Schoolwide coronavirus tests to make sure students and staff are safe when they return to the classroom. Widespread testing not only helps contain the virus, it builds confidence that the schools are safe. U. S. Assistant secretary for health told our committee that there will be 40 to 50 million diagnostic tests available per month by september. Thats four to five times the number of todays tests and todays number in the United States is twice as many as any other country. And dr. Francis collins who led the human genome project and leads the National Institutes of health, leads a shark tank enterprise at the nih to discover new ways to create tens of millions of quick and accurate and inexpensive diagnostic tests. School covid plans should let the plans last for at least a year. The government is pursuing vaccines at what it calls warp speed, faster than weve ever done that before, but no one expects a vaccine this august. And the second half of the school year, schools should be bet
Businesses destroyed. Even a local Police Precinct has been torched. You can see it there in the background. The minneapolis p. D. Says people forced their way into that Police Station and set it on fire. Thankfully, everyone in the building had evacuated. Not just minneapolis, protests erupting in los angeles, denver, phoenix, and this one in louisville, kentucky. People rocking that police truck there. Protesters are fed up with what they call police brutality. The call for justice is also here in the bay area. Nbcs cheryl hurd is in oakland this evening. Reporter what is playing out on the streets of minnesota is playing out this way in oakland. Dozens of protesters chanting outside Oakland Police headquarters, expressing anger over the floyd, a handcuffed black man who died after being held down by a white police officer. African people see ourselves with that foot on our neck. We feel that knee on our neck every single day from living in oppressive conditions in our community. Rep
Lets break down the data. The ism manufacturing number has come in at 43. 1. That is shy on the consensus, which was 43. 8, but ahead of where we thought things would be at bloomberg economics. The headline number is a bit of ordersaly because of the and the duration of orders component, which messes things up a bit. That number is coming in as expected. The employment numbers picked up as well, and the prices paid number picked up strongly. Lets get a look at what this means for the u. S. Economy. Giving us that assessment is that shes shot is ashish shah. From Goldman Sachs. Lets talk about the data we are getting from the u. S. Economy. We have got the big payroll number coming up friday. My sense is these numbers are getting better, but not consistent with a vshaped recovery at this point. They still look pretty bad and still indicate that while things are improving, the u. S. Economy is still in a tough spot right now. Give us your thoughts. Ashish i think that is exactly right. I
The number in the United States is twice as many as any other country. And doctor Francis Collins who once led the human genome project and now leaves the National Institutes of health needs a competitive shark tank enterprise at the nih to discover new ways to create tens of millions of quick and extensive diagnostictests. Covid19 plans should last for at least a year. The government is pursuing vaccines at what it calls s work speed a, faster than weve ever done that before but no one expects a vaccine this august. The second half of the school year schools should be able to provide more tests, more treatments, better Contact Tracing and hopefully we should begin to have vaccines. It will likely be the fall of 2021 though before we begin toapproach normal. There are several reasons schools have an advantage in weproviding a safe environment for students and for faculty. One younger people have been less hurt by covid19 and older people. Although doctor county told our committee we sh
Been working through the day with Governor Newsom and his administration through their unified command efforts in california. We have developed a plan which will be implemented this weekend. All passengers and crew will be tested for the coronavirus. There are 3,500 people on board this ship. The Vice President says that anyone who needs to be quarantine forward a positive test will be placed into isolation. Where might that cruise ship come ashore. There are several noncommercial ports where the vessel could drop anchor. Tom is joining us from outside the state lab in richmond where those tests were processed. What do you think are some of the possibilities that Health Officials are looking at . Reporter when you say noncommercial port, i assume that means, or one should assume that means, a port that doesnt handle cruise ships and things like that. There are plenty of ports in the San Francisco bays that could easily handle this boat. Lets look at a few numbers. This boat is 950 feet