>> so we have a nine-lab consortium that includes argonne, oak ridge, brookhaven, livermore, national laboratories, slack, and pacific northwest labs. nine labs all working together. we are using large scale computation to computationally screen drugs, billions of drugs. billions of potential drugs. all existing drugs and billions of molecules that can be potential drugs. the drugs -- what is most interesting from the computation is immediately procured. some cases, you can't get them fast enough. for things that succeed in that, you can get a wide application, things we see there we can pass on to animal models and then pass on to clinical cases. it takes a large team to do this. virologists, physicians, chemists, computer scientists and so on. because of that large team, in fact, even indications of interesting compounds or drugs were discussed with physicians that were on clinicals, so we're benefitting from your advice. >> as i mentioned earlier, my bill hr-6599 focuses on collaboration among federal agencies and aims to create a national strategy for any infectious disease outbre

>> well, the main cause is because of the backlog at the national labs.two different types of testing, testing that we do the in the health care systems in our own labs and then the testing that goes down to those national labs. the national labs have just run out of capacity in order to run as many tests as they need to, and that's a because of the resurgence in the virus across the country. they get samples from all over the country, so if they don't have, you know, the personnel, the machines or the equipment to run it, then those tests get backlogged and, therefore, you see delays in getting the results back. eric: could this potentially really cause an issue? let's say you have coronavirus and you have mild symptoms at first. you go get the test, but now you're waiting. data day and you're getting worse, and you get to the point where maybe you can't breathe or some of the severe impacts from this deadly virus. if you got the results back pronto, wouldn't you know what to do? >> yeah. ld at least give you with peace of mind, either positive or negati

it is an environmental energy engineering and clean-up agency, all this interconnected across national labs and production sites and facilities for contractors approaching 100,000 people. it is never easy. it is a complicated job and we know that. but the up shot is the benefits of the nation for security and science and innovation and keeping america in the lead across the energy land scape. the key ingredient is through a doe enter prize and a team work that emerges from that. this synergy among the weapons and energy labs are critical for success. think about the super commuting and big data of the agency, advancing computer architecture creating by doe science and weapons programs, it is essential for nuclear weapons stockpile but the cross mission benefits are clear. look at the use of oakridge to screen compounds for covid-19 vaccine development. and material science programs at the pacific northwest national lab which i have toured have translated into technologies for scanning at airports, for cybersecurity protection and advanced battery production and this works both ways. the adv

we need to get to work on it right away and we will need the sciences of the national lab, the clan grant universities hbcus to improve and innovate technology needed to generate, store and transmit this clean energy. we need the engineers to design this and the workers to manufacture this and iron workers and welders to install it and we will become the world's largest exporter of these technologies creating even more jobs and we know how to do this. our administration help to retool and made solar energy the same cost as traditional energy and more than 1 million homes we will do it again but this time bigger and faster and smarter. as we do this work we need to be mindful of the historical wrongs and the damage that american industries have done in the 20th century inflicting environmental harm on the foreign borrowing level communities so often black and brown and native american communities. polluted air, polluted water, toxins raining down from communities with environmental and health burdens that shared none of the prophets. growing up, it's poison. it is partly why there is such

we'll need the scientists at the national labs, the land-grant universities, hbcus to improve and innovate technologies needed to generate, store, and transmit this clean energy. we need the engineers to design them, the workers to manufacture them. we need ironworkers and welders to install them. we'll become the world's largest exporter of these technologies, creating even more jobs. we know how to do this. our administration rescued the auto industry and helped it retool, made solar energy the same cost as traditional energy, weatherized more than a million homes, and we'll do it again, but this time bigger and faster and smarter. and, as we do this work, we need to be mindful of the historical wrongs and the damage that american industries have done in the 20th century, inflicting environmental harm on the poor and vulnerable communities, so often black and brown and native american communities. polluted air, polluted water, toxins raining down from communities that bore the environmental and health burdens but shared none of the profits. growing up breathing that in every day, it's po

with many of our hospitals and not just doing these national labs we've seen a lot. >>of the delays occurring. >>the governor says he should have an update on the revamped to testing and the targeting of how that should be done and getting results back faster we'll have that update other friday or monday in san francisco. dan kerman kron 4 news. thank you dan as ashleigh mentioned a little bit ago napa county is the latest bay area county to be added to the watch list for the state business owners were told this week. >>to get ready to shut down after the county reported a rise in cases that order takes effect tomorrow. it orders the closure of businesses, including breweries and bars and pubs indoor dining indoor winery's tasting rooms and things like movie theaters family entertainment centers also zoos and museums of the closures will be in effect for at least 3 weeks. south by officials are pleading with the community to wear masks as the economy is set to open further next week. >>kron four's rob fladeboe joins us live from san jose and has details on that story

with many of our hospitals and not just doing these national labs we've seen a lot of the delays occurring. the governor is supposed to release new strategies in terms of testing either friday or monday. dan kerman kron 4 news. well in the south bay santa clara county leaders are pleading with the community to wear masks and this comes as the economy set to reopen. >>further next week with kron four's rob fladeboe with more on their message. >>and at the end of the day mother nature is in charge and we must adopt in other words as public health's doctor sara cody wear a mask. >>around san jose today, most people but not everybody here at this costco was doing self i saw the same thing you're on lincoln avenue and willow glen masks and no mask in downtown san jose a similar story now you see a mask now you know. play it safe and reduce your risk it's that simple says doctor cody. >>everywhere we are wherever we go if we're with people outside of our household as we are now we all must wear face coverings with the county reporting 450 new cases last weekend alone we can and must do better sa

scientific advisor for the national. labs and they are human relations. or stay with us. 54 jets and more than 1300 military personnel are headed to air force base in alaska where is that to say come on i'll show you what's the reason for any type of enhanced u.s. military presence in this area russia. what is it suddenly about the south china sea that makes it so that it 11000000000 barrels of oil. take a look at this map who really owns what kind of says no it belongs to us india says no we claim that that belongs to us both of these countries have nuclear weapons capabilities there is reason for concern so that's why we're going to drill down on this story for you today right here on the news with rick sanchez where you know as we always like to say we do believe by golly it's time to do news again. your level. is evil under international law this is. really. on this edition of the we discussed. reaction in the state. so we were. going to memphis. him and he just came up with it if you care that. kentucky is a very international community it. may get u

. >> i am, with the other states, the national labs they were use ago good job. we were utilizing them. and in the past several weeks-- >> we are going to have to leave this live event to bring you gavel to gavel coverage of the u.s. senate. you can continue watching governor hogan on

as many in this room have reported, national labs have become backlogged causing many georgians to wait days if not over a week for the result. this is simply unacceptable and georgians deserve better. in the coming days we will announce a new regional partner who will expand capacity, adding 10,000 more tests tests a day and providing faster results. as i've said from the beginning, the accessible, accurate and timely testing are key to winning the war against covid-19. we will continue to do whatever it takes to shake up the status quo and fix this pressing issue. as georgia continues to boost testing, add hospital beds,, deliver ppe and provide medical staffing, i'm asking georgians to do their part. after all, it's the community at the feet this virus, not the government. this has been a long, difficult battle for all of us. we have sheltered in place. we've had to distance ourselves from loved ones, and everyone has to make incredible sacrifices along the way. but we now must reaffirm our commitment to flatten the curve. we need all younger georgians to recognize the importance of

we'll need the scientists at the national labs, land grant universities, hbcus to improve and innovate technologies needed to generate, store, and transmit this clean energy. we need engineers to design them. the workers to manufacture them. we need iron workers and welders to install them. we'll become the world's largest exporter of these technologies to create even more jobs. we know how to do this. our administration rescued the auto industry and helped them retool. made solar energy the same cost as traditional energy. weatherized more than a million homes. and we'll do it again, but this time bigger and faster and smarter. as we do this work, we need to be mindful of the historical wrongs and the damage that american industries have done in the 20th century inflicting the environmental harm and the poor environmental communities, so often black and brown and native american communities. polluted air, polluted water, toxins draining down from communities that bear the environmental health burdens but share none of the profits. growing up, breathing that in every day, it's poison.

what do you think we could do on a national level to better support and states and labs to get better testing. when this collides with flu season, everyone who has any kind of flu-like symptoms is now going to need to get ruled out for covid. so, we're going to need to put more strain on testing. >> so, there was an op-ed in the "washington post" a few days wasn't really about the current story. it was an excerpt from the book talking about the early stages of this pandemic where i think we could have taken more steps to develop a national testing strategy. but we -- i think we've done a better job of getting testing ramped up not only in our state but across the country. but now we're running into problems again where states are having shortages. there's lines where the labs are so overloaded that they're taking up to ten days or even longer to get tests back. that's almost worthless. you can't really make decisions based on somebody that got found positive ten days late. so, we here developed a long-term testing strategy back in april. we acquired a massive kind of strategic lab and

these national labs pretty were doing a great job by the way. they were doing a lot of our testing every month braided just in the past several weeks. since the spikes came up. they have come to a halt because they have too many tests coming in from around the country. it caused us to have to wrap up our own internal testing. it will probably going to know, what we thought we had a four-month spine we probably going to use them up into. and probably order some more. >> it seems like what is happening and you might have more insight to this. at the commercial labs, basically the only one capacity we have in this country. and the public get away from others. but during the slow and those hotspots. i think that's a place with the federal government and possibly help. it a good job and rubbing up with the defense production act on ventilators. they really produce . we had none they produce them rapidly. if the federal government helps speed up the that capacity can help all of the states and private maps and get them done faster. we don't have to do

with many of our hospitals and not just doing these national labs we've seen a lot. >>of the delays occurring. >>the governor is supposed to release new strategies in terms of testing either friday or monday. dan kerman kron 4 news. well, here's a quick look at the latest numbers for california and the bay area statewide we have more than 292,000 cases and growing with 67. plus 100 deaths in the bay area well more than 30,000 people have been confirmed to have covid-19 622 people have died from it. >>a big story this morning police body cam video is providing more details into the fatal police shooting in valais haul of 22 year-old sean monterrosa kron four's michelle kingston takes a closer look. >>the family says the video didn't show exactly what happened we see the officer shoots his gun through the windshield but we never see shine or the moments leading up to the shooting they are asked him to put his hands up, but you can see blood already on the floor family of the 22 year-old man shot and killed by a vallejo police officer watching video of the shooting for

with many of our hospitals and not just doing these national labs we've seen a lot of the delays occurring. the governor is supposed to release new strategies in terms of testing either friday or monday. dan kerman kron 4 news. and here's a closer look at the actual numbers for california we're now seeing more than 292,000 cases. >>with more than 6700 deaths reported statewide in the bay area more than 30,000 cases of coronavirus a reported now with 622 deaths confirmed. >>a big story this morning. the ivy league now becomes the first division one conference to officially. cancel all fall sports. >>because of the pandemic and stanford is taking it one step further because of the pandemic they are eliminating 11 varsity sports altogether from the school's program starting next year. and this is a school with $27 billion in its endowment fund so where does that leave colleges that don't have that kind of money. this is a list of the stanford sports that are going away fencing field hockey lightweight rowing men's rowing coed and women sailing squash synchronized swimming. men's volleyball an

with many of our hospitals and not just doing these national labs we've seen a lot. >>of the delays occurring. >>the governor is supposed to release new strategies in terms of testing either friday or monday. dan kerman kron 4 news i san francisco mayor london breed says she's waiting on test results after getting a covid-19 test. the mayor posted on twitter that she attended an event where someone who tested positive was also there. >>mayor breed says that she's taking all precautions suggested by health officials including wearing a mask social distancing and limiting public events for the next 10 days. >>governor newsom also announcing today that more resources are on the way to california as the state sees more covid-19 cases kron 4 capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala brings us latest. >>governor gavin newsom announced wednesday the u.s. department of health and human services is sending 190 health care workers to try to help doctors and nurses across california we were fortunate. i had a conversation with the vice president just a few days ago. >>to be able to

with many of our hospitals and not just doing these national labs we've seen a lot of the delays occurring the governor is supposed to release new strategies in terms of testing either friday or monday. dan kerman kron 4 news. >>a big story this morning. the ivy league has just become the first division one conference to officially cancel all fall sports because of covid and stanford is taking it one step further they actually have to because of covid eliminate 11 varsity sports programs. next year. this is the school to that you wouldn't think that they have a lot of money and their endowment. so where does that leave the rest of the colleges that don't have that much cash cow for sarah stinson is live at stanford with more on what this means sarah. >>the area that's exactly right sanford has a 27 billion be with a b billion dollar endowment, one of the top 3 largest endowments of any university in the country yet the pandemic is forcing them to go into a deficit so much so that they are having to cut 11 different varsity teams. this is a sad day said a football player. what caught up not

one is, there is plenty of testing available in new york, but they are using the national labs, the quests and others, and those guys are getting slammed by all the tests that they have to do in arizona and texas and florida. so lag times are seven, ten days at which point -- >> no good. >> it's becoming pretty useless. >> no good if you want to reopen schools because those communities have to adjust because you know who doesn't want to wait? somebody that wants to know whether or not to send their kid to school tomorrow. when someone has lice and you know this already, i don't care how much you pay for school, the kids get lice. you know it in like 15 seconds because they have it all over the place and the warnings go out and that's nothing. this actually matters so we got to get a better system. ashish jha, doc, thank you very much. have a great weekend. be healthy. be happy. >> thank you, chris. >>> we got to look at the places being hit hardest, not only because of the extreme situations but because of the instruction in them. what lessons are learned. what aren't learned. texas, two d

with many of our hospitals and not just doing these national labs we've seen a lot. >>of the delays occurring. >>the governor is supposed to release new strategies in terms of testing either friday or monday. dan kerman kron 4 news. in the south bay santa clara county leaders are pleading with the community to wear masks as the economy is set to open further next week. signs are up reminding people to wear masks throughout the area you can see examples of that here. people we talked to say they feel less pressure to wear masks outdoors and while people are more safe from the virus. outdoors it's even more important to wear indoors of course and health leaders say it's all about reducing the risk of spreading the virus. >>when we go out to engage in business or to engage activity. we must do it differently if we don't do it differently or cases will continue to accelerate and we will be in big trouble. >>santa clara county now has more than 55,000 reported cases and 165 deaths which is the highest in the bay area. here's a look at those numbers california 200 92,000 i

we will need the scientists at the national labs, hbcus to improve and innovate technology needed to generate, store, and transmit this clean energy. we need the engineers to design them, the workers to manufacture them, iron workers and welders to install them. we will become the world's largest exporter of these technologies to create even more jobs. we know how to do this. our administration help them retool, made solar energy the same cost as traditional energy, and we will do it again but this time bigger and faster and smarter. as we do this work, we need to be mindful of the historical wrong and the damage that american industries have done in the 20th century including environmental harm in vulnerable communities, so often black and brown and native american communities. polluted air, polluted water, toxins raining down from communities that bore the environmental health. it's poison and that's partly why there is such incredible rates of childhood asthma and black and brown communities. why black americans are almost three times more likely to die of asthma related causes th

scientific advisor for the national. labs and they are all too human relations. are stated us. american and so long to start growing it propitious rates because american empire right because it's easy for the top 2 feet everything and link nothing for everyone else america would be better off if it was not an empire so the collapse of the us dollar will be painful for a period of time but what comes on the outside will be i think a lot more amenable to most. all of club became a household really not states and other world over. washington ceased to be a city that. tended toward the compromised by what is a sure national interest people talked about gridlock in congress hear people talk about. the right salt the radicals in both parties so this rapidly. you solve it by putting some tryst to politics most of the mystique and war. explode just. and we're back with helen fisher a few bodies and she said to the advisor for the last con they say something about relationships hell. it's family say that courtship before it was about you know taking your time getting to know each other

with many of our hospitals and not just doing these national labs we've seen a lot. >>of the delays occurring. >>the governor is supposed to release new strategies in terms of testing either friday or monday. dan kerman kron 4 news south officials are pleading with the community to wear masks as the economy is set to open further next week. >>signs are up reminding people to wear mascot santana row. people we talked to say they feel less pressure to mask up outdoors and they feel more safe from the virus outdoors and there is evidence that could be true but close contact happens outdoors too. and san santa clara county public health officers say that with some indoor businesses reopening next week it's all about risk reduction. when we go out. >>to engage in business or to engage activity. we must do it differently if we don't do it differently or cases will continue to accelerate and we will be in big trouble. >>santa clara county has reported 450 new cases. the coronavirus last weekend. the east bay learned that the oakland zoo was in danger of permanently closing

the federal government has to work on the supply chain issues so these national labs can actually process clean. but the federal government gets that they have to work on the supply chain and that has to work in tandem with the state effort that has testing sites opened, that has the labs coordinated, so it's going to take both. this is a new system that was never set up before. you know, this covid has put a test on government that never existed. and we're now seeing the results. the shame is we had four, five months to get ready. and that we are still talking about these basic operations. that's a shame. and that's what the history books are going to fault us for. >> 150 public health experts have written an open letter saying that the country needs to shutdown and reset now and actually prevent people from going from state to state, from hot spots to state. you already imposed some quarantines of people coming in to new york. do you think another shutdown is now needed? >> i think the shutdown in certain states, yes, because they are right. look at how bizarre the circumstance. new yor

and the focus that is there with our national labs. in tennessee, we have the world's fastest computer. we are looking at those applications to hypersonic summit 21st century warfare. artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles . so additional information would be appreciated. >> senator blumenthal. >> thank you mr. chairman. and thanks to both of the witnesses who are here today. this morning, we are sending a letter to the department of justice requesting a national security investigation into zone and tiktok. as tens of millions of americans turned to both zoom and tiktok. a few of them know they are vulnerable to surveillance, data harvesting and censorship. by the chinese government. there are now a number of reports that zoom and tiktok engaged in censorship on behalf of the chinese government. those reports are reliable and truly alarming. in early june, several chinese pro-democracy activists including, basin united states were suspended by zoom following a demand by the chinese communist party. for the crimes. holding a peace

affecting states like ours that aren't having a big problem but slowing down the testing at the national labs and something that the federal government has to focus on. instead last book the president was talking about cutting funding for testing programs which i think is probably the most important thing we can do right now is to identify where the virus is and together with contract tracing try to identify the infections and stop it from spreading. >> so, admiral giroir said that they were -- he seemed to be suggesting he's not going to be happy with the testing until it's where it needs to be but they're doing everything they can. if there are any ideas he would be happy to hear them. i suggested a couple. presumably he might be listening right now. what should he be doing to ramp up testing so it's not only more people to get tested but the wait time can be quickened significantly? what do you want him to do? >> so most of the testing is being done by large private sector labs who are becoming overwhelmed because of the massive volume of tests across the country, particularly coming from

we can get back to school, worship, to jobs, we can do this >> one of the nation's largest lab chains says high demand is increasing the time it takes to process coronavirus tests, quest die mostics say the average turnaround time for a test is now seven or more days republican congressional leaders met with president trump today to talk about the next coronavirus relief bill. this comes as the trump administration wants to block money for testing and contact tracing, and has extended unemployment benefits under the cares act are set to expire. and president trump says he plans to resume briefings tomorrow a surge in cases across the south and west of our country. including the state of california where governor gavin newsom is holding a briefing at this hour. we'll monitor it and bring you any important developments this comes one day after los angeles mayor eric garcetti that his city may be close to issuing another stay-at-home order. >> i think we're on the brink of that as i told people over the last week, the discipline and i think a lot of people don't understand, mayors don't

right now about 45 to 46% of our nation's public health labs don't have a way to throughput tests in this volume and we need to do that. and you need to go to your doctor and get a laboratory test like you can for the flu and for covid. we are working on another bill that will help accomplish that. it's going to require federal dollars because these things are expensive. and -- andgette diana degette and i from colorado have been working on a more comprehensive bill for last three years and this was a natural area for us to go into. host: congressman larry buschon is a member of the health committee on the energy and commerce panel. our phone lines are as usual, for democrats (202) 748-8000. for republicans (202) 748-8001. for independents (202) 748-8002. he will be with us for about the next 25 minutes, until the house gavels and to begin -- gavels in to begin their workday. in,ressman, as viewers call when it comes to federal dollars do you think there is reason for more federal dollars to go out in the form of another round of stimulus for americans? guest: there are number of are

. >> i am, with the other states, the national labs they were use ago good job. we were utilizing them. and in the past several weeks-- >> we are going to have to leave this live event to bring you gavel to gavel coverage of the u.s. senate. you can continue watching governor hogan on our website on c-span.org. the senate is weighing in on defense policies for 2021. and now to live coverage. senate here on c-span2. to or. the chaplain, dr. black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. eternal god, thank you for the gift of this day. open the minds of our lawmakers and give them a vision of the unlimited possibilities available to those who trust you as their guide. may our senators embrace a hugh millty -- embrace a humility that seeks first to understand rather than to be understood. inspire them to seek your wisdom as you sustain them with your grace, mercy, and peace. lord, remind them that you will judge their fruits, productivey and faithfulness. we pray in your strong name. amen. the president pro tempore: please join me in reciting the

it's not that hard it's an infrastructure issue yes, the national labs take naive, eight, even ten dayso turn around test results as a state we're running three shifts in state labs with results in one or two days 24 hours a day, seven days a week, limited by the equipment that we have, we are running everything at full speed to be able to produce as many tests as we can within a day or two every test we send out of state. the national back lolog of 7 to0 days by that point the person has spread it or not we're telling anybody who thinks they might have it, quarantine and stay home as if they have it until we get the testing scaled up we missed our first opportunity to do that america has to do better every other country has. >> finally, governor, i wasn't planning on asking you about squirrels, but there was this squirrel in colorado this week that tested positive for bubonic plague can you assure us that there's no worry there >> there is fortunately unlike coronavirus, there are antibodies that are effective against the plague the trick is to catch it early, and anybody who has the e

i'll tell you what, our state labs, were able to turn things around in 24 to 48 hours but we're seeing slow results from the national labs because they are backed up on some of these overwhelming cases from other states and it's taking up to ten days that makes the results almost worthless because by the time you identify those cases, it's too late and they vaspread. >> it makes the test meaningless because who knows who you spread it to by then. appreciate your time tonight. thank you very much. >> thank you, anderson. >> more breaking news ahead, new schedule changes due to covid outbreak in major league baseball and several nfl made public their decision whether to play in the fall. i'll talk to a former professional football player who is now a doctor who is treating patients on the front lines. abr financial plan... ...so are we. prudential helps 25 million people with their financial needs. with over 90 years' of investment experience, our thousands of financial professionals can help. go to prudential.com or talk to an advisor. walk to end alzheimer's alzheis everywhere.tion on every sidewalk, track, and trai

hospitalizations are poise to set a record high and for the second day in a row one of the nation's biggest labs is offering a bleak outlook on a bleak testing situation. this executive with quest diagnostics is warning that u.s. commercial labs will not be able to handle a covid testing surge during the upcoming flu season and they warn wait times for results could get even longer. just yesterday quest said some of the delays are as long as two weeks. let me offer you some promising news here in the search for a vaccine. the federal government and pfizer str announced a deal to produce 100 million doses as early as this december once approved. and health and human services secretary alex azar called the agreement historic. >> we're not concerned about supply chain and the domestic manufacturing across the portfolio that we're investing in. we'll ensure that any vaccine that we're involved in sponsoring is either free to the american people or is affordable. >> now today dr. fauci said that he's quote/unquote cautiously optimistic adding that officials with work as quickly as he can and he belie

two of the nation's top testing labs, quest disinfectants and lab corps are warning their testing is under strain. and the backlog is preventing this doctor in san mateo county from doing her job. >> so i called quest, and i got a prerecording saying they have no tests, you know, don't bother us. and i called lab corps and they said we have no tests this morning. >> reporter: the doctor provides services at 30 dementia care facilities across the bay area. one of which recently had a covid outbreak. >> the labs were saying they have no tests. i just felt sick. you know, because i know that people are going to die if we didn't figure out where the disease was. >> reporter: quest diagnostics reported demand for testing grew 50% over the last three weeks. turnaround times for quest and labcorps are averages three to five days for the general public unless you're a priority hospital patient or symptomatic health care worker, tests are expedited to one day. she couldn't risk wait for her patients. >> usually it takes about 5 to 14 days for the infection to spread. >> reporter: case in poin

two of the nation's top testing labs, quest disinfectants and la a warning the testing is undreineo cnt from d a prerecording saying they have no tests, you know, don't bother us. and i called lab corps and they said we have no tests this morning. >> reporter: the doctor provides services at 30 dementia care facilities across the bay area. one of which recently had a covid outbreak. >> the labs were saying they have no tests. i just felt sick. you know, because i know that people are going to die if we didn't figure out where the disease was. >> reporter: quest diagnostics reported demand for testing grew 50% over the last three weeks. turnaround times for quest and labcorps are averages three to five days for the general public unless you're a priority hospital patient or symptomatic health care worker, tests are expedited to one day. she couldn't risk wait for her patients. >> usually it takes about 5 to 14 days for the infection to spread. >> reporter: case in point, this retirement facility in san jose. two weeks ago they had one case of covid-19, according to the doctor, now there'

there's the situation where labs are getting behind in terms of processing tests. to a large extent that's a national and state issue because the large lab entities that are processing these specimens are getting further and further hand. we all need to work together to ensure that labs are turning tests around as quickly as possible so we can flatten the curve by dpettin getting tests e quickly. >> : thank you. what are the turn around time for test results in san fran francisco. >> : testing turn around time varies demanding on where people get tested and the capacity of where-the capacity of the lab of where those specimens are going. in some cases t

there's the situation where labs are getting behind in terms of processing tests. to a large extent that's a national and state issue because the large lab entities that are processing these specimens are getting further and further hand. we all need to work together to ensure that labs are turning tests around as quickly as possible so we can flatten the curve by dpettin getting tests e quickly. >> : thank you. what are the turn around time for test results in san fran francisco. >> : testing turn around time varies demanding on where people get tested and the capacity of where-the capacity of the lab of where those specimens are going. in some cases the specimens can be turned around within 72 hours but we're seeing back ups especially with our provider labs and some of our own labs within the city. we are backing up seven days, ten days at this point. that's something we're seeing across the state and across the country. >> : thank you director. thank you madam mayor and dr. c olfax for your time. any follow-up questions or questions after this meeting can be directed to dem press at sf dot org. t

he said state labs are turning around results quickly. he said national private labs can take up to ten days. we had bill gates on. he said a ten-day turnaround, a two-week turnaround is essentially meaningless. do you agree with that? i mean, ten days. is that acceptable? >> so, i'm so glad you asked me that. and this is one thing i wanted to make sure we got the real data out to the american people. nationally, about 25% of tests are point of care so that's about 15 minutes. another 25% are done in local hospitals and unless you are in the middle of an outbreak, like dr. gupta was last week near emery, that's generally a quick turnaround. what we really talk about is the big, commercial labs. and there is no question they've been strained. and quest has been strained more than the other commercial labs. our data right now, and this is the worst week, is that 56% are back within three days. 76% are back within five days. and we know that's getting better, from a lot of technology. like lab corps announced two to three-day turnaround on routine. so absolu

. >> reporter: imagine this, you're inside a lab at the national institute of health. at the peak of this experiment, this gentleman dispersed 347 particles without a mask. >> spit happens. think about it. >> reporter: yet with a mask, speaking the same verbiage, less than one particle was dispersed. that's the power of face masks. as dr. grant colfax said today. >> covering our faces may be the most important. >> reporter: but the one part of our face not required tor covered in public is our eyes. the question is should it be? >> if you really want perfect protection of your mucosal surfaces, you have it in the nose, the mouth and the eye. theoretically you should protect all the mucosal surfaces. >> reporter: this means masks plus eye goggles or face shields. dr. deborah birx announced today wearing face shields will help stop the spread of covid-19 by protecting people from touching their eyes and blocking droplets from their face. >> in an ideal world, yes, people would all be wearing masks and goggles. >> reporter: the doctor agrees but was quick to point out the

florida are completely full and out of icu beds, this as we're learning that two of the nation's largest testing labs are warning of some major delays. we're covering all the angles this hour. let's begin again with rosa flores who joins us in miami. good morning, rosa, what is the situation there. >> you know, poppy, there's a lot of concern here, both local officials and medical experts about the number of hospitalizations and the increase they are seeing specifically here in mime dade county. let's start with the facts statewide. 43 icu units have hit capacity meaning these hospitals have zero icu beds available. on top of that, there's two other icu hospitals who have a bed availability of 10% or less. now, i wish that i could tell you how many covid-19 patients are hospitalized in the state of florida right now and how has that moved, has it grown or not but the state of florida does not release that information. miami-dade county compiles the information, requires hospitals to report that number every single day, and when you look at those numbers, they are staggering. this is why local experts

>> so the national testing scene is a complete disgrace so every test we send out to private lab partners nationally, quest labcorp, seven days, eight days, nine days, six if we're lucky. almost useless from an epidemiological or diagnostic perspective. fortunately our state lab has done yeoman's work we're running three shifts, 24 hours a day. so while some are still sent out of state and unfortunately, that takes a long time and we can't count on it and our country needs to get testing right, we are trying to build that testing capacity in colorado to process tests in that one to two-day turnarou turnaround, and we're able to do 2,000, 3,000 a day, even more with our private lab partners in state like uc health >> it's july 19th though you're still trying to get testing up and running and getting it quicker you just mentioned the federal problems that you had and the private lab issues do you think this -- you think you can realistically reopen schools without getting this testing situation under control? >> well, whether schools reopen in a particular area has more to do with whether t

lab. deborah berger is with national nurses united. >> any time over two days it seems to be outrageous to me. the turnaround times in the bay area alone are hit and miss. >> reporter: depending on the lab, results can come back within just a few short hours to quite a few long days. in many cases, the lab may not have the capacity or the personnel or the materials necessary. wrote >> there is an essential reporting place, and essential controller th couple says it took three days to get an appointment, +8 more days to get the results. will humble is director of the arizona public health association, a former arizona state health director, and a graduate of uc berkeley's school of public health. >> you don't get those results back for a week or so, there's a good chance that you are going to go out into the community and affect her roommates, your coworkers, your other family members. >> it poses a risk not only to the personnel providing nursing care to patients, but also exposes our community, our family. >> reporter: fast turnaround times are essential for contact tracing. with recent c

concept testing for these technologies is happening at the pacific northwest national lab in washington writing my district. t- write in my district -- righ in my district. i am glad the funding levels provided in this bill reflect the valleys of the folks i represent and the majority of americans across the country who are counting on the federal government to make the necessary investments to position our andon to be a leader advance clean energy technologies that will allow was to combat the climate crisis. i am proud to support this bill. i urge my colleagues to do the same. thank you again for your leadership. i yield back. >> mr. newhouse is recognized. you, madam chair. captor ando chair ranking member simpson. every year, we have the opportunity to bring forward this important energy and water appropriations legislation for consideration. each year, i appreciate the chance to highlight how wide-ranging the impact of this bill is. this year, i am glad to say it is no different. water storage and conservation projects in the yakima and columbia basins, to the army corps of enginee