2 15 p. M. Eastern and we have live coverag here on cspan2. Earlier sators john thune and dick durbin talkn the ongoing coronavirus pandemic the governments response. Madam president , yesterday drugmaker madonna fired for emergency youth authorization from the fda for the Covid Vaccine and the fdas Vaccine Advisory Committee is scheduled to discuss pfizers Covid Vaccine next week and is excited to review maternals shortly thereafter. That it is entirely possible that by the end of december the fda will have authorized, not one, but two Covid Vaccines that are so far shown more than 90 effectiveness in preventing the disease. This is very hopeful news. It is a tribute to the innovative power of the private sector and the efforts of congress and the Trump Administration to expedite the development of Covid Vaccines. The light at the end of the tunnel looks like it is on the way and at the same time, madam president , it is essential would not minimize with happening with covid right now
Mike is keeping his eye on the commute. First, meteorologist kari hall and the beautiful shot behind you. Whats that, kari . Well, just a fake background of san jose. Lets talk about whats going on for the bay area for today. Now we will have some hot weather in the valleys and also the north bay wind gusts will be pretty high today. Were worried about the high fire danger as well for today and the next several days as our winds could pick up. Hotter as we take a look at our high temperatures for this afternoon. 83 today in palo alto. Mike, whats the update on the commute . I have real monitors behind me with real Speed Sensors showing you actually changes for oakland. Lets take that up. Well zoom in to the nimitz. The northbound side got the all clear saying they are clear. The southbound side the last two minutes have speeds back to the green level. That construction is cleared heading to 23rd away from the bay bridge. In a couple minutes well show you what things are like and why th
Going to have that high fire danger for the north bay. Were continuing to monitor that as well as whats going to happen the next few days with a few more bursts of high winds that could affect more of the rest of the bay area. Today were up to 85 in san jose. 86 in martinez and San Francisco will reach 70 degrees. Were going to once again have some warm weather but a cooldown in the forecast and ill have more on that in a few minimum. Heading over to you, mike, how is it looking for the commute . Well, kari, not as bad as we sometimes see on a tuesday. And by bad im talking about the backup at the bay bridge toll plaza. The middle lanes very slow but the outer lanes, you can transition off the berkeley curve but off the 880 overcrossing we do have to stick it out for the middle lanes that are coming off the overcrossing. A look at the map, a smooth drive. Ive circled the traffic break that has now cleared 880 south down to 66 should improve quickly over the next few and san jose slowin
Welcome, i am Patricia Murphy with the atlantic journal constitution. You are watching the Atlantic Press club debate series. This is a general Election Debate for Congressional District six. In order to ensure everyones safety, candidates and panelists are participating from their homes. A special thank you to georgia public broadcasting for elva for helping organize these online debates. Lets meet the candidate. , a republican who served as georgias secretary of state and previously held the Congressional District six c. Lucy mcbath as served as representative of Congressional District six since 2018. She spent 30 years working for delta airlines. Lets meet the panelists. Withey dunlap, a reporter the georgia recorder and george estevez, and anchor with wsb dtv. Candidates will have a 60 seconds to answer the questions and 30 seconds to respond for rebuttals. I will hold a piece of paper up leading candidates know when they have 10 seconds remaining. For the full set of rules please
Stay with the website in the network as we continue to Cover Campaign 2020. With that said, we go to the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. September 30, 2020. I hereby appoint the honorable Henry Cuellar to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 7, 2020, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties and time equally allocated between the parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 10 350 a. M. The chair now 10 50 a. M. The chair now recognizes the gentleman fr