For concord. Daytime highs about 127 degrees below average for this time of year. We will see the winds kick up, breezy westerly winds, futurecast went just as we take you through today and tomorrow in a few minutes. Happening today, bart celebrates the opening of service into san jose including an inaugural train run with politicians. Kiet do is at the station where a ribboncutting is set for a few hours from now. The station is starting to come back to life. We have employees Power Washing and blowing leaves and wiping down surfaces out here. All the safety checks are done. We are seeing the trains come and go to make sure everything woing. Is to get on the train and enjoy the ride. We are hours away from this trip with a lot of local vips, dignitaries, anybody who still live over the past 20 years to help make it happen. Heres a list of todays events. It 10 a. M. Ribboncutting here theyre going to ride to the station for another ribboncutting this is for invited guests saturday june
My prayers go out to the floyd family and the other families of a long list of other victims and loved ones. I stand in solidarity with all those who have peacefully patriotically challenging the status quo. Are about the treatment of africanamericans at the hands of police. They are also about the systemic racial inequities that have festered in our society for years. They are now magnified by the coronavirus that we are here to talk about. Inequity is particularly stark in health bare by has been laid this pandemic. Latinos,mericans, native americans, and other people of color have tested positive, been hospitalized, and died from covid19 at alarming rates. , african are dying at a rate that is double what would be expected given their share of the population. Infectedhat have been ina disproportionate rate every state that report these data. And native americans, who represent just 4 of the are 21 ofin arizona the coronavirus deaths in that state. Subcommittees briefing, we heard fr
Before we proceed to todays hearing id like to take a moment to recognize last monday was memorial day. It was a different memorial day for me and other americans than normal and it was more difficult for us to gather together. But last monday gave us an opportunity, an opportunity that we should take every day to pause and remember the brave americans who gave their lives in defense of our country. And we honor the sacrifices they made to keep us free. While let me start by saying that the veterans we honored on memorial day, they served our country and that peaceful protests are a demonstration of the freedom our veterans served to safeguard and protect. And while we reject the defacing of our National Monuments i would take another moment to express my gratitude the National Park service, its employees and volunteers who quickly restored our memorials. All of them but especially those that recognize the service of our men and women particularly the world war ii memorial. I know that
Communities of color including africanamericans, latinos, asians and pacific americans and native americans. This is an hour and 50 minutes. Right now across the country, citizens are coming together to protest racial injustices. These protests began in response to a public lynching of george floyd by Minneapolis Police and the recent killings of other americans at the hands of those who are supposed to protect them. My prayers go out to the floyd family and other families, a long list of other victims and their loved ones. I stand in solidarity with all those who are protesting and patriotically challenging the status quo. These protests are about more than the pigment of africanamericans at the hands of police. There about the systemic changes or gears. They are now magnified by the coronavirus that we are here to talk about. This racial inequity in healthcare, it has been laid out by this pandemic. Africanamericans, latinos, native americans and other people of color have tested pos
Nightline starts right now with juju charng in new york. Thank you, randy. The debate over shoreline safety heati heating up. Governors starting to let people back on the beach. Heres matt gutman. Gutman. Surfing is water therapy. Youre connecting with the ocean. You can leave all the stresses of your day to day life on the shore and then just go out. Reporter its been almost two months since pro surfer cassie has caught a wave at her favorite breaks. Im so excited to get back into the water. Reporter the first paddles into the surf, producing whelps of excitement. Yeah so happy to be back in the water. Reporter closures around the state had strictly prohibited Public Access to this iconic coastline. Having the beaches shut down has been really hard, as a surfer and someone who activates myself in all that i do from the ocean, its been difficult. Reporter after months of being cooped up at home, millions of americans are likely feeling the same way, eager to venture into the outdoors a