Phase. End of the week with modifications. We will allow retail to start operating across the spectrum. Baby steps now at 9 california will begin reopening more of the economy by the end of this week, thank you for joining us at 9 oclock, everyone. Im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis Governor Newsome making that announcement today during. His regular news briefing, our Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala explains which businesses get opened first in which still need to wait. California is taking its first set of small steps into reopening its economy retail and its manufacturers will be the first to enter into californias next phase of its stay at home order it has to be done in a very thoughtful and judicious way its a health first focus governor Gavin Newsome says florists clothing toys books and Sporting Goods stores can reopen by the end of the week with new mandatory guidelines like Curbside Pickup the state is set to release the new rules thursday, not included in this round o
Were going to destroy the american way of life in these families. Thats why officials in leaders are trying to reach a balance there are regions areas counties cities in which you can do that safely now, but there are others that if you do that its really dangerous. And thats the thing youve got to be careful of im John Lawrence reporting. White House Coronavirus Task force members are prohibited from testifying before congress this month. Under new guidance issued by the trump administration. Task force members and key deputies have been instructed not to accept invitations to participate in hearings while other agencies responding to the pandemic are being advised to limit the number of hearings that they attend Top Administration officials argue the Coronavirus Task force and the primary agencies responding to the pandemic the to focus their attention and resources on response efforts and that having them testify could use a critical hours. The move comes just days after the white h
Those projections come as Governor Newsom says california could begin reopening its economy by friday, retail and manufacturers will be first to enter into californias next phase of the stay at home order. The governor says flower shops clothing stores, toys books in Sporting Goods stores. Can all open by the end of the week with these new mandatory guidelines like curbside pickup. The state is set to release the new rules on thursday seated restaurant dining and shopping malls and office is still not included in this next phase. We need active Monitoring Surveillance to make sure that the disease is not spreading. It is one of the criteria is a trigger to re modify. Governor newsome said that phase 2 would also include reopening public spaces like parks and beaches. Were expecting more details on that coming up on thursday. According to Johns Hopkins university there are currently over 1 million cases of the coronavirus in the u. S. More than 56,000 of those cases are in california. W
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A term we have heard talking about essential frontline federal employees. Give us an idea of who some of those employees are. What are their jobs . Guest some of those employees would be tsa. Some of our Veterans Administration workers. Would be some of our prison workers. Some of those would be essential personnel. Guest what are you hearing from those frontline workers during the crisis . Guest more than anything is , protection. They feel that they are inadequately protected. While they have to and they want to do their job, just want to be protected. Our main concern is making sure that those employees that we represent are protected. Host do you have any idea of how many of your members have contracted covid19 . Guest i dont really have an accurate number. I do know that within the tsa is about 170 so far and in the Veterans Administration, i think the last count i had was about 189. Can i give you a little background of why we feel so strongly about the fact we need the protectio