He is also a member of the ways and means committee. We appreciate your time. The house of representatives is just about to come in. We will take you to them now. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. October 30, 2019. I hereby appoint the honorable Henry Cuellar to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2019, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties. All time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. Each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. The chair recognizes th
The tree fell. A lot of other vehicles were damaged saturday. One look at the california highway patrols incident page tells the story of a long soggy afternoon. Children in the Oakland Hills were soggy as well but they found a way to make the most of it. Even if it was their parents who lured them outside. I had to get them out but now they are complaining they have to go back. Continuing our storm coverage now with live Storm Tracker 4 showing that it is still raining in parts of the bay area. The heaviest rain has now moved off to the east and south and that rain is indicated by the yellow colors here. The green shows where we have light steady rain, most of it now eastbay and south bay stretching from around danville through hayward, into freemont, san jose, the south bay, palo alto seeing light steady rain continuing on 101 through Mountain View into san jose, campbell as well getting light rain and this should be tapering off in about the next hour but there are still more shower
Days of ceremonies in cities that shape the civil rights icons life, including one last journey across the Edmund Pettus bridge in selma tomorrow. And today, the people who knew lewis the best spoke about his commitment to creating a better world for everyone. We heard from five siblings and a nephew, all of whom said he was humble, an uncle and a hero. Well have more on congressman lewis life and legacy in just a moment. First, new developments in the battle against the coronavirus. Johns Hopkins University now reporting the fourth straight day of over 1,000 deaths in the u. S. This as the number of cases rises to over 4. 1 million. The fda is announcing a new tool to combat the virus. Its first test to positively identify covid19 in people who show no symptoms. The fda says its a possible gamechanger that could help lead to the reopening of schools and businesses. Cnns Polo Sandoval is tracking the latest on the Coronavirus Crisis from new york. Polo, over 4 million cases in the u. S
Make that decision. But it is quite another thing at the same press conference, where the cdc said everyone should wear a mask, the president say im not going to wear one, that is chaotic leadership. If you had politicians saying that cdc guidance is a barrier to getting children back into school, instead of the road map for doing it safely, the whole system breaks down. That last voice was dr. Richard besser, one of the former cdc directors talking about the path forward for the nations schools. Hell be my guest live in just a moment. And well learned what the Largest School district in the United States, new york city, will do this fall. Here is new york governor andrew cuomo. Today is the deadline to look at the infection rates and make a determination. By our infection rates, all School Districts can open. Everywhere in the state. All School Districts can open everywhere in the state. Lets start there. And dig deeper into this decision about Governor Cuomo with joining me now Diann
Us. Breaking news to start this hour. The president is expected to hold a press conference. Lets go to my colleague Josh Lederman, following this in washington, d. C. What do we know about this shall josh . Reporter alex, we knew from President Trump last night that he was looking to sign something within a week to take executive action, to take some of the steps that congress so far has failed to take. What we did not expect was that an executive order could come as soon as today. Now, to be clear, the white house is not specifying at this point in time exactly what the president is going to do or say when he takes to the podium just about a few hours from now in bedminster, new jersey. All signs point to the possibility that he may go ahead and sign something to follow up on what he said last night. This all coming amid real pessimism on capitol hill about the status of those negotiations. Take a listen to how senator Chuck Schumer described the current state of affairs. It was a dis