Americans are receiving stimulus payments from the federal government for those who havent, you are able to track the status on a new website created by the irs. Cristina rendon shows us how it works. Reporter millions of americans are checking their Bank Accounts for direct deposit on the federal government. It will help to pay off some of the bills, you know, it is not enough. The irs launched a new feature on their website wednesday called get my payment. It allows taxpayers to file their returns for 2018 or 2019 to input their Bank Information to receive the payment by direct deposit. You can also check the status of your payment. Many say they are receiving messages like this one, payment status not available. The irs said the site is operating at record volumes. Physical checks are expected to be sent out to the end of the month. I do understand its not delaying anything and im satisfied with that. I dont imagine its a big deal. Im sure people will be very happy to get a big, fat
San francisco looking at a few sprinkles. Further to the south, yes, the atmosphere is motivaistening up. A quarter inch to over half inch in some areas. Breeze ate times. Right now, we are in the 40s to low 50s and well be looking at a rainy weekend and some big changes for the week ahead. Liz . Thanks, lisa. Now to the latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The United States has more than 100,000 cases of the coronavirus, more than any country in the world. More than 1,700 people have died. An ominous warning from doctors about whats to come. To use a gulf south analogy, our concern is that at this point, we are perhaps just at the outer bands of a category 5 hurricane, and this may get worse before it gets better. President trump has signed the largest relief bill in modern history, more than 2 trillion. Here in the bay area, as of this morning, the number of coronavirus cases tops more than 1,600. Marin county reported its first death yesterday, a man in his 70s who got sick after tak
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