Each year the 1st monday in september is labor day in the usa it is in canada too they just spell it differently its a celebration of the Labor Movement and its the unofficial end of summer and for many laborers automation and technology could spell the end of the line which jobs are robots taking over and which jobs will be safe lets ask our t. Boom bust host christy i and kristie ive read that in 1950 elevator operator was among 270 careers listed in the u. S. Census back to the future a recent Postal Service controversy involves. Taking sorting machines offline and these behemoths could move the mail much faster than human beings could and automation is replacing or accompanying workers in detroit and all sorts of Assembly Lines elsewhere kristie what sorts of Assembly Work is unlikely or impossible to be automated. Well as you know a lot of some of the work and manufacturing work is being heavily heavily automated nowadays but as a long must found out the hard way not everything ca
It highlights the urgency with which supplies are needed to protect essential workers on the front lines treating those who have fallen victim. The governor said that higher numbers show that Health Care Workers are churning through supplies on hand. But when youre burning through 46 Million Masks monthly. Even having 100 million of the n95 masks and inventory you can go through those pretty quickly. Reporter going big is the name of the game. He announced the state is extending an agreement with a chinabased manufacturer to purchase 120 million n95 masks. In 300 million surgical masks. A big number for a big order which Governor Newsom says is far from over. We really get the price down significantly. We are in a different environment. And we will demand more competitive pricing. Not only in this environment going forward. Reporter is the name of the manufacturer sounds familiar be whitey. Thats because the governor inked a deal to pay the company 1 billion for masks. The federal gove
Christien kafton. Reporter city leaders say they see an increase in the infection and hospitality hospital rates. They said to do that they need to help of every resident. Despite early success in flattening the curve. They now find the curves trending in the wrong direction. The Public Health Department Said it took 38 days to go from 2000 to 3000 infections and 13 to go fr 5000 cases diagnosed every day. Dr. Colfax said the city could be seeing a crisis like what unfolded last month on the east coast. We talk about the curve. Its implausible that we could get in a situation like in new york. Reporter is a part of the way forward is expanded testing. Ordering medical providers to step up testing. In total we will have an additional 1400 testing slots per day. Thats a 45 increase over what we are averaging over the past week. Reporter the mayor discussed a topic, what school will look like with the distance learning. The mayor said that they are working on opening learning hubs to prov
Orders to stay off the sand. Monique . All right, thank you, th. With 30 million jobs lost, people are low on money and on food. And to help the federal government plans to spend 300 million per month to buy surplus from farmers. Food theyve been forced to dump and ship to food banks instead. Now jangette shamlian reports. Reporter gridlock in every direction, for miles. Almost there reporter that is what happened at the food bank, more than 7,000 families showed up for food. Youre welcome. Reporter desperation the nations fourth largest city has never seen. For now, the food line getting some different part, it is not enough. Reporter houston has the nations largest food bank, serving 18 counties from a 135,000 square foot warehouse. How much have you seen demand increase in recent weeks . Were now averaging close to a Million Pounds a day of actual distribution here. And were still not meeting the need. Reporter c. E. O. Brian greene says demand is up 150 from two months ago, keeping
Savages the World Health Organization and to china over their handling of the outbreak the mayor of cell paolo warns that his citys hospitals are nearing collapse. And after 10 weeks of lockdown the shops restaurants and hairdressers open their doors once again initially. The best hole in the United States has passed 90000 with nearly 1500000 people infected according to Johns Hopkins university the u. S. Has no record of 90312 coronavirus related deaths just after the country passed that mark President Donald Trump the clear that he was taking the controversial and unproven treatment how drugs the chloral quinn to prevent Coronavirus Infection he said many frontline workers were also taking it the drug which has been used to prevent kaleri and has been repeatedly touted by trump as a potential game changer. By kava joins us live now from the white house so its quite a revelation there by President Trump that hes taking this drug that hes obviously been plugging for weeks now as a pote