The better off well all be out there. Ikea. Make the dream yours. Announcer from abc7 live, breaking news. Director of the California Department of public health, dr. Sonia angel reportedly announced she resigned her post effective immediately. In email to staff didnt give a reason for resignation. But departure comes a week after glitch was discovered in the data system that caused underreporting of the cases in the state. Governor thanked her for her service. Im eric thomas. Im dion lim. On the heels of that resignation, lets look where coronavirus stands in california right now. State reported more than 8,300 new cases of the coronavirus today, well above the sevenday average, may be due to clearing a backlog. Positivity rate is back up to 5. 7 . As the pandemic goes on, were focused on how to build a better bay area for all of us during this time. Health is part of that, another part is education. Were less than 24 hours away from the start of the school year for thousands of kids
We believe women have the right to vote and drive cars. Are we doing anything about it . Nope who are we . I was in texas. What about that . Texas seems to be america to thousand two. Its asleep. Its asleep and it thinks it can weather the storm. It thinks it can, but its texas. They have a thousand people from california alone moving into texas every single day. I had a meeting with 200 ceos that have moved their companies to texas and i said now, you, you know why you moved your company to texas, but do your employees know . Have you made a point to tell your employees we could no longer do business in new jersey , we could no longer do business in california. No. You just moved to texas. All the employees come and they say i like texas but i really liked california. They will vote for the same thing and it will fundamentally change texas. Do you expect another 911 . Yes, i think its only a matter of time before we are gravely attacked. I dont think be necessarily like 911. My worst
Women in combat, but its also their changing roles in war and the ever present danger of Sexual Assault and harassment and the stress on daily lives, families and relationships, when they come back home. But the overall take away from the book is much greater than that. I was wondering what you hope to address through telling these three stories of these three women . You know, i think what i was hoping to address and what i wound up addressing might be two Different Things. At the outset, really, outset, really, i think what i was hoping to address was may be, there was this Huge Division in our society and i just saw two authors walkin who have written books who are both veterans and novelists and their books are really amazing and i hope you have a chance to check them out. I think they are speaking later this afternoon. At 330. I think i was hoping to address a really big question between civilians and military mindsets. I put myself in the camp that ignorant group of people with c
Emergency medical Services Director Michael Petrie says his team is also looking into whether to get isolation pods like this that can be used to help prevent the spread of infection. And thats not all. We also instituted new screening questions. Every patient is going to be asked whether they have a fever. And if they do, were going to ask if theyve been to the three countries that have ebola predominantly. Reporter concerns are growing after Dallas Health care worker nina pham practiced the virus while treating an ebola patient when died last week. Doctors are still trying to pinpoint how the 26yearold contracted the virus. Were particularly concerned with that third process. Taking off the isolation personal protective equipment. Because if it is contaminated, theres a possibility that a worker will contaminate themselves and become infected in that process. Reporter petrie says while we learn more about how the virus is transmitted, Santa Clara County is working to make sure we hav
Fantastic guests. [applause] [inaudible conversations] next on booktv, helen thorpe talks about her book, soldier girls the battles of three women at home and at war. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon everyone. Welcome to thunder third annual san antonio book festival. I am executive director of the the festival in very happy to be here with you and helen thorpe to discuss her terrific book, soldier girls the battles of three women at home and at war. Id like to remind you that barnes noble is selling books upstairs. You just go up the escalator and helen will be signing in the reference area next to the sales area at 1 30 directly after this. I want to thank barnes noble who very generously donate a portion of the proceeds to the san antonio book festival. Well take questions from the audience for the last ten minutes of the session and please turn off your cell phones. Helen thorpe is a seasoned journalist and author who was born in london, grew up in new jersey and now lives