They added the city to the watch list. Today a new round of closures and reopening delays go into effect. Affected shopping malls, restaurants and other businesses. Scott budman is tracking these changes. The Building Space for street seating in San Franciscos north beach because of the rise in local covid19 case, many Small Businesses here that planned to fully roo he open now have to make do serving takeout in outdoor diners. We were excited to reopen safely. North beach had reopening plans and today they had to put them on hold indefinitely. Which means about a dozen people wont be coming back to work. Theres no business. Trying to survive for now. Hoping for the best. Many San Francisco nonessential offices and indoor malls also have to reclose or postpone reopening plans. City Officials Say there is no timeline for when customers or employees will be allowed back in. When you plan to reopen, try to hold off on preordering major amounts of stock, especially if you are dealing in pe
Today, access for care is a matter of life and death. Social determinants of health have become more vital than ever before. Directorguest is cdc robert redfield. Thank you for direct thank you for joining us again. I have been telling people several times in that last conversation, i could feel you simmering when we talked before about the lack of investment over decades in our Public Health infrastructure and why that is so consequence role consequential. Dir. Redfield thank you very much. I think it is really important for us to be honest and transparent about the fact that for decades we have failed to invest in Public Health. Complexityn the that has caused us as we confronted the covid outbreak. I would argue now is the time to make that investment to hit our nation on a sustained pass to have the Public Health system that this nation not only needs, but this nation deserves. There are several elements to that. One is data modernization. This is fundamentally critical. We need re
And allowing the government to negotiate medication Prescription Drug prices. And for residents and homers to stay in their homes during the pandemic. Live coverage of the house. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. God, thank you for giving us another day. Those who omfort suffer from coronavirus. Healing. Bless and comfort those who mourn the loss of loved ones in wake of covid19. Psalmist, we turn to you. Have mercy upon us, o god, for treated harshly. Harshly all t us the day. Attackers. Re our almost high when we are afraid place our trust. We praise the word of god. Not fear. N god and do all the day our enemies foil our plans. Their every thought is of evil against us. Lie in wait for our lives. Our threats are many, o god. Unrest in Police Reform, aggressive russian and policies, a struggling economy. Our time of need. Bless the peoples house and may that is done be for your amen. R honor a
We take you live to the u. S. Senate where to date lawmakers who will be on a defense programs and policy bill. You are watching live coverage of the senate on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will ohm the senate with prayer. The chaplain let us pray. God of grace and mercy, in these divisive and polarized times, remind us that words have consequences. Help us to remember that we are accountable to you for every idle and careless word we speak. Lord, teach our senators to be obedient to your commands, doing your will as your presence fills them with joy. Today, surround our lawmakers with the shield of your favor, as they labor to deep our nation to keep our nation strong. May they be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger. Manifest your power through their labors so that this nation will be exalted by righteousness. We pray in your mighty name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of alle
Transportation and infrastructure. Transportation industry representatives testify about their role about shipping personal protective equipment and other essential goods during the pandemic. Today we will hear from these speakers. Thank you all for being here. One of our participants is testifying remotely. Welcome to each and every one of you. We have conducted a series of hearings on covid19. We are hearing those discussions. We are continuing that by hearing about the Transportation Industry. Theave underscored importance of our Transportation Network and moving goods and people safely and efficiently as well as ensuring supply chain fluidity in response to the unexpected events. Manye grateful for the frontline workers who have shown resilience and resourcefulness to help deliver Critical Care supplies to those in need. The transportation sector has countless numbers of these unsung heroes. Introduced a Critical Infrastructure employee protection act. For arcde support frontline C