Griego. Weve just learned bart is one of the agents getting federal financial help. President trump tweeted hours ago saying im proud to announce the San Francisco bay area will receive over 700 million in federal funds to support continued operations and support workers at sfo and for transit on muni and bart. This money will aid in economic recovery. And just this morning bay area transit officials announced a start date for the long awaited bart extension into Santa Clara County. We have the update. June 13, just 26 days from now. Wow, isnt this a great day. Its wonderful to be able to celebrate, isnt it . Every single taxpayer in Santa Clara County its because of you that i can stand here today and say were almost there. But this is what happens when we flip me on our head in Silicon Valley and make it we. Bart received 251 million of the federal money President Trump tweeted about to buy time and keep trains running through the end of the fiscal year on june 30 and into the summer
Ms. Collins madam president. The presiding officer the senator from maine is recognized. Ms. Collins thank you, madam president. Madam president , the United States is facing a crisis unlike any other in our recent history. Madam president , this is no time for partisanship or for political differences to prevent us from coming together and working in the best interests of the American People. The coronavirus pandemic has arrived on our shores and is growing exponentially, sickening our people and devastating our economy. As of today, more than 26,700 americans have tested positive for the virus, and 340 people have died, while 176 have recovered. In my home state of maine, there are now 89 cases in eight different counties. Hospitals, doctors, and nurses are struggling to triage the influx of patients. Nursing homes are locking down their facilities in an attempt to safeguard their vulnerable residents. Students and teachers have had to transition abruptly to Online Learning as school
Welcome back. At 7 10, on your saturday morning, the first weekend of 2020, we are taking a live look outside at oakland from emeryville, dark, ominous skies out there. We are seeing some beautiful purples and pinks ahead of the sunrise, but rain as we wake up on this first weekend. Meteorologist rob mayeda is in with the forecast in just a bit. Speaking of 2020, as we enter a gnaw decade, Big Questions from buyers and sellers. Will the house market soften, hold or spike . One prediction is getting a lot of attention, a drop in housing prices by 50 could it be . Today in the bay scott budman checks it out. Reporter all of the housing predictions in the new year, this one stirred things up jeff lazarson who runs a web site called mortgage grader. Com, says he thinks our Housing Market will not just fall, but fall big. Thanks, he says, to a frothy market that people are going to leave behind. And then the balloon is going to pop. And prices are going to drop 25 to 50 . Reporter now, that
For some of the 39. 00 trafficking victims found dead in a truck in britain last month. And a medical comeback an antibody arctic resistant super bugs are every doctors nightmare on out there might be a way to battle back and treat patients with bacteria hunting viruses used in the former soviet union. Its great to have you along on leyla iraq thank you for your company the European Parliament has voted to declare a Climate Emergency a resolution was passed with a clear majority in stroudsburg and lawmakers hope the move will send a powerful signal to the u. N. Climate summit for its kicks off in madrid next week. Theyre also aiming to put pressure on the incoming innu executive to take a leading role in the global fight against Climate Change. All right there upping the ante lets take you now to gary marcus our correspondent in brussels good to see you gail how significant is this. It is of course leyla symbolic gesture here that comes from the peace in strasbourg and theyre well awar
We begin with betting on sports in 2018 the Supreme Court cleared the way for states other than nevada to allow legal wagering just last week voters in colorado approved a referendum joining 18 other states plus washington, d. C. , to legalize Sports Betting its the move no bill that is really winning game on is todays cover story walk into a sports book and youll see players laying down bets, but more and more theyre skipping the line and wagering right on their mobile phones very convenient and its fun and theres a lot more you can do on your phone. Reporter a lot of the betting takes place within the game who will score the next touchdown, jump shot or home run. That actions too fast for traditional wagers the states now offering mobile sports gambling are working to maximize revenue, both in handle, the total amount gambled, and in taxes collected for state and local government. Right here in nevada we do about 70 of our handle on mobile and thats despite the fact that we have 113