Desk its good to be back here today. Lieutenant governor want to thank you, sender shots, statewide elected officials and the state legislators that are here today. It is an honor to stand before you today as they 57th governor of the great state of missouri. Some point in our lives many of us have probably been reminded of the importance of considering the past when making decisions for the future. It also seems fitting that such a historic milestone, missouris bicentennial celebration, coincides with these challenges. Missouri is seen difficult days in the past 200 years from the civil war and the Great Depression womens suffrage, civil rights, through it all missouri has prevailed . [applause] we had just experienced a chaotic and on precedented series most of ministrations heavily 60 days to prepare the First Six Months of the administration were hectic to say the least we are faced with quick decisions on a 30 billion state budget and nearly 150 of legislation that same summer, an
Of tests that were positive was 5. 3 , which is encouraging. Have 61 newy, we do deaths to report today. You have been hearing me report similar numbers for a long time now. I do not want anybody to think that these are really numbers. These are people. This is very tragic. Forwardy much looking to the day when the number of deaths is zero. It is true as we reported last week that the number of deaths is higher than we would expect it to be, given the number of cases that we have and the rate of transmission. We are continuing to look at. Hat and figure out why that is currently, we have 1006 hundred 1056tients hospitalized patients hospitalized. Interestingly, today we look back to number five in the nation. We had slid down to six yesterday. We traded spots with rhode island today. Speaking of testing, the best ins that we had yesterday the White House Coronavirus task force telephone conference with the nations governors was the commitment that the federal. Overnment made native. Lo
Guide our senators to live so honorably that they will bring glory to your name. Lord, inspire them to yield their allegiance to you, striving always to receive your approval. Thank you for hearing and answering their prayers, as they fervently seek your wisdom. Guide them through the challenges of these times. Lord, remind us all that we are mere sojourners in time, heading for the better land of eternity. We pray in your loving 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 which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. Under the previous order, the senate will be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. Mr. Grassley madam president. The presiding officer the senat
Eight different unions, expired at midnight with no deal from management. That means a walkout out at hundreds of medical facilities in several states could happen as early as wednesday, impacting more than 12 million members. Ktvu is Bailey Ocarroll live tonight in the newsroom. Bailey, you spoke to a kaiser worker. What is the biggest reason here for the holdout . Hey, good evening, guys. Yeah, i spoke to a longtime kaiser radiologist today who said the number one concern that theyre dealing with is short staffing and how thats impacting current kaiser patients. But folks at kaiser today told me that their concerned over how a strike could impact them. I would be upset because, i mean, this is my hospital. This is where i go to write. And so trying to find emergency care, this is where you would think im going to the e. R. Or whatever. So, yeah, i would be very upset. More than 9 million california rely on kaiser for health care with an impending strike, patients are worried it could
Featuring markers that guide you to newsworthy highlights. These markers appear on the righthand side of your screen when you hit play on select videos. The timeline tool makes it easy to get an idea of what was debated and decided in washington. Scroll through and spend a few moments on the cspan points of interest. Iowa governor kim reynolds now from the capital in des moines. She addressed to the perry iowa mass shooting. She outlines several legislative proposals including lowering the income tax rate and increasing teachers starting salaries. This is about 50 minutes. Thank you. Thank you. Madam president , mr. Speaker, lieutenant governor, legislative leaders and members, justices and judges, my fellow iowans. Last week, the unthinkable happened in iowa when charts were fired in the halls of perry high school, taking the life of 11yearold and injuring seven others. Our hearts are still heavy in our prayers continue for the victims and their families and for the entire perry commu