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[inaudible conversation] good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. For those of you who are just tuning in and our Television Audience in public Radio Audience and on the internet, welcome to the National Press club. Since 1908 we have been the embodiment of the constitution. Before we get started, i want to remind our guests in the audience of some housekeeping roles. Those of you who may have come in late, please put your phones on vibrate because we know you want to tweak. We want you to follow the action and so on twitter you can follow us at press club d. C. And using npc life. I want to introduce the head table. As i introduce each of you, please stand and briefly as your name is announced, it will be from my left and youre right. Senior reporter and treasurer of the National Press club. Michelle is the membership secretary of the National Press club. Sally is the executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs at pfizer. And breaking news editor at usa today in a past member of the pre
Morning and early afternoon. Philippe Nats pothole repairs on a rainy day like this. Noel aguayo knowelle uhgwhyoh and his partner juan say theyll end up repairing 50 to 60 potholes that have popped up on concord roads. Noel aguayo public works dept. Were filling them up with cutback. Its essentially an asphalt with a oil that makes it adhere to the previous asphalt that was already poured. philippe and, its drivable right away . noel its drivable right away. And, the public works crews arent the only ones staying busy. Nats lawn mower rain or shine. This man along oak grove road still has a job to do. Mowing the lawn. Nats lawn mower on the other side of town. At t responding to weatherrelated calls. Donald guilliee gheeyay repairing an underground splice phone cable. Like him, worn down by the rain donald guilliee at t id rather work when the suns shinning, of course, you know, i dont really care to get wet, but when the winds blowing, it makes it a little bit harder, because it blow
Thank you for joining us im grant lodes in for steve aveson. pam and im pam moore. Tonight kron fours Spencer Blake is live at mirmonte meeruhmontee high school in orinda. Spencer, how widespread is the concern over this . Absolutely. The Contra Costa County Health Department confirms one case of meningitis in the county. Based on some emails parents have told us about, its a student on the miramonte high swim team. They recently competed in a meet at Dougherty Valley High School on the 18th. As such, health and School Officials have been giving parents of athletes who were at that meet, a heads up. They were urged to take their kids to the doctor to get antibiotics for meningitis, just as a precaution. Some students i talked to here feel like the situation is being handled the best it can be. I think it is they are alerting people and i feel like thats a good idea to alert people, but not to make mass hysteria. vo parents of athletes on a Water Polo Team were also notified. That team
Before we get started, i want to remind our guest is in the audience and those who may have come in late, please put your phones at least on five right. Vibrate. Because we know you want to tweet. We want you to follow the action. On twitter, you can follow us. Using npclive. I want to introduce the head table. Se stand and i will desperately as your name is announced, from my left and your right. The Senior Reporter at med tech insight and the treasurer of the National Press club. The desk editor at the Associated Press and the membership secretary of the National Press club. The executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs at pfizer. Breaking news editor at usa today and past president of the National Press club. Kenneth cole, senior Vice President of Government Relations at pfizer. Skipping over myself. The economy reporter for Bloomberg News and Deputy Team Leader for the national has club headliner team which organizes all of our speakers. Skipping over our speaker, the senior Vi