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Quorum be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Schumer well, mr. President , for more than a year and a half, leader mcconnell and Senate Republicans have refused to take action on the housepassed for the people act. At a time when our democracy is under siege in so many ways, the for the people act is a bold proposal that will restore Peoples Trust in our democratic system, a trust that is fading. It is under it is for the people. In order to make a more perfect union. I...

This hearing will come to order, senator cantwell is going to join us in person but she joins us remotely at the beginning of the hearing, we have convened this morning to continue work of this committee to ensure the internet remains a free and open space and they are sufficiently uptodate, it is a Great American success story, thanks in large part to the regulatory and legal structure our government put in place, we cannot take that success for granted, the openness and freedom of the internet...

Of the legal challenges under way to help keep the president in the white house. And pointed out unproven allegations that poll watchers in states like pennsylvania were denied observance of the vote count in some communities we want an honest accurate lawful counts. We want maximum sunlight. We want maximum transparency. We want every legal vote to be counted. And we want every illegal votes to be discarded despite President Trumps refusal to concede president elect joe biden is moving forward ...

Almost a 109,000 every day covid related deaths are up 18 over the same time span averaging 939 per day over the last 2 weeks. The virus has killed more than 237,000 americans. To the south bay now officials are warning of a possible return to tighter Health Orders in the wake of the surge in new covid19 cases. Santa clara countys Public Health officer and other officials calling on the community to stay on guard against the virus. 358 new covid19 cases reported yesterday. It is the most since t...

Fours tapers actually chris sacchi rather she talked to a doctor at u c s f and she has concerning the weekend celebrations in how people were affected by that taylor. Can begin theres no doubt about it its definitely concerning to see an increase in those daily cases, but the good thing well if you want to even call it that, but the important thing to know is that San Francisco is in seeing an increase in hospitalizations that will be important because we typically see those hospitalizations in...

Ucsf believe this is for 3 reasons the first is were only as good as whats around us so if we saw in the country the rest of the country is on fire is like excluding with covid. And so is this because of the hot even with reduce travel, there are people going back and forth second. He says people are getting more comfortable lax in their precautions and probably having more small gatherings number 3 is its getting cold. So we know that these respiratory viruses love call not only because tempera...

To below freezing conditions right now doubling youre sitting right at freezing at 32 degrees livermore 35 conquered at 39, but up in the north bay, some below freezing temperatures santa rosa and fairfield now each in the 20s with each city at 29 degrees. Napa and lean at 31 nevado in san anselmo each at 32 degrees right now so it is a cold start to this morning. As we mentioned you bundle up before you get out there robin great advice. Thank you john checking in on the traffic and we have a li...

Spots, lets get a look at the numbers, san jose you were in the 30s now youre back at 42 degrees palo alto morgan hill, dublin and on up to the lay whole all in the 30s welfare fielder last spot along with sailing actually still hanging on to the upper 20s right now santa rosa you are there at 29 degrees within the last hour. You now see temperatures rise to 34 degrees. So it is a chilly morning more than chilly frigid for many areas and talk to the rest of your forecast still to come robin all ...

Eastern on cspans q a. Ceos of facebook, twitter and google appeared virtually at a Senate Commerce hitting Senate Commerce hearing. Republicans question whether the companies were censoring conservative viewpoints while democrats raised concerns about the spread of misinformation. Throughout the hearing, there were several references to section 230 of the committee occasions decency act, which shields social Media Companies from liability for content posted on their sites. This is three and a h...

Experiencing unprecedented declines in activity. Although the remains considerable uncertainty about the economy, we know that the Banking System has served as a source of strength throughout this period. They have supported their customers and committees by pppinating 500 million in loans. The Banking Systems ability to support the economy reflects the Industries Strong capital and liquidity position. In the Second Quarter of 2020, Equity Capital increased to more than 2. 1 trillion, which 13. ...