[captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2020] everyone inrnoon, for tuning in and listening to this press briefing. I guess we have a little bit of good news and that is that the case count that we announced today is not as drastic as the one we saw yesterday. But it is still very concerning. Is 1147 ase increase opposed to the one yesterday of 2700. However, we did reach a grim milestone because we now have more than 10,000 cases statewide. 10,297 to be exact. We had an increase of 60 deaths. That increases much more in line with what we expect to see day today, not the 42 we saw yesterday. Thats what im trying to communicate to you. But the rate of spread, the number of cases will always depend upon the degree to which our people are complying with the stayathome order, with all of the social distancing guidelines we are putting out and minimizing social contact. We knew and have been telling people that getting through this crisis would resemble a marathon, not a sprint.
Direction and feel strongly about the. Bowing out of the race u. S. Democratic president ial hopeful Bernie Sanders ends his bid for the white house. And u. N. Experts point the finger at syrias government for carrying out chemical weapons attacks on civilians. Ok were going to get on to the latest on coronavirus in a moment but 1st were going to begin with the announcement of a cease fire right across yemen it came from the side of that coalition thats been fighting who the rebels since the war began and 2015 its juta last 2 weeks and its going to come into force at noon thursday but in the past few hours there have been reported attacks on both sides lets go straight to muhammad in santa mohammad to give us some update on these attacks and whats been happening in the hours since this announcement. Yes in the news of the saudi arabia as you know a literal declaration of cease fire for 2 weeks could be also renewed. In the future hopefully that the but. Since the midnights people expec
Everyone yesterday we launched an alert system that will provide timely updates for covid19 and other critical kindness other guidance from the governors office. Text lacovidease to 67283. Already one heard thousand people across00 the state have signed up for alert. Additional information is available at coronavirus. L. A. Gov. This point i will ask the doctor to come up and explain more about the chart that was up there with the modeling because i know some of you were wanting more information about our modeling. Thank you, governor. Said, since the earliest cases in the state we have been working at the the academic side and with health items and insurers to build a model that would help us understand what to expect and how to reject what covid19 would mean for the state when it comes to our most Important Health resources that need to be there for those most severely affected by covid19. That is hospital beds and ventilators. You have been hearing us talk a lot about those. The gov
We have more than 10,000 cases statewide. We also had an increase of 60 deaths with a total of 370. Today, wee seeing think, is going to look more like the daily normal going forward. We do know there is still certain test results that are lagging behind but the 13 is aase in cases today much more that increase is much more in line with what we expect to see day to day. That is what i am trying to communicate. Sprea will of spread depend upon will always depend upon the stayathome order, social distancing, and minimizing social contact. We have been telling people a long time that getting through this crisis would resemble a marathon, not a sprint. Patient,g people to be stay in their homes, and take the stayathome order seriously. Your neighbors life depends on it and so might your own. Good news is that tests we are second in the nation per capita. This helps us to see what is out there and gives us a better idea of how to respond and prepare for the future. There are interesting too
[inaudible conversations] good morning this hearing will come to order. Its the day to do the environment subcommittee with fiscal year 2021 budget request for the Environmental Protection agency. And acting chief Financial Officer welcome to both of you. The president s request 2021 to 66 billion to the epa and 27 percent cut hello fy 2020. This seeks to undo all the progress we were able to achieve in a broad bipartisan basis fy 2024 example to request to eliminate 30 mine Million Dollars of new funding we provided to the epa and requests with Clean Energy Funding grants by 47 percent and 9 milliondollar cuts fy 2020 also 870 million from the 3 billion we invested to rebuild our crumbling Water Infrastructure. I held a listening section in st. Paul they would lose 56 percent of federal funding and approximately 75 percent of the cats were to go through the minnesota pollution control that air pollution monitoring for the communities back home and clean water action said it would be a