American people. I urge my colleagues to join me in passing this critical legislation. Thank you, madam preside mr. Van hollen madam president. The presiding officer the senator from maryland is recognized. Mr. Van hollen thank you, madam president. As other senators have mentioned, we see our fellow americans uniting around the country to fight the coronavirus, to help those in need. Most of all, were grateful to the men and women in health care , the Health Care System on the front lines of this fight, the nurses, the doctors, all the other staff and hospitals and Community Health centers in clinics who are putting themselves and their own health at risk to help their fellow americans. And we in the senate, like our fellow americans, must come together to do the right thing for the country at this moment in time. To provide a surge of help to those on the front lines of the Coronavirus Fight and to help those who are suffering from the economic fallout. Workers and Small Businesses a
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Lot of sweat and brainpower into figuring out what do our riders need to keep them coming back. One factor contributing to the decline, competition with Ride Share Companies like uber and lyft. But the survey of riders found the number one reason people gave is many of them werent going out as much on weekends. Number two, they didnt like the long wait between trains on the weekends. But number three was dirty trains. Number four worries about crime. Number five, concerns about the homeless. Police chief ed alvarez said crime was down 18 in january of 2019 versus january of 2018. Cell phone thefts were also down 40 over the same period. Were not declaring victory just yet, but were continuing to work on it, and were going to keep building op it. Bart is also exploring ways to get the riders back. One proposal is to offer discounted fares to certain riders like students and seniors, or even going a step further. One of the things weve been doing is handing out free passes for the weeken
Cloudy now. Temperatures from 44 to 48 for your morning commute. This afternoon, clouds will open. 53 to 56. Seasonal highs, 55 at the coast. 60 to 62 for the bay and inland. By 11 00, well be down into the mid 40s. Grab that coat. Heres frances. Hi, mike. Good morning. We had a few minor incidents including one fatal accident, but that one also has been cleared. Heres a live shot of highway 87 in san jose. Traffic has recovered. It was on northbound 87 to northbound 280, this is northbound 87 looking good towards the airport. It is a little bit more crowded westbound 80 through emeryville, but still traffic is flowing well. No problems to the bay bridge. 680 in walnut creek looking good southbound here as you make your way towards highway 24. Not finding much slowing. Lots of green, drive time traffic. Westbound 580, tracy to castro valley, 34 minutes. Thank you. In the south bay, San Jose Police are investigating a crash after a car plowed through a fence and into somebodys yard. It
Mountains upper 40s to 50 and also campbell mostly cloudy a lot of hazy conditions as well. It will be cooler today and tomorrow. 5 01. Lets see. Tracy time. Your first instinct was correct all the viewers are going to take you there right now and there is some slow traffic coming out of tracy. If you live. Ive always wondered this. I dont hear from you much. Sometimes i hear when things are bad. Go ahead and let me know what your commute is like. Getting up over to 580 we know that people are out there sometimes i hear from you. Livermore, dublin there are no major problems here. This is a look at interstate 880 in oakland and traffic is looking good. Bay bridge toll plaza looks good as well. There are no problems in the south bay right now. So if youre watching in the south bay and im not mentioning you, your commute is wonderful. All right. Sal just two hours from now. Public hearings will begin in washington d. C. Ktvus Christina Rendon is in our newsroom with a preview on what to