Today the select subcommittee some members will appear in person and others will appear remotely. Members are appearing in person and let me first remind everyone pursuant to the latest guidance from all individuals must wear a Face Covering. We will allow you to remove them as you see i am getting to speak. I know a bit about how your classes get folded up and then you dont see where you are going. Members are not wearing a Face Covering are not permitted to remain in the room and will not be recognized to speak. So when you are not speaking, we expect for you to have a a face mask or we will not recognize you. You will be able to see members appearing remotely on the monitors in front of you. Youll see the members appearing at once a. On the other monitor you will see each person speaking during the hearing when theyy are speaking including members appearing remotely. For those members appearing remotely you canac also see each person speaking duringg the hearing whether they are in
Global virus infections tops 2. 5 million with more than 175,000 deaths. U. S. Cases climbed 5 . Their biggest increase since april 10. Its get you started when it comes to the state of trading in asia. We are setting up for this wednesdays session. Sophie kamaruddin in hong kong for us. Sophie we are seeing mckay futures edge slightly higher with s p eminis expecting more eruptions in the region after asia was led lower by india on tuesday. Earnings adding to that drag. The yen just Holding Steady in the face of a stronger dollar, which is trading at a twoweek high and gold just resuming gains with spot prices up 11 this year and bank of america is bullish on bullion, raising its cold 18 month target to 3000 an ounce. Moving onto oil now, wti for june back above 13 a barrel after slipping below 10 in the new york session, which was pricing weakness in the front month contract. They are allowing for negative options to be lifted from april 22. We are seeing the Oil Forward Curve shifti
A spotty shower possible and as we go through tonight you will see increasing scattered showers. We will time it all out for you taking you hourbyhour coming up. You might be dealing with some slightly wet freeways this morning but overall it is a quiet drive. We will look live at the Golden Gate Bridge and you can see a few cars making that track in and out of San Francisco but so far not added all. South 10 what a nice right out of Greene County as you work your way into the city. Ready much the case for most of the bridges. Here is i liked up typically receive more cars in the casting but not many delays out of emeryville. Out of oakland traffic is clear and most of the bay area is in the green which we like to say because you are up to speed, at least about 50 miles per hour. The slow spot continues to be the 580 commute into the ultimate past and so far so good in the south bay. The battle between the Oakland Unified School district and parents continues to boil over pick millions
Because, you know what . I can look around this table and some of you have come in with innovative ideas that i had not thought about. I dont know if it will work, but there is enough evidence and logic to indicate we should try it. Trying to create a space for that is what we are working to do. Governor mccrory, governor walker. Governor mccrory madam, thank you. I have enjoyed your visit and your cookies and your lemonade at the executive mansion, i hope you enjoyed it. A really good time. First of all, i want to congratulate you on your comments on your focus on Mental Health and i include that in addiction because i think that is one of the most serious issues we are facing, as i have found out in my 2. Ive years in my 2. 5 years. The addiction is ending up in our prisons, emergency rooms, and our state prisons and that is not the solution. We have got to come up with a longterm partnership with the federal government, local government, and everyone involved to deal with this very
You could buy that car, and it wouldnt have to be fixed. And we think thats a loophole that needs to be closed. There are also pieces of legislation we wish the senate would consider like giving nhtsa Imminent Hazard Authority. We were criticized last year for having too cozy a relationship with industry, but the reality is, is that when a recall occurs, if the company that has been recalled disagrees with our assessment our recourse so go to court and spend years trying to to litigate that issue while dangerous stuff is on the streets. The alternative is to develop some kind of settlement with the automaker or the oem and, you know usually weve been able to get favorable results that way. But if Congress Wants us to have more teeth, give us the tools so that we can fight those battles directly. And, you know, these are the kinds of things that weve proposed previously, and itd be nice for those issues to be addressed through this legislation. Dave shepardson. East one of those be eith