And by tomorrow well have temperatures in the upper 50s. Today upper 50s and low 60s. Back to you. All right. Thank you, steve. New this morning, firefighters in antoch are investigating an Early Morning house fire that started shortly after 3 00 this morning at a home on hillside road. Crews managed to control the flames in just about 10 minutes. A couple of preview six. The red cross has now arrived on the scene. The request for declaration of major disaster. Here now to tell us about the declaration and how its going to help out during the coronavirus outbreak. Good morning, steve. In a statement, the governor said the impact of coronavirus in california is already severe and will continue to get worse. Now, within hours, the president approved a major disaster declaration. That means federal funding is available to state and local governments for Emergency Support like disaster aid and Legal Services. Fema will supply eight emergency medical stations in california with 2,000 beds.
Media services for sharing this meeting with the public and well start with a roll call. [roll call] full house. General Public Comments and this is for any comment not on the agenda. Seeing none. General Public Comment is closed. The next agenda item is number 2 which is approval of our minutes for january 21st, 2020. And i will ask that we have a motion to improve the minutes of january 21st, 2020. I move to approve. Second. Is there any Public Comment on the approval of our minutes. Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. The minutes have been approved. The next agenda item is a report from our executive director. Thank you, president and good evening commissioners. We have a pretty brief agenda including my directors report, which is just a reminder to awful you that you are invited to an event that the Entertainment Commission is cohosting next week with the department of environment and 24 is an effort from senior annalist rice to put together this event so this is also for everyo
Vote the presiding officer any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not the yeas are 72. The nays are 18. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator for south dakota. Mr. Thune i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session and be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Thune mr. President , every american has had to deal with annoying and Illegal Robocalls. All of us have been ininterrupted at one point or time announcing we won a prize or needing important banking information so that our account wont be closed. These calls are a major nuisance but of course theyre not just a nuisance, mr. President. Too Many Americans fal
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. Almighty god, we are reminded at this time of year of the greatness of your gift to us in sending your son. Use us as instruments for his glory. Because of our faith in you, make us bold as lions in these turbulent times. May our lawmakers Work Together to protect and defend our constitution, realizing, as iron sharpens iron so friends sharpen friends. Make our senators grateful for the fires in our nations history that have tested their commitment to freedom, providing opportunities to become profiles of courage, serving their generation with faithfulness. We pray in your great name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
As man has ever traveled, two miles down, to get to the rock thats become this liquid molten gold. But golds not all, scientists have found Something Else down there something known as extreme light. Which might also exist on mars. So the martians we meet in the future be prepared to be surprised, i would say. ticking welcome to the future m. I. T. s media lab, a place that follows crazy ideas wherever they may lead. We get to think about the future. What does the world look like ten years, 20 years, 30 years . What should it look like . Time to go to sleep. How about dream control . Robotic prosthetics . Whats the largest city in bulgaria and what is the population . Or connecting the human brain to the internet . Sofia, 1. 21 million. That is correct you know, the best way to predict the future is to invent it. ticking im steve kroft. Im lesley stahl. Im scott pelley. Im anderson cooper. Im bill whitaker. Those stories, tonight, on 60 minutes. ticking a lot will happen in your life.