Colleagues have come to the floor and spoken here or elsewhere about the importance of providing assistance to state and local governments, and that if that doesnt happen that theyre there are going to be police officers, First Responders and people who have essential jobs that we rely on every single day and for whom were so grateful, that wouldnt be able to get paid. I would just point out that already as part of the Coronavirus Relief measures that congress has passed, there was 150 billion sent to state and local governments, much of which has yet to be spent. And, frankly, much of which we dont know what the actual need is out there until we have a better sense for what the revenue loss is to a lot of our state and local governments. Clearly they are sounding the alarm and are justifiably worried about what happens if the downturn in the economy continues and what that might mean to their revenues. And so they are looking to washington, d. C. For assistance, and i think that as i
Through this global crisis. And later, humans helping their best friends get through the quarantine or, is it the other put your mask on. This is the cbs weekend news. Foster good evening im lesli foster reporting from wusa 9 in washington, d. C. Small businesses and banks are getting ready for a mad dash as the new Coronavirus Relief program rolls out tomorrow. The first fund ran out of money. Deaths from the virus in this tuntry now top 54,000. Bure improving slowly. At least 20 states are set to bring back business some way in the coming days, but it will g a new normal. Dean reynolds begins our coverage. Reporter in guthrie, oklahoma last night, the bulls and their riders were bucking in front of empty stands. Lets go, lets go its showtime reporter near sioux falls, south dakota, a big race took place, but it was a drivers only affair. Ookh is life these days as fears of the virus overtake a desire for public gatherings. South dakota doesnt anticipate a peak in positive cases until
8th state to reach the 1000 mark following new york, new jersey michigan, louisiana, massachusetts, illinois and connecticut, 29,198 people are infected in the United States more than 37,000 deaths with close to 702,000 cases and across the globe more than 154,000 people have lost their lives and more than 2 Million People have the virus here in the bay area there are more than 6,000 cases and a 196 reported deaths and are you stream you can see how the numbers break down county by county Santa Clara County still leads the bay area with 73 deaths. And more than 1800 cases. Alameda county has 40 deaths 28 deaths in San Mateo County 20 in San Francisco. Back to our top story tonight, a daly city fathers out of the hospital after battling covid19 for almost a month. His Community Came together today to celebrate his victory. Kron fours dan thorn was there for the event. Showered with applause ken lewis taking in the fresh air while taking his first steps out of the hospital. Its the end o
Everyone. Today, im joined by our Secretary Department of health and i also want to thank the president and Vice President and hhs for all of their hard work recently. Phone call with other governors with the Vice President. Talked about testing and supplies. They also are sending us a shipment of remdesivir. It is an antiviral medicine for our very worst cases. Supplies will be coming in later this month later this week. We appreciate them sending as a shipment we will be able to utilize. I wanted to test to touch base on smithfield. That is good for those who want to get back to work and for our producers and our state. I was able to talk with members of the workforce on two different occasions last week. It was a very good, thoughtful discussion. I appreciated them taking the time to be on the call. To thank the team at Lutheran Social Services and the services they provided. They were so professional and wonderful. We just want to thank them for being available to facilitate the co
The Video Conference hosted by the group vocus on Rural America. Thank you for joining us today. Tos is a different approach a press event for me and i think for most everybody that is going to participate this morning. Out,e eager to try this ,nd hope if we make a mistake muting you again, please forgive us. I will introduce the speakers as we go and we will hold the questions until the end. Our communication director is running the news button and the chat sidebar on zoom, so if you have any questions, please just namea note there with your and she will call on you. You are final call for questions at the end. As you know, our country and the world are grappling with this ongoing coronavirus pandemic, and i sincerely hope that you and your loved ones are safe and , and thatgetting by you are practicing social distancing and taking necessary precautions. We do appreciate you making time for us today to do this event. I am in Monroe County and the southern part of the state and i ed he