Karen bass, and several other members of the black caucus who you will be hearing from momentarily. Thank you for joining us on this emergency town hall meeting, living while black in america, 401 years later after our ancestors were first brought to the shores of america in shackles, we now that while we have come a long way in this country, we still have a long way to go. We are living with the legacy of slavery and jim crow and racial oppression that continued to permeate every aspect of american life. And we have seen that over the last several months in such a stark and striking fashion. The covid19 pandemic, a twin crisis, both a Public Health crisis and an economic crisis, has impacted everyone, but disproportionately impacted in an adverse fashion the africanamerican community. In terms of pain, in terms of suffering, in terms of economic dislocation and in terms of death. And then, of course, youre dealing with the continued epidemic at the same time of Police Violence, Police
And what hes going to do about it now. Our breaking news. President trumps personal l a has now tested positive for coronavirus the valley as a member of the military unit to sign. To serve the white house. And this now raises questions about the first familys exposure to the disease. A white house spokesperson says the president and Vice President have since been tested since learning this news and that they are both still negative. Lets go to kron fours will tran for the latest developments on this well what are we now. As far as the coronavirus and has done just incredible damage to businesses not just across the country but actually right here of course in the bay area stories like this one forced to shut down for 7 weeks because the shelter in place it was just simply too dangerous. According to the governor for them too. The operations 7 now area employers to loosen up the grip a little bit of shelter in place and well find out in detail and a couple of hours from now what he pla
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