Okay, the rules committee will come to order. Before i give my opening statement, i just want to read a guidance from the attending physician. And we asked him specifically about the use of face coverings during proceedings like these. And while he is not mandated their use, he did share that, and i quote, my preference is that members retain their face covers when speaking as speaking is an activity which can release virus particles, especially if the speaking is of high spirited nature. And ive never had a meeting in the rules committee that hasnt been of a high spirited nature. So were going to leave it up to individual members to decide. But i think i will to be cautious here, im going to keep mine on. Others will be mindful of the reason why there is guidance on this issue. It has been roughly three months since the First Community transmission of covid19 was discovered in the United States. Since that time, our world has changed dramatically. There are now more than 1. 3 million
investigators are trying to figure out if some sort of mechanical problem led to a deadly accident at a rockville car wash. a suv accelerated, hitting two workers at the flagship car wash. one worker died. we have more now with megan. good morning. reporter:ood morning. a terrible situation involving a run away suv at the flagship car wash here in rockville. behin the wheel, an employee of the car ash. two people struck, also employees her all of them knew eac other. they were friends. now, exactly what caused the suv to celerate without wrning is still under investigaon. salt covered cars had to leav without being cleaned. the flagship car wash on hungerford drive inrockville is cled. what would odinarily be a very busy day is a very sad one as workers mourn the loss of a friend and closy watched the condition of another injured in an incident involving a runaway suv. all these guys are hard workers. they work real hard a you nev expect it to happen. reporter: it happene