At a joint hearing on the coronavirus and the procurement of personal protective equipment and other medical supplies. This rants an hour and a half. Joint hearing will come to order. Let me begin by thanking everyone for joining us today. I hope that my colleagues, our witnesses and viewers are staying healthy and safe. I want to thank chairman pain and Ranking Member king of the Emergency Preparedness response and recovery subcommittee, for coming together with Ranking Member crenshaw and i to hold this hearing. We are here to discuss federal and state efforts to picker critical supplies and response to the coronavirus pandemic. First, i want to acknowledge that the federal Emergency Management agency, fema, who is put in charge of the federal governments response was asked to testify today. While fema is not here today, i understand that and miss straighter gaynor plans to appear before the full Committee Later this month. Im pleased to hear this because it is vital that we Work Tog
Sometimes we have lighter commutes interstate 880 looking good. And there have been no major problems here on the east bay commute. And you can back out here, a little bit of slowing on 580 approaching the altamont pass. Now lets go back to the des glk a woman remains in serious condition at Uc Davis Medical Center this morning in an unprecedented case in the coronavirus crisis. This morning, doctors dont know how the woman from Solano County was exposed to the virus. She has not recently traveled to any of the countries hit hard by the outbreak or came in contact with anyone known to be infect. Authorities say the case has no connection to three uc davis students who were still being isolated because of possible exposure to the coronavirus. The new developments have prompted soup are advisors in Solano County to declare a local state of emergency. That will help the county get the resources needed to track down and test those who have come in contact with the woman who is being treate
February 28th. We get one more day in Trump Administration will update members of congress on february, though. Do we . The federal response to the this year leaping tomorrow. Coronavirus. Congress is debating the final good morning. I am pam cook. Good morning. Details of a possible 8 i am dave clark. You threw me for a second i billion spending package for the coronavirus. Vice president mike pence is forgot about that. Leading the white house effort. Leap year. Thats right. Last night, the Vice President we have cloud but dont jump up and down. Dont leap into it. Called california Governor Newsom and five other right. High clouds. Governors. Dow futures down a full thats it. High clouds. Our dry stretch is now up to percent across the board for the s p 500 and nasdaq as well 31 days or probably will go amid growing fears of a global longer. Because after this weekend, pandemic. Theres nothing until maybe this is the worst week for the around march 9th. And i am telling you, as the s
The bay bridge toll plaza, i look at it now. Theres almost no slow traffic here. In fact, i dont see any. So the metering lights is not on. Traffic is moving nicely across the span. Looking good on the Golden Gate Bridge as well. Looking good through the entire county of marin. And down the peninsula. Lets go down to the des glk its 6 01. New information its about a coronavirus patient now being treated by doctors in san mateo county. The Health Department says that person returned to the United States from being overseas. San mateo county says they will continue to work with the cdc to manage tests and keeping an eye and monitoring anyone he can posed to coronavirus. A state Health Official is calling one coronavirus case a turning point. Patient contracted the virus here in the United States. Elissa harrington is live with how the area is responding. Elissa. Good morning. Reporter county officials declared a local emergency after the person tested positive. Now all we know is that th
This is what democracy it look spirit cspan powered by cable. Its now a top official from the food and Drug Administration or text if with baby formula shortage. Susan main director of the fda center for food safety and applied Nutrition Program also fielded questions on reporting bacteria in the production process and rural distribution formula. On the House Oversight subcommittee this is about an hour and 20 minutes. But the subcommand healthcare and Financial Services will come to order. Welcome everyone. Without objection the chair may declare recess at any time. I recognize myself for the purposes of making opening statement. Thank you again for being here, i appreciate her at six weeks ago the subcommittee held its first Oversight Committee on last years infant formula crisis. During that hearing we heard from former Deputy Commissioner in charge of food, policy and response. Testimony highlighted many internal failures within the fda that led to the crisis in clinic fda port eff