Im keeping this brief and to the point. Local leaders have been sounding at definite alarm for months about the need for direct fiscal assistance from washington as the virus rages in our city. Our budgets are under extreme stress. Arts fences are skyrocketing. Our essential lifesaving services are strained. The need for public assistance is through the roof. This has been going on since the beginning of the pandemic since march of last year. Today, only 38 cities have received direct relief yet mayors everywhere continue to do what we do everyday. We get it done. We run our cities with a balanced budget which we are required to do by law. So what does that mean . How do we possibly do that in the face of this tremendous crisis . It means the cut jobs. It means eliminating services and staff at the same time. Our First Responders have been on the job since day one of this pandemic transporting those with covid to hospitals with Public Health initiatives keeping social and family order
I want to thank her for an sent the National League of cities in the National Association of counties for their sheer dedication to this issue on badly needed federal assistance as we continue to fight the covid19 pandemic. A quick note for members of the press joining us today, we will take questions after brief opening remarks. If you have a question, please put your name and media outlet in the chat and well call on you. Im keeping this brief and to the point. Im keeping this brief and to the point. Local leaders have been sounding at definite alarm for months about the need for direct fiscal assistance from washington as the virus rages in our city. Fences are skyrocketing. Our essential lifesaving services are strained. The need for public assistance is through the roof. This has been going on since the beginning of the pandemic since march of last year. Today, only 38 cities have received direct relief yet mayors everywhere continue to do what we do everyday. We get it done. We r
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After approval on the 11th or on the 12th of december, hopefully the 1st people who would be immunized across the United States across all states. In all the areas where this, the state department of health will have told us where to deliver the vaccine. And g 20 leaders are promising to spare no effort in making sure coronas fire risk. Vaccines are distributed fairly around the world. But wrapping up their Virtual Summit hosted by saudi arabia, they gave few specifics on exactly how this will be guaranteed. Discussions also focused on helping poor nations recover from the economic damage inflicted by the pandemic. Ethiopian Prime Minister has given to grain fighters 72 hours to surrender before the military begins an offensive on the regional capital mckelway, calories controlled by the great Peoples Liberation front. Reuters news agency reports. The group is destroyed. Roads to stop an advance. Millions of voters in begin a fast so are casting their ballots in an election, taking pla