Middle of the year. The toll plaza to the one o one about an eightminute drive for you ok, hot spots not to tell you about antioch to concord 17 minutes such a co 2 danville thats a 30 minute drive for you its starting to slow down just a little bit there in san leandro to milpitas and the one o one san jose to menlo park, 31 minute ride dariann james guys. Thank you are in a 6 oh one is the time our breaking news from overnight. The u. S. Has set another record now for the most covid related deaths. In a single day you can see in the graphic behind us more than 3100 people died from the virus on wednesday can see its a problem from coast to coast and for the first time a 100,000 americans or in the hospital with covid in nearly air in the icu and this comes as california now setting records for the number of new cases that its experiencing kron 4 Sarah Stinson live in San Francisco with more sara. Another grim update james darya we have just been reportedly reporting just grim grim up
I am proud to say it led to the first bipartisan package in decades. It took time and a willingness to acknowledge that no party has a monopoly on good ideas. M proud of what we are what we created together. Although we were already holding these hearings in our committee, we require that others hold them also so that all members have a chance to be heard in front of congress. Hopefully, more good ideas have the chance to see a light of day. I couldnt ask for a better partner than our Ranking Member, tom cole. We come from different parties, but we share the same dedication to this institution. What this is really all about, a wellfunctioning house allows us to tackle the issues that can make a positive difference in peoples lives and that is why we already for prep congress and the first place. Before i turn to our ranking on the job to for the house of new parliament parliamentian. Mr. Jason smith. Mr. Cole and i have said a lot about him to his predecessor. And he and his predecesso
Question, we will move to the next senator until resolved. I remind all senators that the five minute clock still aflies. You should have a box on your screen labeled clock that shows how much time is on your screen labeled clock that shows how much time is remaining. But we have had some troubles, and i have had senators who cant find that box or dont see it. And so, in fact, last hearing one of the senators ask me again to get a reminder, i will do that at this time for everybody. So at 30 seconds left on your clock, there will be a tone, a bell ring, to remind senators and the witnesses that their time has almost expired. At the end of the five minutes, a bill will ring. That way we can all know how the clock is working, even though we dont find it on our screens. Today we will receive testimony from the security and Exchange Commission chairman jay clayton, regarding the work and agenda of the sec. I thank you chair clayton for your appearance before the committee today, which is e
For a u. S. District court judge in ohio. It is also the first opportunity for members to speak on the floor sense election day. Watch live Senate Coverage on cspan2 and the house on cspan. Amtrak president and ceo William Flynn was on capitol hill to testify on how the coronavirus affects the Passenger Rail system and what amtrak is doing in response. The Senate Commerce of science and Transportation Committee also heard from representatives of the freight Rail Industry and about the challenges they are facing as a result of the pandemic. This hearing is just over two and half hours. Order. Thank you all for being here, good morning. Today the committee can means to discuss the status of the National Rail network in the country is 140,000 miles of freight rail in class one railroads over 600 freight railroads and thousands of Companies Using braille to ship products and raw materials, we also have an intercity passenger real service amtrak operating on 22000 miles of the same network
China and 14 other countries signed the Worlds Largest Free Trade Agreement, notably without the u. S. Many in the Asia Pacific Region, hope the deal will help speed up the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Plus a historic day at the turkish grand prix where Lewis Hamilton has equal cars all time formula, one record of 7 world titles. We take a look back at his amazing career so far on the call for a wish. Welcome to the program, the conflict. And if he is spiraling further out of control, the countrys Human Rights Commission says, gunmen have attacked a passenger bus in the west, killing more than 30 civilians. The latest violence comes as the leader of ethiopia admitted launching rockets into neighboring eritrea. The u. N. Says tens of thousands have already fled the fighting and warns that the country might be embarking on a dangerous trajectory, increasing the risk of genocide and war crimes. This womans son died on saturday in fighting inside. She is one of those in