Protection commissioner mark morgan is among the witnesses scheduled to appear before the Senate Commerce aviation subcommittee. Education secretary betsy devos testified on the 2021 budget request, members asked about Public Education resources and nondiscrimination policies. The subcommittee will come to order. Good morning, secretary devos. Welcome to the subcommittee. This is our second Budget Hearing of the year and your forth on hearing with us and we are going to examine the president s the permit of education budget request for fiscal year 2021. As i was reviewing the budget material, this much was clear to me. You are seeking to privatize Public Education. It is the wrong direction for students and our country. We need to be moving toward expanding Public Policies like Early Childhood education. We see this in other countries around the globe. They are not shrinking but standing it. Im getting more into the consequences of the cuts you are proposing. I want to start by examini
Even at the bay bridge there is hardly any backup. Well track it because it is friday. Back to you. Now to Live Team Coverage of the coronavirus outbreak. Today in the bay pete suratos is in richmond awaiting word about the cruise passenger test results and we just spoke with a passenger on board. Kris sanchez answering your questions in our Crisis Center but first to tracie potts live on capitol hill where the government is working to ramp up testing. Tracie . Reporter good morning. New this morning, President Trump is not going to travel to the cdc. The white house said he doesnt want to interrupt their mission. Their mission includes trying to figure out how to get people tested. But the government is short on test kits, that is something Vice President pence has admitted and now trying to figure out how to deal with that. We dont have enough tests today to meet what we anticipate will be the demand going forward. It is critical that we get the tests back quickly to move patients th
Evening and thank you so much for joining us. Im justine waltman at least 21 people on board the grand princess are confirmed to have coronavirus and right now preparations are under way to get the ship here get the passengers off and also take care of the people who are sick at this time were tracking the grand princess as it approaches the port of oakland will show you the map right here. So heres San Francisco, their support and the grand princess is right here were told us about a 2 hour track from the ocean where it is right now into the port of oakland and how will it get there was going make the track underneath the Golden Gate Bridge through the bay. Then underneath the bay bridge and then dock at the port of oakland that will be happening at some point on monday. Oaklands mayor and the governor made promises today as this entire process unfolds. The public will be kept safe. Kron fours dan thorn joins us live now with what will happen. After the ship docs and oakland theyve be
The subcommittee will come to order. Good morning, secretary devos. Welcome this morning. Welcome to the subcommittee. This is our second budget hear ing of the year. Today as i was reviewing the budget materials, madam secretary, this much was clear to me. I believe and ive had this conversation before with you, i believe for our student and our country. Instead we need to expand things like childhood education that we know helps students to succeed. We see this in other countries around the globe. They are not shrinking public support but, in fact, are expanding it. Ill get more into the consequences of the cuts you are proposing. But i want to start by examining your privatization philosophy. The full premise on which it is built and the research that it ignores. Contrary to your claims, the nations Public Education system which 90 of our children attend has witnessed significant progress for all groups of students over the last 30 years. Average mathematic scores have improved for
It is now time to shift how we respond to the novel coronavirus. The Bay Area School district that just to send to students on that we have been exposed to the virus. Plus, why local hospitals may need to rely on rooms like this to stop this but coronavirus beta when you come to the second door, you are in the patient room. This room has negative pressure. More wild swings on wall street. Anxiety over the virus leading to a historic market down. To a small plane forced to land on its belly on a bay area right away. Why the pilot is being credited with averting disaster. Right now on the kpix 5 news at 7 and streaming on cbs and bay area. A new coronavirus case in Santa Clara County leading to a shift in strategy. I am allen martin in ft. Kent. The new patient is an elderly woman with chronic issu. She had no recent travel to china or no contact with an infected person. Another new case in Solano County brings the bay area total two at least five. There are now 30 cases in california an