We continue welcoming them now. We may have to group some of them to get through as many as we can and we may edit for brevitys sake. As you send in questions, please submit only one per outlet. With that, president malpass, over to you. Thank you and good morning to everyone. Im happy to speak to all of you. You wish the circumstances were not as grim. I would start by saying i hope you and your families are healthy and coping in these challenging times. I want to express my deepest condolences to the millions of people around the world suffering from covid19 and who have lost a loved one to the pandemic. I just concluded a very productive virtual dialogue, low carbon, virtual dialogue with our Development Committee. I was joined by managing director of the i. M. F. And it was good to hear the views from shareholders on how the World Bank Group and i. M. F. Can Work Together to support our member countries, especially the poorest and most vulnerable. I was pleased earlier this week th
Studentcam documentary competitions. Middle and High School Students created videos answering the question what issue do you most want the 2020 president ial candidates to address . Our first prize High School East award goes to thomas mckenna, a 10th grader from at mckenna homeschool in lovettsville, virginia, with cspan available through comcast. Their winning entry is titled overreach from the oval office. Here i have an article to where i have the right to do whatever i want as president , but i do not even talk about that. Ive got a pen, and ive got a phone. And i can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive actions and administrative actions that move the ball forward. Out oury one, we take executive order pen and we rescind every damn thing on this issue trump had filed. Is this the way the government is supposed to function . According to the constitution, all three branches are supposed to check and balance each other. But over the past three years, the executi
Particularly under the circumstances made more acute in terms oundational of our ability to not just promote the promise of education but to actually deliver on it. Ive been very proud of the work folks have done from the superintendent of Public Education to the president of school board, linda both of which , are on the phone today but ive also been very blessed by know very well, nd thats my wife, the first partner of the state of california. She, in part sher wip with of my ship with members team, ben cheetah and others, over the working hard last few weeks to build on the announcement we made a few weeks about those 100,000 free has hot spots that google committed to rolling out throughout the state of california and the 4,000 chrome they made available to build on the work that apple has been doing. 800 School Districts, 10,000 ipods that they have donated. Do even more to meet the needs of millions of that simply dont have access. Phones. Been working the shes had good days. Lik
Covid19, let me say that employers sponsored covered, at least before the crisis, 178 million americans and their families got coverage from their employers. If youre talking about the trend, Health Care Cost was a top concern even before the crisis. Right now this economic and Public Health crisis has raised questions and concerns about making sure that that system can still provide affordable coverage to millions of americans including those who have just lost their job. Kaiserccording to the Family Foundation and cnbc, the average annual premiums for coverage in 2019 are over 7,000, and 20,000 four family coverage for workers covered by their employer plan. That is a 45 increase over 2018. 3. 4 ines increased by inflation by two percent. Before this pandemic, how were people making ends meet and covering their Health Care Costs . Guest we know that before the pandemic, Health Care Costs were a top concern for working families. Indeed, all individuals. Our Member Companies and employ
Everybody could go in there. The credit union and the snack bar. So we were constantly inundated with people coming into visit or drawing a little money for lunch or apply for a loan. Everybody was at the credit union. I got there as early as i could that morning and i had my vacation pictures from the week before. I was going to share those with these gals. We did not get started on this meeting until about 8 20. I would turn around and look at my computer screen at the next item we were to discuss. I leaned back in my chair and let them discuss who was going to copy this or get this ready so they could hurry with their audit. I turned around in my chair and kind of rared back to discuss the next item, when the bomb went off. It had to be longer but it was like seconds. All of the girls in the office with me had disappeared. I felt they had ran out and left me alone. I started hollering, where are you guys . Then a realization set in somewhat. I realized that i dont know where they ar