Morning, the National Consumers leagues an organization thats been around since 1899. We are the Premier Group to fight for consumers and workers in the United States and abroad. We have a special interest and focus on fraud. We have the url fraud. Org and we get many complaints that come through that about frauds of all kinds. And we share those with Law Enforcement and with members of the public and we do a weekly and monthly progress report. We would love listeners to sign up for that. That gives you a little bit of background about what we do. Host ncl. Net. Org. You testified before congress this month that the coronavirus opened the door for a tsunami of scams and fraud. Do we have a sense of how many people have been targeted since midmarch . Guest yes, fraudsters are good at swooping into situations of hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, National Disasters and this pandemic definitely falls into that category. So what we found is that there is a whole new range of fraud and efforts
The occasion was an organizing effort to get people from San Francisco and the bay area to travel to the south to assist in the Voter Registration operations that were being conducted primarily in mississippi. Reporter he says over the years he would introduce him at events, or they would dine together. He recalls a strong, principled man. John was the most evidence of love, without being confrontational. Reporter the longtime georgia congressman, who was there for critical moments in the fight for civil rights, and inspired so many. Whenever he saw me, the first thing he would say to me, jeff, my brother, my friend. Reporter in millbrae, Jeff Steinberg reflects on a long friendship. Hes the founder and executive director of the sojourn project. The group takes students into the deep south, retracing the Civil Rights Movement of the 50s and 60s, meeting with key people. Lewis met with 90 of their groups, always generous with his time. He would share with the students the principles of
Plans. Tonight nearly the entire bay area is on the states watch list because of the surge in cases. The one county not on the list, san mateo. Boming a big draw forservices they cant. Some people even driving for miles just for a haircut. But as nbc bay areas Marianne Favro explains, san mateo might not stay off the watch list for much longer. Reporter San Mateo County is seeing an increase in new covid19 cases, which is why Public Health leaders fear that the state will put the county on the monitoring list in just a few days. And that means gyms and hair salons will have to close down again. In san mateo tonight, it was so busy downtown, we spotted several lines for food, something you can get anywhere in the bay area. But a lot of people were barber hair salons are open. So tony llamas drove 22 miles from San Francisco to get his first professional cut in four months. I thought, you know, let me try to get a haircut actually, mainly because san mateo is the only place where you can
Betty ford spoke her mind. Prochoice and a supporter of the equal rights amendment, she and president gerald ford openly discussed her experience with Breast Cancer. For much of her familys public life, she struggled with drug and alcohol dependency, and confronting it defined her postwhite house years. Good evening and welcome to cspans series first ladies influence and image. Tonight well tell you the story of elizabeth ford, the wife of gerald ford. Here for the next 90 minutes to tell her story is Richard Norton smith, president ial historian. If youve been watching our series, you know him. Hes one of the academic advisers for the project. Hes launched a number of president ial libraries, among them the gerald r. Ford library in michigan. You developed a relationship with the fords. So, you bring that to the table as well. Sure, in interest of full disclosure, i try to be as objective as possible. But i was very fortunate to become friends with both of the fords. But we want to st
Inland. Its a good sign of a strong case of ocean air conditioning. You see San Francisco or you cant see it. Mist and drizzle. We do have low clouds and a little bit of smoke in the air which well talk about in about 15 minutes. That smoke advisory for the inland valleys. The low clouds never leave the coast. Temperatures trending down from yesterday. 50s and 60s to start the day. By noon well see the 70s and 80s inland. Instead todays highs for most of our valleys in the mid80s. Warmest spot today san martin and morgan hills. Cooler temperatures ahead, a look at air quality and sierra thunderstorm ihen. The rise of coronavirus cases here in the bay area now has state and local leaders scaling back reopening plans. Nearly the entire bay area is on the states watch list because of the covid surge. Yesterday morning the only exclusion is San Mateo County. Because of that businesses there are becoming a big draw for people looking for services they cant get in their counties. Some people