The president s initial 15 day period of social distancing expires tomorrow. Hes now extended the voluntary worse Case Scenario when it comes to the National Shutdown by 30 days. Good evening, everyone. Im Frank Somerville working from home tonight. Coronavirus pandemic. Im julie haener. Many state leaders are calling on the government to provide his recommendations come as more medical equipment. California is ramping up its they say they desperately need efforts to fight the virus. The u. S. Navy hospital ship mercy has docked in los angeles more medical equipment, but those requests at least right and is now taking its first now are not being granted. Patients. The ship is taking reporter as the number of noncoronavirus patients so Coronavirus Infections surges other nearby hospitals can nationwide, hospitals are handle the increase in covid19 facing a desperate shortage of medical supplies and equipment. Among the most critical, patients. The usns mercy has 1,000 beds, ventilators.
By the demon of drug use that started 15 years ago. He is what he is now because of his addictions. Reporter he is particularly worried about his son using synthetic marijuana, which can permanently damage body and brain. These drugs can make these people very violent, very unpredictable. The way i saw them today reporter he said he tried many times to get his son help and even tried to get tough. I went to the police station. 34 years old. Theres nothing we can do. We cannot hold him. More than 72 hours. Reporter he says he feels for all the families of these troubled souls who are in the grips of a dangerous drug. Tony aiello cbs 2 news. More information now on k2 from the citys Health Department. Despite it being illegal to sell k2 in new york state, Officials Say synthetic marijuana is often sold as incense, herbal mixtures, plant food or potpourri. In new york city, men make up to 90 of k2 users who end up in the emergency rooms. And most of those patients are over 18 years old. T
Do they have enough money . They certainly have enough money. Theres hundreds of millions of dollars in their capital budget. Reporter they say failure to do the fixes will result in tragedy. The controller says that 2245 personal injury claims are filed last year against department of correction a 37 increase. This is a situation thats gone on far too long and we have to be mindful not just that this puts a financial pressure on the city, but it also has a Human Element which is you dont want to put people in harms way. Reporter late today a department of correction spokesman said the agency, quote, has robust Fire Evacuation procedures in place and commissioner ponte is committed to ensuring that staff and inmates alike are not a risk. The department has taken significant steps with fdny to address the concerns. It can take 11 years until 2026 to fix everything. The agency does admit to having over 100 million in the budget for fire safety. It says it has installed you in a large sys
Because of a trade embargo. Henna daniels, cbs 2 news. Well, facilities that have animals for 24 hours now have to be equipped with automatic fire sprinklers. The bill was passed to into law after several incidents of where they were trapped in burning buildings. One lawsuit cited the financial burden tennessee puts on business owners. The education commissioner say was the the city is working for options for schools who have no lowe testing rates. Geno smith is recover afghanistan having surgery on his broken jaw. Doctors at the local area hospital put plates and screws into his jaw. Ik enemkpali was released immediately. He was picked up by another teem. I apologize it should have never happened. I would have walked away from the situation. It was never my intention to hurt anybody. Reporter he also thanked nfl coach rex ryan for giving him a chance. The on the first series, the lions carved them up. Golden state is untouched for the first team of the jets defense. Genos replace zill
Store . The weekend is looking good but hot. For the entirety of the weekend. In fact saying hey, we have another chance for the first heat wave of 2015. Over the next few days. That gives you a sense of where temperatures will be. In the low 90s over the next few days and that of course, that trend begins today. Lets go ahead and take a look at where we are starting off. Very comfortable out there, 74 in the the city and cooler north and west. That is now 61. And 62 in sparta and greenwich starting your day at 70, for the hamptons 65 and 66 in the area. On the vortex satellite radar picture. Some clouds. But not a cloudy day per se. More clouds well to the north of the city. For today, we are looking at a very sunny start to the weekend. There is an air quality alert in effect today from 11 00 until 11 00. Mainly for portions of new jersey. Because we do expect increasing humidity through the weekend, and hot temperatures. So here is the breakdown of your day. 78 at 9 00. Feels like 7