Gov. Murphy good afternoon, everyone. I want to give a shout out, i want to pay homage to the division of fire safety. State fire marshal rich, lenny and cerullo and all of the guys over here, hats off to the firefighters up and down the state who are as good as it gets. We salute you and thank you for everything you are doing. Im joined by the woman who needs no introduction, judy. This is our third engagement today. Two on the phone and one in person. The department of Health Communicable disease medical director and the guy familiar to you all, great to have you. And the guy to my left who needs no introduction, superintendent of the police, colonel pat callahan. Also jared maples. Welcome. Lets start with the numbers. I think we will go briskly today. We are announcing an additional 3457 positive test results for a total statewide of 1523. If we look at the curve of new covid19 cases, these are positive tests, we see continued flattening. We cannot ease up. Lets leave this appear a
And cerullo and all of the guys over here, hats off to the firefighters up and down the state who are as good as it gets. We salute you and thank you for everything you are doing. Im joined by the woman who needs no introduction, judy. This is our third engagement today. Two on the phone and one in person. The department of Health Communicable disease medical director and the guy familiar to you all, great to have you. Needse guy to my left who no introduction, superintendent pathe police, colonel callahan. Also jared maples. Welcome. Lets start with the numbers. I think we will go briskly today. We are announcing an additional 3457 positive test results for a 1523. Statewide of if we look at the curve of new covid19 cases, these are continuedests, we see flattening. We cannot ease up. Lets leave this appear and remind everybody lets leave this up here. A lot of folks have battled and won. That is an important point to make. The curve is flattening. Of a lotn the face more testing. Jud
Partially shut down after midnight monday. And some 800,000 federal workers could be told to stay home next week. President obama put out an e mail this morning, blaming, quote, far right republicans, of pushing us closer to the brink. Senator john mccain says compromise is in the countrys best interest. The american people, by 80 to 20, do not want the government shut down. Reporter the budget battle looks far from over with another one around the corner with the congress having to decide whether to raise the debt ceiling. Tara mergener, capitol hill. If the government partly shut down, more than a third of federal workers will not be allowed to work including National Parks and museums. Services critical to National Security safety and health would go on as usual. The use of drones inside america continues to be a controversial topic. A new Justice Department report shows the fbi has been using drones since 2006. The report by the Justice Departments Inspector General also shows that
Senate with changes. Its a game of political hot potato all as a Government Shutdown hangs in the balance. The two major shutdowns in the 1990s combined cost about 1. 4 billion. That is more than it would cost to keep the government running. That figure didnt account for the value of the work that was not done or the revenue that things Like National parks might have brought in. In fact, if there is no deal, random americans would probably be hit harder than federal government workers at the onset. People on vacation trying to visit a smithsonian or Mount Rushmore would be out of luck, same goes if you need a new passport, a governmentbacked modern as you try to buy a new Home Mortgage as you try to buy a new home or student loan, but the majority of the government stays on the job. There just wont be paychecks until theres a deal. Federal workers say they are preparing for the worst. Reporter im surae chinn on capitol hill. Supervisors at federal agencies have been meeting since yeste
With 2024 bringing another big election year for the county everyone wonders what changes are on the horizon. Despite the uncertainty, our amazing and hard-working county staff are working diligently to make sure county services continue to run smoothly.