Them in a minute. I wanted to start just by saying that we are gathering at a time where we all as country, as these leaders in particular, are leading us as we go through moments of deep pain and anguish for so Many Americans. That has come to the floor in the last few weeks. A product of t is years and decades and even really centuries of unequal and unfair treatments. E murders of george floyd, breyonea taylor, ahmed arbery and Many Americans to shed light on systemic racism that is pervasive in our country. Black people are not safe here not when they go out for a job, not when they go out to church, not even when they stay in their own home and they are too often killed at the hands of police. Right now, our country is dealing with two diseases. One of them dozens of vaccines are on trial, medical professionals are working around the clock. And it is a global effort to become a common enemy. And still so many people are suffering and dying. For the other its a disease thats riddle
And stockton mayor. I will say a few more words about them in a minute. But he really wanted to start by saying that we are gathering at a time where all as a country, and in particular, leading us as we go through a moment of deep pain and anguish for so many americans. That has come to the floor the last few weeks that it is a product of years and decades and really even centuries of any cool and unfair treatment. The murders of george floyd, breonna taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and many other black americans have shed a harsh light on the systemic racism that is pervasive in our country. People are not safe here. Now when they got their jobs are going to church, not even when they stay in our own homes. And they are too often killed at the hand of place. Black people. Right now our country is suffering of two abuses. One of them, medical professionals are working aroundtheclock theres a global effort to become a common entity. And still so many people are suffering. And dying. And for the
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Come friday, thats mayday, with spring weather, getting out of the house and back to work will surely take another step forward. Look at this. Investors love it. We know we are in the middle of a seriously shrinking economy but back to work means a way out of the mess. Top officials including the president and the treasury secretary expect a vigorous recovery later this year. And soon, we will see the Financial Statements from the allimportant big tech companies. Investors are expecting solid results and that, too, is helping the overall market. Heres the big negative of the day. The tumbling price of oil. We dropped to 10 a barrel. Now we are at 11. 87. At the moment, its not hurting the stock market, but the possibility of going back to a zero price or a negative price as we did two weeks ago, that is still on the table. Gas, yep, keeps on falling. Not quite quickly enough, maybe. 1. 76 is your National Average. Wisconsin still the cheapest. The average price today actually went up i
Its quiet and i just want to remind people that certain parking restrictions are still being enforced. I dont think you can just go and not pay the meter. Theyre still trying to keep businesses open. This is traffic moving along very well. Transit system still working. A little rain here at the Richmond Bridge as steve has been saying. So that may complicate your drive wherever youre going. New numbers this morning. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University Say the number of coronavirus cases worldwide has passed 200,000. China, italy, iran, spain, germany have the most infections. Here in the bay area, there are 367 confirmed cases. Santa clara county has more than double any other county with 155 cases including five deaths z. San mateo is second, followed by San Francisco, contra costa, and alameda counties. Two of the bay area shelterinplace order. Once again the order says stay at home as much as possible. We expect to see empty streets and neighborhoods again and areas that are nor