Has been in power since the 99 teams that this time around hes facing a serious challenge from this point. Welcome the Afghan Government says its on the verge of peace talks in its war with the taliban after trying to late is agreed to release 400 prisoners the loya jirga a traditional meeting of Afghan Tribal elders and other prominent stakeholders decided on the release in order to remove the last obstacle to real peace talks the islamist taliban would still control much of the country had said they would not talk with the government until the prisoners were released. In cobol the move to replace things tele band prisoners has been very controversial what do we know al the about those prisons. Thats been the question so far is that you know a consultative was established on friday it just ended today and they gave had to go ahead to release the 400 prisoners but the issue is that for the majority of the public theres very Little Information about who exactly these prisoners are there
My colleagues the status of where we are in regards to the professions in the cares act that relate to Small Businesses. First i want to make it clear that our top priority for americas businesses, whether they be Small Businesses or large businesses, is to get this covid19 behind us, to stop the spread of this deadly disease, to give confidence back to the American People that its safe to pursue their economic desires and, therefore, to have businesses be able to go back to a situation where they have customers and they can be open for business. We have appropriated significant resources in order to make sure we do whats right financially to deal with this deadly disease. And we have provided the tools to to protect our economy. So let me talk a little bit about the attention to Small Business. Im pleased and proud to be the ranking democrat in the Small Business and entrepreneurship committee. I serve with senator rubio, who is the chairman of the committee. And we have worked togeth
In biology with a minor in chemistry. In college he worked as a medical scribe for doctors in the emergency room in a small hospital in chattanooga and after decided he wanted to become an emergency room physician. He continued his education at loyola university, the school of medicine. Allow me a few seconds to praise this wonderful school. He was one of dozens of Daca Recipients, which was the First Medical School to admit daca students. They do not receive any special treatment in the Selection Process and they are not eligible for a penny in federal financial assistance. Many of them borrowed money from the state of illinois to complete their medical education in the hopes that once they are licensed they can come back and practice in our state which they promise to do. Heres what manuel says about what daca means to him. And i quote. Daca has opened up many doors for me. It allows me to serve people through emergency medicine. If daca ended, i would have to stop not only what i lo
Businesses to reopen. It comes as a vacaville woman promises to reopen her hair salon in just a few hours defying those shutdown orders. Start filing for unemployment assistance from the state. The aid applies for people who do not qualify for regular state benefits. Im laura garcia. And im Marcus Washington. A look at traffic coming up in about eight minutes with mike inouye. First, meteorologist kari hall is tracking the forecast, shaping up to be another warm week for us, right, kari . Yes, especially today. Were looking at temperatures that will be in some spots near record highs and ill be watching those numbers in concord where we start out at 60 degrees but already at noon were in the low 80s and well see the highs reaching into the upper 80s later on today and then for the coastal areas were staying in the upper 60s in San Francisco. Low 60s in half moon bay. The valleys, thats where it will be hot. Ill have a look at those numbers and how close well get to a record in some spo
Spots. The way were starting with a clear sun rise and we are seeing the live look outside in san jose. As we look at our temperature trend, well see it quickly warming up. Were in the upper 60s by late morning. Eventually reaching into the low 80s and just keep in mind that our normal High Temperature is about 71 degrees this time in april as we head into may. So were looking at well above normal temperatures and there may be a few spots setting some new records for this afternoon. Ill be watching that temperature in santa rosa as well as some other spots where we will hit in the upper 80s. Well talk more about whats ahead with a cooldown in the forecast coming up in a few minutes. Thanks, kari. Nbc bay areas tracie potts is live in washington with that plus problems with the latest batch of Small Business loans. Tracie . Reporter marcus, people still having trouble trying to apply for and get those loans approved. Its slow going. Well tell you about that. As for the rest of what the