Host good afternoon, everyone. I am the president of the center for American Progress and i am thrilled to be moderating this vital conversation today. I cant think of a more timely moment to gather these distinguished from a recent leaders. Im honored to be joined by the new york mayor, Atlanta Mayor and stockton mayor. I will say a few more words about them in a minute, but i want to really start by saying that we are gathering at a time where a lee are going through times of deep pain and anguish for so many americans. That has come to the floor in the last few, but it is a product of years in decades and centuries of equally and unfair treatment. The murder of george floyd, Brianna Taylor and many other black americans have shed a harsh light on this systemic racism that is pervasive in the country. The vaccines are on trial and medical professionals are working around. Still so many people are suffering and dying. Of the other this has riddled the country since birth and we have h
Mayor de blasio all right. It is a very Beautiful Day today. It is a Beautiful Day for this city. This is a powerful day. Day 100 of the coronavirus crisis, and it is the day that we start to liberate ourselves from this disease. The day we move forward with phase one of the restart, it against in new york city. Begins in new york city. All new yorkers should be proud that you got us to this day. This was a lot of hard work. Everyone who stayed home, everyone who socially distance and put on face coverings, you got us to this day, a date to celebrate hundreds of thousands of new yorkers coming back to work today. Just the beginning of the restart. Of everyerally because single new yorker worked so hard to get us here. We have been the epicenter of this crisis. This is the place where it was going to be the hardest to make a comeback, yet new york city is so strong and resilient. We are making that come back. We will always remember the heroes of this crisis. The first responders, healt
Relationship with the commissioner of the new York Police Department following reports the city council was considering cuts to its budget. Right. It is a very Beautiful Day today. It is a Beautiful Day for this mayor de blasio all right. It is a very Beautiful Day today. It is a Beautiful Day for this city. This is a powerful day. Day 100 of the coronavirus crisis, and it is the day that we start to liberate ourselves from this disease. The day we move forward. Begins in new york city. All new yorkers should be proud that you got us to this day. This was a lot of hard work. Everyone who stayed home, everybody who socially distanced and put on face coverings, you got us to this day, a date to celebrate hundreds of thousands of new yorkers. Just the beginning of the restart. Every single new yorker worked so hard to get us here. We have been the epicenter of this crisis. This is the place where it was going to be the hardest to make a comeback, yet new york city is so strong and resilie
Coronavirus cases continues to rise even here at home kron fours gayle ong joins us live in galle he talked to invent Infectious Disease expert who says that these numbers that hard to understand exactly what they mean. Yeah i can among the experts weve been hearing from a lot saying that these cases and deaths are under reported and thats due to limited testing early on and asymptomatic people. Testing capacity has grown in the bay area and beyond to perhaps the reason why were seeing a rise in covid19 cases and deaths that the case counts are going in the right direction that is down thats good that theyre going up. Well maybe its because were casting but more likely theyre going up because the acres have changed in more people have gotten on wednesday. John Hopkins University reports the nations death toll surpassed 100,000 people since the first u. S. Recorded death from covid19 less than 4 months ago 100 thousands are real watermark this epidemic in the country doctor George Ruthe
Died in their homes might never have been tested and then theres the cases that have not been counted cdc director doctor Robert Redfield tweeted earlier this month. Models predicting an increase in deaths in the coming weeks and a cumulative total exceeding 100,000 by june 1st. According to one of the cdc models that theyre highlighting the u. S. Tax will drop a levying about 11,000 and thats because many people are wearing masks, reporting live gayle ong kron 4 news. Tonight there are almost 13,000 confirmed covid19 cases in the bay area. Alameda county leads the local counties with more than 3,000 cases. But the virus has been deadlier in Santa Clara County where a 140 people have died. The complete breakdown by county is available on our website kron 4 dot com in San Francisco, a large number of covid19 deaths is among the citys Homeless Population, the department of Public Health reported 48 homeless deaths during the pandemic so far. Tonight, homeless advocacy groups are calling