Ten admirals and the voyage of character, which was published late last year. Admiral james stavridis. Why do you refer to yourself as the accidental admiral. Guest what a great question. First of all because at a certain level all of our lives are accidents. You can choose to steer a particular course, but the sea will come, the wont will come, youll move ultimately in a different direction. More prosaically it comes from a period in my career when i was a four star admiral, fish issuing the u. S. Sorry command and charge of all military activities south of the out and i was very hopeful of going pacific next as a commander of u. S. Pacific command. Which is a very traditional position for a senior admiral. My boss, wonderful boss, secretary defense robert gates, bob gates, said, stavridis. Were going to send you to nato. I was the first and thus far the only admiral to be spree supreme am lied commander in nato and just an accident of timing and faith and secretary gate decision. So
Covid19. There are 265 coronavirus deaths in the state. And 11th staff member tested positive at San Franciscos laguna honda hospital and increases the total to 14. The governor said california delivered more than 41 million n95 masks to Health Care Providers statewide. Now, Governor Newsom announced today that labs across the state are beginning to catch up with the enormous backlog of unprocessed covid19 tests. The state among the worst in the nation with 59,000 people waiting for their test results. 13,000 are waiting for results, so we have substantially reduced that backlog. A lot of that had to do with the commercial labs stepping up and we congratulate them for their good work. Newsom ams announced a new task force to help ramp up testing in california. He said that stanford has developed a blood test for covid19. Newsom also announced a new web site where people can post medical supplies that can be donated or sold to support californias response to the virus. Governor newsom i
Spoke to the lead of a new testing task force. That the testing space has been a challenging one for us, and i own that, and i have a responsibility as your governor to do better. Governor gavin newsom confirmed over 126,000 people have been tested. And 13,000 of those are still awaiting results. Staggering numbers that led to this announcement. A state partnership with two california universities and a task force. A new partnership with uc davis and uc san diego to create a minimum of 5 to 7 hubs. Reporter leading the covid19 test task force, Paul Markovich president and ceo of blue shield of california, and dr. Charity dean, assistant director of californias Public Health department. Markovich wants to make sure anyone in need of a test gets one. Set a goal to get to 10,000 per day for the next two weeks to 25,000 per day by the end of the month, and by the end of the summer this august the capacity of 50,000. Reporter an increase in testing will hopefully mean a decrease in deaths.
Backlog, lot had to do with the commercial labs stepping up. We congratulate them for good work. Newsom stanford has developed a test. And website to post medical supplies to be donated or sold to support the response to covid19. Governor newsom issued executive order prohibiting sellers to increase prices more than 10 on food, necessaryedpp lies. Will be in place fore months. Can charge violators with a misdemeanor. More on numbers now. More than 278,000 confirmed covid19 across the united states. More than 7,100 people have died. In california, more than 12,000 people have tested positive for covid19. 265 coronavirus deaths in the state. 11th staff member has tested positive at San Franciscos laguna honda hospital. Increases total cases at nursery home to 15. California has delivered more than 41 million n95 masks to Health Care Providers statewide. Hearing of large spike in hate incidents against asianamericans, website launched by Planning Council received over 1,100 reports of dis
We will come to order we welcome the acting commissioner of cbp mark morgan thank you for being here today we look forward to getting your perspective on cbp priorities and requirements fiscal year 2021 the budget proposes 15. 6 billion of Discretionary Spending by cbp and increases 714 million above the current your level of the total includes 2 billion of 82 miles of barriers and 625 over the current year appropriation for nearly 80 percent of the total fy 2021 increase for cbp overall. I have obvious concerns for spending another 2 billion on border barriers but aside from any debate this administration continues to circumvent the will of congress by diverting millions of dollars for what congress specifically appropriates for this activity. The house bill does not include the funding. Even more to the point of funding proposed would crowd out other investments we all agree our high priority. For instance it is unclear how many officers are funded or sustained in this Budget Congres