But many queions remain. The news came on the same day thtotal number of u. S. Infections tped 10 million. We will speak toulitzer ize winning journalist laurie gaett. Weill look at the death of palestinian chief negotiator saeb erekat who has died from covid. Then fears are growing that the Trump Administration is moving to overturn the election of joe biden. On monday, attorney general william barr authorized new probes into voter fraud as republican lawmakers are backing trumps decision not to concede to the president elect. President trump is 100 within his rights to look into allegations of irregularities and wait his legal options. Amy we will speak to kristen clarke, president of the Lawyers Committee for civil rights under law. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. Attorney general william barr upended Longstanding Justice Department policy on monday by announcing federal prosecutors could investigate
Thank you for joining us today. Were here with governor larry hogan of maryland to talk about the challenges weve faced as a country, grappling with the covid pandemic and some things that maryland has done to deal with their epidemic of covid spread. This is a time with the Intelligence Committee long warning us of the risk and put it on par with weapons of mass destruction and counterterrorism and cyber attack. As much as we thought we were prepared as a nation, we found going through this episode at that we really didnt have all the preparations that we thought we had. And weve been unable to find as a nation a medium between allowing this virus to spread in a way thats causing a lot of death and suffering, and strict lockdown, something thats acceptable to enough people that we can implement some kind of an approach that enough people find socially and culturally and economically acceptable. So were continuing to see spread around the nation particularly in the south right now. Mar
Close the digital divide. Okay this one is going to be huge. When california restaurants reopen to serve more than just to thego orders, social distancing inside the eateries will be on the menu. Some restaurants will not be able to survive with the restrictions. Marianne favro has more. Reporter the social distancing requirements, they would be able to on fill every other booth and table. They can only serve 65. With togo orders, business is down 70 . And Restaurant Owners throughout the bay area are eagerly awaiting to serve at tables again, they fear that social distancing requirements to eat their profits. The owner says maintaining six feet of separation will mean he can only serve half the customers he usually does. When you go to half occupancy, you cant make a profit. Your volume is what dictates what your profitability is going to be. Reporter the restrictions are painful in the bay area where restaurants were struggling with high rent and baylor costs. There was a trend in th
We have some breaking news we want to share with you out of orinda this morning. There are reports of an explosion and a fire. Take a look at the map on your screen it happened just before 5 00 this morning not far from the high school. Details are limited this morning. We reached out to officials. Lets show you some video from a resident who said she woke up to the sound of the explosion, came outside, this is what he saw. He was told on the scene by police a popping sound you could hear in the video is a sound of ammunition being set off by the fire. No words injuries or if anyone was inside the house. This story is still developing. We will bring you updates throughout the show. Medical experts say coronavirus numbers for california and the bay area are trending well. 22,416 confirmed cases in california including 634 deaths california ranking number five in the number of total cases after massachusetts surpassed us yesterday. 4867 confirmed cases in the bay area including 133 death
[inaudible conversations] the committee on Health Education and labor and pensions will come to order. Senator murray has an important meeting right now and she is asked me too proceed with the hearing because we have six excellent witnesses and we want to make sure we hear from each of you and we want the senators to has questions of each of you. So patty should arrive at about ten. When she comes we will interrupt and let her make her Opening Statement and we will resume the hearing. Good morning senator murphy. Nearly a year ago doctor brent james from the National Academy testify before Senate Health committee with a startling statistic up to one half of the American People spend on healthcare may be unnecessary. Let me repeat that, up to half of the 3. 5 trillion, the United States collectively spent on healthcare in 2017 was unnecessary according to doctor james and many of the other witnesses at our hearings agreed with that. That is 1. 8 trillion, three times as much as we spen