Coronavirus scams. At 9 00 a. M. , middle State University professor Sidney Mcphee discusses Higher Education during the pandemic and his participation in good morning, its friday, july 17, 2020. We begin today on the issue of requiring face masks be worn in public. As new coronavirus cases continue to spike around the country, more than half youve u. S. States have made mask use mandatory. Governor of georgia is fighting municipal mass clause in his state, in an effort to continue to allow mask used to be optional. Should mask wearing in public the mandatory . F you think yes, 2027488000 if you think no, 2027488001. If you arent sure, 2027488002. You can also send us a text this morning. That number, 2027488003 please include your name and where youre from. Otherwise catch up with us on social media. On facebook, facebook. Com cspan. A good friday morning to you. You can start calling and as we show you some headlines about what is happening in states around the country when it comes
Extensive research and worked to prevent, diagnose, and treat Infectious Diseases. He has advised 16 president s on everything from hivaids, tuberculosis, malaria, to ebola, zika, and now covid19. He is the winner of the president ial medal of freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States. We are grateful for his lifetime of Public Service and particularly for his candor and expertise during this critical time. Lets get right to this. Dr. Fauci, let me ask you for a broad overview of the pandemic, where are we now . Dr. Fauci we are in a difficult situation. We have a large outbreak, there have been close to 140,000 deaths and several million infections. That is sobering news. There are some bright spots we need to capitalize on. Areas of the country like the new york metropolitan area which has been through a difficult time, probably worse than any other regional area but turned it around and come down but as we see now if you follow the news carefully which is pretty obvio
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Come to order. I want to thank everybody for coming. I have a fairly short statement that i will read and then i will turn to the senator. Were convening under different circumstances of our previous meeting. Were following the guidance of the cdc and the office of attending physician. So were spaced further apart. Our staff is reduced. Were grateful for all of them. The general public is watching online rather than filling up the room. So our hearing today will look a little different. I think we can all agree that the capitol feels a little different, the halls of congress feel a little different. Small businesses, if theyre allowed to open at all, are operating on a very different circumstances. American homes have become classrooms and offices for millions of american families. And at least for a while, American Life as we know it has changed. Nonetheless, access or inaccess to Broadband Internet services, especially in rural areas, as remained unchanged and it might be a good topi
New home for tesla , elon musk threatened to move the company out of the state when production was blocked. And today Governor Newsom was asked if they would do something if tesla took off . I am not worried about him leaving anytime soon, we are committed to the success in innovation of the economy that he has promoting for decades. And i think it is in all of our interest to find areas of common ground. Reporter the fremont plant fully reopened after the company signed off, tesla is looking at austin, texas as their next factory to produce the crossover and the cyber track. Following a breaking story out of los angeles. Chp is involved in a highspeed chase that reached speeds of 120 Miles Per Hour. They are following a white suv. This started on the i5 freeway near the burbank airport. This vehicle just exited the freeway going around surface streets. It looks like hes getting back on the freeway. A lot of people know this is where movie studios are and quiet neighborhoods. It looks