And this is boom bust the one business show you cant afford to miss im french born washington coming up u. S. Jobless claims have doubled in just a week clearing their previous record how does this bode for the economy both here and abroad as we take a deep dive straight ahead plus airlines are facing a situation that some are calling the deepest crisis ever amid the pandemic will break that down plus as the u. S. Continues to soar in corona virus cases will its Health Care System be able to handle the strain coming up we bring in our resident expert on this subject for the full picture with a packed show today so lets dive right in. And we lead the program here in the United States as President Donald Trump addressed the social distancing measures taken within the country to limit the spread of the crowed a virus during his Daily Briefing wednesday the us president pushed back against the idea of a nationwide lockdown leading up to states to make the decision. There are some states th
The no brush bridge available, the people who relied on taking bta trains will now have to look for another way to get around, although ridership was already down 82 in recent weeks because of the state stayat home order. As of 11 30 last night, while six trains were still running, vta says it shut down its entire rail service. Opers beinasked to shelter in place upon any quarantine or testing orders, after an operator training tested positive for coronavirus. Because of low ridership numbers and before Train Service was suspended wednesday, bt announced that Light Rail Service would be reduced to two car trains running every 30 minutes with all bus and light rail trips after 9 00 p. M. Canceled. And with the exception of route 22. Now, only buses will be running. The vta says the suspension of service was done out of an abundance of caution until they learned more information. All of the railcars the trainee would have been operating are being sanitized. Bta says, quote, by nature whe
The centers for Disease Control 7,038 casest least 97 people have died. The virus has been detected in all 50 states, as well as the district of columbia. Puerto rico, guam, and the virgin islands. New york, Washington State and california have the most cases at 2,6930. The Trump Administration invoked Emergency Powers while lawmakers consider several measures to help workers. Were going to defeat the invisible enemy. I think were gonna do it even faster than we thought. Reporter President Trump along with his Coronavirus Task force announcing new steps the federal government is taking. Well be invoking the defense reduction act. Just in case we need it. Reporter the defense production act am boost production ofcal medical supplies hospitals need. Like n95 facemasks, hand sanitizers and ventilators. The availability and speed of testing is starting to ramp up, which will likely mean somewhere around the number of confirmed coronavirus cases. We will see the number of people diagnosed d
Mistaken, the foghorn buddy . I will have to check. Foghorn boogie . We do have low clouds in place, 40s and 50s on temperatures, it will be cooler as the fog bank has a pretty good wrapup, inland 70s but the coastal bay getting into the 50s now and off to the 60s. Cell sal is here now. Amazingly it looks like a normal day. People on the road, some people may be avoiding transit and taking a car, that is my educated guess, ridership on the transit is down but, the traffic here looks about normal at the bay bridge which is to say 10 minutes 50 minutes for a delay north and south looking okay, no trouble getting to the airport, highway 4 slow, so is the 680, i noticed that slow traffic along the same corridors for Park Services are available on some of the other areas, we dive into that a little more in just a few months. Now lets go back to the desk. More breaking news, the market had a very tough morning, so much so they actually halted trading out of the gate and is reopened, actually
Face rising infections demand for protective gear outstrip supply plus. When she the. Award winning american soul legend bill withers dies the age of 81. More than 1100000 people around the world now have the corona virus the u. S. Is urging people to take greater precautions to help contain the pandemic face masks are now being recommended a reversal of previous official advice well the u. S. Government is also promising to pay for tests and treatment for tens of millions of americans without medical coverage more than 250000 americans have been infected in china millions stood in silence to honor. More than 3000 people have died of corona virus china says its contained the spread but some restrictions have been tightened again to prevent another wave and the head of the International Monetary fund is describing the pandemic as humanitys darkest hour georgieva says its pushed the world into recession and shes calling on advanced economies to help developing countries katrina you is li