Those questions this morning for House Speaker nancy pelosi, dr. Deborah birx and washington governor jay inslee. Plus, analysis from Chris Christie, rahm emanuel and our team of experts. Announcer from abc news, its this week. Here now chief anchor George Stephanopoulos. Good morning and welcome to this week. As we come on the air this morning, the coronavirus continues to spread, now more than 730,000 cases across america. And as the fight to contain the virus goes on, the white house, congress and governors also now focused on containing the economic devastation caused by the pandemic. Struggling with how to reopen Society Without risking a second wave of the virus. At the white house last night, the president stepped up his attacks on House Speaker nancy pelosi claiming shes blocking new funding for the Paycheck Protection Program for Small Businesses. Nancy pelosi is blocking it. She sits in her house in san francisco, overlooking the ocean, and she doesnt want to come back. She d
The director of the department of Public Health, dr. Grant colfax. The director of the department of emergency management, mary ellen carroll. The director of the department of Human Services trent rhorer. The director of the department of homelessness and housing, abigail stewartkhan and our police chief bill scott. Thank you for joining us this afternoon. I want to start by providing the most updated numbers currently. We have 1,058 cases here in San Francisco of those diagnosed with the coronavirus. And sadly, we have 20 people who died from this illness. And for more information, please visit data sf. Org covid19 for our full tracker and more information that you may be interested in reviewing. Today i just wanted to talk about the anniversary of the 1906 earthquake. This weekend marks the 106th anniversary of the earthquake. When we all can look back on our history and remember during that time, not only did the earthquake hit and it really physically destroyed buildings and many
And stakeholders. The gig workers, jobs with justice. Jobs with justice is doing a lot of outreach. They have been in touch with a variety of Community Organizations through this process. Thank you. Any more comments or questions for mr. Goebel . Is it too late to add a question to the survey . I can check with the survey team. The covid19 survey is going to wrap up next week. I could ask the survey team that. I wanted to know the federal relief package included gig workers. I wanted to know if they applied for that, what is the status, do they know about it, have they going to apply for it . I dont think the checks have been issued. They are coming, and if they had received any relief. That was my question. I had another question and i forgot about it. Sorry. That was the question. It is a very good point, madam chair in terms of unemployment. I have been reading reports about gig workers having difficulty accessing it. It is delayed until the end of the month. All kinds of problems.
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