[laughter] cedric, am i doing all right? [cheers and applause] >> i saw my in-laws down at the ranch over easter. we like it down there. george did not know much about ranches when we bought the place. andover and yale do not have a real strong ranching program. [laughter] but i am proud of george. he's learned a lot about ranching since that first year, when he tried to milk the horse. [laughter] what's worse, it was a male horse. [laughter and applause] now, of course, he spends his days clearing brush, cutting trails, taking down trees or, as the girls call it, the texas chain saw massacre. [laughter] george's answer to any problem at the ranch is to cut it down with a chain saw. [laughter] which i think is why he and cheney and rumsfeld get along so well. [applause] [laughter and applause] it's always very interesting to see how the ranch air invigorates people when they come down from washington. recently, when vice president cheney was down, he got up early one morning, he put on his hiking boots, and he went on a bris

to take up a job but my degree is of no use to realize that i should have made a good living like cedric i thought better of a deal or are you worried about the future yes yes. taking a ride in cedric's to talk golf wondering whether they've taken the right decisions for the future. well many countries in europe are struggling to cope with immigration others are feeling the effects of emigration nations like lithuania were suffering from brain drain as young people left for opportunities elsewhere so the former soviet state came up with a plan to stem the flow and now little way india is wooing investors with its business friendly policies its capital vilnius is cosmopolitan innovative and above all affordable people like eustace yet now schools are helping shape the country's future bringing lithuanians abroad back home. italy music capital deniece is growing vertically and glowing promising the baltic metropolis has become a focal point righty talents and draws many young people here they're developing the digital world of tomorrow eustace you know circus is the country's own mark zuck

. >>> cedric the entertainer, nick bosa, lisa leslie, they are among the celebrities helping east paloo kids stay motivated while sheltering in place. next, meet the p.e. teacher who made it all happen. >>> and abc is sponsoring a day of help in partnership with feed america. you can go to their website at accfb.org. call 211, or call 510-635-3663. >>> it is certainly hard enough for the many adults working from home during these unprecedented times, but it's especially tough for children who trying to learn from home. abc7 news anchor dion lim introduces you to one remarkable teach owner the peninsula who is using instagram and star power to get his students excited. >> honestly, i get teared up every single day thinking about the way our team has been so resilient in this time. i think it all comes back to connection and love. we feel such a deep connection to our community and so much love for our students and families. >> there is perhaps no better way to illustrate that deep connection and principal mariela wilson's gratitude toward her staff at east palo alto charter school than

joining us on the phone is representative cedric smith from louisiana's second congressional district, which includes most of new orleans. congressman, thank you for being with us. guest: thank you, it's richmond. host: yes, sorry, congressman richmond. your area is one of the hardest hit, why is it? outt: we dent want to leave the areas around us. then in the metropolitan area you have jefferson parish also. so it has -- it hit us hard. i will say thatic the mayor and governor did the right thing by acting early with a stay at home order. however, we are still in the midst of it. as of today i think we still have 1,700 people in the hospital. ound 332 of of them still on ventilators. and we've lnl done 142,000 tests. and i think that we have to continue to test, test, test. host: congressman, how are you communicating with your constituents? are you holding teleconferences? what kind of feedback are you getting from them directly? guest: we do a little bit of -- we try to do a little bit of everything. we're doing multiple newsletters. we have done teletown halls, across the entire d

that is what we are dealing with, if you are in san jose, santa clara valley and cedric rose or santa cruz and down to monterey bay, a mix of sun and clouds but a little bit of rain. not a lot but a little bit. more to the south than there is to the north so if you're further south you will get more rain and if you're to the north you will get sunshine in warmer temperatures. we have sal castaneda here now and say good morning, anything going on ?>> steve it is very early. 4:01 am, my goodness good morning everyone, let's go out and take a look. you see traffic on the sahigh-r looks like some of the lights are out on the tv screen. it is a little dark od all the other side. now let's go back to the headlines.>>> topping news this morning, later today the grand princess cruise ship will leave the san francisco bay after restocking supplies. at this point we are still not sure whether this ship with 614 crewmembers still on board where it will go next and many of the crew members are from the philippines and a spokesman for princess cruises that one person is still in isolation on the s

. >> hey, cedric the entertainer here. i want to make sure all of you guys are reading at least 60 minutes a day. >> i am lisa leslie, a basketball hall of famer. i want to make sure you guys are still doing your reading. one hour every day. >> reporter: but his passion for passing on the positive vibes during this challenging times goes far beyond messages from celebrities. it's engaging with kids with push-up challenges to win prizes like books. by sharing their own throw-back photos and encouraging others to share slices of their life, too. >> mr. steve is like family to me. he has known me since i was born and has been my favorite teacher since kindergarten. >> mr. steve even had me record a message for the kids. the school is planning on keeping the sense of community going driving through neighborhoods and honking horns and holding up signs on monday. in the newsroom, i'm dion lim, abc7 news. >> i love to see that. >>> do you have the stay at home blues? apparently so does dolly parton and she wrote a poem about it.

is like living in the apocalypse specially when you're on the house but i'm actually going there cedric it's not just going to be the baby and the divorce it's going to see it both i think we're going to see a lot more pressure a lot more stress on families add to that the fact that you've got an economy and people losing their jobs every day and i think you have a really good chance of people finally making up and then finding again. unfortunate might involve more lawyers it's nothing new this is usually what happens after any you're going to base this time different rick is that we've actually radically altered our lives no doubt that normally during a crisis it's human nature to kind of turn to gather but in this case we're being told in some cases hate to stay apart so if you want to talk about the stars are not aligned with the movie right now that's exactly what is happening with this crisis and it's happening globally well you know i've been i've been married to the same woman for 30 years only woman actually that i've been with and i'm going to wink at the camera right now and l

. >> cedric the entertainer here.at least 60 minutes a day. >> i'm the basketball hall of famer and want to make sure you are still doing your reading, one hour every day. >> reporter: his passion for passing on the positive vibes during this challenging time goes far beyond messages from celebrities. it's engaging with kids with push-up challenges, to win prizes like books. it's by sharing their own throwback photos and encouraging others to share slices of their life, too. >> mr. steve has known me since i've been born and has been my favorite teacher since kindergarten. >> mr. steve even had me record a message for the kids. the school is planning to keep that sense of community going with the social distancing parade for the kids, driving through neighborhoods, honking horns and holding up signs on monday. i'm dion lim, abc 7 news. >>> another idea for weekend fun at home. disney just launched a new website to bring you magic moments like this, videos designed to help you find your zen. the site also has videos of

. >> cedric the entertainer here.reading at least 60 minutes a day. >> i am lisa leslie, a basketball hall of famer. i want to make sure you guys are still doing your reading, one hour every day. >> reporter: his passion for passing on the positive vibes during this challenging time goes far beyond messages from celebrities. it's engaging with kids with push-up challenges, to win prizes like books. it's by sharing their own throwback photos and encouraging others to share slices of their life, too. >> mr. steve is like family to me. he has known me since i was born and has been my favorite teacher since kindergarten. >> reporter: mr. steve even had me record a message for the kids. the school is planning to keep that sense of community going with the social distancing parade for the kids, driving through neighborhoods, honking horns and holding up signs on monday. in the newsroom, i'm dion lim, abc 7 news. >>> here's another idea for weekend fun at home. disney just launched a new website to bring you magic moments li

one of the main characters, cedric, i hope i'm not being a spoiler here, he dies and feta traumatizing thing for children to process. that's the transition from children's book to young adult books. not every child is ready for that. when my kids were little, everyone was showing off that my kids read all seven harry potter books and can a garden and that was the thing that people want to show off so if your kid wasn't there yet, they were allowed to make sure their kids felt like they were being left behind but harry potter is the desert. you do not have to feed harry potter to your kids. that is a goal for them, it's something to aspire. that's about reading think the report. if your child wants to read harry potter, wait until she's ready to read those books and read her read themselves. why would you give that away? similarly, there are a lot of theories that are not great reading for parents. i know how many parents of young children there are in this room but if you're a parent of girls, you probably know rainbow fairies, it's a great series for little kids. it's a terrible serie

cedric rutland, critical care physician in southern california.a noel, an icu nurse in newark, new jersey. and retired staff sergeant joey jones, a former marine bomb technician who spent nearly a decade working with veterans who have suffered from ptsd. and a member of a fox family. good to see. doctor, i'm going to begin with you, this whole notion of ptsd and how we are seeing that manifests itself in health care workers. how do we know that's what we're watching? >> dr. rutland: when i'm talking to my colleagues and my friends at work, the first sentence that is said has to do with the anxiety level as it pertains to covid-19. i can tell there is some concern on some anxiety there, almost with every conversation that i have with them. when these conversations happen, what we try to do is try and call people by their first name to let them know we care about them and let them know that we are right by their side. >> harris: interesting. so it's just in every sentence, almost, is what you're saying. it's a focal point. joey, what do you say abou

there is a turning point at the edge of book for where one of the main characters, cedric, i hope i'm not a spoiler here, he dies and it's a very traumatizing thing for some children to process. that is the transition from children's book to young of adult books. not every child is ready for it and when my kids were little everyone was showing off like my kid read all seven harry potter's in kindergarten and that was the big thing that people wanted to show off, if your kid was not there, what appearance do they read out loud to make them feel like they were being left behind. but harry potter is the desert, you do not have defeat harry potter to your kids, that is a goal for them, that is something to inspire that is about reading being the reward, if your child wants to read harry potter, we intel she is ready to read those books and let her read themselves. why would you give that away, that's a motivator for her. there were a lot of series that were not good reading for parents and i don't know how many parents of young children there are in this room but if you're a parent of gir

. >> hey, cedric the entertainer here.sure that all of you guys are reading at least 60 minutes a day. >> but i am lisa leslie. i'm a basketball hall of famer, and i want to make sure you guys are still doing your reading. one hour every day. >> but his passion for passing on the positive vibes during this challenging time goes far sas from celebrities. it eg with kids with push-up challenges to prizes like 's by sharing their own throwbac encouragiices of eir lifeoo >> mr. le family to kwnece i wan and has been my favorite teacher since kindergarten. >> mr. steve even had me record a message for the kids. the school is also planning to keep that sense of community going with a social distancing parade for the kids, driving through neighborhoods, honking horns and holding up signs on monday. in the newsroom, i'm dion lim, abc7 news. >> thank you, dion. we ought to get mr. steve to start booking some guests for us. he's got all a-listers. we invite you to join our better bay area project thanks and share your gratitude for

in real time and there's a turning point at the end of look for were one of the main characters, cedric. i hope i'm not spoiling something here. it's a traumatizing thing for some people to process introducing from children's books to young adult dogs. when my kids were little everyone is showing off my kids read all seven terry potter's in kindergarten and that was a big thing people wanted to show off about. kids wanted to feel like you were being left behind that harry potter is the desert. you don't have have to feed harry potter to your kids. that's something to inspire and about reading as a reward. if your child wants to read harry potter wiggins as she's ready to read those books and let her read them herself. that's a motivator for her. similarly there a lot of series that are really not great reading for parents. i don't know how many parents and children there are in this room but if you're a parent of a girl he probably no rainbow ferries. this is a great series for little kids and it's a terrible series for adults. there are about 70,000 of them in their written by a non-pe

cedric on the democratic side i would say 90 percent of what i know, about the race comes from watching each of them. i tried to do, even now in retirement a couple of events a day. beginning to end it to just have a sense of what they are like. the used to get from my buddy here. everything is written and everything is restless and no one is stepping back and saying, this is important or this is not. and you read the post, they have done a wonderful job in the done terrific bunch and every quarter practically the roster world who doesn't work for the times. god knows what will happen to them after the election but in any case, there's 70 stories about 70 people that don't know what where the truth lies. reportertom: there was a beautiful some up so let's just go to the last question. host: someone who's were froreporter:d press in washington times and then i the other side of the bus in a long shot in the governor feet divine in delaware and all the time until with you guys, so it wasn't very successful i guess great leeway, my question is, in today's world with a focus in the use of f

being able to deliver their babies locally, the task force recommends increasing the reimbursement of cedric services. medicaid covers more than half of the deliveries. and there is a lot of variation in state payment rates. many of the rural hospitals n.en't even breaking eve the secretary of dhs should be able to reimburse rural for care in the health professional service area. and the national median commercial rate. we also recommend congress increases funding for education or training programs to make sure primary care clinicians will have the necessary skills to deliver prenatal care and other maternal services. i will turn this over to chris jennings, who will talk about our workforce recommendations. >> thank you. it is certainly no secret that rural areas face significant health care workforce shortages, both for primary care clinicians and specialists. hasill be an old movie that the same ending if we don't more effectively highlight problems, produce new and viable policies, and make a compelling case toward change and effective implementation. let's start with the compelling prob

presidential candidate thoughts on before the housing plays out on the local level, i interviewed cedric career. and im a city councilman think these issues are going to resonate and get people out to vote for them. but, i don't think homelessness is a national issue. there are so many other things to talk about whether it is immigration reform, education world security. we are in the midst of a attentional war. -- a potential war. homelessness is one of those things where you know it is there and we are going to address it, but not really. i don't think our candidates are putting emphasis on work coming up with solutions towards beginning homelessness. >> i would say the entire society is not doing enough to address homelessness that would include any national candidates. several have opined on the work las vegas has done without acknowledging that their own communities have done the same or less. warren, buttigieg and biden have come forward with some plans for affordable housing. bottom line, i think it is all intertwined. when you are looking at presidential candidates, you need to l

to see how presidential candidates thought it placed on a local level, interviewed cedric greer. >> i'm las vegas city councilman. presidential candidates will look at issues like you people to vote for them. i do think homelessness is really a national issue. whether it is immigration reform or education, whether it is national security, we are in the midst of a potential war in iran right now. those are hot topics and hot issues. homelessness is one of those things where you know it is there and we will address it but not really. i don't think the presidential candidates are putting enough emphasis on it and i don't think resources put up and solutions towards mitigating homelessness. >> in our society we are not doing enough to address homelessness. that includes national candidates. several have opined on the work the city of las vegas has done without acknowledging their own communities have done the same or less. >> i know of the four candidates, sanders, warren, buttigieg and biden have come forward with some plans for affordable housing. bottom line, i think it is all intertwine

candidates' thoughts on affordable housing plays out on a local level, i interviewed councilmember cedric grear. >> i am the las vegas city councilman for an area called ward five. i think that presidential candidates look at issues that are going to resonate, they're going to get people out to vote for them. and -- i don't think homelessness is a national issue. so many other things to talk about. whether it's immigration reform, whether it's education, whether that's for security, wall security. we're in the midst of potential war in iran right now. those are hot topic and hot issues. homelessness is one of those things where it's there, you know it's there, we're going to address it, but not really. so, no, i don't think the presidential candidates are putting emphasis on it and i don't think our candidates will come up with solutions and resources that will go toward mitigating homelessness. >> i would say as an entire society we are not doing enough to address homelessness and that would probably include any national candidate. several of them have opined on some of the work that the