they voted for sherrod brown. they voted for democratic mayors and councilmembers, and they are not going to vote for donald trump is november. if you take away the old base of the republican party, and it is tossup or either democrat, which it is, that makes ohio a much tougher state for republicans. that means they have to run up in the rural parts of the state, but these suburbs are a large voting bloc in the state of ohio, some republicans have really lost their old base. the second thing that has happened is the ohio economy, before covid, was already struggling. 2019 was our worst year, jobs wise, and 2009, between january 2019 and 2020, we lost jobs, farm breakroom sees where the highest in a decade, so the whileent's bad policies, trade stuff, and broken promises were already impacting ohio in a negative way, including places he did well in 20, because he told them he was going to fight for them. no clearer than the gm land that shut down near youngstown. he told those people he was going to bat for them,

like sherrod brown, he can appeal across the state. but even before biden was nominated, donald trump has been underwater for a year. he knows he is spending millions of dollars on tv here, which is something he never wanted to do. he has visited ohio outside of the state, where he has golf courses, because they know they have been in trouble in ohio for a long time. host: this courtesy of the eight. five thirty leadiden has a one-point in one survey, a two-point lead in another survey. david pepper, this is a state the president won by eight percentage points. pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin became key. additionally, if you look past elections, ohio has gone republican in a presidential year. guest: yeah, i mean, obviously all of these midwest states are key. we think ohio is clearly in play. we are not surprised at these poll numbers. in 2018, sherrod brown won by more than he won in 2012, when obama was on the ballot. the district said he dizzily been drawn -- the districts had easily been drawn for republican victories, through t

i have three provisions, one cosponsored by tammy baldwin and sherrod brown, one by tina smith, and so there are lots of bipartisan provisions in this bill. there is a lot to work with here. if the democrats want to play a constructive role, get us to a solution that actually addresses where the country is right now, we have a start here, and we hope that they will enter into negotiations in a way that can make this as successful and bipartisan as the last cares package was. you have seen the headlines in "the washington post." this is yesterday. protests exploded costs -- across the country. police declare riots. the entire democratic party has turned its back on the safety and security of the american people. you can see the grisly results on television date in and date in and day out. voter registrations across the country are hitting record numbers. we are seeing in real-time the impact of democrats falling to defund the police. some democrats here on capitol hill call these "peaceful protests." many are not. this is organized violence. it is destruction and intimidation, and wheth

they voted for sherrod brown.voted for democratic mayors and councilmembers, and they are not going to vote for donald trump is november. if you take away the old base of the republican party, and it is tossup or either democrat, which it is, that makes ohio a much tougher state for republicans. that means they have to run up in the rural parts of the state, but these suburbs are a large voting bloc in the state of ohio, some republicans have really lost their old base. the second thing that has happened is the ohio economy, before covid, was already struggling. 2019 was our worst year, jobs wise, and 2009, between january 2019 and 2020, we lost jobs, farm breakroom sees where the highest in a decade, so the whileent's bad policies, trade stuff, and broken promises were already impacting ohio in a negative way, including places he did well in 20, because he told them he was going to fight for them. no clearer than the gm land that shut down near youngstown. he told those people he was going to bat for them, don't

the pension crisis is an issue that i along with senator grassley, senator sherrod brown from ohio and many other colleagues in the senate have been trying to solve for quite a long time. we had a bicameral and bipartisan solution very close at hand at the conclusion of a committee process that ended about a year and a half ago, but we weren't quite able to get there. i think it is achievable, particularly now. but only if we're willing to listen to each other and willing to come around the table for a real discussion. republicans have reached out. i reach out today. we're ready to find an acceptable compromise, we're ready to talk. but that discussion needs to be driven by the merits of solving this issue, not just the politics of the moment. we owe solving this problem to those beneficiaries, the retirees, to the workers, the active workers in these plans, and to the small businesses participating in these plans. we've got to find common ground, deliver a sustainable and lasting solution. i believe we have an opportunity right now, this month, to be able to try to come together, work

struggling with that lawsuit immunity is a nonstarter for many democrats including ohio senator sherrod brown this one is is to to me is dead is dead on arrival is's amendment. >>strip away unemployment benefits. >>that extra $600 in unemployment benefits ends this week. democrats want to extend it, but house minority leader kevin mccarthy says that extra money pays some workers board a stay at home and to go back to work we don't think any federal money should be spent to gives you do disincentive to work. brown also wants more money to protect service workers like people in grocery stores and meat processing plants and there's more what about state local government what about a rental assistance. what about reopen the schools from all of these are major priorities and then there's president trump. >>who's threatened to veto any relief package without a payroll tax cut it's been proven to be successful. a big saving for the people but that's something very few democrats are even republicans want to pursue since it would reduce funding for social security and medicare reporting in washington,

that are not traditionally battleground are pleading with the biden campaign to come in and play, sherrod browni feel like i watched this movie to some degree. i was on the plane with secretary of state clinton, are they getting greedy now are there real opportunities in different places in the map? >> so i think the democratic party by and large, the scars of 2016 are quite deep. and that's what you're hearing -- and you can't discount that. i remember in the run-up to the 2018 midterms, democrats saying, yeah, it looks good. everything could still go wrong. so i -- that is -- winning first is driving the biden campaign, making sure that states, the -- michigan, pennsylvania, wisconsin, making sure those are locked down. when you -- you are already hearing from members of congress in michigan, saying michigan isn't. they're not -- there is no making sure that those states are put to bed before you expand the map is the more prudent step you're hearing from the biden campaign. of course you get pressure from places like texas, georgia, and biden's campaign manager worked for -- he knows texas.

pandemic were that lawsuit immunity is a nonstarter for many democrats, including ohio senator sherrod brown this one is says to me is dead is dead on arrival is's amendment. >>strip away unemployment benefits. >>that extra $600 in unemployment benefits ends this week. democrats want to extend it, but house minority leader kevin mccarthy says that extra money pays some workers board a stay at home and to go back to work. >>we don't think any federal money should be spent to gives you do disincentive to work. brown also wants more money to protect service workers like people in grocery stores and meat processing plants. >>and there's more what about state local government what about a rental assistance. what about reopen the schools from all of these are major priorities and then there's president trump. >>who's threatened to veto any relief package without a payroll tax cut it's been proven to be successful. a big saving for the people but that's something very few democrats are even republicans want to pursue since it would reduce funding for social security and medicare reporting in washin

in a letter elizabeth warren, bernie sanders, tammy baldwin, sherrod brown, chris van hollen, tina smith, all senators said the cost is too much. the head of the health and human services says the deal puts america first. >> what we're doing getting it out there. the hospitals can afford it. we reimburse it, say the medicare program, medicaid program, commercial insurance pays for it for the hospitals. reporter: still private insurance will pay $860 more than the federal government will pay. gilead says the only reason for that is because by regulation the u.s. government has to get a discount over market price. back to you. >> all right. thank you. over to connell for some earnings. connell: earnings numbers for microsoft, melissa, just out. they appear to be better than expected. the company reporting in what is its fiscal fourth quarter a profit of $1.46 a share. the estimate was a $1.34. the revenue, 38 billion even. beat estimates. the stock is selling off on the news in after-hours trading. the most important number people look at usually talking about microsoft is cloud. azure ser

senator from ohio, sherrod brown, who is a big part of organizing that letter i just mentioned. good evening to you, sir >> it's very good to be with you. thank you. >> let's start with what you are hoping to achieve and this pressure you're putting on the administration over the covid information. >> well, the president is doing everything he can to distract from the fact that you say, 141,000, 142,000 people have died he's really -- he changed the data collection, the president's not really interested in the coronavirus. he's interested in the economy he says, open the schools, not even thinking about the safety of the cafeteria workers or the families or the students it's all to distract from his betrayal of workers in northeast ohio, it's to distract from his failures in the coronavirus. it's to distract from his terrible leadership on the economy, his bungling of the economy. that's the kind of president he has become >> you mention, of course, the economy. you've done a lot of work on this for people who are out there, who are struggling, classic situation where people los

tammy baldwin, sherrod brown, chris van hollen, tina smith, that the u.s. should seize entire supply of the drug that the government gave gilead $70 million for the development of the medicine. azar says that would hurt innovation in the long run and the deal that was made puts americans first. >> we negotiated a historic agreement with the maker of remdesivir where over the next three months, almost all remdesivir that will be produced in the world will be dedicated to the american people. half a million courses of therapy over the next three months. reporter: the government pays 2340 but the private insurance will pay $860 more than that. gilead says the only reason for that is by regulation, the u.s. government must get a discurrent on drugs over what it gives to the market. azar says the administration will back up any safety-net hospitals so if someone can't pay for the remdesivir, that they, federal government will step in and help them out. back to you. connell: edward lawrence in washington. the other group hitting back against elizabeth warren, ber

host: that was the ohio senator sharad brown -- sherrod brown on the floor from yesterday.he headline -- family's first overof covid-19 losses worker deaths. republicans have argued that any legislation they would like to liabilitye protection for schools, churches, companies. this story, posted on the washington post website at 6:00 a.m. this morning, the white house is willing to cut the stimulus deal without this liability shield, breaking with the republican leader in the senate, mitch mcconnell. david in grand rapids, michigan. what do you think? -- so me,ap personally, i am disabled. andaughter works her shift she helped me call this morning. they laid off her whole third shift today. we are talking about 100 people that got laid off. because nobody is buying t-shirts -- that is what she does, she makes t-shirts and whatnot. she was one of the ones that out of 100 people, they are going to keep 25 and keep first shift going for as long as possible. this idea that there's jobs out there just to get, that's just a republican lie. you need to stop watching fox. i mean, i

health hearing, but it was so long ago, that nathan deal was the chairman of the subcommittee and sherrod brown was the ranking member. we were due. i'm glad you organized it today. dr. grim, i want to thank you, first off, for your service and thank you for providing such clear testimony. one of the things in preparation for this reviewing the -- there was a report up, the office of inspector general, on the -- on the indian health service and the title was monitoring needed and one of their suggestions in there is the -- that the senate for medicare and medicaid services assist the indian health service with more frequent surveys. so can i just ask you, and i apologize for not knowing this but in a non-ihs hospital, i know it's voluntary, but they have a joint agreement with hospitals to be surveyed at least every three years. is there a similar joint commission survey that happens in ihs hospitals. >> yes, sir. and the three years is the normal standard surveys. i have often thought, you know, with cms being a center agency of the indian service, if they worked together closer when there wer

kind of unusual activity but a chinese are player members of congress, including ohio senator sherrod browne concerns beyond just protecting the country's medical research but i'm concerned about the chinese by interfering in elections later russians been successfully last time in response to the fbi director's warning a chinese embassy spokesman urged u.s. officials to quote stop cooking a political lies day after day, reporting in washington, i'm trevor shirley. all right, let's go ahead and get a check of the weather forecast with days barr tells us it is going to be downright toasty well in the day it is going to be a good morning. good morning, everybody beautiful shot from berkeley though, at least we enjoy the mild temperatures in the morning hours and. >>it will picture. that's outside golden gate bridge, same view as well again keeping the blue skies going those temperatures are still in the lower 70's inland for though. we'll see mid 60's were going on for the east bay shoreline and 60's and 50's here up to the north bay now now want to jump to where the fog is where was it was li

we are talking about senators elizabeth warren, bernie sanders, tammy baldwin, sherrod brown, chris vanpartment of health and human services saying remdesivir is acquired at an exorbitant cost. if you look at the numbers, the government is charged $2340 per course of the drug and that's exactly what they pay foreign governments or foreign countries pay for that same drug. if you are using private insurance, you will pay $860 more. gilead says the only reason for that is by regulation, the u.s. government must get a discount on drugs. the senators in their letter go on to say that the whole supply of remdesivir should be confiscated or seized by the u.s. government because $70 million in grants was used to develop the drug. back to you. stuart: just seize it? i thought we had a constitution that prevented that. reporter: two of them, as we know, they like free stuff for everybody. senator elizabeth warren, senator bernie sanders want to see that health care for all. stuart: you got it, i want it, seize it. that's the way it goes. thanks, edward. i'm going to stay on the strierstriervirus

the heroes act would authorize a hundred billion for emergency rental assistance program led by sherrod brown, the ranking member of the banking and housing committee who has just done a great job letting people know the crisis and now acting on it. and what it does is it helps families and individuals pay their rent and utility bills and remain in their homes during and after the covid-19 crisis. the bill was already included in the house-passed bipartisan heroes act but unfortunately once again as he does with so many other important issues, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has refused to bring it to the floor. so senator brown has come to ask for unanimous consent. without basic assistance even those renters who are currently shielded by temporary federal and local eviction bans may still face eviction. and let me tell you, once someone is evicted and homeless, they regress. the kids can't go to school. health care becomes even more remote. getting to a job through public transportation is so difficult. this actually is a stitch in time that saves nine. if people can stay in their ho

senate democrats, led by ranking member sherrod brown, are going to ask the senate to pass rental assistance and an extension to the moratorium on evictions. will senate republicans agree to our request or leave millions of renters out in the cold? i would say to my republican friends, let the extension of the p.p.p. program be a metaphor. democrats are going to keep pressing for senate action on covid-related issues. let the republican response be quick and generous, not stingy and halting. senate republicans are going to have to respond one way or the other and either support urgent and necessary pieces of legislation or explain to their constituents why they're blocking. it would be far better to pass these measures earlier rather than later and be more generous rather than stingyer. now on the main topic this morning, again, where i'm proud to join senator wyden and senator bennet. as the number of covid-19 indicateses accelerates -- cases accelerates across much of the country, the economic toll of this pandemic continues to fall hard on american families and american workers. over 33 m

connecticut; my colleague from michigan, debbie stabenow; and my colleague from ohio, senator sherrod brown. and the 45 other members of the united states senate who have joined me in sponsoring this bill. i yield the floor. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: i'm proud to join my colleagues to pass legislation that will finally require the president to invoke the authority of the d.p.a., the defense product act so the government can get testing supplies and p.p.e. to our country struggling under the weight of the pandemic. medical professionals, frontline workers fighting this virus still do not have the medical equipment and testing supply they need because the trump administration failed to invoke the d.p.a. this is the crisis the president is making. covid-19 continues to surge across the country. as cases keep growing, our testing supplies and p.p.e. already in short supply are reaching critical levels from seattle to miami people are waiting in line for hours to get tested. in many places we're missing basic supplies, swabs, gloves an

and as i was listening to the conversation, your words and our colleague from ohio, sherrod brown who was speaking and our colleague from minnesota and my partner from oregon, i thought how many senators have experienced hunger this last week, the inability to have a meal. what's your sense of that? ms. stabenow: well, my guess would be that everyone is like me and no, i've not experienced -- mr. merkley: not one of us in this chamber is missing a meal. ms. stabenow: we are all extremely fortunate. we don't have to experience that. mr. merkley: and i'm pretty sure that down the hall in the house of representatives, nobody is missing a meal. and yet so many people in each of our states are missing meals. in my state of oregon, hunger has doubled since march. i imagine hunger has increased in your home state of michigan. ms. stabenow: absolutely. at least doubled, absolutely. mr. merkley: it's being driven by massive unemployment. the estimate in april was for families earning less than $40,000 a year, 40% had lost their job. and i think that was april. now maybe it's well over 50%. hal