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The golding gate bridge. Top to bottom usually filled with vehicles and tourists. On this tuesday morning, that is not the case. Welcome everyone. We are with you once again from our im curious from both of you to get your perspective of what you expect Governor Newsom to say in just three hours. We will carry at life right here on ktvu. Opening up the state, i dont know if he will throw out a state or say restaurants will open but you have to space your tables. What do you expect from the governor . I expect for sure, some rolled opening. Not everyone come back all at once. Maybe critical businesses and workers come back first. As far as when get back to normal im looking at maybe early fall. I dont know we will see with the governor has to say at noon. Just the talk of reopening has made markets spike up a little bit. Its given people some hope. Yes, one day we dont know what day but one day this will be over. You know its great today is the weather. Lets bring in rosemary. What Beautiful Day we are starting with. Blue skies. Temperatures already warmer than we were 24 hours ago. A warmer day for many. We do have a lot of sunshine in store for today. A little bit of patchy fog out there this morning. Seen it ride over the bay as we take a look at and San Francisco. A little bit of haze. Of the air quality is good. 51 degrees in San Francisco, oakland as well. Mid 60s in san jose and 56 in santa rosa. Inland we are already in the low to mid 60s. It is a degrees warmer than 24 hours ago. We will continue to see the nice mild weather for a couple of days. Today could be one of the warmest days and it has to do with the northeast flow that is in place. Winds are light over the central and south bay. We are seeing a breeze in fairfield. Wind gust 21 miles per hour. Helping to drive the temperatures up at 9 00 in the morning. Heres a look at futurecast. Mostly sunny skies. Heres a look at tomorrow afternoon. Increase of high cloud cover. Thursday the same. We begin to cool down by the weekend. Take a look at what we may also see over the weekend. Chance for rain. Spring showers in the forecast. Upper 60s to upper 70s. 70 degrees for San Francisco. Mid 70s for some of our warmers lots around the bay. A few low 80s out there as well. 78 in santa rosa. There is your extended forecast. Nice today, nice tomorrow, nice on thursday although we will notice an increase in cloud cover over the weekend. It temperatures in the 60s once again. Low 60s for the coast and upper 60s for inland. Chance of scattered showers going our way. You guys enjoy your day. Check san jose firefighters are investigating a fire that broke out. It started before 6 30 on mammoth drive. Red cross was called into the Apartment Building to help four of families that were forced from the home. Several cars were destroyed. Multiple cars and a large truck in the rear carport that were involved in flames. They burned through the carport and a high tension power line which has created a hazard for the department. No injuries were reported. The damage to the apartment were minimal. They are working to learn the cause of the fire. Officials are calling for more testing and more tracking even as infection rates start to slow in u. S. Hotspots. Countries begin to ease their lockdown restrictions. We explain the ongoing efforts to stop the spread of the virus. More than 1. 1 million cases of the coronavirus worldwide. Hit states including new york, new jersey and louisiana. Death tolls remain high with half the nations deaths occurring over the past week. Still take precautions and wash your hands and social distancing and disinfect countertops. Officials are calling for increasedng the virus. They are beginning to look at how and when to reopen the economy. Governors on the east and west coast are developing regional plans to slow the lockdown. Stores that you can space out how many people are in the store. Asia, europe, italy and spain are easing some restrictions allowing some workers to return to factory jobs. Lockdown restrictions have eased in china with restaurants and businesses limiting how many people can step inside. We are coming back to a normal level. Lifting lockdowns depend on the course of the virus and how quickly researchers can develop a vaccine. In atlanta ktvu fox news. Lets take a look at stocks now where we have a surge in the market. The Dow Jones Industrial is up more than 2 and so is the nasdaq. Nasdaq of more than 3 . S p 500 about 2 1 2 . Stocks surge. There is talk of reopening which investors like. Many americans cannot pay their mortgage payment right now after losing jobs because of the coronavirus. The Association Says 3. 7 of payments are late as of april 5th up from 2. 7 the week before. The economic stimulus package allows homeowners to ask for for being its. Y payments for a long as 12 months. Educators in the Oakland School district can announce a companion for undocumented students. People can donate part of their stimulus checks to undocumented families who are not receiving assistance from the federal government. As we mentioned at the top. The governor is set to outline his plan as to how to get us out of the shelter at home order. Were live this morning. This is designed to help the entire west coast. Thats right mike. We have been sheltering in place for almost a month. A lot of people are looking forward to what the governor has to say today. We also want to know how avigate opening there nties economy. We reached out to help departmentthe public help says they have to wait and see what the plan is and then they will work with mayors. This is a collaborative effort between Governor Newsom, the washington and oregon governors also. They are wanting to keep people safe and avoid a future outbreak. They will all have their same plan and do the same framework. Major hospitals have Surge Capacity and supplies and they will protect the public by coming up with a system of tracking, and isolating. We look forward to collaborating with other governors along the western states. In addition to that we will collaborate beyond the west coast of the United States, forming perspectives actices an invest in the cause that unites all of us to reopen our economy in a safe and strategic and responsible way. The three governors work on their plan. President trump said the decision to reopen the economy is up to him. The federal government said they are communicating well with the governors that they cant move forward without his approval. A new team will focus on how the economy will get back on track. He will announce plans today at a noon news conference. Yesterday the governors news conference, he said 42 million will go directly to help Vulnerable Children across california during the pandemic, especially foster children. We care and as a community we have responsibility to do more and better on your behalf. More than 86,000 children are in the states welfare system. 59,000 are in foster the money and social worker outreach with laptops and telephones to help with distant learning. In the next half hour someone was accused of walking in the hospital and making off with a specimen. Church members say their rights are being violated by sheltering in place. Heat to 68 or lower. Ur unplugging and turning off devices when not in use. Or just letting the sun light your home. Stay well and keep it golden. Three Southern California churches that want to keep their doors open during this pandemic have filed a lawsuit against the governor as well as other officials. They claim the First Amendment rights are being violated. They say they can practice safe social distancing in the same way that Grocery Stores do. The state and local stayat home orders are too broad and violate their First Amendment right to freedom him of religion and assembly. A pastor caught worshipers in their church on Easter Sunday. They found 60 people in the church with the doors locked and cars parked out of view. He said the social distancing rules were only a recommendation. But the orders are about public safety. To do it a different way. Im not telling you you cant worsp several churches have come under fire for ignoring social distancing rules and holding services. A virginia woman whose father died are urging people to stay at home after he ignored orders and continued to hold church services. This man died a week after testing positive for the virus. He welcomed people into the church and would continue his work as a preacher. His daughter is now asking people to follow the orders to protect themselves and the communities. Dont attend a major event at uc davis has been canceled. They are urging people to stay home. This is an annual event that usually draws 50,000 visitors. College students may ignore shelter in place orders and gather anyway. Were asking people not to do this. To be patient and we understand that young people have a desire to gather, i feel it also, please be patient. This could be a matter of life and death. Davis police say if they catch anyone breaking the order this up coming saturday, they will issue help citations that could come with a 1000 fine and a year in jail. San Francisco Mayor is warning people to stay away from Golden Gate Park next monday. The traditional marijuana celebration that started in 1970, will not be tolerated this year. We will not allow this event to occur this year. Especially in the height of a pandemic. There will be Police Officers patrolling the area. We will sit arrest. We will not tolerate anyone coming to San Francisco for 4 20 this year. The Marijuana Industry is doing well with this date at home areas. The industry is lobbying to make online sales permanent when the coronavirus ends. Dates, including california are designating marijuana dispensaries as essential and allowing them to stay open. Officials are warning about marijuana used to treat coronavirus. Thanks for being with us. Thanks for having me. There are a lot of false claims on the internet and beyond. People are saying that cvd can be a treatment for the coronavirus. All of us understand there is no cure and no vaccine and no treatment right now for the coronavirus. Any claims about cvd or any products are without a shred of scientific evidence. How can people using cvd put themselves at greater risk for the coronavirus . Cvd is not a benign substance. Is shown to have some negative qualities. The purity of the products have not been okayed by the fda or any other agency. So when a test was made of 240 of the leading cvd products, 70 of them have contaminants including lead, arsenic, toxic mold and other ingredients that are pretty. Most consumers would want to stay away from them. But in addition to that, cvd theres only one approved product that came through the fda. It was through a very laborious and rigorous process. Its to treat a childhood form of epilepsy. The fact is none of the cvd products that are on the market have been approved by the fda and none of them have met the good manufacturing standards that we expect from all the products we buy. We are telling consumers, stay away from the cvd products for now. At some point down the line if the evidence is there and we have Science Behind the products. Consumers can buy them when we know that they have been approved and they have good manufacturing process standards. Any product that is claimed to treat coalbed the coronavirus is a fraud and a scam. We want consumers to stay away from the products. How do you want consumers to say this helps me get through the day it eases pain. Now they are being told to watch out what they are putting in their bodies. We have friends, i have them to thats whereby the products and say they treated their arthritis or insomnia. I was say placebo has a very strong effect on many of us. What we are saying its not that cvd does not have it looks like we may have lost the signal. I apologize. Cvd cannot be used to treat covid19. Coming up we will focus on what many have called the forgotten essential worker. In the next half hour a group is helping to get masks in the hands of farmworkers. The lifespan of covid19. The virus lives on shoes and floors, next. What we do now will forever change our tomorrow. So lets do the right thing, today. Lets stay at home. Lets wash up. Lets always keep our distance please, six feet apart at least. Lets look after ourselves, as well as others. It will all be worth it. We can all do our part. So those on the front line can do their part. And when this is over, we will all, continue, to thrive. At least 30 people have died after severe storms swept across the southern United States. We explain how people are going to grieve whilst dill staying safe from the coronavirus. Distract you see people in the news digging from the rubble and you never believe it will be you. Severe storms swept through the region in the south killing 30 people. It left behind massive damage and 1 million without power. One woman in alabama shielding her son is the tornado ripped through their home. It was a miracle. We shod. Mommy are we going to die . We are going to be okay gods got as. Dozens of tornadoes across several States Sunday and monday. In mississippi a twister stayed on the ground for 100 miles. In georgia a people were killed, the governor pointed out many people were already suffering after losing their jobs due to shutdowns caused by the coronavirus. And now with their homes gone, they have lost everything they own. President trump assures him monday night that help is on the way. My administration will do Everything Possible to help those communities get back on their feet. Normally af volunteers are quick to arrive. This time fears of the virus have slowed the process. In atlanta, ktvu fox 2 news. The coronavirus can travel 13 feet in the air and live on your shoes. The virus was found on the floor in a hospital in china and on the soles of healthcare workers shoes. Samples from the shoes tested positive for covid19. They also found the virus spread on handrails and trash cans and the mouse for computers. This woman is focusing her lens on the pandemic and how its changed our lives. Molly is based in the city of San Francisco and is been documenting lives over many years. She photographed the winter games and coworkers and now she said the mood is very different. Its really eerie to be honest. You forget, we walk around like this is weird. I want to serve people but theres no one to serve. The few people who are flying these days, many are going to say goodbye to a loved one. A recent passenger was heading off to see his father who was dying of cancer. She will continue to capture these moments in time as she looks forward to seeing more flights down the road. A beloved relative lost to covid19. The east bay counsel man recalls his grandmothers struggle with the virus and how quickly her help deteriorated. And in depth look at the death toll due to covid19. A story from a reporter from the Washington Post. New this morning the Tour De France has officially been postponed. The famous cycling race could still be held but it will not start as scheduled on june 27th at the french riviera. Held was 1946. It was also stopped during world war i. President trump is expected to announce members of his new task force focus on how and when to reopen the country. Congress is still working on another coronavirus Economic Relief package. In a letter from the policy institute 180 organizations and state and local elected officials are urging congress to include 500 billion in the next release bill. The first three bills included vital resources, the amount of aid allocated to date falls far short for what is needed for state and territorial and tribal budgets. Congress is divided on how to write a relief bill and what needs to be included. Make sure this stays afloat for not just the million businesses that have applied that maybe the million businesses that are still to come. States issued stay at home orders to slow the spread. The group has put together leaders from various industries to gather information on how and when to open the economy. President trump says its up to him to make the decision. When someone is the president of the United States the authority is total. We have to let the medical piece guide us. It was their decision to stay at home and it will be their decision as to when to open the states. It was the governors that shut them down and its the governors to make that decision to open it up. The president and the governors disagree on who has the power to reopen the economy, one thing is that it wont happen all at once. Rather, it will be a rolling basis. 9 31. 80 million americans should have their stimulus checks by tomorrow. Funds started going into the accounts this past weekend. The Treasury Department said those that did not have direct deposit information on file will start receiving their paper checks later this month. If you have not filed taxes yet, you have three months to file this year. President trump extended the deadline to file and to pay. However, if you are expecting a refund, you might want to file your taxes as soon as possible. Most refunds will be issued within three weeks. The number of coronavirus cases around the world is moving closer to the two milliondollar mark. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University Said that number has climbed to 1. 9 million. More than 120,000 people have died around the world. 582,000 confirmed cases in the United States. In california there are 24,000 confirmed cases with 732 people who have died. The Washington Post has tracked every covid19 case. They have an in depth analysis of the first 1000 people who were killed by the virus. We are joined alive about the recording and research. Good morning abigail. Good morning. To in the bay area we have seen families hit and Nursing Homes hit. We see people across the country. What struck you the most about what you were able to find x what was most interesting to us was not that some of the things that weve heard like this affects older people and people with certain pre existing conditions like diabetes and Heart Disease are more vulnerable. That we saw in the results of our analysis. But what surprised me was how many people were not easily put into one of those categories. I spoke with the relatives of men and women in their 30s and 40s who died, who left behind young children. Some people did not really have a clear preexisting condition. So that was noteworthy to me. It seems like everyone is impacted by the virus. When you look back to late february, we had the two confirmed deaths in washington. And then in a month we had 1000 people and then even today there were more than 23,000 dead in the United States. What did you learn about how quickly the virus moved . Looking at just the accumulation of deaths. It took us a full month to go from two deaths to 1000. And then it only took two weeks to get to 15,000. And where we are today. So thats really startling. That shows you something about how quickly the virus moves through communities and from one person to the next and how easily it can be transmitted. It shows how important the shelter at home orders are that we experience across the country. In the bay area when i look back early was on the San Francisco 49ers. I heard talk about if the 49ers won the super bowl there wouldve been a parade. All those people together. When i look at that from the first early days, the three big west coast cities and the new york city on the east coast and new orleans and mardi gras, new orleans was hit very hard. Is there something to say why these major cities were hit early and by chance we may have saved some lives by not having big events . The numbers suggest that San Francisco did save lives, the citys dodged a larger bullet by locking things down really early. When we look back at those numbers and in february, late february and march, the first cluster was emerging in washington. You would think that washington would be hardest hit. The west coast would be where the crisis bulk of the deaths have been in new york. And new jersey. We are seeing a spike in michigan and louisiana. These are all places, certainly dense populations but also where there were key events like mardi gras in new orleans that was allowed to proceed. Behind every death there is a story. Unfortunately we had to do some reporting on those. It is an interesting look and extensive look at the first thousand deaths in the United States. Abigail, we appreciate your time thank you very much. Thank you for having me. Hayward nursing home dealing with an outbreak of covid19 cases could face a lawsuit. We will explain how the family members of some of the vick them is who say they are angry in the facility did not do enough to protect their loved ones. There are 10 people from that gate Way Rehabilitation Center that have died from covid19. To dozens of others have tested positive. A photographer saw another ambulance arrived at the facility this morning. They transported another person to the hospital. We can see the paramedics before entering the building, suited up in protective gear before they wield a stretcher inside they even taped the risks of their protective gowns. This was taken within the past hour this morning. More than 66 people at the hayward nursing home have tested positive. 10 have died. The latest is an 84yearold grandmother of city council member. He visited his grandmother. She had no fever but a slight cough. By the weekend she had to be rushed to the hospital. At first she seemed to recover before she passed away. He spoke about his frustration. She gave everything she had for her kids and grandkids and great grandkids. Thats why it upsets me she did not deserve to be going out like this. Distract this facility in hayward is not the only nursing home to deal with covid19 cases. la mina county starting today, all license facilities must take the temperature of anyone into the building. All our now required to wear a mask. These are the preventive measures the family of another vick them said the facility should have taken before. Thats when the family of this person is planning to file a lawsuit. My husbands death was tragic and preventable. He is not with us today because of mistakes and negligence. When asked to respond to the situation their management referred us to a statement where they said they are deeply saddened. The statement says they believe the media has mischaracterized and miss ref resented the handling of the crisis. Representatives from gateway declined an interview this morning. Reporting live, ktvu fox 2 news. Facilities now have people undergo a screening before entering. They have to have their temperature taken and they have to wear a mask. Residents must wear a mask anytime they are outside their room. Starting friday people in the county will be required to wear a mask in public. People who dont comply, the owner does not apply to children under the age of two. Masks are not required when driving alone or going for a walk or run. Sonoma is the first the area county to require a mask. There is a push underway to get masks to farmworkersotten e workers. The latino Nonprofit Group is handing out masks to farmworkers in half moon bay. They have to work and live close to each other. Farmworkers are the ones that put food on our table. We have to do this just like in Grocery Stores and the doctors and nurses, we need farmworkers. Men and women volunteered to make the mask. They are distributed to Grocery Store workers and their families also. People in the town of santa rosa are going public. We stand behind the u. S. Navy captain. He graduated from santa rosa high school. Former classmates posted this video on youtube, calling him a hero. He was relieved from his command after he leaked him a letter to the media. Growing support be kind of the former vice president. We will to say endorsing joe a Police Caught a took a specimen from the hospital. New this morning former president barack obama released a video on social media, endorsing joe biden for president. I believe joe has all the qualities we need for a president right now. He has the care or an experience to guide us through one of our darkest times and heal us through a long recovery. While endorsing biden he thanked the healthcare workers and others working essential jobs. He championed Bernie Sanders Grassroots Campaign and his supporters. The Contra Costa County board of supervisors could ask Governor Newsom ballot. They have notified the county Elections Office that these workers are not available to help in the election. Joe biden is accused of sexually assaulting this person many years ago. It happened in the basement of the Office Building in 1993 she filed up lease report last week. She said back in 93, she felt pressured not to talk about it. In 1993, i was tempted to bring forward the claims i was fearful of retaliation in the work place. Staff members said they do not remember of any any report of this. A new testing site in the east bay started operating in a new location 45 minutes ago. They are taking place on the campus of cal state after moving from a fire station, fire station seven. The new location and parking lot a will be able to handle more cars. The criteria for who can be tested will remain the same. You must have a fever and be symptomatic. We are also doing first responders. The drive up, there is a walk up also here. That is meant for the general public. Tested at the campuses free will run from 9 00 till six in the evening. A man is accused of stealing a specimen that was going to be tested in a lab. The man walked into the hospital saturday afternoon, grabbed the specimen and took off on a bicycle. He later abandoned a specimen and was found intact at a shopping cart at a cvs store. It had not been opened or tampered with based th the man. Hes homeless and did not intend to harm others. The stimulus payments coming from the irs are part of the 2 trillion cares act. It is aimed at helping families and small businesses. We talked to one Business Owner who almost broke down in tears talking about how difficult it is to apply for and receive the funds. This is a store on sacramentos street. It was not easy to open the business but its nothing compared to trying to apply for a loan. She applied for than paycheck program. That took eight days and they are still needing money. I want to pay my staff, they need money. They havent had a paycheck in three weeks. This is designed to get cash into small Business Owners. Those with fewer than 500 employees are being crushed by the pandemic. Business owners say the process is moving too slowly. Zero money. No word. Nothing. This man runs a lounge. Hes trying to get money to pay his employees. Bar owners and small Business Owners and everyone is talking, where is the money . How do we get it . Theres a lot of confusion, no one seems to know. As of monday 941,000 applications have been approved nationwide. 228 billion. No word on when businesses will see the money. They issued a statement saying our top priority is to make sure the programs are up and running as fast as possible to provide relief to American Workers and businesses. They are overwhelmed and severely understaffed. We cant get the money to the businesses quick enough. Im crunching numbers and im getting worried. Many Business Owners worried the money will come too late theres not much they can do right now except wait. Coming up on mornings on two. The impact on music students since the pandemic began. The videos claiming to instantly get rid of bags under your eyes. This one is for real im excited. We have a video on the whole he uses is a small amount in thats how easy it is. I did this to my father we are at home. Four minutes 34 seconds we are honoring people who are making a positive difference during this outbreak. In the spotlight this morning is Jennifer Mccray of union city. Heres a look at the holiday surprise. [ music playing ] it may have been a stayathome Easter Sunday but she was determined to bring cheer to her neighborhood. She dressed up as the easter bunny and greeted kids bringing Holiday Cheer to families while following social distancing rules. Check if you know someone who is making a difference and providing hope in your community, we want you to nominate your local hero and email your story along with pictures and videos. We will highlight some of those stories. Amazon is hiring 75,000 people to keep up with demand. Warehouses have been struggling to keep up with the demand is of so many orders over the last couple of months. U. S. Hourly employees are getting the two dollar an hour increase to the end of the month. That makes a starting pay 18 dollars and . 40 an hour. Puzzles are hitting a record sales. The big puzzle company saying they are having trouble meeting this unprecedented demand. This is not considered an essential business and puzzles cannot be made fast enough to replace the ones flying off the shelf. Chocolate chip along with standard ingredients you put chopped walnuts, cinnamon, rolled oats and a bit of lemon juice. They hope to comfort people and they will welcome people back when the social distancing is lifted. With the coronavirus closing nonessential businesses, one bridal shop in carmichael is hoping to give brides a magical shopping experience. This dress shop virtual shopping trip online. Shoppers can work with stylist to find exactly what they are looking for. With so many people staying home, more and more folks are looking for new things to do. Reporter said thats how folks are occupying their time including learning to make music. Reporter this is how you remember the voice or guitar lessons. But in person lesson stop once the epidemic started. Music teachers had to change how they teach. Its been a big learning curve for all of us. Nick on spotlight Music Lessons has had to shift to an online lesson. He does weekly Facebook Live lessons for free. With technology we can email material or text it lessons and made the switch as soon as the stayathome order hit. It was not as difficult as i thought it would be. We got everyone on the online world in 24 hours or less. The transition has sparked renewed interest in music. The benefits of music are well documented. The Company Created fender play, a prescription app to help people learn guitar three years ago. When the epidemic started they wanted to give away 100,000 subscriptions. We thought 100,000 prescriptions would be a big number and over the course of a month we would have to ease up on them. Weve had 100,000 people in three days. This is not without its limitations. The biggest adjustment is that computers are the microphones in your phone dont pick up all the frequencies in a sound that you hear live. Which can lead to students thinking the music sounds raw. But teachers are adjusting. In the end all instructors are saying the same thing more people are making music and thats a good thing we just want to share the joy of music and playing. In sacramento. Music is great. I picked up an instrument but because our father daughter dance was canceled, we did crank up some music in our house and had a great memory. Thats wonderful. I would ask you what grateful dead song you dance to. It was country. That was my number two choice. Thank you we will do this again tomorrow. To stay tuned, Wendy Williams is up next. Announcer live from wendys apartment in new york city, its the Wendy Williams show at home. Now, heres. Wendy wendy how you doin . Hi. Are you okay . Are you feeling well . Heres what keeps ringing in my head, and first of all, ive never cared about trying my emotions with you. I cry with you, i laugh with you. I cry at least once a day. And i will tell you when that at least once happened. 7 00 here in new york, we were