Tossup. Welcome. Lawmakers program, you are watching the Atlanta Press club debate series. , this is the general Election Debate for candidates running for u. S. Senate to fill the seat currently held by david perdue. In order to ensure everyones safety, the candidates and panelists are participating from their homes. The Atlanta Press club get a special thank you to georgia public broadcasting for helping to organize the online debate. T meet the candidates. They are in alphabetical order, libertarian chain hazel, marine corps veteran and cohost and producer of the rebellion podcast which analyzes politics from a local to global level. Democrat john served as ceo of inside the eye. Media Production Company that investigates corruption, organized crime and war crimes for International News organizations. Republican david perdue has served in the u. S. Senate, since 2015 before been elected to the senate, he sat on the board of five major corporations and cofounder perdue partners, a Gl
In the bay area, 57,000 cases and 860 deaths. State Officials Say a Technical Glitch could account for data that showed a drop in positive cases. Health and Human Services secretary acknowledges problems with the states Electronic Laboratory reporting system. He said that resulted in counties underreporting some of their positive cases. Apple and tmobile are teaming up with School Districts across the state to digitally connect students in need for Distance Learning this fall. The state superintendent announce a collaboration with apple and tmobile to help as many as 1 million california students. The companies will fulfill orders with discounted ipads already equipped with high Speed Internet connectivity. He is still in School Officials how to get the equipment they need to start the school year. Because of the help of our governor and legislature, there is money to make the purchases they need around Distance Learning including devices. We are trying to put School Districts together
Counties are likely eligible to start offering. In restaurant dining in the coming weeks. Counties have to meet the new criteria and then they can start doing and start opening schools to with modifications yeah, the new criteria would require counties have a stable hospitalization. Rate with no more than 20 covid hospitalizations in the past 2 weeks. Counties also have to have fewer than 25 cases per 100,000 residents in the last 2 weeks or less than 8 of testing. Coming back positive in the last 7 days. So theres some pretty strict criteria. Governor newsome though is painting a brighter outlook for june. Expect if we hold the rate. Transmissions we hold the Positivity Rate down we continue to do justice to the hospitalization icu numbers that will be making announcements statewide not just with the regional variances that would for retail not just to be picked up but in store retail to be loosened up. In addition to that sporting events a pro sports. In that first a week or so of ju
Migrants trying to gain entry to europe turkey is letting the migrants storm the border because it wants to meet you to share the burden of caring for refugees. Im rebecca writ is welcome to the program the Italian Government has put about one quarter of its population under quarantine in a bid to stop a rapidly expanding outbreak of the coronavirus Prime Minister contis signed the korea after midnight the lockdown affects the region over body and northern provinces including venice and italy Financial Capital milan its the most drastic measure yet taken any european country to try to contain the virus and follow the example set by chinas initial response to the outbreak in italy is the country with the most infections in europe the now. Of confirmed cases has jumped by 1200. 00 in just 24 hours bringing the total number of infections to nearly 5900. 00 the death toll has passed 230. 00 in order to limit the spread of infection travel has been restricted in one body in the lombardi reg
A kenyan mom and find out how she managed to turn her life around after taking a job as a bus conductor in nairobi. And expose her welcome to the program turkish president recha tie affair to one has ordered his countrys coast guard to stop migrants from making dangerous agene sea crossings meanwhile greek Prime Minister kiriakou smiths attack it says the migration deal between the e. U. And turkey is dead he accused of using migrants to create a crisis at its border with his country this morning Greek Border Police once again used tear gas to repel an attempt by margarines to push through the border from turkey the European Union has warned migrants they will not be allowed to enter. The greek army fires water cannon along this part of the Turkish Border but still the migrants push on trying to find a gap to cross into europe. Further along the border greek police bring in reinforcements. More tear gas is fired between police and migrants gathered at this border fence. Amid growing te