They fly back to the u. S. , theyll be quarantined for two weeks. Its a dramatic situation unfolding as we speak. Were live in japan and on the scene. Later, a sunday sitdown with the always funny john mul achaney, how he knew at a very young age that show business is exactly what he wanted to do with his life. I say around age 4 i knew i wanted to be a nightclub entertainer. By 5, yeah, why would you not at age 4 . Because i wanted to be like Ricky Ricardo, he and i love lucy had gone off the air a solid 30 years before i was born. A sunday sitdown with john mulaney. Harry smith goes for a ride of his life in fords brandnew mustang. In our sunday closer, my conversation with the cartoonist who is making her mark on the inside of the pages of the new yorker and why her illustrations also making history. Plus another life well lived later in the show. Lets begin this morning with that breaking news. The americans stuck aboard that cruise ship in japan filled with coronavirus victims bei
Saved my life. Saved my life. What we do here at danafaber, changes lives everywhere. Everywhere. Everywhere. Everywhere. Everywhere. Announcer news to build a better bay area. This is abc7 mornings. Tensions are running pretty high after the announcement was made. Relief for hundreds of americans this morning. These are the Early Morning moments as u. S. Evacuees disembark the diamond princess cruise ship. But they face a long journey ahead. Their first stop touches down today in the bay area. Good morning, its sunday, february 16th. Im liz kreutz and well get straight to the evacuation in just a second. But we want to start with a quick look at your bay area forecast. Good morning, lisa. Good morning to you. Heres live doppler 7. As we take you to the east bay, a pretty picture with the sunshine and a few high clouds. Mostly sunny day is on the way. 51 in san jose. Upper 40s to low 50s right now. Winds are going to kick up at the coast. Well be cooler for the afternoon. As we go thro
Mid and upper 60s around the bay for a nice afternoon above average. Can we keep that trend going for the holiday and beyond . Ill let you know. Lisa, thank you. Hundreds of american Cruise Ship Passengers are waiting to evacuate and board 747 jets and bring them home. They have been on board the ship with coronavirus. Several crew members infected. Here is a live look in japan where americans are about to disembark. Some will be quarantined for 14 days when they arrive here at Travis Air Force base in firefield. Others flown to lackland in texas. Were pushing to find exactly arrival times. Overnight the death top climbed to 1600 people. First fatality was also confirmed this week in europe. The number of worldwide infections have climbed to 69,000, 15 of them are here in the u. S. Here is abc 7 News Reporter ty hernandez with the latest. Reporter nearly 400 americans who have been quarantined on this cruise ship off the coast of japan will soon be on their way home, but many are conce
355. The United States is taking no chances evacuating americans on board the ship. Here are the latest numbers from china. They reported 105 more deaths today. There are more than 2,000 new cases bringing the total number to almost 71,000 cases worldwide. Most of those in china. That flight headed to Travis Air Force base is now in the air and expected to land later tonight. Ktvu alyssa arrington is at the airport with details. Reporter they will monitor passengers during the flight and when they arrive here at Travis Air Force base during the quarantine period. If anyone shows symptoms, they will be treated off site. Melanie herring is onof about 300 evacuees who packed up and finally left the quarantined diamond princess cruise ship that had been docked in yokohama, japan, to board a chartered flight back to the United States. She posted videos of her ordeal on social media. Its been very trying and it looks like we are on the second half of this ordeal and there is a kind of bright
Reporter before they left the diamond princess, and before they got on the flight this morning, they were screened. The number of new cases on board the ship continues to rise. So, the evacuation of these passengers follows a recommendation by the u. S. Government that american passengers and crew members leave back at your life juliette, it is not exactly known what time these passengers will arrive at Travis Air Force base , but we are estimating about 11 00 p. M. Arrival. What an ordeal, i cant even imagine them being confined to their own state rooms on the cruise ship, let alone now what is going to happen. Will they have to then be in quarantine for the next two weeks . What happens . Reporter yeah, this ordeal for them is not yet over, they will be on u. S. Land, finally, but once they reach the military base year they will be under federal quarantine for another two weeks, before they can return home and of course, they will make sure that they are showing no signs of the coron