In the bay area alone. Thanks for joining us tonight, im ken way and i pale more here is a look at the bay area broken down county by county right now Alameda County continues to lead with more than 11,000 cases of covid19 Santa Clara County not far behind with nearly 10,000 cases. Tonight, San Francisco county has more than 6,000 reported cases of the disease and city officials are preparing for a surge in hospitalization to get ahead of the curve these cities building a new temporary hospital to try to free up beds for Covid Patients. The new hospital will open for non Covid Patients who need shortterm medical care or observations kron fours tips aqui joins us now live from. Georgias avenue in the presidio where the new facility will be located taylor. Well the citys Health Director isnt sugarcoating things today. He said we are in a major surge of coronavirus cases. And thats exactly why they are opening this site here to be proactive rather than reactive now. The city says that thi
Bill with a final vote scheduled for this morning. Theyll also work on the nomination of Justin Walker to serve on the u. S. Court of appeals. Live Senate Coverage here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Lord, god of heaven and earth, today teach our lawmakers to do things your way, embracing your precepts and walking in your path. Lord, make them powerful instruments for goodness in our nation and world. Remind them at the narrow and difficult road leads to life and few find it. You honor those who honor you. As our senators receive guidance from you and following your leading, replace anxiety with calm and confusion with clarity. Give them attentive hearts and open minds as they seek to find in the diversity of ideas what is best for our nation and world. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to o
Appear today on capitol hill. This is to contain the brush fire offfreeway. Suddenly in a matter of two this is in bel air. Days San Francisco restaurants you may be familiar with that can reopen for outdoor dining. Area. Its the opposite side of the the surprise announcement that freeway as the getty center, at has some chefs pulling out all the stops not to mention some least 50 acres burned since special recipes. The third hour of today in the bay continues right now. Midnight. No homes evacuated. Firefighters have now stopped the fires progress. And a good wednesday morning this is the third fire in that to you. Thanks for starting your morning same area over the past two right here with us. Im marcus washington. Years. The likely democratic and im laura garcia. Good to see you, everybody. Good to be back. President ial nominee joe biden will continue his conversation on Racial Injustice today. Warmer temperatures. Hes holding a virtual town hall better find a cool place to eat tod
Republicans putso forth a propol by the senators of t south carolina. Weve only had the bill for a few hours, but what is clear is the Senate Republican proposal on policing doesnt rise to the moment. The democratic bill has a ban on federal drug cases while the republican bill requires data. The democratic bill has a publicly available nationwide database on misconduct the republican bill would keep such information almost shielded from the public view. If dans choke holds and tacti tactics. The republican bill purports to chokehold but only those that restrict air flow and block blood flow and provide exceptions when deadly force is needed. Who determines when deadly force is needed, usually the police themselves. Usually the police the republican bill is silent on racial profiling of local policp departments and perhaps the greatest flaw in the republican proposal is that it is missing the real meaningful accountability for individual officers misconduct. There are no refunds to qua
Booker and heres in the senate, developed in conjunction with Congressional Black Caucus and house democrats. The bill represents comprehensive strong andef enduring reforms to police department, the most forceful that a change in decades. This morning in the Senate Republicans have put forward a separate proposal led by the senator from South Carolina. Weve only had the bill for a few hours and are reviewing it but what is clear is that the Senate Republican proposal on policing does not rise to the moment. B the democratic bill has a bent on noknock warrants in federal drug cases, while thell republin bill only requires data on noknock warrants. The democratic bill has a a publicly available nationwide database on misconduct so that Abusive Police officers who were fired cant simply go to another Department Summer else in the country and get hired. The republican bill would keep such information almost entirely shielded from public view. The democratic bill bans choke holds and other