Produce, and we put a lot of effort into it together with lots of governor gavin newsom says that is why he is considering more stringent measures. If these trends continue, then well need to take much more dramatic, arguably drastic actions. The governor says if the current search continues, 78 of the hospital beds will be occupied by christmas eve. Icu beds could be at capacity by the end of the year. In order to change that trajectory, he is thinking about issuing a stayathome order for the purple tier more than 90 of the population of california. Were assessing this in real time over the next day or two to make determination of the deep purple moves more in line with the stayathome order that folks were familiar with in the beginning of this year. This is bad. We are in a bad space right now. It will get worse in the short term says dr. George rutherford. Even in the bay area, which is doing better than the rest of the state. We all need patients and to listen to the experts. We ne
The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Our father, may your name be praised. Lord, use our senators today to permit justice to rule in our land. Remind them that righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is an equal opportunity destroyer. As our lawmakers strive to do your will, reward their faithfulness,. Illuminate their hearts with your wisdom and love. Help them to remember that the entire ethical requirement is fulfilled by loving your neighbor as you love yourself. May this love for those in need hasten the day when justice will roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream. Continue to be our strength and fortress, sustaining us with your amazing grace. We pray in your merciful name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for w
Including some turtles. Thats right. Your tax dollars actually paid for a study that put turtles on treadmills. So here we have our turtles on a treadmill. To no ones surprise, it turns out that turtles are really, really slow. Okay. Thats what our tax dollars went to. In fact, this wasteful study found that turtles moved at nearly the same pace as dead turtles on a treadmill. Arent you glad that washington bureaucrats used your hard earned dollars to conduct this study . Good grief, folks. Now how many of your tax dollars went to this study exactly . Well, folks, your guess is actually as good as mine because there is no legal obligation for most federal agencies to publicly disclose the price of government projects even though the american taxpayers are paying for them. Folks, this is your money, your money. So shouldnt you have a right to know how it is being spent . Its been said before, and i sure believe it, government functions best when it operates in the open. This is the basi
Any highrisk factors she picked it up from the community. The patient is an older woman who has been hospitalizeded. And Officials Say she is doing well. Live coverage for you tonight. Lets start with tom vacar, outside the richmond lab where the cruise ship tests were analyzed. Tom . Reporter you can see pictures of the ship on a previous voyage coming into the bay. It was more important for the lab to get this information correct. Why were and are officials being so very careful about coronavirus . Among those tested, 46 persons were swabbed. 21 of those on the ship tested positive for the coronavirus. 24 tested negative. One test was inconclusive. Reporter this has a lot more to do with not only the 21 people on board who contracted the virus but others on board who may have been exposed and may get sick later. Remember, there are 2,400 passengers on the ship plus another 1,711 members of the crew. The people come from 43 different nations. Since there are now 197 countriacious quar
Traveled on the same cruise ship that is being held up the San Francisco coast. And yolo county announced its first case. Tonight the grand princess is a little closer to sure, its a short about 20 miles off San Francisco. Passengers were told in an announcement that to make it easier to deliver supplies, but it also may be necessary to airlift a passenger for medical reasons. This photo from a passenger shows coast guard helicopter arriving just a short time ago, and Debora Villalon picks up our coverage in San Francisco. Reporter still in limbo tonight, officials are lighting up a noncommercial port to for the ship to come in. Presumably a military birth where they can be tightly controlled. We will be testing everyone on the ship, and orientating as necessary. Vice president mike pence announcing test results from the grant princess, 21 positive for the coronavirus, all but two of them are crewmembers. The crew will likely warranting on board but the search is on for a place to take