The university of florida as of this morning where than 79 million valid seven casts and that includes 27 million early ballots and 52 absentee ballots and 39 million absentee ballots outstanding. In some counties and states we are nearing the point where the more ballots are cast for election day 2020 than during the entire 2016 voting time. It also mean this will be the First National election were more than half of the ballots are cast prior to election day and the shift occurred in a once in a century pandemic working with electric show officials to adapt. Election administrators deserve all our respect and admiration in voting is happening right now and processing is happening right now weve decided to symbol a group of voting experts with men Election Officials who been studying it for their entire careers to discuss what to affect in its unprecedented elections years and hopefully. Before i introduce them i ask the questions throughout this event either through facebook or youtu
Should the military be used for domestic unrest such as the recent protests . Should the u. S. Be terminating many of our arms control treaties and even contemplating resuming Nuclear Testing . Should the names of Confederate Military leaders be removed from u. S. Military bases and other statue be removed from our Public Places . To address these questions and many more, today we will have a unique conversation between two recent secretaries of defense, doctor robert gates and general james mattis. As a bipartisan secretary of defense, secretary robert gates served under president george w. Bush and barack obama. He is the author of a new book, exercise of power americas failures, successes and a new path forward in the post cold war world. Doctor gates is an officer in the u. S. Air force and spent 27 years in the cia. He served as the cia director and became the first career officer in cia history to move from entrylevel employee to head the agency. Secretary gates served as a membe
South bay are having a very hard time adjusting to the abrupt closure. Maureen naylor is live with their reaction. For the south bay Business Owners we spoke with, this latest about face is taking a toll on them both emotionally and financially. At rage salon in campbell, its not anger but sadness the owner and his wife felt tuesday morning. When i saw the bathroom light come on, went in there to see how she was doing, and she was already in tears. Reporter what did she say to you . Just we cannot believe this is happening, you know. We cant believe this is happening. Reporter 24 hours earlier, mike salvador was giddy when his hair salon reopened for the first time be in four months, only to find out hours later the business would have to close wednesday because of new state guidance and santa claras rise in hospitalizations. Essentially a twoday opening follow league fourmonth closure. Its just been tough. All of the payments, the rent, everything still continues, and absolutely to in
California is a vital piece of our response, not only to focus on taking care of patients who present with symptoms if our care delivery system, but also to understand the patterns of transmission across the state in vulnerable communities, in different parts of our state, so that we can respond effectively. More than 5. 5 Million People have been tested for the coronavirus here in california. In the south bay, businesses are wonder how long they will recover after investing in a plan to reopen, only to be told they have to close down just days later. Maureen naylor joins us with their reaction. Reporter well, julie, Business Owners who waited months to reopen say its taking a toll on them both financial economy is emotionally to have to close now two days later. At rage salon in campbell, its not anger, but sadness the owner and his wife felt tuesday morning. . When i saw the bathroom light come on, went in there to see how she was doing, and she was already in tears. Reporter what di
Instead. H hs said they are trying to streamline Data Information which will be used to form policy at the federal level, but critics say its just another move to sideline the cdc and other Health Experts and potentially political size the findings. Here in california, officials are calling for new strategies to streamline covid testing, as many test sites are being overwhelmed. The new goal is to allow doctors to do some testing in their own offices, and pharmacists, too. Andre, there have also been problems such adam delayed test results. Yeah, julie, so they have created a Testing Task Force to face problem we have not seen since the airline days of the pandemic. The Alameda County fire chief told the board of supervisors tuesday that covid19 testing has hit a bump in the road. The one issue were running into is getting First Responders testing on a rapid basis. Many of the test sites by noontime are out of tests for the day. Across the bay in San Francisco, superintendent matt hane