Minutes of the hearing. Good afternoon and thank you for joining us today. Like to say my thoughts are with those who have lost a loved ones from the covid19 pandemic. Fay, with Tropical Storm making its way to the northeast, i hope everyone is staying safe. Ofare facing a crisis unprecedented proportion. The novel corona pandemic has already infected over 3 million and killed over 100,000 americans. The scale of the loss is staggering and efforts to produce a lifesaving axing continues, but not all americans have been impacted equally. Communities of color are not only more likely to be infected by the covid19, but they are also more likely to be killed by the virus. In my home state of new jersey, africanamericans disproportionately make up the covid19 fatalities. This disturbing trend is observed not only in new jersey, but across the nation. Data from the cdc shows africanamericans and hispanic populations are three times more likely to be infected and twice as likely to die from c
The victims were in the black sedan there on t freew bng tako. Oakland police are assisting the investigation and say there could be as many as four victims. That is still unclear. 580 is shut down in the eastbound direction. Cars are being diverted off at golf links road. We will continue to update this story for you on abc7news. Com and the abc 7 news app as well. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. We want to get to our other top story tonight and that is Governor Newsom imposing new and tougher restrictions on Indoor Dining and other businesses to combat a growing surge in coronavirus cases in the state. Weve seen increased activity where people simply arent able to practice social distancing, physical distancing. The bottom line is the spread of the virus continues at a rate that is particularly concerning. The Positivity Rate which is the percentage of tests coming back positive for coronavirus has jumped to 6 over the last 14 days and 6. 4 over the last seven days. Compare t
Although probeijing officials have said we should not be too concerned, it will lead to stability in the city. 7 . Sci asia pacific down it is certainly something of a riskoff mood, following off what we saw toward the end of play on friday in the u. S. The nikkei is down more than 1 . In the mainland, you have a bit of pressure as well a despite industrial profits up 6 coming in over the weekend for the month of may. On to the next board. We will be looking at the currencies. A bit of dollar weakness. On friday it reached its highest level in four weeks, but it has since come off slightly, leading to a bit of strength for the offshore currency here in china. The korean won is up about plan to 01 . On to some of the commodities we are looking at. Wti has been under pressure as the demand story as we focus on the rate of infections, 10 million infections, 500,000 deaths, you can see that it is lower today. Gold, science that investors are preparing to cross through 1800. 0. 64 . Year yi
Even though the health order is extended indefinitely in the city and county of San Francisco, the guidelines to reopening marked mid august as the times and schools, bars, nail salons, gyms, playgrounds, and indoor museums can finally open their doors to the public. The reopening has been slow and safe because the purpose is to keep the Public Healthy. Reporter also back, sports like the giants and warriors if the mlb and nba seasons pickup. The games will happen, but with no spectators, just the players, coaches, and essential personnel. That will be allowed starting june 15. I went to 123 baseball games last year so i would love to go but obviously i have friends and family who are at risk so we want to do what say for everyone. Reporter while restaurants like to below will get to move tables onto the street and open in mid june, just a few doors down, this bar will have to wait until august. This is definitely problematic, thats an extra month that will put us in the hole. Reporter
Representative clyburn thank you, distinguished democratic and republican colleagues, for your participation in this rather unique forum. Over 80,000 citizens have lost their lives due to covid19. More than in any other country on earth. Many families have lost loved ones, including my own. Our fellow Committee Member Maxine Waters has recently experienced a loss in her family due to this pandemic. This select committee was not established to cast blame on or cast disparities on foreign or domestic or to search for the viruses origin, but to pursue future success. We have been tasked with the urgent and important work to ensure that our countrys response to this seminal crisis is effective, efficient, and equitable. I agree with Ranking Member scalise that one of the most important components of our response is answering the region that is being discussed at every answering the question that is being discussed at every Kitchen Table in america right now. How do we know when we are read