Declining. We saw a constructive things. Waiting for the eighth or ninth year of expansion is not a perfect strategy. There is an issue of wanting to do as much as we can to avoid exacerbating the longstanding inferences and get back to a Strong Economy or we can start making progress again, which is what we were doing in february. Senator smith as the fed chair and at the fed you have the mission of low unemployment and managing inflation. And this need to spur job growth. We said there is not been a big worry about inflation. What if the fed were to lower its target for employment, even under 3 . What impact might that have on addressing longterm needs for addressing inequality. Changeowell we made a in our operating framework which addresses that directly. We will have an estimate of the natural rate of unemployment. We will not act on that, even if unemployment goes below that, unless we see inflation or some other problematic thing that seems to be late to where our rates are. We
3, 2, 1. This hearing will now come to order. Is in a hybrid format and the hearing room has been configured to maintain the recommended six foot social distancing between senators, witnesses and other individuals in the room necessary to operate the hearing, which we have kept to a minimum. , a those joining remotely few videoconferencing reminders which you should be familiar with at this point. Once you start speaking, there will be a slight delay before your display on the screen. To minimize background noise, click the mute button until it is returned to speak or ask questions. Issue,e is a technology we will move to the next senator until it is resolved. I remind senators and our witnesses the fiveminute clock still applies. Those remote should have on your screen one of the boxes labeled clock which will show how much time is remaining. Weve had some trouble getting those boxes to everyone screen or at least getting everybody to be able to find them and follow them. We are going
Its a move thats been long overdue. Good evening. Im ken wayne and im Catherine Heenan in tonight for pam moore. Today, San Francisco county da chase abboud in announced plans to file manslaughter charges against former rookie officer, christopher this is in connection to the 2017 shooting death of oneill that news was a welcome by families of People Killed by San Francisco Police Officers and kron fours Jonathan Mccall is here live with more john you know, id sorry catherine and was fired by San Francisco police after that shooting happened. Since that we 2009 there have been 72 officer involved shootings here in San Francisco. In september san leandro officer Jason Fletcher was also charged for the shooting death of Steven Taylor that happened in april its the second time. Officer in the bay area has been charged in a deadly shooting here in recent months before that that had been that hadnt for loved ones killed by cops say todays news gives them some much needed help. For the first
Today in the bay continues right now. Good morning. Thanks so much for joining us for this friday the 13th today in the bay special. Im laura garcia. And im marcus washington. Friday the 13th in the year 2020. Nothing is going to go wrong today. Its going to be a great day in the bay. Sounds great. Mike has a look at the roads in a bit. First, we have to talk about that forecast. Meteorologist kari hall has been tracking the rain coming into our area. Right, green is a lucky color, right . Were seeing that on the radar as were starting out on this friday morning. Its to the north of us and will be moving closer into the afternoon and evening hours. Right now we track the rain to our north and once again moving around ukiah, parts of lake and mendocino counties. A time line of what you can expect coming up in a few minutes. Mike, any issues heading to work this morning . Well, kari, my speed sensor is great but a section not green, oakland. A live look and show you the taillights past t
Im larry beil. Im christian see. Were in a difficult situation and we got to keep pushing. The push to get people to wear masks and stay safe into the holiday season. This as california hits an unfortunate milestone in the fight against the pandemic. The state marked 1 million cases today according to data compiled by several news organizations. That includes people who have recovered, texas became the first state to hit a million cases yesterday. More than 18,000 californians are died. In the bay area, there are more than 130,700 cases. Alameda county is causing further reopenings as it anticipating moving to the red tier. Daily new cases for 100,000 people are up to 4. 9 from the countys low of 3. 4. There is also a steady increase in hospitalization. Officials say if Current Trends continue, the county may be put back into the most restrictive tier and that is purple. Spiking numbers have counties in the bay area hitting pause in their reopenings. The question is this going to be en