Its efficacy and its safety. Good morning. Thank you 05 00am today is tuesday may 19th im James Fletcher and im darya folsom in our big story this morning is california relaxing more areas, the rules are going to be loosening. In a majority of counties now in the state that are starting to reopen governor newson estimates all but 5 of californias 58 counties are likely eligible to start offering in restaurant dining ys in the coming weeks. Counties that meet the new criteria can also begin opening schools with modifications criteria requires counties to have a stable covid19 related hospitalizations and with no more than 20 covid hospitalizations in the past 2 weeks of this is an ongoing thing theyre going to be monitoring counties must also have fewer than 25 cases per 100,000 residents. In the last 2 weeks for less than 8 of tests coming back positive in the last 7 days a lot of requirements. Governor newsome is painting a brighter outlook though for june. Expect if we hold the rate.
And in his shall we say week group has but hes more visibly of these 6. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi responding to President Trumps revelation that hes been taking hydroxychloroquine despite an fda warning about the drugs safety and efficacy of the covid19. Thank you for joining us on this tuesday may 19th im James Fletcher and im darya folsom in our big story is california relaxing the rules in more counties. Allowing some businesses to reopen governor newsome estimates all but 5 of the 58 counties across the state are likely eligible to begin offering in restaurant dining in just the coming weeks. Counties that meet the new criteria can also begin opening schools with modification yeah, the new criteria requires counties to have a stable covid19 related hospitalizations with no more than 20. Covid hospitalizations in the past 2 weeks counties must also have fewer than 25 cases per 100,000 in the last 2 weeks or less than 8 of tests coming back positive in the last 7 days so some pretty
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Syria. Said one turkey representative, sir, this is the butterball hotline. [ laughter ] the white house today attacked the ambassador to ukraine for his testimony in the impeachment inquiry, calling him a radical unelected bureaucrat. First of all, youre calling this guy radical [ laughter ] he looks like he iron his socks. [ laughter ] the most radical thing hes probably ever done is drive a different way to work. [ laughter ] also, you cant call someone a radical bureaucrat. Its like calling someone a punk rock orthodontist. [ laughter ] gop senator john cornyn today said, he will not Pay Attention to attempts by House Democrats to impeach President Trump, because he is, quote, doing important things. Okay, but doing important things is definitely what you say when youre not doing important things [ laughter ] dont come in the bathroom. Im doing important things in here [ cheers and applause youll ruin the importance. Two associates of Rudy Giuliani appeared in court today in connec