Spread of covid19. In one case alone, a los gatos man with Cystic Fibrosis has been waiting nearly two weeks for his results to come back. Nearly two weeks ago, ricky came down with a if he ever and quickly scheduled a covid19 diagnostic test. Since then his condition hasnt gotten that much better and hes been id lating at home. Ive been sleeping with that 16 hours a day. Ive had achy joints. He has yet to get the results back adding to the uncertainty, he is a Cystic Fibrosis patient making him especially vulnerable during this pandemic. His mother, herself a contact tracer for santa clara county, is puzzled by this disparity. It is unnerving. You dont know who is out there. Who could be infecting you. Locally youre more likely to get a fasterturearound from an academic lab such as stanford or ucsf but public labs can take longer. His medical provider went through Quest Diagnostics which is among the large corporations nationwide now competing. A turnaround time of a week or more does
The senate. Votes on confirmation 4744. Live coverage on the senate on cspan two. Next, Congressional Black Caucus chair representative karen bass talks about Police Reform efforts in virtual discussion with the National Press club. Welcome to the National Press club. I am lisa matthews. Vice president of the club and Associated Press u. S. Video assignment manager. The killing of george floyd by police in minneapolis on may 25 convulsed the nation in black lives matter protests and renewed an urgent outcry for Police Reform. At the same time, our nation has struggled to contain the coronavirus, which has struck communities of color disproportionately. Today, we welcome Congressional Black Caucus chair, representative karen bass, a democrat from california. She has devoted her decade in congress to issues of criminal justice and disparities in health care. Representative bass chairs the Judiciary Committee subcommittee on crime and was passed by House Speaker nancy pelosi and judiciary
Coronavirus, which has struck communities of color disproportionately. Today, we welcome Congressional Black Caucus chair, bass, atative karen democrat from california. Chairs theive bass Judiciary Committee subcommittee and was passed by House Speaker nancy pelosi and judiciary chair jerry nadler, shepherding the George Floyd Justice in policing act, through the legislative process. T, which passed the house in late june, bans chokeholds and no knock warrants, as well as lowering the legal barriers for bringing civil and criminal charges against police for misconduct. A Police Reform bill offered by a republican senator, tim scott, has stalled in the senate after democrats complained it did not police abusesurb and key components, including an end to qualified immunity for police. Senator scott and representative bass have tried to negotiate a compromise. It is something representative bass can claim is a bit of a specialty. To congress in 2010, inresentative bass served the californi
It could be the leftist marksist point of view that we allow to typeover in this bolshevik of conduct thats going on, or we can resort and restore the law and order and the freedoms that we have long held dear. And make sure those freedoms apply to every citizen in our society. I have great and tremendous hope in this people. I know our president has that same hope. And i believe were going to get there. Were going to restore this and we will be at peace and will be prosperous again. With that, i yield back to my good friend from texas. Mr. Gohmert i appreciate so much my friend from arizona and i was asked earlier today by someone, you know, who Everybody Needs friends. Who are your friends in congress . Im looking at two of my best friends right here. Because maybe sad but thats the case. And im grateful for the friendship. But you know, we have press conference, the Freedom Caucus did, i appreciate your my ership, ill address remarks to the chair. I appreciate so much the leadership
Laura garcia. Before we get to all of that breaking news that so many of us were feeling overnight, we want to take a look at the forecast because things are going to start heating up again, kari. Yes, it will start to heat up today. Were looking at a slight warmup for today, but a much bigger warmup as we go into tomorrow, as we start out with a live look outside in san jose and checking out our temperature trend in the mid50s but then seeing the temperatures trending into the low 70s by noon. And once again a fairly mild day. But just a little bit warmer than it was yesterday. Were still going to keep those clouds as our High Temperature through the inland valleys reach up to 84, but along the coast were staying in the 60s. Well talk about temperatures in the mid to upper 90s in the forecast. Thats coming up in a few minutes. Mike, youve been monitoring the morning commute. Whats going on this morning . Kari, we have a car fire reported in oakland. Ill show you folks the green sensor