A coronavirus aid bill to help millions of americans struggling through in the pandemic is warned that 12000000 people could lose their Unemployment Benefits if its not approved by the end of the month this situation is urgent if we dont act now the future will be very bleak murders need help and they need it now and they need more to come early next year but i must tell you i am encouraged by the bipartisan efforts in the senate around 900000000000. 00 package for relief its a bipartisan effort congress if we congress as they work out the details of this relief package then you have to focus on resources for direct Public Health responses to cope 90. U. S. President donald trump has ordered the withdrawal of most american troops from somalia about 700. 00 a base there advising local forces in the fight against al shabaab the drawdown is part of toms plan to reduce u. S. Involvement in Counter Terrorism abroad u. K. E. You still havent managed to work out of braggs that deal with less
American Health Care Association with us to talk about the impact of covid19 and Health Care Facilities and Nursing Homes across the country. Good morning. Guest good morning, bill. Host since the pandemic began first of all, give us numbers on how many facilities, assisted living facilities, your organization represents. Guest about 15,000 Nursing Homes in the country and about 35,000 assisted living. We represent 10,000 out of 5000 out of the 35,000. Host what are the changes you have made to address the issues, the spread of the virus, the deaths in those facilities . Guest i think the challenges really been learning about the virus. Early on nobody really knew about the virus. It was hard to control. We did not know so many people who did not have symptoms could spread it. We did not have availability of testing. We did not know what the right practices were. So it was very hard to control for the first several months. I think now that we have a better sense we are starting to get
Hour to stop the spread of covid19 and ease the strain on overwhelmed hospitals. Several counties. Now under a new stay at home order. And more will join at midnight. We have Team Coverage let s begin with nbc bay area s Sergio Quintana live in San Francisco. Where restaurants and bars. Are closing up a big part of their operations. Here s a look at where the bay area stands in terms of icu bed availability. Very good. Lets check in with rob maeda right now. Rob, you have three of the top stories of the day all wrapped into weather. Yeah, at least one of them for sure, we dont typically associate with december, and that is the red flag warning that is now in effect for all of the north bay, the east bay hills, and the Santa Cruz Mountains from now to about 5 00 tomorrow. Before we get there, before the winds start to pickup towards tomorrow morning we have another chilly night setting up around the bay area outside right now. Its not too bad. We have temperatures in the low 50s. But a
This for use of the wall. The final push. And theyre saying that the government Defense Forces are saying to finish the wall, all the mountainous surroundings of the capital mckillop. They will have to use tongs and to knock out the defenses. There have been differences that the to have mounted on top of the hills and mountains surrounding the capital of the ticket region. A federal judge in pennsylvania has thrown out a lawsuit filed by the Trump Campaign that sought to exclude millions of mail in ballots. The judge says the lawsuit failed to provide evidence of voter fraud. The u. S. Military says its deployed bombers to the middle east. The big 528 planes took off from north dakota on friday. It wasnt specified where they went, but the aircraft have previously been based in qatar, opposition parties in pakistan, a gathering for a major rally, calling on Prime Minister imran khan to step down. Thank you so much. Bringing the election, the calm one to yes, again, tomorrow. Hi, there h
Trillions from washington, more printing by the fed, that is a shot in the arm for stocks. Look at this, the dow industrial is going up maybe 300 points plus at the opening bill. The s p up 33, nasdaq up close to 100 points. Investors are really shrugging off the new round of stay at home and lockdown orders. And restrictions, were new ones in new jersey, ohio and california. And, yes, another case of lawmaker hypocrisy. L. A. County supervisor sheila are cool voted to ban Outdoor Dining at restaurants and then promptly went out for an outdoor meal at her favorite restaurant in santa monica. Youd think theyd learn, wouldnt you . Weve got a big show for you. Were going to introuse you to monetary introduce you to monetary theory. You dont pay for anything. Youll meet the man who declared an autonomous zone around his bar. Now, that is defiance. And youll meet the california guy who is flipping burgers on the sidewalk because they shut his restaurant down. And today, yes, we have got a T