To unlock thank you so much for your Company Everyone we begin with breaking news from the lebanese capital beirut where at least 10 people are dead after 2 massive explosions there will be initial blast in the citys port area was followed by a 2nd explosion that shattered windows even 10 kilometers away the head of the Lebanese Red Cross says hundreds of injured people have been taken to the hospital but many more are still trapped in their hopes the cause of the blast is not yet known but its clear from the footage that were getting that the devastation is widespread it is chaos on the streets of beirut a city all ready on edge lets go there now to talk to our correspondent of beslan i. T. D. Can you hear me. Yes and you know i dont hi bessel how are you how are you doing. Flex point. The old Security Center in beirut as you mentioned its so critical yeah tell us please what happened and where were you and when the blast took place. In one of the debates i was about 500 meters away i
Please knew your microphone. Mute your microphone. [indiscernible] we have previously provided guidance as to how this would [indiscernible] [indiscernible] cspan. Org [indiscernible] [indiscernible] thank you. I want to welcome mr. Menendez and his wife. I appreciate you taking on this post. Tonk you for taking the time talk to me last week and take the best thank you for taking the time this morning. This is the first hearing the committee has held since march the 10th. Since then, millions of americans have filed for unemployment. Nearly one point 5 million have contracted covid19 and nearly 90,000 have perished from the disease. Is work in the u. S. Senate that much more critical and we respond as we respond to this pandemic and return to the economy. Second the highestranking office and the department of energy and the department has been playing a role in helping the nation fight coronavirus. The department of energy is a scientific powerhouse. Its National Laboratories are some
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This is a different world were facing. The pandemic has taken tens of thousands of americans and infected more than 1. 5 million and infected every single one. It focuses early on the security to the past few months. Including the nominee [inaudible] it is very different than my time in chairman. Those of you that are there in person and we do not we have previously provided guidance to reiterate care. The recommended social distancing. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] before he turned to the intervention i appreciate [inaudible] in the role with Energy Innovation including nuclear and Energy Efficiency renewable. We help create. That experience with the responsibilities and the decisions. Having full view of the department and everyone during this covert pandemic. [inaudible] non[inaudible] there will be situations that are uniquely situated during this pandemic. We thank you for that thank you, madam chairman and we want to thank you for holding this hearing and mr. Menendez nomin
Continue to watch temperatures climb through our afternoon. This is just the start because we are going to see temperatures soar by the Holiday Weekend into next week. Here is a look at the Treasure Island camera on this thursday and you can see temperatures are in the 40s and 50s with mainly clear skies. Through our day, daytime highs will be warmer, above average. They will be upper 60s in San Francisco and 73 in oakland, 79 for concord and 2 to 5 degrees above average. I will let you know what to expect in your area through the seven day forecast coming up. At the news desk, we are following the aftermath of a cyclone that slammed into the eastern coast. Thousands of people have been left homeless and it was 24 people that were reported dead. And winds are over 100 miles an hour. They left predominantly rural areas without power or communication. The city of kolkata was the hardest hit with a population of more than 14 million and bangladesh, at least 1 million were without electric