Of millions diagnostic tests school plans should last for at least one year while the government pursues a vaccine at warp speed faster than we have ever done thate before the nobody expects vaccine this august the second half should be better able to provide more test, more treatments better Contact Tracing and hopefully we should have a vaccine in the fall of 2021 before we begin to approach normal. Several Reasons School have the advantage to provide a safe environment for students and faculty is younger people have been less hurt by coalbed 19 than older people although doctor fauci told our committee we should be careful to assume that young people are not at risk second, schools are generally oolll communities but generally supervised and monitored and they could be traced if a child becomes sick then the classmates can be tested and for individual schools are able to remain open schools are not unfamiliar with outbreaks of flu or other illnesses that have temporary closure of in
Schoolwide coronavirus tests to make sure students and staff are safe when they return to the classroom. Widespread testing not only helps contain the virus, it builds confidence that the schools are safe. U. S. Assistant secretary for health told our committee that there will be 40 to 50 million diagnostic tests available per month by september. Thats four to five times the number of todays tests and todays number in the United States is twice as many as any other country. And dr. Francis collins who led the human genome project and leads the National Institutes of health, leads a shark tank enterprise at the nih to discover new ways to create tens of millions of quick and accurate and inexpensive diagnostic tests. School covid plans should let the plans last for at least a year. The government is pursuing vaccines at what it calls warp speed, faster than weve ever done that before, but no one expects a vaccine this august. And the second half of the school year, schools should be bet
Treated as a nonhuman. Thats disrespectful to humanity. Reporter back out here live outside city hall, you have Fremont Police and the Fire Department here. This is the line people will be going into city hall in just a matter of minutes. Theyre still lined up outside and in this ore flow parking lot. One City Council Member told me everyone will be able to speak tonight. Theyll get about 45 seconds each. They expect this meeting to go well into the night and they do expect to have a decision. Kpix 5. President trump is ordering a major crack down on homeless camps in california. The Washington Post reporting that Administration Officials are visiting the state to learn more about the problem. While the focus has been on los angeles skid row, San Francisco has also been mentioned. Ideas range from is demolishing existing camps and creating new facilities to giving the federal government a bigger role in supervising healthcare and housing. The president and california leaders have sparr
New survey looking at School Safety issues. As always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Next. This good morning on friday, august 30. We will begin with the Justice Department watchdogs latest report that found former fbi director james comey violated Agency Policy by releasing official memos. Your reaction to the reports findings in our first hour. Republicans, 2027488001. If you are a democrat, dial in at 2027488000. And independents, 2027488002. You can also join the conversation if you go to twitter at cspanwj and on facebook. Com cspan. We will get to your calls in a minute. Lets begin with june 2017. James comey had been fired a month earlier by President Trump. He is summoned to capitol hill to testify and asked by senator Susan Collins about memos and releasing them. [video clip] did you show copies of your of theo anyone outside department of justice . Yes. And to whom did you show copies . The president tweeted on friday after
We are hearing a lot about china these days in east asia. That is what interested me. When i think of alaska and the early 20th century, i am thinking of hawaii, along, the philippines, the panama canal San Francisco. And of course the British Empire in British Columbia and the british have other territories. And of course japan is a rising power. I am interested in how that plays out. The different empires and the relationship between them and i a working on a book right now that focuses on the american empire and the British Empire in the far pacific northwest. I will be in the yukon some researching that. My interest is on is in my interest is in how broad things play out in particular places. Not so much how big themes play out. The same thing applies to the book on anchorage. I will move quickly through what we have here. I hope not too quickly. I hope not too quickly. Most of us know that ingrid starts out as a railroad town. We do not need to say much about that. The government