Constant. Our values, priorities, vision, we are all you jerseyans. The stories weve heard have a good across our state for the better part of the past. They are stories that show great and reveal our hearts. They echo the pain of 2020 and previewed the hope of 2021. They are tied with a Common Thread that we are all in this together. Most of all, these you jerseyans select the state of our state although deeply wounded, we enter 2021 wiser than before and ready to move forward together. Weve lived this truth together, new jersey was one of the first hardest hit states that our communities of color have been disproportionately impacted currently battling a second wave which is just as brutal as the first. Every single day, as we have for nearly a year, we face the challenge head on. Every day we wrestled with the tough, yet necessary decisions we know there are more to come. The right decisions for the longterm Public Health of our families. We wait every pro and con to ensure every de
Good morning live from arts internationals world news h. Q. In moscow its kevin owen here for the next hour with the latest for you just turned 10 in the morning here now. New video has been released by the family attorney for george floyd whose death sparked 3 weeks about unrest around the world it shows horrified bystanders pleading with an officer to intervene as he stands stone faced while derek chauvet presses his knee on floyds neck a word of warning that video we are about to show you is distressing. Oh yeah no move no one. No 3 meaning you know you do you. Talk about. Bro you know you moving you know. Bro you know movie. Meantime the autopsy of a black man fatally shot by police in the u. S. City of atlanta on friday has confirmed his death was homicide 37 year old ray showed brooks failed a roadside breath test officers say he then resisted arrest grabbing officers taser before attempting to flee after pointing it at one of the officers he was shot twice in the back and died l
I want to lead with several important announcements. Of 2020, ihe class am proud to say that you will have your opportunity to join with your classmates and families to celebrate your graduation. The department of education and the office of the secretary of Higher Education will both release guidance on this tomorrow, wednesday. It will allow for outdoor graduation ceremonies to celebrate our students accomplishments starting july 6. This guidance will include social distancing requirements and other Necessary Health and safety measures. Additionally, given that some graduating classes may be too large to accommodate a crowd within the restrictions in place for outdoor gatherings, this guidance may require multiple ceremonies to be held across different times and even different days to ensure proper social distancing. Our goal is to ensure our students are given the sendoff they richly deserve and in which they have been working toward. We want them to celebrate and be celebrated by t
House. The measure called the heroes act heads to the senate but as of now they do not plan on taking up the bill. On thursday we announced the plans that we would be opening the beaches. Today i am signing an executive order that will allow Fishing Charters and other watercraft rentals to resume effective at 6 00 a. M. Tomorrow may 17. We will require social distancing and sanitation measures to be followed including the implementation of online or telephone Payment Systems to further lessen direct persontoperson contact among other procedures spelled out in my order. One of those will require all passenger and customer logs be properly maintained for the purposes of Contact Tracing should that be required. We are confident in taking these steps for getting our state back on the road for the reason we have been able to take the other steps we have announced to restart our economy and begin our recovery because the data says it is possible. Public Health Creates economic health. Data d
Good afternoon are three people who need no introduction. The woman to my right, the commissioner of the department of health, and to her right, the state epidemiologist, and the man on my left, the state police superintendent. Also joining us per usual is the director of the office of Homeland Security preparedness, Deputy Council of the guard. One quick reminder that is off given the date we the find ourselves meeting, is before i go through our discussion, a quick reminder that although today is april 15, your state tax returns are not due today. Pursuant to the legislation that i signed actually yesterday, you now have until july 15. And the three month extension is automatic. You need do nothing. Just want to remind folks of that. Now we want to get to the numbers up front if we can. Today we are reporting an additional 2625 positive test results and a total of 71,030 new jerseyans have now tested positive. According to our online dashboard, accessible again for gov, as of 10 00 p