Review of the first time in history the Supreme Court has broadcast arguments live here i am the president of the National Constitution center, and we have been beginning these meaningful sessions in Public Education by reciting together the inspiring mission, which comes from the u. S. Congress, so here we go. The National Constitution center is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the constitution on a nonpartisan basis in order to increase awareness and understanding of the constitution among the american people. That is just what we are trying to do in collaboration with cspan, as we have invited you to join us in a listening to these important oral arguments and then convening afterwards with some of americas most thoughtful scholars who have filed briefs and are taking positions on both sides of the case to help us unpack the arguments we just heard. Friends, this has been an extraordinary morning. We are three cases along the pre
To move even faster. Liz kreutz is live to break down what we learned today. Liz . Hi, ama, thats right. A lot of the bay area counties seem to be splitting off a little bit from each other when it comes to these gradual steps to reopening. We learned that big news from San Francisco today and san mateo moving into phase 2. Here is what we know about all the counties in the bay area. When it comes to reopening the bay area, its baby steps forward. I am excited to announce some good news for a change. San Francisco Mayor london breed today announced that the city will formally enter phase 2 on monday and allow for all street side businesses to open for delivery and Curbside Pickup and for manufacturing and warehouses to reopen with modifications. Last week we made an announcement that it would only be a certain limited number of stores and locations. And now weve expanded that. Breed says that means 95 of businesses in San Francisco will be able to reopen, even if it is just partially.
Normally when you do book tours you go to different cities, you talk about connections the place has with whatever youve written about. This is a special place in this context and im certainly not here to tell you your own story of what happened in this city 17 years ago because im sure you know it much better than i ever will. And one of the things that is always moved me when i come here is first of all how warmly ive been welcomed by everybody but also how profoundly the bombing touched everybody here. It is a relatively small place. Ive never met from Oklahoma City who wasnt touched in a personal way in some way by the tragedy. The first time i came i spoke to a number of the relatives of the victims, especially the children who died in the Day Care Center and i thought im a British Foreign correspondent, ive been to a lot of not terribly pleasant places around the world, this is just another assignment and then having spoken to them, i went down to the memorial and saw that fence
Contact by 80 to curb the spread of the virus. Theyve also asked nonessential businesses to close. A team of experts in japan is warning people not to become complacent about staying safe. The worstcase scenario could see more than 400,000 people die worldwide if no measures are taken to contain infections. Translator if the epidemic is allowed to spread without any measures being taken the number of seriously ill patients will exceed the number of artificial respirators at hand. He added that at the peak, which is still to come, 850,000 people could be in serious condition. 22 other people at the home already tested positive this week. As the government tightens travel restrictions andnd stepsp quarantine measures, the number of visitors to japan drastically dropped last month. The Japan National Tourism Organization estimate thats about 194,000 visitors arrived in the country in march, down 93 from the same month last year. Foreign travellers from china and south korea each dropped m
Zero but market uncertainty still growing as Financial Institutions horde the u. S. Dollar. The latest move is seen as an attempt to prevent something on the scale of the 2008 Global Financial crisis. Meanwhile, finance ministers and central bankers from the group of 20 countries discussed the pandemic during an emergency Conference Call on monday. Translator g20 members have an extremely Important Role to play. Were determined the take all possible measures without hesitation to overcome this situation. He told reporters the development of coronavirus medicines will be the key to overcomie ining the crisis. He said nations should implement sufficient economic and fiscal measures. He stressed the g20 members should support countries with poor medical services. He says this can be done if the members cooperate with organizations such as the International Monetary fund and the world bank. The finance minister says leaders of the g20 plan to hold a Conference Call as early as this week. T