The states wildfire devastation. Capitol Bureau Reporter Ashley Zavala has a preview on what we can expect from his visit. President trump is reportedly flying here into Mcclellan Park in sacramento, which is serving as a command station for state Emergency Management officials white house Officials Say state leaders will provide the president with a briefing on californias wildfire situation which so far has been historic with 5 of the states largest fires burning callow yes officials confirmed the visit but say they dont have logistical details yet because of covid members of the state Republican Caucus tell us who the president will meet with is limited. Im told so far he set to be joined by congressman doug lamalfa Kevin Mccarthy and possibly governor Gavin Newsome trumps visit will come just days after Governor Newsom slammed the president s leadership on the environment noting the 100 lawsuits california has against the administration most of them environment related the governor
At all this low look at the Golden Gate Bridge if you could actually make it out with all the smoke and haze that we have in their in sky tonight. I believe you now lets bring in murray survivor yes, so we can find out when we will see an improvement in the air quality good evening of greece uh hey theyre just seen and jonathan unfortunately improvement wont arrive until tomorrow afternoon early evening hours with the return of that stronger sea breeze from now until then socked in with that smoke and fog also known as smog right now hugging the immediate coastline of the bay area this evening and were noticing very Poor Visibility out there and air quality. Also the worst that ive been tracking all week long specifically for inland valleys for those of you in the east bay and even throughout that northeast portion for those of you in the north face ovarian, healthy and unhealthy air particles. And were going to notice some improvement but still going to be in that unhealthy range for
Atis clear we are looking the strain on School Districts we have not seen in a decade. How do states, families and School Districts cope with the massive physical strain of the Great Recession and how do you expect this crisis to be similar or different than what we just went through in the last decade . Fiscal strain. Providedderal aid under the recovering act during the Great Recession was really important but only covered one quarter of state budget shortfalls. It ended too soon when the state is still struggling to meet their needs. Result states enacted those laughs and spending reductions laughs andthose spending reduction slowed the economic recovery in a significant way. Of schoolhe impact level was pronounced. The school year was shrunk. The reductions in arizona and arizona entered its fullday kindergarten. Those kinds of effects were widespread and in many cases are still with us today. I mentioned haven heading into the pandemic there were 77 thousand fewer teachers and oth
Covid19. I want to thank you for joining me for the national day of mourning on monday. We continue to pray for those who have lost loved ones to this virus. Before the murder of george floyd and before the country heard yet again the cries for Racial Equity and justice, we already knew that covid19 was disproportionately impacting communities of color. In North Carolina, africanamericans make up approximately 22 of the population, but as of june 1, they account for 30 of the confirmed covid19 cases and 34 of covid19 deaths. People are just 10 of the population, yet they make up 39 of covid19 confirmed cases. These statistics are alarming and they are not acceptable. I want to be clear there is nothing inherent to black or brown people that makes them more susceptible to severe covid19 illness. The data should not be used to further racism or fear. The disparity is because people of color have historically had less access to health care, housing, Economic Opportunity and more. This vir
We want you to call 2027488000 . If you are mountain and pacific time zones, your number is 2027488001 . We are opening a special line this morning for people who live in minneapolis. We want to hear directly from you so your telephone number is going to be 2027488002 . Keep in mind you can always text your opinion at 2027488003 . You can always reach us on social media on twitter and facebook. Things are still moving around the country and we are going to go directly to a local newspaper to get the most recent information. Keeping violent contempt on a curfew and widespread please for peace they rampage across minneapolis for a fourth night creating unprecedented havoc as they set towers on fire, vandalized, a shot of police toicers, all in the response a death of an unarmed black man under a White Police Officers knee on monday. By all accounts, Law Enforcement presence was almost undetectable as the violence rapidly accelerated until just before midnight into early saturday, when hu