Family members argue thats not the case and since most of the country reopened just a couple of weeks ago more than 20 states are now reporting an increase in corona virus and. Today marks the 21st consecutive day of nationwide protests following the death of george floyd over in minneapolis minnesota but now a Deadly Police shooting involving a black man in atlanta is triggering more demonstrations and moments ago the mayor of atlanta addressed this latest shooting all of this as new congressional legislation is being introduced to address Police Tactics across this country are to project is just ahead of the white house with more on these latest developments fair. Woman as you know ive been covering these protests since the beginning we are on day 211 of the biggest changes that were seeing here is remember those big 10 foot barricades up those fences well those fences are. An hour down and you can see behind me open to the public is Lafayette Park where 2 weeks ago President Donald
Christie smith spoke in light of the power shutoff. They remember that day like it was yesterday. They shared stories of loss and rebuilding. There was talk about updates on Community Preparedness and some pointed out challenges that are still ahead. In oakland, they remembered the disastrous and deadly fire that swept through the hills 28 years ago. I would ask that we give a moment of silence and the preparedness center. Her home burned in 1991 and many of her neighbors are new. Some of them dont know about trimming the trees or keeping the brush back on the house and all of that basic stuff that i was not aware of. She learned all about the Disaster Preparedness after the fire, but her planning was tested this month when pg e turned off power to help prevent wildfires. What i gained from this power outage was how what an island i was. I couldnt communicate. Council member believes the shutoff plan was not well sought out. The utility has said it will improve communications. The city
Midmorning reversal after the trading, and stocks gaining ever since. It is confounding, especially since the 10 year yield has remained higher. Earlys the highest since january 2014. If you willusing, recall, the selloff of stocks when it began a couple weeks ago, it was sparked by a higher in the jobsed report, which caused a spike in yields. Seeing that spike in yields, it is a different story for stocks. Over the course of the session as we saw stocks gain through the day. You see the lower open today, and stocks turning higher decisively after 10 00 a. M. And continuing decisively. , not just in stocks, but across the board, a more tone. N you see crude oil rising, and gold also rising, seen as an inflation hedge. It also goes up when people are looking for safety. Copper futures are rallying by 2 . Particularly when it comes to oil, the number at cushing was the key one. Total stocksushing falling from november by about half to where they were reported today. That is helping to g
The Sheehan Family foundation and mark and pat suen. Many thanks to jack and mary romanos, our sponsors for this gloriouss venue, the Trinity United Methodist church. Wed like to extend special thanks to our literary members and individual donors who have made and continue to make Saturdays Free festival events possible. 90 of our venue of our revenue comes from donors just like you. Thank you. We are very excited to have a savannah book festival app for your phonene available this yea. Its very easy to get it from the app store, and there are directions in your programs. Please try to download it. Itll help you today. Before we get started, i have a couple of housekeeping notes. Immediately following this presentation, brian curtis will be signing festivalpurchased copies of his books in Telfair Square right across the way. If you are planning to stay for the next author presentation, pleasese move forward to seats n the front so that we can accurately count how many i spas are availa
Delighted to welcome you to the 11th annual savannah book festival, presented by georgia power, david and nancy cintron, the family foundation, and mark and pat. Many thanks to jack and mary romano, our sponsors for this glorious venue, the Trinity United Methodist church. We would like to extend special thanks to our literary members and individual donors who have made and continue to make Saturdays Free festival events possible. 90 of our venue, of our revenue comes from donors just like you. Thank you. We are very excited to have a savannah book festival app for your phone available this year. Its very easy to get it from the app store and there are directions in your programs. Please try to download it. It will help you today. Before we get started i had a couple of housekeeping notes. Immediately following this presentation, brian curtis will be signing festival purchase copies of his books right across the way. If you are planning to stay for the next author presentation, please