York joins us to discuss the response to their coronavirus. Later, Michelle Moore talks more michelle ever talks about appointment assistance. In just over one month, School Systems across the country will begin the new school year. That safely is still being developed and debated. Good morning, welcome to washington journal. We will start the program asking about should k12 schools open . If you are a parent of a student, that line is 202 7488000. If you are an educator, that line 202 7488001. For all others, 202 7488002. Look forward to your text, that is 202 7488003. Tell us your name and where you are texting from. At cspan wj. Are take a look at the other news. Question after a conference at the white house attended by Administration Officials, educators, and others, and reported in the wall street journal. White house once glasses to reopen in the fall. The benefits of in Person Instruction for children. School Officials Say more federal funding is needed from congress to operate
Chair Sanders Senate committee on health, education, labor, and pensions will come to order. And were delighted to welcome our panelists who were going to hear from in a few minutes. Let me begin by telling everybody what they already know and that is it is no great secret that in America Today we have a Mental Health crisis and that crisis has been exacerbated by the horrific covid pandemic, which we have experienced. And this is a crisis that has hit all of us, but i think especially the younger generation. In America Today, 40 of parents report being either very or extremely worried that their child is struggling with anxiety or depression. According to a recent survey by the centers for disease control, nearly one out of every three teenagers in america reported that the state of their Mental Health was poor. Two out of every five teenagers felt persistently sad or hopeless. And tragically one out of every five teenagers in our country have seriously considered suicide. How frighte
Insurance crisis. Our kron fours gayle ong reports from a north bay neighborhood. It was nearly burned to the ground in a wildfire. Fema grants for homeowners in designated areas and a tax credit for property owners. Thats a 30 tax credit and a 10,000 grant. The 2 key components that make up. Congressman Mike Thompson disaster resiliency and coverage act co sponsored by representative jared huffman. When you put it all together, this is an important piece. Of making sure that insurance remains available. And also affordable to the folks that we committed almost 7 years ago. To continuing to stand with him to serve. The proposed bill is aimed to help with the property insurance crisis. It is modeled after a program in alabama after homes are impacted by severe weather. It was the same want same story from every Insurance Company and it was. Make sure that theres disaster resilience in a building that homeowners did everything necessary to protect their home from any type of disaster. Sa
Skies out there like the Golden Gate Bridge and son pierre on through there. So its a mixed bag, a sun and clouds for today might see some late day showers in the far east bay potentially basically bleeding in from the Sacramento Valley. Heres what we have for you right now. The Golden Gate Bridge with that flag flapping. So we do have the continuous onshore winds today. Tomorrow, theyll settle a little bit more. So by sunday, another are some wind advisories down south, but its a big area of low pressure that just doesnt have much moisture, which to work with. But we still can get some thunder shower action from the mountains on points to the eastern even at the utah. Meanwhile, the winds there, you can see them on shore. The teens and 20s even along the coast a little bit. And thats something that will be treated to tomorrow as well. So be a little chilly, even though i will see the sun coming out. Nicely middle to upper 50s right now. Temps were pretty mild overnight. You break down
Youre watching kron. 4 news at all. Now at 5 tragedy in the east bay, a fiery car crash kills a family of 4. Thanks for being with us tonight on kron. 4 news at 5, im grant lotus and im vicki liviakis. We still dont know much but in the last half hour we have learned that 4 people were killed, 2 of them adults and 2 children based on the layout of the aftermath believed that speeding was involved. A situation not uncommon in this area. We know just one car was involved in the crash. Police say its some sort of electric vehicle, but they are not saying what make or model yet. The crash happened around 9 oclock last night at the area where foothill road switches from 2 lanes down to just one us just south of stone ridge drive the car veered off the road. It slammed into a light pole and then barreled into an oak tree. The tree and the ground around it are burned out. As you can see there, theyre still foam on the pavement, likely sprayed by the fire department. The cause of this crash is