Im on Francine Lacqua. Weve had quite interesting and big political news in the u. S. That started late last night, overnight and first we know that transition is more on its way than was 24 hours ago. Global stocks advancing on the back of that. If you look at what stock markets are taking a positive, the general source of administration acknowledged joe biden was the apparent winner of the election and the move reduced Political Uncertainty in the u. S. , giving biden access to Current Agency officials, briefing books, 6 million in funding and the market. Energy stocks leading the stoxx 600. Travel companies. Banks also notching gains. Haven assets weaker. We are getting some eco figures. Looking forward to speaking to the president of the Ifo Institute shortly. The estimater than of 87. 5. Ifo coming up in 15 minutes. Here is leighann gerrans. Englands National Lockdown ends next week but Prime Minister Boris Johnson says it will be replaced by a tougher threetier system of regional
Sunshine and showers today. Bug changes are ahead. Ill tell yu all about them. There may not be professional baseball. Wait this will you hear what the governor had to say. Putting Better Health and habits and home grown produce on the table. The wait is over. Retail stores are gearing up to open for curb side pickup. Starting tomorrow. Its official. All nine bay area counties have confirmed they are starting to reopen or will be by the end of the week. Roughly 53 of the 58 counties would be eligible to move into the phase. Governor newsom changing the stay at home order for phase 2. Making it easier to reopen. Looking at the next step. Once thought to be months away could happen in weeks. A number of sectors of the economy will open up that includes for example a haircut. The governor isnt done. We could see all bay area major sports taeps this action soon. Prosports in that first week or so of june. Without spectators. Mayor of San Francisco is optimistic as the city moves into phase
Into phase 2. Maybe not as fast. I dont think necessarily well be there june 1. Its looking better than it has in some time. Encouraging news. A map showing where each county stands when it comes to phase 2. Seven counties are green. Santa clara will transition friday. And gold is hours away from entering phase 2. That means out door at pickup at retail. The move is welcome by most businesses, not all are on board. Some worry its not going to be enough. This is the sound of they are missing right now. Trm they will reopen after two months. They know it wont be the same. We want our presence to be felt. We are here. I dont know how sis a locals. Selling peerings and gift cards is their only option for now. Normally we help them through healing process. And any complications. They have nowhere to go. Now they can come through the door and get a consultation. Even though covid19 cases have gone down. The health and Safety Officer says they still need to take it step by step. We will have
And trump says he has been using it for the last week and a half, and the fda has warned against using hydroxychloroquine because it could cause heart problems and the president justified his decision yesterday. Heres my evidence. I get a lot of positive calls about it. The only negative i heard was the study, was it the va, the people that are not big trump fans i would rather he not be taking something that has not been approved by the scientists, especially in his age group and in his, shall we say, weight group, where he is morbid lhrae obese, they say. And a study says the drug does not fight the virus. A white house doctor did issue a statement saying he addressed the pros and cons with the president and they both agreed the benefits outweighed the risks. Joe biden used his latest video from home to President Trump. Stop tweeting about it. This pandemic is hitting everybody hard. We need serious confident leadership now more than ever, and frankly we need moral leadership as well
It will come in june. Here we go. And its a quiet stretch out there except in the east bay. We will zoom into one spot, sunol, fremont, union city, we have an isolated popup shower, and that threat stays with us throughout the day today. No widespread rain. We will find sun up at 5 56, and theres the isolated chance in the afternoon, temperatures in the 60s and 70s. Sports fans have been hungry for their teams to come back and for the first time they are seeing the governor give them a bit of hope that it could come sooner than later. Julian glover is live with how the giants are responding to this news. A big announcement and indication that we are moving in the right direction as far as pro sports returning. The governor said they could be back in the first week of june, but the catch is there will be not be fans in the stands, no live audience, and theres a lot to be worked out before we could see live games on tv, and the facilities are starting to reopen today in some states, and