Covid19 and other biological threats facing the u. S. Good morning. Welcome to the hearing [inaudible] emerging threats and capabilities. In a moment in accordance with house rules and relations the host will mute all participants other than german [inaudible] and all participants are asked to keep themselves muted when not actively engaging in the discussion which should help limit echoes and other asruptions. When the yield back i do not renumber to retweet themselves others will doo so to limitit efforts and background audio background audio. Members and witnesses are responsible for unwitting himself anytime they wish to w e heard. It may take a few seconds for your microphone to be t unmated. If you are on the computer you can view the timer by reaching your personal view in the upper right corner of your screen for the active speaker and you can also pin the timer by right clicking or hovering your cursor over the timer and pressing that contact icon. With that, we are ready to b
Leader. I ask unanimous consent that with. Uorum be dispensed without objection. Well, mr. President , i just turned the republican leader say there is no inconsistency between what republicans are amy coney ith confirmation and garlands. Who would believe that . The contradiction is glaring and sustained on the leaders forehead and on the entire Republican Caucus if it continues. Weve heard, we just heard another warped, distorted and History Lesson from leader mcconnell. Defensive he is bout the blatant 180 degree hypocritical turn hes made on Supreme Court nominations. Distorted warped not remove theon will notHistory Lesson remove the stain. Plain and simple. A rare meet here on saturday session because there is nothing, nothing remotely the republican drive to confirm judge barrett Supreme Court only days before president ial election. Four years ago, four years ago, Republican Senate said it was a principle, that word, principle, that Supreme Court justices should not be confirme
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San francisco will reach 72 and 85 in napa and 80 in martinez and well see mid 80s, as well, for parts of the south bay. Well talk more about this coming up. Mike, how is it looking right now for the morning commute . We have a few slow spots, kari. Ill talk about both sides of the bay. But, first, i want to show you crossing the bay at the bay bridge toll plaza. No metering lights yet. Were holding pretty steady with the middle lanes as the slowest one and we see more traffic coming off that 880 overcrossing. Well look at the map and see metering lights turned on soon and the arrows on either side of the san mateo bridge and earlier crews are just clearing. Back to you. Thanks so much. Well, lets start out with ka today in the bay bob redell and the power shutoff. Hundreds are still without power right now. As a precaution to prevent wildfires we are in a red flag warning. You can see behind me the weather is pretty nice here as you look over from the hills over dublin but other parts
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