Afternoon which ill get to still to come robin all right, thank you john now were checking in on your morning commute which is off to a fantastic start i have not found any hot spots that you need to stress out about in San Francisco. So were checking in on the bay bridge you can get a live look at your approach to the toll plaza if youre about to roll in right now. You are looking good. No problems here from the oakland maze right on through downtown 7 minutes is a good drive time 92 is busy but not bad a little crowded west of the tolls but only 12 minutes to the peninsula. And heres one more the Richmond Sandra fell hot spot free a great time to get out there news at 6 minutes into the north bay more traffic updates coming up a little bit later back to you. Thanks robin. So to our top story this morning, President Donald Trump abruptly ended Coronavirus Relief talks that would have put money in the hands of americans and Small Businesses but House Speaker nancy pelosi is pledging a
This is the game this guy plays all the time. The powerhouse round table takes on this. From abc news, its this week, here now, chief anchor george stephanopoulos. Good morning and welcome to this week. It was a tale of two saturdays. As the number of covid cases in the u. S. Closed in on 1. 5 million, the death toll topped 88,000 and most states took tentative steps to reopen. President trump was out of sight at camp david but not out of mind. Dispatching dozens of messages of followers of his twitter feed. Continuing a stream of attacks on his predecessor, at least 160 tweets from last sunday that trump boils down to a single word obamagate. Earlier this week, president obama tweeted out a single word of his own the vote. But on saturday, the former president in virtual commencement addresses, he delivered a pointed critique of how the Trump Administration has handled the coronavirus crisis. More than anything, this pandemic has fully finally torn back on the curtain on the idea that
Pandemic. Later, National Indian Health Board Chair on the affecting native American Communities. Morning, its thursday, april 9, 2020. Against the backdrop of another deadly day, turmoil across the country, political leaders in washington are headed for a showdown over hundreds of liens of dollars in new aid for Small Businesses. With the senate set to move forward with funding today we begin our program by hearing from Small Business owners and their employees. Let us know how your Small Business has been impacted by coronavirus. Small Business Owners, 202 7488000 is your number. Small business employees, 202 7488001. You can send us a text this morning, that number is 202 7488003. If you do, please include your name and where you are from. Otherwise, catch up with us on social media, twitter or facebook. Good thursday morning to you, we are hearing from the 60 million americans that work at Small Businesses in this country and the more than 30 some businesses around the country. You
Democratic and republican members of the House Armed Services committee over the pentagon plan to devote 3. 8 billion to construct more border wall. The pentagon is asking congress to approve a 705 billiondollar budget for fiscal year 2021. This hearing is three hours 35 minutes. We will go ahead and call the committee to order. Good morning, everyone. We are gathered here this morning from secretary of defense doctor mark esper and chairman joint chiefs of staff general to hear about the proposal for the department of defense. I will start with some good news or start by thanking the witnesses for being here and further service to the country. Both served their country in various capacities for a long time, not an easy thing to do. I appreciate that and look forward to continuing to work with you. Unlike last year, we have a budget agreement, and last year we spend a lot of time talking about how difficult it is to run while anything in the government but certainly the department of d
General to hear about the proposal for the department of defense. I will start with some good news or start by thanking the witnesses for being here and further service to the country. Both served their country in various capacities for a long time, not an easy thing to do. I appreciate that and look forward to continuing to work with you. Unlike last year, we have a budget agreement, and last year we spend a lot of time talking about how difficult it is to run while anything in the government but certainly the department of defense without Appropriations Bills in a timely manner. Last year we were off by 3. 5 months, Something Like that thats better than drifting into the next year. We did get appropriation bills done by december of last year which gives some predictability to the department i think that is enormously important. This year we hope to come a little closer to october 1 certainly on the authorizing bill that also the appropriation bill but most importantly, we have a budg