Now. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. Im anoushah roasta. And im terry mcsweeney. Doctors say cases continue to climb at an alarming rate. Take a look at this. These are the new cases reported today in the bay area. Santa clara county adding 335 cases. Alameda, San Francisco, sonoma countys all adding more than 100 cases. These new cases are pargts of the growing trend across the country. Tonight the United States has more than 11 million covid19 cases. As we mentioned, many bay area counties are tightening restrictions. Right now indoor operations in San Francisco are scaled back. Starting tuesday, marin, contra costa, santa clara counties, theyre all going to do the same. Some restrictions in Contra Costa County are being tightened even further, especially when it comes to indoor gyms. Nbc bay areas Sergio Quintana is in walnut creek where one gym owner plans on fighting the new rule. Reporter for the last several weeks, a night at the gym for walnut week resident maureen kosta h
Breonna taylor case has ignited protests that continued into the night. Demonstrations turned violent in louisville where two officers were shot. Theyre expected to be okay. Police say they arrested the suspected gunman. The Police Department released video on facebook where you can hear gunshots in the background. [ gunshots ] the shooting happened when the officers checked out reports of gunfire. The unrest in louisville and the rest of the nation comes after no officers were charged in taylors death. Elise preston has the latest. [ chants ] reporter protesters gathered across the nation including in atlanta, washington, d. C. , new york, and louisville after a kentucky grand jury charged one officer but not for the shooting death of Breonna Taylor. Basically saying its legal to kill, murder black people in the streets or in their sleep. Were used to them getting away with murder. Reporter Late Wednesday the louisville Police Department said two officers were shot. Earlier several pr
Nasa has lined up new nasa has lined up new missions to study the solar system. Four teams have received 3 million apiece as part of the agencys discovery program. The money will fund two missions to venus, one to jupiter, and a 3 billion mile trip to the moon of neptune. Now to your money and the holiday weekend. Its not just valentines day weekend, its also president s day weekend, and retailers are also pushing to clear out winter stuff to make room for spring and summer. That translates into big savings for you. Here is becky worley. Reporter big deals rolling out as president s day weekend gets under way, especially for electronics, laptops, discounted online at the dell home store, 25 to 40 reductions. This foldover touch screen combo for 250 off. While over at best buy, a 20 discount on airpods which are, hint hint, a great valentines day gift. Amazon offering 25 to 40 off their echo and alexa devices, including the lowest price weve ever seen on their wireless noisereducing ear
You start to ask yourself whats next . How about a usmca deal, a trade deal . Could that send the markets even higher than they are now . There is a meeting underway today, in washington between trade reps from the u. S. And mexico. Well talk about that. Start real clear markets editor, author of a new book, theyre both wrong. John tamny joining us now. Talk about your book in a second, john which i started reading. It is great. Often times they are both wrong but lets start with this market and whether or not a trade deal on, usmca may be combined with some start with china. Does that send stocks even higher than they are now . What do you think . My sense that is why you have seen some of this uptick in stocks for quite a while. That has been a anticipation of a deal, usmca, and then also quieter talk, happier talk between the u. S. And china. Something happening there. I would add a third thing that probably soothes eninvestors minds is, all these, all this fighting over impeachment
Tariffs on china came in the wake of an 11 30 a. M. Meeting with secretary mnuchin and robert light hauser, the u. S. Trade representative, who briefs him on how things went in shanghai this week the president issuing this tweet suggesting that hes frustrated with the talks and frustrated with chinas lack of follow through and also to stop the sell of fentanyl in the United States the president saying that china had agreed to do that and it never happened and as a result, americans continued to die, so as a result, he says on september 1st, yithe united stae is going to put a small tear i have on the remaining goods coming in to our country from china. He says he looks forward to continuing positive dialogue with china and a comp help sieve trade deal and ends on a positive note saying he hopes the future between the two countries will be b bright this sets up a dynamic with the trade talks in washington which is going to have a little edge to it as the u. S. Side and the chinese sit d