Vice president mike pence, the number to call is 202 7488001. If you are a supporter of democratic nominee joe biden and kamala harris, 202 7488000. For independents, 202 7488002. You can also send us a text message at 202 7488003. And on twitter, we are at cspanwj. On facebook, we are at facebook. Com cspan. We want to begin with some breaking news. The headline from the Washington Post. Coastal towns nearly wiped out. The president yesterday got a firsthand look at the damage inflicted by hurricane laura. ,e covered many of his events his stops first in louisiana, later in texas coming two days after the category four hurricane slammed the gulf coast, leaving at least 16 dead in storm hit areas, many now with severe wind and flooding damage. Authorities warned that some people could be without Running Water or electricity for weeks, all coming in the sinlate augus. That is the president yesterday touring the damage in texas and louisiana. Cnn is reporting that the president will trav
Healthy lead both of the popular vote and the electoral college. Its not such a huge lead that its impossible for donald trump to close the gap. What happens in the battleground states, with joe inen campaigning pennsylvania, wisconsin, arizona. Those of the key states for him. The president was in New Hampshire friday. Florida it a must when state for the republicans. Walk us through those key battleground states. Now, we have joe biden winning all of those states. Off the top of my head it, im not sure about arizona, but im pretty sure. Florida is a must win state. Its difficult to see a path through the presidency where donald trump doesnt carry florida. At the same time, joe biden probably needs to win wisconsin in pennsylvania. Arizona is a new battleground state. From 2000competitive until 2012. In 2016, hillary can claim close to winning it. We see a situation now where democrats are competing for. That may be a way for them to offset a loss in wisconsin. Host the biden harris t
A poorly placed arrow on my part. That hopefully is placed on the shoulder. Well get updates. Back to you. All right. Breaking news and new overnight, a triple shooting at a san jose motel. This happened a little before 1 00 this morning at the allura inn. Our crew at the scene tells us officers cleared the area within the last 20, 40 minutes or so. Police say none of the people shot suffered life threatening injury. The shooter or shooters remain atlarge. This morning we focus on High School Seniors finding themselves in a unique position. For those in the class of 2020 interested in Higher Education the pandemic may have them exploring other options, maybe even taking a gap year. Today in the bays jackie ward has more from a College Counselor to help out with the pros and cons of making this decision and this is something weve seen more kids do, even prepandemic. Reporter thats right, marcus. Good morning to you. So lee, a consult at at Bay Area College consulting says that more than
Outbreak of covid19 has led to an unprecedented Public Health crisis and a dire economic crisis. We have lost over 110,000 people to the disease, and 40 million remain unemployed. Back in february as the band that it was worse, we knew we needed to take action to help our Small Businesses survive the economic downturn. We started working with the sba and governors around the country to leverage the sba disaster resources available. Can you please mute . Anyone should be muted. Everyone should be muted. As the virus continues to spread, or state and local governments began imposing stayathome orders and business closures. We quickly realized Congress Needed to do more to meet the full scope of the problem, and that is when we started working on what ultimately became the cares act. To help Small Businesses and eligible nonprofits, congress created a new Paycheck Protection Program, expanded eligibility to the program and provided payment and interest relief for current sba borrowers. I
Loans provided through the c. A. R. E. S. Act during the coronavirus pandemic. The House Small Business Committee held this hearing. I want to thank everyone for joining us this afternoon for our committees First Official remote hearing. I want to make sure to note some important requirements. House regulations require members to be visible through a video connection throughout the proceedings. So please keep your cameras on. Also, if you have to participate in another proceeding, please exit this one and log on later. You are recognized to minimize background noise. Over the last few months, the outbreak of covid19 has led to an unpresented Public Health crisis and dire economic crisis. We have lost over 10,000 people to the disease and 30 million remain unemployed. Back in february as the pandemic was getting worse, we knew we needed to take action to help our Small Businesses survive the economic downturn. We started working with the sba and governors around the country to leverage