The National Defense authorization bill today for 2021. There there are a number of amendment votes scheduled for this afternoon. Live Senate Coverage here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal spirit, grant to this nation, and to all people, a social conscience built on the vision of the ancient prophets who saw sufficiency for every person and a time when anxiety would overcome chaos and hopelessness. Hasten the day when the small and weak can make their contributions alongside the great and powerful. Lead us to the day when we will see peace among the nations of the earth, when swords shall be beaten into plowshares. Use the members of this body to bring us to the time when your will is done on earth even as it is dob in heaven. Lord, we trust you with our future. Let your glory cover the earth as the waters cover the sea. We pray in your mighty name. Amen. The pr
Data. When the African American community. And were doing everything in our power to address this challenge, its tremendous uh challenge its terrible. President trump acknowledging that minorities are being affected more by coronavirus and pledging to support the community. Give you a sense of optimism in terms of the curve in california a bending a it is bending, but its also stretching. What does it mean bending but stretching that means that the state anticipates a surge of coronavirus patients next month. The direct payments can wanted more. So we think that theres a a path to getting more for the shrek payments. People as he says more money is coming to americans in this crisis, good morning, im darya folsom and im James Fletcher it is wednesday april 8 thank you for joining us this morning back to governor Gavin Newsome he says californians are flattening the curve but the state as daryn mentioned is still bracing for a surge of patients come next month. California has sent off.
Victim was in an assisted living facility and had an Underlying Health condition. The other 2 california victims one from Placer County and the other from Santa Clara County and as for the passengers aboard that cruise ship in oakland more than 1400 of them have been able to leave but. There are still hundreds more waiting to leave 3 have Live Team Coverage tonight from kron 4 from the port of oakland to sfo with the coronavirus is cause a lot of people to forget traveling plans. We begin with michelle kingston live tonight from the port show. What we cant see from here but were told about 100 passengers are getting off the boat every hour we just learned about 1400 people have sense a guy off the boat, which means the got about 2000 more. And that should take place tomorrow and into thursday. 45 getting off the ship getting on with the next incredible adventure steven smith and his wife michelle hope to disembark the grand princess cruise ship tuesday night after being stuck inside th
2027488000. Call in at 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. Independents. 2027488002. You can also send us a text. That number is 2027488003. Include your name and where you are from. Erwise you can start calling now as we show you the map as it stands after what is being called super tuesday. The allimportant state of michigan. Michigan the state where senator Bernie Sanders committed his campaign to winning. He spent most of his attention headed into tuesday. Joe biden winning by 17 points, 99 reporting. The race being called quite a while ago. Joe biden at 52. 9 . 36. 5 . Sanders at michigan expected to be a key battleground state in the fall. A few states remaining outstanding including washington , a delegate rich state, some 89. Elegates in washington 33 point 7 . Joe biden at 32. 5 . Just 67 reporting at this point. Is other state outstanding north dakota. Bernie sanders at 48. See 78 reporting. We will keep you updated throughout the program as more of the races get called. Her
Captioning funded by cbs good morning from studio 57 newsroom in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. New cases of the coronavirus continue to emerge across the u. S. For the first time, a person in new jersey has tested positive. And the first Death Outside of Washington State has been confirmed in california. Officials say the patient was a 71yearold with underlying medical conditions. He was a passenger on a cruise ship that returned from mexico before it headed off on another excursion to hawaii. Now that ship is currently being held off the coast of san francisco, over concerns other people on board may be sick. In los angeles, a medical screener at l. A. X. Contracted the virus. Officials say it is unclear how he became ill. And this morning, facebook confirmed that an employee in seattle has also become infected. The company immediately notified its staff and closed that office until next monday. There are now at least 160 cases in 17 states in the u. S. The death