Fromwould prevent it taking place on the scale. You believe the money ought to be in the budget for mailin voting. Maybe you can help us establish some clarity about the president was trying to say. Let me be clear. We have already passed the cares bill, which provides money for the post office. I have watched all the commissioners. There is plenty of money. The difference between mail ballots and absentees. This is a legitimate argument. What happens if you are changing because of covid in california, we have half the people voting absentee. You can sign up to be a permanent absentee. They have had problems because when you apply by absentee it means you are already registered. You are filling out an application. They know what they know it is going to you. L. A. County got sued when they had a million more people on the roles and they actually had. They had to clean up the records. If you change that to an all you sentot, everybody a ballot on the record. That is when you get a probl
By mail, theyoted sold handle 450 million, there is no question if everybody voted by mail, they would be fine with that. The real question isnt the Postal Service, it will go to the Elections Office or the people voting, are the ballots accurate. Of them getne third thrown out so i think the post office is getting caught up in the political debate and that is the last place the post office should be because there are no problems there. Dan i think one of the reasons that so many of our members are concerned is because just as this debate was beginning to get more visibility, the president said last week he thought additional money for the post office in the covid relief package should be withheld, because it would prevent mailin voting from taking place on the scale that many have called for. Now, you and a senator Mitch Mcconnell have made it clear that you both believe it should be in the budget, so help us some or establish clarity on what the president was trying to say. Rep. Mcca
Right now, how people arnold the bay area celebrating and keeping their distance. News at 5 00 starts right now. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. Were going to get to the coverage in a moment. First, we are learning more about the surfer killed in a rare shark attack yesterday in Sand Dollar Beach. You can see near manresa peach. Marianne favro has more. This surfer is well known . The surfer community. It happened at 1 30 in afternoon two miles down the coast here. Now, the 26 ben kelly. He worked as a board shaper and was known for his passion for surfing. Today, flowers are strewn along Sand Dollar Beach to remember ben. Some placed a piece of the surf board near the growing memorial. All beaches in the area one mile north and one mile south of where the attack happened are now closed. They will remain closed until may 14th. Ben was attacked within 100 yards of show near Sand Dollar Beach. Paramedics tried to resuscitate him. But he died on the peach. People should always have r
Facility. San francisco acting on creating more distance. The facility in moscone west. And santa clara county, nbc bay area lili tan is there with more. Reporter yeah, men in the building behind me, it has been used for a carnal, and events. Tomorrow, i will be used to move the nor vul nearnerable homeles population out of the area and out of the way. Today e, cindy chavez. We have a shelter in place order through april 7th. Reporter more time at home and morer time for the bay area to e get a handle on the covid19 crisis, including to help the homeless to slow the spread. They not only dont have act tess to Running Water and soap. They might be living this close waters up to a week. The county is moving 60 to 80 of the next people to shoulders and 15 more in trailers and gifted by the state to isolate those who test positive or are showing symptoms. So they can get out of what are very unhealthy conditions in encampments where they are living and get to somewhere to support them. Rep
From the captain first. Ill tell you the news has left all of them stunned. We are a sick ship, apparently. Reporter its a reality victoria says is still sinking in. We caught up with her moments after she and her husband, jose, watched the Vice President s press conference from their cruise ship cabin. Pence announced that 21 people, 19 crew members and two passengers, have tested positive for coronavirus. All passengers and crew will be tested for the coronavirus. Those that need to be quarantined will be quarantined. Those that require additional medical attention will receive it. Reporter a short time later, the captain of the grand princess announced the findings. Apologizing for not breaking the news himself. We apologize but we were not given advanced notice of this announcement by the u. S. Federal government. It would have been our preference to be the first to make this news available to you. Reporter she says while she is stunned by the numbers, it makes sense that 19 of the