On the agenda today, resolution on the peaceful transfer of power after the president ial election, live house coverage at cspan. The speaker pro tempore the ouse will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk speakers rooms, washington, d. C. September 29, 2020. I hereby appoint Emanuel Cleaver to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Haplain conroy let us pray. Lord, father of us all, we give you thanks for giving us another day. As the stresses of the pandemic and as economic and educational effects stubbornly continue, we ask you once again to send your spirit of peace and healing upon our nation. Bless those who labor to bring healing and teaching during these difficult times. Comfort all who are ill with coronavirus and those who mourn the loss of loved ones because of it. As the members
Pieces, competition antitrust law and Consumer Protection which covers a wide swath of territory but includes everything from gardenvariety scams to fight the enforcement in both of those areas squarely in the middle of a lot of really interesting changes that our society is going through and technology which all of us are dealing and not many of us are using. Host technology and telecommute occasions have become a bigger part of your portfolio over the last couple of years, havent they . To some extent yes. I say to some extent because telecommute occasions are much more the purview of the Commerce Department then the ftc but for example with respect to privacy we do work there with respect to advertising claims we do work there and certainly technology is a big part of what we do. Host antitrust when it comes to technology, correct . Guest yes, very much so. Host there was a recent article in the wall street journal talking about the potential lawsuit against facebook. Could you tell
Cspan created by americas cabletelevision companies as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. Host this week join is on the communicators this representative bob latta, the Top Republican on the communications and Technology Subcommittee and our guest reporter is sam sabin of Morning Consult. Congressman latta joining us from bowling green, ohio, there are then several proposals put out to expand world broadband especially in this time of covid. Which ones are you supporting and which ones do you think would benefit your largely rural district . Guest thanks so much for having me on. Its really important we do talking about world broadband. Ive been engaged in this for years and one of the cofounders of the probroadband caucus and with groups that a meeting all the time because this is not a republican or democrat raided the issue. This affects everyone in the rural areas. Its important for us to get this out as soon as we can especially during this covi
This yet. Whether we are ready here it comes. Lets start off this morning, we do have some breezy conditions out there, stirring to see it show up on the coast and also matching about 32 Miles Per Hour at mt. Diablo. That is because there is a low pressure system to the north of us. That is open is get a little when breeze going so everywhere else is not too bad about 30 Miles Per Hour in oakland and concord. We can see the north is looking just fine, theres a low pressure system to the north of us. It will also keep us a little cooler today a seasonal average will be a nice day out there but not bad at all. Here the current temperatures about what he ate redwood city and 53 degrees and services go, today were looking out for lots of sunshine, just slightly cooler seasonal temperatures at the coast will see the 60s and upper 70s on inland. I will talk more about that when i come back for now i will endeavor to sell. In mourning right now we have traffic moving on pretty well around the
We have some breaking news we want to share with you out of orinda this morning. There are reports of an explosion and a fire. Take a look at the map on your screen it happened just before 5 00 this morning not far from the high school. Details are limited this morning. We reached out to officials. Lets show you some video from a resident who said she woke up to the sound of the explosion, came outside, this is what he saw. He was told on the scene by police a popping sound you could hear in the video is a sound of ammunition being set off by the fire. No words injuries or if anyone was inside the house. This story is still developing. We will bring you updates throughout the show. Medical experts say coronavirus numbers for california and the bay area are trending well. 22,416 confirmed cases in california including 634 deaths california ranking number five in the number of total cases after massachusetts surpassed us yesterday. 4867 confirmed cases in the bay area including 133 death