First a few administrative matters. We have gotten advice from the sergeant at arms, the health and Human Services centers for disease control, individuals in the hearing room will he at least 6 feet apart. There is no room for the public and therefore but this is all streaming and therell be an unedited version of it that anyone can watch later. Witnesses are participating by videoconference today and some senators are as well. I like to Say Something about mask. The office of attending physician has said since we are 6 feet apart we dont need to wear masks although some may. Thats why my mask is off. Although i have one and i wear it outside because as dr. Redfield reminded us yesterday its extremely important tool for stopping the spread of covid. Im grateful to the rules committee, sergeant at arms the press gallery and the Capitol Police and chung check in the Evan Griffith r. Staff, all their hard work in helping to keep us safe in helping us do these conferences by video with wh
Polis [cheers and applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2019] [applause] [applause] [cheers and applause] gov. Polis good morning, everyone. [indiscernible] gov. Polis good morning to everyone. [laughter] leaders, members of the General Assembly from across our great state, Lieutenant Governor, the ,outhern indian tribal chairman general,n, attorney ,ecretary of state, treasurer members of the state board of education, justices of the colorado Supreme Court, aurora mayor, members of the cabinet, our dedicated first gentleman. [cheers and applause] gov. Polis thank you all for gathering here this morning. Before we begin, i want to offer my gratitude to the many people whose tireless dedication to our safety allows us to gather here today and keeps the people of colorado safe, the members of the military serving in colorado and
Civil disobedience. 8 00tch sunday night at eastern on cspans q a. Ways of student athletes can reduce injury risk. We will hear from the usa football director of coaching, michael kruger. The panel held at George Washington university was moderated by the Aspen Institute john solomon. Good afternoon. My name is john solomon. Editorial director with the Aspen Institute sports and society program. We are a nonprofit in washington, d. C. Whose mission is to convene leaders, facilitate dialogue and find solutions to help the Public Interest in sports. I will be moderating our next two panels that will be exploring best practices for High School Football health. Thank you to the eric shealy foundation and George Washington university for their support in allowing the aspen to be part of this conference. Let me personally say what a great honor it is to be here myself at a conference that is in the memory of eric shealy. I think a lot of people dont know the way the name derek shealy when i
everyone including vladimir putin to see. you re in the cnn newsroom. extreme heat roasting most of the united states this weekend, and get ready because next week you re going to see the heat really crank up. right now more than 15 million americans are under heat alerts stretching from the dakotas to the gulf coast. a heat dome as weather experts call it, is blanketing much of the country talking triple digit high temperatures in some places and all of this, of course, coming on the heels of a record-breaking heat wave just last week and it is not just hot, it is dangerous. heat is the number one cause of weather-related deaths in the united states. and with that i want to go to our meteorologist in the cnn weather center. what do folks need to know so they can prepare and can stay safe? pamela, what they really need to do is take these heat alerts seriously. don t just think, oh, it s just hot. remember, the combination of temperature and humidity is what can really
Eastward and probably bring some snow flurries to most the areas of washington. We could see some flurries here in d. C. , but its mostly in the overnight hours. Across i70 towards baltimore mainly between two and of a. M. By 7 a. M. By the time you get up and start to hit the roads most of that has come to an end and then it will be long gone once we get into the mid morning hours. Temperatures are well blow freezing north and west in only the 20s so thats where the concern is. Well fall to the 20s here in washington with light snow likely mainly noort of d. C. The snow will be long gone by tomorrow but the bitter cold is here to stairks waves of it in the nfl player. More on that still ahead. Its been quite a mess on i95 in fairfax county. A tractortrailer caught fire in the northbound lanes near lorton roavmentd two of the northbound lanes have since reopened. The rest are still closed at this hour. Police are sck drivers to stay away different route. The driver got out safely and n