U. S. , the countrys top Infectious Disease doctor says tonight there is clear evidence an experimental drug is showing results in slowing covid19. Dr. Anthony fauci says early trials show the drug, called remedesavir, is capable of block the virus, and while it is by no means a cure, tonight there are indications that the f. D. A. Is moving forward to authorize emergency use of the drug in some situations. And as we come on the air, more than 1,036000 cases have been confirmed nationwide and the virus has killed more than 60,000 here in the u. S. It is also having a devastating impact on american businesses. A report out today shows the u. S. Economy shrank schairchg nearly. Economists say secondquarter numbers will be even worse. And with more and more states now pushing to reopen, tonight, President Trump says he will not extend those federal social distancing guidelines when they expire tomorrow. Hes going to leave it up to governors to decide whats appropriate. So theres a lot to
Start to the day. As we look from the exploratorium camera at pier 15 50 to 52 is our spread at 7 00. Cooler places in our deeper valley and 60 at the coast today because of those breezes and 70 to 72 at the bay and 75 to 78 at 4 00 and little bit above average and 67 to 71. Going to be a gorgeous evening. Heres reggie. All right, mike, thank you. Governor newsom said that one of the keys to easing shelter at home orders is more testing for coronavirus. And today a new testing site is opening up. This time in the east bay at the Alameda County fairgrounds. Abc7 News Reporter Amy Hollyfield is live with who this could help. Amy . Hi, reggie. This opens at 9 00 this morning and i want to let everyone know there is not a line of people here yet. There is no one here yet. Different from when the centers were opening weeks ago. Wed see people lining up well before it opened. If youre thinking of coming here, dont panic. There is no line at this point. Alameda county fairgrounds people who l
Sent in to break up the funeral of a rabbi who died of coronavirus. Unions beef with trump strong backlash against the president s order that forces workers back to meat plants. And what might soon disappear from Grocery Store shelves. Strange symptoms from dangerous rashes in children to frostbite toes, the neverbeforeseen symptoms of this killer virus. Americans stranded. Workers stuck on cruise ships, some for more than 60 days. Why the government wont let them into their own country. And we end tonight with an iconic washington restaurant facing its toughest battle the fight to stay open. E this is the cbs evening news with norah odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. Were going to begin with breaking news. A potential breakthrough in the coronavirus. Coronavirus. 100 days after the first person 100 days after the first person was diagnosed right here in the u. S. , the countrys top Infectious Disease doctor says tonight t
Alameda. 49 in novato. So looking at that patchy fog, mist and drizzle at the coast. Temperatures anywhere from two to seven degrees cooler to start out and by the afternoon well be looking at a cooler day with a couple of low 80s inland. So starting out with the clouds, numbers in the 50s, and then quickly by 9 00, climbing through the 60s, afternoon highs mainly in the 70s to low 80s today. Liz . Sounds good, thanks, lisa. This morning, precious plasma is leading a critical study at ucsf enabling doctors to match the blood of a sick covid patient with somebody who recovered. Doctors hope this works, given their experience in other Infectious Diseases but they dont quite know for sure. Lauren martinez spoke with the ucsf doctor in charge of it all. Came off the elevator enthe liquid we call it because it looks golden. Reporter dr. Peter chin hong referring to a donated bag of plasma from someone who recovered successfully from covid19. We can harvest those antibodies as easy as giving
The numbers have been in the millions for weeks after weeks. We can actually say its worse than we first thought. Take a look for yourself. Not only does 6. 6 million americans file for Unemployment Benefits last week. The new estimates say in the first week of the shutdown, theyve had too revise that number way upwards. It turns out one of the very first things that American Business did in the face of the coronavirus was fire workers. This is the largest number of americans all tolled, receiving Unemployment Benefits in history. Next weeks numbers will likely be bad as well. We know a lot of employees inem. The companys ceo accepting out a memo that reads today we will leave 1,000 people go and furlough approximately 1,100 more. Lets take you outside new york city. You mentioned marcus, more positive movement on the dow. The s p 500 up 23 from its coronavirus lows. Now, there were positive moves this morning as the Federal Reserve announced new maneuvers to get money to banks and ban