To do here. I have always been reluctant to say this truly could be one of the most important things we as members of this committee do. The world is experiencing today and what the american and as is americas face is one of the most significant challenges that a lot of us will face in our lifetime. The bad news, the really bad news is that its entirely possible that it will happen again. I say this of course because the experts tell us that this virus that made the leap from one species to another can very easily happen again and if there are 2000 of these viruses out there you have no idea what they can do when they get into a human being. Thats what experts and scientists tell us have identified within their branch about 2000 different viruses. Having said that we need to look forward and i want to stress what im trying to do with this and what about all of us are trying to do, to look forward. There are a lot of hearings going on and a lot of hyperbowl going on and a lot of blame a
Let me take just a moment to talk about what we are attempting to do here in the senate. Exaggeration and hyperbole is the order of the day. Say always reluctant to this truly could be one of the most important things we as members of this committee do. What the world is experiencing today, what the United States is facing today, is one of the most significant challenges that a lot of us will face in our lifetime. The bad news, the really bad possibleit is entirely that it will happen again, and i say this because the experts virus thatt this made the leap from one species can very easily happen again. There are 2000 of these viruses out there. Dohave no idea what they can if they get into a human being. Us they haves tell identified within their ranks about 2000 different viruses. Having said that, we need to want toward, and i stress what i am trying to do with this and what all of us are trying to do, look forward. There are a lot of hearings going on. Theres a lot of hyperbole goin
I think the u. S. Government could have really taken that and added to that momentum and gotten some significant changes to the world health organization, could have gotten support for a thorough investigation, independent, external investigation into the actions of the world health organization. And the potential influence of china over its decision making. Unfortunately with the announcement that the u. S. Is going to cut funding, now everybody is focused on that. [no audio] good afternoon. Sorry to be a few minutes late. A lot of ground to cover today. We have a video call with the white house and this is a lot of. Round to cover the realities sunday, is meaningful to me, by telephone. Thank you both for being here so we will get right to the numbers. Have positive test results. 5. 317 New Jerseyans ,317 new tested 75 jerseyans who have tested positive. As a 10 00 p. M. Last night, 1800 of 80 were listed as critical or in intensive care. 46 patients are at one of these locations. Ha
Rain is tapering off rightno taking a look at storm ranger. As we nth bay. Throughout the morning but were going to have rain clearing for this afternoon. It will be a nice day before the next round of rain moves in. Traffic is shifting around oakland, mike . It typically does, kari, folks shift around and they start to use the fastrak lanes. Thats whats happening at the bay bridge. A standard build for a tuesday. You know what, overall, it might be a little lighter. Thats kind of what we expect out of the thanksgiving weekend. Well time out your drive out of trivalley coming up soon. Back to you, laura. Thanks so much, mike. 5 01 right now. South bay landlords may face penalties for breaking certain today in the bay bob rydell joins us to how it protects renters. Reporter whats going to happen is the city council in city hall behind me is going to decide whether to approve new fines for landlords within the city limits. This is to encourage those Property Owners to follow the law when
Marin county. Its wet on highway 101. South of petaluma down to san rafael. Were going to see the rain continuing to stream in. Gives us a chance to dry out. Its another look in san rafael. The drivers are heading south. All those headlights. Youre going to see some of the rain and the need still for windshield wipers. Well talk more about this break when the heavier rain comes back. Mike, you were reading the signs at the san mateo bridge. Thats right, kari, i read the signs for the traffic. The lit up sign led us to a problem. The sign lit up caused everybody to tap their brakes as it came on. It just says to watch out for motorcyclists which is an important message. Now traffic is flowing much better. That volume is what we expect. The build over here for the san mateo bridge. Its a little bit of slowing. The traffic break from a crash. It cleared from ralston to 92. Well track that. The south bay start to go kick in with the flow as well as the bay bridge toll plaza with the meteri