Good morning. The committee has come to order. One thing, i want to thank the witnesses for your testimony. Those appearing in person, traveling to d. C. To give it orally, and, also, answer our questions. The title of this hearing now is, i guess, examining the u. S. Approach to early covid19 treatments. I thought it was i originally set out a title of early treatments for covid, a essential component of a covid solution. It was inevitable that the coronavirus pandemic to be politicized into the tragedy it was. From the start, i knew it was impossible to have a perfect response. We were facing a new virus. No one wanted to underreact, and as a result i feared the tendency would be overreact. The challenges facing us were daunting. Our National Strategic stockpile had been reduced during the h1n 1 pandemic. It took time to develop a test. The fact that a large percentage of people that become infected exhibit no symptoms made the coronavirus even more difficult to detect and contain. I
And trust legislation. Welcome to todays hearing of the subcommittee on antitrust policy and consumer rights, the title we chosen for today is stacking the tech as google form competition in advertising, i want to think drinking member and her staff for working closely with me and my office, we prepared for today. I also want to think the chairman of the judiciary lscommittee, senator graham for his support of this hearing. This hearing. After i and then senator klobuchar giving our opening remarks, well hear from two panels of witnesses with questions from members of the subcommittee. We have Something Interesting to deal with in the senate and every time they call votes, when they call votes during a subcommittee hearing, were at their mercy. Senator klobuchar and i have both cast our votes on the first of a series of three or four. At some point, were going to have to pause or tag team as we allow other members to hearing is googles Online Advertising business. A novelist andha whet
Samples of various vintages the damage from the glass fire was being assessed by the winerys owner. The 11,000 square foot farmhouse was gutted equipment and approximately a 120,000 bottles of wine were lost in the blaze and because this winery was built to replicate a 13 thcentury tuscan castle. Theyre going to need to bring artisans in from italy to make the repairs. The owner says the back to back fires here in the north bay coming after having to close for 3 months because of the pandemic is the worst catastrophe hes experienced in 45 years in the wine business and its a pain being felt throughout the napa valley which relies heavily on tourist traffic and how can people help. They can help. Visiting the napa valley. Im going to rush for i from the napa valley just coming up here spending little money because a lot of businesses are simply going close down. Theyve wracked fires are new covid over and over and its just its impossible stay open. I found a group of tourists here toast
Under way to a critical Water Pipeline damaged by the czu lightning complex fire in Boulder Creek impacted by the broke away from our fighting in Oregon Health airlifts this badly needed pipe to the fire. Ravaged it the the work was done in the Santa Cruz Mountains kron fours rob fladeboe talks with the helicopter crew rob joins us live now with the latest rob is the water. Okay to drink now. Well it is for some folks and not so much for others up am i here at the fire camp in scotts valley, this is all going on farther up the seller on valley high above Boulder Creek where the fire destroyed a key Water Pipeline that supplies for Boulder Creek and the only way to get the replacement pipe up to this remote site is by helicopter, lets take a look. This was downtown Boulder Creek Tuesday Morning as a helicopter airlifted heavy duty replacement pipe to a remote job site in the fire zone, a nearby been lowman mountain at the controls was veteran pilot glenn smith whos been fighting wildfir
Good evening, everybody thanks for being here tonight at 8 oclock im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis thanks for joining kron 4 news at 8 our top story tonight more than 167,000 customers have been left in the dark this evening. This result of the planned power shutoffs by pg and e because of wildfire concerns. The impact has been felt by more than 22,000 customers in sonoma and napa counties, 17,000 customers in sonoma county. 5,000 customers in napa this is the current interactive outage map shut offs here indicated by those pink triangles you see the area just west of lake hennessy there is inundated with shut offs. Power for some customers may not be restored until tomorrow night according to pg and e and while most of those customers have dealt with these power shutoffs before they are no less frustrated. Kron fours michelle kingston reports now from santa rosa. I mean were becoming experts and being flexible up here in santa rosa street lights are out atm is not working thousand