the ways and means committee chaired by richard neal. >> at the end of the day you can th

the ways and means committee chaired by richard neal. >> at the end of the day you can think you're playing well but the data, the film, the statistics will tell the story. look at the eye in the sky with respect to economic growth and the performance of this economy under the tax cuts and the regulatory relief. lowest unemployment in 50 years. millions of job crease ated. more jobs than we have people to fill them. historic growth in wages. and more growth on the low end of income spectrum than on the high end. more growth for the worker -- worker than the supervisor in terms of wage growth. millions have moved off of -- out of poverty, off of dependency on government welfare to self-sufficiency. enjoying the blessing and the dignity of a job. on average, americans are taking home about $5,000 more thanks to tax cuts. by the way, tax revenues are up. now, politicians can be skewed in their perspective. distorted. by politics. and so let's ask the american people because quite frankly, mr. secretary, those are the folks that matter most to me an president trump and i'm sure to my colleagues

chad >> i just talked to richard neal, the chairman of the house ways and means committee.o the speaker's office. we think we are going to get this bill in the next hour or two go and put it on the house bill late tonight. nancy pelosi released an earlier version of the bill last night, they hope to vote on it early this morning but there are a lot of republican objectives and house speaker nancy pelosi said that these are things that aren't deal breakers. we will go back in and retool it and that's what they've been doing all afternoon. but the problem is that even in the house of representatives vote tonight on this coronavirus emergency bill, the senate is gone. they are gone until next week. they canceled their reads as for next week and even if the house passes tonight they'll have to wait to address this in the senate. here is roy blunt. >> my guess is we'll deal with that bell pretty early but in any case we'll deal with it quickly and stay focused on the coronavirus challenge. >> this bill will include the cut that they hope for. pelosi pelosi things that it's param

richard neal said after a meeting with the vice president that mike pence seemed enthusiastic about it, and the president has basically said he will follow congress' lead on these funding decisions. the big question is after this is signed into law, will there need to be another bill down the road, whether it is a few weeks or a few months down the road? dick durbin said he wouldn't be surprised if another measure is needed, even within a few weeks. so congress is acting fast, trying to get money out the door really quickly, and they are open to taking action again, whether it is for medicinal needs or economic needs, sometime in the near to mid to distant future. alix: jack, thanks very much. i want to turn to vienna, where opec has agreed to a huge out that cut. members agreeing to cut production by 1.5 million barrels today to offset demand hits from the virus. unclear whether russia is on board. meeting, saudi arabia and russia were split on further cuts. [indiscernible] >> we are going to discuss and find a way how to help the market to balance the situation. alix: joining me from

richard reeves was 83 years old. and, fred "curly" neal of harlem globetrotters fame died todayea at his home houston. of the death.word on the cause over two decades, he dazzled millions of globetrotters fans with his dribbling magic, before retiring in 1985. curly nealwas 77 years old. still to come on the newshour: the view from the hospitals, as a crush of patients crash againsthe country's frontline defense. the pandemic across the border. life in limbo, as migrants wait for entry into the u.s. a silent tragedy of social distance-- examining the rising risk of domestic violence. and, the latest moves from the white house amid skyrocketing unemployment. woodruff: hospitals in more and more cities are feeling the pressure and consequences of the spread of covid-19 cases. new york state is still at the center of some of the worst of it. e spitalizations shot up 40% in one day, and thre 100 deaths there in just about 24 hours.an william ham gets a view from the front lines of what's being done to adjust to a worsening situation. >> brangh