Subcommittee will reconvene. Hearingthe most clunky ive ever participated in, let alone chaired and that is saying a lot for the United States senate, so i apologize for our way to our witnesses, but to all who are paying attention, how challenging it has been with the series of votes. Senator cantwell is next to question. Cantwell thank you for inviting a witness that is both in kansas ander a Washington State residents to boot. I do want to work with you on the manufacturing workforce workforce issue that you and senator warner introduced keeping the supply chain and aviation manufacturing. I appreciate this hearing and i know we are dealing with an increase in the number of cases and challenges we face. Im very proud our state has kept our rates of infections and hospitalizations down, and appreciate the ongoing efforts but im also impressed by the manufacturing efforts in our state. Everybody working together. Outdoor research converted one of its seattle facilities into making sur
Runs just under two hours. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for being with us, or being near us, at least in the technology since. I welcome all of you to todays hearing that weve entitled, examining the response to the covid19 pandemic. The subcommittee at the sound of the gavel will come to order. As the nation continues to fight the unprecedented Public Health crisis, americans worked to protect against further spread of the virus while trying to maintain a certain degree of normalcy, including maintaining a job and earning a paycheck. There is not a corner of the u. S. Economy that has not felt the impact of the pandemic todays discussion will talk about the harmful effects on the Manufacturing Sector. During this pandemic, many in the Manufacturing Community have adapted their operations to help provide products needed to prevent the spread of the virus. Distributionlesale company that pivoted to manufacturing face masks in response to a dire National Supply shortage, or a cart
David hawkings is the editor in chief. There are leadership elections. Explain how they go about the two parties electing their leaders and can we see any changes . We will see some so, they meet in caucuses, different causes. No surprise here. The things are happening a little bit differently this year because of the pandemic. The Democratic Caucus which is happening the first of the meetings is happening today. There is a virtual opportunity for members to stay home, stay in their districts and cast the votes in the upcoming leadership elections using a secure app that the democrats have come up with. We wont see any changes at the top. The republican leadership, kevin mccarthy, steve scalise, maybe, maybe not liz cheney, thats staying the same. Were not seeing any changes at the top there either. Remarkably long run of nancy pelosi as the leader and jim clyburn of South Carolina as number three, thats all continuing. Thats continuing for a into a 16th year. Its a remarkably long run
From San Francisco. Our breezy as to various vacaville atlas peak Fairfield Napa sonoma calistoga in petaluma even danville in the east bay looking at some steady winds right now Oakland Haywards in san jose as well San Francisco, all backing off the strongest winds winds will remain steady across her upper elevations and through the north bay through the morning. But by the time we work our way into the afternoon a bit of a calmer situation, this is 02 00pm here and starting to show signs of calming down red flag warnings that still hold on in her upper elevations of the east bay north bay in all of solano and napa counties will remain until 05 00pm after which point well see them expiring in some improving conditions for the next few days and hopefully the return to power for a lot of us that are in the midst of those Power Outages right now right now novato youre at 46 degrees happening bay of 48 to avert coolest of spots while napa one of our breezier areas is also one of our. Warm
And have to choose whom we take on who gets to be treated. Should it be deferred or if the 16 year old. Belgium has the highest teen in fiction right per capita in europe well take a look inside a hospital struggling to come. And children in mali head back to school after months of covidien choose to closures but the pandemic is still threatening to cost millions of children in the region a chance at an education. Anyhow thanks for joining us there are just 10 days left before the u. S. Election but President Trump has already voted he joins tens of millions of americans who have also cost their ballots before next tuesdays election the surgeon early voting in the in the u. S. Is being fueled by concerns about coronavirus and trumps handling of the pandemics. U. S. President donald trump returned to his adopted home state of florida to cast his ballot and doubts about the security of mail in voting secure for much more secure that when you send in a ballot i could tell you that everyth