We kick it off with blake and the latest from the mt. Reporter melissa and connell, President Trump has threatened to pull federal funding from schools should they not fully reopen in the coming weeks. The president would not go that far when he was asked about the situation out in los angeles and san diego, breaking news from this hour, when the president was asked about it moments ago over here at the white house. Los angeles, los angeles the nations second largest public school, there will be Remote Learning to start off the school year. This is part of the reaction from President Trump, watch. We have to open the schools. We have to get them open. I think there is a lot of politics going along. Think i they will do better if they keep the schools closed in the election. I dont think it will help them frankly. They feel that by keeping schools closed that that is a bd thing for the country. Therefore that is good thing for them. Reporter the white house for the most part has spent t
Patients overwhelming hospital systems. Masked man. President trump wearing one in public for the first time. Ive never been against masks, but i do believe they have a time and a place. Why he chose to wear one now. Plus, what he said about keeping his friend and ally roger stone out of prison. Game plan. Where College Football stands in the pandemic. The big pac12 announcemen about the upcoming season, if there is one, and what it means for the state oflaanthre stresac ain. The box oin clsitaking the top spot. Serious discussions here about whats the best star wars movie this morning. That gets my vote. Lot of people its Empire Strikes back. I want to give a shoutout to whits yoda imitation. Spot on. I dont know about that. But i went for it. You did. We appreciate it. Good morning. As we start this new week, the number of coronavirus cases in the u. S. Tops 3. 2 million, with more than 134,000 deaths, as healthcare workers in several states make dire warnings about whats ahead. We s
To participate. City councilmembers even visited restaurants to give their personal support. Mike salinas did come and other members of the city as well. They dropped off different gifts and gave us verbal support. Reporter this was the first time owner Michael Leblanc opened his patio for Outdoor Dining since the pandemic. I did not know i was going to open up today until maybe 30, 40 reporter he said the countys press releasing absolutely caused confusion. He spent a lot of money preparing for this. We bought food, we bought extra food. We changed the menu up a little bit. Im hoping the city, state, county, they all get together, based on what happened this weekend, and we have some clear guidelines as we go into next week. Reporter the states guidance prohibits Outdoor Dining in nonvariance counties which includes Alameda County. The county said theyre obtaining variance from the state and its the agenda for tuesdays board of supervisors meeting. Elsewhe Alameda County, many Restaur
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On cspans cumin day. Joining us from little rock is arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson. Thank you for being with us. Guest it is great to be with you any great to be on cspan again. Host new job numbers out today showing an estimated 3 million americans filing for unemployment this week alone. What has been the Economic Impact on this pandemic on your state of arkansas . Guest we have taken a serious hit. Whenever you look at the businesses closed for a couple months, you look at the unemployment figures that go up. Whenever you look at those who do not qualify for unemployment, the barbers and salon operators that are struggling, that has been a hit. Businesses,ditional we were not a shelter in place state. We did not issue that order. Many of our Retail Businesses stayed open. The consumers were careful. Many of them stayed home. They did not shop. The spending took a hit during that time. They are starting to come back. People are starting to have some confidence in going out and spen