Microphones anytime you speak. During the any time hearing, the chairman the vice chairman of the committee, congressman kennedy will serve as chair until i am able to return. Beuments for the record can sent to Benjamin Tabor at the email address provided to staff. All documents will be entered into the record at the conclusion of the hearing. The chair will not recognize herself for an opening statement. Today the energy and Commerce Committee continues its oversight of the nations covid19 Pandemic Response. Examining the pursuit of a safe and effective covid19 vaccine that the American People can trust. In the eight months that we battled covid19, over 7 million americans have had the virus, and over 200,000 of them have lost their lives. Millions of the phase unemployment and have lost their Health Insurance, and families are still juggling childcare and virtual classrooms. The list of those most vulnerable to covid19s especially on the line as the virus continues to spread across
In the 23rd district, what do you think the status is . More broadly, nationwide, what do you think the federal policy should help make happen involved for schools . Happened in fall for schools . Guest i am a supporter of getting our schools open. There are so many direct and indirect reasons why our schools need to be in a position to take kids back in the classroom environment. There is a whole slew of issues if schools are not reopened what we are working on here locally is how to do that and have a healthy respect for the virus and make sure the environment is as safe as possible. You will never mitigate risk to zero, and that is about making sure we understand social distancing, the physical restrictions schools race, so we are trying to coordinate with all the stakeholders for a plan that will achieve a safe and open school for our children in the fall. Host Congress Passed 2. 6 trillion worth of economic response to the pandemic. In your opinion, is that enough and what else do
First we are following breaking news coming into our newsroom. Fremont police are arriving on the scene of a shooting happening near stevenson and albert street. The area is shut down and police are asking the public to avoid that area. No other details are being released at this time. Our nbc bay area sky ranger is headed over to the scene right now. Good morning and thank you for joining us. Im lawyer laura garcia. And im marcus washington. For others mehtas platform is a way for them to get their news and information sources. And with it being super tuesday this raises the urgency for answers even after the service was restored. Chriz rozman joins us now. Reporter i was wondering what the deal was and i recognized others were having the same problem but i want to show you the response from the Communications Person for mehta. This is andy stone saying earlier eight technical issue caused people to have difficulty accessing some servers. We resolve the issues quickly and we apologize
cnn newsroom. good to be with you. thailand is reeling right now after a massacre inside a child care center. at least 36 people were killed, including 24 children. they were gunned down or stabbed. the children inside were sleeping at the time. investigators say the shooter was an ex-cop who had been fired and just appeared in court on drug charges. one of the teachers described the moment she saw the shooter. translator: around noon i saw him enter the gate. the staff was having lunch. i suddenly heard what sounded like fire crackers. he pulled the gun from his waist, loaded it and was about to point the gun at me. i called to another teacher who was holding a kid. i didn t expect him to also kill the kids. authorities say the gunman later killed his own wife and stepson, then took his own life. mass shootings are extremely rare in thailand. what else do we know? reporter: this is a peaceful, quiet area that is now believed to be the scene of thailand s deadlies
Demonstrations or violent actions against u. S. Citizens is and interests, the department of state advises u. S. Citizens overseas to exercise increased caution. The u. S. Finds itself in the cross hairs of an international blacklash against israels retaliation against hamas, despite the fact that hamas slaughtered more than 1400 people. This morning in london, thousands are participating in this propalestinian demonstration urged opt by hamas leaders. This follows similar demonstrations friday in which angry protesters took to the streets around the world burning flags and portraits of President Biden, even an effigy of Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu. They assembled outside many u. S. Embassies, including those in indonesia and mahmoud lay ya, also on the streets of cairo, paes aris and islamabad. Meanwhile, the Rafah Crossing Into Egypt was briefly opened this morning to allow the first convoy of aid trucks to enter the gaza strip. For the latest, im joined by cnns Clarissa Ward i