Challenges our society has had trouble with in recent years this is a time that makes us wonder how strong institutions will be how we rise to a challenge like this but because at the time of testing but also think of americas strength what we are good i had as a country and to address the enormous problems. Host how did we get here . Thats a complicated question. Our country has always tried to strike a balance between the dignity and quality of the individual on one hand and some strength of community on the other our society in the past halfcentury has emphasized the individual, liberty, freedom, dy that has brought some enormous advantages and benefits but there is another side to the coin that can look like fragmentation and isolation and alienation and loneliness and we have seen all that and era marked by a crises to the financial crisis to a pandemic that forces us to look to the sources of our strength and ways to drive us to the history and politics is not always good at doin
Work on a measure that was approved by the house yesterday providing 8. 3 billion in emergency funds to combat the coronavirus. Senate lawmakers are expect today vote on that measure later this afternoon and work on a bill to reset u. S. Energy and environmental policy. And now to live coverage. U. S. Senate here on cspan 2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. God of us all, thank you for this moment that unites us in the fellowship of prayer. Make us conscious of your presence and unite us in our efforts to do your will on earth. Inspire the hearts and minds of our lawmakers to strengthen the bonds between us, as they seek to live lives of integrity. May no partisanship mar the unity of spirit they must have to make america stronger, wiser, and better. Deliver them from every unworthy motive, as they labor to honor you. Lift their burdens, lessen their fears, and give them you
Had the biggest gaps between renting and buying. So, in San Francisco, oakland, berkeley area, renters pay about 3500 a month. Compare that to a mortgage payment of 8500. A similar situation in the south bay, rent is about 3200. Mortgage is 8500. Bank rate says one of the reasons for the staggering gap is low housing inventory. California has been trying hard to build up the supply. It has been a challenge. So, one of the solutions, socalled backyard homes. Or, accessory dwelling units. In recent years they have been removing a lot of the red tape to build them and sell them. In one community, contractors say they are meeting a lot of resistance when it comes to building adus. It is coming from an unlikely source. Reporter building dwelling units is a steady source of income for this contractor. A new mandate, adding tens of thousands to the price tag is not helping. By the time they, i inform them of the costs up front people are often reluctant to even start the process. Reporter the
It is headquartersed in china town. 75 of the annual budget comes through ala meeta county. Abc 7 news. Mandatory water use reductions set by the state may be lifted, but the governor wants us to keep up with conservation. An order issued today by the governor drops all Water Conservation targets imposed last june. Instead individual water districts will set their goals, but they require making water saving measures in place permanent. They include not hosing off driveways. Two drifters accused of a killing spree last october appeared in court today. They face murder charges in the killings of a tourist in San Francisco and a therapist in fair fax. It was the first appearance since a third defendant made a deal. Wayne. Reporter we all remember this case. Lila, shawn and moreson are of the drifters who led police on the chase. Originally all three faced murder charges, now only two of them off one pled guilty. That has left attorneys for the other two wondering what he told investigator
Thank you. Mr. Miller. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I assume you werent calling for a larger bargaining unit . No, i was not, but it does raise, mr. Miller i appreciate that. I want to make it clear. Continuity of interests, the community of interests. Mr. Eilers i want that thank you very much for your testimony because you testified in very straightforward manner about the issues that the students at northwestern were raising that are endemic, i believe to the football programs around the country. That really was, as you pointed out, security of your scholarship, fouryear scholarship as opposed year to year that can be used against a weapon at a student or performance or add somebody else to the squad. Health and insurance benefits. The concern when youre injured or you suffered disability as a result of that, or you lose your athletic ability or scholarship, these things start to accumulate on some students. The stipend issue that you raised, and transfer issue, these are the issues tha