Sick leave. Health Officials Say the goal is to slow the spread of the virus in Alameda County where many people who test positive continue to work for fear of getting fired. Heres a look at the numbers in the bay area. There were 973 new cases for a total of over 56,000. San francisco and santa clara had the highest numbers with about 240 new cases each. 16 deaths were reported in the bay area including six in marin county and four in contra costa county. The bay area has now seen 858 deaths. As for the state numbers today, a total of more than 524,000. And there were 202 deaths bringing in the state death toll above 9700. The superintendent of california schools says work is underway to connect up to a Million Students to help with distance learning. The state is getting help from two high tech giants to get those kids connected. The start of school is just days away for some School Districts. Hundreds of thousands of students in california dont have access to computers, have poor in
Option. We have tried to make it as professional sports back up and running, but to various degrees of success. Coming up here on the 4, how straightforward and understandable as possible. Reporter in contra costa different leagues are dealing county, 75 already vote by with the ongoing pandemic. Mail, but for the 25 that birds chirping dont, they are being notified of the change. A persons signature is like a fingerprint, and we verify the signature on every ballot returned to us, to make sure it matches the name of the voter to whom the ballot was mailed and matches the signature that we have on file. Reporter the county also trying a new Service Provided by the u. S. Post office, letting residents know what kind of mail is on the way. Of course polling sites will still people to vote early. We want to encourage you to vote safe, vote from home. Reporter voting by mail they say is the safest option during the pandemic. It usps having have delays, we encourage everyone to vote early,
Any time. Members are reminded to keep their video function on at all times. Members are reminded that theyre responsible for muting and unmuting themselves and to mute themselves after they are finished speaking. Consistent with the regulations accompanying the resolution, staff will mute members when not recognized to avoid inadvertent background noise. All house rules relating to order and decorum apply to this remote hearing. [ inaudible ] economy and i know recognize myself for four minutes to give an opening statement. Chair powell, the law that required the Federal Reserve chair to testify before congress twice each year was established back in 1978. However, no fed chair has ever testified before this committee with the economy in the condition that it is in today. More than 116,000 americans are dead from the coronavirus. And just last week, 21 states recorded an increase in their average daily new cases compared to the prior week. The april jobs report was the worst in Americ
Brothers, the only way that arking people even have chance of achieving the changes and justice they need and deserve is by electing and new aesident, i democratic democratic president. Heart overflows today to see so many of you here today, politically engaged. Stay active. Work harder than you ever have before. And as democrats, as democrats, may we never lose our sense of e at injustice around us. Thank you all. Thank you. [cheering and applause] New Hampshire democrats, please welcome to the stage congressman tim ryan. Thank you. Thank you. My name is tim ryan. Im a congressman from ohio, where i work with my wife andrea , a First Grade School teacher and whoho is 16 and brady who is five. We had a traumatic event several weeks ago in dayton, ohio where an took the lives of ohio oans, where ohi 21, 22, 23yearold kids had to watch people literally bleed out on the street in dayton, ohio because someone had a weapon they should not have ad, with the capacity to kill many people and i
Tell you a little bit about the theories which we plan to keep running right through the primary. Believe it or not, many months still to go, a little bit of time ahead. I want to thank the organizations that have helped to put this forum together. Most of them are represented here tonight. Roger noonan from the new england armors union in the back. Csa. Rogers farm, michelle from New Hampshire social responsibility right here. Thank you. Lucas meyer, are you here . New hampshire young dems. That was an awesome podcast. He went to a truck rally and treated out about it. It was very interested trump rally and tweeted out about it. It was very interesting. Roger stephenson from union of concerned scientists. Thank you all. Thank you all. In addition to helping put the forum together, these fellow nonprofits and activists have think it is important to remind ourselves Climate Change is by far we think the most important challenge we face now and for future generations. Among the many thre