Key National Challenges. In 2020, one of the Biggest National challenges we face is to hold the National Challenge National Selection during the covid19 pandemic. Today, we are honored to host leading experts from the national and intergovernmental community that protects state and local government Information Systems. First, well hear from jeffrey hale, the director of the Election Security initiative at the department of Homeland Security. He will be followed by a discussion including questions from the audience. Please feel free to use the chat function here on zoom to ask questions. After that, the second half of our program will feature a discussion with representatives of associations of discussions on leaders. Lindsay forson, with National Association of secretaries of state. And Maggie Brunner, a director for Homeland Security at the National Governors association. First, its really terrific to have an opportunity to hear from jeffrey and the department of Homeland Security. Si
To the Drug Companies to even the tech companies. ,rude is above 30 a barrel 32. 22. Yield is at 68 basis points. At 7. 1270. An we have president xi speaking today to the world health organization. Coming up later this hour, we will be speaking with the ceo of moderna, which is reporting some good initial promising results for vaccine tests. Us atne bancel will join 10 30 eastern. Guy looking forward to that conversation. The market certainly responding to that. Mostin europe, the beaten up sectors are rising the most strongly today. You can see the mining stocks up by 6. 9 . Car stocks are up really strongly as well. They are all outperforming the stoxx 600, which is up a healthy 3 . The commodity story absolutely front and center, as a result of which we are seeing Commodity Currencies doing very well. You can see the aussie dollar trading up by 1. 15 . Up by 1. 15 . As you say, we are seeing rising around 0. 71 . Vonnie exactly. Chinese president xi jinping addressing the World Hea
We welcome your comments by text , 202 7488003. Tell us your name and where you are from. Wj. Twitter we are cspan maryland was one of the first states to impose tight restrictions. The latest from the Washington Times, saying they will ease restrictions and prepare to reopen maryland. The governor eased coronavirus restrictions wednesday to allow residents to participate in some outdoor act to videos and resume elective medical procedures. They closed Public Schools for the rest of the academic year. Residents may participate in golfing, fishing, boating, tennis, camping, and other outdoor activities. He added that local governments can exercise flexibility in reopening playgrounds and parks. That is from the Washington Times. An Washington Post published oped, an opinion piece by five republican governors who kept their states open. Five republican governors, our states stayed open during the coronavirus, here is why our approach worked. That is the headline of the piece. The governo
Resources that want to replicate what is being done in the mission where asymptomatic people are being tested, and the university of california is participating, say in like chinatown, is there interest at the department of Public Health in replicating that setting in the Community Like chinatown, that obviously has a disproportionate number of congregate living situations . I think were always interested in gaining more information. A project that happened with ucsf was largely organized and staffed and maintained by them, which is what made it possible, but were certainly interested in gaining information about epidemiology of covid in our city. And were particularly interested in understanding more vulnerable populations and more vulnerable living situations as to what epidemiology might be so we can better serve the public. Supervisor peskin my last question, not to drag you into the friction that is existing between the executive branch of government and legislative branch of gove
Work thats going on . The promise, apaper, of therapeutics like remdesivir . Guest im excited that the Global Scientific Community has focused in on this problem in a tremendous way. There are at least 60 candidates or more than that by now that have been eached that much therapeutic potential for covid19. One of the most exciting things is that the use of Super Computers to literally recreate the virus in cyberspace, do the same thing with existing drugs and ask whether or not nose drugs can bind to and therefore inhibit the virus. For a lot of exciting approaches being taken so i do think within the coming months, theres going to be a therapeutic thats going to be found that works. Im less convinced that well have a having zone in a year because having studied viruses for 40 years, i know not to expect that to happen. Its a possibilities but not very likely that well have a having zone in a year. Host in addition to hearing about your work this morning, talk about the Racial Disparit