Following his meeting with the president yesterday on coronavirus testing and he took questions on the state budget and the use of the u. S. Navy ship, comfort. Shift. Evening, night right, jim,mmediate we had a meeting in the white house this afternoon. It was productive, positive. We got a lot done. Days, asen talking for has most governors, about testing is the next phase we have to enter. We are starting to talk reopening and planning reopening. Everyone is obviously concerned about how you reopen and if you reopen in a way that is too prepared, you are not you could see the infection rate go up, which is the last thing anyone wants. Testing is the best way to inform and educate yourself going through reopening, so you can watch not just hospitalizations, which will have that data, but also, testing, so you can look at infection rate, of course, states with infection rate increasing, also testing for employees who want to go back, employers who want to know if employees are actuall
You are young reporter and then a big hotshot reporter but talk about the two different encounters that is the arc of the book. It is an incredible book and i was in my twenties working for the New York Post there is a mayor named Rudy Giuliani at the time. And there was this is absolutely unbelievable story that gripped new york city at that particular moment. Not one that i was interested in but i was working for the post and all my editors cared about. Because the news had just broken Michael Jackson, the king of pop had just married lisa marie presley, Elvis Presleys daughter. They were married in secret, they had not been seen in public yet, and they were staying at trump tower. So in this news broke out, all the paparazzi, everybody the curiosity seekers. And this is the new york pos post. Michael jackson is at his absolute peak of popularity at this moment. So the crowd around trump tower became so intense they put a police corridor or around the block people had to cross the st
Lets get started. Good afternoon and welcome to the march 21st, 2020 special meeting of the board of supervisors. Madam clerk, will you please call the role. Thank you, mr. President. Supervisor fewer. Here. Supervisor fewer, did you say present . Yes, i said here. Fewer present and supervisor haney . Here. Supervisor mandleman. Present. Supervisor marr. Present. Supervisor peskin. Present. Supervisor preston. Present. Supervisor ronan. Present. And supervisor sayaye. Present. Supervisor stephanie. Present. Supervisor walton. Present. And supervisor yee. Present. Mr. President , all members are present. Thank you. Please place your right hand over your heart and would you please join me in the reciting of the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge that the staff records each of our
Gov. Cuomo good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for being here today. I want to thank our hosts very much, northwell. Michael dowling to my left is head of northwell. They have done an extraordinary job all through this situation. They have an extraordinary leader in michael dowling. Michael dowling ran health care for the state of new york, social services for the state of new york. He worked with my father, came for one year, wound up staying with my father for 12 years in state service. So, he is one of the really beautiful and brilliant leaders in this state and it is a pleasure to be with him. And i want to say to all the people of northwell who have done extraordinary jobs, thank you so, so much and thank you for having us today. To my right is melissa derosa, she is the secretary to the governor. To her right is what is your name again . Mariah kennedy cuomo, who is part of my team, and it is a pleasure to have her with me today. I will be mentioning more about that in a second.
To test for coronavirus and to track and isolate those who lai to be met before the states shelter in place is lifted and the governor says the state is testing an average of 14,500 people a day. By the governor says he wants at least 25,000 people tested a day by the end of this month. Over the weekend California Public Health Officials recommended testing people in high risk settings if they do not have symptoms and will bring you the governors News Conference live as it is a gets underway. More numbers right now, california currently has 35,000 coronavirus cases, their teen hundred people have died and write in the bay area theres more than 6700 cases and 218 who have died and yesterday cases in california spiked or the second straight day and reported the third most deaths in a single 24 hour timeframe. Santa clara county says the first deaths in usa late covid 19 happened earlier than they first thought and they happened in the south bay. The county medical examiner says autopsy r