Quote the United States and the world will remain vulnerable to the next pandemic or largescale outbreak of contagiousd disease. That could lead to a massive disability. Th and severely affects the worlds economy a. Strain international resources, and weak call in the United States support. We must ask ourselves, what are the warnings that are going unheeded . What can we do right now to protect the American People from other threats . Before the unthinkable happens in the future, how can we exercise strategic and persuasive foresight to the best of our ability today to ensure we are a nation prepared for tomorrow . That same worldwide threat assessment against Cyber Attacks with china, russia, iran, north korea, raging a silent work capable of shutting down such Information Systems and jeopardizing critical sectors in america. The report states, and i quote , our adversaries and strategic competitors increasingly use the cyber capabilities, including Cyber Espionage, to attack and see
We are tracking the increase and the rate of increase of new cases at the county level. We currently have 130 counties out of the 3100 in the u. S. In that category. This level shows you case positivity by the metros and the number of tests that have been done. This shows the change over time of test positivity and the largest metro where we have concerns. Phoenix, houston, dallas, san antonio, orlando, riverside, california and then to the bottom. This is how we continue to integrate data cases, data on testing and on hospitalization so we can work with the states for comprehensive integrative response. I know many of you would be interested in seeing how high test positivity became. March and april, the top line is new york city metro and you can see it reach over 50 on a series of days for almost two weeks. 50 of the tests were positive for covid19. Under that, you see new jersey and minnesota and a series of individuals. Detroit is the second one. To show you how you look at the st
Testing. We believe weve made progress. As we see cases rising, that we still have work to do. Vice president pence plans to travel to and meet with the governors of arizona and texas next week to talk about the cases if the states and whats next. Back to you. Thank you. The Trump Administration is taking aim at the Affordable Care act. An 82page brief was filed arguing the law is unconstitutional after congress ended the tax penalty for not buying health insurance. Joe biden took aim at the president for the suit. Donald trumps twin legacies, his failure to protect the American People from the coronavirus and to take healthcare protections away from american families. A study from the center for American Progress estimates 23 million americans would lose healthcare plans if the act is repealed. A Supreme Court decision probably wont come until 2021. An Oakland Mcdonald is to stay closed. The restaurant on telegraph avenue has been closed since may 26th when workers went on strike. Las
Briefings this was held at the department of health and Human Services not at the white house the briefing was held after the number of new coronavirus cases in the United States, hit an alltime high of 40,000 today. I think what we are missing on this is something that it is not just isolated to you because if you get infected, you are part innocently or inadvertently, propagating the dynamic process of a pandemic. Because the chances are, that if you get infected, that you will in fact someone else. You may feel well. 40,000 new cases today making the total case count in the United States more than 2. 4 million and as cases surgeon some states there are nearly 2 and half million coronavirus cases again here in the United States more than more than 124,000 people have died from covid19. In minutes we will bring you the governor speaking live as he updates the states response to covid19. We do know the number of new coronavirus cases and hospitalizations continue to rise in california,
Washington today, we are holding this hearing virtually in compliance with the regulations for Remote Committee proceedings pursuant to House Resolution 965. Remote hearings certainly are not the same as sitting together in our Committee Room and you should know. The new authority has allowed us to continue to do our work a behalf of the American People, while keeping our staff, families and broader communities this is the First Official Virtual Committee hearing in the United States house of representatives. As we begin this historic proceeding, i want to underscore that i plan to continue this committees long tradition of collegia collegiality and substantive debate even as we conduct our business from afar. I will continue to work with Ranking Member and his staff to make sure that all Ranking Members are respected in the knew virtual format. Before we turn to todays important topic, i want to remind members of a few procedures to help us all navigate this new platform. First, consi