A look at the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Social Security. Witnesses before a house panel say recipient to rely on the income could be affected by a prolonged economic downturn. The subcommittee on Social Security will come to order. I want to welcome all of our witnesses and audience members, thank you for joining with us today as we bear up under covid19 and addressed technologically to coming together. We will begin with Opening Statements by myself and the Ranking Member. Testimony from our witnesses and the opportunity for each member to ask questions. We will dispense the practice of observing and instead go in order of seniority for questioning, alternating between minority and majority. Member will be responsible from youding and then muting themselves throughout the proceedings. Thank you all for your patience as we navigate this new technology in order to continue serving our country in this time of need. With that i would like to welcome everybody to the ways and m
Know. Nightline starts right now with juju chang. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. Protests calling for racial equality spreading across the nation, sparking conversations in our homes. Fathers and sons from black and white families having their own versions of the talk. Conversations on race, policing and prejudice. My coanchor, byron pitts, has the story. Will you take a breath test for me . Yes or no . I dont want to refuse anything. Rayshard brooks, did you see about that . The cops come up. Put your hands behind your back. And when they tried to arrest him, he starts fighting them off. Stop and i thought what i told you about you have an encounteder with the police, like your job is to live through the encounter. Yeah. Reporter for Solomon Jones jr. , Difficult Conversations like this one with his 15yearold son arent optional, theyre essential. But then i thought about how george floyd was cooperative, and he still died. Mmhm. Just like what do we do. Yeah. Reporter we call it
Construction projects have closed down. The companies voluntarily close the jobsites after identifying multiple cases of covid19 among workers. The largest outbreak was in Mountain View where there were 10 confirmed cases and more than 30 potential exposures. Three other sites had between three cases of five cases each. It shows the need for the Construction Industry to adhere to safety protocols. Today, bars and movie theaters were allowed to open across the state but not in the bait area. San mateo county could be on the way. The county board of supervisors voted unanimously to send a letter to the state department of Public Health to seek a variance with the states resiliency roadmap. If granted they could resume Indoor Dining and indoor gyms and movie salons. Face coverings and avoidance of large crowds would be required. Alameda county is taking a big step forward in reopening one week from today. The announcement came from the Health Officer saying the starting next friday the co
Continues across did bay area. Thank you for joining us tonight. 300 or more people marched to the mayors home with a list of grievances. We have live coverage from amber loo out side city hall in san jose. These protesters are determined to be heard. Behind me theres protesters here, several dozen, among those participating are the family members of those killed by police. Holding crosses bearing the names of people in the south bay killed by police, hundreds of protesters marched to the mayors home. The mayors chief of staff said he was not home but at city hall attending a special City Council Meeting and working on pushing through his ban on rubber bullets. Our leaders have failed to acknowledge the children left fatherless. Laurie valdez said her common law husband was shot and killed in 2014 by san jose state campus police. The officers responded to a call. Their son is traumatized. I dont want my son to be a broken man. Protesters took issue with the mayor taking a knee with pro
A record surge in coronavirus cases but that isnt stopping the government from lifting restrictions its. Ok lets just get right up to date with whats going on there youre seeing live pictures coming to us of hoost and in texas the Memorial Service opened up for george floyd who of course lost his life 2 weeks and one day ago the punctuation mark to the run up to this memorial of course was the events taking place in the American Capital city of washington d. C. Specifically on capitol hill where we saw a clutch of u. S. House democrats taking the niece socalled for precisely the same amount of time as it took for george floyd to be pinned to the ground. And act. That cost him his life on the part of the policeman who is going to appear very shortly. In court in another American City u. S. House members paying tribute to george floyd ahead of the unveiling of legislation that Congress Hopes will change the way Police Departments operate the members paused for 8 minutes 46 seconds as we