Statements, i want to acknowledge the loss over the weekend of congressman john lewis, a civil rights icon who changed history at great personal sacrifice. In 2015 i was honored to be among those who joined him in selma to commemorate the Fiftieth Anniversary of the blood sunday march which he led. I send my deepest condolences to his family and loved ones. Todays hearing comes at a time when our nation is experiencing the confluence of a health crisis, economic depression and a series of killing is that laid bare the Racial Injustice that still paints the country. Our focus is on covid19s disproportionate impact on black and latino seniors. As well as seniors from other racial and ethnic minority communities, black and latino residents are infected with a virus, nearly twice as likely to die from covid19. The state of maine has the worst Racial Disparity in covid19 cases in the country, also comprise less then 2 of maines population, they account for approximately 23 of all cases, lik
Provided and into the record to the conclusion of the hearing. I recognize myself for 5 minutes for Opening Statements. Let me find my Opening Statement here. I believe this hearing is long overdue. Suffering terrible inequalities. Unreliable access to the energy grid, little or no broadband connectivity, and reliable funds for the federal government and other systematic problems that created unnecessary hardship and turmoil and covid19 is exacerbating these long existing problems. One third of tribal members are at high risk of serious covid19 complications due to Underlying Health factors and Navajo Nation has seen higher infection rates than those in china at the peak of the pandemic. Despite this stark reality the impact of covid19 on tribal communities, weve seen the struggles of tribal communities and access to personal protective equipment and testing to protect against covid19. Is this pandemic redesign and covid19 cases continue to rise in many areas of the Country Access to p
Fall apart. The best chance to see wet weather will be the northway as we had through our day. Wind at 20 Miles Per Hour. Unsettled weather continues for tomorrow as well. I will show you the timing of this coming up in just a few minutes. I am at a live news desk. Breaking news from overnight. The driver of this car drive died on garcia avenue. The driver was trapped in the car as it caught fire. Firefighters pulled the driver out of the car, performed a cpr the driver did not survive his injuries. The Investigation Continues into why that car rammed into a park truck. An investigation is underway after a fire in an apartment building. This was video shot by the fire department. No residents were inside because the building is abandoned. About half the building is destroyed. This broke out after 3 am. Firefighters will stay there until they are sure it does not reignite. East talavera is close. No injuries to report. There was another fire at the exact same property earlier this year,
Treasure island camera. Heres what you can expect with the cold front, light and scattered showers. The best chance for that is the northbay as we head through the day. Breezy southerly winds at 20 Miles Per Hour at the frontal system pushes across the region and unsettled weather continues for tomorrow as well. We will take you hour by hour on futurecast coming up in just a few minutes. For now, back to you. Breaking news overnight. The driver of this card died. The car smashed into a parked post office trailer truck just after midnight on garcia avenue. The driver was trapped in the car as it caught fire. Firefighters arrived and pulled the driver out of rning car. Cpr e dnosurvive the Investigation Continues into why the car crashed into the truck. We are also following breaking news out of concorde. An Apartment Fire left half the building destroyed. This was a fire overnight at an abandoned property on mount hood circle. Fire broke out just after 3 am and firefighters will stay th
Deaths are linked to nursing facilities. 10 residence at a redwood city nursing home have died from the coronavirus or its complications. The virus also infected other residents and employees. The facility typically causes about 65 people. The director says she is close to all of them. Its been a really hard two weeks or three weeks, or a month, that weve been under lockdown, and my main concern is for my residents. They are my friends, you know. Is working with healfur infection. You might think with vulnerable residents Nursing Homes would lead the way in testing, but it is spotty at best and only done only after people get sick or have died. Debora villalon is the here now with more. Roma quarantined for almost 2 months, elderly residents cant leave their facilities and families cannot come inside. And the lack of testing keeps everyone in limbo. Gail stephani visits her mother each day from outside her assisted living facility in novato, checking on 86yearold beverly on the second