It, a Public Health crisis, the covid19 coronavirus threat to the United States and all of our families. Many of us who came back to washington this week were weary because we had been warned to stay in our homes as long as possible, stay out of circulation, not to gather in workplaces unless absolutely necessary, and all of us thought if we were going to return, we hoped the priority would be this looming crisis in america, this Public Health crisis, but, sadly, as we bring this weeks legislative activity to a close, little, if anything, has been said or done on the senate floor or in committee to address the judiciary of the moment. What are we going to do to protect americans and their families . Senator mcconnell brought us back for a hearing for one of his favorite judges, a federal judge in kentucky, a young man who was an intern in his office, and he is now trying to promote him to the secondhighest court in the land. In the ordinary course of business this would not be unusual.
Its the exact opposite. It says that would be a king. Robert next. Annocer this is Washington Week. Corporate funding is provided by life isnt a straight line. And sometimes you can find yourself heading in a new direction. Delity is here to help you work through the unexpected with Financial Planning and advice for today antomorrow. Aughter] announcer additional funding is provided by the estate of arnold adams, and koo and patricia yuen, through the yuen foundaon committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities. Theti corpo for public broadcasting and by contributis to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thanu. Once again from washington moderator robert costa. Robert good evening. It was a critical week for the trump presency. At its core it was about his decision to encourage the reopening of america. He veered from claiming total authority toultimately leaving it in the hands of states. But theres no doubt about where he stands. Earlier friy, te president tweeted
We are going to cool down a little bit over the weekend. We have partly cloudy skies, and it is a cool start. 43 degrees right now, in santa rosa. We have 51 in San Francisco. 54, to start the morning in oakland. And livermore, san jose also checking in in the low 50s. So, relatively nice outside this morning. As we get into the afternoon, partly cloudy skies, temperatures very seasonal. Before we call it down just a it into your weekend. Details on your afternoon highs for today, and the extended forecast coming up in just a little bit. We do have traffic that is off to a very nice start. We havent had anything major around the bay area. As we check and you can see traffic is looking good on the bridges, including the san mateo bridge heading out to the high rise. No major issues on that bridge, or the bay bridge, or any of the spans. Its for 01 lets go back to dave. Changes about reports on the plan to close all of californias beaches. But instead, he is shutting down beaches in Oran
On the task since the pandemic began. Good morning to everyone. I hope you had a great weekend. Thanks for joining us for today in the bay. Im laura garcia. And im marcus washington. Mike is going to get a look at the traffic in just a few minutes. First we start with meteorologist kari hall working from home for us. Kari, certainly a nice weekend. So how will the beginning of this workweek look for us . We still have some really nice weather in our forecast, but we are starting out with some light rain across parts of the bay area this morning. As we get a look at the radar that rain stretches inland, weve seen a lot of it weaken and we may not be seeing a lot of this hitting the ground but expect mist and drizzle as you head out the door earlier this morning. We can see the low clouds over the south bay right now and our temperatures in evergreen that will start out in the mid50s we will see some clouds throughout the m for a really nice day. Reaching into the 60s today but we have 8
Reopen sectors of our economy. I would tell him not to turn the switch on a go. Robert next. This is washiton week. Corporate funding is provided by and sometimes you can find yourself in direction. Fidelity is helping you to work th with Financial Planning and advice for today and tomorrow. Agh additional funding is provided by the estate of adams and howen foundation committed to bridgingultural differences, the publication for public broadcasting and contributions to your p foundation from viewers like you. Thank you. Once again, from washington, moderator, robert costa. Death toll in the United States surges past 50,000 people, President Trumps asserons howor to treatavirus continue to roil his the president took no questions at the latest briefing following a week t ofsions betwe him and health experts. Joining me to discuss these issues areepters who you r are. Nancy cordes, chi congressional correspondentrom cbs news, Toluse Olorunnipa and Jeremy Peters from New York Times and s