the local government association has welcomed the move and says it hopes stricter lockdown measures,, can be avoided. joining me now is councillorjames jamieson, who is the chairman of the local government association and is also the conservative leader of central bedfordshire council. thank you so much forjoining us. are power is adequate in your view? these powers are definitely a helpful move forward. we have been dealing across the country with over 100 outbreaks a week and we have been using our existing powers and quite frankly co—operation of the public and businesses and that has worked well, but this will allow us to act with their own are more localised basis and therefore hopefully prevent us needing to make more drastic measures as we have seen more drastic measures as we have seenin more drastic measures as we have seen in leicestershire. the prime minister has talked about enabling you to achieve lightning lockdowns. what would that look like? you to achieve lightning lockdowns. what would that look like ?m you to achieve lightning lockdowns. what would that look like?

this is, about through a dialogue with the local government association and with the pilot beacon statuscils who are doing the test and trace. really trying to understand what we need to get this right, to keep our residents safe and to safeguard our communities. and keep down these outbreaks. so this dialogue that we have had has come forward with these outcomes that we have had today and we are confident that this will help us to look after our residents. as from tomorrow if you had an outbreak at a local rectory there you would feel confident you could go in there and shut it down? we would hope that we would not need to do that that there would not need to do that that there would be a dialogue, there would clearly be some indignation —— indication of an upturn in cases. we wa nt to indication of an upturn in cases. we want to be working with that factory. but ultimately if we are finding that we have not got people who are willing to work with us, who are opposed or perhaps don't wish to ta ke are opposed or perhaps don't wish to take the action to reduce the virus, then we would ha

the local government association says without more government support, tens of thousands ofjobs couldrisk. in blackburn, phil talbot had been getting ready to reopen, but not any more after the council delayed easing lockdown restrictions because of a spike in coronavirus cases. it is so frustrating, frustrating for me, for the industry and for the people who come here as well, who rely on places like this for their mental as well as physical well—being. and in scotland and wales, indoor gyms and pools remain closed, although in northern ireland, they have already reopened. being obese or overweight puts you at greater risk of serious illness or death from coronavirus. that's according to a new report from public health england. it found that being "severely obese" increased the likelihood of dying by a0%. our science correspondent, helen briggs, has more. lockdown‘s brought new challenges for those struggling with their weight. the chance for more daily exercise, but the constant temptation to snack. now public health england says the case for action on obesity has never been stronge

the local government association says without more government support, tens of thousands ofjobs could in blackburn, phil talbot had been getting ready to reopen, but not any more after the council delayed easing lockdown restrictions because of a spike in coronavirus cases. it is so frustrating, frustrating for me, for the industry and for the people who come here as well, who rely on places like this for their mental as well as physical well—being. and in scotland and wales, indoor gyms and pools remain closed, although in northern ireland, they have already reopened. after examining existing studies experts say being obese or overweight puts you at greater risk of serious illness or death from covid—i9. the review of evidence by public health england found excess weight put people at greater risk of needing hospital admission or intensive care. and the risk grew substantially as weight increased. there are fears that a second wave of coronavirus is taking hold in spain. authorities in the north eastern region of catalonia have reacted by ordering all nightclubs to close down again —

we're joined now by gerald vernon—jackson from the local government association.s in? i think it is both smaller and larger gyms and summing pools. councils run a lot of these through leisure trusts and the industry body for them say that about 50% of them face closure. just to give unido, in my council's budget last year, i had to take out £1 million in cuts. i am now facing a £20 million blackhall in trying to balance the books this year because the government are not giving support in the way they said they would, so it is a real problem and anything where people spend money to buy tickets has been a real problem over the last four months because no one has bought any tickets or anything. given the problem the councils will face with council run gyms ticking early, if you are able to reopen, which hopefully you will, will people see the costs of things going up? probably not, because it is probably not economic to do so. you need to get the price point right to get the right number of people through the doors, so it may not be that that is how things happen. th

its effect on our economy joshua howard is executive vice president of local government affairs with california apartment association rental housing providers have significant financial obligations. mortgages property taxes payroll their own staff. >>howard is calling on the state and federal government to prioritize readily for rental housing providers and in ways case we would really encourage housing provider in the landlord to try to find a way to work with that didn't work with that all tenants. at the end of the day. everyone's affected by the pandemic for now weighing is staying with his parents in santa clara, hoping there will be a resolution with his lease. >>we reached out just don't fire and its parent company landmark properties for comment but have not yet heard back in berkeley gayle ong kron 4 news. >>well to the east bay now cleanup continues in oakland after what started as a peaceful protests and it was damage to the alameda county superior courthouse and police station. police say about 700 people took part in the demonstrations. oakland police wanted to make it clear it was agitated as within th

its effect on our economy joshua howard is executive vice president of local government affairs with california apartment association rental housing providers have significant financial obligations. mortgages property taxes payroll their own staff. >>howard is calling on the state and federal government to prioritize readily for rental housing providers and in wings case we would really encourage housing provider in the landlord to try to find a way to work with that didn't work with that all tenants. at the end of the day. everyone's affected by the pandemic for now weighing is staying with his parents in santa clara, hoping there will be a resolution with his lease. >>we reached out just don't fire and its parent company landmark properties for comment but have not yet heard back in berkeley gayle ong kron 4 news. >>happening today, a new covid-19 relief package is set to be rolled out by republicans a fresh round of $1200 checks would be coming in august if the new proposal is approved. now this comes as the federal government unemployment assistance checks of $600 are set to expire. senate majority leader mitch

in effect on our economy joshua howard is executive vice president of local government affairs with california apartment association rental housing providers have significant financial obligations. mortgages property taxes payroll their own staff. >>howard is calling on the state and federal government to prioritize readily for rental housing providers and in the wings case we would really encourage housing provider in the landlord to try to find a way to work, but that didn't work with that all tenants. at the end of the day. everyone's affected by the pandemic for now weighing is staying with his parents in santa clara, hoping there will be a resolution with his lease. >>we reached out just don't fire and its parent company landmark properties for comment but have not yet heard back in berkeley gayle ong kron 4 news. >>hurricane douglas now getting dangerously close to home why plus another hurricane already causing flooding problems will show you where coming up next. >>plus from education to climate change to the environment state lawmakers return to the capitol tomorrow with a long list of non >>california lea

its effect on our economy joshua howard is executive vice president of local government affairs with california apartment association rental housing providers have significant financial obligations. mortgages property taxes payroll their own staff. >>howard is calling on the state and federal government to prioritize readily for rental housing providers and in wings case we would really encourage housing provider in the landlord to try to find a way to work with that student work with that all tenants. at the end of the day. everyone's affected by the pandemic for now weighing is staying with his parents in santa clara, hoping there will be a resolution with his lease. >>we reached out just don't fire and its parent company landmark properties for comment but have not yet heard back in berkeley gayle ong kron 4 news. >>also in the east bay, linda beach playfield in piedmont is closed until further notice because of an ongoing failure to follow covid-19 health orders as a last straw may have been an episode mentioned in an email from the city that e-mail said that back on july 10th quote a city of pm on piedmont park

its effect on our economy joshua howard is executive vice president of local government affairs with california apartment association rental housing providers have significant financial obligations. mortgages property taxes payroll their own staff. >>howard is calling on the state and federal government to prioritize readily for rental housing providers and in ways case we would really encourage housing provider in the landlord to try to find a way to work with that didn't work with that all tenants. at the end of the day. everyone's affected by the pandemic for now weighing is staying with his parents in santa clara, hoping there will be a resolution with his lease. >>we reached out just don't fire and its parent company landmark properties for comment but have not yet heard back in berkeley gayle ong kron 4 news. >>of course it's not just college students also financially hurt countless restaurants and other businesses across the bay area. the san francisco's mission district was bustling tonight kind of like it was a regular weekend kron four's dan thorn live in the city and and this is all after the city expande

its effect on our economy joshua howard is executive vice president of local government affairs with california apartment association rental housing providers have significant financial obligations. mortgages property taxes payroll their own staff. >>howard is calling on the state and federal government to prioritize readily for rental housing providers and in wings case we would really encourage housing provider in the landlord to try to find a way to work with that didn't work but that all tenants. at the end of the day. everyone's affected by the pandemic for now weighing is staying with his parents in santa clara, hoping there will be a resolution with his lease. >>we reached out just don't fire and its parent company landmark properties for comment but have not yet heard back in berkeley gayle ong kron 4 news. >>protests turned violent turn in several cities across the country overnight demonstrators squared off against federal agents outside the federal courthouse in portland and seattle police were forced to retreat into a station house in seattle in austin texas. a protester allegedly armed with a rifle was

local and state governments. the american medical association reported 39 states have seen a spike in opioid-related overdoses.ces like cook county, illinois, which includehigo, opioid-related deaths have in a nearby county up by 1/3, according to the coroner. >> when i look through these deaths, overwhelmingly bees were people that lived alone, wereal having finan difficulties, marital difficulties, previous problems with addiction or mental health problems. these are the very needy of ou society. they need community. >> addiction is a disease of isolation. no one chooses to have addiction any more so than anyone chooses to have diabetes or multip cirrhosis. william: he isfe a por of epidemiology and medicine at johns hopkins. he says another effect of the pandemic has been a massive disruption to the illegal drug market. >> if yothink about the way the pandemic has ground the economy to a halt, that has occurred in the illicit drug markets as well. it has decreased the transport of drugs across borders, but it has also disrupted local drug markets and introduced greater uncertainty regarding at howtances are

officials at the towns tourism association say local accommodation facilities were swamped with cancellations after the governmentxcluded tokyo from the campaign. they are bracing for more cancellations now that the metropolitan government is urging people to stay home during the four-day weekend. officials say footfallll near t station on thursday was about half that at the same time on, foot fall, rather, near r the station on thursday was about half that of the same time in an averagage year.. >> translatotor: it's partly du to the weather, and i feel the number of tourists is quite low because of the coronavirus. we want them to come but i kind of have mixed feelings. >> outside tokyo, people are taking advantage of the government's campaign. passengers were lining up at departure counters at chubu airport in central japan. transparent panels to prevent the spread of drop letlets were installed at the counters. airline staff wore masks and face shields. passengers had their temperatures checked. airlines say they may refuse boarding for anyone they suspect has a fever or infection. >> i'm going to travel from

local and state governments. and the american medal association recently reported that 39 states have seen a spike in opioid-relatedrdoses. in some places-- likcook county, illinois, which includes chicago-- opioid overdose deaths have doubled since last year. in nearby dupage county, they are up by about a third, according to coroner richard jorgensen. >> when i loed through these deaths, overwhelmingly, these were people that lived alone. they were having financial difficulties, maritalic dities, previous problems with addiction, or mental health problems. so, these are the very needy of our society. and what do they need? they need community. >> addiction is a disease isolation, and no one chooses to have addiction any more so than someone chooses to havetes or multiple sclerosis >> brangham:r. caleb alexander is a professor of epidemiology bloomberg school of publicins health. he says another effect of the pandemic has been a massiveti disr to the illegal drug market. >> if you think about the ways that the pandemic has ground the economy to a halt, that's occurred in the illicit drug markets as well. so, for e

local governments. with your background leading american public health association can you describe the potential public health consequences of inaction on this emergency funding for states, localities and public health department?? >> here's the challenge we have. we have 3 million people with this disease and even though we don't have as many deaths today because of young people getting it who may not be as susceptible to dine, the death is a lagging indicator. we do not have public health system that can adequately trace and toca the contact tracing. this is going to get worse before it gets better. i can assure you of that as we return to work. we are going to have to build the system. we need to do as quickly as possible. without those funds frankly we're up the creek. i was just talking yesterday to some folks about going back to school. we don't go back to school unless we get our hands around this process is dr. wen pointed out. >> the thing i want to make sure the committee in american people understand is for decades our state and local public health systems have said systematically seen the f

local governments laid off so many of their workers until recent months. that doesn't seem to be much dedication by government to its workforce. i heard from associations of governors, associations of counties and cities of other local government that they need between a half trillion and a trillion more in direct aid from the federal government. usually they cite a need to quote, unquote, replace lost revenue. many have asked for funds to cover lost revenue as far out as two additional fiscal years beyond fiscal year 2020. and most of those requests are based on forecasts of what the pandemic and the economy will look like for the rest of the year and even in coming years. i think you have to take those forecasts with a grain of salt. just look at what the last employment report looked like relative to the forecast, and you can tell how cloudy people's crystal balls are right now. i heard from some here on the floor that moody's thinks state and local localities may need hundreds of billions more in direct relief. people haven't been very careful, though, reading the -- analytics say in april that under their most severely adverse assumptions about th

the problem public health experts and make dramatic local association sake they could have avoided if the federal government had embraced a more aggressive approach towards procuring industry-leading critical supplies in the early days of the pandemic. for the vice president talking about this saying that the federal government is going to make sure that people have what they need and yet we are now seeing places that are once again saying we don't have the proper gear to protect people who are working on the front lines in this pandemic if it flares again. >> first, the president could not have lead a more aggressive procurement strategy from the beginning in terms of getting personal protective equipment here in the united states for health care providers. it's a fairly misleading story. the example that they cite in that story is from columbus, ohio, which last time i checked it is not a hot spot that dealing with. we actually are in touch with the hospitals on an almost daily basis through fema in these hot spot areas. most of these hospitals have built up 30, 60, 90 day supplies of personal protective

of lester again criticised the government for not releasing data more quickly to the local authority and that's been echoed again today by the british medical associationation by saying more generally the government should release data more quickly to areas where there asked bike going forward. in leicester, as you mentioned, non—essential shops have closed and today is the last day of school for many children here because the schools will close from tomorrow. there's also lots of questions about policing because come saturday, nearby areas like nottingham, loughborough, market harborough will see the easing of restrictions and there's questions about whether people will be tempted there. there's the sense that they are hoping people will feel united and determined to get through this as quickly as possible. thank you very much indeed for getting us up to date this morning, thank you. a lockdown will be re—imposed in some neighbourhoods of australia's second city melbourne later today following a surge in new coronavirus infections. more than 300,000 people will be banned from crossing the state border into new south wales and there will be heavy fines

president of the florida education association which is comprised of 100 different teachers unions. thank you for joining us. schools are locally funded and governed. when the president talks about funding, he could hurt ppe funding, some funding for poor kids, but schools have traditionally been a local deal. what do you and your folks need? what are you demanding between now and your determination that it's safe to bring kids back into the classroom? >> thank you for having me. it's important we talk about florida tonight because we are the epicenter of what is going on in our country. we are ground zero as it relates to the coronavirus, frankly, in the world. almost 10,000 cases reported today. 223,000 total. we have 48 deaths reported from this virus today. and we have 3,089 deaths reported. we are a state that is regressing. in a state where you have beaches where you cannot go, restaurants where you cannot congregate. we have serious issues. our governor says we have schools ready to go. they are not because we know it will cost more money for us to go to these schools and not less. shame on the president of the united states who invokes a t

locally also rose in june for the first time in nine months. that was largely due to government cash handouts to all citizens to cope with the coronavirus pandemic. an industry associationmestic shipments of such products are passed 300 billion yen or $2.9 billion. that's up 5.8% from the year earlier. it's the first time in 23 years that monthly shipments topped 300 billion yen. wash machines rose by more than 4%. the industry group says the government's cash subsidy of about $930 per person played a major role. it says customer traffic at home appliance stores also picked up after the nationwide state of emergency was lifted in late may. >>> the inflation rate here was flat in june from a yearr earlieier, but thatt was better-than-expected as consumer prices had been falling in the previous two months. the internal affairs ministry says the leading gauge of inflation or the consumer price index was unchanged from last year. that's excluding fresh food. the index stopped declining as energy prices stabilized with the recent uptick in crude oil prices. prices for hotels and other accommodations dropped. demand has plunged as the number of tourists has dried up. meanwhil

with a state and local government formula that adequately accounts for the complexity of how the virus has affected states in a different way. that therer the fact are politics associated with the delivery as well. guy: the democrats are talking about extending the program through january. is that a good idea? do we need to sidestep politics and think about real lives as they go through the next month? currente to put the u.s. fiscal discussions in a b roader context. you have already talked about the early indicators from the foreign exchange market and some of the financial markets. these markets are not impressed with the current effort in the united states, relative to what is being put forward in other countries. it's not just the tumultuous of some of the negotiations going to the 12th hour, because europe does that whatit's because part of is in the european program is forward-looking. privatetalyzing the sector to get back into business. that is crucial. it ought to be a critical ingredient of the program now. it ought to be a critical ingredient of the program past november. of governmentunt spending that is enough to raise all boats in the economy. you have t

government or local, the hospital systems. nobody was prepared for anything like this in the private sector and now we've learneded a lot. we had the governors associatios association do you think states are going to be going forward dependent on the federal government? >> they need to be prepared next time we can't be called like this again. we talked about that a little bite. and how concerned and what you are lookingnd to do. >> in our state i think that 29,000 your numbers showed a double, they didn't. are morern that there cases positivity rate percentages going down. it's still a pretty good size. i'm notha going to say we are nt concerned about rising cases and dismissive but there's other metrics. we will probably have to do more of them. >> is there more ability to create more capacity? >> we are ramping up and hiring and are going to things at a faster rate and probably have to do some more. >> running up on time i want to give you a few minutes to close this out in terms of what you think the most important lessons learned, giving advice to others across the governor's association what kind of things are you telling governors in states that haven't been

work and collaborative approach of all of our partners in this task in local government, the unions and the professional associationsendeavours of everyone in scotland to follow facts as the first minister has just set out and take the steps to suppress coronavirus means that i believe at this point we should be confident that our schools can reopen safely and our children can return to learning with their peers and teachers at school. a final decision will be taken by the cabinet tomorrow and set out to parliament by the first minister on thursday. that is part of our statutory three—week review process at which point we will also publish the guidance which i have referred. as we consider the reopening of schools, it is vital that along with our partners, we address the wider impacts of the virus on the health, well— being and educational attainment of children and young to whom we have carefully listened about their aspirations about the return to schooling. it is important to recognise at this moment that the well— being of children to recognise at this moment that the well—being of children and young as they rec

local governments what to do. willie? >> kerry sanders in fort lauderdale, thank you. we're joined by frederick ingram, president of the florida education association. thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> you have a lot of parents that want kids back in school, you want your kid and teachers safely back in school. what are your concerns as you filed this lawsuit with school just a few weeks away for your adults in the building, teachers, custodian workers, bus drivers? what are you worried about? >> this is a nonsense call ar e argument that we're having. we have a 13.4% positivity rate. we have to get the positivity rate down and we don't know what the fallout is going to be when you start to cram hundreds of thousands of childrens in our schools. so that's going to create a problem for us. we don't want to be the petri dish for america. we need a survival kit. we need our state government to step up and lead in these issues. we have over 360,000 total people who have tested positive in the state of florida, 5,000 deaths statewide and we seem to be going backward as it relates to the cdc regulation. we have seen a 14-day dec

association has been pleaing to -- we're on the front lines providing more services to more people that really need them. and there was a commitment of putting $500 billion in for state and local governments, which seems to be not on the table anymore. we've lost 1.6 million government workers and potential for 4 million more. there are many parts of this stimulus, this fourth package that have to get resolved. and rather than us arguing about the specifics that, you know, each side wants, we just got to get some bipartisan cooperation on both sides and sit down and hammer something out because an awful lot of people need this help. >> they sure do. a lot of people facing eviction and worried about basic bills like groceries and medicine. let's turn to your book. in it you write, quote, a couple of trump administration cabinet secretaries urged you to run a primary challenge. you're referring to people still serving in the cabinet? >> i don't want to get into specifics about exactly who they were or what the private conversations were. it wasn't really a serious effort. it was just passing conversations about, hey, we really -- we can't tell you how much we appreciated the fact that you'r

have support from local government so we're not the mask officers every time someone wants to come in. neil: sean, we'll follow it very closely. sean kennedy national restaurant associationcutive vice president. we're following one of the other developments. one thing weighing on markets, growing friction with china. we have already sanctioned china over how it treats hong kong. china went after lockheed martin over high-tech sales to taiwan. and on and on. back and forth. our former ambassador to germany, former acting director of national intelligence, ric grenell what could be in store next after this. this is decision tech. find a stock based on your interests or what's trending. get real-time insights in your customized view of the market. it's smarter trading technology for smarter trading decisions. fidelity. ♪. neil: all right. forget about whether we're looking at a trade war here. we were talking to a former top general, retired general yesterday on fox news that said he is worried about an outright war, that the sabre-rattling we're seeing out of the chinese, continuing to militarize islands in the south china sea. we sent carriers there to sell the chinese th

local governments, setting up can use or meet capital needs a small businesses and we hope this continues. were pleased to say advanced a temporary and conditional role in easing some of the redtape and cost associated with the small businesses. it is learning of his temporary role which unfortunately, expires august 31st and we are asking that it be extended at least until the end of the year. it was truly designed to help small businesses and the fact that i'm getting from several of our online platforms, numbers that we work with you largely serve women and minority businesses. the relief is making a difference in terms of this method of financing making it more accessible to these farms . with respect to this in general, there is tremendous potential momentum behind this approach unto financing sent women and minority entrepreneurs. in rulemaking moving through the ftc which allows for testing the waters and lifting and it can be praise from 1 million to 5 million pretty use o and is passed by the house legislation. and by the chair woman flutters, sponsored by. they will simplify and improve the funding offering pretty it will make it more accessible. also exploring the concept of the public an

national governors association, we have been fighting and pushing since march to try and get assistance from the federal government. we fought to try and get help from the state and localnments in the third stimulus package. next week, when congress comes back from their fourth of july recess, we are hoping -- we have been pushing very hard to make sure the state and local governments are included in that stimulus package because it is critically important. we already lost 1.5 million state and local government workers in the past 60 days. it is anticipated be could lose as many as 4 million more so we are talking about frontline health care workers and teachers and police and firefighters, people that we are out there providing more services under very difficult circumstances, and we are as impacted as the state and local government level as our business. our revenues are down dramatically. across the country, we are expecting a decrease in revenues of state governments up to 30%. >> 1.5 million jobs already lost and then you just said 4 million jobs potentially could be lost, and that is for government workers. gov. hogan: state and local government workers. we are w

local governments. every state has a secretary of state typically in charge of the election. there is, in every state, most states an election director. a national associationey are putting out material every week to try to alert people how to keep these elections safe. if people want to know what can i do to try to make sure that this is a safe and legal november 3rd election, volunteer as a poll worker, not necessarily a poll watcher but working in the polls, working to help make the elections work, help out in the different ways required to deal with absentee votes. but there are a number of things that citizens can do now with four months ahead to get ready to help administer a fair and just election. >> yeah, well, okay. so jason johnson, let's look at how this president is playing politics and connecting exactly what we're talking about to the coronavirus. at his first return to the coronavirus briefing on tuesday, his take on the virus was that we are in the process of developing a strategy. again, this is a virus that other countries have mitigated quite effectively with very easy measures. this president can't get it right. and many ask why. i thin