house democratic caucus, great leadership from speaker pelosi and steny hoyer, and our members are committed to making sure that we do everything possible to both contain the virus and mitigate it as it emerges in jurisdiction after jurisdiction. we heard from chairwoman nita lowey and our goal is to make sure that we do not leave washington this week without an allocation of resources to deal with the coronavirus. it is our expectation that that number would be substantially greater than the amount requested by the administration. and that it will involve new funds, not reallocation of existing funds. chairwoman has been working with her counterpart in the senate and it's our hope that we'll have a built on the floor at some point in the next day or two. we also heard from former hhs secretary sylvia burwell, with a detailed analysis about the situation that we face. some of the lessons that we as americans have learned in terms of addressing viruses and outbreaks connected, for instance, to ebola and zika in prior years, and how those lessons can be applied in confronting the coronavirus t

would get to a point to find some compromise i do believe we can get there we've been talking with steny hoyer on the democrats we have been waiting for them to give the feedback i thought we would get 12 days ago because time is running out when we get done with this conference a leader has a colloquy on the floor right now. >> is is pure politics quick. >> is not politics at all. the knowledge of when i became aware of it we were not the ijority i think partisan politics should ever play into that. you that this couldn't -- this looks wrong and is wrong, that you say you did not speak to your son about it but you have pictures on a golf course with them about it, that you withhold money to a foreign country unless they fire an individual who's looking over a company that your son is being -- getting the money from. more than $3 million. then you find out later, even his own brother getting contracts. i just think good government is good government wherever it is and whenever it is. this has nothing to do about politics. i think it happens to do with honesty, fairness, and the rule of law. i'

house majority leader steny hoyer sent out a letter to the colleagues. he wrote, i do not expect the house to reconvene prior to april 20 2020. we'll listen to the advice from medical experts when we can proceed with the business of congress in washington. it's not possible to give a definitive return date. in the meantime, we will continue working from our districts on behalf of the american people. clearly, there's much work to be done. we'll make decisions on the future schedule of the house as soon as the facts allow. that's from house majority leader steny hoyer. >> we turn to zoom now bringing you congressman paul mitchell from the tenth district of michigan. congressman good morning to you sir. tell us about the coronavirus in your corner of michigan. how is the tenth district this morning? guest: tenth district is a tenth state of hot spot. we have fair number of cases in some of them are going to negative outcome. we're working hard to have it under control. i think -- i

e have been talking with steny hoyer on the democrats -- the democrats in the appropriate committees. made ideas across to them. we have been waiting for them to ive us their feedback or make an offer back, if you would call it that. thought we'd get one two days ago. i thought we'd get one yesterday. i was hoping we'd get it today nextse time is running out week. when i get done with this conference, i know the leader the floor quy on right now. i was going to call him after when we can to see solve this problem. >> last question. it comes to n [inaudible] will issue -- why isn't house republicans theing to this when you had gavel? is it about politics? mr. mccarthy: it's not about politics at all. beforehand? this the knowledge when i became ware of it, we were not in the majority. interesting to me that -- i don't think politics should ever it. into i don't think partisan politics should ever play into it. that's of a power elected to the point of vice on ident that you could fly air force two, bring your son, you go to a foreign country, while n can do business you're in that coun

steny hoyer has said the probably be a fourth and fifth as the needs developed during this ongoing crisis. >> host: as you said justin amash tweeting out yesterday this bipartisan deal is a raw deal for the people.ra it is far too little for those who need the most help on providing hundreds of billions in corporate welfare. massively o growing government, inhibiting economic adaptation and widening the gap between the rich and the poor. if you were or a democrat object, then what with the house have to do? >> guest: essentially they would have to -- they could have a voice vote and that requires some other procedural hurdles but that would be another option that they could agree to which is they would have yeas and nays. in that case if he would agree to that he could voice is no vote verbally on the floor, but still it would pass. or he could request and a bunch of people could commit a roll call vote in which case the house would have to come back. a lot of members are what about this prospect. they could be bringing back the bike to d.c. making it a toxin barba. there's talk about if

the majority leader, steny hoyer, said earlier today, he said that, quote, before we can determine when and how the house will consider this legislation, we must have the final legislative text and clear direction on when the senate will vote. i remain committed to giving house members 24 hours' notice before the house acts. so again, as far as we know, tomorrow's session, so far in the house, jaust pro forma session. but we will keep you posted. that's set for 11:00 a.m. eastern. mr. mccarthy: good afternoon. as a four, a husband and a son, my first responsibility is to protect the health, the safety and the security of those who i represent. for anyone who is affected with this virus, whether you lost a loved one, maybe you're battling it, maybe you lost your job, what i want to say is we're working for you. that's why i'm glad the senate has come to an agreement an they need to act. they need to act now. for over a week, house republicans have worked with our colleagues in the senate to put together a really bold relief package in this time

the house majority leader steny hoyer sent a member to all house members today because they're concerned about contamination on the house floor. there are two house members, mario diaz-balart of florida, a republican, around ben mcadams, a democrat from utah who have contracted coronavirus and we have several other members who are quarantined including minority whip steve scalise this is what steny hoyer said, quote, the house will adjust our voting procedures in order to follow the cdc's recommendations. we'll discuss all options. they're talking about bringing members into the house chamber in groups of 10 or 15. none of that will probably happen until next week, liz. liz: chad, great to see you. the market ended up 188 points. oil popped higher. we're on track for probably the worst week since 2008. the worst month since 1987. that is where we're at. all indices below of 200-day moving averages. the dow is swinging back and forth about 1200 points. up 188. get to it ohio governor, michael dewine. thanks for joining us. >> great to see you. >> before we get what is going on, when will

majority leader steny hoyer asked for the house to agree to debate for three hours equally divided.the set up as relief bill. it's approved without objection debate began at about nine eastern in the house. we have this tweet from the bubble concocts when peter king of new york from earlier this morning heading to washington to vote on pandemic legislation because of one member of congress refusing to allow emergency action entire congress must be called to vote in-house. risk of infection and risk of legislation

at the same time you are backing primary challenges for your leadership -- jerry nadler, steny hoyer -- >> that's not correct. i'm not backing primary challenges for those two. >> bret: a growing list of primary challengers, have you backed steny hoyer, jerry nadl jerry nadler? >> i have backed primary challengers to dan lipinski. >> bret: how do you swear that? >> i think there are places we can do better. when we talk about not being partisan. i think republicans can look in their own backyard and say this is what we can do better. i think democrats can look in our own backyard and say that there are places we can do better too. i think if you are taking big money and relying on lobbyist funds and you aren't answering to your constituents back home to me should be held accountable. i don't think incumbency should be a thing that is guaranteed. i apply that to myself and i understand that. >> bret: we appreciate your time. coming up, we will go live to the pentagon. we are getting breaking news that air strikes are beginning in response to the latest attack on u.s. and coalition tro

majority leader steny hoyer says it will likely be approved by voice vote tomorrow morning and sent to the white house for the president's immediate signature. the senate approved the measure in a unanimous vote late last night and adjourned until april 20th with majority leader mitch mcconnell warning senators they could be called back sooner. while the unparalleled 880-page measure is the largest economic relief bill in the u.s. history, at the epicenter of the outbreak, new york governor andrew cuomo says it is not nearly enough to combat this unseen enemy. >> it would really be terrible for the state of new york. the $2 trillion bill, what does it mean for new york state government? it means $3.8 billion. $3.8 billion sounds like a lot of money. new york city only gets $1.3 billion from this package. that is a drop in the bucket as to need. >> joining me now, wong scott. good to have you with us. what has been the reaction to the coronavirus stimulus package that heads to the chamber? we heard governor cuomo saying he may call the new york delegation to congress and put appreciate

but i am awfully glad that our distinguished democratic leader st steny hoyer. >> thank you very muchmadam speaker. the speaker, as all of you know because you have been in the hallways walking around and what's happening this second, i have been on the phone with the speaker a lot of times. we haven't counted. but she and secretary mnuchin, obviously, have worked very, very hard to come to this agreement. last week, we passed legislation to deal with the immediate health challenges called by -- caused by the coronavirus. we passed legislation for research, for mitigation of illness, for many things that were the direct result of the illness itself. or the virus itself. today, tonight, we're going to be passing legislation which deals with the related economic consequences to people. >> steny hoyer and also nancy pelosi coming to the microphones there speaking about this bill they said the president is in agreement with. the families first coronavirus response act. she is saying that it is a good bill. paid sick leave. unemployment insurance. paid emergency leave, as well. and, as she

voted to approve a coronavirus economic aid package, house speaker nancy pelosi and majority leader steny hoyer spoke with reporters about the bill. >> >> good evening, everyone. thank you for being here at this hour of the night. success weoud of the have had from both committee chairs and staff to put together this legislation. sundaychumer and i last before the priorities we wanted called it the family's first response to coronavirus. crisis. this followed our bill last week, last this followed our bill last wednesday about the of $8 billion, putting families first. between these two bills, we have an effect of stimulus to the economy, injecting those withrces as well as this bill, putting funds in the pockets of people who may be affected by the crisis. wee, what we said were going to do. put families first, with paid leave, paid sick days, family and medical leave, theployment insurance, for children. over 20 million children get meals at school. they have foot insecurity and this bill addresses that, as our seniors and and,s, who depend on that, again, filling food banks as well. ofimport

voted to approve a coronavirus economic aid package, house speaker nancy pelosi and majority leader steny hoyer spoke with reporters about the bill.

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steny hoyer of maryland, a champion of this issue for years. rep. yer: i want to thank all the members of the caucuses that are here. our chairman of the caucus, the entire caucus, mr. jeffries, vice chair clark, i imagine ms. maloney will be here. as the speaker said, she has been an extraordinary advocate of not only making sure the census was adequately funded, but that it was adequately empowered to count every american. native american caucus as well. she represents the native american. we have a diverse caucus. we representso, all of america. and all of america needs to be counted. our founding fathers did not cite every citizen, every property owner, every white person. they excluded some people in terms of the laws, but they said that every person ought to be counted. why? because they knew it was critical for the successful operations of government, for the distribution of revenues from the federal government to the local governments, to assist every american. that everybody be counted. and we know where they live, what community they live i

steny hoyer has said there will probably be a fourth and fifth. as the needs developed during this ongoing crisis. tweeting outamash yesterday, this is a raw deal for the people. it does far too little for those who need the most help while providing hundreds of billions in corporate welfare. massively growing government, and humidity economic adaptation and widening the gap between the rich and the poor. if he or a democrat or to object what would the house have to do? voteey could have a voice and that requires some other procedural hurdles. that would be another option that pelosi and mccarthy could agree to. they would have yeas and nays. he could voice his no vote verbally on the floor but still it would pass. or he could request and a bunch of people could demand a roll call vote in which case the house would have to come back. a lot of members are worried about this prospect. there's 135 districts and travel could bring the virus back to d.c., making it a toxic environment. there is talk of spacing out votes and having people come in and ha

the 41 year history for network c-span is bonded to a special request from house majority leader steny hoyer, health -- help connect members with the public. with any members -- with many members not able to travel,, c-span's working with congressional leadership on both parties to dedicated airtime to help members briefed the statements explaining their h positions on the emergency legislation. the network is going to spreading the members stay visible air in block string prime time the week of march 30. videos will be streamed on our website at c-span.org and archived in c-span's online video liberia creating a permanent historical record of the legislative positions on the time when the house was hampered from gathering in person. this is part of what we're trying to do in my question when this is all over, do you think we'll have remote voting indo te house and the senate? we've been hearing from lawmakers in both chambers about instituting that. >> guest: in the senate mitch mcconnell the majority leader and institutionalist, he always describe himself as an that's a fair description, h

house democratic leader steny hoyer told members today they'll vote on the measure today. it then goes to the senate before heading to the president's desk. our coverage of the federal response to the coronavirus will continue this afternoon with a hearing on how airlines are handling the spread of the virus. acting u.s. customs and border protection commissioner mark morgan is among the witnesses before the senate aviation subcommittee along with the national respiratory diseases director. we'll have live coverage that have starting at 2:30 eastern, also live online at c-span.org or listen live with the free c-span radio app. and to follow the federal response to the coronavirus, go to wc-span.org/coronavirus. find our coverage, hearings, briefings, and review the events any time at c-span.org/coronavirus. >>> defense secretary mark esper and joint chiefs of staff mark milley will explain the president's 2021 pentagon budget request. he'll answer questions from the senate armed services committee about personnel needs and weapons spending in the new budget year which begi

producer saying that the majority leader steny hoyer, while the house is in morning, advises members that, quote, conversations are ongoing with regarding thetion families first coronavirus response act. further information regarding timing of votes will be announced as soon as it becomes available. the rules committee picking up meeting this morning. after gathering last night. pelosi has been speaking on the phone with treasury secretary steve mnuchin about legislation. says on l quintanilla the senate side mitch mcconnell calling house democrats oronavirus bill, quote, an ideological wish list. quote, mcconnell says he will noncontroversial coronavirus response legislation. so the house is in recess. to hear from by kevin mccarthy and we'll hear nancy pelosi, r, about a half-hour after that, 10:45 eastern or so. mr. mccarthy: good morning, all. our top priority as our toernment and our country is fight this disease and prevent its spread throughout the united states. night i thinklast took decisive and the correct action that was needed. addition ures are in to the work that the p

david: well, investors are waiting for congress to act as house democrat majority leader steny hoyerlizing a coronavirus relief bill. to fox news congressional correspondent chad pergram on capitol hill. chad, how close? reporter: well, they basically have a deal, but the question has been whether or not there would be buy-in from the president and from house republicans. we've had two developments in the past half hour. the house minority leader kevin mccarthy has returned to the capitol after talking to the president, and house speaker nancy pelosi has announced she's going to talk to the press at 2:00. so two big developments here in the past couple of minutes. the key here is going to be whether or not republicans are going to be willing to vote for this bill if the president doesn't support this. remember that kevin mccarthy thought he was thrown under the bus just a couple of days ago when they were working out a fisa agreement. b bill barr came to the capitol to work out this agreement. they worked in a bipartisan fashion in the house of representatives, then the president ble

yesterday, house democrats had a conference call, and majority leader steny hoyer, the number two democrat in the house, told numbers to expect a phase for and five stimulus deal . there were other smaller measures that went out before this, so there could be more stimulus, although we don't expect to see that until probably at least the end of april when we have a better idea of what shape the economy is going to be in. a bit just want to repeat of what we were just hearing from vonnie. we have a 750 billion euro package being approved by the german government in berlin. that is now going to proceed forward. it is mainly aimed at small businesses and the self-employed as we try and deal with a similar story here in europe to the one being faced in the united states. how do you sustain businesses that celfin floy -- sustain businesses, the self-employed during this process? jobs.eople do have good they just need help during this process. that is what the german government has been bringing about how ada should be provided more broadly. the germans do not want to see a thaturopean bond issu

>> the house majority leader steny hoyer said they will vote on a bill no matter what. something that the speaker of the house said earlier today and intimated earlier. she didn't say there was an agreement with the administration. she didn't say that there was an agreement with democrats. the democrats had a bill you might remember about 24, 36 hours ago and they wanted to work with republicans. kevin mccarthy, the house minority leader has just come back to the capitol in the past hour after meeting with the president. they need to get republicans on board to pass the bill. we expect that later this afternoon. >> chad pergram live on capitol hill. this is florida governor ron desantis. let's watch. >> this is a virus that has had a negative impact on folks that are older, have an underlying medical condition. with that in mind, we issued access to assisted living facilities. but because we had the 11 cases, we now have 11 cases in broward county. i'm directing jared moscowicz to expand all visitation to nursing homes, adult family care homes, long-term care facilities

steny hoyer, house majority leader says, they're writing it right now.y secretary steve mnuchin is the one who is talking for the administration as well as for republicans. owe said this will just be round one. it will not have everything that the republicans want inside of it. one sticking point, the tax relief, payroll tax relief they would like to see. the president would like to have that for employees and employers through the end. year. democrats say this is not election issue. so that a nonstarter. senator john thune still hopeful it eventually can be included. >> the fact that the democrats in the house are not crazy about a payroll tax cut is a point of negotiation but in the end it is something the president wants to see happen. if you're going to get a deal, i suspect at some point, you know, you're going to have to meet the president at least part way on that. reporter: mnuchin testifying this morning that the president is looking at paid sick leave. the federal government would pay companies who would pay hourly workers and others affected b

>> and the house majority leader steny hoyer told his democratic colleagues on a conference call today that they may do four, they may do five measures. but one thing is clear, john. they are not going to be here in washington. these numbers are going to be long gone, away at home, some of them sheltering in place. and if they have to come back they will. but they don't want to come back as this pandemic spreads. >> manu, we appreciate the update. manu raju there on the line from d.c. we appreciate it. thank you. >> reporter: thank you. >> and there is word from the treasury secretary. we'll go live to tokyo in a moment. but steve mnuchin has said that the president, donald trump, will sign this stimulus package as soon as it reaches his desk. let's get a take here. kaori enjoji is there where the markets have been driven on emotion for weeks. selling on fear. are they buying now on hope? >> reporter: absolutely. news the congress has reached this deal for a $2 trillion package, bailout package-s sending tokyo stocks sharply higher, closing the day as the news came in minutes before th

steny hoyer also indicated the house of representatives is scheduled to go out for two weeks startingorrow but they will have in emergency meeting if needed. >> bill: what a mess this has become. what about the measures taken on the hill? >> i talked to alexandria ocasio-cortez and she said they should consider may be closing the capital to tours. the capital has been teaming with tourists because of spring break. they basically said that members should avoid large crowds and mingling with large crowds, may be having teleconferences, and fox obtained a memo from one senior lawmaker, a top aide to that member saying what can we do to avoid contact with that member, social distancing, this is an older member of congress. senator said maybe they should consider some of those extreme provisions and maybe limited people in the capital. they have certainly ruled out the idea of avoiding remotely. >> bill: president trump meeting with the ceo of the nation's biggest bank at this hour. that's the worst day since the 2008 financial crisis and with so that twice in the last week. stocks taking

steny hoyer indicated this afternoon that they would still give members 24 hours to get back to washington before they consider this. the house of representatives was in session briefly today, this morning. you might say, why did they go into session and then come out? this is counterintuitive but it probably accelerates the process. the idea that this afternoon republicans and democrats in the house are going to have conference calls with their leaders so they have universal buy-in they hope and may be vote sometime tomorrow or potentially friday afternoon. again, this is congress moving quickly. don't forget they had to have these house democrats on board because chuck schumer, the minority leader in the senate, he was spending a lot of time negotiating with steven mnuchin and that was done on behalf of house speaker nancy pelosi. >> bill: thank you chad, chad pergram up in a hill. to our viewers at home if you have not noticed now, you will notice very soon. we are reinventing television news by the hour with our staff and our crews spread out across the country, many of us are operatin

just before he came on the air, the house majority leader dominic steny hoyer said, "i remain committedo giving the house members 25 hours notice before the house acts." that means at least some time tomorrow afternoon. you might say, why isn't the house moving more expeditiously? well, by actually stretching this out and having more conference calls with both republicans and democrats, and making sure there is that universal buy-in, that universal agreement, you probably actually save time. how did they do this in the house of representatives? they continue to discuss not having a formal roll call vote. that's where they bring all 430 members, the current population of the house, together. and they would electronically. there's a lot of concern about health and hygiene. they discussed about having a voice vote. this is where a small contingent of members comes into the house chamber, those opposed, those for, and they holler "aye, nay," and the loudest side wins. and keep members out of the house represents her health reasons, harris. >> harris: just a cut in before have to let go two

steny hoyer, the house majority leader, he indicated that he is going to give members 24 hours beforengton. what does that mean? probably means that the house doesn't tangle with us to sync up with the senate until friday. kevin mccarthy, the house minority leader seems to be in alignment with that. what this really does, laura, is it buys both sides time to be able to communicate what's in the bill to the senate -- excuse me, to the house were public and congress for the house democrats and then the universal buy-in so they can pass this quickly, supposedly on friday. laura. >> laura: there's a big concern the nancy pelosi is insisting on this provision that would essentially nullify state voter i.d. requirements and other requirements for individuals eligible to vote. any word on that? because that raises a lot of red flags potential for fraud and so forth. >> we just got the final bill text before we came in the air. it's 880 pages. not quite the 1404 pages in her bill and i have not read through it. i am not a speed reader, so that is something we have to parse through. of the one

steny hoyer said "the president clearly wanted us to communicate to our constituents that we need tomunicate as much information as possible so that there's not going to be a panic." neil? >> neil: thanks. my next guest out of quarantine himself after helping china fight the virus. dr. ian is here with us coming to us via skype. how are you doing right now? >> i'm fine. good to meet you. >> neil: same here. what did you notice or what -- get a sense of this virus? we hear it mutating to a couple of different strands. i don't know what the case is. what can you best describe it as right now? >> well, this virus is highly transmissable. that said, it's not associated with a lot of disease. that's not to say that there won't be people that will become very ill with this virus but thus far the case fatality rate is fairly low. we're being quoted figures as high as 3.5% by who. that does not take into account those people who become infected and have only mild disease or no disease and never come to medical attention and never receive a diagnosis. if i had to guess, i would say that the a

house majority leader steny hoyer in letter to colleagues just in the last hour, before we can determinehen and how the house will consider this legislation we must have the final legislative text and clear direction when the senate will vote. i am committed to give house members 24 hours before the house acts. to put this in perspective, a much longer timeline than thinks being resolved at the end of the day. you saw the senate vote. the house is making it clear they are waiting 24 hours before they move on it before senate passes it their way. deirdre: hillary vaughn from capitol hill. for his take former reagan economist art laffer joining me now. art, thanks in advance for the time. as hillary just told us seems like the timeline has been extended. what do you make of that if anything? >> i don't think it -- i think it is amazing how fast they have been able to do this. i would have expected it to be much longer timeline than it actually is. so the extension to me is rather minimal as far as effect this will have. deirdre: okay. and as far as size, i mean this is huge, right? this tw

majority leader steny hoyer has said that the house will not convene in full until they need to vote on the next coronavirus relief bill of which the senate failed again yesterday to advance their latest version. bloomberg reporting this morning that house speaker pelosi has said that it appears the senate had agreed to accept portions of the house version of the bill, but that further details remain to be resolved. negotiations continue off the floor between democrats, republicans, and the white house in an attempt to nail down a deal. watch the house live here on c-span in just a couple moments. and the senate debate on the floor on c-span2. we'll hear more from states on how they are dealing with the pandemic later today. louisiana governor john dell edwards will brief reporters on the coronavirus pan democrat knick his state. watch that live starting at 3:30 eastern here on c-span. "politico" has this story looking at how the administration is adjusting the accounts of the president's handling of the coronavirus pandemic in this election year. team trump is rushing to rewrite the

we learned from house majority leader steny hoyer who said he doesn't have a deadline or time frame when the house will pass whatever the senate gives them. here on the senate side we're kind of in limbo. we're waiting to see when they will actually vote on the bill. this morning they said they had strong agreement behind. connell? connell: we thought we were there. hillary, thank you. next stop is the white house. blake burman standing by there. as hillary said you have objections on republican side developing this afternoon. now bernie sanders getting into the mix. what is read from the administration. reporter: they were going through the draft of the text, going through everything as you heard from hillary's report there, it is not actually finalized. there is a lot of wiggle room how this might shape out. one senior administration official described this as financial assistance package, not necessarily as stimulus. we heard that a little while ago from larry kudlow from last 10, 15 minutes ago. this is not necessarily shovel-ready jobs like what we saw the last time around or this w

speaker pelosi and steny hoyer, for majority leader come have suggested they will do it as soon as tomorrow maybe by voice vote some members of the house will not have to return. but i'm hopeful if that isn't the case, that whatever debate will be short and will get this matter signed into law by the present. what does it mean for people are following an estimate a lot of noise, what's he going to mean to me in my life? there some very basic things which ought to take into consideration. the white house suggested both parties agreed for a cash payment primarily for people making less than $75,000 a year and not more than $100,000 a year as individuals, will receive $1200 for each adult in the household and $500 for each child. for some people that really is money that they desperately need to get through this difficult time. the second thing we did was to really focus on our healthcare system. we said we needed a marshall fund when he came to healthcare. and i know the governor feels as i do. our hospitals are facing a moment of challenge and testing the likes of which they have never seen.

steny hoyer, she made clear that even if house republicans aren't onboard with this proposal, propos proposed stimulus, many of them aren't, the house democrats say we're going to vote today regardless because they control the majority, have the votes. and there's no time to wait. i just want to quickly talk through what they are on track to pass here. so this legislation includes paid leave benefits and free coronavirus testing even for the uninsured. it expands unemployment for furloughed workers. provides flexibility for child nutrition and food stamp funding. and temporarily waves the food stamp work requirements that the president trump administration put on some time ago, months ago. beyond that she mentioned it helps states and u.s. territories immedia territories meet their medicaid requirements. >> the president called it a wishlist. why are they not on board? >> house republicans aren't on board because they don't think this spending is targeted and don't think it's the proper solution to the problem. interestingly enough, the administration for the most part is onboard, be

steny hoyer got up and spoke. then kevin mccarthy got up and spoke. knowid, i want everyone to there is bipartisan support for harriet tubman to be on the currency. part of our job collectively is to remind our leaders. hill visits,0 meetings, before it became a park. we have to have a similar movement like that. that goodwill ought to translate into good action. that is where we are. i feel very encouraged. presidentled that the had those wonderful words to say about tubman. i will remind him. here is. here it is. here it is. i am grateful senator schumer asked for an i.g. investigation as to what happened. minoritylled that leader mccarthy said we support tubman being on currency. these are documented circumstances. god is on the throne. 's god is on the throne. i know it is going to happen. i can't say exactly when but it is moving in our direction. everyone here, when you hear about an opportunity to gather, because we had harriet on the hill day before we got the legislation taken care of for us to become a national park. there will be a similar

. >> steny hoyer and also house speaker nancy pelosi coming to the microphones there speaking about thisill they said the president in agreement with. the family first coronavirus response act. she is saying that it is a good bill. paid sick leave. unemployment insurance. paid emergency leave, as well. and as she has been stressing, testing, testing, testing. the house speaker saying they could have passed it yesterday. but they got it today. good enough for her. she is happy about that. i want to bring in now cnn's dr. sanjay gupta, as well as our white house correspondent john harwood. gentlemen, thank you very much. i appreciate you joining us. it looks like a president struck a deal with the democrats, john. >> that's right. and that's one of the positive things that happened today. there were a couple of them. despite the errors in the president's press conference that you alluded to, we'll discuss that some more later, he did convey a seriousness by declaring a national emergency. he did marshal resources of the private sector and he made this deal with nancy pelosi. and i think it

steny hoyer says the vote is likely to take place tomorrow after the legislative debate on the bill. >>> taken a look at the market. positive day, could be the 3rd positive day in a row. we haven't had that in quite some time. you see the dow jones up 5 and have percent, more than 1100 points. the nasdaq and s&p 500 both up more than 3%. >>> the governor announced property owners could be getting relief from their banks. >> some 200 state-chartered banks and credit unions have committed to the state of california. that they will provide forbearance on closures, and on mortgage payments. >> 5 national banks are offering help, wells fargo, city, jp morgan chase and u.s. bank, they have agreed to a 90 day grace period for mortgage payments for those affected by the virus. bank of america offering a 30 day grace period and says that could possibly be extended. many communities taking steps to protect renters as they face economic uncertainty. course of san francisco, alameda, contra costa and santa clara counties delete eviction hearings. sheriff's offices in alameda and san francisco sa

if we can take this picture, it's senator steny hoyer of maryland, moments ago the u.s.democratic leader chuck schumer of new york said the country needs to solve the medical problems of the coronavirus as a first priority and we had senator schumer also saying there is a need to bolster paid family leave, sick leave and unemployment insurance. he also said that the national guard should be mobilized. he said the democrats' $750 bill addresses immediate needs but may not be enough. we are also getting news out of the auto world. the united auto workers union is pressing the detroit car companies for a two-week shutdown of u.s. factories over coronavirus concerns and now ford, the first to possibly bite on that. it is weighing cutting shifts at u.s. plants to reduce virus risks to workers. the stock is down another 1%. we know big auto has struggled through all of this, although toyota and honda are moving higher right now. ford is now a $4.96 stock. gm is down about 5%. we've got tesla down 6.4%. you got to take into account production cuts would probably be among precau

majority leader steny hoyer says it will likely be approved by voice vote tomorrow morning and sent to the white house for the president's immediate signature. the senate approved the measure

steny hoyer it himself, standing next to nancy pelosi, it was only a first step they can't go away fortwo weeks and decide to come back and take another two weeks to act on this. that's not the way this works in trump time. they need to be here, they need to give the american people a payroll tax cut, the middle class blue collar tax cut, and it's the best way to fight these headquartereds and if they don't like it come up with a better idea and i can tell you it's the best idea. maria: let me ask you this because the president also made a real impact on the oil industry on friday. we know that oil prices have gotten crushed, not just because of this expectation of lower global demand, but also because of this fight between saudi arabia and russia. listen to the president said on friday about the strategic oil reserve, let's roll tape. president trump: i've also instructed the secretary of energy to purchase at a very good price, large quantities of crowd oil for storage in the u.s. , strategic reserve, we're going to fill it right up to the top, saving the american taxpayer billions a

majority leader steny hoyer told reporters he didn't know and that he will be checking in with health officials, the members of the house themselves, and other entities to make sure that when they come back, it is safe for members to be traveling back to conduct business of the house. but, also that members are ok to leave their communities. but, to have the majority leader said he does not one when the house will reconvene for legislative business was pretty stunning. host: thank you very much for being with us. her work available at rollcall.com. katherine tully-mcmanus. this is the headline of the new york times. restaurant growth screeches to a halt amid the pandemic shutdown. the new york times reported restaurants and bars face a catastrophic loss of revenue that could destroy countless operations across the nation, as customers stay home and practice social distancing to stem the spread of the virus. the industry is not alone in feeling the pain from the economic it as the u.s. heads into a likely recession but it is reliant on people going out and congregating. mainly in the i

steny hoyer it himself, standing next to nancy pelosi, it was only a first step they can't go away for weeks and decide to come back and take another two weeks to act on this. that's not the way this works in trump time. they need to be here, they need to give the american people a payroll tax cut, the middle class blue collar tax cut, and it's the best way to fight these headquartereds and if they don't like it come up with a better idea and i can tell you it's the best idea. maria: let me ask you this because the president also made a real impact on the oil industry on friday. we know that oil prices have gotten crushed, not just because of this expectation of lower global demand, but also because of this fight between saudi arabia and russia. listen to the president said on friday about the strategic oil reserve, let's roll tape. president trump: i've also instructed the secretary of energy to purchase at a very good price, large quantities of crowd oil for storage in the u.s. , strategic reserve, we're going to fill it right up to the top, saving the american taxpayer billions and

what kevin mccarthy, and the minority leader, and house speaker nancy pelosi and majority leader steny hoyeras many members as they could not just on the floor but into the gallery. so they blocked massie by demonstrating that they had that quorum in the chamber, and they immediately pass the bill. the bill is passed and en route now to president trump now, harris. >> harris: that's a headline. as some of the viewers pointed out on social media during the commercial break, this is kind of how it's done. we are watching the sausage be made. at the same time, a $2 trillion stimulus package, in emergency fashion now, has passed during the covid-19 album again pandemic. chad pergram on the hill, thank you very much. i scooted chad along a little bit because this has now become available to us. an opportunity to talk with the commissioner of the police department in new york after the department announced its first deaths due to covid-19. nypd says dennis dickson, a custodial assistant who worked at nypd headquarters, died this week of complications from the virus. this, as the outbreak has hit t

house majority leader steny hoyer says that paid leave, which has been a key issue here, is "pretty much resolved." let's find out. joining me now, democratic congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz of florida, also has a leadership position in the party. so, is this your understanding of where the negotiations stand? >> my understanding that we're definitely voting today. we were going to be voting out a bill, whether there was a deal or not, but we've been told that we have the substantial makings of a deal, and they're just finalizing the last bits of it. >> including republican support, is that the idea? >> well, it remains to be seen whether house republicans are going to fully support this. the speaker has been negotiating with secretary mnuchin, so primarily, those discussions have been going on with the administration. we still haven't heard anything from leader mcconnell. he was continuing to criticize it all the way up until the end yesterday. >> okay. one of the key issues has been paid sick leave. >> yes. >> to accommodate the many people, perhaps millions of americans, eventu