You know that. Reporter there are a lot of it is not intentional, i just firsts today. The first full day of senator Kamala Harriss role as joe bidens running mate. The first time the two will wanted to put together a list make an appearance together. Today where i think we have the release ad of the campaign. Made a lot of progress. Reporter and a moment captured in their new campaign it is by no means an exclusive ad, joe biden made his choice for a running mate. List of the considerations that california senator kamala we are advancing over the harris. Is the answer yes . Course of this legislative session that concludes on august 31. Absolutely yes. With that, and concluding my presentation. Reporter they will talk all right. About working together, you have been listening to Governor Newsom talking about a lot of things. Restoring the nation and the we can sit here and rehash it all. No need to do that. Fight for working families. Tonight they will go to a if there were a few highlights it was toward the end. Grassroots fundraiser. She is the first person of indian descent to be nominated the numbers are going down deat for a national office. Opinions on this historic choice have rolled in. She will bring up wisdom, turning the corner and he also that experience of her own said lets wear a mask. Personal journey in a way that i believe will be so powerful wear a mask and knock this in uniting this country pandemic down. If you want to listen to the q a were streaming it at i dont think the middle of ktvu. Com. The governor give us a the country wants to see a warning about when the weather california liberal telling us how to live. She said she will stop turns warmer. Steve paulson is here to tell us thats happening now. It is indeed. Here illegally this is the First Time Since march i have done noon with both of you. That biden, people of color, young people, all of the folks that biden has enthusiasm. It has been a long time. Temperatures are warming up. We are going into a hot pattern. Those folks are generally not excited about joe biden there might be a lot of high clouds coming in. Other say she faces the fog is disappearing y. Criticism. When she was asked about it 60s, 70s, and 80s. She smoke errol barnett, she kind of laughed. She turned around and mocked travis, 80. Them for doing the same. These are issues she could livermore, 86. It looks to be right on track. San jose is already 80 degrees. Temperatures are warming up address. That is scheduled for october 7 in salt lake city. Rapidly. The fog is going right down the coast. I dont think there will be and joe biden and Kamala Harris first appearance isfor 12 50 th we will carry that live on ktvu it was a cool day yesterday. Today we are warming up. And also on our ktvu at. It will be hot. The state superintendent of at the high clouds dont make a, you can pencil in a 104 or public instruction is giving an 105. 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. Update on efforts to support schools as they get back into session to the schools are putting safety its going to be hot through first for teachers and the interior. Students. He has created a counseling if you at the clouds, it will coalition to address the social be hot and g joe biden and emotional needs of students we know that there will be students that one check in for what ever reason. Near his home in delaware in 30 ive heard a few examples of that in the media. I want to make sure we support minutes or so. It will be their First Campaign those students. We continue to talk about continuity of learning and event together as the top of the Democratic National ticket. Quality of learning on how to balance Distance Learning and we will bring you that life make sure we are safe and also once the event gets underway. You can watch it here on ktvu getting quality educational fox2. As you may know, senator harris experiences. He said hes talking to School Districts and superintendents about how they are approaching distance has deep bay area roots. Her mother came from india and her father from jamaica. She studied Political Science learning and talking about when at howard university. She earned a law degree at uc they can reopen their schools for small numbers of students and maintaining small learning pods. The start of school for the hastings austin, and then in San Francisco she was elected san jose unified School Districts. While students are not there, most of the teachers were. San francisco District Attorney and the californias attorney welcome to the first day of general in 2010. She became a u. S. Senator in school. An upbeat tone. Administrators in san jose 2017. Shes the first california to appear on a Major Party Ticket since ronald reagan. Welcomed teachers and staff back to campus for the start of a new and Unusual School year. We were have covered her extensively in San Francisco and here she is on the national the district shared these stage. Photos teaching students online from empty classrooms. January 2004. The citys da and then down the the first six weeks of class for the students will be all road in 2011 becoming attorney general of the state. Distance learning only. Generally the instruction is synchronous and more alive. Just with the teacher saying we here she is on the democratic ticket with joe biden. The race for the white house. Will release you to do some again, live coverage coming up in work on your own and i will be available for questions. Here is the assignment i want you to be working on. We know the continuous screen time for students can be challenging. One parent says she thinks its a good idea i think its better that they are in their classroom. She described the frustration that many working parents are feeling having to oversee much of their Childrens School day from home. Its hard. I have a special needs student that probably needs more help than other students. I have to go to work and it is tough. It was a requirement that most teachers teach remotely from their empty classrooms. After some teachers raised health and safety concerns, the recent agreement to allow educators to teach from home if needed. They can bring their under aged children with them when they are working. After the first six weeks of online instruction is up, they will revisit the idea of bringing some students back to the campus for parttime in person instruction. We hope that at some point, Health Conditions will allow us to bring some students back on campus. One teacher we spoke to said that she was happy to be able to teach from her classroom. Her wifi connection at home is not reliable. Ktvu fox2 news. The San Leandro School district is delaying the start of school a few more days. Train it gives schools more time to get computers to students who need them. Officials are applying for a waiver from the state so students can get back into the classroom this fall. The earliest classrooms could open back up by september. Right now they are starting with Distance Learning. We have several resources online and our backtoschool Survival Guide on our website. It can help parents and students navigate the first few weeks of Distance Learning to extract the number of covid cases continues to rise in california. According to johns hopkins, more than 586 thousand cases statewide. Thats more than 12,000 this time yesterday. There are more than 65,000 cases of covered andy and 931 related deaths. And parts of the united states, there are disappointing new covid19 numbers. One state has, we have the latest from atlanta. Reporter with the u. S. Surpassing 5 million confirmed covid19 infections and 164,000 deaths, the bulk of new cases are reported in the south and the sun belt in states like florida that just set a record for the highest number of coronavirus deaths in a single day. More than 8500 floridians have died from covid19 and over 43,000 have been infected. In texas, cases are passing 500,000 with 8700 deaths. In georgia, one high school is closing after opening last week. Or the 900 students and staff have been ordered into quarantine after contact with potentially infected persons. Some parents are saying they feel the students and staff can follow rules to stay safe. Get a personal Health Assessment so you know how at risk you are for the most serious effects of covid. President trump with the big announcement on the Coronavirus Vaccine i am pleased to announce we have reached an agreement with moderna to deliver 100 million doses of their Coronavirus Vaccine. The federal government well on these vaccine doses. Reporter the contract is worth more than 1. 5 billion. Production will start once the vaccine is approved. Ktvu fox2 news. A passenger train to rails killing three people and injuring several others. What investigators say may be to blame for this crash. A warmup across the bay area. Our meteorologist Steve Paulson is here with your full forecast including how high temperatures could climb by the weekend. You have the power to know before you go when you wake up with mornings on two. You have the power to know everywhere you go when you download the ktvu fox2 news at. birds chirping woman chattering [narrator] ordering dinner for the family . family gasps rewarded with a side of quiet. baby murmuring grubhub rewards you, scooter horn honking get a free delivery perk when you order. doorbell rings [group] grubhub. Welcome back. Were going to get you to governor gavin newsom. Hes addressing reporters about the coronavirus. A small little retail store in San Francisco with one part time employee. That business grew. At one point, the businesses that i was privileged to be part of employee close to 1000 people in the state of california. I say that not to impress any of you but to impress upon you a passion for entrepreneurialism. A passion that are expressed every single day by people that take an idea and put their dream to test and put their lives on the line quite literally putting their financial future, and their family members future by cosigning loans and making sure they are leveraged to get a line of credit. And putting all of that out and then of course, and dealing with the setbacks even in a good economy that surprises the things you never anticipated or expected. In this environment with this pandemic the challenges are more acute and more extraordinary for millions and millions of Small Businesses. And all throughout the rest of this country. It is a long way of introducing an expression of deep reverence and respect for our Small Businesses. Deep respect and deep reverence for those that are working behind those counters not only as entrepreneurs, many self employed and many with one or two employees themselves. Also the employees that are supported by the backbone of our economy and our ecosystem. I want to talk to you today. I want tolargest economy, the great state of california. You cant begin a conversation about economic recovery without asserting what i think is universally accepted, at least in the context of those experts that we work with in my own subjective beliefs. That is the most urgent economic recovery tool for the Business Community. The one that we need the most is the stable live this virus and been the curve of this pandemic and do everything in our power to mitigate the spread of covid19. There is nothing more important for our Economic Future than this fundamental fact. In addition, we recognize that anything we do in terms of an economic paradigm should be inclusive. We should be focused on resiliency. Not only related to pandemics but more broadly the macro economics of the economy. The cyclical nature of the economy particularly to talk ab inclusivity, resiliency, and we want to talk in terms of the future. I want to talk about the work that we are doing on our future of work task force. Will we talk about future proofing our economy, it and globalization. In the plumbing, fundamentally shifting underneath us. That has been at trend line for decades. It became a headline that is driven and a recognition of this moment and the need to be more fluid and more responsive and more resilient in our approaches to Economic Growth and economic security. Any strategy should be focused on the immediate and nearterm. Obviously a focus mindful on what may take a year or two in the median term and always on the long term. Sustainable mindset as it relates to Economic Growth and economic prosperity. One of the most important actions that we have taken in the state of california was the development of a 100 member jobs and Economic Recovery Task force led by our nations top entrepreneurs and our nations most iconic individuals from ted cook that runs apple to bob tiger that runs disney. Two homebased companies we are proud of. The frame was not just growth or highlighting our entrepreneurs and our big business leaders. That task force is about inclusion. We have the big thrust asit relates to equity. A big thrust as it relates to economic justice, racial justice. It is a Remarkable Group of individuals that truly represents the diversity of our state and viewpoints and concerns and considerations as it relates to economic recovery. I want to briefly highlight some of the work theyve been doing over the course of the last number of months, particularly helping us with our guidance to modify the stay athome order and put up guidance and district guidance for a safer reopening. The task force has been instrumental in advancing those efforts. They were instrumental in helping us raise tens of millions of dollars for our wear a Mask Campaign and our advertising capacity and providing some of the creative to advance that fundamental campaign that might be the most impactful in terms of getting our businesses back open by mitigating the spread of this disease. We launched our shop safe shop local campaign. To help support our Small Business, our neighborhood businesses and encourage people to maintain that support through this very difficult and trying time. We had 90 members and that 100 number task force which was remarkable that signed on to a letter agreeing that we needed to at the okay for more federal support and federal stimulus dollars. This was around the last Cataract Fund but also that letter is instrumentally pointed at jumpstarting these current negotiations between Speaker Pelosi and others. We are not giving up on Congress Moving forward. But Congress Moving forward to do the right thing and subsequent stimulus support. We had the benefit of five subcommittees that have provided dozens and dozens of recommendations that we have put into play in real time. We will be advancing over the course of the next weeks and not just months. I will get to that in just a moment. Let me talk about specific actions we have taken to support the economy. Already in play we have moved forward a simplified accounting method to reduce tax get throug long list to give you of the depth of some of these efforts so you get a sense of what we are trying to achieve here as the state and the support were trying to provide. We eliminated through the budget , we eliminated that 800 minimum Franchise Tax for all new startups in the state of california. That Franchise Tax no longer applies for businesses that want to start in the state of california. We have allowed Small Businesses to deferred tax payments. This is been a very fruitful with up to 12 months and 50,000 of Deferred Sales tax payments. That is a big deal. As a former Small Business owner i can appreciate cash flow concerns and issues and be able to defer up to 50,000. It is like getting a line of credit against those dollars that are owed and utilize them to pay rent and pay your employees and these extraordinary expenses that are been placed on you. We extended the sales tax deadlines during this pandemic as well. We have worked to support the economy by supporting working families. 3. 6 million working families have already received 1 billion to our earned income tax program. I dont know another state that is providing more for working families. These are folks on the edge of working hard. These are families in need. These are direct contributions in their pocket. We have a budget that was passed with more than 1 billion in tax credits. 3. 6 million working families that got the benefit of those efforts. Over the last 24 month period, we have advanced over 1 billion unprecedented in californias history for low Income Housing tax credits. This goes to jumpstarting our economy and Housing Production in the state. You will see a line item with 18 bills that we advance with incredible leadership of the legislature package that we are very proud of to move Housing Production forward last year. By no stretch of the imagination is that where we are ending our efforts on housing. Quite the contrary. I will speak about those efforts in a moment. We are fully committed to doing more and better as it relates to Housing Production in the state of california. It is foundational. Not just our ability to recover but our ability to recover. That is a little bit of highli