And extraordinary leaders that i think encapsulate the spirit of this moment in the spirit of war we want to take this moment in terms of the call and demand for change. Ive had the privilege of traveling all up and down the state of california over the last couple of days. I had the opportunity to spend immunityorking with leaders, faith leaders, working with advocates, working with members of our own National Guard to help clean up the streets of sacramento. Randomly had the privilege and opportunity to meet up with a group of young people around the Police Officers memorial that were cleaning up graffiti. A young girl literally with one lung that outlasted all of us as she was scrubbing away for hours and hours. No one asked her to do it. It was an act of random kindness and a recognition that her impacted and being her life and her future impacted by the moment. She wanted to impact the community in a positive way. She was also part of the protest the night before, did not like a certain aspects of what she saw. I had the privilege of also ,orking sidebyside with her and also with a wellknown activist here in the Sacramento Region who was working to clean up graffiti on the side of eight state building. We turned our heads to the right and we saw a member of our National Guard put down his weapon, unbeknownst to the two of us and others, and was scrubbing sidebyside with others. Graffiti off the side of a building. I had the chance to flight into south los angeles, the center of so much of the violence, protests and outrage in 1992. I went down with the county supervisor. With the chair of our budget committee. I went with members and leaders of the community, walked the streets and check in with how people are feeling. None of the protests, none of the violence manifesting in south l. A. We talked about why that was the case. I learned about the history of institutional building not just physical infrastructure, but humid capital, human capital. The opportunity for people to never see what occurred in 1992 occur again in south l. A. To visit with Law Enforcement, community leaders, and one of my heroes. I am here at the California Museum, also the home of the California Hall of fame. Some of the most inspired leaders that have left their mark on history but happen to have a strong identity here in the state of california. Had the privilege of recognizing a few months ago was reverend lawson. As one of the most influential leaders in the civil rights movement. He brought forth the principles of nonviolence from gandhi and brought them to the forefront of the consciousness of dr. King. I met with him and leaders of black lives matter and other leaders of the community and had a conversation about the history of the civil rights movement. To theack as we debated 1950s, he argued back to 1947. And the impact the Jackie Robinson had on the movement. Not just emmett till in the movement that mark part of history and changed the momentum. What makes this movement one . T different from that is this a moment or a movement . What part of our history are we living in and living through . I had the opportunity to meet with many youth leaders. I will say about all the conversations i had over the course of the last week in particular, it is the clarity and conviction of our youth. They dont mince words. They dont beat around the bush. They are not patient. They are not necessarily confident that folks in a position like mine get it or have the capacity to get it done. They have no reservoir of patients. They demand progress. They demand people in a position of power and influence to listen, but more importantly, they demand that people in power , position, and influence lead demonstrably and conviction. They also had a point, lead with civility. They pointed out a number of these youth leaders, that violence has solved nothing. It has created nothing. Theres nothing courageous about violent acts. What reminded about kennedy spoke to, that no wrong has been righted by violence. To hear that from youth leaders leading peaceful protests was humbling and also enlivening. They want this moment to be met with a deeper sense of urgency. They wanted their cause to be clear. Its a cause of peace, a cause of progress, and violence has no place when it comes to meeting this moment and moving the collective cause forward. , nothing i came back with only in sacramento and south l. A. , and stockton, with a young mayor and many other youth leaders that he assembled is that the black community does not need to change. We need to change. We have a responsibility to change. Our institutions need to change. Our capacity of understanding needs to change. We need to contextualize not only this moment, but moment in the past where we never met these calls and cries. That we ran short. We ran long on rhetoric, short on results. There is no reservoir for patients. Patience. It is evident in the hearts, minds, and values you hear all across the state in the United States of america. This has been an extraordinary week in our nations history and the history of the state of california. We have a unique and a special responsibility here in california to meet at headon. I am also here at the California Museum for another reason. I was here roughly one year ago where california was demonstrably leading, incredible leadership that was assembled just downstairs from where i am here today, where we signed a landmark bill. The nations toughest use of force laws on deadly force. Ab 392 under dr. Shirley weber and others that led an effort to reconcile our antiquated practices as a relates to use of force. It was a controversial bill. There were previous efforts to advance it that fell short. We assembled elected officials and leaders of all stripes. People that exercise everyday their moral authority that help create the conditions that led to the advancement of that landmark effort. Lost loved ones, who worked still cynical but willing to participate at this moment and help an expectation that we could do more than pass a program, we could fundamentally solve a problem. Thathere today to say program passing is indeed not program problemsolving. Unless we follow through on what we promote and promise and we manifest a cultural change and a deeper understanding of what it is were trying to advance. We passed the bill last august, but it has not stopped violence. It has not stopped the mistrust. It has not stopped the people from raising anxiety. We are seeing anxiety raised concerns in brought to the forefront. We have so much work still left to do. There was a companion bill that was also part of that package. Sb230 that had deep focus on implicit bias training, deescalation techniques. Summary provisions of that bill interestingly go into effect in january 2021. That cannot happen soon enough. We are scrubbing components of that bill to see if we can fasttrack and concentrate some of those provisions to advance the cause that brought us together. And move forward with a greater sense of urgency. Pointthat to reflect on a of optimism and frustration. California, still we have not done enough. Success is not a place or a definition, it is a direction. There is no having made it as it relates to these foundational and fundamental issues. We have an extra ordinary amount of work left to do. I am proud of this state and the cause of reform that goes beyond the issue of implicit bias, deescalation, it goes beyond the issues of deadly use of force. I am very proud of this state and the leadership that we advance to begin a new conversation about broader criminal justice reform. To address the issues of the war on drugs, the disparities that the racebased sentencing, the mandatory sentences that not too long ago were part and parcel of the culture of enforcement and ultimately as it relates to sentencing, fiveyear mandatory sentence for having possession of five grams of crack cocaine. For those with possession of powder cocaine, it took 5000 grams of cocaine to have the same five year minimum mandatory sentence. Disparity. Tio the Obama Administration knocked that down further, but the disparity still persists not only as it relates to the consequence of drug possession, but across the criminal Justice System. That is why the state was one of the early adopters of a new approach as it relates to cannabis reform and legalization around adult use of marijuana. It was a civil Rights Problem from our perspective. I was proud to be out front in those efforts. It was about addressing the disparities. It was about addressing incarceration. It was about addressing the ills of this war on drugs. Its not enough. I am proud of the work we have done in the state of california. To shut down state prisons in our current budget that i will sign in a few weeks. It calls for shutting down to state prisons. It calls for the department of juvenile justice. It calls for more probation reforms. The work that we have done on different propositions, the work we continue to do in the state to end the Death Penalty in the state of california. I was proud to sign a moratorium on the Death Penalty. The Justice System is not blind. It discriminates based on the color of your skin. Indiscriminate based on wealth. It has been said over and over again, we have a criminal Justice System, i dont think this, i know this as governor, i live in this every day. A criminal Justice System that treats people who are rich and guilty better than people who are poor and innocent. You know that and i know that. What are we doing something about it . Were trying our best in the state that we have to do more still better. I understand this conversation we need to be having in the state of california cannot just be about criminal justice. Economic be about justice, social justice, Environmental Justice. So much richer and deeper than it has been in the past. Thats why we created the Surgeon General position in the state of california to begin to focus on the issues that manifest early in life. On earlycare, focus childhood trauma. Focusing on prenatal care as well as preschool, early head before itievement gap manifest because the other day, we can consume ourselves with the achievement gap, but we know the people arent left behind in society, they start behind. Where going to get serious about addressing these disparities. We have to get serious about our work in that space. Weve committed ourselves to that cause. Education reform. Students, 10 of black students met the state benchmarks on math proficiency last year. 10 by a great. Eight grade. The disruption around covid19 and learning loss, eight study came out today that it should be seared in our minds and consciousness, a study that came out today that says the average learning loss in this nation because of covid19 is seven months. For the black community, 10. 3 months. For low income community, over one year of learning lost because of the impact of covid19. You think we have an achievement get now . Gap now . What are we going to do about that . One thing we are not going to do is take the . 4 billion that we promoted in our budget and diluted by taking it away from concentration funding for black and brown communities and those who are former foster youths and angus a second learners. I will reject any proposal that comes out of legislature that does that. We are committed to the cause of equity. That is the reason why we put that money in the budget. To focus on equity. Governor brown said it better than any of us. There is the equal application in unequal systems. You cannot just spread the money out. 82 concentrate its focus. I want to make that clear to the legislature. I will not budge on that budget proposal. We have to do more and better. Not just in education, not just addressing issues as it relates , 05. Th we have to think more systemically, more broadly about income support. We are proud to have earned earned income tax credit. To begin to do more on childcare and empowering caregivers by organizing caregivers and giving them the power, the capacity, their voice to lead the focus on pay equity. I can go on and on, except to say that we are seeding a lot of these things in the state of california but it is not enough we have work to do and a responsibility to do more. I want to make clear that those efforts must continue, and we must double down and recognize those gaps that continue to persist in the state and the nation. Today, i want to make a few announcements in terms of advancing the cause of recognition, understanding and resolve. One thing that is Crystal Clear to me. Having seen images that inspired me of peaceful protest. Protesters have the right not to be harassed. Protesters have the right to protest peacefully. Protesters have the right to do so without being arrested, gas, shot at by projectiles. That is a simple value statement and i want to make it Crystal Clear. They have the right not to be harassed, not to be denied, not to be arrested for peaceful protest. Clear on the images we see on tv. On the reality of a grandmother in la mesa, california in the hospital that some people are denied that fundamental right. Treatedot seeing people equally all across the state of california. We have rules and regulations. To how we use projectiles and tear gas and force to protect the peace. Not deadly force, but broadly. Frame. Ional guard has a we dispel it is have different approaches, and it is clear to me that we need to standardize those approaches. I have had the privilege and you will have the opportunity to hear from two ask leaders that i have known for years. Admiring inbeen terms of their leadership. One is a social Justice Warrior who has been on the front lines of this cause for years and years. And ron davis who was a former captain in oakland for many years and chaired barack obama as the executive director of Barack Obamas 21st Century Policing task force and put out a report on reforming these tactics. Credit, he is going to advise our efforts with working with generalists journalists, advocates, with Law Enforcement together collectively to standardize our approach of engagement and to begin to address what we are seeing with our own eyes and people are experiencing all across the state and this nation as it relates to the disparities of approaches that exist around peaceful protest thing and how in aol crowds and responsible way that protects peoples Constitutional Rights and protects People Safety at the same time. You will hear from them and i am pleased at their commitment to this cause and their resolve to advise us and to move forward deliberative speed with recommendations to standardize these approaches in the near term. Accordingly, it goes without saying we cannot see the kind of techniques that tragically and ironically we train. We own this. Across this country. We trained techniques on stranglehold that the peoples lives at risk. We can argue these are used as exceptions, but at the end of the day, a carotid hold that is designed to stop peoples blood from flowing into their brain . That has no place any longer. In the 21st century. Practices and policing. I am immediately directing our training to end the training of that practice and i could not be more pleased. No synergy we make a commitment on this proposal that a member of the legislature, mike gibson, to his credit just introduced a piece of legislation that i will support as soon as it gets to my desk to legislatively and that practice in the state of california. We did that years ago as it relates to chokehold. But not these techniques on stranglehold and we have to update our practices in that place as well. We will do that immediately with a deep sense of urgency as we organize a new construct on how we focus on our control and help support peaceful protesting in the state and continue our leadership to be a model for the rest of the nation. This has been a difficult time. For all of us. Particularxpress in deep respect for those remarkable leaders that are out there on the streets demanding that this be a moral moment and that we meet this moment. That we do so not because it is the right thing to do, but it does justice to the promise of what we promote. One thing is clear to me, we have a hierarchy of values in this country. It diminishes certain people based on the color of their skin. We have perpetuated that hierarchy for centuries in this state. We need to own up to that. We need to foundational he ripped that out of its root. We talk about institutional racism, that is what we are talking about. Become numb to it, blind to it, nobody wants to go back to normalcy. It if you want to go back to normalcy, i am not going there with you. I dont want to go back to normalcy. I will Something Better. We deserve something more. A generation of young people demand Something Better and something more. Please resist normalcy. Normalcy created the conditions that led to this moment. Place in terms of our reconciliation of this moment. We have to meet a higher calling. We are so much better than this. So much more capable than this. We will rise up to this moment. We will lead and we will listen. We will begin to reconcile, but with resolve and a commitment and a persistence not patients that is demanding of this moment. We will lead guided by people manyron and latifah and who are on the front lines. Now, i want to turn over the microphone to latifah to talk about how she hopes to a what she has been doing and how she hopes to work with ron davis and the urgency that is needed in this moment to move in a direction that does justice to those cries that we are loudly hearing in the state of california. Thank you, governor. Simon. Is latifah i am president of a foundation which is one of the states first philanthropic institutions directly aimed at ending racialized in justice in the state of california. Pleasure ofat serving as the president of the board of directors for Bay Area Rapid transit. After 25day with but years in the streets, jails, and prisons for folks who have been denied justice. I am hoping that i bring the spirit of the activists and organizers that im currently learning from and have been learning from and the mothers are i am learning from who calling for an end of unjust violence by the states. This inflection moment in this country and around the world suggests that we get it right. It identify this moment for what it is, a change andacing race and racism deep injustice and the work we not simplyether will be folks around the table. Governor isat the asking us all now to accept is to rapidly bend the art for justice. It is our duty and we must move forward expeditiously. We cannot go back. Forthose men and women, decades and centuries who have been calling and demanding a shift, we owe them. We owe them. State, the state will come first and so goes the nation. 392. The governor mentioned it. He signed one of the countrys most sweeping act of legislation to direct a change in culture. Now, we must move. Worked withweber women in communities all throughout the state who had to bury their sons theyre unarmed sons to create and craft those words that are not lost in the state of california. Weve all watched the tape of the murder of mr. Floyd. We do this work in his daughters name. We do the work that we will move forward in the names of men and women who want to do the right thing. And uphold the sanctity of life for all of california. I am ready to work. I am ready to work. Hold us to task. We can change and swiftly enact the falsethat refutes promise. The false promise or the false choice that we can have it both ways. We can end Racial Injustice although changes not swift, it is rough, it is dirty oftentimes, and it is difficult. We will get there. I am very excited to work with ron davis who is a National Champion for Police Reform and advising the governor. We will work with other stakeholders swiftly with this toice and Law Enforcement not only shift the conversation, but shift the practice. We do this work in the honor of justice. I am very excited to begin this process. Lets go. Mr. Davis let mr. Banking the governor for his leadership. I appreciated with his opening remarks, the candor and the truth that he told us about who we are, who we have been, and where we need to go. The governor recognizes that too often, the truth hurts. Too often, the truth is uncomfortable. Even though the truth hurts, selective ignorance is fatal. We ignore the truth, when it mistakes. We ignore the truth, with threaten our very existence, which threatened this democracy, the state, the nation. We have to start with the truth and understand that the systems the governor is talking about are not broken, they are in many cases operating as designed and we need to have new ones. I appreciate the idea of not going back to normalcy, but moving forward. I am honored to provide advice and i bring a perspective that is personal. See, i am can standing here as an africanamerican male. I know what its like to be a black man in america. To see what its like to see a police car behind you, i have three kids to have to till all three of my kids what to do when stopped by the police, to have to prepare them to be safe against the people that i respect and work with. That conflict has been something i struggled with for 30 years and how to reconcile it. I found a way to reconcile it which is what the governor is leading the state to do. You dont try to fit them into a safe narrative. You dont ignore the truth of history. You accept each for the truth they represent and you move forward. That is what we need to do here. I also spent 30 years as a cop. That perspective has meaning to me. I am proud of my work as a cop and i can think of no more noble profession or the group of men and women i work with who are so honorable, courageous, and i spent 20 years in the beautiful and diverse city of oakland and close to nine years as a police chief in east palo alto. Those 30 years taught me that when operating appropriately, police can make a difference. I also spent 3. 5 years in the Obama Administration to work with the thousands of Police Departments. Over 16,000 Police Departments in the United States. As a director of the cops office, i had to work with a lot of them which included going to ferguson, baltimore, working with the San FranciscoPolice Department with their reform. We did a review of ferguson to understand what went right and what went wrong. 50 caliber weapons, militarization of the police. We know their roadmaps out there. When Michael Brown was great killed, president obama created a task force and 21st Century Policing and i served as the executive director and traveled around the country with the task force with listening sessions listening to experts, victims, and families and academics and union and Police Officers and sheriffs trying to identify the best methods moving forward. I appreciate the governors stance. We dont have time to relitigate the causes her it we know the causes. What we need to do is focus on the remedies and to move forth and return the plants that do exist into actions. For me, i was there during rodney king as a cop. I was there during freddie gray in the Obama Administration. I do believe this is a movement. I will end with a call to my fellow lawenforcement leaders. In the 60s, we have evidence and videos and we celebrate some of the courageous actions of civil rights people who stood against the oppression and provided them as Police Officers. Job wasnstrations, our to oppress and stop the expression of First Amendment rights. In 2020, we have come to the point where our job should be to andect the civil rights First Amendment rights so people can protest in peace. There are only two people two types of protest we should not permit. Silence and violence. Calli tell my leaders our to action as we move forward, that we will be getting a hold of you, we will collaborate with you, we will give you time to stand up. I saw a lot of chiefs take any and that is great. Now take a stand for systemic reform and changes. A lot of people say they want to make changes, but this is the opportunity. Its make this movement not against the police, but with the police so we can make changes about our systems that everyone benefits. I look forward to working with my colleagues and under the leadership of the governor, i think we can actually get some things done that will not only make policing practices better in california, it will help change the culture of policing as a profession and i agree with everyone who says when california does something, the nation follows. It is an honor to help the governors effort. Thank you. Thank you, ron and latif at. Ah. As a former police officer, as someone who recognized and deserves to be ofognized Police Officers all stripes across the country. You see Police Officers dancing with protesters, bending down on one neat with protesters, numbers of our own National Guard cleaning up graffiti in Northern California and southern california. A whole crew down on one knee in solidarity with the protesters. There is so much nobility to those men and women as well. That need to be recognized at this moment. I know firsthand the courageous this of many in Law Enforcement. An overwhelming number of our men and women in uniform to go to work every single day to do justice to this collective cause of making more gentle the life of our world. They are as horrified by what is happening as anybody. That includes california highway patrol, the men and women of Law Enforcement across the spectrum. Deputy sheriffs and members of local Law Enforcement. I want to distinguish the principles the were trying to advance as a collective cause in the spirit of what brings ron to the forefront of leadership is that recognition. The african proverb, if you want to go fast, you can go alone. If you want to go far, because of justice, you have to go together. 392 and 23 zero last year, we did it in the spirit of collaboration and cooperation. We did not come at it with closed fist. And open hearts and hands with Law Enforcement to advance the most significant use of force deadly use of force provisions of any state in this nation. I believe that is the spirit that brings ron to his leadership position. Efah here today. It is the spirit not only with those informal authority but those who are exercising formal authority and moral authority. Leaders of the black caucus, the latino caucus that we look forward to working with on a legislative package of reforms. I want to thank the leaders of the black caucus in the state of california for their incredible stewardship, their capacity that is demonstrable by the work they have been doing for years and years over the course of not only their careers, but over the course of the last 12 months where a historic number of bills were advanced because of their example and their support. We need that collaboration. We need their example and their voice as this moment as well. A final point because it is important. About the issue of silence. I want to encourage those of us who are prone of prone to silence to consider not just rons words but dantes words. Dante said the hottest place in is reserved for those in a time of moral crisis hundred who maintain their neutrality. This is not a time to be neutral. It is not about picking sides, it is about recognizing that the conditions that led to this moment cannot persist. We cannot be neutral about that. We need to stand up and at least recognize that. It is not a political statement. I believe evidence is abundant, it is a statement of fact. Let us resolve each and every one of us to lead at this moment. Authority,sitions of but also all of us have the capacity to lead. As one young lady told me in stockton yesterday, that leaders encourage others to lead. That is the most important job we all have is to create conditions where people can drive and people can live their lives out loud. With that, i look forward to answering any questions but moreover, i look forward to the days, months, years ahead of hard work and the tenacity to build trust once again in communities all across the state and nation. Will be asking questions on behalf of the press today. I would like to hear more about the specific policies you would support to address some of these racial inequity issues. You mentioned the black legislative caucus. They put out a list of bills that includes the constitutional amendment for affirmative action. Also, a Reparations Task force. Gov. Newsom we supported all three of those efforts. I have probably done so. Beyond that, we have our own reforms that are presented as an incredible opportunity. We have made commitments last year and signed bills to shut down private prisons. We made commitments that are presented in front of the California Legislature that i believe they are supposed to support to advance probation reform. We cede the reforms to continue our efforts to focus on rehabilitation, Higher Education opportunities for youth in this budget. Presentportunities themselves and realtime working with the legislature over the next few weeks, we will have the opportunity to anchor those reforms in the bills that are part of this budget package. Many things have been proposed in terms of affirmative action, which i have long supported, writing that wrong. With reparations, working to study more broadly what that means. We have been public with our support in that space. Continuing the cause that unites all of us at this moment and the deeper structural cause of addressing the underlying issues as it relates to disparities. The health perspective, Environmental Justice perspective, and focusing on Economic Justice as well. Reporter what are the states plans to address unanticipated surge in coronavirus cases due to the protest . Gov. Newsom we have detailed plans required of each county in the state of california called attestation plans. They are containment plans. Prevention plans. They are available for review for everybody on covid19. Ca. Gov. You can click on to any county in the state of california, see what your county Health Director in partnership and counsel with local elected officials have put up as it relates to resources in these arias. As it relates to testing capacity, tracing and tracking capacity, isolation protocols, efforts to protect the most vulnerable californians, those in Skilled Nursing facilities, those incarcerated, strategies for alternative care sites and capacity on ppe and human resources. I say this to make a point. Those plans are up on the website. We have, over the course of 100 days, been preparing our efforts here in the state of california for an anticipated increase in cases as we begin to reopen our economy not just in the context of these protests that we will see an increase in cases and our capacity has never been greater icueet the needs from an perspective, hospitalization perspective, alternative care perspective, and a ppe perspective. Point,ntract has one over 90 Million Masks have come in off that contract. We have been able to distribute tens of millions of masks throughout our economy. Including commitments we are making to our Public Education system, child care providers, and essential workers that are disproportionately represented in the black and brown communities. All of that is part of parcel of our strategies and efforts to prepare for reopening broadly defined and clearly prepare for an increase in cases related to the mixing that has occurred because of these protests. Reporter we have some questions about the mask deal related to n 95 masks. What is the status of that . If the deal falls through, how will you secure more masks . Workingsom we are across overseas to get the latest information, apparently it is coming in today and i will have more clarification. The contract we pay for what we get. We dont pay for things we dont get. We have already received 90 Million Masks. That has provided an unprecedented level of capacity for this state. Unprecedented in any other state in this country. It has allowed us to distribute tens of millions of masks that would otherwise not have been afforded. I am pleased with that progress. Masks,. Xtent of the we will get some clarification as early as today. Houseer today, the white economic adviser Stephen Moore said the new jobs report shows we dont need more coronavirus eight and there is no reason to have a new spending bill. Gov. Newsom that is full hearty and shortsighted and the reality on the ground suggest something different. Just because you had something good news as it relates to national unemployment, we dont live in the aggregate. States, 50different different conditions. The economic pressures are profound across the nation. Budget shortfalls are legendary in terms of their status and the number of cities, counties, and states that are struggling to make foundational commitments let alone the commitments that this moment requires as it relates to investments in the future. I appreciate their sentiment today. We hope that it is not broadly shared. Certainly, it is not shared by our leader, nancy pelosi and her colleagues in the u. S. House of representatives that have approached this differently. With i think more depth of understanding that is reflected by that comment from that one individual advisor. Reporter a couple of questions about nail salons. Do you still stand by your view that the first case of transmission occurred and nail salons . Gov. Newsom we are looking forward to putting out additional guidelines today that should put further clarifications on the next iteration of opportunities for counties to continue a phase reopening. Willy put out guidelines in every sector when we put out guidelines in every sector, working with nail salons to put out the guidelines in this space, we have been working on over the last few weeks, we put out a document that is how but it does not prescribe when the counties move forward. That is on the basis of counties making the determination for themselves based on the unique conditions in their respective communities. Those guidelines are forthcoming. Many others who have been watching these briefings, we put out guidelines with fairly consistent cadence on a weekly basis and each sector and many more are being released this afternoon. Reporter you have stated repeatedly that the curfews should be made locally, but given the demonstrations have been largely peaceful, do you believe it is a good idea for cities like sacramento to continue to impose curfews and keep the National Guard in town . Gov. Newsom as it relates to this issue, as a former mayor, i deeply respect the work that mayors are doing the local level and to the extent that they recognize the conditions have changed for the positive. I would highly encourage them to pull back on those supports. My hope and expectation is that many local elected officials and Law Enforcement officials will no longer be in need of those state assists and we can begin to pull back in an expeditious manner that a thoughtful manner as it relates to the conditions changing at the local level. I appreciate their hard work that the many mayors have in front of them. Again, those that are seeing a radical change, by the way a number of mayors have already pulled back and we are pulling back those supports. It is already occurring. To hearhat we are going more and more in the coming days. So that we can more appropriately redeployed the guardsmen and guards women to do more just ask a port in the food banks and to continue efforts on covid19 relief and support. Let me thank the support of ron the support of leaders all across the state for counseling us and guiding us and giving us the courage to resolve to do more and better in the state. I want to thank all of the work that is being has been done in the legislature, mayors and municipal leaders to begin the with morenew transparency, more accountability, and the structure reforms that are needed at this moment. We will not sit back patiently. It not sit back passively as a state. We will lead, we will lead in, we will take count, we will take responsibility, and we will take to heart the message that clearly is being expensed loudly in the state and all across the nation by protesters. That is a resolve to do better and do more and in turn, meet this moment headon. Thank you. Thank you as always for tuning in and stay safe this weekend and we look forward to coming back and updating you in the very new for june. Very near future. Today, the Congressional Black Caucus holds a virtual town hall on racism in america following the protests over the death of george floyd. Watch at 4 p. M. On cspan. We welcome to the program a professor and Infectious DiseaseDivision Director at the university of alabama Birmingham School of medicine