Different colors. All woven and held together by a single precious thread of democracy. Paul has taught us so much and as students who followed him, worked with him, believed with him, loved him and now miss him, we could never, ever be more thankful. With that, mr. Trone and mr. Speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. Mr. Trone i recognize mr. Levin. Mr. Levin thank you very much for recognizing me, mr. Trone and i thank the majority leader for organizing this. Mr. Speaker, i rise to speak for mr. Sarbanes, senator sarbanes employees. And especially for my sisterinlaw milley freeman, who worked for Paul Sarbanes from december of 1989 to january of 2007. And im not going to talk about all the Amazing Things about senator sarbanes that his maryland colleagues have eloquently mentioned and john, im not going to talk about fathers and sons, but my dad who served in this house and my uncle carl levin who served in the senate, both loved him very much. Andlet me talk about nellie his
Starting today. Like much of the bay area, that county to is now in the most restrictive purple tier for coronavirus cases. Ktvus allie rasmus explains what the changes mean. Reporter a sign on the door of the montclair Fitness Center in oakland explained to customers they are closed to comply with county health orders. The owner says she has been lucky enough to keep her business afloat with online and outdoor classes. We know a lot of businesses are suffering because they dont have an outdoor option and honestly, i dont know that if this continues if we will be able to keep up what we are doing. Reporter at restaurants like the crcpe pan on piedmont avenue, it is back to serving tables outside only, no more Indoor Dining allowed. Movie theaters, houses of worship, and museums can only operate outdoors in Alameda County. I would like if we could open up and participate in real life again but i think that it is really important right now that we all participate in keeping the community
Warning the days ahead will be e en worse. Tonight the u. S. Is shattering records set in those first unimaginable days of the crisis. On tuesday, the country reached another new high of infections in a single day, more than 136,000. Things are now so dire in places like missouri and wisconsin, at least one out of every three people tested is positive. More than 1,400 people have been killed by the virus in just the past 24 hours. E most to die in oneie in one day in months. The death toll is now growing so fast, one model says it will reach 400,000 by february. Tonight, hospitals across the midwest are running out of beds and protective gear. College Football Games are being canceled. And schools, including syracuse university, are shutting down as cases there explode. And without the president speaking out, the nations governors are now stepping in. As we come on the air, new yorks governor is just the latest to reimpose restrictions, forcing restaurants to close trictions,limiting p
Has vowed to keep up his legal challenges though saying that he will never give up fighting for the nation. Act as his supporters continue that protest outside Voting Centers elsewhere vote very different scene celebrations are broken out in anticipation of a final result. Well joe biden is edging closer to that crucial number 270 Electoral College votes needed to make him the next president of the United States 3 days after americans voted the democratic candidate has overtaken donald trump in 2 key battleground states pennsylvania and georgia so where do we stand right now there are just a handful of states that are still being counted and biden is leading in most of them based on projections from the Associated Press he has secured 264 Electoral College votes so far donald trump has 214 and needs both children pennsylvania to reach 270 but it is extremely close in georgia right now most of the remaining votes are from atlanta and its suburbs which tends to lean to the democrats and
However, our First Priority is always to protect the publics health, and the way that we do that is by preventing spread of this virus. Reporter today really is its bad those news, but it is a call to action. Its our time to act. And i know a lot of people feel like theyve done everything they can. Were asking those who have done everything you can to do a little more. Reporter still at this restaurant, they worried about how to keep the staff, that are like family, and as the weather gets worse, theyre hoping diners will still consider outdoor seating with heaters an option. We need people coming to the restaurant asks dining, and if we dont have that, we will not have that revenue, so it is hard. Reporter the new rules take effect tuesday at 12 01 a. M. Santa clara said they will be in the purple tier not long after, unless they get this surge under control. Contra costa county putting some of its coronavirus restrictions back in place because of a spike in days of virus. 50 team in