Noem held a town hall taking questions on the states response to the coronavirus pandemic. The state is one of few without a stay at home order. 518 meatpacking plant workers tested positive for covid19. South dakota public broadcasting posted the town hall. Hello and welcome to a covid 19 special. South dakotas have a lot of questions about the coronavirus. They also have questions about the decisions being made in an effort to slow down the spread. Joining me to help answer some of those questions live, we have governor kristi noem, secretary with the south Dakota Department commissionerd the of the Governors Office of Economic Development. Welcome to all of you. Thank you. We are going to continue to take questions tonight. You can send those via text or email. Our phone number to send a text 67372. We are going to get started. We have been receiving questions for the last day and a half. All of those that we will be asking tonight have come from south dakotas except this first one.
Hello and welcome to a covid 19 special. South dakotas have a lot of questions about the coronavirus. They also have questions about the decisions being made in an effort to slow down the spread. Joining me to help answer some of those questions live, we have governor kristi noem, secretary with the south Dakota Department of health, kim malsamrysdon, and the commissioner of the Governors Office of Economic Development, steve westra. Welcome to all of you. Thank you. We are going to continue to take questions tonight. You can send those via text or email. Our phone number to send a text is 9567372. We are going to get started. We have been receiving questions for the last day and a half. All of those that we will be asking tonight have come from south dakotas except this first one. Governor, i will start with you. You shared some encouraging news with south dakota during your first conference. You spoke to the number of projected hospital beds that we thought would be needed when south
Continues to struggle with public safety. While theres Oakland Police weekly crime report shows that yeartodate homicides are down by 2 . The vast majority of crimes, including aggravated assault, burglary, carjacking, rape and robbery have all increased. So its almost a perfect storm. Low staffing. A lot of consequences in the city. Oakland Police Officers association, president officer Barry Donelan gives the unions perspective behind this years increased crime stats. 20 increase in 911. Calls our response times have reduced. So functionally increase calls and number officers always a and supply thats helping to drive these crimes. Thats the first week of august. Governor gavin newsom announced the california Highway Patrol will be deployed in oakland to backup opd. Have you seen where all that . Yes, absolutely been deployed. All of the employees in the stall so very much appreciate the governor. Were they out there this weekend to help with the side portsmouth . Not in on the sides
today op inside politics, hope for the hostages. negotiators say they re nearing a deal to release some of the 237 people being held captive by hamas terrorists. plus, president biden turns 81 today, he s keeping it low key with the white house hoping to minimize concerns about his age as he fights for reelection. and an equal partner in everything i ever accomplished, that s how former president jimmy carter is remembering his wife of 77 years. rosalynn carter died yesterday at the age of 96. tributes are pouring in, highlighting her incredible legacy as first lady, mental health activist and humanitarian. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we start today in the middle east where more than two dozen newborns are now safe from war. the first group of palestinian babies evacuated by israeli forces from al shifa hospital in gaza arrived in egypt this morning. dozens of ambulances helped transfer the babies to where they re now rece
Bob . Reporter good morning to you, scott. Bernie sanders will be coming over here to oakland later on this morning for two events. One at a rally and this event here at the Allen Temple Baptist church. Outside you can see supporters lining up to hear the candidate who will be with glover. The people who live around here have been politically active since the 60s, which is why you have politicians like sanders choosing to speak here. I feel like for the first time in my lifetime there hasnt been a politician who kind of permeates honesty and integrity about him. I believe that he truly represents what the masses really what were concerned about. Hes unwavering on his ideas. Unlike hillary, she tends to change her opinion on the topic. Reporter should Hillary Clinton become the nominee . I havent decided yet. I have not made that decision. Honestly and truly, i have not. But being a person i believe that we need to vote no matter what. I refuse to even consider donald trump. Reporter se