Broadcast. You know, just so you know. Now, a bit of background. President trumka hails from southwest pennsylvania and comes from a proud family of coal miners, working his way through college and then through law school. He started his union work with the United Mine Workers and became the unions president at the age of 33. And then, since 1989, he has been working on the aflcios executive council and was like a and was elected president in 2009. We are on the record. Please no live blogging or tweeting. No filing of any kind mother breakfast is underway. While the breakfast is underway. The embargo is lifted when the session ends. Here are the important instructions for how to do this on zoom. We are hoping to make this as much like in person event as possible. That is collegial, conversational and informative. We ask all of the reporters keep their video on an audio muted unless you are speaking. To ask a question during the q and a, please use the raised hand function on zoom to h
Been forever. Relive as if it were yesterday. As you wrestle with the emotions, does it get any easier . Has time erased or healed any of the wounds . I think its something that, you know, you dont necessarily get over. It doesnt become necessarily easier, but you learn to manage the circumstance. Its something that by doing things like im doing with you today, by talking about it, being able to explain it by doing presentation across the country. It helps me to manage and to stay safe, quite honestly, because i think Something Like this could absolutely get the best of you if you allowed it to. Were glad youre telling those stories because theres so many things about it. Tell us about that day for you. Why were you in new york in the World Trade Center . I know you were not living there at the time. Thats right. I was living in the chicago area at the time, i was there for a business meeting on the insurance industry. Still am, 42 years. Virtual mecca for the insurance industry, every
The current drop in Vaccination Committee on health, education, labor and pensions will please come to order. I would like to welcome everyone and go through some administrative matters that we do at the beginning after consulting with the attending physician, the sergeant at arms, cdc, health and Human Services, individuals are seated six feet apart. There is no room for the public to attend and the press is working as a pool and the hearing may be watched gaveltogavel online. Both of our witnesses, dr. Collins and Surgeon General adams are participating in person. Some are in person, some are participating by videoconference. The office of attending physician has advised that senators and witnesses may remove their masks to talk in the microphone since our chairs are six feet apart or more. That is why my mask is off and i am more than six feet apart and when i am in a hall or walking on the senate floor, i wear my mask. We are grateful to the rules committee the sergeant at arms, th
They all bounce backup wards. When longer wavelength colors like red, orange and yellow, they travel much further. They pass through the smoke and through our eyes, we see that orange and true red color everywhere. It has to do with the way the light travels. Four major fires outside of the bay area, thats why we are getting choked with all of this smoke. The air quality right now for most of us is moderate to slightly unsligh slightsligh slightly unhealthy. Now coming up, this is real important. I am going to show you what we could get to help clear out the smoke. Well talk about a weaken system and a chance of rain next week. Everybody is looking at this orange skies across the area. The bay bridge shrouded orange and sausolito covered in thick smoke and ash. How long is this staying around and is this going to i am pampa health. I am glad you are wearing that mask and you are wearing the n95, too, marianne. Reporter absolutely. Thats what doctors recommend. It is so smoky and hazy t
Because of the weather. This new video from sfo. A plane taking off in the smokey skies, in the air and on the ground, no escaping the smoke and ash. Ihave allergies really bad. What will it take to clear out the bad air . A lot of it depends on the fire still raging out of control. Bay area tonight, surrounded. Not surprisingly the spare the air alert has been extended through friday. Tonight a lot of uncertainty remains. What will we wake up to tomorrow . Fire containment, the forecast and our air quality concerns. Lets begin in walnut creek where the streets and restaurants are relatively empty cheryl. Should people stayed in and others tried to be as normal as possible even though there was nothing normal about today. Reporter the clock says 6 00 p. M. In oakland but looks nothing like sunset. Lake merritt is almost empty. The orange sky, obviously, and the overcast turned people away today. Reporter an ominous looking sky didnt take people like al from taking his walk. Die hards l