As fires spread through the amazon rain forest brazilian president remains in denial saying stories of the amazon in flames are along. Im burnt off its good to have you with Us Democratic president ial hopeful joe biden is making his 1st appearance with his pick for Vice President california senator. The new democratic ticket debuting at a high school nearby home in the state of delaware a harris is the 1st woman of color to be nominated for National Office by a Major Political party biden and harris will be officially confirmed as the democratic partys candidates for the white house at the partys Convention Next week. And here is why its joe biden has been saying in just the past few minutes about his new running mate. A great choice but i have no doubt that i picked the right person to join me as the next vice pres the United States of america and thats senator coming to hers you know and it seems americans all across this nation lisa the outta here green with me yesterday we had our
Im told me a lot of thanks for joining us we begin in the u. S. Where democratic president ial candidate joe biden and his newly chosen running mate. Have made their 1st joint Campaign Appearance shes the 1st woman of color on a Major Party Ticket during harriss speech in wilmington delaware she criticized president Donald Trumps handling of the coronavirus pandemic. The president s mismanagement of the pandemic has plunged us into the worst economic crisis since the great depression. And were experiencing a moral reckoning with racism and systemic injustice that has brought a new coalition of conscience to the streets of our country demanding change america is crying out for leadership kamel as you all know is smart shes tough shes experienced shes a proven fighter for the backbone of this country the middle class for all those who are struggling to get into the middle class come on knows how to govern she knows how to make the hard calls shes ready to do this job on day one regrowth
Died in their homes might never have been tested and then theres the cases that have not been counted cdc director doctor Robert Redfield tweeted earlier this month. Models predicting an increase in deaths in the coming weeks and a cumulative total exceeding 100,000 by june 1st. According to one of the cdc models that theyre highlighting the u. S. Tax will drop a levying about 11,000 and thats because many people are wearing masks, reporting live gayle ong kron 4 news. Tonight there are almost 13,000 confirmed covid19 cases in the bay area. Alameda county leads the local counties with more than 3,000 cases. But the virus has been deadlier in Santa Clara County where a 140 people have died. The complete breakdown by county is available on our website kron 4 dot com in San Francisco, a large number of covid19 deaths is among the citys Homeless Population, the department of Public Health reported 48 homeless deaths during the pandemic so far. Tonight, homeless advocacy groups are calling
With regard to Unemployment Insurance people are not going go back to work next month. In july when the Unemployment Insurance benefits run out we must extend a great trillion dollars to buy a number of households that comes to about 23,000. That the average family will have to repay their future attacks, one of a lot more oil or as california and the rest of the country moves at different paces of reopening lawmakers on both sides of the aisle agree a one size fits all approach does not work for all counties in responding to the pandemic theres a lot of fear factor being pushed with this so i think what were talking about reopening a church where many churches. Theyre smart people that can figure out the prototypes really think that when it comes to opening whether its a church or a restaurant or whatever contact or public health. Officers asked them what is the best way to go about it representatives acknowledged the number of cases will continue to rise as testing ramps up some not
Consumerfacing businesses and both are on the move in the afterhours session and we have Team Coverage to break down both of these reports and lets kick things off with csx with the call now under way and lets get to Frank Holland with the details. Melissa, shares of csx up, and something weve seen in a number of other companies and one of its competitors, union pacific. On that call the ceo says production demand was too hard to forecast in this covid19 environment. Also during the call the cfo kevin boone said the Company Raised 500 million in debt and the Company Believes it is in position for a potential recovery and maintaining a strong cash reserve. Our Liquidity Position is extremely strong with nearly 2. 5 billion of cash and shortterm investments at the end of march this represents multiples of what we would consider normal, targeted cash levels cash may be strong, but volumes are weaker year over year to start q2 its been seen in the three weeks since the First Quarter ended