Im annemarie green. The coronavirus pandemic marked a new threshold here in the u. S. Infections are confirmed in all 50 states. Nationwide, there are now more than 6,300 reported cases and more than 100 deaths. Across the country, local officials are taking aggressive action to curb the spread of the virus. New york citys mayor is considering a shelterinplace order for more than eight Million People who live here. That action is already in effect for People Living in parts of northern california. Meanwhile, hospitals are in desperate need of more protective gear to handle the outbreak, and theres growing concern over whether theyll have enough beds and supplies for infected patients. In washington, congress is working on what may be the largest bailout in American History to rescue the u. S. Economy from the pandemic. Gwen baumgardner is in london tracking all of the detais for us. What is the latest on this stimulus package . Reporter hey, good morning, annemarie. The government is h
Live from the cbs bay areas studios, this is kpix5 news. Right now on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, were looking live from our exclusive Sales Force Tower camera as we look west on this wednesday morning. Good morning, everyone. Thanks for waking up with us. It is march 18th, 2020. Im michelle griego. Im kenny choi. Good morning. 4 31 right now. Lets get a check of the forecast wait mary. Looking at some rain in some spots. Yes, a wet start to the day. Happy wednesday to you. This is very light rain, even sprinkles this morning. Lets zoom into high def doppler. You can see the very light rain pushing from san rafael across the Golden Gate Bridge into San Francisco and across the bay bridge. Richmond, oakland, alameda pushing to the south. Temperatures in the 40s. Concord at 47. Also for oakland. 41 livermore. 49 San Francisco. 43 san jose. 44 for santa rosa. As we head through the day, daytime highs below average. All of us in the 50s later on today. Mid50s San Francisco. Oakl
Main beneficiaries locals are largely losing out. The 1st to go to a place that sees few tourists one area of south africas cape town is in the grip of gangs. Its been 26 years since apartheid ended and yet more than half of all South Africans still live in poverty thats around 13000000 people unemployment is rife over 50 percent of young South Africans a jobless with no prospects in sight some resorts to illegal activities south africa has one of the highest crime rates in the world Violent Crime in particular has increased steadily there over the past 10 years. The situation in cape town is especially troubling tourist stick closely to the small bay area below Table Mountain the majority of locals however live in the cape flats. Were out on patrol with the anti gang unit and the special task force come on gang crime in the poorer districts of the cape flats on the outskirts of cape town. To the. File by. The team drive to a building thats home to the leader of the corner glorious a n
I think it is important to keep we actually havent seen a vote on the 100 billion stimulus. [indiscernible] now they are going to try to work on a much bigger bill. But keep in mind it has been difficult to get this package that is much more targeted past the goal line, so we need to keep our expectations and check in terms of both timing and scope. It is a big number that would be welcome by the market and by the. Conomy [indiscernible] , the could actually happen market needs to keep their expectations and check in terms might beickly this real stimulus. David we are talking about 1. 2 trillion. We have 100 billion the senate still havent acted on. Beyond that, do we have a sense of what it is going to go for . As i understand, some amount of money, maybe 1000, to peoples pockets. Theres also some talk about differing tax payments in the treasury. Is there going to be money for the airlines . Is going tonk this be very multidimensional. Because this is an unusual crisis in some ways,
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