Ended. Two vary l two mouthing their students. And it was recorded after a Virtual Class ended at Jessie Bethel high school yesterday. Abc7 News Reporter spoke with the mother who saw it happen. Reporter its so frustrating to like know that these kids are technologically ill lit reratli you are listening to two teachers Virtual Class on zoom just ended thursday afternoon. But this was caught on camera. They will say, they are so advanced, no they are not. No they are not. You are impressed that a kid can record a tiktok . Its literally one button. The rant goes on for two minutes. I was heart broken, confused and i could not believe that i heard that come out of a teachers mouth. Reporter she said her son, a sophomore, tried to clarify a question about his assignment at the end of third period english. Laquan is like, i cannot turn it in. You didnt turn it in. I cant submit it. You didnt submit it. The parents were like commenting saying, do you know you guys are being recorded. Can yo
We are holding this hearing virtually in compliance with the regulations for Remote Committee proceedings pursuant to House Resolution 965. This is the third virtual subCommittee Hearing and the ways and Means Committee. As with our previous hearings i want members to know that i plan to continue this committees long tradition of collegiality and substantial debate, substantive debate, even as we conduct our business from afar. I will continue to work with the Ranking Member, mr. Smith, and his staff to ensure that the rights of all members are resected in these new virtual formats. Before i turn to todays important topic i want to remind members of a few procedural to help you navigate this new platform. First, consistent with regulations the committee willfi keep microphones needed to limit background noise. Members are responsible for on meeting themselves when they seek recognition or when recognized for a fiveminute statement. Second, members and witnesses must have their cameras
Deaths in illinois. We then proceeded to hit or surpassed that marker twice on the days since. Sorry, todayday, is not a record. More illinoisans lost their lives since yesterdays update. To the loved ones of those individuals and all who we have lost in the fight against this virus, the entire state of illinois grieves with you. Covid19, to defeat at some point, we will have fewer cases to report and fewer lives lost. That will be good news. But, it does not change the fact that each and every life that we lose to this virus is an immense tragedy. May each and every one of their memories be a blessing. With that said, i want to start our conversation today with one of the numbers we watch closely and that is our doubling rate. That is the number of days it takes to double case counts, hospitalizations, or deaths. Why is that important . Well, because the higher that number is, the slower your growth. Which means the flatter your curve. At the beginning of this pandemic, our doubling r
Gov. Pritzker good afternoon, everyone. Today, i want to review our latest updates on hospitalization rates and ventilator data and what these numbers might mean in the larger context of our curve. Dataefore we get into the and the trends we are seeing, i want everyone to understand something very important. Exactly one week ago, i stood in front of you to deliver the solemn news that we had reached a new record high, single day increase, in covid related deaths in illinois. We then proceeded to hit or surpassed that marker twice on the days since. Sorry, todayday, is not a record. More illinoisans lost their lives since yesterdays update. To the loved ones of those individuals and all who we have lost in the fight against this virus, the entire state of illinois grieves with you. Covid19, to defeat at some point, we will have fewer cases to report and fewer lives lost. That will be good news. But, it does not change the fact that each and every life that we lose to this virus is an im
Situations are made public completely agree with you that these are life in this situation this is what i can tell you at this point the u. K. Organized a meeting at the un to discuss the situation in a live they were briefed by the former British Foreign secretary David Miliband who now heads one of the worlds leading refugee organizations the International Rescue committee its vital that the findings are made public 1st of all so that justice can be done a but also so that its clear that combatants in syria or elsewhere that there will be accountability for them for their actions the most contentious issue on the Un Security Council is syria and the most vocal critic of this board of inquiry is russia coincidentally they happen to be this months president the russians have now called a News Conference on monday to give their response to the new board of inquiry james ways aljazeera at the United Nations much more still ahead on the program for you and john says im in the kenya faster