In the form of International Community germany is sending search and rescue experts to beirut and a plane full of aid has just arrived from qatar. And solidarity with the people of indian administered kashmir protest take place in missouri for about to mark one year since india revoked the disputed regions autonomy. And he similarly small little confirmed he will not defend his u. S. Open title later this month because of coronavirus fears. Welcome to the news are we begin in lebanons capital beirut where the governor has described the fallout from choose the explosion as apocalyptic the president michel has promised an investigation into the blast that killed at least 100 people and injured thousands more as it ripped through the city is in the heart of reports. The people of this disaster stricken city are starting to assess and comprehend the extent of the damage of a blast that was far more destructive than any explosion lebanon has ever seen just before sunset on tuesday highly ex
And businesses boarded up some closed for good as the pandemic leaves many of these places in downtown San Jose Holding on by a thread watching these invoices you can see him right here behind me these are all invoices that of piling up over the past few months that were working with our vendors pay cash born on a decade old bar called haberdashery in downtown san jose. Hes also the cochair of the newly formed 40 Person Coalition called the greater downtown san jose Economic Recovery Task force which was championed by Council Member role parolees in may. Over the last 5 weeks. The group examined ways to keep businesses in district 3 open this week they submitted a list of 9 recommendations to the city. Some of them include extending free parking downtown and a new Marketing Campaign for the store fronts so being able to help build Consumer Confidence that we are operating safely and were hearing to guidelines so that they can. Come in and and support the businesses they love. Of course
You can be seated at the witness table. I want to introduce mr. Mike bowen. Mr. Bowen is the executive vice ameritech,f prestige which is americas largest medical surgical mask maker. Your story is a very powerful one. To my colleagues, mr. Bowen has wins i think, really he an award for tenacity, because over three president ial administrations, he has been banging on the door warning, asking for, pointing out the america has a dangerous dependence on Foreign Countries for products that we need here at home. So this is very important testimony and we welcome you. We thank you for traveling to be with us today with all the extenuating circumstances to travel. We are very grateful to you. So you are not recognized for your statement now recognized for your statement. And then you will hear from the members. I am sure both your statement will provoke questions and that you will get good ones from both sides of the aisle. I should add something here, and that is, this issue of our terrible
Recent polling shows show most americans disapproving of president trumps handling of the virus what do you think. Yeah its a mixed record its kind of surprising because d leaders tend to go up with a time of crisis because theyre given an opportunity to really do what the people. Need them to do because no one else can do it so i meant a long story larry but i would say that the Trump Administration was d a bit slow at the outskirt but it wasnt all their fault because honestly they were not left with a lot of place where the preceding ministrations and i can tell you by coincidence d in 2014 tom ridge the former secretary of Homeland Security and i were arrested cochair a commission a Bipartisan Commission on bio of the fence and a big focus of it was are we ready for an Infectious Disease pandemic we put out a report yeah 2015 and we said the country is not prepare made a series of recommendations a number of them are actually put in the statute by congress and the president trunk no
Good morning, everyone. We will start with an update from our commissioner of health. Morning. We will start with a quick update. Then a couple of comments. Yesterday, the lab shows 51 new results. Out of 470. The total is 389. No deaths yesterday. We continue to work with eight different facilities around the state. That number will unfortunately grow. A few things about longterm care and living facilities. Those are highpriority challenges. These are Group Settings that provide housing and care to those most at risk from covid19. Staff and caregivers depend on our response and support. Our Health Care Prevention and Response Team is our First Responder unit. Prevention starts with primary prevention, including intensive Infection Prevention and messaging. This has been ongoing for weeks, if not months. The response clock starts when we receive information about possible exposure at these facilities. Testing is prioritized and turned around quickly. The team is in constant communicati