Im keeping this brief and to the point. Local leaders have been sounding at definite alarm for months about the need for direct fiscal assistance from washington as the virus rages in our city. Our budgets are under extreme stress. Arts fences are skyrocketing. Our essential lifesaving services are strained. The need for public assistance is through the roof. This has been going on since the beginning of the pandemic since march of last year. Today, only 38 cities have received direct relief yet mayors everywhere continue to do what we do everyday. We get it done. We run our cities with a balanced budget which we are required to do by law. So what does that mean . How do we possibly do that in the face of this tremendous crisis . It means the cut jobs. It means eliminating services and staff at the same time. Our First Responders have been on the job since day one of this pandemic transporting those with covid to hospitals with Public Health initiatives keeping social and family order
I want to thank her for an sent the National League of cities in the National Association of counties for their sheer dedication to this issue on badly needed federal assistance as we continue to fight the covid19 pandemic. A quick note for members of the press joining us today, we will take questions after brief opening remarks. If you have a question, please put your name and media outlet in the chat and well call on you. Im keeping this brief and to the point. Im keeping this brief and to the point. Local leaders have been sounding at definite alarm for months about the need for direct fiscal assistance from washington as the virus rages in our city. Fences are skyrocketing. Our essential lifesaving services are strained. The need for public assistance is through the roof. This has been going on since the beginning of the pandemic since march of last year. Today, only 38 cities have received direct relief yet mayors everywhere continue to do what we do everyday. We get it done. We r
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A tough long down could be encouraged within days. And a scandinavian comedy featuring teachers who take today drinking sweets to european film awards to get the latest from our film and culture correspondent. Thank you for joining me the United States is about to begin an extraordinary vaccination rollout as it struggles with skyrocketing cases of covert 19 the country has now reported 16000000 infections the increase comes as millions of doses of the covert 19 vaccine is it to be distributed across the country on monday the buy on take 5 is a jab receive the green light from regulators on friday the u. S. Leads the world in confirmed cases and deaths which stand at nearly 300000. 00. The name of the plan says a toll operation works speed planes trains and automobiles are all set to carry the new vaccine to over 600 locations across the u. S. And with a military precision i expect the 1st shipments to arrive monday morning extensive coordination. Ensure that this a curse we work with