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Data. When the African American community. And were doing everything in our power to address this challenge, its tremendous uh challenge its terrible. President trump acknowledging that minorities are being affected more by coronavirus and pledging to support the community. Give you a sense of optimism in terms of the curve in california a bending a it is bending, but its also stretching. What does it mean bending but stretching that means that the state anticipates a surge of coronavirus patients next month. The direct payments can wanted more. So we think that theres a a path to getting more for the shrek payments. People as he says more money is coming to americans in this crisis, good morning, im darya folsom and im James Fletcher it is wednesday april 8 thank you for joining us this morning back to governor Gavin Newsome he says californians are flattening the curve but the state as daryn mentioned is still bracing for a surge of patients come next month. California has sent off. 500 in total valet turs to other states and that includes to new york, new jersey and illinois also other distributing a some of our ventilators to maryland which needs them washington dc, nevada. And delaware now with 2. 3 million california has applied for Unemployment Benefits in stimulus checks. The governor says the state is also considering extending direct payments to undocumented immigrants who are eligible for the payouts will see where that goes. We also have the very latest to on the number of cases here in california and again we continue to track the very latest with Johns Hopkins university, theyre keeping a detailed count. And here in the golden state they found we have over 17,000 confirmed cases with 450 deaths. More focused here on the bay area. The breakdown goes as follows Santa Clara County still tops the list of total cases and highest number of deaths you can see theyve got 43 deaths. So far San Mateo County recording 21 deaths, San Francisco county 9 people dying of coronavirus theres been 7 deaths in Contra Costa County 15 in Alameda County 10 in moran and 2 deaths both in napa and solano counties with one death from coronavirus re reported now in sonoma county. The nations Surgeon General says africanamericans are at a higher risk for coronavirus doctor drone adams made the announcement after seeing data that shows africanamericans getting sick and dying at more than 2 times the rate of anyone else in the u. S. Doctor Anthony Fauci explains why. A particularly difficult problem. Exacerbation of the Health Disparity weve known literally forever. That diseases like diabetes, hypertension. Obesity and asthma. Disproportionately afflicting the minority populations, particularly africanamericans unfortunately when you look at the predisposing conditions that lead to a bad outcome with coronavirus the things that get people into icy use require intubation and often lead to death. They are just those very comorbidities that unfortunately disproportionately prevalent in the African American populations who are very concerned about that its very sad. Its nothing we can do about it right now except to try and get the best possible care to avoid those complications. Lawmakers have been calling on the cdc to collect full racial data of coronavirus cases and there are several states and cities already doing this oakland native a representative barbara lee spoke to us about what she thinks needs to be done. The African American population is probably about 2829 yet 81 of deaths are African American. And we see this trend taking place around the country and its its a really. So what im trying to do is number the appropriations committees to cheddar required the center for Disease Control to begin to collect your data based on racial and ethnic characteristics so we know what is taking place so we can direct resources into good hardest impacted communities to begin to close this disparity so everyone. Will be able become a more stable than and be able access the Proper Health care that they so desperately need. President trump says hes going to require the cdc to collect racial data. He says that members the task force are looking in to how theyre going to start doing that. Of 6 bay area counties have officially announced that Public School campuses are going to stay closed for the rest of the school year the throwing in the towel. This includes Alameda County Contra Costa County moran, san Mateo Santa Clara and San Francisco counties schools will continue to use their at home distancing the learning a Distance Learning to keep the kids educated, but. You know the next question is what about next year actually doctor Anthony Fauci spoke about that briefly yesterday take a listen. I fully expect though im humble enough to know that i cant accurately predict that by the time we get to the fall that we will have this under control enough that it certainly will not be the way it is now where people are shooting schools. Well, lets hope hes right. He says the bigger question now is whether the flattening of the curve will allow summer camps to happen this summer at this point doesnt look likely though well see. To help prepare for the expected surge in cases, San Francisco now has a Hospital Unit dedicated to covid19 kron fours dan kerman has more from Saint Francis memorial. On the 6th floor of Saint Francis Memorial Hospital, a unit is now open dedicated to only those with the coronavirus in an open to go with 10 and we have availability to expand to 40 bets. It would probably will do that in 10 minute increments depending on where volume. Are we also have a bad Critical Care unit. This associated with the unit could that we would use of the patients on the unit got sick enough to need ventilators or her local share support. The unit has been used as an overflow area during busy times. But after discussion with the San Francisco Hospital Council the Mayors Office and the department of Public Health it was identified as the spot that would be quickest and easiest to press into service. We have the 2 hospitals here in the city in her sick white house from redwood city we reached out for tears and had a number of nurses in staff that which didnt in coming in staffing the if we do grow we likely will need to look at other resources for staffing, the Saint Francis foundation and ucsf health of each year marked a Million Dollars to help fund the unit. Right now it has 5 patients but thats expected to grow which will also increase the need for personal protective equipment. We uh you know fortunately have not read into anything in we measure our burn rate. Based on the number of patients and we have constantly looking for new vendors. I think the supply manufacturers are ramping up someone so we have not been in a situation we didnct have the supplies. But i think that if we were situation we had no thoughts of patients. We reached our partners i think we would all pull our resources. Theres been another outbreak at a bay area senior care facility in Contra Costa County. Its at the Carlton Senior Living facility in downtown Pleasant Hill for residents have covid now 3 are hospitalized. And 9 Staff Members have tested positive. The Health Department says theyre testing other people as well who may have symptoms and last week there was an outbreak at a senior care facility in orinda where 49 people tested positive for covid19. Today bart is taking even more trains out of service because well because nobodys community. Ridership away down kron fours will tran live at the bart station lafayette with more on how youre going to need to adjust your plans because of this well. Teams to fry dazzle you with some its just horrible numbers for bart. Let me show you all you need to know about why theyre taking so many trains offline this is the parking lot at the lafayette bart station trust me when i say this i have been here so many times throughout the years at 8 oclock in the morning you would see cars go round and round and round looking for a parking spot, not a problem this morning and that is why it is a problem for bart because so few people are writing bert rains. Early because of the shelterinplace let me give you some numbers as i promised so before the pandemic before the shelterinplace pot 400,000 people take part rains every day but because people are not going to work and school because of the shelter in place, its down to about 28,000 system wide. So they dont need as many trains moving forward starting this morning. Trains will be coming to the stations. Every 30 minutes, this is monday through friday, however on weekends the schedule remained the same ward says they will take employees and transfer them to other improvement projects and employees who are sick or feel they need to take a little bit of time off this gives them that break to take care of themselves a sick Family Member or if they need to self quarantine this also saves bart was facing a lot of decisions are made out of money right, this saves part about 3 to 7 million every month because a lot of their income is based on ridership and we are talking historic lows and james dario, let me move the camera over here is well the closer you get it becomes premium parking. Look at this that black acura is the only one i have seen this morning is pulled in at around 6 oclock in the morning so 2 hours later. You can see its the only one that. Back to you guys wow. All right, thank you very much well. Coming up on the kron. 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Were here to help you make your home the best it can be. Now weve been at this for almost a month trying to keep our germs to ourselves so we can stop the coronavirus well Health Care Workers are out there actively saving lives all theyre asking us to do. Is stay home and dont be a covidiot its not that hard dont invite a bunch of prostitutes over to your house for party like man city soccer star kyle walker did he should know better. His own coaches mother died of coronavirus dont let your guard down a dad in the uk is kicking himself for not being more careful. We made a grocery run to the store. He says his family had been healthy and isolation for 3 weeks. And he brought the virus home from a single visit to tesco and now his babies in the hospital dont tell everybody to avoid crowds. And then throw a party just hours after fronting a stay at home psa for nigeria. This nolley would star had a birthday bash for her husband. Everybody the cops could find was arrested. Do party like a champion tiger woods. How the masters champions dinner quarantine style in a green jacket with his kids his girlfriend and their 2 dogs give to those who cant afford to eat twitter and square ceo jack dorsey, just donated billion to fund covid relief and other charities. Famed opera singer Andrea Bocelli is giving a free live stream cause her from the emptied romo in milan you can watch that on sunday at 10 00am our time on his Youtube Channel thats not him Andre Bocelli very famous. A singer and you will see him on his Youtube Channel. And if you cant sing covid do whatever you can bloom and then company is putting flowers outside santa rosa Memorial Hospital to show their appreciate appreciation and share up Health Care Workers. 6 yearold triston doesnt have any money but rocks and good will are free the novato tyke is painting rocks and putting them on his neighbors doorstep sen. He and his mom nicole joints as they join us now this morning from their home in the vital good morning guys. Good morning. Hi tristen howd you get this idea. But my winter. Ok so do you do have is to act nikki doesnt know youre too young to know nikki pet rocks ever heard of them have rocks a preschool a lot of things do have a right to their trust in can i see close up to have a little. Isis and had smiley faces. And now we have to pay more. But once ounce beers that but we need to round one, at me we cant he passed a so so trusted you to paint Different Things on these are their messages and then how do you make sure that nobody you dont come into contact with anybody when you leave him at the house. We do it like when no one is outside. Ok ok and then how many would you save handed out so far. 50 wow real. So nicole it did you help him with this idea or did he just come up that im visit to start doing it came home from school. I think he was inspired because weve been walking her neighborhood in saying the bears no went down just started in our community and and a lot of communities where the children can walk in people for theres no wind down not a bear hunt, so i think he. Were walking taking a walk one day and he saw this and just hey mom i want to make people smile lets pick up some up so weve got some rocks are locked in. We got home and he started painting and says he hasnt stopped we have a whole downstairs to now the rocks are free now i know you run miss day care or preschool center right and center fell. Yeah, i own a couple free schools must make use Response Center about yeah and so whats that like for you to be away from all of those other kids wire with your kids at home. O i i miss them greatly and weve been doing circle time slight most schools are doing from trying to connect as much as possible just getting a face to face interaction. Its so important is and i and tristan spreading smiles and his own why i think our community from a great job. Well i think that youd be a great person asked then has since you know youre a child care expert basically. Any tips on parents of little kids too keep them busy and stop them from being you know. Either borer door counterproductive. I think ill just be as creative as possible turning off the going outside getting fresh air. Im just im weve been making for and hurting 5 jacks and just being creative in using what you not everyone has a lot of art supplies so theres lots of other things that they got money from the eat rocks. Lots of things seems to be a lot resources on the web right now or im free educational and are based program so what about you trust and you get it do you know whats going on could you tell me what the problem is here thats happening right now. The yeah. Whats whats happening what it what do you get what whats going on here. What is the fires cause that causing everyone to get and so how are we supposed to do our part as you understand it. But what can you to help stop the virus. Not germs. Thats the number one thing not spreading germs. I like to say keep the germs to yourself. Thats why saying for washing your hands and staying home ok by the way did the tooth fairy come to that one tristen. The tooth fairy come cover now on is is to work and i like 40 missions you have for missing, okay a good thing the tooth fairy can still work in the u. S. And im sure was special protective gear. And still have to evolve. Stay safe and stay healthy all and were back at 8. 22 lawmakers across the country working right now to put a stop to online coronavirus scams. People are being targeted with ads for fake coronavirus test kits and medical supplies where washington correspondent alexandra le mon with the story. Peter mccoy has been u. S. Attorney for the district of South Carolina for just one week for seen folks that are out there taking advantage of people while their school year the Justice Department asked eys to focus on crimes related to the coronavirus so mccoy set up a Coronavirus Strike team that youre going to probably see these things popping up all across the across the nation because people are spending more time at home theyre also spending more time online and on social media and that makes everyone more likely to encounter scams. Hey ive got test kits that are out here send me your information and house is in the u. S. Much money and well send you to keep the fda has not approved and at home coronavirus test and there is no vaccine yet scammers are also selling in demand products like hand sanitizers and mass no intention on deliveries because they dont actually have the supplies. Suspected fraud can be reported to the National Center for disaster fraud or ncds by phone or email the information will be investigated and compiled into a National Database in washington. Alexandra le mon. Were getting an update on the condition of rain county Public Health officer doctor matt willis. He was diagnosed with coronavirus 2 weeks ago. Heres what he says its been like. I learned a lot about covid19 1st hand over the past 2 weeks. I was diagnosed i was optimistic because my symptoms were mild. Their estimate is how serious spy on us to be. I developed a viral pneumonia that landed me in bed for about 12 days of fever, cough. Chest tightness and fatigue. And a terrifying illness. I spent some time in one of our emergency departments. Because i was having shortens the press. So hes still getting over it now james, and thats 2 weeks. Its very difficult to these fevers can last for days and days and days hours and hours and in an adult one of you heard of a you know 10203 degrees thats very high for an adult to the hill feel pushed through and it just kind of gives us a glimpse inside. What its going to be like if you should potentially get it. Yeah and what you can expect coming up. I hope he feels better and speaking of people who are experiencing the coronavirus theres a new a way to help workers who are being affected in step by step, were going to figure this out. Were gonna find a way through this. Were working really, really hard in hospitals, our nurses are techs, all the docs. Its about staggering when people get sick so that the hospitals can cope. Were gonna go through an awful lot of these all across puget sound. People have been stepping up and donating personal protective equipment. We stay at work. For you. You stay at home for us. Just no know were all with you. Thank you,thank you so much. Thank you doctors nurses and were back people in San Francisco who are out of work because of the coronavirus pandemic could see more money coming their way so some potential good news here. Kron 4 Sarah Stinson live in San Francisco with a closer look sarah. James this could help over 200 people who work in San Francisco and this is people who work for private companies and this is thanks to San Francisco board of supervisors they just passed emergency paid leave measure now shes headed to the mayors desk supervisor cordon. Moore says this closes a major loophole it was in a federal paid leave a lot by ensuring the citys large employers also provide paid leave to their employees 47 of private Sector Workers in the u. S. Are not covered by federal law which exempts companies with over 500 employees now every San Francisco employee who works for one of these private employers like like Big Companies in our city will be covered by the new benefit including furloughed and temp workers and take a look at your screen we rode out who this applies to the emergency leave can be used if workers have to stay home to take care of 6 Family Members from the coronavirus their workplace closes it cant work remotely a member of the population, maybe thats the case if they have tested positive or showing symptoms similar to the coronavirus now as the emergency ordinance heads to the mayors it will definitely be passes one supervisor saying because the mayor has already expressed that shes in favor of this ordinance and right san jose has actually also passed a similar ordinance so this will help san jose workers in San Francisco workers, some of them living paycheck to paycheck right now some of them not getting a paycheck at all so this will help those people for now reporting live in San Francisco Sarah Stinson kron 4 news okay. Thank you sarah. 8. 30 right now and the city of oakland open a new drive through testing site for frontline workers we spoke with mayor libby shaft about when people should expect more of the sites to open up. Were hoping that as testing becomes more available and results come out faster were going to be able to expand dramatically we have scoped out some additional drivethru sites. So were ready to expand as soon as the testing availability a meet need. Mayor sheriff says that the bay area is doing a good job at social distancing and the fact that we were the first region that country to shelter at home is going to pay off in the end. While drives are tests for cover 19 may seem like a quick way for you to get an answer doctors warn the results are not foolproof it depends on the work or taking the sample. Some experts have pointed out that if that worker lacks experience they may not get the best specimen and so you might not know whether or not you really are positive or negative and another thing that could happen is the illness isnt progressed enough in you for it to show up as positive at the time you take it. California lawmakers have adopted a statewide emergency order suspending all evictions its meant to ease the problems that the court system is facing due to the coronavirus outbreak. This emergency orders just one of 11 actually that were adopted by the Judicial Council and it will delay all eviction cases from moving forward not just those that are related to people who cant pay because of the coronavirus outbreak the courts have been operating with minimal staff and the shelterinplace order has been restricting the number of employees income and so theyre trying to keep the flood of cases add to a minimum. In Santa Clara County Health Officials are crediting social distancing for helping to flatten the curve of infections. The countys midmarch shelterinplace orders also be credited with preventing hospitals from being overrun. At least for now prefers rob fladeboe explains. The models together provide a projection of possible outcomes that todays virtual board of supervisors meeting Santa Clara County Public Health officer doctor sara cody cited research that shows what might have happened if the public were not abiding by the order the county issued on march 16th calling on people to stay home. This model suggests that had we not done anything or case counts would be somewhere in the 50,000 range but with what we have in place we anticipate that our case counts by may one. Well range somewhere between. 2512,000 doctor cody emphasized the models are only estimates but the Research Suggests the shelterinplace order has not only prevented deaths. But prevented hospitalizations and bought crucial time for hospitals to prepare if you focus. On that blue line which is very much at the bottom thats the projected hospital bed use. And the take home here is that even projecting out to the end of may. You see it like it may cross the gray line, but its not crossing the black line and so that is and very a positive sign. And that is the result of every Single Person sent in our county doing their very best to comply was shelterinplace supervisors were told that the county still lacks adequate testing and thats robust Contact Tracing must continue. To slow the spread of covid19 uncertainty a bone says doctor cody, but physical distancing staying home is working the take home is that the trend is exactly what we want to see that were lengthening the doubling time. We are slowing things down. And as weve been able to do because our community has come together. And you know reducing their contacts and interactions with each other to the grid. Greatest extent possible. Is san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. Law enforcement First Responders arent immune to cry virus and theyre on the front lines. The Santa Clara County Sheriffs Office is setting up stations. So that deputies can change safely conference felecia call has more. As of tuesday afternoon, the Santa Clara County office of the sheriff says 12 Staff Members have tested positive for covid19 3 of them deputies of the 12 2 people have recovered and returned to work at a News Conference in the south bay tuesday sheriff laurie smith says thats all the more reason the department has created a decontamination scientists decontamination site is open to all Law Enforcement all First Responders and essential medical personnel within the county of santa clara. The site is set up in a tent at the Sheriffs Office Training Center on west hitting street in san jose a Virus Response Team made up of train sergeants and deputies are standing by around the clock. They instruct people to sterilize their boots by for stepping in a bleak solution, then water and once they remove their gear and uniforms chemicals are available to disinfect their stuff, the boots and clothes are bagged up to either be washed on site or at home, the First Responders can then take a shower and dress up in clean clothes to help bill to fail and sheriff smith says more decontamination equipment is on the way its a room sterilize or type thing that will kill pathogens and small to medium rooms like jail and another system that will be used for vehicles to the site will remain open indefinitely. In san jose felipe should all kron 4 news. Now 3 diagnosed cases of covid19 in homeless shelters in San Francisco and some members of the board of supervisors havent been pleased with the response from the Mayors Office kron fours kate roni explains. After calling for action from San Francisco mayor london breed on tuesday, the citys board of supervisors introduce new emergency legislation aimed at preventing the spread of covid19 among the citys Homeless Population as of today 0 on the house People Living on settings have been moved by the administration in 2 rooms before they get sick or to covid19 the proposed ordinance would mandate that the city secure 8,250 hotel rooms, 750 for front line workers 500 for medical quarantine and 7,000 for those currently in Group Shelters or living on the streets. This by a set deadline of april 26th all were asking him. Is that he fulfilled promises, providing hotel rooms our most vulnerable populations. Mayor breed said last week that the city could only provide hotel rooms for those in shelters who are exhibiting symptoms of coronavirus or had tested positive. Since then members of the board of supervisors talked to summon house people in their districts. They all right for a hotel room, they said they go immediately. They said they could take care of themselves and not worry that the offer to help take care of others. Why why is it taking. Weeks to get people inside a 30 1000 empty her tolerant as a spokesperson from the Mayors Office told kron 4 the following quote were moving forward with getting our vulnerable residents into hotel rooms and prioritizing Public Health and all of our decisionmaking for those living in congregate settings the city is moving at an unprecedented pace under crisis circumstances and we will continue to adapt to meet this challenge as it evolves end quote, reporting in San Francisco, keep rooney kron 4 news. New this morning tesla employees are again going to pay cuts and furloughs in an email obtained by cnn. Tesla told the workers theyll see a 10 drop in their pay and its supposed to go into effect on monday. Tesla says that they hope to have things return to normal sometime next month. Tesla has about 10,000 employees here in the bay area. Dealing with the coronavirus can be scary unnerving a stressful, especially if you for example, lose your job on top of having a Health Problem and the isolation is a problem in itself so shot this number down its a great place to get resources and have somebody to talk to 895, 5990 or you can text talk with us to 6, 6, 7, 4, 6, and weve got a link to this on our website at kron 4 were back at 8. 44 and breaking news this morning senator Bernie Sanders has dropped out of the race for the democratic nomination for president the move sets up a general election now between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden Sanders saw some early wins in the democratic primary process he got a lot of votes in iowa and new hampshire, nevada colorado, california he came up big in those polls but he just couldnt pull away from biden as the field of candidates continued to dwindle now we understand that he made his announcement to at least announced his decision to his staff within the last hour and that he is expected to speak publicly to supporters it was estimated to happen in about 8. 45 this morning so were keeping an eye on that live shot and when senator sanders does step up to address his supporters publicly we will bring that to you live. All right so in the meantime when we go to weather. Yeah lets go to john at home take a look at what were looking at for this wednesday, see when youre going to cram out for after wake him up there i push that over a little so we can get on the show a little i think youll enjoy the walks with days as that weve got some more sunshine. Its going to be taken back out into us not like the looking outside this morning. We do have a few clouds drifting over as of right now bird look like theyre enjoying it, im sure they were big fans of the brain temperatures are currently in the 40s and 50s for those of you that are venturing outside here at around 8. 46 this morning that aluminum bottle at 50 degrees San Francisco sitting at a nice 52 degrees right now low pressure to our south and rainfall working its way through the deserts just east of la and san diego in the meantime here in the bay area weve got dry conditions a few clouds overhead as youve noticed, but definitely no showers for the bay area tonight we will see an increase in cloud cover after partly cloudy afternoon ahead of us and then as we make our way on into tomorrow arc body a stay of your forecast and all the rain will be seen on the Central Coast Central Valley and Sierra Nevada getting some snowfall bay area just keeps on the dry side even with those cooler and cloudier skies thursday friday we begin to see some clearing and that sets us up for a pleasant weekend just around the corner, todays daytime highs in the 60s to 70s were conquered any oksana rosen app and the low 70s well oakland at 65 Hayward Fremont Mountain View in san jose. All in the upper 60s tomorrow as i mentioned are cloudy a stay by saturday. Its Easter Sunday monday and tuesday daytime highs are back in the 70s with plenty of sunshine overhead on all of these states. So a good forecast this weekend maybe do it straight out in the backyard with the kids keep that social distancing going of course though as of course conditions not still are going to be nice but dont get too crowded and those parks out there that he just all right speaking of parks, the ballpark spend months. Then already we havent seen any press for senate could be months yet to come but still baseball executives are making plans because they would like to start the mlb season in a matter of weeks. This is a story that was first reported on espn. The league has been working with federal Public Health officials trying to create a framework that would allow to begin a 10 controlled safe environment to plan. The plan would be to have all 30 teams. The in phoenix arizona. And they would play games at spring Training Facilities and other venues with no fans allowed to attend or even be in the area. The league would enforce strict isolation and social distancing guidelines. The teams, the players they would live in hotels and the only time they would leave would be to go to and from a game at the stadium. The league acknowledges they are working on this, but they stress they do need to still get a green light from state local and federal authorities. Heres the quote the health and safety of our employees players fans are public are a large are at large are paramount and we are not ready at this time to endorse any particular format for staging games in light of the rapidly changing Public Health situation caused by coronavirus. All right back to our breaking news story this hour, the fact is senator Bernie Sanders is announcing hes dropping out of the race for the democratic nomination. Were told that he made that announcement to pays close staff within the last 45 minutes or so and that hes expected to speak more broadly publicly to his supporters. Any moment now as a matter of fact probably within the next minute or so well try get the live shot up of the of the event in just a minute but in a minute. But this move of course now sets up the general election to be between President Trump and former Vice President joe biden theres a lot of history between the 2 of them lot of animosity as well well have to see how that plays out but in the meantime the supporters of senator Bernie Sanders are going have to decide if theyre going to throw their support behind joe biden will have to wait and see sanders is expected to endorse biden and throw his support behind how many of his. Supporters will follow suit will will all depend of course it was in the last president ial election that senator sanders and then candidate Hillary Clinton famously didnt get along and a lot of his supporters didnt support Hillary Clinton but the dynamic is very different this time around with biden they are relatively Close Friends in the Senate Sanders and biden so well have to wait and see us go out now live to his actuall those who made these many events possible. I also want to thank all surgeons. Too many to name. I cant imagine that any candidate has ever been blessed with the stronger and more dedicated group of people who have taken our message every part of this country. I dont want to thank all of those who made the music and the aunt, an integral part of our campaign. I want to thank all of you spoke to your friends and neighbors posted on social media and worked as hard as you could to make this a better country. Together we have transformed the american consciousness as th what kind of nation we can become and ive taken this country a major step forward in the never ending struggle for economic justice, social justice Racial Justice and environmental justice. I also want to thank the many hundreds of people on our Campaign Staff are you willing to move from one state to another and do all the work that had to be done. No job is too big or too small for you. You rolled up their sleeves and you did it. You embody the words that are the core of our movement. Not me. But office and i thank each and everyone of you for what youve done. As many of you will recall. Nelson mandela one of the great Freedom Fighters in modern world history, famously said and i quote it always seems impossible until it is done in quote. And what he meant by that is that the greatest obstacle to real social change has everything to do with the power of the corporate and political month. The limit our vision as to what is possible and what we are in the title to his human beings. If we dont believe that we are entitled to health care as a human right. We will never achieve universal health care. If we dont believe that we are entitled the decent wages and working conditions. Millions of us will continue to live in poverty. If we dont believe that we are entitled to all of the education. We require to fulfill our dreams. Many of us will leave school savile with huge debt. One never get the education we need. If we dont believe that we are entitled to live in a world that has a Clean Environment and is not by climate change. We will continue to see more drought. Floods rising sea levels and increasingly uninhabitable plan. If we dont believe that we are entitled to live in a world of justice democracy and venice. Without racism sexism homophobia xenophobia or religious bigotry we will continue to have massive income and wealth inequality prejudice and hatred. Mass incarceration, terrified immigrants and hundreds of thousands of americans sleeping out on the streets in the richest country on earth. And focusing on that new vision for america is what our campaign has been about and what in fact we have accomplished few would deny that over the course of the past 5 years. Our movement has won the ideological struggle in socalled red states and blue states and purple states. A majority of the American People now on the stand that we must raise the minimum wage to at least 15 an hour. That we must guarantee health care as a right to all of our people that we must transform our Energy System away from fossil fuel and the Higher Education must be available to all regardless of income. It was not long ago that people considered these ideas radical and fringe today the on mainstream ideas and many of them already being implemented in cities and states across the country. That is what we have accomplished together. In terms of Health Care Even before law. This horrific pandemic we are now experiencing. More one more americans understood that we must move to a medicare for all singlepayer program. During the primary elections exit polls showed in state after state. A Strong Majority of democratic primary voters supported a single Government Health Insurance Program to replace private insurance. Dot was true even in states. Were all campaign did not prevail. And let me just say this in terms of health care his car and her with the crisis that we are now in has exposed all to see how absurd. Our Current Employer based Health Insurance system is the current economic downturn, we are experiencing has not only led to a massive loss of jobs. But as old firm resulted in millions of americans losing their Health Insurance. While americans have been told over and over again. How wonderful our employer based private insurance system is those claims sound very followed today as a growing number of unemployed workers struggle with how they can afford to go to the doctor. Not go bankrupt with a huge hospital bill. We have always believed that Health Care Must be considered as a human right, not an employee benefit. And we all right. Please also appreciate not only are we winning the struggle ideologically. We are also winning it generationally the future of our country rests with young people and in state after state where the we wonder whether we lost the democratic primaries or caucuses. We received a significant majority of the votes. Sometimes overwhelming majority from people not only 30 years of age or on but 50 years of age or younger. In other words, the future of this country is with our ideas. As we are painfully aware. We now face an unprecedented crisis. Not only are we dealing with the coronavirus pandemic which is taking the lives of many thousands of our people. We are also dealing with an economic meltdown. That has resulted in the loss of millions of jobs. Today families all across our country face financial hardship, unimaginable only a few months ago and because of the unacceptable levels of income and wealth inequality in our economy. Many of our friends and neighbors have little or no savings and i desperately trying to pay their rent or their mortgage or even put food on the table. This reality makes it clear to me that Congress Must address this unprecedented crisis in an unprecedented way that protects the health and economic well being of the working families. All of our country. Not just powerful special interests. As a member of the democratic leadership in the United States senate as the center of from the state of vermont. This is something that i intend to intensely the involved in over the next number of months and that will require require an enormous amount of work. Which takes me to the state of a president ial campaign. I wish i could give you better news. But i think you know the truth. And that is that we are now some 300 delegates behind vice