Its spent wisely . Scott mcgrew joins us with the very latest. Scott . Reporter good morning to you. Yes, that is by far the biggest sticking point. Democrats have objected to one of the tranches of that bill which would allow billions of dollars to go into a fund that they say doesnt have the proper oversight, not enough rules to control where it goes. Significantly less oversight for the taxpayer dollars, is their objection, than we saw in the tarp bailout ten years ago. Republicans say democrats are adding in too many other ideas. We have word that the two sides have hammered some of those details out. We could see a vote in the senate as soon as this afternoon. Of course it has to go to the house. It should pass fairly quickly there. Yes, there is that cash payment to americans but at this point was this what the total would be. Wall street loves the idea of a 2 trillion government stimulus. Were seeing some rar u big up that. Interesting twist, the president , on fox news a short
The mayors ban is going to affect a lot of events, concerts, theaters, hamilton or harry potter, for instance. What happens now . Im chris nguyen at mineta san jose where dozens are staying home pause they came in contact with someone with coronavirus. Nurses are demanding better protection for themselves and their patients against coronavirus. And good evening, thanks for joining us. Im dan ashley. A lot to get to. And im kristen sze, thats right. With the coronavirus here at home, right now it is officially a pandemic. We are deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread and severity and by the alarming levels of inax. We have made the assessment that covid 19 can be characterized as a pandemic. I can say we will see more cases and things will get worse than they are right now. How much worse well get will depend on our ability to do two things, to contain the influx of people who are infected coming from the outside and the ability to contain and mitigate within our own cou
Thankfully there are no reports of American Health care workers coming down with the coronavirus. But as we have heard, Health Officials in d. C. Warn us it is very likely the coronavirus will enter a new stage, a new phase here in the u. S. Which begs the question, our Health Care System prepared to protect the workers on the front lines. As the coronavirus continues to spread around the globe, hospitals around the country are preparing for the possibility that a person infected with the coronavirus could walk into their emergency room in the near future. Im optimistic that our Health System should be able to deal with these patients and keep the Health Care Workers safe. Reporter uc berkeley Infectious Disease expert dr. Arthur reingold says its one thing to quarantine a healthy person who has been exposed to the virus, as weve seen happen at Travis Air Force base, and its another to treat someone who is sick and infectious. Will we be able to, quote, contain this . Will we be able t
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Enough to fight fire at night. Over time well have the capability of operating those with night vision goggles at night on fires. Reporter the chopper can drop more than three times the amount of water than the old fleet. The cal fire hawk features a retractable snorkel capable of sucking up a thousand gallons of water in just 45 seconds. Hopefully with the speed involved they will be getting more water to the fire quicker to support those crews. They have a hoist. Reporter the Current Fleet of vintage is more than five decades old. They were used originally in vietnam. Reporter the upgrade is badly needed but it is not just the chopper fleet getting a boost. Seven c130s are also in the pipeline. The f w dp four times more retardant and utilize a bigger crew. Firefighters hope the new aircraft will help them knock more fires down quickly. And save lives. Hopefully be able to give a bigger punch. Reporter we are back here live looking at some of the current helicopters. The old hueys. S