Business. Was it illegal . Plus, we look at Melania Trumps softer tone amongst other speakers. Long road back in our School Matters series. How bus drivers are risking their lives and trying to keep kids safe during the pandemic. Thats what they do. First here is todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. Anticipated to be a category 3 hurricane. Be prepared for the possibility that it could increase to be a category 4 hurricane. More than half a Million People are ordered to evacuate as the National Hurricane center warns of lifethreatening storm surge. Im just saying its a possibility it could be a cat 4. Cat 4s are cat stroesk. Shooting of an unarmed man by police sparked demonstrations across the country. Black young man shot seven times in the back and hasnt come up for an answer or a comment at this point . I urge people to come together in a civil manner. Day two of the Republican National convention was a family affair. My father will continue to fight for you. A dramatic
Fluid situation. Remember just recently as i reminded folks at the last press conference, of course, one day we were talking about a phased plan. Then the next day we had to make significant changes. More recently we had a level of confusion between state issued guidelines and local guidelines. I want to be clear that we are definitely working and communicating with the state. I just believe that there was a level of confusion as it relates to what we were doing here locally because of our numbers and because of our Public Health officials. What we try to do is provide you the most uptodate, Accurate Information. It is important that you visit sfgov. Org to find the latest in guidelines. There are certain things that we have repeated over and over again that we are at a point where those are the kinds of things we should automatically do. That includes making sure we wear our masks, social distancing, doing our part because what happens is there are a lot of questions asked of me and s
Congress still stuck in a stimulus stalemate not even at work. Turning to markets futures are rallying this morning. Tripledigit gain on the dow industrials, both s p and nasdaq hitting another round of alltime highs. The dow turning positive for the year. Take a look at the markets this morning. Wash, rinse, repeat, House Speaker nancy pelosi breaking San Francisco coronavirus rules getting her hair done in a salon. Where is your mask, nancy . The backlash ahead. Plus a Retirement Plans that starts at birth. Mornings with maria begins right now. Checking Global Markets, european stocks rallying as well following wall streets record run. Look at french and german markets more than 2 , in asia overnight markets mixed, both to plus side. President trump vowing to help the city of kenosha, wisconsin rebuild amid protests. Cheryl casone has more. Good morning, cheryl. Cheryl that is right, good morning. President trump making pledge to Business Owners and Law Enforcement officials there. I
Situated so theyre sitting every other seat. We do have students in every seat on the bus. But we do have the windows down on the bus to provide additional ventilation. Reporter 15 percent of the citys 1800 students opted for at home Virtual Learning but social distancing options remain limited and the district cant use its extra buses because it lacks additional drivers. There is a shortage of bus drivers, and that was even the case before the coronavirus. Because you just cannot find bus drivers. Reporter here students are riding, don hensley still drives dozens daily. Everyone wears a mask. Im not anxious at all. Reporter both districts have overhauled how they clean using electrostatic foggers the buses are disinfected daily and between trips, the bus is wiped down. Why havent we always done this during flu season . So i do see this as being the new normal. Reporter in radford Gracie Duncan is happy to be back behind the wheel. Are you concerned . Im really well be wearing masks. I
Roughly five years, i was working as a high school teacher, and i decided to take my students on a surfing field trip. The light bulb went off in my head, and i realized i could do much more for my students taking them surfing than i could as their classroom teacher, and that is when the idea for the city surf project was born. Working with kids in the ocean that arent familiar with this space is really special because youre dealing with a lot of fear and apprehension but at the same time, a lot of excitement. When i first did it, i was, like, really scared, but then, i did it again, and i liked it. Well get a group of kids who have just never been to the beach, are terrified of the idea, who dont like the beach. Its too cold out, and its those kid that are impossible to get back out of the water at the end of the day. Over the last few years, i think weve had at least 40 of our students participate in the city surf project. Surfing helped me with, like, how to swim. Weve start off wit