The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. April 23, 2020. I hereby appoint the honorable kathy castor to act as splote on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. 7 the speaker pro tempore the a prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Merciful god, thank you for giving us another day. Send your spirit of peace and comity among the members of the peoples house. These are days of great political, social, and economic stress in our nation, and those whose work is to legislate through this pandemic are naturally under considerable pressure. Give us all patience, especially with one another. May all our citizens in the midst of great turmoil be filled with gratitude for those in our nation whose work must go on when it would be so easy not to assume their responsibility to do so. Continue to bl
Illinois governor gave an update on the States Coronavirus pandemic. He was joined by his sister former commerce secretary who spoke about efforts to raise money in her capacity as chair of the illinois covid19 relief fund. We will also hear from senator richard durbin. Good afternoon to everybody who is here in the room and our teleworking reporters and those joining us on television, radio or streaming service. I want to thank again the reporters and press working so hard to cover the vital stories of this pandemic. More than ever, people need clear, factual information to rely upon. I want to thank the Illinois Broadcasters Association and tv and radio stations all across the state that are joining forces today to come back hunger and shortages during this crisis. One of our hardest working Agency Directors during this crisis is department of Human Services secretary. Secretary is here to talk about the essential role in our response to covid19. And maintaining the continuity of Hum
From the east bay hills, mt. Hamilton. And there will be those cumulus ildups for a ls morganhi few scattered showers and, as i said, they will continue to move up to the north with a chance of showers in the south bay this morning, even the peninsula. Maybe the east bay. Overall, though, you are milder and cloudier in the south bay, 48. You are clear and chilly. We are looking at temperatures coming into the 50s. Check it out. Weve got mostly sunny conditions. You see the green there. Im stopping that at 4 00. Some showers will be in the area. Well talk about more showers for your sunday. Jobina . Thank you, lisa. We begin with the latest coronavirus count. There were just four related deaths reported in the bay area. Now at least 11 total. Sonoma county reported its first coronavirus related death last night. So did contra costa county. Hardhit Santa Clara County reported two new fatalities. Bayarea wide surged well past sub acute rabitn tested positiv the coronavirus. 75yearold man
We go in closer, can you see from loss gatos south of san jose, santa cruz mountains, the system will continue to exit out of the bay area. From the peninsula to the south bay, chance for a shower this morning. Were looking a nice spring weekend. First weekend of spring. 45 in san leandra. Cool 30s in the north bay. 39 in novato. 38 in santa rosa. Warmer this morning than we were yesterday, couple of degrees warmer will translate to a beautiful afternoon. 10 00, mid 50s and a few clouds around. We go through the 1 00 hour, were in the 60s, mid to upper 60s this afternoon. We could see a shower from mt. Diablo to mt. Hamilton. Well talk details rest of your weekend and a cold week ahead. Jobina . Thank you. We begin with the latest on the coronavirus count. Four related deaths reported in the bay area, now at least 11 total. Sonoma county reported its first coronavirusrelated death last night. So did cost a new overnight here, a resident at the altos at rehab center has tested positive,
So did contra costa county. Hardhit Santa Clara County reported two new fatalities. The number of cases bay area wide surged past the 500 mark in 24 hours. A special report set for 9 30. This is a live look at the james brady Briefing Room at the white house where President Trump and Vice President mike pence and members of the Coronavirus Task force will have a testing update for us. We will go first to that special report as soon as it comes on, which we are expecting again at 9 30 this morning. Good morning, everyone. It is saturday, march 21st. Im welcome to the first weekend of spring where we have some spring showers from the Central Coast moving towards san jose, the East Foothills and the east bay. Going in closer here to palo alto, redwood city, highway 84, could see a light shower from union city all the way out towards livermore and the diablo range, shower activity, san ramon and alamo a few sprinkles. Temperatures in the 50s in oakland, 47 in richmond, 41 novato. North bay