Arguments monday. Live and ondemand at cspan. Org the prima cord. On friday, alex azar testified on the coronavirus sponsor just hours after President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump tested positive. He answered questions about the Trump Administrations handling of the virus, including the distribution of personal protective equipment, Public Health for mask wearing, and the number of deaths in the u. S. This is about three hours. Good morning and welcome,. Verybody some members will appear in person and others may appear remotely. Some members are appearing in person, let me first remind everyone that pursuant to the house,guidelines of the all individuals who attended the hearing in person must wear a Face Covering. Who are not wearing a Face Covering an opportunity permitted to remain in the hearing room and will not be recognized to speak. For members appearing in person, you will be able to see members on two monitors. Seeing all at once in what is known in webex as review mode
Line. If you were a veteran you know are struggling, please contact the Veterans Crisis line 24 hours a day, seven days a week at 182738255 and select option number one or text 838255. I want to thank everybody joining us today. Weve made Suicide Prevention or top priority and today 25 to 31 bills we will discuss or related to improving access and reducing suicide in the veteran population. The issues surrounding Mental Health care are broad and complex. Let me address some of the remarks made by the Senate Counterparts at the hearing yesterday. The committee has been trying to work with the senate for six month is a end after promising staff conversations we are pleased to hear they are committed to moving forward with meaningful improvements to help reduce veteran suicide and help prevent veterans from falling into crisis. I look forward to speaking with chairman mao ran directly since we havent had the opportunity yet and to discuss further his commitment to pass the houses bipartis
Skies out about it and healthier air return to the bay area. After weeks of smoke and ash and one horrible week that started last tuesday into wednesday. You obviously remember last wednesday a viewer around what a difference a comparison here from just one week ago when we had that dark orange, apocalyptic sky that just chill the bay area that of course on the left today just the opposite on the right Crystal Clear a dramatic visual of just how much the air quality has improved in a week and really in a day or so thank you for joining us tonight, im grant lodes and Vicki Liviakis say yeah, everybodys has improved greatly theres a spring in your step, but although this healthier air is with us now. It could change again. So we have Team Coverage on bay area quality a conference dan kerman spoke to people who are obviously thrilled to be back outside. But first we want to get our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow lars were saying enjoy it now because we could get more smoke in a few d
And the improved air quality had customers for one business lining up around the corner. Good evening. Im ken wayne and im pam moore, thank you for joining us for kron 4 news tonight, a day we begin with that Health Update in the east because of the pandemic. If we want. People of the safety part of the solution not part of the problem. Contra costa county Health Officials are discouraging the traditional halloween celebrations, we all know and love but they told kron fours michelle kingston that doesnt mean you cant celebrate at all. Tracy nelsons family loves halloween. These are just some of their costumes from the past few years but with restrictions in place this year because of coronavirus she decided to get creative will be a little bit more work but it will still give them the opportunity to trick or treat instead of trick or treating in her neighborhood looking like this shes encouraging her neighbors to do a driveby celebration and put a table in the front yard with candy tha
Outside you might actually i think to yourselves how warm it actually feels to start the day as we make our way into the afternoon daytime highs will be a little cooler than they were yesterday but not by much, but a couple degrees down 60s and 70s at the coast while 80s for most inland areas. Robin. All right, thank you john lets check in on your morning commute and so far were off to a pretty good start. You know the 4 oclock hour. Its the best time to get on out there because in the 5 oclock hours definitely gonna pick up and well have more traffic rolling into San Francisco right now its nice and quiet trouble free all the way across the upper deck and on into downtown San Francisco. But youll notice some dense fog like we cant really even see the att overcrossing there at the bay bridge toll plaza so a special fog advisory for the bay bridge 80 west. We do not have one for 92. But the san mateo bridge is our busiest bridge right now so yes, its a little slow west of the toll plaza