Since february 5 and 6 thats right, it has been about a month and a half since february 5 and 6 for the dow and february 13 for the s p 500. Right now, it looks like the yield is at 0. 858 andrew we have a huge lineup of guests today out of washington James Bullard talking about headlines. Tom barrack and former federal chairman ben bernanke. Living through the crisis of 2008 and studying the Great Depression all of that coming up over the next three hours to the news that broke overnight. The white house and the senate announcing a deal. Well get to leaSteve Liesman f more on that and eamon with more. It was in the 1 00 a. M. Hour that it broke overnight. What we have here, joe, is a handshake deal we dont have a vote and we dont have the explicit text what we have is a deal here is how Mitch Mcconnell announced the deal at 1 00 a. M help is on the way. The American People are already rising to this great challenge the senate is about to follow suit well pass this legislation later to
Contact investigations are underway including testing. Those units have been quarantined. Reporter the city quarantine laguna honda hoping to keep the virus away from the 750 residents inside and now all residents and Staff Members are being tested to determine who else might be infected. We have begun bringing in Additional Resources including staff and expertise on long term care, infection control, and infectious disease. Reporter across town the city is investigating a positive test at San Francisco general hospital, an er worker. Health officials arent sure how they contracted the virus. This person provides patient care in the emergency department. They are now self isolating a home. We are conducting a thorough contact investigation. Reporter protecting the frontline healthcare workers from exposure has been a chief concern. Officials hope that the sf general case will be an isolated one. The situation at laguna honda is expected to worsen. I must say and im sad to say this, we
Also asking congress for a tax cut and other measures to ease the financial burden caused by the outbreak and concern over the virus. The arch diocese of San Francisco says theyre closing all 90 catholic schools. Diocese of San Francisco says theyre closing all 90 catholic schools. Some schools will already close this week for spring break. Course content will be delivered via the diocese Distance Learning protocol. Health officials in Contra Costa County declared a state of emergency today because of the coronavirus. They announce new cases and say most people who have tested positive were infected by community spread. Andre senior here with more on that. And also the school that is set to undergo a deepcleaning because of one of their students is now in quarantine. Reporter on tuesday afternoon, Health Officials announced nine covid19 cases. And a tenth person with a presumptive case of the virus. Two of which were on the grand princess cruise ship during its trip to mexico in februa
Updated numbers. 157 people have tested positive for coronavirus. Thats up 24 from yesterday. Two people have now died. One in Santa Clara County. And one in placer county. The state is monitoring 10,300 people who came into california on evacuation flights. This afternoon, Contra Costa County joined other bay area counties and declared a state of emergency saying that the virus appears to be circulating in the community. Contra Costa Health Services and public recommend that Large Community events be postponed or canceled. That means gatherings where 50 or more people would be within arms reach of each other. Concert, sporting evens, celebrations, services and other community events. We have Live Team Coverage tonight. We begin with tom vacar, once again monitoring the situation at the port of oakland and that cruise ship. Reporter the news that you just told us about, all these various stories, suggest one thing. That this is nowhere near being over. It is a situation which is develo
Now at 11 00, beds at the ready inside the makeshift hospital just set up for coronavirus patients. How Santa Clara County is preparing for a surge in cases. Some changes at parks and beaches this weekend as california Governor Newsom deploys the National Guard. What you can expect if youre not following the social distancing precautions. A lifeline for california renters during this pandemic. The new statewide eviction ban, and why some worry its only a bandaid fix. Tonight, the bay area and country preparing for ses. Good evening, im ken bastida. And im juliette goodrich, in for elizabeth cook. California cases grew 26 percent in a day, with the results of 65,000 tests still pending. Calling up reserve military units to help expand hospital capacity. Hes now ordering General Motors to make the urgently needed ventilators. The president also signed that massive Economic Relief bill to send checks to americans. And the number of cases in the u. S. Has now topped 100,000. Thats the most