Racing in this unique time. Changednow, life has over the past weeks in our state. Across our country and across the world. Home,ildren are now at many georgians are working remotely. Public gatherings are few and far between. That is for a very good reason. Some Health Care Facilities are ramping up capacity as they see more and more patients and providing critical treatments to those in need. Level are the local working hard to make the right calls at the right time to keep our citizens safe. There are no easy answers. The guidance continues to change as we fight to stop the spread of covid19. We must remain dynamic in response. We have to stay united in the fight and georgians deserve to have the facts to make the right decisions. They need as much information as possible to keep loved ones safe. Yesterday there were 197 cases of covid19. Three confirmed deaths. Today there are 287 cases of covid19 spending 36 counties. Lawrence,des glenn, and other places that had no cases. We are
I am excited to be in the energy and Commerce Committee. It is at the forefront of americas competitiveness. That issues in front of the energy and Commerce Committee are going to determine americas leadership in the world. It is my goal to make sure we climate,ng on driverless cars, closing the digital divide. They can sure america is leading and the rest of the world is following. Peter one of the issues before your subcommittee right now is privacy. What do you want to have done . It is very Important Congress act. That we set a National Standard for privacy in the u. S. What is happening is we are seeing a patchwork of laws. California has led with the law that is going into effect right now. Other states are introducing their own laws. Washington state has introduced legislation. There are 80 bills being introduced at the state level addressing privacy because acting. Is not we need to have a standard or else we risk a patchwork of laws that are only going to cause confusion for c
Actions including over 20 dismissals of classaction cases so you may have a sense of where his position is on that. Hes a graduate of georgetown and university of Virginia Law School where he is also the author of a chapter in the popular letter guide series on the claims. [applause] the next panelist is the professor that wrote the book. He is a graduate of notre dame. He made up for that when he went to graduate school and was the top graduate in his class. He makes a case into class action mechanism and we will hear more from him in just a b bit. [applause] we are going to have a great debate with experts on class actions. Brian and i were classmates in law school they are more libertarian. To write a book in support of classaction complaints. [laughter] thank you for that kind introduction. The reason i think conservatives should support class actions is because we have to ask ourselves what the alternative is. The alternative was told to us in an amicus brief filed by the United S
Action have to be taken. We have to remove these attractive flavored products from the market place until they secure fda approval if they can. So to be specific this is flavored ecigarettes and enforced over the next few weeks. San francisco had banned the sale but that hadnt taken effect. This move to ban flavors is to combat the youth vaping. It is not directly related to the deaths from vaping. What is causing that is still a mystery. But we may see more bans ahead as they figure that out. Scott, thank you. Now to our other top story. Happening now, a day many will never forget. Today marks 18 years since the september 11th terrorist attack. All day long people from coast to coast will pause to remember the victims. Many families whose loved ones were involved in the tragedy, it is far from over. From ground zero in new york to the bay area, our team is reflecting on this somber day. Nbc bay areas Chris Pollone begins our coverage in new york. Reporter it has now been 18 years sinc
New protests in hong kong. No cigar. Shinzo abes Ruling Coalition wins the upper house but has failed a getting a super majority. We will have the results of the reaction. After a volatile week, stocks closed lower on friday amidst news of mounting tensions in the persian gulf. The Federal Reserve will limit a rate cut to a quarter of a point. Sophie we are setting up for a soft start to a busy week. On thursday, we will get south korean gdp numbers, ahead of which we will get export data in about an hours time. We are moving into high gear on the earnings front, with about 200 Japanese Companies reporting this week. Watching asahi. Switching up the board to check in on oil. Persian gulf tensions are extending a rally. Theleen lets check in on first world news. The Hong Kong Government has denounced the actions of protesters who targeted chinas main headquarters in the city as a peaceful mass rally turned violent late sunday evening. Gas asfired tear demonstrators converged on beijings