for more on the corona virus response we are joined by the chief medical officer for the national association of committee health centers. before we talk rotavirus, just remind us first, what community health centers are, how many there are the nine states?t: steam at centers are really the comprehensive care, ambulatory care centers across the united states. their 1400 organizations, each has a multiple sites averaging eight to nine so there is about 12000 committee health center sites.tr around the nation they are very strategically placed in every state, territory, the district of columbia, and also puerto rico. we offer comprehensive care which includes primary care medical care, dental oral health, disorders, and many other things that we do. we are the connection to relate the safety net. we have 49% medicaid patients, we have 23% uninsured, we are the ones on the front lines providing primary care to the communities that really need it. those uninsured, what happens
joins us with this developing weather. good evening, jeff. hey there, raj. we re tracking the storm system gaining strength from texas to the central plains. right now the worst weather happening outside of dallas as they are expecting strong storms over the next two to three hours and oklahoma city where there s freezing rain continually coming down we do expect to stay in the forecast throughout tomorrow as well. so we ve pinpointed some of the top travel concerns for tomorrow. oklahoma city, freezing rain. also a wintery mix. a trifecta in chicago. not only snow, but sleet and also freezing rain. then we ll take you to the third spot, the southeast. arkansas, louisiana, mississippi. the possibility of tornadoes in those locations. here across the bay area if you re waiting for a flight to land they should have total clearance with mostly sunny skies and temperatures in the low 60s. but strap on your seat belt here. if you re headed anywhere across the west on some sort o
quite some ways around the area. white smoke, those meaning the firefighters have water on it not black smoke if it was still burning. emergency vehicles at 280/87 interchange. this started in the past half hour or so. we ll bring you more information as soon as it comes into our newsroom. now we turn to a developing story, b.a.r.t. and its unions have agreed on a tentative contract. call it an early christmas present for hundreds of thousands of people who depend on b.a.r.t. the previous deal fell apart after b.a.r.t. managers balked at a family leave provision. reporter: good evening. all sides have agreed but the board b.a.r.t. of directors have to ratify the agreement and union members have to vote interest. but it could finally be at an end. a tentative deal was reached back in october but then there was a dispute over a provision that b.a.r.t. said it never intended to include in the contract. that provision gave employees six weeks of paid family leave to care for a
there are now fears of food shortages. as the clearup begins, pledges of help flood in from around the world, including the us and the uk, while aid agencies rush to offer assistance. in other news, more than 700,000 people have now died from coronavirus worldwide. the us has reported the most deaths, followed by brazil and mexico. in the uk, lockdown restrictions are imposed once again in the city of aberdeen amidst a spike in cases there. rescue workers are searching for dozens of people still missing after the massive explosion in beirut yesterday. at least 135 people were killed and more than 5000 were injured. large parts of the city were devastated by the force of the blast. the red cross is co ordinating with the lebanese health ministry to set up new morgues, and a two week state of emergency has been declared. more than a quarter of a million people have had to leave their homes. the blast was felt on the island of cyprus, 150 miles away in the eastern mediterranean.
stimulus bill was a glimmer of hope, an important step for many people who are struggling. but last night after congress had already passed the bill and lawmakers went home for the holidays, president trump threw a monkey wrench into the entire thing by saying he might not actually sign it. here s what president trump tweeted last night. i m asking congress to amend this bill and increase the ridiculously low $600 to $2,000 or $4,000 for a couple. i m also asking congress to immediately get rid of the wasteful and unnecessary items from this legislation. and to send me a suitable bill or else the next administration will have to deliver a covid relief package. sure, on the surface, more money might sound good, but it is not that easy. this bill is more than 5,500 pages long. it took eight months to pull it together, and while the president had all of that time to get involved in the negotiations, he never did. the other big story in the last 24 hours, president trump usin