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Coronavirus testing free for anybody who needs it. Speaker pelosi says it is the first of a number of Bills Congress is preparing in order to address the disease. And in just the last 10 minutes we have learned that pg and will hold off on shutting off service because of nonpayment that decision is because some customers may have seen their paychecks affected by this pandemic among the fallout from the crisis in the bay area, the coronavirus pandemic shutting down schools we are getting closure various districts and weve been getting them all day on the latest one we have on our list to get that lets go to kron 4 dot com to find out if your childs district is affected by it. Among them at glen park elementary in San Francisco is close we learned tonight. Glen park families are being asked to self quarantine for 2 weeks because 7 students at that school have some kind of respiratory illness. Right now they are being tested for coronavirus meanwhile all other Public Schools in San Francisco will be closed for 3 weeks starting monday. The decision is for the district to get a handle on the coronavirus Pandemic School Board Members said they heard that many teachers were concerned about coming to class and that attendance was already down Officials Say once news school of supplies arrive all schools will be thoroughly cleaned and while several students are being tested. No positive cases have been recorded at San Francisco schools. During the 3 week break the district is recommending children stay away from older relatives. These kids are going to be some place to go. I mean not. Every kid has a Family Member who could stay home with them and so were going to need to provide you know with our rec and Park Department with our libraries with other resources that we have available. Were gonna need to provide alternative. All activities childcare before and after School Services are canceled meals will be served but exactly how has not been determined yet. The School District is also working to try to figure out how the school days might be made up several schools in the east bay will also start to close next week starting monday schools in the west contra costa unified School District will close for 3 weeks while for sale of the second joins us live now with more from one of those schools affected panel valley high tail it. Well tomorrows students at this school and across the district will be to be dismissed at noon now many of them saying theyre still not exactly sure how the next 3 weeks will play out they just found out about the closure today and this is the message that many students parents and staff received earlier to prayer paraphrase it says there have not been any confirmed cases of the coronavirus and students or staff and any of the schools, according to the Contra Costa Health services but in an abundance of caution, the west contra costa unified School District is now closing its schools on monday march 16th will remain closed for 3 weeks until april 6th students ethanol Valley High School say the closure will make learning more difficult. It is going to be a little hard to do all of our work online. Especially since ike using tablets the sec is not really easy. And the fact that were going to have to like talk to our teachers over like a video called probably our watch like you to videos that they make for work. I know its probably going to be hard to like learn in the next 3 weeks. Now students say all their after School Activities like games practices in any other events will also they canceled the School District says that theyre also pushing back the spring be spring break to the week of march 30th to minimize the disruptions because obviously the schools being closed for 3 weeks is a huge distraction across the school dist icts reporting live in tunnel taylor kron 4 thank you the Walt Disney Family Museum in San Franciscos presidio will stay closed through march 20th. After an employee tested positive for Coronavirus Museum says the employees currently quarantined at home and will not return to work until medical officials give the all clear. The employee may have been exposed to the virus to a relative Health Officials are now looking to see if any other employees may have also been exposed to Museum Closed last friday for thorough cleaning and sanitization. San franciscos mayor london breed says the federal government is not doing enough to stop the spread in the city putting more on the loan on local shoulder thats why she says she is stepping in to fill the gap kron fours grant lotus joins us live in the studio to tell us. What the mayor is proposing grants and they are used to preparing for earthquakes dealing with the wildfires in Northern California. But this is. Somewhat uncharted territory certainly there have been widespread illnesses but this one feels different with all these sports team shutting down with schools, closing down and they breed is now working with Financial Institutions to try to put a hold on mortgage payments for businesses and some homeowners. Theres also the question of sick leave you want people to be able to stay home from work if they feel sick. Its a lot to manage for the mayor and she needs to use the money that she has now saying that the federal government has offered to contribute something to the local fight but far from adequate. But initially the amount of money that was allocated for this this issue was just really is why we are not only focusing on making sure we support and protect Public Health. But we also protect the health of our economy by providing resources and support to our employees to our businesses. I mean were going to have to basically you know step up and do it here and we are im trying to work with some of state officials and we hope the federal government can get it together to provide the real leadership and support that they need to but we cannot we dont have the luxury to wait for that. Tough times, especially for Small Businesses seen some restaurants say theyre closing temporarily some are just closing they cant afford to weather. 2 weeks 3 knows of really down business so a lot of people are staying home of course conventions in the city are being canceled so mayor breeze issues working on a 10 month delay for paying taxes and collecting fees. Shes also established a fund from which they can draw at least for the short term while we try to get through this panic and back to hugh grant thank you among the biggest questions surrounding the coronavirus is the status of the testing kids governor Gavin Newsome addressed that concern today saying that it has been tough to increase testing because. The federal government is providing kits which are incomplete. The test kits. Do not include in every case the rna. Extraction kits they reagents the chemicals, the solutions that are components of the broader test. This is imperative that the federal government. And labs across the United States, not to state of california. Get the benefit of all the ingredients that are components of that test. The governor did say 2 additional commercial laboratories will be online by the end of the month, those labs plus the one already operating will be able to conduct more than 5,000 tests a day Kaiser Permanente expanding access to coronavirus hesam a bay area it has opened up drive through testing centers. Kaiser says a doctor will evaluate patients and direct those who meet the criteria for the coronavirus testing to make an appointment at a testing site medical staff with appropriate protective gear will collect the necessary swabs for the coronavirus tests while the patient waits in the car. Patients will then be isolated at home while they wait for those test results to come in march says its continuing to see fewer and fewer people taking the train over coronavirus fears. A significant drop in riders and revenue may force the agency to try to seek emergency funding as it loses hundreds of thousands of dollars every day. Kron fours dan thorn talks with Party Officials and riders about the concerns he joins us now live from San Franciscos Embarcadero Center with more on all of this stand. Okay, it was kind of eerie here today rush hour on the platform was more like a holiday instead of on a regular workday was practically empty as more and more people are staying home because theyre concerned about catching coronavirus however we did speak with some riders who say they will continue to use the Transit System as bart Officials Say they are taking precautions to keep people safe. Abarca daryl bart station noticeably quieter during thursday evenings rush hour as coronavirus fears sweep the bay area people are staying away from the usually crowded trains bards empty now like is really today what Officials Say ridership has dipped more than 35 and average wednesday last month some more than 360,000 riders this past wednesday, it dropped to 269,000. Riders not being kept away by coronavirus fears took precautions by Wearing Masks and keeping at least an arms length away from other riders, but some say less people not only makes it less crowded but a more pleasant have the nothing to worry nothing at however, bart Officials Say the loss of riders is costing the system 450,000 to 600,000 in revenue each day if the decline continues for will seek emergency funds from local state and federal officials to help stop the spread of coronavirus bart has expanded disinfecting and cleaning with in stations and on trains Hand Sanitizers like this will also be made available at each station despite the coronavirus concerns some riders tell us bart will continue to be the way they get around and i can here a building and my immune system i think people just need to relax and to score by bart is exempt from the governors call to cancel a events of 250 are rather gatherings of 250 or more people because it is an essential service. It is a transit service. Bart Officials Say they do not anticipate having to shut the service down or having to make any significant reductions to any of the routes but if that does happen they do have emergency plans in place reporting live in San Francisco. Dan thorn kron 4 news they queued and of course First Responders on the front lines of all of this at least 4 firefighters are now among new coronavirus cases in the south bay Firefighters Union local 2 30 made the confirmation today, the union also says 2 others are in isolation with symptoms awaiting their test results and at least 80 others were restricted from work after being exposed its not exactly clear where the firefighters were exposed. But the assistant fire chief says it is possible that the exposure did happen on the job. Because our farmers work in teams and the train together and together is he in the same areas they are at risk for possible exposure. The union also says the infected firefighters have a number of Family Members with symptoms of the virus and they too are awaiting test results a firefighter in alameda is also under quarantine tonight after testing positive for coronavirus a city says it cant release much details about any details about the firefighter because of privacy laws, but we do know the infected firefighters lives in another county outside of alameda and that that county is looking into other people who may have been exposed. The city is trying to help the public stop the spread of the virus 17 sanitation stations have been set up all over the island of alameda Hand Sanitizers are available for the public and for those who are homeless as well. Well all of us fans know that the sports world certainly has been rocked by the effects of the coronavirus pretty much come to a screeching halt and safe to say pretty much all Major League Sports games are not happening right now kron fours kate rooney joins us now with the latest information on the sports have either been canceled or suspended put on hold but not much is really going on the only thing is nascar and theyre holding their upcoming races without fans it all started once the nba announced yesterday the remainder of the regular season would be suspended this after a player tested positive for covid 19. Many other dominoes began to fall perhaps the biggest of those is the nc double a which announced today that it would cancel both the mens and Womens Basketball tournaments for the first time in history all other winter and spring championships in other collegiate sports are to be canceled as well and a number of different sports are suspended among them Major League Baseball Major League Soccer at the nhl all 3 have said theyre hoping to resume their seasons as soon as possible. Well have more on other sports that are making scheduling changes and the latest from the nba. Coming up later in the 10 oclock hour. Ken pam, its going to be a few. Crazy weeks maybe months here without the sports. Were so used to watching the weirdest thing is that were going to have no march madness so there not be any champion. So well skip that when we look in the record books on who won the National Championship just dont exist going to be strange and all right, thank you, thank you kate. All right, lets take a look outside and see how the weather is shaping up on this thursday night, a live view of the bay bridge and in park and errol and we do know some uh changes are coming our way were talking about rain were to cold temperatures the fog is rolling back and was just you know and im yes a little fog out there right now in parts of brain theres going to come back and certainly theres a chance we could see some snow in mountains here so i mean one of the drastic change are going to see fog over the city of San Francisco right now start to move on shore with a sales force building see slightly in this kind of a low deck out there tonight. And you see that along the coastline to some patchy dense fog along the immediate coastline but today not a bad day we did have that fog early on and kind of hugging the coastline throughout the day. And the storm clouds continue to roll through Southern California heavy rain some flash flooding certainly a problem there today as we have that rain coming down to the core that low finally begin to move on shore even some lightning strikes in Southern California but for the bay area tonight and you can see the fog moved in along the coastline now almost looking more like a summertime pattern but were getting back to winter big time in the next few days mostly clear skies inland tonight, patchy fog along the coastline inside the bay tomorrow, mostly sunny and a bit on the mild side down though to be cool by the coastline. And then a very cold storm is going to camp right along the coastline. That is going to bring some rain to the bay area on saturday showers to continue on sunday and well into next week numbers outside right now weve got some 40s and 50s in most of the bay area a little chilly in parts of the north bay starting sting know in the pacific here is weve got that area of low pressure bringing the rain all the way to Southern California that is finally going to kick eastward and then look to the north syria see this developing system doesnt look like much and a very cold system dropping in sanaa can have a ton of moisture in them, but what is going to be interesting is by tomorrow evening. Thats going to start to move into far Northern California but are part of friday stays dry but behind that the whole core this low just kind of camps along the coastline and is going to spin wave after wave of moisture on shore. So thats where its going to really interesting as we head to the weekend and into next week for tomorrow, although the low clouds and fog going to be there early in the morning and then by the afternoon should see some sunshine and then here comes that front. You see right around 10 oclock or so not that far away and then overnight on friday night into saturday that storm starts to move in and you can see them really all that moisture got to just spin right around that area of low pressure rolling back up in the bay area, some snow on the mountain tops and a whole lot of snow in the Sierra Nevada is going to be coming down effect in the mountains the a really prepare we havent had much us know the better part of the season made those places running 40 to 50 of normal. I think this weekend it is really back to some wintry weather see the snow levels dropping down to about 2500 feet and boy we could see as much as 4 to 6 feet of snow across some of the higher peaks and all the way down lake level probably a foot maybe a foot and a half of lake tahoe, so you headed up there this weekend this isnt like the rest of winter that has been dry and has been an easy drive to get up there this weekend youve got ferocious with problems and blizzard conditions maybe winds over a 100 Miles Per Hour across some of the peaks, yeah i love that new they are youve got to thank you want to mention a grant just told us center just got an update at the state of oregon suspended schools in the entire state for 2 weeks more on that. When we get more information back to our coverage on coronavirus look at these a store shelves. This is a store in berkeley. That is where the toilet paper used to be and that for some reason everyone seems to be wanting toilet paper during this situation you can see many of the shelves are empty there are signs apologizing to customers for items being out of stock at that is a common sight across the bay area and really across many parts of the country right now, especially a Big Box Stores such as costco and target to officials have cautioned against hardin though because a lot of those supplies are going to be needed by the very people who take care of all of us the First Responders and nurses and whatnot. And that there should be enough supply for everybody to go around power for Maureen Kelly did catch up with some shoppers today. Rhonda williams filled her car with the items she was able to find around lunchtime inside the coma target she came up short on several things such as the kind of cold and flu medicine. She was looking for a basically because what my has been talking for over a month and ive been ignoring hand i realize that maybe take a little bit more seriously than we have been taking that. Such a space that is the extra cost to restock base think this is the aisle where they keep the toilet paper which you can see has been wiped out. There were several areas which had mostly empty shelves inside although an employee tells me. Trucks come in every morning so they can restock their shelves but highdemand items like an aseptic wipes at t p get snatched up quickly. One man emptying his shopping carts as he came today because he wants to avoid coming on the weekend when its crowded. I notice, you have gloves on to do a lot of people are catching the virus so in the tom hanks car to get to be careful over at costco the store was remarkably busy for a work day afternoon i would say its a because i ive never seen it like this. Even on its like one 30 on a thursday. It is thursday i thinking was friday because it was so barber s, but now only got a few things today because they were out of the toilet paper and sanitizing wipes she was looking for. But despite the crowds barber says most of the shoppers were being polite keeping calm wall trying to be prepared for whats to come. Maureen kelly kron 4 news. It is not just here in the bay area look at these long lines at a costco in Santa Clarita this is just north of los angeles as you can see hundreds of people showed up by 10 oclock this morning at one point the la county Sheriffs Department sent a tweet that said this dont call 911 because people are cutting in front of you in line. The cruise ship to at least 21 coronavirus cases is staying longer than expected. In oakland the latest on the grand princess as more passengers disembark and begin their quarantine plus President Trumps new travel ban is now in effect San Franciscos travel industry insiders weigh in on what that band means for the city and many families man to scrap their spring break plans across virus pandemic is shutting down theme parks, incl get to the ross spring dress event, where the prices make all the dresses yeses. Yeah save 20 to 60 percent off Department Store prices on our best selection of spring dresses. The ross spring dress event, on now did you know that febreze air effects uses 100 natural propellant . Cheaper aerosols use artificial propellants. Thats why febreze works differently. Plus, it eliminates odors with a waterbased formula and no dyes. For freshness youll enjoy. Nyquil severe gives you powerful relief for your worst cold and flu symptoms, on sunday night and every night. Nyquil severe. 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The hotels at Walt Disney World in florida will remain open. As well as retail and dining complex is until further notice Delta Airlines is waiving change fees for travelers who are flying to from or through europe and the uk, the waiver extends through the end of may and applies to tickets purchased on or before march 11th. The move is in response to the president s ban on travelers coming from europe except the united kingdom. The ban went into effect an hour ago. A possible exposure in the oval office after President Trump came in contact with someone who tested positive for coronavirus and the white house is responding to the interaction feria schools are not the only ones shutting down because of the coronavirus how some leaders are taking more drastic measures in closing all schools in their states. Were getting close to the winter but winter is not done with us the most the best way to predict the future is to create it and change the world. 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Happy tears from vicki fisher and her husband bill as they say goodbye to their cabin on the grand princess cruise ship after days of isolation due to 21 people onboard testing positive for coronavirus were going to get on a flight to somewhere so more than 2000 people are now off the ship set to dock at the port of oakland on monday less than 500 passengers remain on board including gregan kathy raw finale. Of were doing fine over so healthy and work you know we can start arctic. Quarantine california governor Gavin Newsome said thursday that the grand princess cruise ship will remain docked at the port of oakland until sunday, someone 1000 crew members are still on board and are going through quarantine in their cabins. Cruise line Officials Say what happens next for them and how theyll get home is still to be determined oakland mayor libby schaaf said in a statement we will support the effort to repatriate as many crew members as possible. They are mostly low income low wage foreign nationals intruder oakland values we will extend the same courtesy in care to crew as passengers. All passengers are being bused to the Oakland Airport tarmac in florida military bases for their 14 day quarantine. We want to get there get so on our way do whatever we have to from their passengers are being tested for coronavirus once theyre settled at their place of quarantine. Those tests are happening in real time. We are aware of a number of people that have been tested positive that have come off the ship in addition to the 21 that were originally tested the governor says about 13 passengers remain hospitalized from the ship and as passengers continue to disembark he expects a few more to also go to the hospital. In oakland, michelle kingston kron 4 news, the cruise line industry has taken a big financial hit since the coronavirus outbreak in january carnivals Princess Cruises announced today. It will suspend all voyages for 60 days in response to the outbreak on 2 of its ships. Royal caribbean on tuesday extended its credit mind by million and withdrew its 1st quarter and full year 2020 outlook. Shares of carnival and Royal Caribbean both dropped 31 today. Well across the country there are what nearly 1700 coronavirus cases and more than 40 deaths the spread of the virus is changing everyday life in america kron 4 grant lodes joins us in the studio with how other states are reacting to all of this, i mean we have our way of dealing with that was the state of california that 50 others you know theres 50 states and the list is growing when you talk about states that have just shut down school. K through 12 statewide its not a district here or a district there and you know what has happened with this sporting events that you know a sudden halt to basically all pro sports and golf actually started to play their players tournament in florida. They played thursday, the first of 4 days but then the players basically revolted and they canceled the tournament after one day so. Its have that there is going to be nascar as of right now that is the only real sport if you will that is going ahead with the competition. They look around the bay area, everybodys talking about it. The shelves at stores are bare and the rest of the country though is also right there in lockstep schools are closing left and right. We mentioned the Sports League suspending their seasons concerts. Major gatherings business conferences all either postponed or canceled really. And today, ohio became the first state in the country to shut down schools statewide the states governor announcing today all k through 12 public charter and private schools, well be closing for the next 3 weeks starting monday to try to contain the spread of the virus ohio, currently has just 5 confirmed cases. But the governor also says large events will be banned. Have to the experts tell you you have to try to slow this thing down. And our biggest in ohio and this country is overt action. Our home medical system so we end up like. Apparently ugly is when theyre making life and death decisions we dont want to get to that point. We have pushed this back we got spread it out we know its coming we know its its in significantly here in ohio. This this way we can spread this thing out and so that we will you know be in a position where we can save lives and we can also having a Health System that will be able to treat that not only the people who have this but walsh will be able to treat people have heart attacks and other. Dated a problem so it was time to do it. And that is leadership right theres almost like every other state was looking for someone to be first right after the ohio announcement. The head of marylands schools announced that all schools there will be closed for 2 weeks starting monday, michigan and kentucky also shut down all k through 12 schools in michigan, the governor, Closing School for 3 weeks in kentucky, the closure will last for at least 2 weeks and tonight. Governor jay inslee tells us that School Districts in Washington State should prepare to close as well he issued an order to close all k through 12 schools and 3 of the states most populous counties and warned that more closures may be coming and just south of that ken and pam we mention oregon just within the past probably 10 to 15 minutes announced that all schools in oregon, well be closing for 2 weeks starting on monday and its interesting to go back to what ohios governor was saying you know he asked Bernie Sanders and joe biden tuesday night to cancel their rallies on on that big primary that what youre hearing is you need to basically spread out the amount of time where people are going to have to go to the hospital need respirators and hospital bed so the same amount of people will need to go. But by closing the schools there trying to help spread out the amount of time that that happens it, but we have a patchwork of responses across the country will have a uniform people move around this place that you know sure coast to coast. And one state has one set of standards in another she has a different one we dont have a uniform way of tackling this issue head and theyre not of test kits out there is no. Federal national right. Program guide and set of guidelines to a figure out how to move forward as a nation so each state the governors and now even seen of course cities like were seeing here in San Francisco where the cities are making decisions because they dont feel that theres leadership coming from the top to your point a lot of people who necessarily Political Health experts are saying this is an argument for universal health care because there is one test that the government puts out the way it is now you have all these different local jurisdictions and you have to think that governor newsome tonight is wrestling over the decision Cancel School statewide you know a lot of districts have done it today but will that units come tomorrow, it seems like the momentum is going that way who knows but certainly tomorrow be a busy day as you know districts work to incorporate spring break that is down the road with maybe a week or 2 off maybe 3 weeks off to try to really clampdown us out there all right. Thank you grant grant the coronavirus pandemic has a local economy bracing for a financial blow 2019. Was the tense record breaking year for tourism in the city of San Francisco thats the lifeblood of the economy in the city and european travelers are a big reason why President Trumps 30 day ban on european travelers is now in effect for says the money on top of San Franciscos travel industry insiders today about what this band means for the city. Tourism has taken a major hit here in San Francisco, the wake of the call that 19 pandemic but traffic has slowed considerably if the sea to tables theres with very few customers tour buses usually packed virtually empty to make matters even worse there is now a 30 day ban travelers from European Countries to the us is going to have a tremendous impact on visitation to San Francisco in absolutely the ban on travel from europe to San Francisco is going have a major impact. On our course industry in our Small Businesses according to recent statistics from the San Francisco travel association 20 to 18 visitor volume was over 26 million up 1. 4 visitor spending exceeded billion thats up 2. 7 . The executive Vice President of the San Francisco travel Association Birth this will says those numbers reflect travelers from overseas and many of our overnight visitors are from western europe from the from the European Countries. We understand the travel ban is temporary and does exclude the uk at this point. However, the impact is is quite significant in germany is one of our top 5 markets for International Visitors, the spokesperson for the San Francisco chamber of commerce jt drills down even more france last year was the greatest growth spend from International Visitors in San Francisco, so dogma to just those 2 major countries alone accommodate for millions of dollars in stamps go economy, however, with San Francisco be consistently had the top 5 for global visitors to the us experts say with the travel ban is lifted the city will bounce back we hope that that will happen sooner rather than later i know that when we find a way out our businesses are going to be stronger than ever it. San francisco haaziq kron 4 now for weather again with chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow whats happened. A big changes in the weather coming our way i think well squeeze in one last day of nice weather then it is back to winter in big time. Thats a much colder air going to be dropping in outside right now looking toward the Golden Gate Bridge got a couple of patches of fog that are rolling on shore right now. Storm clouds in the southland today very heavy rainfall coming down there some flash flooding concerns that moving on out tomorrow and then behind that weve got our low pressure right here this is the key this going to be dropping down to the bay area by tomorrow night and on saturday does look like a huge storm, but the acre low low just going to sit off the coastline and its going to spin wave after wave a moisture is starting on saturday into sunday youre going to see more rain monday to it still sits off the coastline. You can see right here rotating more rain on shore maybe some more rain and tuesday and to get lucky, we could actually see a little more rain on wednesday to so that is all good news. We can use as much rain as possible. As were entering late in the season now and certainly last week of winter but behind that may be even more impressively this storm system developing off the coastline. This could be a real soakers we get into friday saturday if we get this to drop just low enough we may see a little subtropical tap that happens we could see a whole lot of rain as we get into next weekend. So certainly over of the next couple of days here, the rain will begin to pick up and the temperatures are really going to drop off. Heres your 10 a 10 for you tomorrow were talking about the warmest temperatures in the 70s by saturday, those temperatures only in the 50s and its going to be cold out there little blustery too heavy snow expected over the Sierra Nevada and even a couple of snowflakes on our mountain tops showers continuing on sunday monday and tuesday a chance of a few more showers on wednesday and then another first rodeo and let me tell you something, i wouldnt be here if i thought reverse mortgages took advantage of any american senior, or worse, that it was some way to take your home. Its just a loan designed for older homeowners, and, its helped over a million americans. A reverse Mortgage Loan isnt some kind of trick to take your home. Its a loan, like any other. Big difference is how you pay it back. Find out how reverse mortgages really work with aags free, noobligation reverse mortgage guide. Eliminate monthly mortgage payments, pay bills, medical costs, and more. 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So you can. Retire better a big story tonight, President Trump is asking americans to remain calm as fears grow over coronavirus residents still claims testing is going smoothly in the United States, however, one of his top Health Officials disagrees jim acosta has the latest on the white house response to this pandemic still struggling to deal with the reality of the coronavirus outbreak President Trump is back to downplaying the Public Health emergency as it is growing rapidly we wanted to go away with. Very very few deaths we need a little separation until such time as this goes away, its good to go way its going to president is denying some key facts about the crisis insisting americans have essentially had no problems being tested for the coronavirus. Frankly the testing has been going very smoothly if you go to the right agency if you go to the rain area you get the test even as a leading expert in the White House Coronavirus task force doctor ethan he found she had been in the administration is failing so they cut a fisa system the system does not. Is not really geared to what we need right now what you are asking for. That is a failing and failing yeah, it is a family lets admit it. The white house also brushed off concerns that the president may have been exposed as a top brazilian official tested positive for the virus. After coming face to face with mister trump at maralago last weekend appearing together in photos. Press secretary Stephanie Grisham said in a statement both the president and Vice President had almost no interactions with the individual who tested positive and do not require being tested at this time, lets put it this way im not insured the president also defended his decision to halt travel from most European Countries except for the uk. The administration gave british officials a heads up that did not do the same for other us get along very well with european leaders, but we had to make a decision and i didnt want to take time and you know it takes a long time to make the individual calls it the travel ban did little to reassure the Financial Markets which were plummeting as mister trump was speaking you have to remember the stock market as an example is still much higher than when i got here. Former trump Homeland Security adviser tom bossert question the travel restrictions tweeting theres little value to european travel restrictions for use of time and energy. We have nearly as much disease here in the us as the countries in europe ever since the president addressed the nation from the Oval Office White House officials have been in cleanup mode clarifying his comments on the travel ban and these prohibitions will not only apply to the tremendous amount of trade in cargo. But various other things as we get approval. Anything coming from europe to the United States is what we are discussing as it turns out cargo from europe wont be impacted the trump also apparently misspoke when he said insurers would cover coronavirus treatments when he meant tests earlier this week i met with the leaders of Health Insurance industry. Who have agreed to waive all copayments for coronavirus treatments. Mister trumps potential democratic rivals say its time for the president to get serious. This virus. Laid bare the severe shortcomings current administration. Public fears of a compound. Mark for rationed like and trust in this president. The fuel, my adversary relationship with the truth but we also have to face the truth and that that the number of casualties may actually be even higher. And what the armed forces experience in world war 2. That was jim acosta reporting the president is expected to sign a new disaster declaration to free up resources to deal with this outbreak. Well as fears of the coronavirus outbreak grow shoppers are pretty much emptying stores out how do you balance panic with preparation our Justine Waltman was nice enough to do some. Grocery shopping tonight. She went to the trader joes in corte madera tweeted these pictures thats where pasta used to be and sauce as you see cleared out have let some eggs a think not just dry goods in frozen goods and theres basically no food in the store but were talking perishables this is the let us in vegetable section as justine put it in her tweet trader joes got attacked. So camp and they have more food coming overnight that store doesnt have much to offer so yeah it reports trying to help people not hoard because right now its not necessary and were not getting any indication that that needs to happen and i just mad paper thing doesnt make any sense at all. Chinas many stores Cross Country are running out of toilet paper and Hand Sanitizers as shoppers in houston taking supplies from restaurants jacob rascon reports and the supply of toilet paper at the potato pat restaurant disappeared almost overnight to 12 papers here. I had an emergency delivery this morning because were out not because it was being used but it turns out stolen. And not just toilet paper and this is what i found at the dollar store yesterday. Just so we have more on hand but were keeping it up here now under the camera next to the Cash Register with the manager and cashier here. Dont disappear at of 70 Hand Sanitizers and soaps this was the only one left over the weekend apparently because it was the only bottled it doesnt fit in a purse or you know we dont check on people walk out the door we will check purses and stuff and its not present. On a rich and your shared the news in a Facebook Group for Restaurant Owners and managers everybody started checking their stuff and there was a lot of people that were like wow. Right that includes lot of Family Entertainment center where the owner also reported disappearing Hand Sanitizer bottles that on top of the fact that as coronavirus fears Grow Business for many here and across the country is shrinking. We have noticed a decline in business the last 2 weeks have some a lot of friends around here than on other restaurants. And its affecting them. Tonights he doubled our the fastest and on that last story bother me those are Small Businesses theyre trying to do the best they can to survive during a difficult time and thats just troubling to see people stealing from them but okay lets shift over know are you know what else is bothering people youre not going to go to fill out your bracket many for but not so right now we are really navigating uncharted territory on the sports landscape, the suspension of so many major sports currently in season and basketball tournaments today and cw president mark emmert announced what many had already expected that all championship events for winter and spring sports. Would be canceled. This is the First Time Since its inception. Back in 1930 not that the tournament wont be played as usual. Also the first time for the womens tournament since it began in 1982. Now in light of this news all of the Division One Conferences followed suit. The pac 12 sec. Big east and acc among the many League Tournaments canceled. A number of other sports will be affected as well from wrestling and lacrosse to baseball and softball now this is all in the wake of the first major bombshell yesterday that the nba would immediately suspended the remainder of the regular season. Indefinitely and that decision came following the news that utah jazz star really go bare had tested positive for covid 19 today the Team Announced that Donovan Mitchell had also gotten a positive test results. And mitchell took to instagram to thank those who have been supporting him including the team. And authorities in oklahoma where the jobs were set to play last night before their game was canceled just before tipoff. Now as mention his teammate really go bear was the first to receive a positive diagnosis last night. Shortly after that a video surfaced of go bare deliberately touching all the microphones and reporter recording devices at a monday media session today go bare has issued an apology in a lengthy instagram post. He said he wanted to publicly apologize to anyone who may have endangered and despite not knowing he was infected at the time that he acted carelessly and will make no excuse. Meanwhile, former nba star and current tnt basketball analyst Charles Barkley has said that hes been experiencing symptoms. He believes to be consistent with coronavirus and was awaiting the results of the test barkley was not on set for todays special edition of inside the nba on tnt is you see there. Instead calling into the show to explain that under the advice of his doctors he is selfquarantining until he receives the results of his test. Meanwhile, the nba isnt the only pro league affected not by a long shot Major League Baseball announced scheduling changes this morning. Theyre meaner spring training games will be canceled. And opening day which was scheduled for march 26 will be pushed back at least 2 weeks and will be said it will remain flexible with quote, the hope of resuming normal operations as soon as possible. And quote and no more action on the ice for now either a commissioner gary bettman announced today that the remainder of the regular season with the pas immediately. With the goal of resuming play as soon as possible. The league is still hoping it can continue at season an award stanley cup for 2020. Each team had approximately 8 regular season games left to play. Seems the only sport still in action right now is nascar the hold a couple upcoming races without fans will of it continues our 24 7 streaming Service Called kron on its commercial free alice of ammonium is standing by in our newsroom with what were working on l a. Ken and pam it seems that by the hour more schools in their districts are making decisions about closing their campuses to prevent the spread of the coronavirus tonight for example we learned that berkeley unified. Its been added to that growing list so join me on con on at 11 as we get more information. Thank you and make sure download the kron on app to get 24 7 commercial free local News Coverage lawrence a out there tonight. Weve got that thick fog kind of settling in around parts of the bay area see it over San Francisco tonight and yeah it is getting fixed in spots out there will be in place early tomorrow morning. When you get up been get going on a friday by the afternoon look like a beautiful just some fog linger now toward the coast, but they the dollars go see those temperatures up in the 60s and the 70s again a Southern California for headed there one more day of some showers along think not as a rough day tomorrow well see that the ministry still. Fidel 8 certainly chance some more rain drops that fog moving up along the coastline to see it there and then how about that weve got a real cold front that is dropping down in the far Northern California and no it doesnt look like a huge rain event but it looks like the low is going to sit off the coastline and day after day of getting showers all of a sudden we start to add up the totals and they were talking over an inch maybe an and a half as we get into this next week and you can see that from moving in and theres your saturday on and off showers very cold system rolling on through in fact cold enough we could be talking about some snow down to about 2500 feet how about that ill be pretty neat to see next few days this is just the beginning boy a whole lot of rain coming our way your tenant and that is the wettest 1010 ive had all year long night everybody. The worst criminal offenders are pursued by the detectives of the major case squad. 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