At 7 00 and streaming on cbsn bay area. Were hearing from a friend of the Santa Clara County woman whose death completely shifted the coronavirus timeline. Good evening, im ken. And im elizabeth cook. We now know 57yearold Patricia Dowd was the santa clara woman who died in early february. Almost a month before the first u. S. Death was reported. Her family told the l. A. Times she was active and healthy but got sick with flu like symptoms in late january. She was found dead in her home february 6th. It was thought to be a heart nt investigation confirmed covid 19. Dad worked at lam research in fremont for 28 years. Her coworker and friend spoke to us moments ago. We were Close Friends during softball season for her daughters were playing softball as i was coaching softball for another team. So we had some really good memories. And to hear that thats what took her life it kind of rages me a little bit. Because we werent careful enough. Her employer issued a statement saying quote, lam
Able to do it quickly. I think each of those are not only feasible that may be likely while top Infectious Disease expert doctor Anthony Fauci is optimistic. He admits that target date isnt set in stone ive been involved in vaccine work for decades, not every vaccine that we want to have to work Vaccine Development is usually measured in years not months, you know its like running the quarter mile you want to run faster, but you have to run the whole quarter mile you certainly dont want to put an unsafe or ineffective vaccine out to the populace. The Research Continues as more than half of the United States start to partially reopen discretion. Is given to the governors they know the u. S. States. Is no this cities. So you want to give them a little wiggle room but my recommendation is you know dont wiggle too much while the reopening process will likely help the struggling us economy start to rebound from the pandemic. Some say doing so too soon may lead to problems because people are
How do you enforce that . We have put into place a series of orders in making it clear what a stay directive is. As ive mentioned, we have had a number of orders put in place and we have asked our residents and businesses to abide with them all. What you see from residents and. Hey continue to be concerned we are asking shoppers to limit your trips, maintain social distancing in those stores, and of course to wear a face mask. Critical ofvery that 2. 2 trillion tax, saying people were once again being shortchanged. How so . For the first time in the purposes of federal, the district was treated like a territory. We are not a territory. We are in fact a in the american system. The governor, and the county executive all at once d. C. Residents pay taxes, federal taxes, unlike the territories, in fact, we pay them at a rate thats the highest per capita in our system and more than 22 states in total. So this bill very curiously did not give us statelevel funding like we get for education a
[background noises] the ways and Means Committee will now come to order. Good morning, today we will consider the historic u. S. Mca transforming agreement that creates a new High Water Mark u. S. Trade deals moving forward. The implementing bill before us is the result of many months of negotiations and indeed more than a year between House Democrats and the ambassador robert who worked with us honorably every time we met. And im very proud of the outcome of that we have reached. When we assume the majority this year, we were asked to consider a renegotiated nafta that had structural flaws in a number of areas including enforcements, labor rights, the environment, and access to medicines. Let me start with enforcement. Which was the crux of this agreement. As ive noted many times over the past year, i did not vote for the original nafta, the chief reason was a lack of enforceability. In the past 25 years, weve seen the shortcoming of the original agreements, much of which comes down t
Speak the ways and Means Committee will now come to order good morning we will consort considered a historic usmca the high watermark with trade deals moving forward it is the result of more than one year House Democrats and the ambassador light heiser who worked with us every time we met. Im very proud of the outcome we have reached. When we assume the majority this year we were asked to consider a renegotiated nafta in a number of areas including enforcement the environment and access to medicines that we start with enforcement as noted many times i did not vote for the original nafta and the chief reason was the lack of enforceability. The past 25 years we have seen the shortcoming much of which comes down to lack of enforcement in my view the improvements to the usmca finally makes the agreement enforceable n by preventing a country to block a nation dispute settlement attempt. Nafta has been symbolic and over 25 years there have been 39 petitions filed with zero enforcement action