4 30. Our ian cull is coming over the new numbers right now. He also spoke to airquality leaders today and he is speaking with us with what he is learning. We are also tracking other stories today. A new bright 11 911 call center. This is coming after a critical dispatcher surgeons shortage. Also expanding Abortion Access for people in arizona. The governor making sure they dont have to leave their state for care. And will tiktok that working in the west . A lot of questions our scott budman is looking into the bill that President Biden just like today. His would be filling us and i was going to happen with the popular app. Lets begin today with a new report that shows the bay area had some of the worst air quality in the nation recently. In fact, it was worse than los angeles. Before you Start Holding your breath, you should know that the bad news comes with a catch. Nbc bay areas ian cole explains the findings for us. Show us what the major factors are for us. Important to note that
Eastern, author walter starr, and Howard University professor on abraham lincolns friends and enemies. Watch this week in prime time on cspan3. Now, to the womens march on washington. Organizers held it to an to oneyearte the anniversary of president trumps inauguration. Up . Good afternoon, ladies and friends. It is indeed a pleasure to join you here this afternoon as we celebrate the oneyear when we sent a message to the world that women are here to stay, that we will not go quietly into the night, and that this is our time. My heart is so full at the site of the array of beauty out here today. 2016 was undeniably a check for us all. No one could have predicted the predicament we landed in. But i must say, no one had a more appropriate response and solution to the mess we are in than women. Year, millions of women organized, mobilized and marched. This year, the we are still marching, we have taken it a notch further and now we are running. [cheering] ms. Clanton we run so that women
Speaking from my new, almost seven months perch as a federal official, i want to share that as a physician and Public Health practitioner, im speaking to you from both of those heads knowing my words are those of a person will always be herself as a doctor first. People who only know me as someone who works in government asked me, have you ever been a real doctor . I assure you, from the way in which i approach my work, that i still am. So know that i mean it and understand when i say i really appreciate this meeting and your work because what you do is so much closer to the people, the community, and the patients than i am at this point in my career. For the administration, so much of the work and progress of the past several years has been rooted in the belief passed down from generation to generation that we can continue to strive toward equity. And that we can Work Together to level the Playing Field for all americans. That we can give all of our sons and daughters, our families, t
Wrap things up. We are finished so i want to thank our distinguished panel for i think a superb outline of the challenges we face and certainly some good suggestions on what to do about it. I couldnt help but think it took us about 200 years of precolonial experience before we became a republic and ultimately a democracy. It takes a long time to really get to that point. 216 years ago, i guess, is when turkey as a nation started that climb, at the end of the ottoman empire. You had the big movements of what they call social reform. We will leave the tail end of this event to go live to a discussion on how the zika virus is affecting Womens Health care in the u. S. Of to by the center for American Progress just getting underway. In recent months, we have seen the zika transmission escalated in parts of the developing world and here in the United States. According to the centers for Disease Control and prevention, the mosquitoborne virus has infected over 6000 people in the and territori
Cincinnati, toledo, buffalo, and all across the midwest. There are literally almost a dozen. Its exciting work and its important work and its really focussed on kind of national and regional and local economic policy. Great. Im going to follow up with you again, steve, for a minute. Director rodriguez said that absent federal action, congressional action, we cannot do it all. So, with employmentbased visas, you cant create them or other types of visas. What strategies do you use to overcome those types of challenges . Sure. Make no mistake that the biggest economic boost would be a more sense kal and higher performing federal immigration policy that works for local economies. And maybe even as localized, clearly the challenges that we face in detroit are very different than long beach or new york city. And our skill sets and needs are very different. And probably one size fit all policy might not work as well, but absent that, were trying to do everything we can to take advantage of th