On tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by the william and flora hewlett foundation. For more than 50 years, advancing ideas and ting institutions to promote a better world. At www. Hewlett. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation foro publiccasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff a new week has and the pandemic keeps burning through the u. S. Population. Infections across the nation are at 160,000 andisll sin rg, th some 3,000 deaths. New york state remains the nations number one hotspot for the virus, and the governor is appealing for outside help. We begin, with this report from amna nawaz. Nawaz at the epicenter of rte u. S. Coronavirus outbreak. New york undeakes new steps toeare for the continuing t of patients, as state Health Officials ticipate a peak in two to three weeks. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo y
How citizen soldiers from the National Guard are helping to combat the coronavirus. But first, heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Every day when i go to work, i feel like a sheep going to slaughter. Confirmed coronavirus cases now top 1 million worldwide. I know you have seen the slope in the United States versus the slope in italy. And we have to change that slope. Certain areas of michigan, detroit, looked like it was doing pretty good and then all of a sudden, it went up. The nations top Infectious Disease expert says the whole country should already be under orders to stay at home. If you look at whats going on in this country, i just dont understand why were not doing that. We really should be. Another historic surge in unemployment claims. More than 6. 6 Million People filed for benefits. A mindblowingly horrible, recordbreaking number. Two cruise ships carrying passengers with flulike symptoms have been allowed to dock in florida. After coming to an agreement wit
Warmer than yesterday. Reaching up to 63 in antioch. 65 in morgan hill and in san jose. And San Francisco reaching 60 degrees. So ill have more on this, and well take a look ahead to the rest of the weeks forecast coming up in a few minutes. Mike getting us out the door with a look at the Early Morning commute. Thats right. A picture tells 1,000 words but only shows a couple cars. We look out at the bay bridge toll plaza, no problem as we look at a lighter commute around the bay. Were not really commuting. Its only the essential jobs being filled and we thank you for doing that. Do it safely. Back to you. We continue our Team Coverage this morning from the Nations Capital to the bay area. Tracie potts is live from her home this morning near washington. And, tracie, i know the president is extending those social distancing guidelines. Reporter he is, marcus, because the Health Experts are saying the president s original deadline to have everyone out and about by easter will not work. As
Workers as well as deliveries, really concerned because we have a truck, a wide load at the san mateo bridge toll plaza. We see the bridge itself moving smoothly. The toll plaza, watch the middle lanes. They had to get a truck to back up to get to a wider lane. There are differences in the width. I didnt know that. Well check on any other updates to let you know. The bay bridge toll plaza has no such problem. No problem and no backups. Back to you. Thanks, mike. 6 01 this morning and we continue our Coronavirus Team coverage from the Nations Capital to the bay area. First today in the bays tracie potts is live from her home near washington. Tracie, i know President Trump extending the social distancing guidelines. Reporter exactly, and its based on the fact the Health Experts are telling him we have yet to hit the peak of this virus. The latest projections coming in showing we could be looking at a major escalation over the next two weeks. President trump is abandoning his plan to get
Prevent asymptomatic spread. Despite those recommendations, the president says hell forgo wearing a mask himself. The shift comes as more people become infected. Johns Hopkins University now has the total number of u. S. Cases at over 278,000 and more than 7,100 deaths. Nearly 96 of the country is under stayathome orders covering 42 states. And were expecting to hear more about this pandemic when the white house hosts its press briefing a few hours from now. We have a team of correspondents standing by to bring you whats happening right now with the nations response to the coronavirus pandemic. Lets start in new york where Governor Andrew Cuomo announced today the donations of muchneeded ventilators from both oregon and china. Cnns athena jones is in new york. Hi, fred. Thats some of the news that came out of the Governors Press conference not too long ago. Weve heard people at the state, local, every level, really, talk about the need for supplies. Not just in new york but everywhere.