Good morning on pam cook. It is wednesday, july 8th, and i can tell already that the air , im trying to say, coming in through the window feels warmer than yesterday. Lets check in with kyla. Me too because when i prepped my graphics, i set myself up and this morning i was like where is it is still going to be a really nice day today, no doubt about it, but the inland communities are going to start to feel the heat. And we are starting to see just a little bit more marine layer this morning as was take a look at the storm tracker. But visibility is fine because it is not really making it into the bay. There certainly little moisture out there, we can see low clouds like we did yesterday, but not too much it. Is 60 degrees at oakland, santa rosa kohler, 55 in San Francisco, 50 in livermore, 60 in san jose, we are little warmer than we were in oakland, about seven degrees warmer than santa rosa and fairfield, even at sfo this morning. Today it is going to be a pretty nice day. 75 around
Azar, secretary of housing and urban development, ben carson, who are the way, was fantastic over that weekend in various interviews you did, then, really good job, i appreciate it. Secretary of veterans affairs, robert wilkie, administrator seema verma, chief postal inspector of the United States postal infection inspection service, gary barstow, and he has done a great job especially spotting drugs come into our country. My administration is working tirelessly to stop the depraved criminals who seek to defraud american seniors of which there are many but we are doing a very strong number on a lot of them. And nobody has ever done what we have done. Three month ago we have launched the National Elder fraud hotline , which has already received 1800 calls. In three years we have charged 1000 defendants involving 2. 2 billion in fraud against our seniors and this afternoon the doj has announced a 2 million grant to help enforcement identify victims and bring lawbreakers to justice. These
Education and the jobs. Thank you all very much. I hope you have a nice weekend. March 13th live to the effect the coronavirus is having on Nursing Homes. Live coverage here on cspan3. We join it in progress. Said, under no circumstances should a hospital discharge a patient to a nursing home that is not prepared to take care of those patients needs pap clear directive. Unfortunately on march 24th Governor Cuomos Health Department issued this directive in contradiction to the cms dai take covid19 patients. New jersey essentially copied the same directive from norcal order with similar deadly results. Two weeks earlier Governor Desantis in florida prohibited transfers kv s covid19 patient were positive to Nursing Homes. Very different orders resulting in very different results. And pennsylvania, continued to accept new admissions and readmissions including patients covid19 positive. While defending this decision even Pennsylvanias Health secretary moved her mother out of a nursing home.
This is just over two hours. Let me begin by thanking our panelists and members of at todays briefing. 40,000, the latest estimate of how Many Americans in Nursing Homes and other longterm care facilities have lost their lives as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The men and women who died at these Nursing Homes were parents and grandparents, who sacrificed to provide for their families. Some were veterans who fought to protect our country. Many were essential workers who kept showing up to care for the elderly and the sick, even when it meant risking their own lives as our nation faced more deaths from coronavirus than any other country. Lets be clear. These 40,000 americans deserve better. Their deaths in our nation to protect our people. There were warnings. In february the coronavirus attacked the Life Care Center in kirkland, washington. Three quarters of the residents at that facility became infected, along with dozens of staff. 37 people died. Four months later nursing home
The s p 500 has climbed all the way back from down 2. 5 to flat. A little bit of strengthening from last week in the dollar index, but weaker on the day. The 10 year yield at 69 basis points. And a little return to climbing higher for crude, but it is lower on the equity downdraft. Halfway into the trading day, lets go to scarlet fu for more details. Scarlet you mentioned the paring of losses. Futures, the s p 500 futures have almost wiped out its early decline. And we are looking at that in the cash market as well. Of what is in leading things higher, Consumer Staples are doing the best in the s p 500. Names like kellogg and campbells, a clear sign of the risk off safety trade, even as we see the Overall Index make a comeback. And the tech heavy nasdaq 100 extends its top performance, 5 shy of a record high. Last week, we saw it the s p 500 by the most in nine months. Small caps are holding up better than the big caps, thanks to health care names like bbi vaccines, working on a covid