But this lack of data doesnt allow us to know where the epidemic is heading. The state department of Public Health has deployed a tech team to figure out what happened. Until it is fixed, labs are being told to manually report all positive cases to local health departments. Heres a new program, getting paid to stay at home. Alameda county will pay people who cant afford to selfisolate. The goal is to slow the spread of the virus. Melissa colorado is in oakland with the details. It was not like a cold. People go to work with a cold. This will affect the whole community. Reporter its the coronavirus conundrum impacting low income people who test positive for covid19. Go to work and expos others or stay at home and lose your paycheck and maybe even your job . These are individuals that work in construction, work in restaurants, work in grocery stores. Reporter ceo jane garcia treats uninsured and undocumented patients in oakland. Their employer is asking them to provide documentation that
And securing the blefg of liberty blessings of liberty for all americans has taken a long and bumpy road and we still have a lot further to go. It starts with that one step. But at this moment the country and the world are demanding we pick up the stride. Lets follow iowas lead. Lets come together and take meaningful action. And to be clear, the passage of a single bill is not going to suddenly reverse centuries of injustice. Passing laws are a simple part. If we really want to change behavior, we need to commit ourselves to changing our hear hearts. The best way that we can personally commemorate the life of george floyd and the many others before him who lost their lives or suffered injustice is to open our own hearts. Chaplain black summed up the solution best when he quoted to me mark 12 31. Love your neighbor as yourself. Its both that simple and that challenging. So im asking all of us in this body to be more like iowa. Lets find a solution. Lets take that first step and begin ou
The most americans as senator scotts point was made they want us to solve problems and come up not with the best answer possible, they want us to come up with the best possible answer. And whats the difference in the best answer possible and the bestwe possible answer . The difference is figuring out when youve gotten done as much as you can get done and you decide that in this process you want to accept that and come back at a later time and see if you can do a little better, they dont want us to reject a promising solution just because someone from the other party did it first they dont want us to reject the solution because it doesnt solve everything. Not being around here nothing around her here happens as fasts we want it to. The constitution was put together by people who didnt trust government and make it easy one of the great successes of all time was the success of making it hard for the government to do things and explain in other countries where they have parliamentary syste
Resembling an honest and open discussion of the issues, i think it gives us a lot to be concerned about. The solution should be the goal. When members of congress are more interested in a bill that they believe to be perfect, rather than seriously engaging in debate, it raises a lot of concerns about how we protect liberty and that we do our constitutional duty. Ive been in college for a while, mr. President , as some of my friends are more than eager to point out, and i have never for a perfect bill. Ever. Ive introduced a couple of perfect bills but i never voted for a perfect bill. I never voted b for a bill that couldnt be improved. Our good friend tim scott said something the other day that struck me as a truism. He said i think most americans are tired of republicans and democrats talking about republicans and democrats. Most americans, as senator scotts point was made, what is to solve problems. They want us to, not with the best answer possible, they want us to come up with the
Hello. Good evening, everyone. Welcome again to sixth i. I do start to start by asking who is here at sixth i for the first time tonight . Hello. Whether you are a first timer or if repeat offender we have a bunch of programs you might want to check out from a conversation from dan pfeiffer two concert with the incredible songwriter josh ritter to a party where you can come and see all of them did just a few weeks into the new year and the new decade im sure the reality has set in for us all we are now undeniably in 2020 approaching what is the most anticipated and polarized american president ial election of all time. The 2016 elections results were shocking to many of us in this d we didnt know a country, communities or friends as well as we thought we did. The aftermath so people questioning each others values and stark divisions and already divisive twoparty political systems. Tonight we are thrilled to welcome ezra klein back to dc to help us make sense of it all and hear his pers