And how many were enslaved including those born free in the north. Enjoy American History tv every weekend on cspan3. Now, a hearing on the Health Concerns of veterans exposed to dangerous chemicals in uzbekistan known as k2. A veteran told members of the House Oversight committee that more Scientific Data is needed before providing health care and disability benefits to veterans who served at the base between 2001 and 2005. Hearin this is about 90 minutes. Ecur ity all right. Good morning, everyone. O welcome to todays hybrid will hearing of the national Oversight Committee on the committee of oversight and me government reform. Pursuant to house rules, some persons will appear remotely anl some in person via webex. Ce mas. Let me remind everyone from thea latest guidance from the house. Physician all individuals attending this hearing in persos will have to wear a face mask. You will only see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you when they are speaki
Well keeplowing ts throughout this newscast. Im ann macko vick live at the news desk. And we are waiting for a News Conference that is about to begin with dr. Mark galley, the states top health official. And he is going to be talking about movement we saw from california. Moving from more restrictive. To a little bit of loosening of the rules. This is where were going to find that live feed. But i want to show you the updated map of some of the changes that just went into effect within the past hour. You can see there in the bay area, we are in the purple or red tear. Depending where youre in. Some purple counties moved into the red in this last restrictive tear of reopening. They are solano. They join santa clara, marin, and napa counties, which has been in this second tier. Where risk is substantial. Some northeast parts of the state as you can see there on your map, are now moving into the orange and yellow tier systems. The states system on all of this was announced about a month a
Pandemic. They cant hang in there any longer. Just days ago one report by yelp said the bay area has permanently lost 370 restaurants since march. In San Franciscos china town, owners say they may not survive the pandemic. Chamber says stores were va vandalized and boarded up. Most of them dont know how long they can survive. Most are going monthtomonth and hoping they can survive. The loss of chinatown restaurants is around 70 . They are getting help that will hopefully help them. Running a restaurant turned out to be too much for one man. He took his life last month and his wife talks to us. Reporter he was known for his smile, welcoming spirit and love for food. Today his wife of four years remembers him. He was a loving, caring person, somebody who wanted to bring something unique to the wharf. Reporter she confirmed he died by suicide on july 24th. His depression deepened. Im still struggling, too. You dont know what will happen in the end of this, but my motto has been to continu
That our Health Care Workers critically need to save lives. Now, obviously, the suggestion of using homemade mask, the recommendation of covering your nose and mouth and use the n95 for First Responders, use a handkerchief or bandana, and if the debate continues to be about masks, then the area will be addressed for enforcement. There are 3,000 confirmed cases in the bay area and santa clara passed the 1,000 mark today with confirmed cases. San mateo county added 47 more cases today. For a total of 435. While it is monday boggling more than a million californians have applied for Unemployment Benefits just in the last two weeks. The Labor Department says last week alone, more than 870,000 people in the state filed for unemployment. Across the u. S. , 6. 6 Million People are out of work, and have filed for Unemployment Benefits. Now, it was tis important to remember that behind those staggering numbers, are real people many who arent sure how theyre going to see or when they will see th
Am the president of the commission. If you want to speak on Public Comment, you need to fill out a speaker card or you can just come to the podium when its Public Comment. I want to thank sfgovtv and Media Services for sharing this media with the public, and well start with roll call. [roll call] president bleiman all right. Thank you. The first order of business is general Public Comment. This is comment on any item that is not on our regular agenda tonight. Seeing none, general Public Comment is closed. [gavel]. President bleiman next agenda item is number two, which is approval of our minutes for the february 18, 2020 meeting, and ill ask if we have a motion for the approval of the minutes from the february 8, 2020 meeting. I move to approve. Second. President bleiman is there any Public Comment on our minutes . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. [gavel] [roll call] president bleiman all right. The minutes have been approved. Next item on the agenda is a report from our director