Harris as joe bidens running mate, and Congress Inertia on coronavirus relief. All that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by fidelity wealth management. Financial Services Firm raymond james. Johnson johnson. The john s. And james l. Knight foundation. Fostering informed and engaged communities. More at kf. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the centers for Disease Control and prevention is warning that the u. S. Coronavirus death toll could hit 200,000 by labor day. That as the u. S. Suffered its highest daily number of deaths since midmay more than 1,500. Coast to coast, states are recording bleak firsts. California became the first state to top 600,000 infections, while georgia had its deadliest day on record. We will hear
Harris as joe bidens running mate, and Congress Inertia on coronavirus relief. All that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by fidelity wealth management. Financial Services Firm raymond james. Johnson johnson. The john s. And james l. Knight foundation. Fostering informed and engaged communities. More at kf. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the centers for Disease Control and prevention is warning that the u. S. Coronavirus death toll could hit 200,000 by labor day. That as the u. S. Suffered its highest daily number of deaths since midmay more than 1,500. Coast to coast, states are recording bleak firsts. California became the first state to top 600,000 infections, while georgia had its deadliest day on record. We will hear
Well, we will have hot weedwhacking. We get significant amount of weather across the bay area. Fires from people trying to do the right thing. But we can see that even the but unfortunately it ends up in a very poor situation for us. Coast line will start to warm up today as we take a look at our reporter on top of the hot weather concerns, firefighters current temperatures were at 77 degrees in San Francisco and 82 now must bring extra equipment in oakland. Due to covid19 procedures. But were already in the 90s and and if there is an evacuation, we havent even made it to noon evacuees need to know there will be new procedures in place at yet in livermore. Just keep in mind that a normal Evacuation Centers because of the pandemic such as having your High Temperature for this time of year for san jose is 82 temperature taken before entering the evacuation center. Degrees. As we look at how much hotter it now while some firefighters from is now compared to yesterday, the bay area have al
Thank you very much for being here, and i want to thank him because he graciously allowed to have the subcommittee hearing and for me to be able to chair it. This is a discussion really important to so many of us here and so many of our colleagues. Information is power today, and we see it all over the globe when its used improperly, hes used as a weapon. Democracies like ours require a well informed electorate, but our enemies are increasingly trying to undermine that principle through socalled disinformation campaigns designed to mislead voters. Malign actors like russia systematically exploit social media, radio, television, and print to twist facts to suit their needs and distort the truth to an unsuspecting populous. Its not just about elections. We see it today with regard to the coronavirus and misinformation thats being spread. Its an interesting tactic because its inexpensive and yet can be very effective. It has a high degree of deniability. Its anonymous almost always and if
The presiding officer the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, who shall abide in your tabernacle . Who shall dwell in your holy hills . Youve given us the answers. Those who walk upright and work righteousness, who speak the truth in their hearts will abide in your presence. Today, prepare the men and woman of this body to dwell with you. Lord, give them the integrity to be true to their duties, always striving to please you. Fix their hearts on you, o god, that everything they think, say, and do will be under your lordship. Send your light and truth into this chamber as you guide our senators in these challenging times. We pray in your wonderful name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty