Gate park here. That is hippie hill. Youre seeing the chain link fence, and nobody is inside there. Organizers say theyre doing a lot of online streaming today where theyll show a lot of things going on that normally happen in Golden Gate Park behind me. Normally people celebrate parwan in an in all forms at the event. But this year with the pandemic, the city is making sure people follow the stayathome order. This video is from last year. Park rangers have been walking and driving around this morning reminding people that the area will be closed today and gatherings are not allowed. Organizers says marijuana was legalized in california. Its our new years eve. Its our main celebration for the year, for the cannabis industry. And its important for us to still keep positive and keep the moment and, how can i say, the great positive vibe. So we are going to be closed off, so we dont want people to go there. Reporter some artists are doing virtual 4 20 celebrations online that people can w
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