Bipartisan process we sat down, democrat and republican, in four Different Task forcege on put together the elements of the legislation. As a result, the bill before you tonight, the one were talking about, reflects republican priority t and democratic priorities. And the gore did takendal the te to walk through it and to talk about some ofs those the people understand whats in this legislation. I was pleased to see the democratic leader say at the end he believes we can figure this out over the next several hours. He said 24 hours. I hope its not 24 hours. We cant wait that long. We need to move and move quickly. We see with the marketed and globally. We know with the markets are going to do here. Weve seen with the futures are important we see thehe impact ad our states, among our citizens. Democratic leaders had more money needs to be put against hospitals and states and workers. There is an unprecedented amount of money for all three of those in this legislation, unprecedented. And
But it has the best of both worlds. It is a very intimate form because you have an actual human being giving the story to you and i love that i love listening to the audiobook it is sharing the feeling of how that person is telling the story sparing. To be transformed into an audiobook it is an honor and a privilege with that in titled experimentation. And often times the way also let people experience Great Stories you are the reason 50 percent of americans listen to an audiobook 2019. Here is to amazing audiobooks and 25 years of the audie award awards. Ladies and gentlemen we are thrilled to introduce the master of ceremonies mr. Mo rocca he is the author and audiobook narrator of the New York Times bestseller great lives were three living published by Simon Schuster and also the host of the podcast we are excited to have him as our host this evening so without further ad ado, mo rocca. [applause] thank you. This is a dream for me i have to say. Here i am in this fabulous then you a
Feet in the water at the beach, just keep 6 feet away from others. We have been talking about it all day long. People across the state told to stay home, but what about the folks who dont have a home to go to . More on what is happening to those still in the streets. Wilson . Reporter to my left is south of market and to my right is tenderloin, they have been at the middle of a collision of challenges for San Francisco for many years, we have been showing you these problems for many years, they on top of that the coronavirus threat, what do these neighborhoods look like . How are the most vulnerable citizens in the city faring, have a look. When i come in the morning, i usually see people camped out here. And here. And a big old thing there. Nobody here . No. They mustve been put in shelters or somewhere. The sidewalks are carrying fewer people but certainly not empty. You see a few stragglers, but as far as the crowd, it is all different right now. What has changed is people are stick
There. Reporter on thursday, the first person from Contra Costa County died from the coronavirus good this person was in her 70s and had a pre existing medical condition. The author recently traveled to europe. The Health Officer wouldnt release more details than that. We do expect the numbers of cases and dust to go up before they start to go down. Reporter contra costa Health Officer said there are 42 cases of coronavirus in the company and they are expanding tests every single day. He says they are preparing a hold order to prepare positive and negative test to be reported. At that point, we will have better information about the total number of testing that is going on. Reporter right now, most testing is being done in private labs. The countys Public Health lab is performing about 4100 tests a day but that is a small fraction of the total number of tests being done. Weeks ago, the county also started identifying available ventilators and reporting out to the state and federal gove
The world is watching whats happening to them. What is next for the passengers who left the grand princess cruise ship and those still stuck on board at the port of oakland. And more campuses are closing as new cases of the virus surface. A lot happening and a lot changing tonight. We begin with the drastic measures in the bay areas most populated county. Its all about public safety, but its also about money. Small and big businesses and their employees will be feeling the pinch immediate. Terry mcsweeney is at the s. A. P. Center in san jose where the lights will be on but no fans will be allowed inside the arena, terry. Reporter yeah. County officials banning crowds larger than 1,000. They say the more tests they put out, the more positive results they got coming back in, the more cases theyre fighting, and they expect that to continue. This is going to really hurt businesses, big and small. Weve seen a rapid increase in cases not linked to travel or to known confirmed cases of covid