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senator richard blumenthal of connecticut wrote open letters to several major airlines urging them toow travelers to make the best decision o for their health without the burden of high fees. those are his words. some airlines are already waiving fees. not all flights and dates get this special treatment. check first. i've got a list of all of those policies posted on our website, abc7news.com. i think this is going to go on for a while. but please check. not every date, not every flight. you could get caught. >> you made a great point. the airlines -- if people are looking that i'm going to have to pay the fees, they may not book at all. >> right. until the airlines are betting things are getting better in the future. otherwise you're not going to book. google canceled their big event. the airlines need people to keep booking. >> thank you, michael. >>> a sflaan francisco-based company that make shoes out of resielked plastic bolts is now making handbags. they're using their water bottle yarm and plastic to make the bags some of far rothy's has used more than 50 million plastic water

joining us now from capitol hill is richard blumenthal from connecticut.oining us tonight. what do you consider the major democratic victories in this bill? >> there are a lot of victories inspired by those front line workers who are risking everything to provide care under the most excruciatingly difficult situation lacking proper supplies of medical equipment, protective gear, tests, masks and so what i consider maybe most important in this bill is the marshall plan for medical surge that will focus on those needs that are becoming so urgent but also putting workers first. senator schumer is leader and kept us unified focused very much on constraints on the corporate bailouts and making sure that all of the aid to corporations, whether small businesses or large focused on employing as many people as possible, providing for aid if they are furloughed as well as laid off and making sure that those workers are put first. which is very different from the focus in the bill offered by senator mcconnell. >> i want to listen to what speaker pelosi said today abo

group of bipartisan senators introduced the earning act that group includes connecticut senator richard blumenthal this proposal is really victims. abuse under the current law online platforms face limited legal responsibility for child posted on their web sites the bill would require tech companies to earn that lega protection instead and would establish a commission to measure whether tech companies are meeting goals that will have 19 members representative of e industry but also a child advocates government officials who will propose those kinds of guidelines, the bill faces opposition from some in the tech industry and from senator ron wyden of oregon who says the or not act will give the trump administration too much control over online speech on thursday the justice department also announced new guidelines that said a voluntary principles. >>to ensure online platforms and services have the systems they need to combat exploitation of children, the guidelines encourage tech companies to take certn steps like monitorg live streams and preventing searches for child. >>in washington alexandra lei

stands for eliminating abusive rampant neglect of interactive technologies lindsey graham and richard blumenthal have introduced it saying that the aim is to protect children from online sexual predators to nickel systems available to have been a dream come true for child predators for every good thing this happen with the internet for lack of a better term there are dark forces that need to be dealt with now certainly a noble goal no one wants kids to be in danger but this bill could also crack down on end to end encrypt eliminating the ability of americans to protect sensitive data from hackers criminals the government or their employers essentially the bill holds internet service providers accountable for any information that gets posted by users whether they know about it or not our bill would allow individuals to c.u. tech companies that don't take proper steps to prevent online china exploitation and it's an important step to protect the most vulnerable among us however under this law the only way that internet companies cannot be held liable for what users write in private messages is if

group of bipartisan senators introduced the earning act that group includes connecticut senator richard blumenthals proposal is really about. >>our >>cruel abuse under the current law online platforms face limited legal responsibility for child posted on their web sites the bill would require tech companies to earn that legal protection instead and would establish a commission to measure whether tech companies are meeting goals that will have 19 members representative of the industry but also a child advocates government officials who will propose those kinds of guidelines, the bill faces opposition from some in the tech industry and from senator ron wyden of oregon who says the or not act will give the trump administration too much control over online speech on thursday the juseice department also announced new guidelines that said a voluntary principles. >>to ensure online platforms and services have the systems they need to combat exploitation of children, the guidelines encourage tech companies to take certain steps like monitoring live streams and preventing searches for child. >>in washingto

>>according to ecomic pressures coming in connecticut senator richard blumenthal and massachusetts senatorrkey say a big threat requires a big solution from my perspective it should be $4700 to coast to family just for the next quarter upwards of $18,000 for the year while lawmakers work on the details. mcconnell says the senate will work through the weekend to set up a vote next week president trump has signaled he's on board reporting in washington, i'm morgan >>next today, an actor best known for portraying some creepy roles on the big screen. this passing his time at home with his furry when we face adversity, we find a way through it. it's about taking ca of each other. it's the small parts that make a big difference. athevy, we promi to do ours. we're offering chevy owner complimentary onstar crisis assist services and wifi data. if you need new chevy, inrest-free financing for 84 months - with deferred payments for 120 days on many of our mos popular models. you may even shop online and take delivery atome. it's just our way of doing our part... actor anthony hopkins is among the ce

. >> that was senator richard blumenthal of connecticut today in the basement passageways of the russellan hospital association said today in a statement more needs to be urgently done. hospitals on the front lines and responding to the covid-19 pandemic needs significant financial support for numerous time sensitive and critical tasks. these include obtaining scarce supplies and equipment to protect caregivers and patients, increasing surge capacity including beds and temporary structures to diagnose and treat patients, and support for obtaining child care for hospital workers. congress must act now during this critical window of time. joining us now an expert on all of this, eddy slavt, who was the acting administrator of the centers for medicare services in the obama administration. andy, again, every time i read one of these things i get surprised by another factor i haven't considered in this whole mix. that last item about child care for hospital workers. the range of things that are necessary that we don't have ready to go here is just stunning. >> yeah. there's really a lot for a

group of bipartisan senators introduced the earning act that group includes connecticut senator richard blumenthalal is really about. >>cruel >>abuse under the current law online platforms face limited legal responsibility for child posted on their web sites the bill would require tech companies to earn that legal protection instead and would establish a commission to measure whether tech companies are meeting goals that will have 19 members representative of the industry but also a child advocates government officials who will propose those kinds of guidelines, the bill faces opposition from some in the tech industry and from senator ron wyden of oregon who says the or not act will give the trump administration too much control over online speech on thursday the justice department also announced new guidelines that said a voluntary principles. >>to ensure online platforms and services have the systems they need to combat exploitation of children, the guidelines encourage tech companies to take certain steps like monitoring live streams and preventing searches for child. >>in washington, alexandra

out front now senator richard blumenthal of connecticut.hough, obviously his facts about the flu are correct. do you have an issue of him pointing to the flu and comparing to coronavirus? >> as you have said just earlier in this program it's now well above 700 as opposed to the number he gave. but i'm very concerned after listening to this press conference about the complete lack of specifics and clarity. i've spent the last two days -- ten days meeting with public health directors in connecticut, hospital administrators and doctors, local officials who are saying there's a completely inadequate number of tests. that's the only way to track the rate and route of this disease, and also the cdc guidelines are overly rigid and restrictive because they deny testing to many of the people who have symptoms because they had no contact. and as you pointed out earlier, again, on this show the rate of incubation all point to larger number of tests. >> when you hear the number alex azar put out there, and now larry summers the treasury secretary compa

i know senator richard blumenthal is talking about that.d trump will have his votes counted to see much. >> harris: i'm going to slide this in. we have our team monitoring with the governor -- that phone call that was going to be made. the secretary of state there in louisiana has just said at the news conference, we should do for a blip, that he in fact has spoken with the governor and the governor now officially has said the primary on april 4th for the democratic party in the state of louisiana has been postponed. doctor? >> dr. saphier: from my standpoint, i won't pretend to be a pollster or understand the policy of it as well jessica does. however i've gone to vote, the volunteers working the polls tend to be retirees. and a lot of the people i've been seeing coming out of these primary elections tend to be older populations. those are most at risk during the season. i like the concept that they are saying we have a large amount of a vulnerable population that tend to gather during primary voting season. however, i do get concerned abo