Economic recession and geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of a looming election join me Steve Clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u. S. Politics and society on aljazeera. Let me take you back to when you were about maybe 5 or 6 years old how would you handle the current advice i am for me ok whats in the home edition of the stream i topic today is that mental impact of a Global Pandemic on young says h between north and around fighting is if you will in you shave tell us about your family the kids in your family the kids that you know how are they managing the stories share your coping solutions we really would love to hear from gave and also before we get the conversation started we checked in with some of the Stream Family kids to see how they talking about virus lets take a look. The learning. Im pleased. To to make people see. And we all can please for one Leon Washington or. Any number. 3 in the. Same class and sayi
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Looking good on my end for sure. Thats definitely the case for us right through the weekends, in fact, as weve got some quiet weather unfolding right now. Generally, just stuck in a little bit of cloud cover out there. Dow think youll see at least some sunshine, but it may be somewhat limited. We take you out, there show you the view first and for most, storm scan three which again doesnt have anything to detect on the radar at this hour. You can tell shroud of clouds, casino of like what we saw yesterday, start with clouds, maybe eventually yield for sunshine, mixed bag clouds cover, but everyone stays dry, 37 at the airport, into the mid 30s around the rest of the region as a whole. Dow expect you are again going to see at least some sun today. We call it sort of the split difference of sun and clouds, partly sunny, however you want to say that, thats generally the gist here. And it does appear as though we will keep it dry through the weekend for that matter since storm that will be
Its saturday, december 28th, 2p of the news trancesit workers have rad ratify ed ratified an agreement. Have ratified an agreement. The agreement includes a wage increase of 9. 5 over the next 3 years. Each employee will make a Monthly Contribution of 125 a month towards health care costs. If the deal goes before ac transits board of directors on january 8th. We think its a good agreement. Its a big relief to make sure theyre secure and our riding public will continue to get the service that they have been accustomed to and deserve. Some 1,700 bus drivers, mechanics an dispatchers voted yesterday. They rejected two previous contract offers in october and august. Childrens home oak land has given the family permission to move her. Shes been on life support for more than 2 weeks now. The latest move by the hospital comes after an intense battle. Thats what you do. On a strip of sidewalk outside Childrens Hospital oakland the tense back and forth finally exploded into a 10minute long argu