My name is greg barrios. Im a former book editor of the san Antonio Express news. I worked for many years in los angeles for the Los Angeles Times. Ive written for the new york times, currently, i right for the los angeles review of books, and i am on the board of directors of the National Book critics circle. I am also the author of the book of poetry that deals with la causa. In fact, its called la causa. At this time i would like to introduce miriam. Miriam is the former pulitzer prizewinning editor who spent 25, with the Los Angeles Times. The crusade of cesar chavez, a biography is the First Comprehensive biography of the iconic, charismatic leader. She has also written the union of their dreams, a widely acclaimed and nuanced history of chavezs United Farmworkers Movement. She recently received a humanities endowment of fellowship to support the chavez biography. Please welcome miriam powel. [ applause ] thank you. Hi, miriam. Hi, greg. Thanks. Can you hear me . Im on. I want to
Encouraging news in the development of two experimental vaccines for covid19. Both hitting important milestones. And delivering conflict. As we rely even more on delivery apps like grubhub and doordash, what was once a love affair is now a war with restaurants and the cities they serve. Well go inside the booming business that some call a financial bust. First, we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. We cant stay locked down for such a considerable period of time that you might do irreparable damage and have unintended consequences. Reporter this memorial day weekend will look very different, and officials want it that way. New restrictions at beaches and restaurants are in place with the hopes of preventing the additional spread of the coronavirus. Were not bothering anybody else. Were not going to be around anybody else. Its just us. Reporter President Trump declared places of worship essential places saying he wants them to open immediately.
For 72 hours before anybody else can try it on. Were there any items you guys decided probably need to put this on hold or were not selling this . We started a fewonths ahead of us in this. There hasnt been any specific merchandise thats been problematic. I think mostly through services, we think in our Beauty Department we do a lot of make overs. Youre telling the customer we cant do that right now. We do say lot of tayloring. Reporter the retail brought in nearly 4 trillion last year employing roughly 52 million americans. Matt shea is president and c. E. O. Of the National Retail federation. The Group Estimates 7 million retail jobs could be lost due to the pandemic. As the Retail Industry goes, so goes the economy. And we need those businesses, large and small, to support those communities and to deliver products and services. But also to create Employment Opportunities for those millions of americans who will be impacted if we dont. Reporter the Retail Industry supports more than
Now, your health, your safety, this is abc7 news. Quiet, empty streets all around the bay area because of the coronavirus pandemic. Now this morning new confirmed cases and counties are going farther to ban large gatherings. Good morning, its sunday, march 15th. Im liz kreutz. There are more coronavirus by the hour. But we want to start with a quick look at the weather. Heres abc7s lisa argen. Good morning. Its a level one. We had good downpours this morning. Its been chilly but a possibility with colder air moving in, thunderstorm later on today. Lets get to live doppler 7. You can see the big twist in the atmosphere. Theres the low sirnking south. And the east bay has been particularly lucky with downpours from kensington to 580, highway 4 martinez and look at the downpour here from daly city, marin county tonight north it is a rain snow mix where we thought this would happen. Check out the diablo range. Looking at pink and purple, meaning it is snow coming down. Fremont and sunnyval
Nasdaq off by 35 we have been thinking the new deal would be by december 15 the huge question is do those new tariffs come into effect the market has been punched in the mouth twice since yet yesterday, futures were up almost a full percent. The first china news yesterday that things werent looking great for december 15. These new comments imply phase one is not nowhere but if people are still thinking december 15, thats hard to believe yesterday, the pull back was the worst day weve seen in months but still talking about a decline. The dow up 4. 2, s p up by 5. 5. Well see today while the move yesterday wasnt too significant, volatility spikes more dramatically that implies that todays move was not unexpected we may see bigger moves in the days ahead we have the sound bite. Getting to the comments from willem marx in london. The president arrived here late last night. Stayed at the u. S. Ambassadors residence. He gave some Public Comments including on china saying he wants to wait unt