guest,alls for our zachary terwilliger. there was a headline that usa today, crime rates plummet among the pandemic but not everyone is safer. betsy, you are up first from austin, texas. caller: good morning. the boro a supporter of gan project. i would like to ask what the relationship is between the importance of funding global health initiatives and national security? host: something you could speak to? guest: sure. i must admit, that is not a project i am familiar with. i don't want to comment on the specifics. we are at a heightened vulnerability any time there is a pandemic like this, when it comes to national security. the good news is, certainly in a post-9/11 world have been focused on national security. when you have more of our work being done in a particularly vulnerable way over the internet, you have got individuals spread very thin. we were not able to come together physically like we normally what to deal with some of these national security threats. and, just things that were absolutely appropriate but -- f

guest,alls for our zachary terwilliger. there was a headline that usa today, crime rates plummet among the pandemic but not everyone is safer. betsy, you are up first from austin, texas. caller: good morning. the boro a supporter of gan project. i would like to ask what the relationship is between the importance of funding global health initiatives and national security? host: something you could speak to? guest: sure. i must admit, that is not a project i am familiar with. i don't want to comment on the specifics. we are at a heightened vulnerability any time there is a pandemic like this, when it comes to national security. the good news is, certainly in a post-9/11 world have been focused on national security. when you have more of our work being done in a particularly vulnerable way over the internet, you have got individuals spread very thin. we were not able to come together physically like we normally what to deal with some of these national security threats. and, just things that were absolutely appropriate but -- f

zachary terwilliger about law enforcement challenges.helley baker addresses the unemployment situation in his state at a briefing yesterday. new dataorning, released by the federal department of labor revealed people filed more for unemployment in massachusetts last week. , nearly 470,000 individuals filed new unemployment claims, and to put that number in context, typically in massachusetts over the course of the past six or seven months we would get 7000 to 10,000 new claims a month, so 470,000 over three weeks versus what would have been something more in the vicinity of 10,000 to 20,000, it 30,000 over a three week period. ande numbers are staggering we know the story behind all of these is more than just numbers. hardship caused by the unprecedented impact of this virus. we know the virus has caused people to lose their jobs, in almost all cases through no fault of their own, and has created anxiety in households across the commonwealth and the country. people have had come -- trouble getting through to the website and are waiting f

his zachary terwilliger. u.s. attorney for the eastern district of virginia. thank you for joining us. guest: thanks very much for having me. what start by reminding us exactly u.s. attorney does. guest: i am proud to have 92 collects. there is 93 u.s. attorneys across the country. we are the chief federal law enforcement officers in our respective districts. we have two in the eastern district of virginia. if you draw a line down the blue ridge mountains, that would be the eastern district.

attorney -- zachary terwilliger, u.s. attorney. much appreciated, thank website at c-span.org. joining us from his home in westchester, new york, is steve lisman, senior economics reporter for cnbc. there's a lot to unpack this evening but the action by the federal reserve which has done something it did not even do back in 2008. if you could in layman's term explain what jerome powell the fed chair announced today. guest: it was an historic set of announcements today. and it's not something, it's some thing, steve. they have gone into protects to provide financing in places they never did before. they're going to set up this main street lending facility. $600 billion worth of loans they're going to give to not really small business but medium sized businesses. it's businesses up to 10,000 workers. up to $2.5 billion in revenue. but you can imagine from 500 to 1,000 would be the bottom of that. so not necessarily your main street business but medium sized businesses that provide loans to. they'll go and they'll buy junk bonds. that is bonds below investment grade. they've never

zachary terwilliger joins us to discuss law enforcement issues during the pandemic. "washington journal" is next. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] ♪ host: on this friday, april 10, one of the headline this morning covering the latest jobless figures reports that nearly 17 million americans have now lost their jobs due to the coronavirus and it took just 21 days. 21 days. and this as congress is said to be at an impasse of what to do next to help people, this economy, following this outbreak and pandemic and we want to get your thought this morning on what congress should be doing. should more be done by congress? is more needed? the senate did meet about half an hour yesterday. did not advance any legislation. do you think more is n