Plainfield, illinois. Towe take you live now california, where governor gavin newsom is updating the state on coronavirus. Governor newsom we are experiencing all across the united states. To put this in perspective, our ofen day average is north 14,000, 14,600 seven, to be precise. Day case number is roughly in line with that sevenday average, 14,034. To put that in perspective, when you look back at the peak we experienced at the beginning of this pandemic, the seven day previous week was to1, compared to the close 15,000 cases we are now experiencing over seven days. We anticipate, based on what occurred over the course of the last number of days, that within a number of weeks, onetwo weeks based on thanksgiving activity and all the efforts to educate people against activities and anherings, that we will see increase in cases. It is important to put in perspective california as a state visavis other states just for purposes of comparison. People have inquired and asked how we are do
This is kathleen from minnesota. Good morning. What is the state of Small Business in your Small Community . Everything is drivethru, but you cannot go in and sit down and eat. Its at disney had 30 two thousand jobs, so everything brickandmortar, you have to wear masks if youre going into the store. We are barely hanging on. The United States department of agriculture stopped giving out School Buses School lunches out on the buses. Host as we look at the state of Small Business including mississippi, what is your message to washington at this point . Where is Mitch Mcconnell . He put the bill on the table to be passed and he left town. Nancy pelosi put up the heroes act, and nobody is talking about recession. Nobody talking about people in the hospital that need ppe. This is dire. Just sitting at home ever since january of 2020, when the first covid19 came into mississippi. Ost thank you we want to hear from Small Business owners, employees, shoppers, folks like kathleen who live in mi
Learned and what to better improve the process. Its been a decade since the last significant piece of the telework legislation, the telework enhancement act of 2010 and it set the baseline standards for them to follow with telework and over the last ten years, weve seen great advances in technology and workforce expectations and the increase in cybersecurity threats. So many changes in the world it makes sense to take a close look at the telework policies and strategies than the federal workforce. The current pandemic has acted as a magnifying glass. This Committee Held a hearing in july and during the hearing we were able to gather valuable information to what theyve done to support the Remote Workforce and we were able to draw Lessons Learned with how they recalibrate the telework strategies and policies. During that hearing we gained insight into what the current private workforce is demanding. This, coupled with the environmental challenges we now face will help us create remote wo
Have want to heal with less time. Amy the u. S. Death toll from covid19 has topped 250,000 as the number of infections soar across the country. Nearly 2000 deaths in one day. But President Trump is all but missing in action. He has not attended a Coronavirus Task force meeting in five months. He continues to have no Public Meetings on his schedule. We will speak with the atlantics ed yong. Then to iran. As President Trump installs loyalists in a shakeup at the pentagon, is the president laying the groundwork to attack iran . Plus, we will look at why climate activists and progressive democrats are protesting president elect joe bidens decision to tap congressman Cedric Richmond to a Top White House post. He is the leading democrat recipient of fossil el money in congress. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. The official u. S. Death toll from covid19 has passed a quarter of a Million People as the virus rages
Exploded as soon as this news came about this potential vaccine by pfizer traders just jumped in head 1st into this market and weve really seen the dow it really record levels now in the markets been open about 90 minutes the main sectors that are benefiting the most travel Leisure Hospitality restaurants all things that have really suffered a lot in the last 99 to 12 months president elect joe biden has announced his transitional covert 19 team he says tackling the pandemic will be one of his 4 big priorities as the u. S. Continues to report a record daily number of infections. A new round of talks on libya is underway in the tunisian capital 75. 00 libyan representatives have been invited symbolizing the 75th anniversary of the United Nations which is leading the discussions both sides announced a permanent cease fire which has largely held. Officials in the disputed region of nagornokarabakh say the key city of shoes has been taken by Azerbaijani Forces those claims had initially be