A major role on sesame street and the mr rogers neighborhood it doesnt appear to exist at all here in washington d. C. Because fresh off the news of one of the worst contractions of the economy in u. S. History with millions upon millions upon millions of folks facing joblessness the victims and potential sickness or even death thanks to a Global Pandemic the United States congress the senate in particular has decided to take a 3 day weekend no im not making it up yes Chucky Schumer Mitch Mcconnell an arrest and decided to take friday the 31st of july off despite the fact that the covert 19 emergency 600. 00 weekly federal Unemployment Benefits expires and you guessed it friday the 31st of july all but guaranteeing that tens of millions of americans will see their incomes drop. By 50 to 75 percent with another rent payment due in just 24 hours so while Mitch Mcconnell is resting his corporate job on a mint julep in his old kentucky home reveling in the true art of irresponsibility the
Right now on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, we are live on the rooftop of i am michelle griego. It is a 30. Good morning to you. We are glad to have you with us. We have a check on the forecast on this friday eve. And here is mary lee standing by with that. Happy thursday, almost friday. We are looking at another day of those clouds as we start off our day. We will see some clearing for most of us except for the coast with seasonal daytime highs. You can see those clouds, and we are in the 50s to low 60s at this hour. Through the afternoon, and through our day, mid 60s in San Francisco, low 80s in san jose and mid 80s for concord. We are right around where we should be. We are going to warm up as we look ahead to the end of the week especially into the weekend. Details on that are coming up in just a bit. California now has the most coronavirus cases in the country. Nearly 13,000 new cases in a single day. A top Santa Clara County Health Expert is making a grim prediction, covi
Public service and brought to you today by your television provider. All persons having business before the Honorable Supreme Court of the United States are admonished to draw near and give their attention. Landmark cases. Cspans special history series produced in partnership with the National Constitution center. Exploring the human stories and constitutional dramas behind 12 historic Supreme Court decisions. Mr. Chief justice, and may it please the court. Quite often in many of our most famous decisions are ones that the court took that were quite unpopular. Lets go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually what it means to live in a society of different people who help stick together because they believe in a rule of law. Good evening welcome to cspans landmark cases. Tonight brandenburg versus ohio this 1969 case the warren Court Unanimously handed down one of the most expansive interpretations ever of our First Amendment guarantees to free speech and assem
Official to contract covid. How has that affected your response to the crisis . i think i was the second or third case in all of gate county, which has now experienced tens of thousands of cases since then. And it was interesting and in many ways instructive for me. Number one, i had to be quarantined for 18 days, but was able to continue to function as thingsnd was able to do like establish a diary to give people hope that if they did contract covid 19, and take yourself back to early march, when there was so much unknown about covid19, so much for your but the possibility of getting it, that it gave people tremendous comfort to know that someone was documenting their everyday experience with it. And the second part is, i was very asymptomatic. I was asymptomatic before i was i wouldand my symptoms, classify as mild throughout. I never got over a 100 degree temperature. I had a couple of body aches and pains, some stuffiness, but other than that, it was a relatively mild circumstance,
First Public Officials in the country to contract covid19, testing positive in march. Lets get started. Mayor, i want to start with your personal experience with covid. You were the first elected official to contract covid. How has that affected your response to this crisis . I was not only the first elected official, but i was the second or third case in the county. Dade county has experienced thousands of cases since then. It was interesting for me because, number one, i had to go directly into quarantine. I was quarantined for 18 days but was able to continue to function as mayor, to give people some sense of hope that if they did contract covid19 take yourself back to early march when there was so much unknown, so much fear about the possibility of getting it. It gave people a tremendous comfort to know that somebody was documenting their experience. Second, i was very asymptomatic. I was asymptomatic before i was tested and my symptoms, i would classify as mild throughout. I never