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The committee will come to order. I thank all of our witnesses for returning this morning. We appreciate the recognition of our interest and oversight responsibilities. This is a crisis that is evolving quickly. Since our hearing yesterday, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic. Cdc has now reported that we have almost 1,000 confirmed cases. That is up from 100 reported cases a week ago. A 900 increase. Americans are worried. They are scared. It is ess...

To be picking up on much rainfall potential today watch out for a couple of scattered showers possible this afternoon for areas like san jose palo alto and Mountain View nothing really much further north and entered temperatures by the afternoon were talking 60s for your daytime highs pretty similar to yesterday a little bit warmer and a little bit clear though. Robin all right, thank you john lets check in on the morning commute which is off to a fantastic start very quiet into San Francisco, h...

People who have already tested positive. They do not want the virus to spread any further so well talk more about how theyre going to handle them once they get and oakland, im darya folsom and im James Fletcher will get all that half a moment first want to check with weather and traffic find out of 30 problems out we did you will begin in the Traffic Center robin thank you we do have a hot spot that were waiting to a clear get out of the way it happened at 5 30 this morning. And that really stac...

Youre in the low 50s currently later today, its 60s whether youre at the coast or further inland were all the same boat on that one talking more about any chances of rain we do have in your forecast. Still ahead rob just a minor wait at the bay bridge toll plaza most of the folks heading into San Francisco got in early. So were getting some early clearing here at the pay gates, a minor way for some of the cash buyers and fast trackers but this is great. Compared to what we saw earlier when traff...

Being here, and let me thank our very esteemed panel of people who have spent their entire lives fighting for Quality Health care and disease prevention in this country. Let me just very briefly introduce some of our panelists before we begin. Dr. Abdul al sayed is a physician,epidemiologist for the city of detroit. He was formerly a professor at columbia Universitys Department of epidemiology and director of the club University Science program. Dr. Allison gulvaney is director of the yale cente...

Let me begin with asking about the president , his performance so far in this pandemic. How is he doing . Guest dan to that question you have to acknowledge this is a very difficult situation that no president would find easy and the federal government was always going to have to go through some mobilization, being overwhelmed by a crisis and rising to it. The question is how are they doing at that and obviously there are weaknesses to the response we have seen from the white house and i think a...

Was also testifying on the coronavirus outbreak and federal government response. Next, a look at how the federal government response to coronavirus is impacting state and local governments. This House Homeland Security subcommittee hearing includes state Health Officials from mississippi and new jersey, and a former Obama Administration official who oversaw coordination efforts during the ebola outbreak. The subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness response and recovery will come to order. The sub...

Recovery will come to order. The subcommittee is meeting today to receive testimony on Community Perspectives on coronavirus, preparedness and response. Without objection the chair may , declare the subcommittee in recess at any point. Without objection, members not sitting on the subcommittee will be permitted to participate in todays hearing. I now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. Good afternoon. We are here today to discuss the coronavirus, also known as covid19. We are at a critica...

Legacy energy source. Senator udall of new mexico and i have an amendment that will close a loophole in federal Energy Policy. I want my colleagues to know, and i think they do, of my long support for renewable and alternative sources of energy and so i agree with the aims of the murkowskimachin murkowskiy bill. The amendment that senator udall and i have introduced is the same as the bipartisan bill we introduced last week. The title of that bill is the fair return for public lands act. Mr. Gra...

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