts, a senator from the state of kansas, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: chuck grassley, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until 3:00 p.m. on monday, june 1, 2020. veterans affairs secretary robert wilkie is testifying. >> how are we expanding that? >> as i am sure you are aware so 6 is a constant constellation of syndromes. there have been several definitions over the past 20 years and it takes recognizing what we call gestalt, looking at the numbers of the patient, identifying this early so you can hydrate the person and get them the antibiotics they need. several facilities are exploring an automated way to synchronize that data that this might be a substance than for them to make a more immediate clinical decision to engage that patient. we have extensive and consistent protocols across the system for this and excellent data to show that we are effective in managing this but these advancements in technology

the open seat in kansas left by pat roberts and north carolina's thom tillis and georgia's kelly loughlinby the end of april, there were four in each category with steve daines of montana and iowa's joni ernst in the leaning column and north carolina shifting to the toss-up column. let's look at a few of them for which we do have polling data. in arizona, mcsally has faced a touch race from the beginning against democrat mark kelly, a former astronaut and husband of gabby giffords. it's still a toss-up, but the real clear politics polling average shows mcsally down eight points. been a while since we have seen any poll showing mcsally ahead. then thom tillis in north carolina who was in the lean gop category. by the end of april, it became a toss-up race and polling shows why, because tillis essentially tied -- is tied with the democratic nominee, cal cunningham. and then there's montana, where steve daines was in the solid gop category, that is, until steve bullock, the current governor, decided to run. and now cook has placed the race to lean gop. in fact, bullock was up seven points in

thanks to the tireless work of our colleague, senator pat roberts, tomorrow is meant to be the dedication of the new eisenhower memorial. it's been postponed due to the virus. it almost seems fitting that 75 years after world war ii, a celebration of president eisenhower would be delayed by a global crisis that will take american strength and american leadership to resolve. he certainly knew something about that kind of a situation. now, as then, the american people do not want to retreat from the world, and they do not want to see us slide into second place. they want us to be smart and strong and safe, and they want the united states of america to lead. i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: now, madam president, tomorrow the bureau of labor statistics will publish its monthly jobs report for april. some experts are projecting that

they have an open senate seat where pat roberts is retiring.discernible] they have the former secretary of state very controversial. [indiscernible] [indiscernible] -- they really sort of believed that he would come in and be their savior in this race because if kobach is the nominee democrats also have a very a doctor,date, she's a state legislator who is a former republican. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] -- less than two weeks now. host: jessica taylor is the senate and governor's with the cook political report. i apologize but we are going to have to end our conversation. we are having some technical difficulties understanding you. we are going to have to try again another day. my apologies to you. >> that's ok. follow jessica taylor's reporting at cook political report. updates on ther battleground for this senate. we will go back to our conversation earlier with all of you about reopening states. you have seen many of the governors across the country using those stay-at-home restrictions allowing you to go out to the park

robert craft auctioning his super bowl li ring. it's all to feed americans in ring. jillian: he picked the ring because the game when the patsvercame a 25 point deficit to beat the atlanta falcons mirrors today's crisis. >> it showed how we came back, we're the greatest country in the world with the greatest people who feel a sense of team and work together in the toughest times. rob: that's a great message. the winning bidder will get to meet him at gillette stadium and gets to fly in his private jet. jillian: bidding it up to $330,000. i'm sure it will continue to grow. rob: he's got too many rings anyway. he needs to get rid of some of those. jillian: it is eight minutes after the hour. democrats look to put the justice department under the microscope for moving to dismiss the case against michael flynn. rob: a former doj officials, hans von spakovsky, says rogue fbi agents are the ones that should be investigated. he joins us live. to everyone navigating these uncertain times... whether you're caring for your family at home or those at work, principal is by your side. we're working hard to answer your questions. like hel

provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3 of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable pat roberts, a senator from the state of kansas, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: chuck grassley, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until 3:00 p.m. on monday, june 1, 2020.