This coming out of china this morning. The Unemployment Rates surge to 6. 2 in china, and bank of japan is boosting stimulus this morning doubling stocks purchases. They are buy equities at the bank of japan because yield and tenure fall this morning. Were down 18 basis is point on the tenure at. 800 . Over this 200 coronavirus cases now here in america. West virginia, the only state with no known cases. More school ises are closing major restrictions are being put on businesses and travel. The cdc urging no gatherings of more than 50 people. Vaccine trials meanwhile are starting today. That is one certainly note of optimism. Trump declared National Emergency urging americans against hoarding as Grocery Store is shelveses are emptying out. The president taking part in a Video Conference of with g7 lead percent today to coordinate a response to the coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile this, senate is expected to vote in coronavirus release bill today. They were there late until 1 a. M. Frida
Difficult theres a Navigation Center right behind me with the governor wants to do is to spend million get 100 million of that million to local governments because they know their needs intimately to make sure that the homeless are taken care of because when theyre taken care of he believes society as a whole will be much better because at any given time in california 108,000 people are homeless said he believes unless they are taken care of about 12,000 of them could be sent to the hospital either because are exposed to coronavirus or test positive for coronavirus and could overrun the hospital and all the workers which is why lets face it thats where we have in the shelter in place to flatten the curve and if you dont take care of the homeless according to the governor it can really spike in overwhelm are already overwhelmed systems and thats why he wants to get his hands on as many rooms from hotels and motels to send the homeless there because then theyll have social distance, here
Also empty and eerie. The shelter in place order silencing st. Patricks Day Celebrations across the bay area as another county announces its shutting down. The whole community is going to suffer for it. And a life line for some of the most vulnerable members of our population. The Grocery Stores stepping up to help seniors. Good evening. And thanks for joining us. Im raj mathai. History is unfolding and it is uneasy for so many of us. So many updates and changes with this crisis, and we are only in day one of this shelter in place. Lets start with our governor and his blunt warning of no school until august or september. This caught a lot of people, parents and even School Districts by surprise. Lets bring in nbc bay areas cheryl hurd, who joins us from hercules this evening. Cheryl, Governor Newsom saying he wants to be honest and sober when dealing with all this, and this caught a lot of people by surprise. Reporter it did, and people are being bombarded with information regarding th
Democratic and republican members of the House Armed Services committee over the pentagon plan to devote 3. 8 billion to construct more border wall. The pentagon is asking congress to approve a 705 billiondollar budget for fiscal year 2021. This hearing is three hours 35 minutes. We will go ahead and call the committee to order. Good morning, everyone. We are gathered here this morning from secretary of defense doctor mark esper and chairman joint chiefs of staff general to hear about the proposal for the department of defense. I will start with some good news or start by thanking the witnesses for being here and further service to the country. Both served their country in various capacities for a long time, not an easy thing to do. I appreciate that and look forward to continuing to work with you. Unlike last year, we have a budget agreement, and last year we spend a lot of time talking about how difficult it is to run while anything in the government but certainly the department of d
General to hear about the proposal for the department of defense. I will start with some good news or start by thanking the witnesses for being here and further service to the country. Both served their country in various capacities for a long time, not an easy thing to do. I appreciate that and look forward to continuing to work with you. Unlike last year, we have a budget agreement, and last year we spend a lot of time talking about how difficult it is to run while anything in the government but certainly the department of defense without Appropriations Bills in a timely manner. Last year we were off by 3. 5 months, Something Like that thats better than drifting into the next year. We did get appropriation bills done by december of last year which gives some predictability to the department i think that is enormously important. This year we hope to come a little closer to october 1 certainly on the authorizing bill that also the appropriation bill but most importantly, we have a budg