british prime minister liz truss quits in just six weeks after her policies led to economic turmoil. cbs ramy inocencio with the familiar face that could replace her. and a record drought and worker shortage have one company turning to a different source of labor. reporter: picking strawberries is backbreaking work, but not for these robots. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: we want to begin with some important health news for families. in recent weeks across the country there has been an alarming increase in illness among young children. and it s not covid. it s something called r.s.v.tiin cases of children suffering from the respiratory virus. cases have more than doubled in 25 states over the last month, and it s putting a strain on hospitals. some healthcare facilities are so overwhelmed, that they re running out of beds. the state of connecticut is even thinking about bringing in the national guard
Pauline, charlie, and shada, three members of the boys and girls club who hangout at bodecker and will now have the opportunity to hangout at city center. We have an Elementary School student, a middle school student, and a high school student. Were so pleased to bring them up to say a few words. All right. Before i begin, the fact that everyone here today, everyones smile made my heart feel warm and tingly inside to fight the cold weather. I believe that playgrounds are important because it provides a safe place for children. I remember the park before the renovation. I remember as a child that this area was a danger zone that i should avoid. I remember finding myself repulsed by the smell emitting from the park, and then, it got renovated. I was amazed by how much the park changed. The streets were cleaner than they had been since i was a child. I genuinely fell in love with the beauty of this playground, and how well its been maintained. I also believe that playgrounds are important
Hello and welcome to public works tv. My name is natasha reed and im a Structural Engineer for public works and today ill be your host. Before we get started lets take a quick back look at this past week. Chinatown sidewalks are really starting to look good thanks to the hard work of a new crew of street works who are sprucing up the historic neighborhoods. Last week we started on the pedestrians bridge who will connect the mondscone campus north and south. [ inaudible ] to find employment with the homeless and help them get off the streets and into howstion. We also celebrated black History Month to recognize celebrations and achievements of black americans here in the United States and in public works. The third street bridge is located near at t park. It carries thousands of vehicles, pedestrians and bicyclists over Mission Creek tunnel every day. We at public works are proud to be the caretakers of this classic draw bridge, keep it in shape while raising it and lowering it for publ
Five, truck five and battalion five, who by the way are still at work, reassigned to local stations. I just wanted to say thank you, great job and we look forward to cutting the ribbon as president breed said. Appreciate it. applause we all know no project happens without the partnership of the actual contractor. So were going to ask the contractor from alton construction to come up and say a few words. I will tell you, i have made quite a number of visits to the site during constructions and some of the beams and bolts are the largest and strongest i have seen in construction. Being built, i know this is not going anywhere. Welcome. Come say a few words. applause they dont usually let us talk at these things. Rolling the dice with that one. Im the Vice President of operations for alton construction. We are the general contractor on this project obviously. For the last 20 plus years we have operated almost exclusively in the public sector, schools, police stations and obviously fire st
That dont have access to this. We are strong supporters of that as well as the tennis facility itself. I encourage you to approve it. I think it will be a spectacular addition to San Francisco. Thank you. We have channing and if we have called your name, come up if you want to speak. If i havent called your name, i have gone through all of cards. If you want to speak come up and be prepared to speak. I am katie strange with the San Francisco parks alliance. We are extremely part to be a partner on this project of the department as well as the Tennis Coalition inspired by the extensive efforts to hear the various voices we can see today that will be served by this space. In particular, the tlc Tennis Learning Center is an important aspect for the future of recreation and tennis in our city. As you know it is a historic moment for tennis, for the park, for the city and inspiration alley this design matches that parks system we are creating. I will be second to admit i am not a tennis pla