Detail. Were all on the same page, both tracks, the bipartisan track and the Budget Reconciliation Track are proceeding apace and we hope to have voted on both of them in the senate and house in july. And im completely fascinated by this, rachel, because nothing like this has ever been done before. I dont know how theyre going to do the two bills because if youre the republicans and youre negotiating with the democrats on Infrastructure Bill, normally you would be saying to them, so this is the bill, right . Theres not extra, like, thing your not talking about. Yeah, theres this other giant Reconciliation Bill with taxes and all the other stuff, environmental stuff that you guys dont like, were going to do that on a separate track. And republicans are supposed to walk out of the room and say forget it. Ed markey is here. Hes going to be able to explain to me how the senate is going to do something that its never done before because i have no idea how this works. I trust Senator Markey
That we hope to have voted on both of them in the senate and house in july. Im completely fascinated by this, rachel, because nothing like this have ever been done before. I dont know how they are going to do the two bills, because if you are the republicans and your negotiating with the democrats on an Infrastructure Bill, normally you would be saying to them, so this is the bill, right . Theres no extra thing. You are not talking about it. Yeah, theres this other Reconciliation Bill with taxes and other stuff that you dont like, were gonna do that on a separate tracked. And republicans are supposed to just walk out of the room and say forget it. Ed markey is here hes going to be able to explain to me how the senate is going to do something that it has never done before. I have no idea how this works. I trust senator mark key to know how this can work, but i share your slack jawed skepticism that it is going to perceive in a two track way in any path that results in something that loo
Murders. Those are events in which four or more people are killed. And nearly 9500 Gun Violence Deaths already this year. The president is using this moment to announce new Executive Action to tamp down, to try to tamp down gun crime. Hes also once again calling on congress to act on gun legislation. Lets begin this hour at the white house. Our Jeremy Diamond joins us. What is to come from biden today . Reporter listen, were going to see the president Layout A Comprehensive Gun Prevention Violence Strategy to address the surge in Violent Crime that happened over 2020 and appears to be continuing into 2021, with experts warning of a potentially dangerous and violent summer. Were going to hear the president sign some new Executive Actions on gun reforms. Hes also going to Push Congress once again to enact gun control laws. Press for the confirmation of his atf director. This will all follow a meeting between the president , his attorney general, and several mayors and chiefs of police as
You might expect. We are in the bay area region want to regions intensive care unit capacity, dips below 15 will bat will trigger a 3 week stay at home order businesses that will close include bars wineries personal Care Services hair salons and barbershops as well as Outdoor Dining. Each of those activities which weve been talking about for months relatively lower risk when you can do all of the things that weve discussed. But today theyre all a little more risky than they were a month ago and thats just because we are more covid in our communities. Retail can remain open, but at 20 capacity. Restaurants are only allowed to offer takeout newsom says that all regions except the bay area could be under the order by next week with the bay area likely under one by the end of the month. Once the stay at home order is announced the region will have about 48 hours to make any adjustment here is where each of the 5 california region stand tonight in terms of icu capacity, the bay area. Has th
Map showing e spread of the pandemic, that april 17th brin peak, the july 20ifth summer peak, the low point between summer and fall of september 19th and so far in the fall, e fall peak two weeks in november over 2 million cases, the total at that time 12,772,000 total cases but the headline is how the surge, inside usa today they write about that and a quote from matthew fox, professor of epidemiology at Boston University school of Public Health, he says it was inevitable it was going to get to the mountain states and when it got there there were so many susceptible people it was ready to take off. Matthew fox said we learned this time and time again in a reaction that pays off, wait until the spread is already substantial at that point your measures to contain the virus are really shutting things down completely. He also said it would be foolish to try to pin widespread outbreaks on single events such as the sturgis motorcycle rally, rather he said small get togethers make the spread