They are working to meet a unique and often overlooked zatn needs of black people. Who is involved in the organization . Were not a membership based. Were public policy. So its working with membersnu d congress, members of the Congressional Black Caucus, state elected officials where there are significant percentages of black people. We do a lot of work around health and wellness. O be and with organizations and institutions that are seeking to be better about making space for black e sidpeople. The Congressional Black Caucus led the effort on the house side for democrats to pols up with the justice and police act of 2020. Its going to get marked up here in less than an hour before the i thi house committee. Nk what do you think of the legislation . I think its incredibly important piece of legislation that is responsive to the point of which we are and the movement for radically inclusive social justice. Related ar,ing conversations acknowledging violence, the violence that black peop
The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. This is bbc world news america, reporting from new yo city. Another record jump in coronavirus cases here in the , s. In arizofections are urging. Arizona is now the coronavirus hotspott j in the United States, but in the world. Campaign tropical p storm, asls suggest two thirds of americans disapprove of hisin hg of covid19. And we have a disturbing report on mexican drug gangs giving het aid during pandemic. Laura for all of you watching on pbs and around the globe, welcome to world news america. The United States is being a Record Number of coronavirus cases seeing a Record Number of coronavirus cases this week. Arizona is one of the hotspots where new infections are surging. When the governor of arizona lifted the states stayathomepa order, peoply. Iwas a joke to us. Fake news. Day later, many w
[moment of silence] [moment of silence] [moment of silence] [moment of silence] [moment of silence] [moment of silence] [moment of silence] [moment of silence] neil we have just completed what is one of the longest moments of silence ever recorded on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, 8 minutes, 46 seconds to indicate aicers knee before he ultimately died two weeks ago. This being simultaneously recognized around the world as exchanges in towns, protests all stopped in their tracks to honor the victim who is now become a cause and a big cause at that. Already we heard from new York Governor Andrew Cuomo says hopes to move rapidly on legislation that will reform the Police Forces in the state of new york. There is a similar move afoot to do the same on the federal level. Some going so far as to advocate totally defundings Police Forces all together. They are a minority of the Progressive Movement but a powerful and vocal element within that call to change business as usual within
[inaudible] can you hear me . Even though it doesnt even though we hadnt gotten together in more than a month, it feels like all of us are all together all the time. Number of Staff Meetings is up 2x. Number of management meetings is up 2x. We were set up to work remotely. We do that because were on the road quite a bit, and we have nontraditional hours where were conducting meetings after hours, on weekends and evenings. This was a seamless transition for us. Weve had access to digital presentations, software of every kind, from excel to powerpoint, email. Access to our custodian. Its really been a seamless operation. The only disruption is that we havent been able to do travel to meet with external managers, but the number of manager meetings is still up 2x. And i would say that we benefited from good timing. We actually deployed all of the laptops to the investment teams with docking stations to be able to work here as well as remotely three months before the covid emergency, so the
Close the digital divide. Okay this one is going to be huge. When california restaurants reopen to serve more than just to thego orders, social distancing inside the eateries will be on the menu. Some restaurants will not be able to survive with the restrictions. Marianne favro has more. Reporter the social distancing requirements, they would be able to on fill every other booth and table. They can only serve 65. With togo orders, business is down 70 . And Restaurant Owners throughout the bay area are eagerly awaiting to serve at tables again, they fear that social distancing requirements to eat their profits. The owner says maintaining six feet of separation will mean he can only serve half the customers he usually does. When you go to half occupancy, you cant make a profit. Your volume is what dictates what your profitability is going to be. Reporter the restrictions are painful in the bay area where restaurants were struggling with high rent and baylor costs. There was a trend in th