Down to 38. 13 Miles Per Hour winds in fairfield, 12 Miles Per Hour out of the westin San Francisco. Those in the 60s. Upper 60s for fairfield and concord and san jose. The full forecast coming up. Lets check in with gianna for a look at traffic. If you are headed on the roadways, so far we are accident free. There is construction work in the clearing stages along 680. Slight delays on the southbound side as you 680 at concord avenue, there is a closure there. Roadwork in hayward along 880 not far from 92. Lots of Public Transit changes. Muni reduces service and will now only focus on 17 core rats. Some for example, the eight bay shore, 22 fillmore, just to name a few. Lines experiencing some credible have more frequent service than others. Ongoing changes and changes for bart as well. Take a look at the schedule kpix. Com. We will have that information there with these ongoing Public Transit schedule changes. I am anne makovec. Breaking news from tesla in fremont. They areslashing sal
The markets are telling. Abigail, are you there . Abigail we are looking at the s p 500 down 3. 5 after the worst quarter of the s p 500 going back to 2008. The russell 2000 down 5 . Last quarter the worst quarter ever. The stop selling we have seen this year on the coronavirus crisis, human tragedy is continuing right into the Second Quarter. It seems today to be a combination of technical factors and key support levels broken late yesterday so the sellers remain in control. Plus the fears around the virus as it is hitting the u. S. , the peak ahead in terms of what the fallout could be through the human tragedy weighing on wall street today. David exactly. It is not lost to me that President Trump came out yesterday after the markets had closed and said this would be tough for the next two or three weeks. He said it would be one of the most difficult things the United States has ever faced. How much of the Market Reaction does not have anything to do with the economy, it is the virus
We do know this is an unprecedented amount of money. Congress has never passed a rescue package like this before before, 1. 5 trillion on top of about 200 billion that was in the legislation that passed only a couple of weeks ago on top of the 8. 3 billion that was in the first one. This this is phase three. And then, finally, number three, this legislation does provide the help to the Health Care System, quickly, the Public Health care system to be able to provide the protective gear thats needed for Health Care Workers, the additional ventilators needed in our hospitals. The antiviral medication that can help when someone tests positive to know theres going to be a way to minimize to reduce the effects of this virus, the infection. And really significantly to not only lab corps said they can do 300,000 tests a week. We need to use the cotton swab to get them the swabs. There needs to be a process to get them. Now were starting to come online, this funding legislation will help them t
Record that we saw back during the financial crisis of 2000, march of 2009. Jim, stunning though the number is, of course, we also have the stimulus or socalled lets call it more of a recovery act making its way through the congress the house set to act shortly on it were going to be joined by the treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, about 15 minutes from now to discuss that. And so many other things in the economy. What is at the fore of your thinking as we get started with trading a half hour frau noum . The gap we have 3. 2 million that file claims obviously, money comes for them, but i want to know date that the check is in the mail how it comes, how you get it, will it make it so that Small Business stays alive medium sized business stays alive, and is it enough to keep them alive for the pandemic . Is it one month, two months . How long does the 2 trillion last because this number is so big, and i dont think its peaking we have to be sure the American People themselves dont have r
The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal father, answer us speedily. When we dont know which way to turn, guide us with your light. When we cannot see the way. Do not hide your face from our lawmakers, as they seek to do your will. For in the time of trouble, you continue to hide us in your pavilion. Lord, teach our senators how to live in a way that will honor you. We magnify your name for the way you have preserved our nation through the seasons of its existence. You have made us glad, for you are our light and salvation. We pray in your glorious name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from i